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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
4103
World Ranking
2897
National Ranking
997

Robert W. Pitz 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 W. Pitz sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 659+

This scientist: 195 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert W. Pitz 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 W. Pitz 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: 34 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% 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

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for excellence in developing laser diagnostics to study turbulence-chemistry interactions in turbulent flames and preferential-diffusion effects in tubular flames
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Best Publications

  • Combustion in a turbulent mixing layer formed at a rearward-facing step

    Unknown

  • Superequilibrium and thermal nitric oxide formation in turbulent diffusion flames

    M.C. Drake;S.M. Correa;R.W. Pitz;W. Shyy

  • Simultaneous temperature and multispecies measurement in a lifted hydrogen diffusion flame

    Unknown

  • Raman measurement of mixing and finite-rate chemistry in a supersonic hydrogen-air diffusion flame

    T.S. Cheng;J.A. Wehrmeyer;R.W. Pitz;O. Jarrett

  • Flame flow tagging velocimetry with 193-nm H 2 O photodissociation

    Unknown

  • Unseeded molecular flow tagging in cold and hot flows using ozone and hydroxyl tagging velocimetry

    Robert W Pitz;Joseph A Wehrmeyer;Lubomir A Ribarov;Douglas A Oguss

  • Temperature and density in a hydrogenair flame from Rayleigh scattering

    Unknown

  • Laser Measurements on Nonpremixed & Air Flames for Assessment of Turbulent Combustion Models

    Unknown

  • Measurements of scalar dissipation in the reaction zones of turbulent nonpremixed H2-air flames

    Unknown

  • Hydroxyl tagging velocimetry in a supersonic flow over a cavity

    Robert W. Pitz;Michael D. Lahr;Zachary W. Douglas;Joseph A. Wehrmeyer

  • Raman scattering measurements in flames using a tunable KrF excimer laser.

    Unknown

  • Tubular premixed and diffusion flames: Effect of stretch and curvature

    Unknown

  • Hydroxyl tagging velocimetry (HTV) in experimental air flows

    L. A. Ribarov;J. A. Wehrmeyer;R. W. Pitz;Richard A. Yetter

  • Single-pulse, simultaneous multipoint multispecies Raman measurements in turbulent nonpremixed jet flames

    Unknown

  • Visualization of Turbulent Flame Fronts with Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence

    George Kychakoff;Robert D. Howe;Ronald K. Hanson;Michael C. Drake

  • Experimental and numerical investigation of premixed tubular flames

    David M. Mosbacher;Joseph A. Wehrmeyer;Robert W. Pitz;Chih-Jen Sung

  • Single-pulse, laser-saturated fluorescence measurements of OH in turbulent nonpremixed flames

    Unknown

  • Stretch rate of tubular premixed flames

    Unknown

  • Ozone Tagging Velocimetry Using Narrowband Excimer Lasers

    Unknown

  • Computational and experimental study of oxygen-enhanced axisymmetric laminar methane flames

    Beth Anne V. Bennett;Zhongxian Cheng;Robert W. Pitz;Mitchell D. Smooke

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell D. Smooke
Mitchell D. Smooke Yale University
Suresh Menon
Suresh Menon Georgia Institute of Technology
Campbell D. Carter
Campbell D. Carter United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Chih-Jen Sung
Chih-Jen Sung University of Connecticut
Michael C. Drake
Michael C. Drake General Motors (United States)
James R. Gord
James R. Gord United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Robert P. Lucht
Robert P. Lucht Purdue University West Lafayette
Wei Shyy
Wei Shyy Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jyh-Yuan Chen
Jyh-Yuan Chen University of California, Berkeley
Robert S. Barlow
Robert S. Barlow Sandia National Laboratories

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