World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
69
Citations
14948
World Ranking
422
National Ranking
196

Materials Science

D-Index
69
Citations
15294
World Ranking
4703
National Ranking
1244

Somnath Ghosh 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 Somnath Ghosh 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: 378 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Somnath Ghosh 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 Somnath Ghosh 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: 69 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 2010 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - ASM Fellow For outstanding contribution to the field of computational mechanics, and for sustained ambassadorship of materials engineering across these communities.
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Somnath Ghosh is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering, particularly within the subfields of Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research covers several main topics including:

  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties

Somnath Ghosh has published notable papers such as:

  • "A coupled crystal plasticity FEM and phase-field model for crack evolution in microstructures of 7000 series aluminum alloys" (2020), Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • "Finite deformation cohesive zone phase field model for crack propagation in multi-phase microstructures" (2020), Computational Mechanics
  • "A microstructure-based porous crystal plasticity FE model for additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V alloys" (2022), International Journal of Plasticity
  • "Machine Learning-Aided Parametrically Homogenized Crystal Plasticity Model (PHCPM) for Single Crystal Ni-Based Superalloys" (2020), JOM
  • "Uncertainty-quantified parametrically homogenized constitutive models (UQ-PHCMs) for dual-phase α/β titanium alloys" (2020), npj Computational Materials

The frequent co-authors contributing to their research include Maxwell Pinz, Shravan Kotha, Preetam Tarafder, Saikat Dan, and Deniz Ozturk.

The primary venues where they have published are:

  • International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • International Journal of Plasticity
  • npj Computational Materials

Somnath Ghosh's awards include:

  • Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), 2010
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007
  • ASM Fellow, 2006, for outstanding contribution to the field of computational mechanics and for sustained ambassadorship of materials engineering across these communities
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000

Best Publications

  • Multiple scale analysis of heterogeneous elastic structures using homogenization theory and voronoi cell finite element method

    Somnath Ghosh;Kyunghoon Lee;Suresh Moorthy

  • A multi-level computational model for multi-scale damage analysis in composite and porous materials

    Somnath Ghosh;Kyunghoon Lee;Prasanna Raghavan

  • Two scale analysis of heterogeneous elastic-plastic materials with asymptotic homogenization and Voronoi cell finite element model

    Somnath Ghosh;Kyunghoon Lee;Suresh Moorthy

  • 3D reconstruction and characterization of polycrystalline microstructures using a FIB-SEM system

    M.A. Groeber;B.K. Haley;M.D. Uchic;D.M. Dimiduk

  • A framework for automated analysis and simulation of 3D polycrystalline microstructures.: Part 1: Statistical characterization

    Michael Groeber;Somnath Ghosh;Michael D. Uchic;Dennis M. Dimiduk

  • Deformation and creep modeling in polycrystalline Ti–6Al alloys

    Vikas Hasija;S. Ghosh;Michael J. Mills;Deepu S. Joseph

  • Elastic-plastic analysis of arbitrary heterogeneous materials with the Voronoi Cell finite element method

    Somnath Ghosh;Suresh Moorthy

  • A framework for automated analysis and simulation of 3D polycrystalline microstructures. Part 2: Synthetic structure generation

    Michael Groeber;Somnath Ghosh;Michael D. Uchic;Dennis M. Dimiduk

  • An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element method for large deformation analysis of elastic-viscoplastic solids

    Somnath Ghosh;Noboru Kikuchi

  • Quantitative characterization and modeling of composite microstructures by voronoi cells

    Somnath Ghosh;Zdzislaw Nowak;Kyunghoon Lee

  • Statistically Equivalent Representative Volume Elements for Unidirectional Composite Microstructures: Part I - Without Damage

    Shriram Swaminathan;Somnath Ghosh;N. J. Pagano

  • A crystal plasticity FE model for deformation with twin nucleation in magnesium alloys

    Jiahao Cheng;Somnath Ghosh

  • A size-dependent crystal plasticity finite-element model for creep and load shedding in polycrystalline titanium alloys

    G. Venkatramani;S. Ghosh;M. Mills

  • Dwell fatigue crack nucleation model based on crystal plasticity finite element simulations of polycrystalline titanium alloys

    Masoud Anahid;Mahendra K. Samal;Somnath Ghosh

  • Concurrent multi-level model for damage evolution in microstructurally debonding composites

    S. Ghosh;J. Bai;P. Raghavan

  • Crystal plasticity modeling of deformation and creep in polycrystalline Ti-6242

    Dhyanjyoti Deka;Deepu S. Joseph;Somnath Ghosh;Michael J. Mills

  • A material based finite element analysis of heterogeneous media involving Dirichlet tessellations

    Somnath Ghosh;Sankar N. Mukhopadhyay

  • Interfacial debonding analysis in multiple fiber reinforced composites

    Somnath Ghosh;Yong Ling;Bhaskar Majumdar;Ran Kim

  • Three dimensional characterization and modeling of particle reinforced metal matrix composites: part I Quantitative description of microstructural morphology

    M Li;S Ghosh;O Richmond;H Weiland

  • Deposition of thin films of different oxides of copper by RF reactive sputtering and their characterization

    S Ghosh;D.K Avasthi;P Shah;V Ganesan

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Uchic
Michael D. Uchic United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Dennis M. Dimiduk
Dennis M. Dimiduk The Ohio State University
Michael J. Mills
Michael J. Mills The Ohio State University
Rajiv Shivpuri
Rajiv Shivpuri The Ohio State University
Dennis M. Dimiduk
Dennis M. Dimiduk The Ohio State University
Tresa M. Pollock
Tresa M. Pollock University of California, Santa Barbara
James C. Williams
James C. Williams The Ohio State University
Yunzhi Wang
Yunzhi Wang The Ohio State University
Robert H. Wagoner
Robert H. Wagoner The Ohio State University
Stephen J. Harris
Stephen J. Harris Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

For students interested in expanding their expertise beyond traditional Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, several related online degree options are available. Programs like slp graduate programs offer pathways into specialized fields such as speech-language pathology, which emphasizes communication disorders and therapy techniques.

If ease of admission is a priority, exploring the easiest audiology programs to get into can provide valuable insight into accessible career shifts connected to engineering-driven health technologies.

The financial aspect of pursuing additional qualifications is crucial. Prospective students should review data on how much does an online speech pathology degree cost to budget effectively for further education without compromising current investments.

Veterans seeking to build on their technical backgrounds can benefit from exploring military friendly online speech pathology degree programs, which tailor support and resources to those transitioning to civilian careers.

Best Scientists Citing Somnath Ghosh

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles