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D-Index
56
Citations
11166
World Ranking
850
National Ranking
47

Roger Lewis 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 Roger Lewis sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 318 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roger Lewis 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 Roger Lewis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Roger Lewis is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Mechanical Engineering and its related subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

Their scholarly work extensively covers several key topics including:

  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis
  • Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
  • Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis
  • Tribology and Wear Analysis
  • Tunneling and Rock Mechanics

Roger Lewis has contributed consistently to several publication venues. The most frequent include:

  • Wear
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
  • Tribology International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Lewis reflect the focus on railway materials and wear mechanisms. These include:

  • Microstructure evolution of railway pearlitic wheel steels under rolling-sliding contact loading, 2020, Tribology International
  • Comparison of wear and rolling contact fatigue behaviours of bainitic and pearlitic rails under various rolling-sliding conditions, 2020, Wear
  • Experimental study on wear properties of wheel and rail materials with different hardness values, 2021, Wear
  • Numerical calculation of wear in rolling contact based on the Archard equation: Effect of contact parameters and consideration of uncertainties, 2021, Wear
  • Wear and rolling contact fatigue competition mechanism of different types of rail steels under various slip ratios, 2023, Wear

Roger Lewis frequently collaborates with notable researchers in the field. Among these co-authors are Klaus Six, Haohao Ding, William A. Skipper, Bettina Suhr, and Enrico Meli, highlighting a network of active partnerships in their research domain.

Best Publications

  • A mathematical model to predict railway wheel profile evolution due to wear

    F. Braghin;R. Lewis;R.S. Dwyer-Joyce;S. Bruni

  • Wheel-Rail Interface Handbook

    Roger Lewis;Ulf Olofsson

  • Mapping rail wear regimes and transitions

    R. Lewis;Ulf Olofsson

  • Twin disc assessment of wheel/rail adhesion

    E.A. Gallardo-Hernandez;R. Lewis

  • In vivo measurement of skin surface strain and sub-surface layer deformation induced by natural tissue stretching.

    Raman Maiti;Lutz Christian Gerhardt;Zing S. Lee;Robert A. Byers

  • Development of a wear prediction tool for steel railway wheels using three alternative wear functions

    João Pombo;Jorge Ambrósio;Manuel Pereira;Roger Lewis

  • Assessment of laser cladding as an option for repairing/enhancing rails

    S.R. Lewis;R. Lewis;D.I. Fletcher

  • Microstructure evolution of railway pearlitic wheel steels under rolling-sliding contact loading

    Y. Hu;Y. Hu;L. Zhou;H.H. Ding;R. Lewis

  • Characterisation of Contact Pressure Distribution in Bolted Joints

    M. B. Marshall;R. Lewis;R. S. Dwyer-Joyce

  • Rolling–sliding laboratory tests of friction modifiers in dry and wet wheel–rail contacts

    O. Arias-Cuevas;Z. Li;R. Lewis;E.A. Gallardo-Hernández

  • Understanding the friction mechanisms between the human finger and flat contacting surfaces in moist conditions

    S. E. Tomlinson;R. Lewis;X. Liu;C. Texier

  • A laboratory investigation on the influence of the particle size and slip during sanding on the adhesion and wear in the wheel–rail contact

    Oscar Arias-Cuevas;Zili Li;Roger Lewis

  • Investigation on wear and rolling contact fatigue of wheel-rail materials under various wheel/rail hardness ratio and creepage conditions

    Y. Hu;L. Zhou;H.H. Ding;G.X. Tan

  • The effects of soot-contaminated engine oil on wear and friction: A review:

    D A Green;R Lewis

  • The effect of normal force and roughness on friction in human finger contact

    S.E. Tomlinson;R. Lewis;M.J. Carré

  • Wear and damage transitions of wheel and rail materials under various contact conditions

    W.J. Wang;W.J. Wang;R. Lewis;B. Yang;L.C. Guo

  • Food for Thought? — A UK pilot study testing a methodology for compositional domestic food waste analysis:

    Joseph Langley;Alaster Yoxall;Geoff Heppell;Elena Maria Rodriguez

  • Wear of human teeth: A tribological perspective

    R Lewis;R. S. Dwyer-Joyce

  • Mapping railway wheel material wear mechanisms and transitions

    Roger Lewis;Rob Dwyer-Joyce;Ulf Olofsson;Joao Pombo

  • Wear at the wheel/rail interface when sanding is used to increase adhesion

    R Lewis;R S Dwyer-Joyce

  • Characterising pressure and bruising in apple fruit

    R. Lewis;Alaster Yoxall;M. Marshall;L. Canty

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Dwyer-Joyce
Rob Dwyer-Joyce University of Sheffield
Ulf Olofsson
Ulf Olofsson Royal Institute of Technology
Zili Li
Zili Li Delft University of Technology
Joao Pombo
Joao Pombo University of Huddersfield
Jorge Ambrósio
Jorge Ambrósio Instituto Superior Técnico
Sheila MacNeil
Sheila MacNeil University of Sheffield
Bruce W. Drinkwater
Bruce W. Drinkwater University of Bristol
Francesco Braghin
Francesco Braghin Polytechnic University of Milan
Anne Neville
Anne Neville University of Leeds
Robert G. Hill
Robert G. Hill Queen Mary University of London

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