2026 James C. Weaver: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	100	1048	1000	347	320	314	39633

James C. Weaver publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James C. Weaver sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 314 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

James C. Weaver D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James C. Weaver sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

James C. Weaver is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple fields within engineering, with a focus on topics related to advanced materials and mechanics, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, as well as aspects of cephalopods and marine biology and microbial inactivation methods.

The main fields of study associated with Weaver include:

Engineering

The scientist's subfields of study cover diverse areas such as:

Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Engineering
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Biotechnology

Notable topics in Weaver's research encompass:

Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
Cephalopods and Marine Biology
Microbial Inactivation Methods

Weaver has published research articles in journals including PNAS Nexus and Bioelectrochemistry. The recent papers include:

Design and fabrication of a parasite-inspired, millimeter-scale tissue anchoring mechanism, 2024, PNAS Nexus
Corrigendum to "Charged microbeads are not transported across the human stratum corneum in vitro by short high-voltage pulses" [Bioelectrochem. Bioenerget. 48(1) (1999) 181-192], 2025, Bioelectrochemistry

Frequent co-authors of Weaver include Gabriel Maquignaz, Rachel Zoll, Michael Karpelson, Robert J. Wood, and Tani Chen.

Best Publications

Hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation regulate stem cell fate and activity

Ovijit Chaudhuri;Ovijit Chaudhuri;Ovijit Chaudhuri;Luo Gu;Luo Gu;Darinka Klumpers;Darinka Klumpers;Darinka Klumpers;Max Darnell;Max Darnell

2379
Citations
Theory of electroporation: A review

James C. Weaver;Yu.A. Chizmadzhev

2007
Citations
Skeleton of Euplectella sp.: Structural Hierarchy from the Nanoscale to the Macroscale

Joanna Aizenberg;James C. Weaver;James C. Weaver;James C. Weaver;Monica S. Thanawala;Monica S. Thanawala;Monica S. Thanawala;Vikram C. Sundar;Vikram C. Sundar;Vikram C. Sundar

1294
Citations
Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture.

Georg E. Fantner;Tue Hassenkam;Johannes H. Kindt;James C. Weaver

1073
Citations
The stomatopod dactyl club : a formidable damage-tolerant biological hammer

James C. Weaver;Garrett W. Milliron;Ali Miserez;Kenneth Evans-Lutterodt

949
Citations
Electroporation: A general phenomenon for manipulating cells and tissues

James C. Weaver

925
Citations
3D Soft Metamaterials with Negative Poisson's Ratio

Sahab Babaee;Jongmin Shim;James C. Weaver;Elizabeth R. Chen

922
Citations
Substrate stress relaxation regulates cell spreading

Ovijit Chaudhuri;Luo Gu;Max Carlton Darnell;Darinka Klumpers

900
Citations
Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps

Kyoo-Chul Park;Philseok Kim;Alison Elizabeth Grinthal;Neil He

873
Citations
Harnessing buckling to design tunable locally resonant acoustic metamaterials.

Pai Wang;Filippo Casadei;Sicong Shan;James C. Weaver

663
Citations
Electroporation of cells and tissues

J.C. Weaver

574
Citations
Transport of molecules across tissue using electroporation.

James C. Weaver;Kevin T. Powell;Robert S. Langer

558
Citations
Effect of electric field and ultrasound for transdermal drug delivery

Joseph Kost;Uwe Pliquett;Samir S. Mitragotri;Robert S. Langer

518
Citations
Biomimetic shark skin: design, fabrication and hydrodynamic function

Li Wen;James C Weaver;George V Lauder

517
Citations
Mature induced-pluripotent-stem-cell-derived human podocytes reconstitute kidney glomerular-capillary-wall function on a chip

Samira Musah;Akiko Mammoto;Thomas C. Ferrante;Sauveur S. F. Jeanty

504
Citations
Preventing mussel adhesion using lubricant-infused materials

Shahrouz Amini;Stefan Kolle;Stefan Kolle;Luigi Petrone;Onyemaechi Ahanotu

502
Citations
Theory of electroporation of planar bilayer membranes: predictions of the aqueous area, change in capacitance, and pore-pore separation

S.A. Freeman;M.A. Wang;J.C. Weaver

499
Citations
The response of living cells to very weak electric fields: the thermal noise limit

JC Weaver;RD Astumian

470
Citations
A three-dimensional actuated origami-inspired transformable metamaterial with multiple degrees of freedom

Johannes T.B. Overvelde;Twan A. de Jong;Yanina Shevchenko;Sergio A. Becerra

461
Citations
Ultra-sensitive and resilient compliant strain gauges for soft machines.

Oluwaseun A. Araromi;Moritz A. Graule;Kristen L. Dorsey;Sam Castellanos

459
Citations
Apparatus and method for electroporation of tissue

James C. Weaver;Uwe Pliquett;Timothy Vaughan

397
Citations