2026 Stanislav N. Gorb: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	88	1858	1790	101	94	536	28828

Stanislav N. Gorb publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stanislav N. Gorb sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 536 publications — 89th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Stanislav N. Gorb D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stanislav N. Gorb sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

Stanislav N. Gorb is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Mechanics of Materials, Insect Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Plant and animal studies
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Fossil Insects in Amber
Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

They have published articles in several recurrent venues, notably:

Scientific Reports
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Biomimetics
Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Insects

Selected recent papers include:

"Bioinspired footed soft robot with unidirectional all-terrain mobility" (2020, Materials Today)
"Persistence of plastic debris and its colonization by bacterial communities after two decades on the abyssal seafloor" (2020, Scientific Reports)
"Gecko's Feet-Inspired Self-Peeling Switchable Dry/Wet Adhesive" (2021, Chemistry of Materials)
"Denitrification in foraminifera has an ancient origin and is complemented by associated bacteria" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
"Insect wing damage: causes, consequences and compensatory mechanisms" (2020, Journal of Experimental Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

Alexander Kovalev
Wencke Krings
Hamed Rajabi
Thies H. Büscher
А. Е. Филиппов

In addition to journal articles, Stanislav N. Gorb has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Springer Nature (Netherlands): "Combined Discrete and Continual Approaches in Biological Modelling" (2020).

Stanislav N. Gorb was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2011 for contributions within Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.

Best Publications

From micro to nano contacts in biological attachment devices.

Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt;Stanislav Gorb;Ralph Spolenak

1353
Citations
Evidence for capillarity contributions to gecko adhesion from single spatula nanomechanical measurements.

Gerrit Huber;Hubert Mantz;Ralph Spolenak;Klaus Mecke

808
Citations
Mechanics of hierarchical adhesion structures of geckos

Huajian Gao;Xiang Wang;Haimin Yao;Stanislav Gorb

802
Citations
Attachment devices of insect cuticle

Stanislav Gorb

660
Citations
Biomimetic mushroom-shaped fibrillar adhesive microstructure.

S Gorb;M Varenberg;A Peressadko;J Tuma

602
Citations
The effect of surface roughness on the adhesion of elastic plates with application to biological systems

B. N. J. Persson;S. Gorb

495
Citations
Roughness-dependent friction force of the tarsal claw system in the beetle Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae).

Zhendong Dai;Stanislav N. Gorb;Uli Schwarz

404
Citations
Effects of contact shape on the scaling of biological attachments

Ralph Spolenak;Stanislav Gorb;Huajian Gao;Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt

372
Citations
Fabrication of Macroscopically Flexible and Highly Porous 3D Semiconductor Networks from Interpenetrating Nanostructures by a Simple Flame Transport Approach

Yogendra K. Mishra;Sören Kaps;Arnim Schuchardt;Ingo Paulowicz

343
Citations
Resolving the nanoscale adhesion of individual gecko spatulae by atomic force microscopy

Gerrit Huber;Stanislav N Gorb;Ralph Spolenak;Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt

340
Citations
Adhesion design maps for bio-inspired attachment systems

Ralph Spolenak;Stanislav Gorb;Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt

330
Citations
Evidence for a material gradient in the adhesive tarsal setae of the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata

Henrik Peisker;Jan Michels;Stanislav N. Gorb

326
Citations
Origin of the superior adhesive performance of mushroom-shaped microstructured surfaces

Giuseppe Carbone;Elena Pierro;Stanislav N. Gorb

311
Citations
Biological attachment devices: exploring nature's diversity for biomimetics

Stanislav N Gorb

305
Citations
Detailed three-dimensional visualization of resilin in the exoskeleton of arthropods using confocal laser scanning microscopy.

Jan Michels;Stanislav Gorb

280
Citations
Hexagonal Surface Micropattern for Dry and Wet Friction

Michael Varenberg;Stanislav N. Gorb

274
Citations
Influence of surface roughness on gecko adhesion.

Gerrit Huber;Stanislav N Gorb;Naoe Hosoda;Ralph Spolenak

261
Citations
Ultrastructural architecture and mechanical properties of attachment pads in Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae).

Stanislav Gorb;Yuekan Jiao;Matthias Scherge

248
Citations
Adhesion measured on the attachment pads of Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera, insecta).

Yuekan Jiao;Stanislav Gorb;Matthias Scherge

248
Citations
An Engineered Spider Silk Protein Forms Microspheres

Ute K. Slotta;Sebastian Rammensee;Stanislav Gorb;Thomas Scheibel

231
Citations