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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 57 802 731 345 292 339 11989

Kuppalapalle Vajravelu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kuppalapalle Vajravelu between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kuppalapalle Vajravelu published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2024. 56 of the 369 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2024. 1977: 3 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 0 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 6 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 24 publications 2024: 30 publications 2025: 26 publications
1977 2025

369 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kuppalapalle Vajravelu: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 3
1978 4
1979 3
1980 3
1981 1
1982 0
1983 2
1984 2
1985 0
1986 4
1987 4
1988 4
1989 1
1990 2
1991 1
1992 6
1993 3
1994 4
1995 1
1996 1
1997 2
1998 1
1999 2
2000 3
2001 2
2002 1
2003 3
2004 3
2005 2
2006 6
2007 4
2008 7
2009 10
2010 14
2011 19
2012 26
2013 14
2014 6
2015 7
2016 23
2017 14
2018 15
2019 11
2020 13
2021 11
2022 21
2023 24
2024 30
2025 26
Total 369
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Kuppalapalle Vajravelu 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 Kuppalapalle Vajravelu 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, 337–346 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: 339 publications — 80th percentile

80% 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
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58 339
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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Kuppalapalle Vajravelu 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 Kuppalapalle Vajravelu 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, 57 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: 57 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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 57
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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Overview

Kuppalapalle Vajravelu is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with significant contributions in several specialized subfields.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Modeling and Simulation

The main research topics covered by Vajravelu include:

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

Vajravelu has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Physics of Fluids
  • Numerical Heat Transfer Part A Applications
  • International Journal of Modelling and Simulation
  • The European Physical Journal Plus
  • Heat Transfer

The following recent papers illustrate some of Vajravelu's research output:

  • Diffusion effects on mixed convective peristaltic flow of a bi-viscous Bingham nanofluid through a porous medium with convective boundary conditions, 2023, Physics of Fluids
  • Peristaltic transport of MHD Ree-Eyring fluid through a flexible channel under the influence of activation energy, 2023, Physics of Fluids
  • Unsteady MHD flow of a Williamson nanofluid on a permeable stretching surface with radiation and chemical reaction effects, 2021, The European Physical Journal Special Topics
  • Heat source and Joule heating effects on convective MHD stagnation point flow of Casson nanofluid through a porous medium with chemical reaction, 2023, Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals
  • Significance of non-Fourier heat flux and radiation on PEG - Water based hybrid Nanofluid flow among revolving disks with chemical reaction and entropy generation optimization, 2021, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Frequent collaborators of Vajravelu include:

  • P. Lakshminarayana
  • G. Sucharitha
  • M. Vinodkumar Reddy
  • Swati Mukhopadhyay
  • M. Ajithkumar

Their body of work reflects a strong focus on fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and nanofluid flows across porous media and complex mechanical systems. The research covers theoretical, computational, and applied mechanics aspects, with an emphasis on transport phenomena under varying physical and chemical influences.

Best Publications

  • Viscous flow over a nonlinearly stretching sheet

    K. Vajravelu

  • Heat transfer in a viscous fluid over a stretching sheet with viscous dissipation and internal heat generation

    K. Vajravelu;A. Hadjinicolaou

  • Forced convection heat transfer in a semi annulus under the influence of a variable magnetic field

    Mohsen Sheikholeslami;Kuppalapalle Vajravelu;Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi;Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi

  • Convective heat transfer in the flow of viscous Ag–water and Cu–water nanofluids over a stretching surface

    K. Vajravelu;K.V. Prasad;Jinho Lee;Changhoon Lee

  • Peristaltic flow and heat transfer in a vertical porous annulus, with long wave approximation

    K. Vajravelu;G. Radhakrishnamacharya;V. Radhakrishnamurty

  • Convective heat transfer in an electrically conducting fluid at a stretching surface with uniform free stream

    K. Vajravelu;A. Hadjinicolaou

  • HYDROMAGNETIC CONVECTION AT A CONE AND A WEDGE

    K. Vajravelu;J. Nayfeh

  • Lattice Boltzmann simulation of magnetohydrodynamic natural convection heat transfer of Al2O3–water nanofluid in a horizontal cylindrical enclosure with an inner triangular cylinder

    Mohsen Sheikholeslami;Mofid Gorji-Bandpy;Kuppalapalle Vajravelu

  • Nanofluid flow and heat transfer in a cavity with variable magnetic field

    M. Sheikholeslami;K. Vajravelu

  • The influence of heat transfer on peristaltic transport of a Jeffrey fluid in a vertical porous stratum

    K. Vajravelu;S. Sreenadh;P. Lakshminarayana

  • Flow and heat transfer in a second grade fluid over a stretching sheet

    K. Vajravelu;T. Roper

  • Peristaltic transport of a Herschel–Bulkley fluid in an inclined tube

    K. Vajravelu;S. Sreenadh;V. Ramesh Babu

  • Radiation effects on mixed convection about a cone embedded in a porous medium filled with a nanofluid

    Ali J. Chamkha;S. Abbasbandy;A. M. Rashad;K. Vajravelu

  • Boundary layer flow past a stretching/shrinking surface beneath an external uniform shear flow with a convective surface boundary condition in a nanofluid.

    Nor Azizah Yacob;Anuar Mohd Ishak;Ioan Pop;Kuppalapalle Vajravelu

  • The effects of variable fluid properties and thermocapillarity on the flow of a thin film on an unsteady stretching sheet

    B.S. Dandapat;B. Santra;K. Vajravelu

  • Stagnation-point flow and heat transfer over an exponentially shrinking sheet

    Krishnendu Bhattacharyya;Kuppalapalle Vajravelu

  • Radiation effects on mixed convection about a cone embedded in a porous medium filled with a nanofluid

    Ali J. Chamkha;S. Abbasbandy;A. M. Rashad;K. Vajravelu

  • Hydromagnetic flow of a dusty fluid over a stretching sheet

    K. Vajravelu;J. Nayfeh

  • Unsteady convective boundary layer flow of a viscous fluid at a vertical surface with variable fluid properties

    K. Vajravelu;K.V. Prasad;Chiu-On Ng

  • Fully developed laminar free convection flow between two parallel vertical walls—I

    K. Vajravelu;K.S. Sastri

  • Second order slip flow and heat transfer over a stretching sheet with non-linear Navier boundary condition

    Mahantesh M. Nandeppanavar;K. Vajravelu;M. Subhas Abel;M.N. Siddalingappa;M.N. Siddalingappa

  • On the selection of auxiliary functions, operators, and convergence control parameters in the application of the Homotopy Analysis Method to nonlinear differential equations: A general approach

    Robert A. Van Gorder;K. Vajravelu

Frequent Co-Authors

Swati Mukhopadhyay
Swati Mukhopadhyay University of Burdwan
Dulal Pal
Dulal Pal Visva-Bharati University
Ioan Pop
Ioan Pop Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Saeid Abbasbandy
Saeid Abbasbandy Imam Khomeini International University
Shijun Liao
Shijun Liao Shanghai Jiao Tong University
John Rozier Cannon
John Rozier Cannon University of Central Florida
Mohsen Sheikholeslami
Mohsen Sheikholeslami Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi
Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi Tongji University
Oluwole Daniel Makinde
Oluwole Daniel Makinde Stellenbosch University
Changhoon Lee
Changhoon Lee Yonsei University

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