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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
63
Citations
15387
World Ranking
574
National Ranking
10

Roberto Verzicco 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 Roberto Verzicco sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 428 publications — 89th percentile

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

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

Roberto Verzicco 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 Roberto Verzicco sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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 Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Italy Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his seminal contribution to the development of algorithms for direct numerical simulations of thermally driven turbulence, vortex flows, and complex flows, for the resulting deep physical understanding of these flows, and for his collaborative attitude which has strongly served the fluid dynamics community

Overview

Roberto Verzicco is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, particularly focusing on fluid dynamics and turbulent flows. Their work is documented through numerous publications and collaborations across various subfields and topics.

Their recent papers include:

  • Extended Lifetime of Respiratory Droplets in a Turbulent Vapor Puff and Its Implications on Airborne Disease Transmission, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook, 2022, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  • One-point statistics for turbulent pipe flow up to, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Multiple States in Turbulent Large-Aspect-Ratio Thermal Convection: What Determines the Number of Convection Rolls?, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Periodically Modulated Thermal Convection, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Verzicco include:

  • Detlef Lohse
  • Kai Leong Chong
  • Rui Yang
  • Richard J. A. M. Stevens
  • Christopher J. Howland

The main publication venues where their work appears frequently are:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Physical Review Letters

Verzicco's research covers a wide range of subfields including:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering

The main topics explored in their research are:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

In addition to journal articles, Roberto Verzicco has authored a book titled An Introduction to Immersed Boundary Methods, to be published by Cambridge University Press in 2025.

Among professional recognitions, Verzicco was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2013 for contributions to algorithms for direct numerical simulations of thermally driven turbulence, vortex flows, and complex flows as well as their impact within the fluid dynamics community.

Best Publications

  • Combined Immersed-Boundary Finite-Difference Methods for Three-Dimensional Complex Flow Simulations

    E.A. Fadlun;R. Verzicco;P. Orlandi;J. Mohd-Yusof

  • A Finite-Difference Scheme for Three-Dimensional Incompressible Flows in Cylindrical Coordinates

    R. Verzicco;P. Orlandi

  • Immersed boundary technique for turbulent flow simulations

    Gianluca Iaccarino;Roberto Verzicco

  • Numerical experiments on strongly turbulent thermal convection in a slender cylindrical cell

    Roberto Verzicco;Roberto Camussi

  • Radial boundary layer structure and Nusselt number in Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Richard J.A.M. Stevens;Roberto Verzicco;Detlef Lohse

  • Large eddy simulation in complex geometric configurations using boundary body forces

    Roberto Verzicco;Jamaludin Mohd-Yusof;Jamaludin Mohd-Yusof;Paolo Orlandi;Daniel Connell Haworth

  • Prandtl number effects in convective turbulence

    R. Verzicco;Roberto Camussi

  • Vortex rings impinging on walls : axisymmetric and three-dimensional simulations

    Paolo Orlandi;Roberto Verzicco

  • A pencil distributed finite difference code for strongly turbulent wall-bounded flows

    Erwin P. van der Poel;Rodolfo Ostilla Mónico;John Donners;Roberto Verzicco

  • Immersed Boundary Methods: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook

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  • Prandtl and Rayleigh number dependence of heat transport in high Rayleigh number thermal convection

    Richard Johannes Antonius Maria Stevens;Detlef Lohse;Roberto Verzicco

  • Modeling of vortex dynamics in the wake of a marine propeller

    R. Muscari;A. Di Mascio;Roberto Verzicco

  • Direct simulation of transition in an oscillatory boundary layer

    G. Vittori;R. Verzicco

  • Direct numerical simulation of the pulsatile flow through an aortic bileaflet mechanical heart valve

    M. D. De Tullio;A. Cristallo;E. Balaras;R. Verzicco

  • Extended Lifetime of Respiratory Droplets in a Turbulent Vapor Puff and Its Implications on Airborne Disease Transmission.

    Kai Leong Chong;Chong Shen Ng;Naoki Hori;Rui Yang

  • Prandtl-, Rayleigh-, and Rossby-number dependence of heat transport in turbulent rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Jin-Qiang Zhong;Richard J. A. M. Stevens;Herman J. H. Clercx;Herman J. H. Clercx;Roberto Verzicco

  • Transition to the Ultimate Regime in Two-Dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

    Xiaojue Zhu;Varghese Mathai;Richard J. A. M. Stevens;Roberto Verzicco;Roberto Verzicco

  • Numerical experiments on flapping foils mimicking fish-like locomotion

    Paolo Blondeaux;Francesco Fornarelli;Laura Guglielmini;Michael S. Triantafyllou

  • A numerical study of three-dimensional vortex ring instabilities: viscous corrections and early nonlinear stage

    Karim Shariff;Roberto Verzicco;Paolo Orlandi

  • Turbulent thermal superstructures in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Richard J. A. M. Stevens;Alexander Blass;Xiaojue Zhu;Roberto Verzicco;Roberto Verzicco

  • Optimal Taylor–Couette flow: direct numerical simulations

    Rodolfo Ostilla;Richard J. A. M. Stevens;Siegfried Grossmann;Roberto Verzicco

  • Effects of nonperfect thermal sources in turbulent thermal convection

    R. Verzicco

  • Logarithmic Temperature Profiles in Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard Convection

    Guenter Ahlers;Eberhard Bodenschatz;Denis Funfschilling;Siegfried Grossmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Detlef Lohse
Detlef Lohse University of Twente
Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Richard J. A. M. Stevens University of Twente
Chao Sun
Chao Sun Tsinghua University
Siegfried Grossmann
Siegfried Grossmann Philipp University of Marburg
Paolo Orlandi
Paolo Orlandi Sapienza University of Rome
Daniel Chung
Daniel Chung University of Melbourne
Andrea Prosperetti
Andrea Prosperetti University of Houston
Roberto Camussi
Roberto Camussi Roma Tre University
Federico Toschi
Federico Toschi Eindhoven University of Technology
Xuehua Zhang
Xuehua Zhang University of Alberta

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