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Maria C. Yang

Maria C. Yang

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
32
Citations
4046
World Ranking
3169
National Ranking
1075

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.

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47 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.

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.

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: 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.

Best Publications

  • A study of prototypes, design activity, and design outcome

    Maria C. Yang

  • Observations on concept generation and sketching in engineering design

    Maria C. Yang

  • 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

  • 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

  • Design Principles: Literature Review, Analysis, and Future Directions

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

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

    Maria C. Yang;Jorge G. Cham

  • 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

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

    Jeremy Murphy;Katherine Fu;Kevin Otto;Maria Yang

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

    Anders Häggman;Geoff Tsai;Catherine Elsen;Tomonori Honda

  • A methodology for engineering ontology acquisition and validation

    Zhanjun Li;Maria c. Yang;Karthik Ramani

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

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

  • Concept Generation and Sketching: Correlations With Design Outcome

    Maria C. Yang

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

    Bryan A. Macomber;Maria Yang

  • 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

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

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

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

    Justin Lai;Tomonori Honda;Maria c. Yang

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

    Maria C. Yang

  • Overcoming design fixation: Design by analogy studies and nonintuitive findings

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

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

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

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

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Frequent Co-Authors

Kristin L. Wood
Kristin L. Wood University of Colorado Denver
Karthik Ramani
Karthik Ramani Purdue University West Lafayette
Francesco Ciucci
Francesco Ciucci Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kevin Otto
Kevin Otto Aalto University
Syed M. Zubair
Syed M. Zubair King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Kemper Lewis
Kemper Lewis University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Mark R. Cutkosky
Mark R. Cutkosky Stanford University
Kenneth B. K. Teo
Kenneth B. K. Teo Aixtron (United Kingdom)

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