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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 39 2102 1954 7 7 323 7370

Renato M. Cotta publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Renato M. Cotta between 1970 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Renato M. Cotta published across 57 years, from 1970 to 2026, averaging 6.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2020. 12 of the 377 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2020. 1970: 2 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 3 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 1 publication
1970 2026

377 publications in total across all disciplines

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Renato M. Cotta: publications per year, 1970 to 2026
Year Publications
1970 2
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 1
1984 2
1985 0
1986 7
1987 1
1988 1
1989 3
1990 10
1991 4
1992 7
1993 10
1994 8
1995 6
1996 5
1997 10
1998 9
1999 10
2000 10
2001 7
2002 9
2003 4
2004 11
2005 6
2006 10
2007 14
2008 3
2009 10
2010 13
2011 10
2012 6
2013 8
2014 9
2015 12
2016 14
2017 20
2018 15
2019 4
2020 25
2021 9
2022 12
2023 14
2024 14
2025 11
2026 1
Total 377
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Renato M. Cotta 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 Renato M. Cotta 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, 317–326 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: 323 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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 70 323
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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Renato M. Cotta 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 Renato M. Cotta 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, 39 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: 39 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% 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 39
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
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

  • 2012 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Renato M. Cotta is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a strong focus on mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and computational mechanics. Other notable subfields include water science and technology, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics such as heat transfer and optimization, nanofluid flow and heat transfer, membrane separation technologies, and membrane-based ion separation techniques. Additional research interests include solar-powered water purification methods, heat transfer mechanisms, and heat and mass transfer in porous media.

Renato M. Cotta's recent publications reflect a diverse and interdisciplinary approach. Selected papers include:

  • Analysis of the membrane effects on the energy efficiency of water desalination in a direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) system with heat recovery (2020) in Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Mathematical Parameters of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Brazil and Evaluation of the Impact of Different Public Health Measures (2020) in Biology
  • Modelling the COVID-19 epidemics in Brasil: Parametric identification and public health measures influence (2020) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Integral transforms for flow and transport in discrete and continuum models of fractured heterogeneous porous media (2020) in Advances in Water Resources
  • Transient three-dimensional heat conduction in heterogeneous media: Integral transforms and single domain formulation (2020) in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

The venues where Renato M. Cotta has frequently published include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • High Temperatures-High Pressures
  • Computational Thermal Sciences An International Journal
  • Proceedings of the 18th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Frequent collaborators in Renato M. Cotta's research projects have included Carolina P. Naveira-Cotta, Kleber Marques Lisbôa, João Nazareno Nonato Quaresma, Emanuel Negrão Macêdo, and Abdul Orlando Cárdenas Gómez.

Renato M. Cotta was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Integral Transforms in Computational Heat and Fluid Flow

    Renato Machado Cotta

  • Heat Conduction: Lumped Analysis, Integral Transforms, Symbolic Computation

    Renato Machado Cotta;M. D. Mikhaĭlov

  • Thermal measurements and inverse techniques

    Helcio R.B. Orlande;Olivier Fudym;Denis Maillet;Renato M. Cotta

  • HYBRID NUMERICAL/ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO NONLINEAR DIFFUSION PROBLEMS

    R. M. Cotta

  • Benchmark results in computational heat and fluid flow : the integral transform method

    Renato M. Cotta

  • Hybrid Methods and Symbolic Computations

    Renato M. Cotta;Mikhail D. Mikhailov

  • Laminar forced convection inside ducts with periodic variation of inlet temperature

    R.M. Cotta;M.N. Özişik

  • Handbook of thermal science and engineering

    F. A. Kulacki;S. Acharya;Y. Chudnovsky;R. M. Cotta

  • An inverse problem of parameter estimation for heat and mass transfer in capillary porous media

    L.B. Dantas;H.R.B. Orlande;R.M. Cotta

  • Near-source atmospheric pollutant dispersion using the new GILTT method

    D.M. Moreira;M.T. Vilhena;T. Tirabassi;D. Buske

  • Integral transform solutions of transient natural convection in enclosures with variable fluid properties

    M.A. Leal;H.A. Machado;R.M. Cotta

  • Eigenfunction expansions for transient diffusion in heterogeneous media

    Carolina P. Naveira-Cotta;Renato M. Cotta;Helcio R.B. Orlande;Olivier Fudym;Olivier Fudym

  • Improved One-Dimensional Fin Solutions

    J. B. Aparecido;R. M. Cotta

  • Transient conjugated forced convection in ducts with periodically varying inlet temperature

    R.M. Cotta;M.D. Mikhailov;M.N. Özişik

  • Thermally developing laminar flow inside rectangular ducts

    J.B. Aparecido;R.M. Cotta

  • The UNIT algorithm for solving one-dimensional convection-diffusion problems via integral transforms

    L.A. Sphaier;R.M. Cotta;C.P. Naveira-Cotta;J.N.N. Quaresma

  • Integral transform solution for the lid‐driven cavity flow problem in streamfunction‐only formulation

    J. S. Pérez Guerrero;R. M. Cotta

  • Benchmark integral transform results for flow over a backward-facing step

    J.S.Perez Guerrero;R.M. Cotta

  • Unified Integral Transforms Algorithm for Solving Multidimensional Nonlinear Convection-Diffusion Problems

    Renato M. Cotta;Diego C. Knupp;Carolina P. Naveira-Cotta;Leandro A. Sphaier

  • Laminar forced convection of power-law non-Newtonian fluids inside ducts

    R. M. Cotta;M. N. Özi§ik

  • Theoretical analysis of conjugated heat transfer with a single domain formulation and integral transforms

    Diego C. Knupp;Carolina P. Naveira-Cotta;Renato M. Cotta

Frequent Co-Authors

Sadik Kakac
Sadik Kakac TOBB University of Economics and Technology
M.N. Özişik
M.N. Özişik North Carolina State University
W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago
Jari P. Kaipio
Jari P. Kaipio University of Auckland
Ville Kolehmainen
Ville Kolehmainen University of Eastern Finland
John R. Thome
John R. Thome École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Adrian Bejan
Adrian Bejan Duke University
Todd H. Skaggs
Todd H. Skaggs US Department of Agriculture
M. Th. van Genuchten
M. Th. van Genuchten Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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