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D-Index
89
Citations
41826
World Ranking
280
National Ranking
97

Hod Lipson publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hod Lipson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 399 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Hod Lipson D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Hod Lipson is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a strong focus on Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering as key subfields. Their work also covers Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications

Hod Lipson has been published frequently in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Research Square, Science Robotics, Scientific Reports, and HardwareX. Some notable recent publications include:

  • Automated discovery of fundamental variables hidden in experimental data, 2022, Nature Computational Science
  • Facially expressive humanoid robotic face, 2020, HardwareX
  • Fully body visual self-modeling of robot morphologies, 2022, Science Robotics
  • Precision cooking for printed foods via multiwavelength lasers, 2021, npj Science of Food
  • The future of software-controlled cooking, 2023, npj Science of Food

Collaboratively, the scientist works often with Judah Goldfeder, Yuhang Hu, Boyuan Chen, Zechen Xiong, and Gabe Guo, reflecting consistent partnerships across several projects.

Best Publications

  • How transferable are features in deep neural networks

    Jason Yosinski;Jeff Clune;Yoshua Bengio;Hod Lipson

  • Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data

    Michael Schmidt;Hod Lipson

  • Understanding Neural Networks Through Deep Visualization

    Jason Yosinski;Jeff Clune;Anh Mai Nguyen;Thomas J. Fuchs

  • Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing

    Hod Lipson;Melba Kurman

  • Universal robotic gripper based on the jamming of granular material

    Eric Brown;Nicholas Rodenberg;John Amend;Annan Mozeika

  • Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems [Grand Challenges of Robotics]

    M. Yim;Wei-Min Shen;B. Salemi;D. Rus

  • Automatic design and manufacture of robotic lifeforms

    Hod Lipson;Jordan B. Pollack

  • Resilient machines through continuous self-modeling.

    Josh Bongard;Victor Zykov;Hod Lipson

  • Automated reverse engineering of nonlinear dynamical systems

    Josh C. Bongard;Hod Lipson

  • Soft material for soft actuators

    Aslan Miriyev;Kenneth Stack;Hod Lipson

  • A Positive Pressure Universal Gripper Based on the Jamming of Granular Material

    J. R. Amend;E. M. Brown;N. Rodenberg;H. M. Jaeger

  • The evolutionary origins of modularity

    Jeff Clune;Jeff Clune;Jean-Baptiste Mouret;Hod Lipson

  • Optimization-based reconstruction of a 3D object from a single freehand line drawing

    H Lipson;M Shpitalni

  • Rapid 3D printing of anatomically accurate and mechanically heterogeneous aortic valve hydrogel scaffolds

    L A Hockaday;K H Kang;N W Colangelo;P Y C Cheung

  • Design and control of tensegrity robots for locomotion

    C. Paul;F.J. Valero-Cuevas;H. Lipson

  • Additive manufacturing for the food industry

    Jeffrey I. Lipton;Meredith Cutler;Franz Nigl;Dan Cohen

  • Fab@Home: the personal desktop fabricator kit

    Evan Malone;Hod Lipson

  • Automated Identification of Northern Leaf Blight-Infected Maize Plants from Field Imagery Using Deep Learning

    Chad DeChant;Tyr Wiesner-Hanks;Siyuan Chen;Ethan L Stewart

  • Direct Freeform Fabrication of Seeded Hydrogels in Arbitrary Geometries

    Daniel L. Cohen;Evan Malone;Hod Lipson;Lawrence J. Bonassar

  • Ambient wind energy harvesting using cross-flow fluttering

    Shuguang Li;Jianping Yuan;Hod Lipson

  • Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot Systems

    Mark Yim;Wei-Min Shen;Behnam Salemi;Daniela Rus

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Clune
Jeff Clune University of British Columbia
Josh Bongard
Josh Bongard University of Vermont
Jordan Pollack
Jordan Pollack Brandeis University
Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas
Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas University of Southern California
Michael T. Tolley
Michael T. Tolley University of California, San Diego
Michal Lipson
Michal Lipson Columbia University
Lawrence J. Bonassar
Lawrence J. Bonassar Cornell University
Heinrich M. Jaeger
Heinrich M. Jaeger University of Chicago
Rebecca J. Nelson
Rebecca J. Nelson Cornell University
Michael A. Gore
Michael A. Gore Cornell University

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