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Robert W. Zimmerman publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 256 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Robert W. Zimmerman D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert W. Zimmerman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 69 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert W. Zimmerman is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with significant contributions in subfields including mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, geophysics, ocean engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics centered around rock mechanics and modeling, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, drilling and well engineering, methane hydrates and related phenomena, composite material mechanics, and CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions.

Zimmerman has published extensively with a notable presence in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Their recent papers include:

  • Caprock integrity and public perception studies of carbon storage in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs (2020), International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • Permeability of Three-Dimensional Numerically Grown Geomechanical Discrete Fracture Networks With Evolving Geometry and Mechanical Apertures (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Hydro-mechanical interaction effects and channelling in three-dimensional fracture networks undergoing growth and nucleation (2020), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Growth of three-dimensional fractures, arrays, and networks in brittle rocks under tension and compression (2020), Computers and Geotechnics
  • The effect of pore shape on the Poisson ratio of porous materials (2021), Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Adriana Paluszny, Robin N. Thomas, M. Cristina Saceanu, Diego Mas Ivars, and J. E. J. Burtonshaw.

Best Publications

  • Hydraulic conductivity of rock fractures

    Robert W. Zimmerman;Robert W. Zimmerman;Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson

  • Compressibility of Sandstones

    Robert W. Zimmerman

  • Relation between the Mogi and the Coulomb failure criteria

    Adel M. Al-Ajmi;Robert W. Zimmerman

  • Compressibility of porous rocks

    Robert W. Zimmerman;Wilbur H. Somerton;Michael S. King

  • Effect of shear displacement on the aperture and permeability of a rock fracture

    I.W. Yeo;M.H. de Freitas;R.W. Zimmerman

  • Non-linear regimes of fluid flow in rock fractures

    Robert W Zimmerman;Azzan Al-Yaarubi;Chris C Pain;Carlos A Grattoni

  • Stability analysis of vertical boreholes using the Mogi–Coulomb failure criterion

    Adel M. Al-Ajmi;Adel M. Al-Ajmi;Robert W. Zimmerman

  • Lubrication theory analysis of the permeability of rough-walled fractures

    R.W. Zimmerman;S. Kumar;G.S. Bodvarsson

  • A numerical dual‐porosity model with semianalytical treatment of fracture/matrix flow

    Robert W. Zimmerman;Gang Chen;Teklu Hadgu;Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson

  • Coupling in poroelasticity and thermoelasticity

    R.W. Zimmerman

  • The effect of contact area on the permeability of fractures

    Robert W. Zimmerman;Di-Wen Chen;Neville G.W. Cook

  • Influence of the interfacial transition zone and microcracking on the diffusivity, permeability and sorptivity of cement-based materials after drying

    H.S. Wong;M. Zobel;N.R. Buenfeld;R.W. Zimmerman

  • Thermal conductivity of fluid-saturated rocks

    Robert W. Zimmerman

  • Elastic moduli of a solid containing spherical inclusions

    Robert W. Zimmerman

  • Permeability tensor of three‐dimensional fractured porous rock and a comparison to trace map predictions

    P. S. Lang;A. Paluszny;R. W. Zimmerman

  • Thermal stresses and thermal expansion in a uniformly heated functionally graded cylinder

    Robert W. Zimmerman;Melanie P. Lutz

  • Fluid flow in rock fractures: From the Navier-Stokes equations to the cubic law

    Robert W. Zimmerman;In-Wook Yeo

  • EARTH SCIENCES DIVISION

    Sunil Kumar;R. W. Zimmerman;Gs. Bodvarsson

  • Sliding crack model for nonlinearity and hysteresis in the uniaxial stress-strain curve of rock

    Emmanuel David;N Brantut;Alexandre Schubnel;Robert W. Zimmerman

  • INHOMOGENEOUS INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE MODEL FOR THE BULK MODULUS OF MORTAR

    Melanie P Lutz;Paulo J.M Monteiro;Robert W Zimmerman

  • The effect of contact area on the permeability of fractures

    D.W. Chen;R.W. Zimmerman;N.G.W. Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriana Paluszny
Adriana Paluszny Imperial College London
Lanru Jing
Lanru Jing Royal Institute of Technology
Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson
Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christopher C. Pain
Christopher C. Pain Imperial College London
Nick R. Buenfeld
Nick R. Buenfeld Imperial College London
Paulo J.M. Monteiro
Paulo J.M. Monteiro University of California, Berkeley
John A. Howell
John A. Howell University of Aberdeen
Hamidreza M. Nick
Hamidreza M. Nick Technical University of Denmark
Quansheng Liu
Quansheng Liu Wuhan University
Alexandre Schubnel
Alexandre Schubnel École Normale Supérieure

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