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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 52 1067 982 439 378 190 9396

Sridhar Kota publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sridhar Kota between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sridhar Kota published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 5.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2000. 11 of the 213 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2000. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 6 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 7 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 9 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 4 publications 1997: 10 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 14 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication 2024: 0 publications 2025: 11 publications
1985 2025

213 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sridhar Kota: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 1
1987 6
1988 5
1989 0
1990 6
1991 1
1992 7
1993 4
1994 9
1995 1
1996 4
1997 10
1998 7
1999 10
2000 14
2001 8
2002 12
2003 9
2004 10
2005 2
2006 8
2007 8
2008 7
2009 7
2010 5
2011 4
2012 5
2013 5
2014 3
2015 3
2016 6
2017 2
2018 3
2019 3
2020 4
2021 0
2022 1
2023 1
2024 0
2025 11
Total 213
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Sridhar Kota publications per year - data summary

  • Sridhar Kota, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, has 213 publications recorded across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1985 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2000, with 14 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1985, 1986, 1991, 1995 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 41 years in the span carry no publications at all (1989, 2021 and 2024).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 5.6 per year counting only the 38 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 13 publications, 6% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1985-1998: 62 publications (4.4 per year); 1999-2012: 109 publications (7.8 per year); 2013-2025: 42 publications (3.2 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is declining.

Sridhar Kota 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 Sridhar Kota sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 187–196 publications, is where this scientist sits. 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
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 190 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140 190
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100
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Sridhar Kota publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,445 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 47–56 to 659+ publications.
  • Sridhar Kota, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, records 190 publications - the 40th percentile of the discipline.
  • 40% of ranked Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Sridhar Kota, and about 60% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 217–226 publications range, and Sridhar Kota ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 147–156 publications, holding 155 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 46% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 197–206 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 659 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Sridhar Kota 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 Sridhar Kota sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50 52
53 48
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Sridhar Kota D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,445 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 30 to 93+ D-Index.
  • Sridhar Kota, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, records 52 D-Index - the 70th percentile of the discipline.
  • 70% of ranked Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Sridhar Kota, and about 30% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 43 D-Index range, and Sridhar Kota ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 34 D-Index, holding 189 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 45 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Overview

Sridhar Kota is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Animal Science and Zoology, Automotive Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Small Animals.

The main topics addressed in their research include Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods, Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, and Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sridhar Kota include Ehsan Asali, Guoming Li, Chongxiao Chen, Mahtab Saeidifar, and Venkat Umesh Chandra Bodempudi, each of whom has been involved in multiple publications alongside Kota.

Their recent scholarly articles cover diverse subjects, reflecting interdisciplinary interests and applications. These include:

  • "Rapid development of a novel portable negative pressure device," 2020, The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  • "Video based crowd analysis using deep learning," 2025, AIP conference proceedings
  • "Al Agents: Unlocking Transformative Potential Amid Technical and Ethical Hurdles," 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
  • "Building Effective AI Agents with Large Language Models: Workflows, Design Patterns, and Best Practices," 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)
  • "Integration and evaluation of a low-cost intelligent system and its parameters for monitoring three-dimensional features of broiler chickens," 2025, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Kota publishes regularly in venues such as Animal - science proceedings, where they have three publications, and the International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) with two articles. Other publication outlets include The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, AIP conference proceedings, and Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.

Best Publications

  • Topological synthesis of compliant mechanisms using multi-criteria optimization

    M. I. Frecker;G. K. Ananthasuresh;S. Nishiwaki;N. Kikuchi

  • DESIGN OF LARGE-DISPLACEMENT COMPLIANT JOINTS

    Brian P. Trease;Yong Mo Moon;Sridhar Kota

  • Reconfigurable machine tool

    Yoram Koren;Sridhar Kota

  • Designing compliant mechanisms

    G. K. Ananthasuresh;Sridhar Kota

  • A Metric for Evaluating Design Commonality in Product Families

    Sridhar Kota;Kannan Sethuraman;Raymond Miller

  • Design of Compliant Mechanisms: Applications to MEMS

    Sridhar Kota;Jinyong Joo;Zhe Li;Steven M. Rodgers

  • Optimal Synthesis of Mechanisms for Path Generation Using Fourier Descriptors and Global Search Methods

    Irfan Ullah;Sridhar Kota

  • Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Morphing Structural Shapes

    Kerr Jia Lu;Sridhar Kota

  • Strategies for systematic synthesis of compliant mems

    G. K. Ananthasuresh;Sridhar Kota;Noboru Kikuchi

  • An Energy Formulation for Parametric Size and Shape Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms

    J. A. Hetrick;S. Kota

  • A METHODICAL APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF COMPLIANT MICROMECHANISMS

    G.K. Ananthasuresh;S. Kota;Y. Gianchandani

  • Design and application of compliant mechanisms for morphing aircraft structures

    Sridhar Kota;Joel A. Hetrick;Russell Osborn;Donald Paul

  • Tailoring unconventional actuators using compliant transmissions: design methods and applications

    S. Kota;J. Hetrick;Z. Li;L. Saggere

  • Design and Application of Compliant Mechanisms for Surgical Tools

    S. Kota;K.-J. Lu;Z. Kreiner;B. Trease

  • Design and Modeling of Generalized Fiber-Reinforced Pneumatic Soft Actuators

    Joshua Bishop-Moser;Sridhar Kota

  • Static Shape Control of Smart Structures Using Compliant Mechanisms

    Laxminarayana Saggere;Sridhar Kota

  • Design of soft robotic actuators using fluid-filled fiber-reinforced elastomeric enclosures in parallel combinations

    Joshua Bishop-Moser;Girish Krishnan;Charles Kim;Sridhar Kota

  • Topology and dimensional synthesis of compliant mechanisms using discrete optimization

    Kerr Jia Lu;Sridhar Kota

  • Topology optimization of compliant mechanisms with multiple outputs

    Mary I. Frecker;Noboru Kikuchi;S. Kota

  • Design of Nonlinear Springs for Prescribed Load-Displacement Functions

    Christine Vehar Jutte;Sridhar Kota

  • Generalized Kinematic Modeling Method for Reconfigurable Machine Tools

    Yong-Mo Moon;Sridhar Kota

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur G. Erdman
Arthur G. Erdman University of Minnesota
Noboru Kikuchi
Noboru Kikuchi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
G. K. Ananthasuresh
G. K. Ananthasuresh Indian Institute of Science
Daniel P. Ferris
Daniel P. Ferris University of Florida
Mary Frecker
Mary Frecker Pennsylvania State University
Kensall D. Wise
Kensall D. Wise University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Yoram Koren
Yoram Koren University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alan S. Wineman
Alan S. Wineman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael P. Flynn
Michael P. Flynn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Shinji Nishiwaki
Shinji Nishiwaki Kyoto University

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