| Discipline name | D-Index | World Ranking | Current World Ranking | National Ranking | Current National Ranking | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | 46 | 1488 | 1379 | 182 | 182 | 127 | 5446 |
The chart shows the history of publications by Lei Tan between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lei Tan published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 7.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2025. 36 of the 167 publications appeared in the last two years.
167 publications in total across all disciplines
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 15 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 19 |
| Total | 167 |
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 Lei Tan sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 127 publications — 15th percentile
15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.
| 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 | 127 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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 Lei Tan sits on this spectrum.
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.
| 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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