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D-Index
49
Citations
8137
World Ranking
1234
National Ranking
500

Lifeng Wang 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 Lifeng Wang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 137 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lifeng Wang 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 Lifeng Wang sits on this spectrum.

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: 49 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lifeng Wang is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a primary focus on mechanical engineering and related subfields. Their work spans multiple areas, including biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, civil and structural engineering, and computational mechanics.

The main topics covered in their research include cellular and composite structures, acoustic wave phenomena, laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics, advanced materials and mechanics, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, particle dynamics in fluid flows, and advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials.

Notable recent publications by Lifeng Wang include:

  • Enhancing indentation and impact resistance in auxetic composite materials, 2020, Composites Part B Engineering
  • Engineering lattice metamaterials for extreme property, programmability, and multifunctionality, 2020, Journal of Applied Physics
  • Machine learning-based design and optimization of curved beams for multistable structures and metamaterials, 2020, Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • Tough and Strong: Cross-Lamella Design Imparts Multifunctionality to Biomimetic Nacre, 2020, ACS Nano
  • The effect of material mixing on interfacial stiffness and strength of multi-material additive manufacturing, 2020, Additive Manufacturing

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lifeng Wang include:

  • Xihang Jiang, with 10 collaborative papers
  • Fan Liu, with 9 collaborative papers
  • Zian Jia, with 6 collaborative papers
  • Yujie Chi, with 4 collaborative papers
  • Yuqiang Gao, with 3 collaborative papers

Lifeng Wang's work has appeared in various publication venues. The most frequent outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University), 13 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal, 5 publications
  • Composite Structures, 2 publications
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2 publications
  • Composites Part B Engineering, 1 publication

Best Publications

  • Bending behavior of sandwich composite structures with tunable 3D-printed core materials

    Tiantian Li;Lifeng Wang

  • Lattice Metamaterials with Mechanically Tunable Poisson’s Ratio for Vibration Control

    Yanyu Chen;Tiantian Li;Fabrizio Scarpa;Lifeng Wang

  • Exploiting negative Poisson's ratio to design 3D-printed composites with enhanced mechanical properties

    Tiantian Li;Yanyu Chen;Xiaoyi Hu;Yangbo Li;Yangbo Li

  • Co-Continuous Composite Materials for Stiffness, Strength, and Energy Dissipation

    Lifeng Wang;Jacky Lau;Edwin L. Thomas;Mary C. Boyce

  • Topology optimization of multi-material negative Poisson's ratio metamaterials using a reconciled level set method

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  • Significantly Increased CO2 Adsorption Performance of Nanostructured Templated Carbon by Tuning Surface Area and Nitrogen Doping

    Lifeng Wang;Ralph T. Yang

  • Enhancing indentation and impact resistance in auxetic composite materials

    Tiantian Li;Fan Liu;Lifeng Wang

  • 3D Printed Hierarchical Honeycombs with Shape Integrity under Large Compressive Deformations

    Yanyu Chen;Yanyu Chen;Tiantian Li;Zian Jia;Fabrizio Scarpa

  • Effects of anisotropy, aspect ratio, and nonstraightness of carbon nanotubes on thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube composites

    Fei Deng;Quan-Shui Zheng;Li-Feng Wang;Ce-Wen Nan

  • Size Dependence of the Thin-Shell Model for Carbon Nanotubes

    Lifeng Wang;Quanshui Zheng;Jefferson Z. Liu;Qing Jiang

  • An experimental investigation of the temperature effect on the mechanics of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites

    Zian Jia;Tiantian Li;Fu-pen Chiang;Lifeng Wang

  • Mechanical properties of sandwich composites with 3d-printed auxetic and non-auxetic lattice cores under low velocity impact

    Shaoyu Hou;Tiantian Li;Tiantian Li;Zian Jia;Lifeng Wang

  • Thermally Tunable, Self-Healing Composites for Soft Robotic Applications

    Nadia G. Cheng;Arvind Gopinath;Lifeng Wang;Karl Iagnemma

  • Hierarchical honeycomb lattice metamaterials with improved thermal resistance and mechanical properties

    Yanyu Chen;Zian Jia;Lifeng Wang

  • 3D printing of biomimetic composites with improved fracture toughness

    Zian Jia;Lifeng Wang

  • Biomimetic architected materials with improved dynamic performance

    Zian Jia;Yang Yu;Yang Yu;Shaoyu Hou;Lifeng Wang

  • Engineering lattice metamaterials for extreme property, programmability, and multifunctionality

    Zian Jia;Zian Jia;Fan Liu;Xihang Jiang;Lifeng Wang

  • Vibration coupling effects and machining behavior of ultrasonic vibration plate device for creep-feed grinding of Inconel 718 nickel-based superalloy

    Yang Cao;Yejun Zhu;Wenfeng Ding;Yutong Qiu

  • Periodic bicontinuous composites for high specific energy absorption.

    Jae-Hwang Lee;Lifeng Wang;Mary C. Boyce;Edwin L. Thomas

  • Elucidation of the Reinforcing Mechanism in Carbon Nanotube/Rubber Nanocomposites

    Fei Deng;Masaei Ito;Toru Noguchi;Lifeng Wang

  • Periodic co-continuous acoustic metamaterials with overlapping locally resonant and Bragg band gaps

    Yanyu Chen;Lifeng Wang

  • Mechanical properties of single-walled carbon nanotube bundles as bulk materials

    Jefferson Z Liu;Quanshui Zheng;Lifeng Wang;Qing Jiang;Qing Jiang

  • Wrinkled surface topographies of electrospun polymer fibers

    Lifeng Wang;Chia-Ling Pai;Mary C. Boyce;Gregory C. Rutledge

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary C. Boyce
Mary C. Boyce Columbia University
Quanshui Zheng
Quanshui Zheng Tsinghua University
Jefferson Zhe Liu
Jefferson Zhe Liu University of Melbourne
Zhi Ping Xu
Zhi Ping Xu University of Queensland
Edwin L. Thomas
Edwin L. Thomas Texas A&M University
Fabrizio Scarpa
Fabrizio Scarpa University of Bristol
Jing Zhu
Jing Zhu Tsinghua University

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