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69
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18733
World Ranking
1126
National Ranking
217

Mingfa Yao publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mingfa Yao sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 464 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Mingfa Yao D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mingfa Yao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mingfa Yao is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and has made extensive contributions to the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on advanced combustion technologies and related processes.

The scientist's research output includes numerous publications centered on combustion dynamics, engine technologies, and fuel performance. Key topics in their work include:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes

Their frequent publication venues reflect a consistent focus on fuel and energy-related research. These venues include:

  • Fuel (41 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (26 publications)
  • Energy (16 publications)
  • Applied Thermal Engineering (15 publications)
  • Combustion and Flame (7 publications)

Mingfa Yao collaborates regularly with several researchers, suggesting active engagement within their research community. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Haifeng Liu (93 joint works)
  • Zunqing Zheng (80 joint works)
  • Hu Wang (78 joint works)
  • Zongyu Yue (36 joint works)
  • Yanqing Cui (27 joint works)

Their notable recent papers highlight a blend of experimental and computational approaches. Selected publications include:

  • Investigation on the ignition delay prediction model of multi-component surrogates based on back propagation (BP) neural network, 2021, Combustion and Flame
  • Effects of diesel-ethanol-THF blend fuel on the performance and exhaust emissions on a heavy-duty diesel engine, 2020, Fuel
  • Large eddy simulation of spray combustion using flamelet generated manifolds combined with artificial neural networks, 2020, Energy and AI
  • Optical diagnostics and chemical kinetic analysis on the dual-fuel combustion of methanol and high reactivity fuels, 2021, Fuel
  • Effects of 2-ethylhexyl nitrate (EHN) on combustion and emissions on a compression ignition engine fueling high-pressure direct-injection pure methanol fuel, 2023, Fuel

Best Publications

  • Progress and recent trends in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines

    Mingfa Yao;Zhaolei Zheng;Haifeng Liu

  • Progress in the production and application of n-butanol as a biofuel

    Chao Jin;Mingfa Yao;Haifeng Liu;Chia Fon F. Lee;Chia Fon F. Lee

  • Experimental study of n-butanol additive and multi-injection on HD diesel engine performance and emissions

    Mingfa Yao;Hu Wang;Zunqing Zheng;Yan Yue

  • A Review on the Pd-Based Three-Way Catalyst

    Jihui Wang;Hong Chen;Zhicheng Hu;Mingfa Yao

  • MicroRNA-193a-3p and -5p suppress the metastasis of human non-small-cell lung cancer by downregulating the ERBB4/PIK3R3/mTOR/S6K2 signaling pathway

    T Yu;J Li;M Yan;L Liu

  • Development of an n-heptane-n-butanol-PAH mechanism and its application for combustion and soot prediction

    Hu Wang;Hu Wang;Rolf Deneys Reitz;Mingfa Yao;Binbin Yang

  • Effect of two-stage injection on combustion and emissions under high EGR rate on a diesel engine by fueling blends of diesel/gasoline, diesel/n-butanol, diesel/gasoline/n-butanol and pure diesel

    Zunqing Zheng;Lang Yue;Haifeng Liu;Yuxuan Zhu

  • Experimental investigation of the effects of diesel injection strategy on gasoline/diesel dual-fuel combustion

    Shuaiying Ma;Zunqing Zheng;Haifeng Liu;Quanchang Zhang

  • Development of a Reduced Primary Reference Fuel Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engine Combustion Simulations

    Hu Wang;Hu Wang;Mingfa Yao;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Experimental study on combustion and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with 2,5-dimethylfuran–diesel, n-butanol–diesel and gasoline–diesel blends

    Guisheng Chen;Guisheng Chen;Yinggang Shen;Quanchang Zhang;Mingfa Yao

  • A reduced toluene reference fuel chemical kinetic mechanism for combustion and polycyclic-aromatic hydrocarbon predictions

    Hu Wang;Hu Wang;Mingfa Yao;Zongyu Yue;Ming Jia

  • Deep Inner-Shell Multiphoton Ionization by Intense X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Pulses

    H. Fukuzawa;S.-K. Son;K. Motomura;S. Mondal

  • Effects of diesel/PODE (polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers) blends on combustion and emission characteristics in a heavy duty diesel engine

    Jialin Liu;Hu Wang;Ying Li;Zunqing Zheng

  • Effects of n-butanol, 2-butanol, and methyl octynoate addition to diesel fuel on combustion and emissions over a wide range of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) rates

    Haifeng Liu;Shanju Li;Zunqing Zheng;Jia Xu

  • Experimental study on diesel conventional and low temperature combustion by fueling four isomers of butanol

    Zunqing Zheng;Changle Li;Haifeng Liu;Yan Zhang

  • Experimental study on combustion and emissions of dual fuel RCCI mode fueled with biodiesel/n-butanol, biodiesel/2,5-dimethylfuran and biodiesel/ethanol

    Zunqing Zheng;Mingtao Xia;Haifeng Liu;Xiaofeng Wang

  • Experimental and numerical study on different dual-fuel combustion modes fuelled with gasoline and diesel

    Binbin Yang;Mingfa Yao;Wai K. Cheng;Yu Li

  • Experimental and simulation investigation of the combustion characteristics and emissions using n-butanol/biodiesel dual-fuel injection on a diesel engine

    Haifeng Liu;Xin Wang;Zunqing Zheng;Jingbo Gu

  • Study of the control strategies on soot reduction under early-injection conditions on a diesel engine

    Haifeng Liu;Shuaiying Ma;Zhong Zhang;Zunqing Zheng

  • Comparison of Ethanol and Butanol as Additives in Soybean Biodiesel Using a Constant Volume Combustion Chamber

    Haifeng Liu;Haifeng Liu;Chia-fon F. Lee;Ming Huo;Mingfa Yao

Frequent Co-Authors

Zunqing Zheng
Zunqing Zheng Tianjin University
Haifeng Liu
Haifeng Liu Tianjin University
Hiromichi Ohashi
Hiromichi Ohashi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Rolf D. Reitz
Rolf D. Reitz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joachim Ullrich
Joachim Ullrich Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Zhongshan Li
Zhongshan Li Lund University
Chia-Fon Lee
Chia-Fon Lee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hisamichi Kimura
Hisamichi Kimura Tohoku University
Kevin C. Prince
Kevin C. Prince Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste

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