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D-Index
44
Citations
9033
World Ranking
1591
National Ranking
115

John H. Merkin 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 H. Merkin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 287 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John H. Merkin 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 H. Merkin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John H. Merkin is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering, with a strong focus on Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Mechanical Engineering, and Numerical Analysis.

The scientist's work covers several interconnected topics, including:

  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies

Merkin's publication record includes papers in journals specializing in heat, fluid flow, and transport phenomena. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
  • Meccanica
  • Transport in Porous Media
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Merkin are:

  • "Mixed convective stagnation point flow of a hybrid nanofluid toward a vertical cylinder" (2021), published in International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
  • "Flow and heat transfer for MHD wall jet of hybrid nanofluids: theoretical and numerical solutions" (2023), International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
  • "A note on the asymptotic behaviour of axisymmetric stagnation-point flow and heat transfer of a viscous fluid past a permeable stretching/shrinking cylinder" (2022), International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • "MHD Mixed Convection Flow Over a Permeable Vertical Flat Plate Embedded in a Darcy-Forchheimer Porous Medium" (2024), Transport in Porous Media
  • "On an equation arising in the boundary-layer flow of stretching/shrinking permeable surfaces" (2020), Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Merkin include:

  • Ioan Pop
  • Yian Yian Lok
  • Teodor Groșan
  • Natalia C. Roșca
  • Emad H. Aly

Best Publications

  • On dual solutions occurring in mixed convection in a porous medium

    J. H. Merkin

  • A simple isothermal model for homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions in boundary-layer flow. I Equal diffusivities

    M A Chaudhary;J H Merkin

  • A model for isothermal homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions in boundary-layer flow

    J. H. Merkin

  • Natural-convection boundary-layer flow on a vertical surface with Newtonian heating

    J.H. Merkin

  • Mixed convection boundary layer flow on a vertical surface in a saturated porous medium

    J. H. Merkin

  • Mixed convection from a horizontal circular cylinder

    J.H. Merkin

  • Mechanism reduction for the oscillatory oxidation of hydrogen; Sensitivity and quasi-steady-state analyses

    Alison S. Tomlin;Michael J. Pilling;Tamás Turányi;John H. Merkin

  • On roll waves down an open inclined channel

    D. J. Needham;J. H. Merkin

  • The effect of buoyancy forces on the boundary-layer flow over a semi-infinite vertical flat plate in a uniform free stream

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  • Free Convection Boundary Layers on Cylinders of Elliptic Cross Section

    Unknown

  • A SIMPLE ISOTHERMAL MODEL FOR HOMOGENEOUS-HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS IN BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW. II: DIFFERENT DIFFUSIVITIES FOR REACTANT AND AUTOCATALYST

    M A Chaudhary;J H Merkin

  • Free convection boundary layers on axi-symmetric and two-dimensional bodies of arbitrary shape in a saturated porous medium

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  • Mixed convection boundary layer similarity solutions: prescribed wall heat flux

    J. H. Merkin;T. Mahmood

  • Conjugate free convection on a vertical surface

    J.H. Merkin;I. Pop

  • Free convection with blowing and suction

    J.H Merkin

  • Propagating reaction-diffusion waves in a simple isothermal quadratic autocatalytic chemical system

    J. H. Merkin;D. J. Needham

  • The propagation of a voidage disturbance in a uniformly fluidized bed

    D. J. Needham;J. H. Merkin

  • Free convection boundary layers in a saturated porous medium with lateral mass flux

    J.H. Merkin

  • Oscillatory chemical reactions in closed vessels

    J. H. Merkin;D. J. Needham;Stephen K. Scott

  • Similarity solutions in free convection boundary-layer flows adjacent to vertical permeable surfaces in porous media: II prescribed surface heat flux

    M. A. Chaudhary;J. H. Merkin;I. Pop

  • Mixed convection boundary layer flow over a permeable vertical surface with prescribed wall heat flux

    A. Ishak;J. H. Merkin;R. Nazar;I. Pop

  • Similarity solutions in axisymmetric mixed convection boundary-layer flow

    T. Mahmood;J. H. Merkin

  • Wave-induced chemical chaos.

    John H. Merkin;Valery Petrov;Stephen K. Scott;Kenneth Showalter

Frequent Co-Authors

Ioan Pop
Ioan Pop Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Serafim Kalliadasis
Serafim Kalliadasis Imperial College London
Derek B. Ingham
Derek B. Ingham University of Sheffield
Michael J. Pilling
Michael J. Pilling University of Leeds
Roslinda Mohd. Nazar
Roslinda Mohd. Nazar National University of Malaysia
Miloš Marek
Miloš Marek University of Chemistry and Technology
Anuar Mohd Ishak
Anuar Mohd Ishak National University of Malaysia
Alison S. Tomlin
Alison S. Tomlin University of Leeds
Norfifah Bachok
Norfifah Bachok Universiti Putra Malaysia
Teodor Grosan
Teodor Grosan Babeș-Bolyai University

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