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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 45 1561 1446 14 14 179 6615

J.A.M. Ferreira publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by J.A.M. Ferreira between 1983 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. J.A.M. Ferreira published across 44 years, from 1983 to 2026, averaging 5.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2022. 10 of the 242 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2022. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 4 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 9 publications 2026: 1 publication
1983 2026

242 publications in total across all disciplines

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J.A.M. Ferreira: publications per year, 1983 to 2026
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 1
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 1
1990 1
1991 2
1992 1
1993 2
1994 1
1995 1
1996 2
1997 4
1998 1
1999 4
2000 4
2001 5
2002 4
2003 6
2004 4
2005 6
2006 3
2007 3
2008 5
2009 7
2010 10
2011 10
2012 5
2013 15
2014 16
2015 6
2016 10
2017 8
2018 5
2019 12
2020 6
2021 8
2022 20
2023 16
2024 14
2025 9
2026 1
Total 242
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J.A.M. Ferreira publications per year - data summary

  • J.A.M. Ferreira, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from University of Coimbra, has 242 publications recorded across 44 years, from 1983 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1983 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2022, with 20 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 44 years in the span carry no publications at all (1986 and 1987).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 5.8 per year counting only the 42 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 60 publications, 25% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1983-1997: 19 publications (1.3 per year); 1998-2012: 77 publications (5.1 per year); 2013-2026: 146 publications (10.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

J.A.M. Ferreira 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.A.M. Ferreira 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, 177–186 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: 179 publications — 36th percentile

36% 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
177–186 130 179
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
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J.A.M. Ferreira 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.
  • J.A.M. Ferreira, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from University of Coimbra, records 179 publications - the 36th percentile of the discipline.
  • 36% of ranked Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists score the same or lower than J.A.M. Ferreira, and about 64% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 217–226 publications range, and J.A.M. Ferreira ranks below 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).

J.A.M. Ferreira 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.A.M. Ferreira 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, 45 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: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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 45
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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J.A.M. Ferreira 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.
  • J.A.M. Ferreira, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from University of Coimbra, records 45 D-Index - the 57th percentile of the discipline.
  • 57% of ranked Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists score the same or lower than J.A.M. Ferreira, and about 43% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 43 D-Index range, and J.A.M. Ferreira 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

J.A.M. Ferreira is affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal and is engaged predominantly in the field of Engineering, with a significant focus on Mechanical Engineering and related subfields. Their research covers a range of topics related to material science and structural analysis, emphasizing additive manufacturing, fatigue and fracture mechanics, and the mechanical properties of metallic materials.

Their recent studies include:

  • Multiaxial fatigue behaviour of maraging steel produced by selective laser melting (2021), published in Materials & Design
  • Effect of multiaxial bending-torsion loading on fracture surface parameters in high-strength steels processed by conventional and additive manufacturing (2020), published in Engineering Failure Analysis
  • Effect of annealing treatment on mechanical properties of 3D-Printed composites (2023), published in Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • The correlation of fractal dimension to fracture surface slope for fatigue crack initiation analysis under bending-torsion loading in high-strength steels (2023), published in Measurement
  • Fatigue crack growth under corrosive environments of Ti-6Al-4V specimens produced by SLM (2020), published in Engineering Failure Analysis

Frequent co-authors in Ferreira's work include:

  • J.S. Jesus
  • J.D. Costa
  • L.P. Borrego
  • Ricardo Branco
  • C. Capela

Ferreira's work has been published multiple times in the following venues:

  • Procedia Structural Integrity (14 publications)
  • Metals (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Fatigue (5 publications)
  • Engineering Failure Analysis (4 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)

The main fields of study covered in Ferreira's research include Engineering, with substantial contributions to subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Key research topics addressed are:

  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels

Best Publications

  • Impact response of Kevlar composites with filled epoxy matrix

    P.N.B. Reis;J.A.M. Ferreira;P. Santos;M.O.W. Richardson

  • Evaluation of overload effects on fatigue crack growth and closure

    L.P. Borrego;J.M. Ferreira;J.M. Pinho da Cruz;J.M. Costa

  • Flexural behaviour of hybrid laminated composites

    P.N.B. Reis;J.A.M. Ferreira;F.V. Antunes;J.D.M. Costa

  • Effect of adherend's rigidity on the shear strength of single lap adhesive joints

    P.N.B. Reis;J.A.M. Ferreira;F. Antunes

  • Analysis of low cycle fatigue in AlMgSi aluminium alloys

    L.P Borrego;L.M Abreu;J.M Costa;J.M Ferreira

  • Impact response of Kevlar composites with nanoclay enhanced epoxy matrix

    P.N.B. Reis;J.A.M. Ferreira;Z.Y. Zhang;T. Benameur

  • Analysis of manufacturing parameters on the shear strength of aluminium adhesive single-lap joints

    A.M. Pereira;J.M. Ferreira;F.V. Antunes;P.J. Bártolo

  • Effect of process parameters on the strength of resistance spot welds in 6082-T6 aluminium alloy

    A.M. Pereira;J.M. Ferreira;A. Loureiro;J.D.M. Costa

  • Analysis of fatigue and damage in glass-fibre-reinforced polypropylene composite materials

    J.A.M Ferreira;J.D.M Costa;P.N.B Reis;M.O.W Richardson

  • Fatigue behaviour of glass fibre reinforced epoxy composites enhanced with nanoparticles

    L.P. Borrego;L.P. Borrego;J.D.M. Costa;J.A.M. Ferreira;H. Silva;H. Silva

  • Fatigue behaviour of composite adhesive lap joints

    J.A.M Ferreira;P.N Reis;J.D.M Costa;M.O.W Richardson

  • Fatigue life evaluation for carbon/epoxy laminate composites under constant and variable block loading

    P.N.B. Reis;J.A.M. Ferreira;J.D.M. Costa;M.O.W. Richardson

  • Fatigue crack growth and crack closure in an AlMgSi alloy

    L. P. Borrego;J. M. Ferreira;J. M. Costa

  • A study of the mechanical behaviour on fibre reinforced hollow microspheres hybrid composites

    J.A.M. Ferreira;C. Capela;J.D. Costa

  • Effect of stress ratio and specimen thickness on fatigue crack growth of CK45 steel

    J.D.M Costa;J.A.M Ferreira

  • Influence of superposition length on mechanical resistance of single-lap adhesive joints

    P.N.B. Reis;F.J.V. Antunes;J.A.M. Ferreira

  • Mixed-mode fatigue crack growth behaviour in aluminium alloy

    L.P. Borrego;F.V. Antunes;J.M. Costa;J.M. Ferreira

  • Low-Cycle Fatigue Behaviour of AISI 18Ni300 Maraging Steel Produced by Selective Laser Melting

    Ricardo Branco;José D. M. Costa;Filippo Berto;Seyed Mohammad Javad Razavi

  • Fatigue life improvement by friction stir processing of 5083 aluminium alloy MIG butt welds

    L.P. Borrego;L.P. Borrego;J.D. Costa;J.S. Jesus;A.R. Loureiro

  • Effect of fiber length on the mechanical properties of high dosage carbon reinforced

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  • Effect of test conditions on the bending strength of a geopolymer-reinforced composite

    D. Pernica;P. N. B. Reis;J. A. M. Ferreira;P. Louda

Frequent Co-Authors

Altino Loureiro
Altino Loureiro University of Coimbra
Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo
Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo University of Manchester
Zhongyi Zhang
Zhongyi Zhang University of Portsmouth
Ricardo Branco
Ricardo Branco University of Coimbra
Luís M. N. B. F. Santos
Luís M. N. B. F. Santos University of Porto
Filippo Berto
Filippo Berto Sapienza University of Rome

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