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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 91 106 98 55 48 228 29817
Materials Science 93 1464 1404 461 430 236 30916

H. Jerry Qi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by H. Jerry Qi between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. H. Jerry Qi published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 12.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 54 publications in 2025. 55 of the 375 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 54. Peak 54 publications in 2025. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 26 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 27 publications 2023: 33 publications 2024: 33 publications 2025: 54 publications 2026: 1 publication
1996 2026

375 publications in total across all disciplines

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H. Jerry Qi: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 2
2004 1
2005 4
2006 4
2007 3
2008 10
2009 6
2010 16
2011 12
2012 7
2013 9
2014 14
2015 15
2016 11
2017 18
2018 22
2019 26
2020 22
2021 24
2022 27
2023 33
2024 33
2025 54
2026 1
Total 375
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H. Jerry Qi 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 H. Jerry Qi 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: 228 publications — 54th percentile

54% 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 99 228
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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H. Jerry Qi 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 H. Jerry Qi 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, 91 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: 91 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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
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 91
92 4
93+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

H. Jerry Qi is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, focusing on research within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several important subfields, including Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a variety of advanced materials and technologies. These include:

  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Photopolymerization techniques and applications
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research

H. Jerry Qi has contributed multiple publications in well-recognized venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Among recent papers authored by H. Jerry Qi are:

  • "3D-Printed Anisotropic Polymer Materials for Functional Applications," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Integrating digital light processing with direct ink writing for hybrid 3D printing of functional structures and devices," 2021, Additive manufacturing
  • "Magnetic Dynamic Polymers for Modular Assembling and Reconfigurable Morphing Architectures," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Magnetic Multimaterial Printing for Multimodal Shape Transformation with Tunable Properties and Shiftable Mechanical Behaviors," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Recent Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Shape-Morphing Hydrogels," 2022, Advanced Functional Materials

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Liang Yue
  • Kun Zhou
  • Frédéric Demoly
  • Xiao Kuang
  • S. Macrae Montgomery

H. Jerry Qi has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 2015.

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in shape memory polymer: New behavior, enabling materials, and mechanistic understanding

    Qian Zhao;H. Jerry Qi;Tao Xie

  • Advances in 4D Printing: Materials and Applications

    Xiao Kuang;Devin J. Roach;Jiangtao Wu;Craig M. Hamel

  • Stress–strain behavior of thermoplastic polyurethanes

    H.J. Qi;H.J. Qi;M.C. Boyce

  • Heat- or water-driven malleability in a highly recyclable covalent network polymer.

    Philip Taynton;Kai Yu;Richard K. Shoemaker;Yinghua Jin

  • Active materials by four-dimension printing

    Qi Ge;H. Jerry Qi;Martin L. Dunn

  • Active origami by 4D printing

    Qi Ge;Qi Ge;Qi Ge;Conner K Dunn;H Jerry Qi;H Jerry Qi;Martin L Dunn;Martin L Dunn

  • Magnetic Shape Memory Polymers with Integrated Multifunctional Shape Manipulation.

    Qiji Ze;Xiao Kuang;Shuai Wu;Janet Wong

  • Direct 4D printing via active composite materials

    Zhen Ding;Chao Yuan;Chao Yuan;Xirui Peng;Tiejun Wang

  • Repairable Woven Carbon Fiber Composites with Full Recyclability Enabled by Malleable Polyimine Networks.

    Philip Taynton;Huagang Ni;Huagang Ni;Chengpu Zhu;Kai Yu

  • Sequential Self-Folding Structures by 3D Printed Digital Shape Memory Polymers

    Yiqi Mao;Kai Yu;Michael S. Isakov;Jiangtao Wu

  • Grayscale digital light processing 3D printing for highly functionally graded materials.

    Xiao Kuang;Jiangtao Wu;Kaijuan Chen;Zeang Zhao;Zeang Zhao

  • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoset Composite with Near 100% Recyclability

    Kai Yu;Qian Shi;Martin L. Dunn;Tiejun Wang

  • 3D Printing of Highly Stretchable, Shape-Memory, and Self-Healing Elastomer toward Novel 4D Printing.

    Xiao Kuang;Kaijuan Chen;Conner K. Dunn;Jiangtao Wu

  • Finite deformation thermo-mechanical behavior of thermally induced shape memory polymers

    H. Jerry Qi;Thao D. Nguyen;Francisco Castro;Christopher M. Yakacki

  • A thermoviscoelastic model for amorphous shape memory polymers: Incorporating structural and stress relaxation

    Thao. D. Nguyen;H. Jerry Qi;Francisco Castro;Kevin N. Long

  • Recyclable 3D printing of vitrimer epoxy

    Qian Shi;Kai Yu;Kai Yu;Xiao Kuang;Xiaoming Mu

  • Digital light processing 3D printing of conductive complex structures

    Quanyi Mu;Quanyi Mu;Lei Wang;Conner K. Dunn;Xiao Kuang

  • Multi-shape active composites by 3D printing of digital shape memory polymers.

    Jiangtao Wu;Chao Yuan;Zhen Ding;Michael Isakov

  • 3D Printed Reversible Shape Changing Components with Stimuli Responsive Materials.

    Yiqi Mao;Zhen Ding;Chao Yuan;Shigang Ai

  • Shape Memory Polymers for Body Motion Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Mechanosensing.

    Ruiyuan Liu;Ruiyuan Liu;Xiao Kuang;Jianan Deng;Yi-Cheng Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai Yu
Kai Yu University of Colorado Denver
Xiao Kuang
Xiao Kuang University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martin L. Dunn
Martin L. Dunn University of Colorado Denver
Daining Fang
Daining Fang Beijing Institute of Technology
Tiejun Wang
Tiejun Wang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Qi Ge
Qi Ge Southern University of Science and Technology
Jiangtao Wu
Jiangtao Wu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Kurt R. Stenmark
Kurt R. Stenmark University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Patrick T. Mather
Patrick T. Mather Pennsylvania State University
Ruike Zhao
Ruike Zhao Stanford University

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