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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
44
Citations
9721
World Ranking
1585
National Ranking
615

Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
11493
World Ranking
4850
National Ranking
1830

John W. Rudnicki 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 W. Rudnicki sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 120 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John W. Rudnicki 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 W. Rudnicki sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Daniel C. Drucker Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2011 - Drucker Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

John W. Rudnicki is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a significant focus on Engineering as well. Within these fields, their work concentrates on various subfields including Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Cell Biology.

The main topics covered in Rudnicki's research include earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, rock mechanics and modeling, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, seismic waves and analysis, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, and landslides and related hazards.

Rudnicki's publication record features contributions to a range of scientific journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • PLoS Computational Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rudnicki include:

  • "Dilatancy and Compaction of a Rate-and-State Fault in a Poroelastic Medium: Linearized Stability Analysis" (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • "Dynamics anisotropy in a porous solid with aligned slit fractures" (2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids)
  • "A Spectral Boundary-Integral Method for Faults and Fractures in a Poroelastic Solid: Simulations of a Rate-and-State Fault With Dilatancy, Compaction, and Fluid Injection" (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • "Envisioning faults beyond the framework of fracture mechanics" (2023, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Effect of Pressure Rate on Rate and State Frictional Slip" (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)

Rudnicki has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Anita Torabi, Giuseppe Buscarnera, Elías Rafn Heimisson, N. Lapusta, and Cheng Mei.

Throughout their career, Rudnicki has been recognized with multiple awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, such as the Drucker Medal in 2011 and election as a Fellow in 2008.

Best Publications

  • CONDITIONS FOR THE LOCALIZATION OF DEFORMATION IN PRESSURE-SENSITIVE DILATANT MATERIALS

    J.W. Rudnicki;J.R. Rice

  • Variability in surface moisture content along a hillslope transect: Rattlesnake Hill, Texas

    J.S. Famiglietti;J.W. Rudnicki;M. Rodell

  • A note on some features of the theory of localization of deformation

    J.R. Rice;J.W. Rudnicki

  • Conditions for compaction bands in porous rock

    K. A. Issen;K. A. Issen;J. W. Rudnicki

  • Fluid mass sources and point forces in linear elastic diffusive solids

    John W. Rudnicki

  • Fracture Mechanics Applied to the Earth's Crust

    John W. Rudnicki

  • A microcrack-based continuous damage model for brittle geomaterials

    J.F. Shao;J.W. Rudnicki

  • Anticrack inclusion model for compaction bands in sandstone

    Kurt R. Sternlof;John W. Rudnicki;David D. Pollard

  • Stabilization of rapid frictional slip on a weakening fault by dilatant hardening

    John W. Rudnicki;Chao-Hsun Chen

  • The inception of faulting in a rock mass with a weakened zone

    John W. Rudnicki

  • Earthquake precursory effects due to pore fluid stabilization of a weakening fault zone

    James R. Rice;John W. Rudnicki;John W. Rudnicki

  • The effect of the intermediate principal stress on fault formation and fault angle in siltstone

    Bezalel Haimson;John W. Rudnicki

  • Effects of fault interaction on moment, stress drop, and strain energy release

    J. W. Rudnicki;Hiroo Kanamori

  • Shear and compaction band formation on an elliptic yield cap

    John W. Rudnicki

  • Compaction localization in the Earth and the laboratory: state of the research and research directions

    David Holcomb;John W. Rudnicki;Kathleen A. Issen;Kurt Sternlof

  • Connecting microstructural attributes and permeability from 3D tomographic images of in situ shear-enhanced compaction bands using multiscale computations

    WaiChing Sun;José E. Andrade;John W. Rudnicki;Peter Eichhubl

  • Alteration of Regional Stress By Reservoirs And Other Inhomogeneities: Stabilizing Or Destabilizing?

    J.W. Rudnicki

  • Elliptic yield cap constitutive modeling for high porosity sandstone

    Eric Grueschow;John W. Rudnicki

  • Chapter 5 Localization: Shear bands and compaction bands

    Pierre Bésuelle;John W. Rudnicki

  • Multiscale method for characterization of porous microstructures and their impact on macroscopic effective permeability

    WaiChing Sun;Jose E. Andrade;John W. Rudnicki

  • Theory of compaction bands in porous rock

    K.A. Issen;J.W. Rudnicki

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Rice
James R. Rice Harvard University
Bezalel C. Haimson
Bezalel C. Haimson University of Wisconsin–Madison
WaiChing Sun
WaiChing Sun Columbia University
Jian-Fu Shao
Jian-Fu Shao University of Lille
K.T. Chau
K.T. Chau Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Leon M. Keer
Leon M. Keer Northwestern University
Ian Main
Ian Main University of Edinburgh
Norman R. Warpinski
Norman R. Warpinski Halliburton (United Kingdom)
Frank M. Richter
Frank M. Richter University of Chicago
John L. Wilson
John L. Wilson New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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