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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 46 1453 1345 578 502 299 7646

Juan Lopez publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Juan Lopez between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Juan Lopez published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 8.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2012. 9 of the 398 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2012. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 17 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 24 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 14 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 25 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 5 publications
1981 2025

398 publications in total across all disciplines

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Juan Lopez: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 1
1983 2
1984 3
1985 3
1986 2
1987 3
1988 1
1989 3
1990 2
1991 0
1992 2
1993 2
1994 2
1995 5
1996 5
1997 7
1998 9
1999 6
2000 17
2001 12
2002 24
2003 10
2004 12
2005 14
2006 13
2007 15
2008 15
2009 12
2010 15
2011 15
2012 25
2013 14
2014 17
2015 13
2016 17
2017 16
2018 14
2019 10
2020 11
2021 8
2022 6
2023 5
2024 4
2025 5
Total 398
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Juan Lopez 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 Juan Lopez sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 297–306 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 299 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74 299
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100
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Juan Lopez 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 Juan Lopez sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 46 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 46 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88 46
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Juan Lopez is a researcher affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with significant work concentrated in Computational Mechanics, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Lopez's research focuses on topics related to fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, solar and space plasma dynamics, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, geophysics and gravity measurements, and vibration and dynamic analysis.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • Precessing cube: resonant excitation of modes and triadic resonance, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Reflections and focusing of inertial waves in a librating cube with the rotation axis oblique to its faces, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Impact of centrifugal buoyancy on strato-rotational instability, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Effects of Microorganisms on Drop Formation in Microgravity During a Parabolic Flight with Residual Gravity and Jitter, 2022, Microgravity Science and Technology
  • Simulated microgravity in the ring-sheared drop, 2020, npj Microgravity

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Lopez include:

  • Bruno D. Welfert
  • Amir Hirsa
  • Ke Wu
  • Jason Yalim
  • Patrick McMackin

Their research is often published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Fluids
  • Physics of Fluids
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Juan Lopez was awarded the ACM Senior Member recognition in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Axisymmetric vortex breakdown Part 2. Physical mechanisms

    G. L. Brown;J. M. Lopez

  • AXISYMMETRIC VORTEX BREAKDOWN, PART 1. CONFINED SWIRLING FLOW

    J. M. Lopez

  • Universal fluctuations in correlated systems

    S. T. Bramwell;K. Christensen;J.-Y. Fortin;P. C. W. Holdsworth

  • Superroughening versus intrinsic anomalous scaling of surfaces

    Juan M. López;Miguel A. Rodríguez;Rodolfo Cuerno

  • Axisymmetric vortex breakdown. Part 3 Onset of periodic flow and chaotic advection

    J. M. Lopez;A. D. Perry

  • Nonequilibrium phase transitions in directed small-world networks

    Alejandro D. Sánchez;Juan M. López;Miguel A. Rodríguez

  • Anomalous scaling of fracture surfaces

    Juan M. López;Jean Schmittbuhl

  • On three-dimensional quasiperiodic Floquet instabilities of two-dimensional bluff body wakes

    Hugh Maurice Blackburn;Juan M Lopez

  • Scaling of local slopes, conservation laws, and anomalous roughening in surface growth.

    Juan M. López;Mario Castro;Rafael Gallego

  • On the bifurcation structure of axisymmetric vortex breakdown in a constricted pipe

    J. M. Lopez

  • An Efficient Spectral-Projection Method for the Navier–Stokes Equations in Cylindrical Geometries: I. Axisymmetric Cases

    J.M. Lopez;Jie Shen

  • Anomalous roughening of wood fractured surfaces

    Stéphane Morel;Jean Schmittbuhl;Juan M. López;Gérard Valentin

  • Numerical study of natural convection in a vertical porous annulus with discrete heating

    M. Sankar;Youngyong Park;Juan Lopez;Younghae Do

  • Symmetry breaking of two-dimensional time-periodic wakes

    Hugh Maurice Blackburn;Francisco Marques;Juan M Lopez

  • Power spectrum scaling in anomalous kinetic roughening of surfaces

    Juan M. López;Miguel A. Rodríguez;Rodolfo Cuerno

  • Spontaneous emergence of contrarian-like behaviour in an opinion spreading model

    Marta S. de la Lama;Juan M. Lopez;Horacio S. Wio

  • Spontaneous emergence of contrarian-like behaviour in an opinion spreading model

    M. S. de la Lama;M. S. de la Lama;J. M. López;H.S. Wio;H.S. Wio

  • Symmetry breaking of the flow in a cylinder driven by a rotating end wall

    H. M. Blackburn;Juan Lopez

  • An Efficient Spectral-Projection Method for the Navier-Stokes Equations in Cylindrical Geometries

    J.M. Lopez;F. Marques;Jie Shen

  • Crossflow instability of finite Bödewadt flows: Transients and spiral waves

    Juan M. Lopez;Francisco Marques;Antonio M. Rubio;Marc Avila

  • Symmetry breaking in free-surface cylinder flows

    Juan Lopez;F. Marques;A. H. Hirsa;R. Miraghaie

  • Precessing vortex breakdown mode in an enclosed cylinder flow

    F. Marques;Juan Lopez

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugh Maurice Blackburn
Hugh Maurice Blackburn Monash University
Ke Wu
Ke Wu Polytechnique Montréal
Jie Shen
Jie Shen Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
Brian J. Cantwell
Brian J. Cantwell Stanford University
Alexander Smits
Alexander Smits Princeton University
Richard M. Lueptow
Richard M. Lueptow Northwestern University
William S. Saric
William S. Saric Texas A&M University
José J. Ramasco
José J. Ramasco Spanish National Research Council
Ctirad Uher
Ctirad Uher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Emmanouil Kioupakis
Emmanouil Kioupakis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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