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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
90
Citations
30378
World Ranking
113
National Ranking
60

Materials Science

D-Index
90
Citations
29640
World Ranking
1694
National Ranking
522

Robert M. McMeeking 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 Robert M. McMeeking sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 360 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert M. McMeeking 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 Robert M. McMeeking sits on this spectrum.

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: 90 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2014 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2014 - William Prager Medal
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the computational modeling of materials and for the development of codes widely used by industry.
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Robert M. McMeeking is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with significant contributions across several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist has a substantial publication record focusing on key topics such as Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert M. McMeeking include:

  • V.S. Deshpande
  • N.A. Fleck
  • Siamak S. Shishvan
  • René Hensel
  • Attila Kossa

They have published repeatedly in several venues, notably:

  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Power Sources
  • Progress in Materials Science
  • Meccanica

Some recent research papers by Robert M. McMeeking include:

  • Functional surface microstructures inspired by nature - From adhesion and wetting principles to sustainable new devices (2021) published in Progress in Materials Science
  • Dendrites as climbing dislocations in ceramic electrolytes: Initiation of growth (2020) published in Journal of Power Sources
  • A bioinspired snap-through metastructure for manipulating micro-objects (2022) published in Science Advances
  • Growth rate of lithium filaments in ceramic electrolytes (2020) published in Acta Materialia
  • Kink band and shear band localization in anisotropic perfectly plastic solids (2020) published in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Over the course of their career, Robert M. McMeeking has received several awards including:

  • Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2014)
  • William Prager Medal (2014)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2014)
  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) (2012)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2005) for contributions to the computational modeling of materials and for the development of codes widely used by industry
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1998)

Best Publications

  • Mechanics of Transformation‐Toughening in Brittle Materials

    R. M. McMEEKING;A.G. Evans

  • A Test Specimen for Determining the Fracture Resistance of Bimaterial Interfaces

    P. G. Charalambides;J. Lund;A. G. Evans;R. M. McMeeking

  • Finite deformation analysis of crack-tip opening in elastic-plastic materials and implications for fracture

    R.M. McMeeking

  • Finite element formulations for problems of large elastic-plastic deformation

    R.M. McMeeking;J.R. Rice

  • Ferroelectric/ferroelastic interactions and a polarization switching model

    S.C. Hwang;C.S. Lynch;R.M. McMeeking

  • Mechanical metamaterials at the theoretical limit of isotropic elastic stiffness

    J. B. Berger;H. N. G. Wadley;R. M. McMeeking

  • Numerical analysis of hydrogen transport near a blunting crack tip

    Petros Athanasios Sofronis;R. M. McMeeking

  • Particle reinforcement of ductile matrices against plastic flow and creep

    G. Bao;J.W. Hutchinson;R.M. McMeeking

  • On the toughness of brittle materials reinforced with a ductile phase

    L.S. Sigl;P.A. Mataga;B.J. Dalgleish;R.M. McMeeking

  • Microfabricated tissue gauges to measure and manipulate forces from 3D microtissues

    Wesley R. Legant;Amit Pathak;Michael T. Yang;Vikram S. Deshpande

  • A constitutive model for ferroelectric polycrystals

    J. E. Huber;N. A. Fleck;Chad Matthew Landis;R. M. McMeeking

  • On criteria for J-dominance of crack-tip fields in large-scale yielding

    RM McMeeking;DM Parks

  • Electrostatic Forces and Stored Energy for Deformable Dielectric Materials

    Robert M. McMeeking;Chad Matthew Landis

  • On the toughening of ceramics by strong reinforcements

    A.G. Evans;R.M. McMeeking

  • Yielding of metal powder bonded by isolated contacts

    N.A. Fleck;L.T. Kuhn;R.M. McMeeking

  • A protocol for characterizing the structural performance of metallic sandwich panels: application to pyramidal truss cores

    F.W. Zok;S.A. Waltner;Z. Wei;H.J. Rathbun

  • A method for calculating stress intensities in bimaterial fracture

    P. P. L. Matos;R. M. McMeeking;P. G. Charalambides;M. D. Drory

  • A bio-chemo-mechanical model for cell contractility

    Vikram S. Deshpande;Robert M. McMeeking;Anthony G. Evans

  • Functional surface microstructures inspired by nature – From adhesion and wetting principles to sustainable new devices

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  • Fatigue of ceramic matrix composites

    A.G. Evans;F.W. Zok;R.M. McMeeking

  • The response of metallic sandwich panels to water blast

    Yueming Liang;Alexander V. Spuskanyuk;Shane E. Flores;David R. Hayhurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony G. Evans
Anthony G. Evans University of California, Santa Barbara
Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande Harvard University
Eduard Arzt
Eduard Arzt University of California, San Diego
Matthew R. Begley
Matthew R. Begley University of California, Santa Barbara
Norman A. Fleck
Norman A. Fleck University of Cambridge
Chad M. Landis
Chad M. Landis The University of Texas at Austin
Frank W. Zok
Frank W. Zok University of California, Santa Barbara
Fred F. Lange
Fred F. Lange University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher S. Chen
Christopher S. Chen Boston University
John W. Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson Harvard University

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