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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 54 931 853 390 334 340 19269

Michael F. Modest publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael F. Modest between 1972 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael F. Modest published across 54 years, from 1972 to 2025, averaging 6.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2013. 14 of the 373 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2013. 1972: 1 publication 1973: 1 publication 1974: 2 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 1 publication 1978: 5 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 4 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 4 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 5 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 9 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 11 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 28 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 39 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 14 publications
1972 2025

373 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael F. Modest: publications per year, 1972 to 2025
Year Publications
1972 1
1973 1
1974 2
1975 1
1976 1
1977 1
1978 5
1979 2
1980 4
1981 4
1982 1
1983 4
1984 0
1985 0
1986 5
1987 2
1988 3
1989 2
1990 5
1991 9
1992 2
1993 11
1994 6
1995 3
1996 6
1997 4
1998 3
1999 3
2000 2
2001 4
2002 9
2003 28
2004 6
2005 15
2006 5
2007 17
2008 8
2009 18
2010 14
2011 14
2012 11
2013 39
2014 6
2015 12
2016 23
2017 5
2018 5
2019 11
2020 0
2021 4
2022 8
2023 4
2024 0
2025 14
Total 373
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Michael F. Modest 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 Michael F. Modest sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 337–346 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 340 publications — 80th percentile

80% 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
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 58 340
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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Michael F. Modest 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 Michael F. Modest sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 54 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% 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
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 54
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Michael F. Modest is affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within engineering, mathematics, and environmental science, with notable contributions in computational mechanics and applied mathematics among other subfields.

Their main research topics include:

  • Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Numerical methods in inverse problems
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Combustion and flame dynamics

Michael F. Modest has a substantial publication record across several prominent journals. The frequent venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (5 publications)
  • ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (1 publication)
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Computational Thermal Sciences An International Journal

Recent papers by Michael F. Modest include:

  • Comparison and refinement of the various full-spectrum k-distribution and spectral line weighted-sum-of-gray-gases models for nonhomogeneous media, 2021, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Efficient two-dimensional scalar fields reconstruction of laminar flames from infrared hyperspectral measurements with a machine learning approach, 2021, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Comparison of spherical harmonics method and discrete ordinates method for radiative transfer in a turbulent jet flame, 2022, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Machine learning applied to the retrieval of three-dimensional scalar fields of laminar flames from hyperspectral measurements, 2021, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Radiative Heat Transfer in Turbulent Combustion 2021 Max Jakob Memorial Award Paper, 2022, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers including Sandip Mazumder, Tao Ren, Umesh Madanan, Wojciech Lipiński, and Terrence W. Simon.

Michael F. Modest's career includes recognition by professional societies. They received the Heat Transfer Memorial Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2005 and were named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Radiative heat transfer

    M. F. Modest

  • CHAPTER 22 – INVERSE RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER

    Michael F. Modest

  • Inverse Radiative Heat Transfer

    Michael F Modest

  • The weighted-sum-of-gray-gases model for arbitrary solution methods in radiative transfer

    M. F. Modest

  • The Full-Spectrum Correlated-k Distribution for Thermal Radiation From Molecular Gas-Particulate Mixtures

    Michael F. Modest;Hongmei Zhang

  • Backward Monte Carlo Simulations in Radiative Heat Transfer

    Michael F. Modest

  • Evaporative cutting of a semi-infinite body with a moving CW laser

    M. F. Modest;H. Abakians

  • Interactions among soot, thermal radiation, and NOx emissions in oxygen-enriched turbulent nonpremixed flames: A computational fluid dynamics modeling study

    L. Wang;D.C. Haworth;S.R. Turns;M.F. Modest

  • Importance of turbulence-radiation interactions in turbulent diffusion jet flames

    Genong Li;Michael F. Modest

  • Application of composition PDF methods in the investigation of turbulence–radiation interactions

    Genong Li;Michael F. Modest

  • A probability density function approach to modeling turbulence–radiation interactions in nonluminous flames

    Sandip Mazumder;Michael F. Modest

  • Three-dimensional, transient model for laser machining of ablating/decomposing materials

    Michael F. Modest

  • Heat Conduction in a Moving Semi-infinite Solid Subjected to Pulsed Laser Irradiation

    M. F. Modest;H. Abakians

  • Measurements of thermal properties for human femora

    Suleyman Biyikli;Michael F. Modest;Richard Tarr

  • Turbulence-radiation interactions in large-eddy simulations of luminous and nonluminous nonpremixed flames

    A. Gupta;D.C. Haworth;M.F. Modest

  • Heat Transfer Analysis of a Novel Pressurized Air Receiver for Concentrated Solar Power via Combined Cycles

    Illias Hischier;Daniel Hess;Wojciech Lipiński;Michael Modest

  • Modified differential approximation for radiative transfer in general three-dimensional media

    Michael F. Modest

  • Direct numerical simulation of turbulence/radiation interaction in premixed combustion systems

    Y. Wu;D.C. Haworth;M.F. Modest;B. Cuenot

  • Temperature-Dependent Absorptances of Ceramics for Nd:YAG and CO2 Laser Processing Applications

    Z. Zhang;M. F. Modest

  • A multi-scale full-spectrum correlated-k distribution for radiative heat transfer in inhomogeneous gas mixtures

    Hongmei Zhang;Michael F. Modest

  • Monte Carlo simulation of radiative heat transfer and turbulence interactions in methane/air jet flames

    Anquan Wang;Michael F. Modest;Daniel C. Haworth;Liangyu Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C. Haworth
Daniel C. Haworth Pennsylvania State University
Deborah A. Levin
Deborah A. Levin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago
R. Viskanta
R. Viskanta Purdue University West Lafayette
Brent W. Webb
Brent W. Webb Brigham Young University
Aldo Steinfeld
Aldo Steinfeld ETH Zurich
Ephraim M Sparrow
Ephraim M Sparrow University of Minnesota
Bénédicte Cuenot
Bénédicte Cuenot Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique
Wojciech Lipiński
Wojciech Lipiński Australian National University
Shigenao Maruyama
Shigenao Maruyama Tohoku University

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