2026 Frank Ko: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	62	6345	6134	103	98	309	22245

Overview

Frank Ko is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily covers the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Mechanics of Materials, Biomaterials, and Materials Chemistry. Their work spans a range of advanced topics related to material science and engineering applications.

The main topics of Frank Ko's research include:

Conducting polymers and applications
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Mechanical Behavior of Composites
Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications

Frank Ko has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, which include:

Addie Bahi
Peyman Servati
Farhad Ahmadijokani
Hossein Molavi
Mohammad Arjmand

The scholar frequently publishes in venues such as:

Chemical Engineering Journal
Textile Research Journal
Chemosphere
Small
Polymer Composites

Selected recent papers by Frank Ko are as follows:

"UiO-66 metal-organic frameworks in water treatment: A critical review" (2021) published in Progress in Materials Science
"Ethylenediamine-functionalized Zr-based MOF for efficient removal of heavy metal ions from water" (2020) published in Chemosphere
"Metal-Organic Frameworks and Electrospinning: A Happy Marriage for Wastewater Treatment" (2022) published in Advanced Functional Materials
"Electrospun pectin/modified copper-based metal-organic framework (MOF) nanofibers as a drug delivery system" (2021) published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
"Electrospun nanofibers of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/UiO-66/nanodiamond: Versatile adsorbents for wastewater remediation and organic dye removal" (2022) published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

Electrospun nanofibrous structure: A novel scaffold for tissue engineering

Wan-Ju Li;Cato T. Laurencin;Edward J. Caterson;Rocky S. Tuan

3169
Citations
Bioresorbable nanofiber‐based systems for wound healing and drug delivery: Optimization of fabrication parameters

Dhirendra S. Katti;Kyle W. Robinson;Frank K. Ko;Cato T. Laurencin

1314
Citations
Electrospinning of Continuous Carbon Nanotube-Filled Nanofiber Yarns

Frank Ko;Yury Gogotsi;Ashraf Ali;Nevin Naguib

1057
Citations
Electrospun protein fibers as matrices for tissue engineering

Mengyan Li;Mark J. Mondrinos;Milind R. Gandhi;Frank K. Ko

1015
Citations
Electrostatic fabrication of ultrafine conducting fibers: polyaniline/polyethylene oxide blends

Ian D Norris;Manal M Shaker;Frank K Ko;Alan G MacDiarmid

820
Citations
Electrostatically-generated nanofibers of electronic polymers

A.G. MacDiarmid;W.E. Jones;I.D. Norris;J. Gao

754
Citations
Fiber-based tissue-engineered scaffold for ligament replacement: design considerations and in vitro evaluation.

James A. Cooper;Helen H. Lu;Frank K. Ko;Joseph W. Freeman

607
Citations
Regeneration of Bombyx mori silk by electrospinning—part 1: processing parameters and geometric properties

Sachiko Sukigara;Milind Gandhi;Jonathan Ayutsede;Michael Micklus

573
Citations
Melt-electrospinning. part I: processing parameters and geometric properties

Jason Lyons;Christopher Li;Frank Ko

526
Citations
Anterior cruciate ligament regeneration using braided biodegradable scaffolds: in vitro optimization studies.

Helen H. Lu;James A. Cooper;Sharron Manuel;Joseph W. Freeman

472
Citations
UiO-66 Metal-Organic Frameworks in Water Treatment: A Critical Review

Farhad Ahmadijokani;Hossein Molavi;Mashallah Rezakazemi;Shima Tajahmadi

466
Citations
Co-electrospun poly(lactide-co-glycolide), gelatin, and elastin blends for tissue engineering scaffolds.

Mengyan Li;Mark J. Mondrinos;Xuesi Chen;Milind R. Gandhi

443
Citations
Textile structural composites

Xiaoming Tao;John Haozhong Xin;F. Ko

385
Citations
Regeneration of Bombyx mori silk by electrospinning. Part 3: characterization of electrospun nonwoven mat

Jonathan Ayutsede;Milind Gandhi;Sachiko Sukigara;Michael Micklus

372
Citations
On the structure and morphology of polyvinylidene fluoride-nanoclay nanocomposites

Douglas R. Dillon;Kishore K. Tenneti;Christopher Y. Li;Frank K. Ko

337
Citations
Ethylenediamine-functionalized Zr-based MOF for efficient removal of heavy metal ions from water

Farhad Ahmadijokani;Shima Tajahmadi;Addie Bahi;Hossein Molavi

274
Citations
Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of hybrid multifunctional Fe3O4/carbon nanofiber composite

M. Bayat;H. Yang;F.K. Ko;D. Michelson

273
Citations
Carbon nanotube reinforced Bombyx mori silk nanofibers by the electrospinning process.

Jonathan Ayutsede;Milind Gandhi;Sachiko Sukigara;Haihui Ye

271
Citations
Graphite Nanoplatelet Reinforcement of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers

J. J. Mack;L. M. Viculis;A. Ali;R. Luoh

271
Citations
Biomedical applications of nanofibers

Victor Leung;Frank Ko

269
Citations
Regeneration of Bombyx mori silk by electrospinning. Part 2. Process optimization and empirical modeling using response surface methodology

Sachiko Sukigara;Milind Gandhi;Jonathan Ayutsede;Michael Micklus

234
Citations