2026 James J. Riley: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	51	1090	1002	443	380	220	13969

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2014 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions in analysis, modeling, and computations of transitioning and turbulent phenomena.
2004 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1988 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows, including geophysical flows and flows with chemical reactions

Overview

James J. Riley is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with notable contributions to Oceanography, Computational Mechanics, Atmospheric Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics focus on:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Combustion and flame dynamics
Geological formations and processes

Significant recent publications include:

"Energetics of Seamount Wakes. Part I: Energy Exchange," 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
"Three-dimensional electroconvective vortices in cross flow," 2020, Physical Review E
"Energetics of Seamount Wakes. Part II: Wave Fluxes," 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
"On the role of seamounts in upwelling deep-ocean waters through turbulent mixing," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Effect of viscous-convective subrange on passive scalar statistics at high Reynolds number," 2022, Physical Review Fluids

Frequently collaborating co-authors of James J. Riley include:

Stephen M. de Bruyn Kops
B. Perfect
Nirnimesh Kumar
Miles M. P. Couchman
B Blakeley

Publications have appeared regularly in the following venues:

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal of Physical Oceanography
Journal of Turbulence
Physical Review E

James J. Riley has been recognized by several scientific organizations and bodies. Awards include:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2014, for contributions in analysis, modeling, and computations of transitioning and turbulent phenomena
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2004
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1988, for contributions to the direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows, including geophysical flows and flows with chemical reactions

Best Publications

Equation of motion for a small rigid sphere in a nonuniform flow

Martin R. Maxey;James J. Riley

4313
Citations
Available potential energy and mixing in density-stratified fluids

Kraig B. Winters;Peter N. Lombard;James J. Riley;Eric A. D'Asaro

716
Citations
A subgrid model for equilibrium chemistry in turbulent flows

Andrew W. Cook;James J. Riley

487
Citations
Secondary instability of a temporally growing mixing layer

Ralph W. Metcalfe;Steven A. Orszag;Marc E. Brachet;Suresh Menon

449
Citations
Fluid Motions in the Presence of Strong Stable Stratification

James J. Riley;Marie Pascale Lelong

417
Citations
Mixing Efficiency in the Ocean

M.C. Gregg;E.A. D'Asaro;J.J. Riley;E. Kunze

405
Citations
Direct numerical simulations of a reacting mixing layer with chemical heat release

P. A. Mcmurtry;W.-H. Jou;J. J. Riley;R. W. Metcalfe

349
Citations
Direct numerical simulations of homogeneous turbulence in density‐stratified fluids

James J. Riley;Ralph W. Metcalfe;Michael A. Weissman

332
Citations
On the growth of turbulent regions in laminar boundary layers

M. Gad-El-hak;J. J. Riley;R. F. Blackwelder

296
Citations
Dynamics of turbulence strongly influenced by buoyancy

James J. Riley;Stephen M. deBruynKops

292
Citations
Effects of heat release on the large-scale structure in turbulent mixing layers

P. A. Mcmurtry;J. J. Riley;R. W. Metcalfe

244
Citations
DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS WITH NUMERICALLY INTEGRATED ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE.

James J. Riley;G. S. Patterson

229
Citations
Subgrid-scale modeling for turbulent reacting flows

Andrew W. Cook;James J. Riley

217
Citations
On the interaction of compliant coatings with boundary-layer flows

Mohamed Gad-El-Hak;Ron F. Blackwelder;James J. Riley

209
Citations
A laminar flamelet approach to subgrid-scale chemistry in turbulent flows

Andrew W. Cook;James J. Riley;George Kosály

208
Citations
Stratified Turbulence: A Possible Interpretation of Some Geophysical Turbulence Measurements

James J. Riley;Erik Lindborg

191
Citations
Direct numerical simulations of chemically reacting turbulent mixing layers

James J. Riley;Ralph W. Metcalfe;Steven A. Orszag

185
Citations
Internal wave—vortical mode interactions in strongly stratified flows

M. Pascale Lelong;James J. Riley

175
Citations
Direct Numerical Simulation of a Turbulent Reactive Plume on a Parallel Computer

Andrew W. Cook;James J. Riley

158
Citations
Direct numerical simulation of laboratory experiments in isotropic turbulence

S. M. de Bruyn Kops;J. J. Riley

136
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Santosh Devasia University of Washington

Mohamed Gad-el-Hak Virginia Commonwealth University

Dominique Laurence University of Manchester

Peter J. Schmid King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Eric A. D'Asaro University of Washington

Bruce A. Finlayson University of Washington

Eric Kunze University of Washington

Michael C. Gregg University of Washington

Jim Thomson University of Washington

Clement E. Furlong University of Washington

External Links

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