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D-Index
55
Citations
10701
World Ranking
909
National Ranking
39

Rhys Jones 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 Rhys Jones sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 416 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Rhys Jones 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 Rhys Jones sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rhys Jones is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has a research focus primarily within the field of Engineering, with a substantial concentration in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. Their work spans a range of topics relating to additive manufacturing, fracture mechanics, and materials behavior. Jones's research contributions include investigations into the properties and performance of additively manufactured materials as well as studies addressing durability and damage tolerance.

The scientist's recent papers feature studies on crack growth, material variability, and damage tolerance. Key publications include:

  • "Further Studies into Crack Growth in Additively Manufactured Materials," 2020, published in Materials
  • "Review of Requirements for the Durability and Damage Tolerance Certification of Additively Manufactured Aircraft Structural Parts and AM Repairs," 2020, published in Materials
  • "Modelling the Variability and the Anisotropic Behaviour of Crack Growth in SLM Ti-6Al-4V," 2021, published in Materials
  • "Damage tolerance assessment of AM 304L and cold spray fabricated 316L steels and its implications for attritable aircraft," 2021, published in Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • "Requirements and Variability Affecting the Durability of Bonded Joints," 2020, published in Materials

Jones frequently collaborates with other researchers in their domain. Co-authors appearing most often alongside Jones include:

  • Daren Peng
  • Andrew Siao Ming Ang
  • A. J. Kinloch
  • John G. Michopoulos
  • R.K. Singh Raman

Jones's work appears regularly in specialized journals such as Materials, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, Procedia Structural Integrity, Metals, and Applied Mechanics. This publication pattern reflects a focus on materials science and structural engineering disciplines.

The scientist's research concentrates on several main topics, among which are:

  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design

In addition to journal articles, Jones has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Sydney University Press eBooks titled Gun-guwelamagapa: The Land of Our Old People: All the different camps on An-barra Country, scheduled for release in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Bonded repair of aircraft structures

    A. A. Baker;R. Jones

  • Advances in the Bonded Composite Repair of Metallic Aircraft Structure

    Alan R. H. Baker;F. Rose;R. Jones

  • The effect of impactor shape on the impact response of composite laminates

    Tom Mitrevski;Ian Henry Marshall;Rodney Thomson;Rhys Jones

  • Fatigue crack growth and damage tolerance

    Rhys Jones

  • An experimental evaluation of fatigue crack growth

    Simon Barter;Lorrie Molent;N Goldsmith;Rhys Jones

  • Damage tolerance of graphite/epoxy composites

    A.A. Baker;R. Jones;R.J. Callinan

  • Thermoelastic constant or thermoelastic parameter

    A.K. Wong;R. Jones;J.G. Sparrow

  • Low-velocity impacts on preloaded GFRP specimens with various impactor shapes

    Tom Mitrevski;Ian Henry Marshall;Rodney S Thomson;Rhys Jones

  • The response of composite structures with pre-stress subject to low velocity impact damage

    Brendan O Whittingham;Ian H Marshall;Tom Mitrevski;Rhys Jones

  • Repair of mirage III aircraft using the BFRP crack-patching technique

    A.A. Baker;R.J. Callinan;M.J. Davis;R. Jones

  • Finite Element Analysis of Patched Cracks

    R. Jones;R.J. Callinan

  • The Vlasov foundation model

    R. Jones;J. Xenophontos

  • MULTIPLE-SITE AND WIDESPREAD FATIGUE DAMAGE IN AGING AIRCRAFT

    Susan Pitt;Rhys Jones

  • Composite repairs to cracks in thick metallic components

    Rhys Jones;Wing Kong Chiu

  • Application of the Hartman–Schijve equation to represent Mode I and Mode II fatigue delamination growth in composites

    Rhys Jones;Susan Pitt;A J Bunner;David Hui

  • Thermography as a tool for damage assessment

    Mukunthan Krishnapillai;Rhys Jones;Ian Henry Marshall;Michael Bannister

  • The effect of size on the quantitative estimation of defect depth in steel structures using lock-in thermography

    Christopher Duncan Wallbrink;Scott Wade;Rhys Jones

  • Fatigue crack growth in a diverse range of materials

    Rhys Jones;Lorrie Molent;Kevin Walker

  • Procedia Structural Integrity

    Andreas Brunner;Ahmad Mujtaba;Steffen Stelzer;Rhys Jones

  • Cyclic-fatigue crack growth in composite and adhesively-bonded structures: The FAA slow crack growth approach to certification and the problem of similitude

    Rhys Jones;Anthony J Kinloch;Wenchen Hu

  • Health monitoring of composite repairs and joints using optical fibres

    Rhys Jones;Steve C Galea

  • Mode I, II and Mixed Mode I/II delamination growth in composites

    Rhys Jones;Steffen Stelzer;Andreas J Brunner

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. Kinloch
Anthony J. Kinloch Imperial College London
R.K. Singh Raman
R.K. Singh Raman Monash University
Raj Das
Raj Das RMIT University
Filippo Berto
Filippo Berto Sapienza University of Rome
Yi Min Xie
Yi Min Xie RMIT University
David Hui
David Hui University of New Orleans
Chun H. Wang
Chun H. Wang University of New South Wales
Andrea Spagnoli
Andrea Spagnoli University of Parma
Andrea Carpinteri
Andrea Carpinteri University of Parma
Xiao Ling Zhao
Xiao Ling Zhao Monash University

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