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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 127 15 14 8 7 1100 106008

J. N. Reddy publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by J. N. Reddy between 1960 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. J. N. Reddy published across 66 years, from 1960 to 2025, averaging 18.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 51 publications in 2017. 48 of the 1,204 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1960 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 51. Peak 51 publications in 2017. 1960: 1 publication 1961: 0 publications 1962: 0 publications 1963: 1 publication 1964: 2 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 3 publications 1973: 6 publications 1974: 4 publications 1975: 4 publications 1976: 12 publications 1977: 5 publications 1978: 6 publications 1979: 7 publications 1980: 10 publications 1981: 18 publications 1982: 23 publications 1983: 18 publications 1984: 19 publications 1985: 11 publications 1986: 14 publications 1987: 21 publications 1988: 18 publications 1989: 23 publications 1990: 22 publications 1991: 23 publications 1992: 31 publications 1993: 18 publications 1994: 15 publications 1995: 19 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 19 publications 1998: 18 publications 1999: 13 publications 2000: 23 publications 2001: 18 publications 2002: 17 publications 2003: 15 publications 2004: 34 publications 2005: 18 publications 2006: 15 publications 2007: 26 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 23 publications 2010: 33 publications 2011: 24 publications 2012: 27 publications 2013: 40 publications 2014: 41 publications 2015: 40 publications 2016: 49 publications 2017: 51 publications 2018: 50 publications 2019: 43 publications 2020: 45 publications 2021: 46 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 27 publications 2025: 21 publications
1960 2025

1,204 publications in total across all disciplines

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J. N. Reddy: publications per year, 1960 to 2025
Year Publications
1960 1
1961 0
1962 0
1963 1
1964 2
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 1
1972 3
1973 6
1974 4
1975 4
1976 12
1977 5
1978 6
1979 7
1980 10
1981 18
1982 23
1983 18
1984 19
1985 11
1986 14
1987 21
1988 18
1989 23
1990 22
1991 23
1992 31
1993 18
1994 15
1995 19
1996 11
1997 19
1998 18
1999 13
2000 23
2001 18
2002 17
2003 15
2004 34
2005 18
2006 15
2007 26
2008 23
2009 23
2010 33
2011 24
2012 27
2013 40
2014 41
2015 40
2016 49
2017 51
2018 50
2019 43
2020 45
2021 46
2022 25
2023 14
2024 27
2025 21
Total 1,204
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J. N. Reddy 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 J. N. Reddy 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, 659+ 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: 1,100 publications — 100th percentile

100% 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
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 1,100
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J. N. Reddy 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 J. N. Reddy 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, 93+ 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: 127 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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
92 4
93+ 100 127
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2019 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2018 - Theodore von Karman Medal
  • 2017 - John von Neumann Medal, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) For pioneering and sustained contributions on shear deformation and layerwise theories of composite structures, development of finite element methods for solids, geophysical phenomena, incompressible fluids and authorship of highly-cited books
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to composite structures and to engineering education and practice.
  • 2003 - THE BELYTSCHKO MEDAL For significant and lasting contributions to education, research, and professional service to computational mechanics through the publication of well-received textbooks and archival research papers on computational methods and applied mechanics
  • 1998 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
  • 1995 - Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

J. N. Reddy is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has a significant body of work in engineering, especially in the mechanics of materials and structural analysis. Their research spans multiple specialized subfields including mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, materials chemistry, computational mechanics, and mechanical engineering.

Their recent publications cover topics related to composite structures and structural dynamics, published mainly in journals such as Composite Structures and the International Journal of Engineering Science. Notable papers include:

  • The nonlinear, third-order thickness and shear deformation theory for statics and dynamics of laminated composite shells (2020, Composite Structures)
  • Higher order theories for the vibration study of doubly-curved anisotropic shells with a variable thickness and isogeometric mapped geometry (2021, Composite Structures)
  • On the bifurcation buckling and vibration of porous nanobeams (2020, Composite Structures)
  • On the piezoelectric effect on stability of symmetric FGM porous nanobeams (2021, Composite Structures)
  • A mixed variational framework for higher-order unified gradient elasticity (2021, International Journal of Engineering Science)

Frequent coauthors of J. N. Reddy include Arun R. Srinivasa, Eugenio Ruocco, Krzysztof Kamil Żur, Amirtham Rajagopal, and P. Thamburaja, indicating extensive collaboration within the computational mechanics community.

Key publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Composite Structures
  • Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Mechanica

The main topics of J. N. Reddy's work are composite structure analysis and optimization, numerical methods in engineering, nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures, structural analysis and optimization, structural load-bearing analysis, vibration and dynamic analysis, and advanced numerical methods in computational mathematics.

J. N. Reddy has contributed to academic books, including a publication through Springer Nature titled "ICSCEA 2019" released in 2020.

The scientist has been recognized with multiple awards over their career, among them:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2019)
  • Theodore von Karman Medal (2018)
  • John von Neumann Medal from the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (2017), for contributions on shear deformation and layerwise theories of composite structures, finite element methods, and authorship of highly-cited books
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2015), for contributions to composite structures and engineering education and practice
  • THE BELYTSCHKO MEDAL (2003), for contributions to education, research, and computational mechanics
  • Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (1998)
  • Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1995)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1989)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering
  • Member of The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Best Publications

  • Mechanics of laminated composite plates and shells : theory and analysis

    J. N. Reddy

  • An Introduction to the Finite Element Method

    J. N. Reddy

  • Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells : Theory and Analysis, Second Edition

    J. N. Reddy

  • A Simple Higher-Order Theory for Laminated Composite Plates

    J. N. Reddy

  • Mechanics of laminated composite plates : theory and analysis

    J. N. Reddy

  • Theory and Analysis of Elastic Plates and Shells

    J. N. Reddy

  • Nonlocal theories for bending, buckling and vibration of beams

    J.N. Reddy;J.N. Reddy

  • Analysis of functionally graded plates

    J. N. Reddy

  • The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics

    J. N. Reddy;David K. Gartling

  • THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED CYLINDERS AND PLATES

    J. N. Reddy;C. D. Chin

  • A higher-order nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory and its applications in wave propagation

    C.W. Lim;G. Zhang;J.N. Reddy

  • An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis: with applications to heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and solid mechanics

    J. N. Reddy

  • Energy principles and variational methods in applied mechanics

    J. N. Reddy

  • Nonlinear transient thermoelastic analysis of functionally graded ceramic-metal plates

    G.N. Praveen;J.N. Reddy

  • A microstructure-dependent Timoshenko beam model based on a modified couple stress theory

    H.M. Ma;X.-L. Gao;J.N. Reddy

  • An introduction to the mathematical theory of finite elements

    J. T. Oden;J. N. Reddy

  • An introduction to nonlinear finite element analysis

    J. N. Reddy

  • A higher-order shear deformation theory of laminated elastic shells

    J.N. Reddy;C.F. Liu

  • Energy and variational methods in applied mechanics : with an introduction to the finite element method

    J. N. Reddy

  • Vibration of functionally graded cylindrical shells

    C.T. Loy;K.Y. Lam;J.N. Reddy

  • Energy and variational methods in applied mechanics

    J. N. Reddy

  • A refined nonlinear theory of plates with transverse shear deformation

    J.N. Reddy

Frequent Co-Authors

Chien Ming Wang
Chien Ming Wang University of Queensland
C.M. Mota Soares
C.M. Mota Soares Instituto Superior Técnico
J. T. Oden
J. T. Oden The University of Texas at Austin
Jani Romanoff
Jani Romanoff Aalto University
K.M. Liew
K.M. Liew City University of Hong Kong
António J.M. Ferreira
António J.M. Ferreira University of Porto
Francesco Tornabene
Francesco Tornabene University of Salento
Liviu Librescu
Liviu Librescu Virginia Tech
Lu-Wen Zhang
Lu-Wen Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ever J. Barbero
Ever J. Barbero West Virginia University

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