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D-Index
76
Citations
16775
World Ranking
275
National Ranking
136

Maurizio Porfiri 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 Maurizio Porfiri sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 485 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maurizio Porfiri 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 Maurizio Porfiri sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 76 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Maurizio Porfiri is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with 94 publications in this broad field. Specific subfields of study include biomedical engineering, statistical and nonlinear physics, cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, and computer networks and communications.

The main topics covered in their work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies, gun ownership and violence research, fish ecology and management studies, tactile and sensory interactions, zebrafish biomedical research applications, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and crime patterns and interventions.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Extreme flow simulations reveal skeletal adaptations of deep-sea sponges (2021, Nature)
  • Nudging and citizen science: The effectiveness of feedback in energy-demand management (2020, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • Decoding collective communications using information theory tools (2020, Journal of The Royal Society Interface)
  • Multiaxial deformations of ionic polymer metal composites (2020, International Journal of Engineering Science)
  • Beyond the Bristol book: Advances and perspectives in non-smooth dynamics and applications (2023, Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science)

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Alain Boldini, Alessandro Rizzo, Lorenzo Zino, Agnieszka Truszkowska, and Manuel Ruiz Marín.

Porfiri's research has appeared frequently in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Theory and Simulations, Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, IEEE Control Systems Letters, and Physical Review Letters.

In recognition of their contributions, they were named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Free-Locomotion of Underwater Vehicles Actuated by Ionic Polymer Metal Composites

    Matteo Aureli;Vladislav Kopman;Maurizio Porfiri

  • Tracking and formation control of multiple autonomous agents: A two-level consensus approach

    Maurizio Porfiri;D. Gray Roberson;Daniel J. Stilwell

  • Consensus Seeking Over Random Weighted Directed Graphs

    M. Porfiri;D.J. Stilwell

  • Comparison of tensile and compressive characteristics of vinyl ester/glass microballoon syntactic foams

    Nikhil Gupta;Raymond Ye;Maurizio Porfiri

  • Review of modeling electrostatically actuated microelectromechanical systems

    R C Batra;M Porfiri;D Spinello

  • Criteria for global pinning-controllability of complex networks

    Maurizio Porfiri;Mario Di Bernardo

  • Energy harvesting from base excitation of ionic polymer metal composites in fluid environments

    Matteo Aureli;Chekema Prince;Maurizio Porfiri;Sean D Peterson

  • Electromechanical Model of Electrically Actuated Narrow Microbeams

    R.C. Batra;M. Porfiri;D. Spinello

  • Vibrations of narrow microbeams predeformed by an electric field

    R.C. Batra;M. Porfiri;D. Spinello

  • Effect of volume fraction and wall thickness on the elastic properties of hollow particle filled composites

    Maurizio Porfiri;Nikhil Gupta

  • REDUCED-ORDER MODELS FOR MICROELECTROMECHANICAL RECTANGULAR AND CIRCULAR PLATES INCORPORATING THE CASIMIR FORCE

    R.C. Batra;M. Porfiri;D. Spinello

  • Fish and robots swimming together: attraction towards the robot demands biomimetic locomotion

    Stefano Marras;Maurizio Porfiri

  • Analysis of flexural properties of hollow-particle filled composites

    Gabriele Tagliavia;Maurizio Porfiri;Nikhil Gupta

  • Charge dynamics in ionic polymer metal composites

    Maurizio Porfiri

  • Design, Modeling, and Characterization of a Miniature Robotic Fish for Research and Education in Biomimetics and Bioinspiration

    V. Kopman;M. Porfiri

  • Underwater energy harvesting from a heavy flag hosting ionic polymer metal composites

    Alberto Giacomello;Maurizio Porfiri

  • Nonlinear finite amplitude vibrations of sharp-edged beams in viscous fluids

    M. Aureli;M.E. Basaran;M. Porfiri

  • Evolution of Complex Networks via Edge Snapping

    P DeLellis;M di Bernardo;F Garofalo;M Porfiri

  • Piezoelectric passive distributed controllers for beam flexural vibrations

    Ugo Andreaus;Francesco Dell'Isola;Maurizio Porfiri

  • The Present and Future of Robotic Technology in Rehabilitation

    Jeffrey Laut;Maurizio Porfiri;Preeti Raghavan

  • Stochastic synchronization over a moving neighborhood network

    M. Porfiri;D.J. Stilwell;E.M. Bollt;J.D. Skufca

Frequent Co-Authors

Salvatore Grimaldi
Salvatore Grimaldi Tuscia University
Alessandro Rizzo
Alessandro Rizzo Polytechnic University of Turin
Nikhil Gupta
Nikhil Gupta New York University
Oded Nov
Oded Nov New York University
Francesco dell’Isola
Francesco dell’Isola University of L'Aquila
Romesh C. Batra
Romesh C. Batra Virginia Tech
Andrea Petroselli
Andrea Petroselli Tuscia University
Erik M. Bollt
Erik M. Bollt Clarkson University
Mario di Bernardo
Mario di Bernardo University of Naples Federico II
Corrado Maurini
Corrado Maurini Université Paris Cité

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