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D-Index
47
Citations
14183
World Ranking
1337
National Ranking
90

Jens Eggers 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 Jens Eggers sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 173 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Jens Eggers 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 Jens Eggers sits on this spectrum.

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: 47 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For applications of the ideas of singularities to freeboundary problems such as jet breakup, drop formation, air entrainment, thinfilm dynamics including wetting, dewetting and contact line motions, and with further applications to polymeric flows and models for granular dynamics

Overview

Jens Eggers is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and has a considerable publication record in the field of engineering, particularly focusing on computational mechanics and fluid dynamics.

The main research areas of Eggers include:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

Eggers' research topics cover:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Frequent coauthors in Eggers' publications include:

  • Miguel A. Herrada
  • Jacco H. Snoeijer
  • James E. Sprittles
  • Antoine Deblais
  • Daniel Bonn

Eggers has contributed to various scientific venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Soft Matter

Among recent publications authored by Jens Eggers are:

  • Self-similar breakup of polymeric threads as described by the Oldroyd-B model, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Coalescence Dynamics, 2024, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Other notable papers in which Eggers is listed as an author or co-author include works authored by collaborators such as Miguel A. Herrada or Jacco H. Snoeijer, covering topics like bubble path instability, surfactant-loaded drop stability, and polymeric thread breakup, published between 2020 and 2023 in journals like the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

Eggers was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2009, with a citation recognizing contributions to singularities in free-boundary problems, including jet breakup, drop formation, air entrainment, thin-film dynamics, wetting and dewetting, contact line motions, as well as applications to polymeric flows and granular dynamics models.

Best Publications

  • Nonlinear dynamics and breakup of free-surface flows

    Jens G Eggers

  • Physics of liquid jets

    Jens Eggers;Emmanuel Villermaux

  • Coalescence of liquid drops

    Jens Eggers;John R. Lister;Howard A. Stone

  • Universal pinching of 3D axisymmetric free-surface flow

    Jens G Eggers

  • Drop Formation in a One-Dimensional Approximation of the Navier-Stokes Equation

    Jens Eggers;Todd F. Dupont

  • Drop dynamics after impact on a solid wall: Theory and simulations

    Jens Eggers;Marco A. Fontelos;Christophe Josserand;Stéphane Zaleski

  • The Beads-on-String Structure of Viscoelastic Threads

    Christian Clasen;Jens Eggers;Marco A. Fontelos;Jie Li

  • Inviscid coalescence of drops

    L Duchemin;JG Eggers;C Josserand

  • Vibration-induced climbing of drops

    P. Brunet;Jens G Eggers;R. D. Deegan

  • Sand as Maxwell's Demon

    Jens G Eggers

  • Theory of drop formation

    Jens G Eggers

  • TWO FLUID DROP SNAP-OFF PROBLEM : EXPERIMENTS AND THEORY

    Itai Cohen;Michael P. Brenner;Jens Eggers;Sidney R. Nagel

  • Perspectives on viscoelastic flow instabilities and elastic turbulence

    Sujit Datta;Jens G Eggers;Howard A. Stone

  • Dynamics of liquid nanojets.

    Jens G Eggers

  • Hydrodynamic theory of forced dewetting

    Jens G Eggers

  • Breakdown of scaling in droplet fission at high Reynolds number

    Michael P. Brenner;Jens Eggers;Kathy Joseph;Sidney R. Nagel

  • Complexities of splashing

    R. D. Deegan;P. Brunet;Jens G Eggers

  • Characteristic lengths at moving contact lines for a perfectly wetting fluid: the influence of speed on the dynamic contact angle

    Jens Eggers;Howard A. Stone

  • Wavelength selection in the crown splash

    Li V. Zhang;Philippe Brunet;Jens G Eggers;Robert D. Deegan

  • Droplet detachment and satellite bead formation in viscoelastic fluids

    C. Wagner;Y. Amarouchene;Y. Amarouchene;Daniel Bonn;Daniel Bonn;J. Eggers

  • Evaporation of water

    Odile Carrier;Noushine Shahidzadeh-Bonn;Rojman Zargar;Mounir Aytouna

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacco H. Snoeijer
Jacco H. Snoeijer University of Twente
Daniel Bonn
Daniel Bonn University of Amsterdam
Howard A. Stone
Howard A. Stone Princeton University
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hajime Tanaka
Hajime Tanaka University of Tokyo
Sidney R. Nagel
Sidney R. Nagel University of Chicago
Siegfried Grossmann
Siegfried Grossmann Philipp University of Marburg
Stephen R. Williams
Stephen R. Williams University of Queensland
Neil M. Ribe
Neil M. Ribe University of Paris-Saclay

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