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D-Index
120
Citations
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World Ranking
492
National Ranking
27

Metin Sitti publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Metin Sitti sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 466 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Metin Sitti D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Metin Sitti sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to micro and nano-scale robotic systems
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Engineering/Physics
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Engineering/Physics
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Engineering/Physics
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Engineering/Physics
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Engineering/Physics

Overview

Metin Sitti is affiliated with Koç University in Turkey and has made significant contributions in the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy. Their research predominantly focuses on biomedical engineering, condensed matter physics, and mechanical engineering, with notable work also in materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks

Metin Sitti has published extensively in several reputable venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Science Advances
  • Advanced Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Metin Sitti over many publications are:

  • Ugur Bozuyuk
  • Wenqi Hu
  • Amirreza Aghakhani
  • Erdost Yıldız
  • Ziyu Ren

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Soft actuators for real-world applications, 2021, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Wearable and Stretchable Strain Sensors: Materials, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications, 2020, Advanced Intelligent Systems
  • Reprogrammable shape morphing of magnetic soft machines, 2020, Science Advances
  • Multifunctional surface microrollers for targeted cargo delivery in physiological blood flow, 2020, Science Robotics
  • Pros and Cons: Magnetic versus Optical Microrobots, 2020, Advanced Materials

The scientist has also been recognized by awards such as:

  • IEEE Fellow (2014) for contributions to micro and nano-scale robotic systems
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi (date unspecified), in the categories of Engineering and Physics

Best Publications

  • Stretchable, Skin-Mountable, and Wearable Strain Sensors and Their Potential Applications: A Review

    Morteza Amjadi;Ki Uk Kyung;Inkyu Park;Metin Sitti

  • Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae

    Kellar Autumn;Metin Sitti;Yiching A. Liang;Anne M. Peattie

  • Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics.

    Lindsey Hines;Kirstin Petersen;Guo Zhan Lum;Metin Sitti;Metin Sitti

  • Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots

    Metin Sitti;Metin Sitti;Hakan Ceylan;Wenqi Hu;Joshua Giltinan

  • Soft actuators for real-world applications

    Meng Li;Aniket Pal;Amirreza Aghakhani;Abdon Pena-Francesch;Abdon Pena-Francesch

  • Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures as dry adhesives

    Metin Sitti;Ronald S. Fearing

  • Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter

    Guo Zhan Lum;Guo Zhan Lum;Guo Zhan Lum;Zhou Ye;Xiaoguang Dong;Xiaoguang Dong;Hamidreza Marvi

  • Wearable and Stretchable Strain Sensors: Materials, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications

    Hamid Souri;Hritwick Banerjee;Ardian Jusufi;Norbert Radacsi

  • Microstructured elastomeric surfaces with reversible adhesion and examples of their use in deterministic assembly by transfer printing

    Seok Kim;Jian Wu;Andrew Carlson;Sung Hun Jin

  • Gecko-inspired directional and controllable adhesion

    Michael P. Murphy;Burak Aksak;Metin Sitti

  • Biologically inspired polymer microfibers with spatulate tips as repeatable fibrillar adhesives

    Seok Kim;Metin Sitti

  • Biohybrid actuators for robotics: A review of devices actuated by living cells.

    Leonardo Ricotti;Barry Trimmer;Adam W. Feinberg;Ritu Raman

  • 3D-Printed Biodegradable Microswimmer for Theranostic Cargo Delivery and Release.

    Hakan Ceylan;Immihan Ceren Yasa;Oncay Yasa;Ahmet Fatih Tabak;Ahmet Fatih Tabak

  • Bacterial flagella-based propulsion and on/off motion control of microscale objects

    Bahareh Behkam;Metin Sitti

  • Design and Rolling Locomotion of a Magnetically Actuated Soft Capsule Endoscope

    Sehyuk Yim;Metin Sitti

  • Enhanced Adhesion by Gecko-Inspired Hierarchical Fibrillar Adhesives

    Michael P. Murphy;Seok Kim;Metin Sitti

  • Adhesion of biologically inspired vertical and angled polymer microfiber arrays.

    Burak Aksak;Michael P. Murphy;Metin Sitti

  • Soft erythrocyte-based bacterial microswimmers for cargo delivery

    Yunus Alapan;Oncay Yasa;Oliver Schauer;Joshua Giltinan

  • Controlled pushing of nanoparticles: modeling and experiments

    M. Sitti;H. Hashimoto

  • Reprogrammable shape morphing of magnetic soft machines

    Yunus Alapan;Alp C. Karacakol;Alp C. Karacakol;Seyda N. Guzelhan;Irem Isik

  • Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications

    Hakan Ceylan;Joshua Giltinan;Joshua Giltinan;Kristen Kozielski;Metin Sitti;Metin Sitti

  • Modeling and Experimental Characterization of an Untethered Magnetic Micro-Robot

    Chytra Pawashe;Steven Floyd;Metin Sitti

Frequent Co-Authors

Cagdas D. Onal
Cagdas D. Onal Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Hideki Hashimoto
Hideki Hashimoto Chuo University
Seok Kim
Seok Kim University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ronald S. Fearing
Ronald S. Fearing University of California, Berkeley
Cristina H. Amon
Cristina H. Amon University of Toronto
Stephane Regnier
Stephane Regnier Northumbria University
Joachim Bill
Joachim Bill University of Stuttgart
Eric Lauga
Eric Lauga University of Cambridge
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University

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