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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 35 2650 2484 934 829 291 5053

Gecheng Zha publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gecheng Zha between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gecheng Zha published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 7.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2020. 13 of the 291 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2020. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 2 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 15 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 4 publications
1989 2025

291 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gecheng Zha: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 2
1991 0
1992 2
1993 1
1994 2
1995 0
1996 4
1997 2
1998 5
1999 3
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 2
2004 15
2005 5
2006 10
2007 11
2008 8
2009 15
2010 18
2011 19
2012 10
2013 6
2014 15
2015 9
2016 10
2017 7
2018 12
2019 14
2020 25
2021 14
2022 11
2023 20
2024 9
2025 4
Total 291
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Gecheng Zha publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gecheng Zha sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 287–296 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 291 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74 291
297–306 74
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100
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Gecheng Zha D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gecheng Zha sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158 35
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Gecheng Zha is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a strong emphasis on computational mechanics and aerospace engineering. The scientist has contributed to studies in global and planetary change, ocean engineering, and environmental engineering, though these subfields are less prominent in their work.

Their scholarship encompasses several interrelated topics within aerospace and fluid dynamics, including:

  • Plasma and flow control in aerodynamics
  • Fluid dynamics and turbulent flows
  • Computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics
  • Aerodynamics and fluid dynamics research
  • Aerodynamics and acoustics in jet flows
  • Advanced aircraft design and technologies
  • Aerospace engineering and energy systems

Gecheng Zha has collaborated extensively with other researchers, with notable frequent co-authors including Kewei Xu, Yan Ren, Zhijin Lei, Jeremy S. Boling, and Paula A. Barrios.

The scientist has published in several prominent venues in aerospace and engineering, with multiple contributions to:

  • AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM
  • AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum
  • AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM

Recent papers by Gecheng Zha include:

  • Investigation of Coflow Jet Active Flow Control for Wind Turbine Airfoil, 2020, AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM
  • High Control Authority Three-Dimensional Aircraft Control Surfaces Using Coflow Jet, 2020, Journal of Aircraft
  • Enhancing Aircraft Control Surface Effectiveness by Co-flow Jet Flap at Low Energy Expenditure, 2023, Aerospace Science and Technology
  • System Energy Benefit Using Co-flow Jet Active Separation Control for a Serpentine Duct, 2022, Aerospace Science and Technology
  • Numerical Analysis of Energy Expenditure for Coflow Wall Jet Separation Control, 2022, AIAA Journal

In 2012, Gecheng Zha was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Best Publications

  • High-Performance Airfoil Using Coflow Jet Flow Control

    Ge Cheng Zha;Bruce F. Carroll;Craig D. Paxton;Clark A. Conley

  • Improvement of Stability and Accuracy for Weighted Essentially Nonoscillatory Scheme

    Yiqing Shen;Gecheng Zha;Baoyuan Wang

  • Jet Effects on Coflow Jet Airfoil Performance

    Ge Cheng Zha;Wei Gao;Craig D. Paxton

  • An improved low diffusion E-CUSP upwind scheme

    Ge Cheng Zha;Yiqing Shen;Baoyuan Wang

  • Numerical solutions of Euler equations by using a new flux vector splitting scheme

    G.-C. Zha;E. Bilgen

  • High order conservative differencing for viscous terms and the application to vortex-induced vibration flows

    Yiqing Shen;Gecheng Zha;Xiangying Chen

  • Effect of Injection Slot Size on the Performance of Coflow Jet Airfoil

    Ge Cheng Zha;Craig D. Paxton;Clark A. Conley;Adam Wells

  • Improvement of the WENO scheme smoothness estimator

    Yiqing Shen;Gecheng Zha

  • Performance and Energy Expenditure of Coflow Jet Airfoil with Variation of Mach Number

    A. Lefebvre;B. Dano;W. B. Bartow;M. D. Fronzo

  • Numerical simulation of 3-D wing flutter with fully coupled fluid–structural interaction

    Xiangying Chen;Ge Cheng Zha;Ming Ta Yang

  • General Subdomain Boundary Mapping Procedure for Structured Grid Implicit CFD Parallel Computation

    Baoyuan Wang;Zongjun Hu;Gecheng Zha

  • Numerical investigations of injection-slot-size effect on the performance of coflow jet airfoils

    Baoyuan Wang;Bahaa Haddoukessouni;Bahaa Haddoukessouni;Jonathan Levy;Jonathan Levy;Ge Cheng Zha

  • Experimental Investigation of Jet Mixing Mechanism of Co-Flow Jet Airfoil

    Bertrand Dano;Danah Kirk;Gecheng Zha

  • Large eddy simulation using a new set of sixth order schemes for compressible viscous terms

    Yiqing Shen;Gecheng Zha

  • Experimental study of co-flow jet airfoil performance enhancement using discrete jets

    Bertrand P. E. Dano;Gecheng Zha;Michael Castillo

  • Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Flows Using Unfactored Upwind-Relaxation Sweeping Algorithm

    G.-C. Zha;E. Bilgen

  • Implicit WENO Scheme and High Order Viscous Formulas for Compressible Flows

    Yiqing Shen;Baoyuan Wang;Gecheng Zha

  • Generalized finite compact difference scheme for shock/complex flowfield interaction

    Yiqing Shen;Gecheng Zha

  • High-Performance Supersonic Missile Inlet Design Using Automated Optimization

    Ge Cheng Zha;Donald Smith;Mark Schwabacher;Khaled Rasheed

  • Fully coupled fluid–structural interactions using an efficient high resolution upwind scheme

    X.-Y. Chen;G.-C. Zha

  • Super-lift coefficient of active flow control airfoil: What is the limit?

    Yunchao Yang;Gecheng Zha

  • A Novel Airfoil Circulation Augment Flow Control Method Using Co-Flow Jet

    Ge-Cheng Zha;Craig Paxton;Coral Gables

  • High Performance Airfoil Using Co-Flow Jet Flow Control

    GeCheng Zha;Bruce F. Carroll;Craig D. Paxton;Clark A. Conley

Frequent Co-Authors

Doyle Knight
Doyle Knight Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Louis N. Cattafesta
Louis N. Cattafesta Illinois Institute of Technology

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