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D-Index
43
Citations
18829
World Ranking
1673
National Ranking
643

John E. Dolbow 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 John E. Dolbow sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 98 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John E. Dolbow 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 John E. Dolbow sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% 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

  • 2014 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

John E. Dolbow is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Materials Chemistry, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including numerical methods in engineering, fatigue and fracture mechanics, rock mechanics and modeling, metallurgy and material forming, metal forming simulation techniques, solidification and crystal growth phenomena, and high-velocity impact and material behavior.

Dolbow has contributed to a number of recent papers, among which are:

  • A phase-field model of fracture with frictionless contact and random fracture properties: Application to thin-film fracture and soil desiccation (2020), published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • A variational phase-field model for ductile fracture with coalescence dissipation (2021), Computational Mechanics
  • An extended/generalized phase-field finite element method for crack growth with global-local enrichment (2020), International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • Classical variational phase-field models cannot predict fracture nucleation (2024), Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • The strength of the Brazilian fracture test (2023), Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Oscar Lopez-Pamies, Tianchen Hu, André Costa, Yangyuanchen Liu, and Johann Guilleminot.

The scientist's work has appeared in multiple publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Over the course of their career, John E. Dolbow has been recognized by the International Association for Computational Mechanics, having been named a Fellow in 2014.

Best Publications

  • A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing

    Nicolas Moës;John Dolbow;Ted Belytschko

  • Arbitrary branched and intersecting cracks with the eXtended Finite Element Method

    Christophe Daux;Nicolas Moës;John Dolbow;Natarajan Sukumar

  • An extended finite element method for modeling crack growth with frictional contact

    John Dolbow;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

  • Discontinuous enrichment in finite elements with a partition of unity method

    John Dolbow;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

  • Numerical integration of the Galerkin weak form in meshfree methods

    John Dolbow;Ted Belytschko

  • An introduction to programming the meshless Element F reeGalerkin method

    J. Dolbow;Ted Belytschko

  • ON THE COMPLETENESS OF MESHFREE PARTICLE METHODS

    T. Belytschko;Y. Krongauz;J. Dolbow;C. Gerlach

  • Modeling fracture in Mindlin–Reissner plates with the extended finite element method

    John Dolbow;Nicolas Moës;Ted Belytschko

  • Imposing Dirichlet boundary conditions with Nitsche's method and spline-based finite elements

    Anand Embar;John Dolbow;Isaac Harari

  • An efficient finite element method for embedded interface problems

    John Dolbow;Isaac Harari

  • On the computation of mixed-mode stress intensity factors in functionally graded materials

    J.E. Dolbow;M. Gosz

  • Phase separation in biological membranes: integration of theory and experiment.

    Elliot L. Elson;Eliot Fried;John E. Dolbow;Guy M. Genin

  • A robust Nitsche’s formulation for interface problems

    Chandrasekhar Annavarapu;Martin Hautefeuille;John E. Dolbow

  • A phase-field formulation for dynamic cohesive fracture

    Rudy J.M. Geelen;Yingjie Liu;Tianchen Hu;Michael R. Tupek

  • Domain integral formulation for stress intensity factor computation along curved three-dimensional interface cracks

    M. Gosz;J. Dolbow;B. Moran

  • A hybrid extended finite element/level set method for modeling phase transformations

    H. Ji;D. Chopp;J. E. Dolbow

  • On strategies for enforcing interfacial constraints and evaluating jump conditions with the extended finite element method

    H. Ji;J. E. Dolbow

  • Design of stiff, tough and stretchy hydrogel composites via nanoscale hybrid crosslinking and macroscale fiber reinforcement

    Shaoting Lin;Changyong Cao;Qiming Wang;Mark Gonzalez

  • Solving thermal and phase change problems with the eXtended finite element method

    R. Merle;J. Dolbow

  • Chemically induced swelling of hydrogels

    John E. Dolbow;Eliot Fried;Huidi Ji

  • Analysis of an efficient finite element method for embedded interface problems

    Isaac Harari;John Dolbow

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliot Fried
Eliot Fried Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Ted Belytschko
Ted Belytschko Northwestern University
Nicolas Moës
Nicolas Moës École Centrale de Nantes
Isaac Harari
Isaac Harari Tel Aviv University
Tod A. Laursen
Tod A. Laursen American University of Sharjah
Peter J. Mucha
Peter J. Mucha Dartmouth College
N. Sukumar
N. Sukumar University of California, Davis
John D. Albertson
John D. Albertson Cornell University
Stefan Zauscher
Stefan Zauscher Duke University

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