Maria C. Yang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Maria C. Yang between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Maria C. Yang published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 6.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2014. 23 of the 192 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

1997 2025

192 publications in total across all disciplines

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Maria C. Yang: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year	Publications
1997	1
1998	2
1999	1
2000	0
2001	2
2002	0
2003	1
2004	1
2005	3
2006	0
2007	4
2008	2
2009	6
2010	8
2011	12
2012	10
2013	10
2014	17
2015	17
2016	7
2017	11
2018	7
2019	6
2020	9
2021	10
2022	7
2023	15
2024	11
2025	12
Total	192

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Maria C. Yang 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 Maria C. Yang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

50 100 150

47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 149 publications — 24th percentile

24% 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	149
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

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Maria C. Yang 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 Maria C. Yang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

50 100 150

30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% 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	32
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
86	8
87	6
88	6
89	7
90	10
91	4
92	4
93+	100

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Best Publications

A study of prototypes, design activity, and design outcome

Maria C. Yang

367
Citations
Observations on concept generation and sketching in engineering design

Maria C. Yang

292
Citations
Bio-Inspired Design: An Overview Investigating Open Questions From the Broader Field of Design-by-Analogy

Katherine Fu;Katherine Fu;Diana Moreno;Diana Moreno;Maria Yang;Kristin L. Wood

195
Citations
Fundamental studies in Design-by-Analogy: A focus on domain-knowledge experts and applications to transactional design problems

Diana P. Moreno;Alberto A. Hernández;Maria C. Yang;Kevin N. Otto

184
Citations
Design Principles: Literature Review, Analysis, and Future Directions

Katherine K. Fu;Maria C. Yang;Kristin L. Wood

170
Citations
An Analysis of Sketching Skill and Its Role in Early Stage Engineering Design

Maria C. Yang;Jorge G. Cham

154
Citations
Design-by-analogy: experimental evaluation of a functional analogy search methodology for concept generation improvement

Katherine Fu;Katherine Fu;Jeremy Murphy;Maria Yang;Kevin Otto

135
Citations
Function Based Design-by-Analogy: A Functional Vector Approach to Analogical Search

Jeremy Murphy;Katherine Fu;Kevin Otto;Maria Yang

130
Citations
Connections between the design tool, design attributes, and user preferences in early stage design

Anders Häggman;Geoff Tsai;Catherine Elsen;Tomonori Honda

119
Citations
A methodology for engineering ontology acquisition and validation

Zhanjun Li;Maria c. Yang;Karthik Ramani

115
Citations
Design information retrieval: a thesauri-based approach for reuse of informal design information

Maria C. Yang;William H. Wood;Mark R. Cutkosky

91
Citations
Concept Generation and Sketching: Correlations With Design Outcome

Maria C. Yang

90
Citations
The Role of Sketch Finish and Style in User Responses to Early Stage Design Concepts

Bryan A. Macomber;Maria Yang

85
Citations
Building Fast to Think Faster: Exploiting Rapid Prototyping to Accelerate Ideation During Early Stage Design

W. Lawrence Neeley;Kirsten Lim;April Zhu;Maria C. Yang

82
Citations
The Economies and Dimensionality of Design Prototyping: Value, Time, Cost and Fidelity (DETC2018-85747)

Edward Tiong;Olivia Seow;Bradley A Camburn;Kenneth Teo

76
Citations
A study of the role of user-centered design methods in design team projects

Justin Lai;Tomonori Honda;Maria c. Yang

76
Citations
Consensus and single leader decision-making in teams using structured design methods

Maria C. Yang

71
Citations
Overcoming design fixation: Design by analogy studies and nonintuitive findings

Diana P. Moreno;Lucienne T. M. Blessing;Maria C. Yang;Alberto A. Hernández

70
Citations
A Step Beyond to Overcome Design Fixation: A Design-by-Analogy Approach

Diana P. Moreno;Maria C. Yang;Alberto A. Hernández;Julie S. Linsey

67
Citations
Generative Design: Reframing the Role of the Designer in Early-Stage Design Process

Unknown

66
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristin L. Wood University of Colorado Denver

Karthik Ramani Purdue University West Lafayette

Warren P. Seering MIT

Francesco Ciucci Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Kevin Otto Aalto University

Syed M. Zubair King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Kemper Lewis University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Mark R. Cutkosky Stanford University

Kenneth B. K. Teo Aixtron (United Kingdom)

Olivier de Weck MIT

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D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	83
31	113
32	144	32
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
86	8
87	6
88	6
89	7
90	10
91	4
92	4
93+	100

D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	83
31	113
32	144	32
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
86	8
87	6
88	6
89	7
90	10
91	4
92	4
93+	100

Maria C. Yang

D-Index & Metrics

Maria C. Yang publications per year

Maria C. Yang publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

Maria C. Yang D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

Best Publications

A study of prototypes, design activity, and design outcome

Observations on concept generation and sketching in engineering design

Bio-Inspired Design: An Overview Investigating Open Questions From the Broader Field of Design-by-Analogy

Fundamental studies in Design-by-Analogy: A focus on domain-knowledge experts and applications to transactional design problems

Design Principles: Literature Review, Analysis, and Future Directions

An Analysis of Sketching Skill and Its Role in Early Stage Engineering Design

Design-by-analogy: experimental evaluation of a functional analogy search methodology for concept generation improvement

Function Based Design-by-Analogy: A Functional Vector Approach to Analogical Search

Connections between the design tool, design attributes, and user preferences in early stage design

A methodology for engineering ontology acquisition and validation

Design information retrieval: a thesauri-based approach for reuse of informal design information

Concept Generation and Sketching: Correlations With Design Outcome

The Role of Sketch Finish and Style in User Responses to Early Stage Design Concepts

Building Fast to Think Faster: Exploiting Rapid Prototyping to Accelerate Ideation During Early Stage Design

The Economies and Dimensionality of Design Prototyping: Value, Time, Cost and Fidelity (DETC2018-85747)

A study of the role of user-centered design methods in design team projects

Consensus and single leader decision-making in teams using structured design methods

Overcoming design fixation: Design by analogy studies and nonintuitive findings

A Step Beyond to Overcome Design Fixation: A Design-by-Analogy Approach

Generative Design: Reframing the Role of the Designer in Early-Stage Design Process

Frequent Co-Authors

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D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	83
31	113
32	144	32
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
86	8
87	6
88	6
89	7
90	10
91	4
92	4
93+	100