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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 85 152 139 76 65 273 25319
Materials Science 89 1798 1730 548 511 283 26748

Ken Gall publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ken Gall between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ken Gall published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 11.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2004. 22 of the 354 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2004. 1996: 3 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 33 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 24 publications 2007: 21 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 7 publications
1996 2025

354 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ken Gall: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 3
1997 2
1998 4
1999 7
2000 10
2001 10
2002 6
2003 13
2004 33
2005 17
2006 24
2007 21
2008 23
2009 16
2010 18
2011 12
2012 8
2013 7
2014 4
2015 2
2016 7
2017 10
2018 15
2019 6
2020 12
2021 19
2022 13
2023 10
2024 15
2025 7
Total 354
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Ken Gall 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 Ken Gall 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, 267–276 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: 273 publications — 66th percentile

66% 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 88 273
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74
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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Ken Gall 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 Ken Gall 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, 85 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: 85 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 85
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award

Overview

Ken Gall is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Rheumatology.

Their research encompasses a range of main topics including:

  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Cellular and Composite Structures
  • Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Frequent venues for their publications include journals specializing largely in biomedical materials, additive manufacturing, and medical fields. The most common venues are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (7 publications)
  • Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials (5 publications)
  • Additive Manufacturing (3 publications)
  • Macromolecular Materials and Engineering (3 publications)
  • Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics (3 publications)

Ken Gall has worked closely with several coauthors across many publications. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Cambre Kelly
  • Alina Kirillova
  • Samuel B. Adams
  • Bijan Abar
  • Nicholas B. Allen

Some recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Ken Gall include:

  • "Fabrication of Biomedical Scaffolds Using Biodegradable Polymers," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "A Synthetic Hydrogel Composite with the Mechanical Behavior and Durability of Cartilage," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "High-strength, porous additively manufactured implants with optimized mechanical osseointegration," 2021, Biomaterials
  • "Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique," 2020, The Journal of Arthroplasty
  • "From bottle to microplastics: Can we estimate how our plastic products are breaking down?," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Thermomechanics of shape memory polymers: Uniaxial experiments and constitutive modeling

    Yiping Liu;Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn;Alan R. Greenberg

  • Temperature and strain-rate dependence of surface dislocation nucleation.

    Ting Zhu;Ju Li;Amit Samanta;Austin Leach

  • Unconstrained Recovery Characterization of Shape-Memory Polymer Networks for Cardiovascular Applications

    Christopher Michael Yakacki;Robin Shandas;Robin Shandas;Craig Lanning;Bryan Rech

  • Surface-stress-induced phase transformation in metal nanowires.

    Jiankuai Diao;Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn

  • Stress-induced chemical detection using flexible metal-organic frameworks.

    Mark D Allendorf;Ronald J T Houk;Leanne Andruszkiewicz;A Alec Talin

  • Shape memory polymer nanocomposites

    Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn;Yiping Liu;Dudley Finch

  • Cyclic deformation mechanisms in precipitated NiTi shape memory alloys

    K Gall;H.J Maier

  • Tension–compression asymmetry of the stress–strain response in aged single crystal and polycrystalline NiTi

    Ken Gall;Huseyin Sehitoglu;Y.I. Chumlyakov;Irina Kireeva

  • Deformation of single crystal hadfield steel by twinning and slip

    I Karaman;H Sehitoglu;K Gall;Y.I Chumlyakov

  • Microstructure-based fatigue modeling of cast A356-T6 alloy

    D.L McDowell;K Gall;M.F Horstemeyer;J Fan

  • Strong, Tailored, Biocompatible Shape-Memory Polymer Networks.

    Christopher M. Yakacki;Robin Shandas;David Safranski;Alicia M. Ortega

  • The role of texture in tension–compression asymmetry in polycrystalline NiTi

    Ken Gall;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Atomistic simulation of the structure and elastic properties of gold nanowires

    Jiankuai Diao;Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn

  • Thermomechanics of the shape memory effect in polymers for biomedical applications

    Ken Gall;Christopher M. Yakacki;Yiping Liu;Robin Shandas;Robin Shandas

  • Deformation of FCC nanowires by twinning and slip

    Harold S. Park;Ken Gall;Jonathan A. Zimmerman

  • Shape memory and pseudoelasticity in metal nanowires.

    Harold S. Park;Ken Gall;Jonathan A. Zimmerman

  • Compressive response of NiTi single crystals

    H. Sehitoglu;I. Karaman;R. Anderson;X. Zhang

  • The Strength of Gold Nanowires

    Ken Gall;Jiankuai Diao;Martin L. Dunn

  • Thermomechanics of shape memory polymer nanocomposites

    Yiping Liu;Ken Gall;Martin L Dunn;Patrick McCluskey

  • Finite strain 3D thermoviscoelastic constitutive model for shape memory polymers

    Julie Diani;Yiping Liu;Ken Gall

  • Atomistic simulations of the yielding of gold nanowires

    Jiankuai Diao;Ken Gall;Martin L. Dunn;Jonathan A. Zimmerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Jürgen Maier
Hans Jürgen Maier University of Hannover
Christopher M. Yakacki
Christopher M. Yakacki Lockheed Martin (United States)
Huseyin Sehitoglu
Huseyin Sehitoglu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David L. McDowell
David L. McDowell Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark F. Horstemeyer
Mark F. Horstemeyer Liberty University
Martin L. Dunn
Martin L. Dunn University of Colorado Denver
Ibrahim Karaman
Ibrahim Karaman Texas A&M University
Taylor H. Ware
Taylor H. Ware The University of Texas at Dallas
Steven M. George
Steven M. George University of Colorado Boulder
Reginald DesRoches
Reginald DesRoches Rice University

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