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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 46 1449 1341 576 500 236 8003

Gianluca Cusatis publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gianluca Cusatis between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gianluca Cusatis published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 10.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2016. 33 of the 268 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2016. 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 31 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 20 publications
2001 2025

268 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gianluca Cusatis: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 3
2002 1
2003 3
2004 3
2005 3
2006 4
2007 6
2008 8
2009 5
2010 10
2011 7
2012 7
2013 7
2014 7
2015 14
2016 31
2017 18
2018 14
2019 11
2020 13
2021 23
2022 20
2023 17
2024 13
2025 20
Total 268
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Gianluca Cusatis publications per year - data summary

  • Gianluca Cusatis, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from Northwestern University, has 268 publications recorded across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2001 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2016, with 31 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2002, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 10.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 10.7 per year counting only the 25 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 93 publications, 35% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2001-2009: 36 publications (4.0 per year); 2010-2018: 115 publications (12.8 per year); 2019-2025: 117 publications (16.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Gianluca Cusatis 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 Gianluca Cusatis 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, 227–236 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: 236 publications — 56th percentile

56% 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 99 236
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
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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Gianluca Cusatis publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,445 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 47–56 to 659+ publications.
  • Gianluca Cusatis, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from Northwestern University, records 236 publications - the 56th percentile of the discipline.
  • 56% of ranked Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Gianluca Cusatis, and about 44% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 217–226 publications range, and Gianluca Cusatis ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 147–156 publications, holding 155 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 46% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 197–206 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 659 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Gianluca Cusatis 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 Gianluca Cusatis 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, 46 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: 46 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88 46
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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Gianluca Cusatis D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,445 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 30 to 93+ D-Index.
  • Gianluca Cusatis, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from Northwestern University, records 46 D-Index - the 59th percentile of the discipline.
  • 59% of ranked Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Gianluca Cusatis, and about 41% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 43 D-Index range, and Gianluca Cusatis ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 34 D-Index, holding 189 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 45 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Overview

Gianluca Cusatis is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and specializes in the field of engineering, with a particular focus on civil and structural engineering. Their research encompasses various subfields including mechanics of materials, building and construction, materials chemistry, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Concrete Properties and Behavior
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gianluca Cusatis cover important advances in fracture mechanics, concrete materials, and structural engineering. Selected publications include:

  • Discrete mechanical models of concrete fracture (2021), published in Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Gap Test of Crack-Parallel Stress Effect on Quasibrittle Fracture and Its Consequences (2020), published in Journal of Applied Mechanics
  • New perspective of fracture mechanics inspired by gap test with crack-parallel compression (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Influence of steel fiber size, shape, and strength on the quasi-static properties of ultra-high performance concrete: Experimental investigation and numerical modeling (2021), published in Construction and Building Materials
  • Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) for strengthening historical stone masonry structures: Experiments and computations (2020), published in Engineering Structures

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Structures, Construction and Building Materials, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Gianluca Cusatis collaborates regularly with multiple coauthors, including Madura Pathirage, Giovanni Di Luzio, Zdeněk P. Bažant, Matthew Troemner, and Elham Ramyar.

Best Publications

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Model (LDPM) for failure behavior of concrete. I: Theory

    Gianluca Cusatis;Daniele Pelessone;Andrea Mencarelli

  • Confinement-Shear Lattice Model for Concrete Damage in Tension and Compression: I. Theory

    Gianluca Cusatis;Zdenek P. Bazant;Luigi Cedolin

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Model (LDPM) for failure behavior of concrete. II: Calibration and validation

    Gianluca Cusatis;Andrea Mencarelli;Daniele Pelessone;James Baylot

  • CONFINEMENT-SHEAR LATTICE MODEL FOR CONCRETE DAMAGE IN TENSION AND COMPRESSION: II. COMPUTATION AND VALIDATION

    Gianluca Cusatis;Zdenek P. Bazant;Luigi Cedolin

  • Strain-rate effects on concrete behavior

    Gianluca Cusatis

  • Temperature Effect on Concrete Creep Modeled by Microprestress-Solidification Theory

    Zdenek P. Bazant;Gianluca Cusatis;Luigi Cedolin

  • Confinement-shear lattice CSL model for fracture propagation in concrete

    Gianluca Cusatis;Zdenek P. Bazant;Luigi Cedolin

  • Hygro-thermo-chemical modeling of high performance concrete. I: Theory

    Giovanni Di Luzio;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Modeling (LDPM) of Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) deterioration of concrete structures

    Mohammed Alnaggar;Gianluca Cusatis;Giovanni Di Luzio

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Model for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. I: Theory

    Edward A. Schauffert;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Anisotropic elastic, strength, and fracture properties of Marcellus shale

    Zhefei Jin;Weixin Li;Congrui Jin;James Hambleton

  • Size Effect Analysis for the Characterization of Marcellus Shale Quasi-brittle Fracture Properties

    Weixin Li;Zhefei Jin;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Solidification–microprestress–microplane (SMM) theory for concrete at early age: Theory, validation and application

    Giovanni Di Luzio;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Two-scale Study of Concrete Fracturing Behavior

    Gianluca Cusatis;Luigi Cedolin

  • Discrete modeling of ultra-high-performance concrete with application to projectile penetration

    Jovanca Smith;Gianluca Cusatis;Daniele Pelessone;Eric Landis

  • A novel material for in situ construction on Mars: experiments and numerical simulations

    Lin Wan;Roman Wendner;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Hygro-thermo-chemical modeling of high-performance concrete. II: Numerical implementation, calibration, and validation

    Giovanni Di Luzio;Gianluca Cusatis

  • Discrete mechanical models of concrete fracture

    John E. Bolander;Jan Eliáš;Gianluca Cusatis;Kohei Nagai

  • Lattice Discrete Particle Model for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. II: Tensile Fracture and Multiaxial Loading Behavior

    Edward A. Schauffert;Gianluca Cusatis;Daniele Pelessone;James L. O’Daniel

  • Cohesive crack analysis of size effect

    Gianluca Cusatis;Edward A. Schauffert

  • Confinement –Shear Lattice Model for Concrete Damage in Tension and Compression

    G. Cusatis;Z. P. Bažant;L. Cedolin

  • Lattice discrete particle modeling of alkali-silica-reaction (ASR) deterioration of concrete structures

    M. Alnaggar;Gianluca Cusatis;G. Di Luzio

Frequent Co-Authors

Zdeněk P. Bažant
Zdeněk P. Bažant Northwestern University
Jianmin Qu
Jianmin Qu Tufts University
Christian Carloni
Christian Carloni Case Western Reserve University
J. William Carey
J. William Carey Los Alamos National Laboratory
Carlo Pellegrino
Carlo Pellegrino University of Padua
Dale P. Bentz
Dale P. Bentz National Institute of Standards and Technology
Tinh Quoc Bui
Tinh Quoc Bui Duy Tan University
Gianluca Ranzi
Gianluca Ranzi University of Sydney
Paolo Gardoni
Paolo Gardoni University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jin-Guang Teng
Jin-Guang Teng Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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