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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 42 1809 1673 689 600 199 7720

Mujeeb R. Malik publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mujeeb R. Malik between 1978 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mujeeb R. Malik published across 48 years, from 1978 to 2025, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 1990. 12 of the 218 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 1990. 1978: 4 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 4 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 4 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 16 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 13 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 14 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 4 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 1 publication 2013: 3 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 7 publications
1978 2025

218 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mujeeb R. Malik: publications per year, 1978 to 2025
Year Publications
1978 4
1979 0
1980 4
1981 2
1982 2
1983 1
1984 4
1985 5
1986 3
1987 8
1988 3
1989 7
1990 16
1991 7
1992 13
1993 8
1994 14
1995 9
1996 6
1997 11
1998 2
1999 4
2000 2
2001 0
2002 2
2003 3
2004 1
2005 2
2006 1
2007 4
2008 2
2009 0
2010 2
2011 1
2012 1
2013 3
2014 0
2015 5
2016 7
2017 4
2018 5
2019 7
2020 5
2021 5
2022 4
2023 7
2024 5
2025 7
Total 218
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Mujeeb R. Malik 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 Mujeeb R. Malik 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, 197–206 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: 199 publications — 44th percentile

44% 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
197–206 115 199
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
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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Mujeeb R. Malik 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 Mujeeb R. Malik 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, 42 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: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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 42
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48
54 58
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

  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the understanding of the breakdown of cross flow vortices in threedimensional boundary layers, attachmentline and hypersonic boundary layer instability including real gas effects, and developing physicsbased methods for the prediction of laminarturbulent transition
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Mujeeb R. Malik is affiliated with Langley Research Center in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of engineering. Their work spans several subfields including computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, environmental engineering, fluid flow and transfer processes, and artificial intelligence.

The main topics addressed in their research are fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, wind and air flow studies, combustion and flame dynamics, aerodynamics and fluid dynamics research, and rheology and fluid dynamics studies.

Mujeeb R. Malik has published numerous papers, with recent significant works including:

  • High-Fidelity Simulation of Turbulent Flow Past Gaussian Bump, 2021, AIAA Journal
  • Simulation of a turbulent flow subjected to favorable and adverse pressure gradients, 2021, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Quantum Speedup for Aeroscience and Engineering, 2020, AIAA Journal
  • Wall-modeled LES of flow over a Gaussian bump, 2021, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • Wall-modeled LES of the NASA Juncture Flow Experiment, 2020, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum

Frequent coauthors in Malik's research include Prahladh S. Iyer, Ali Uzun, Roland Bouffanais, and Martin Skote.

Publication venues where Malik has frequently contributed include:

  • AIAA Journal
  • Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

The scientist has been recognized by professional organizations, earning the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2008. The same year, Malik was named Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation highlighting contributions to the understanding of cross flow vortices breakdown, boundary layer instabilities, and the development of physics-based methods for predicting laminar-turbulent transition.

Best Publications

  • Numerical methods for hypersonic boundary layer stability

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  • Prediction and control of transition in supersonic and hypersonic boundary layers

    Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Crossflow disturbances in three-dimensional boundary layers: nonlinear development, wave interaction and secondary instability

    M. R. Malik;F. Li;C.-L. Chang

  • Secondary instability of crossflow vortices and swept-wing boundary-layer transition

    Mujeeb R. Malik;Fei Li;Meelan M. Choudhari;Chau-Lyan Chang

  • Application of spectral collocation techniques to the stability of swirling flows

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  • The neutral curve for stationary disturbances in rotating-disk flow

    Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Oblique-mode breakdown and secondary instability in supersonic boundary layers

    Chau-Lyan Chang;Mujeeb R. Malik

  • On the stability of an infinite swept attachment line boundary layer

    Philip Hall;M. R. Malik;D. I. A. Poll

  • Compressible stability of growing boundary layers using parabolized stability equations

    Chau-Lyan Chang;Mujeeb R. Malik;Gordon Erlebacher;M. Y. Hussaini

  • Instability and transition in rotating disk flow

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  • Fundamental and subharmonic secondary instabilities of Görtler vortices

    Fei Li;Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Stability experiments in the flow over a rotating disk

    Stephen P. Wilkinson;Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Boundary-layer transition on a cone and flat plate at Mach 3.5

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  • Real gas effects on hypersonic boundary-layer stability

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  • A spectral collocation method for the Navier-Stokes equations

    M.R Malik;T.A Zang;M.Y Hussaini

  • On the nature of PSE approximation

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  • On the stability of an infinite swept attachment line boundary layer

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  • On the stability of attachment-line boundary layers. Part 1. The incompressible swept Hiemenz flow

    Ray-Sing Lin;Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Hypersonic Flight Transition Data Analysis Using Parabolized Stability Equations with Chemistry Effects

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  • Discrete modes and continuous spectra in supersonic boundary layers

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  • COSAL: A black-box compressible stability analysis code for transition prediction in three-dimensional boundary layers

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  • Travelling disturbances in rotating-disk flow

    P. Balakumar;M. R. Malik

  • On the instability of a three-dimensional attachment-line boundary layer: weakly nonlinear theory and a numerical approach

    Philip Hall;Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Secondary instability in rotating-disk flow

    S. Balachandar;C. L. Streett;M. R. Malik

  • Effects of shock on the stability of hypersonic boundary layers

    Chau-Lyan Chang;Mujeeb R. Malik;M. Yousuff Hussaini

  • On the stability of attachment-line boundary layers. Part 2. The effect of leading-edge curvature

    Ray-Sing Lin;Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Large-Eddy Simulation of Flow over a Wall-Mounted Hump with Separation and Reattachment

    Ali Uzun;Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Wall-Resolved Large-Eddy Simulations of Transonic Shock-Induced Flow Separation

    Ali Uzun;Mujeeb R. Malik

  • Design and fabrication requirements for low-noise supersonic/hypersonic wind tunnels

    I. Beckwith;F.-J. Chen;M. Malik

  • Computation of hypersonic boundary-layer response to external disturbances

    Mujeeb Malik;Ray-Sing Lin;Raja Sengupta

  • Unsteady Simulation of a Landing-Gear Flow Field

    Fei Li;Mehdi R. Khorrami;Mujeeb R. Malik

Frequent Co-Authors

Meelan M. Choudhari
Meelan M. Choudhari Langley Research Center
Chau-Lyan Chang
Chau-Lyan Chang Langley Research Center
Mark H. Carpenter
Mark H. Carpenter Langley Research Center
Mehdi R. Khorrami
Mehdi R. Khorrami Langley Research Center
S. Balachandar
S. Balachandar University of Florida
Peter J. Schmid
Peter J. Schmid King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Dan S. Henningson
Dan S. Henningson Royal Institute of Technology
Steven A. Orszag
Steven A. Orszag Yale University
Christopher L. Rumsey
Christopher L. Rumsey Langley Research Center
Dimitri J. Mavriplis
Dimitri J. Mavriplis University of Wyoming

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