2026 Stephen B. Pope: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	97	78	73	41	37	367	46442

Stephen B. Pope 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 Stephen B. Pope sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 659+

This scientist: 367 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen B. Pope 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 Stephen B. Pope sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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 United States Leader Award
2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for seminal advances in the computational modeling of turbulent combustion, including probability density function methods and in situ adaptive tabulation
2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the modeling of turbulent flow, including the development of probability density function methodologies for turbulent combustion.
2009 - Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS)
2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to turbulent flows and combustion.
2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1991 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions of archival value to probabilitydensityfunction methods in turbulence modeling, to understanding of the geometry and distortion of surfaces in turbulent flows, and to extraction of Lagrangian statistics from direct numerical simulations

Overview

Stephen B. Pope is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions to computational mechanics and fluid flow and transfer processes. They have published extensively in these fields and maintain a multidisciplinary approach that also intersects atmospheric science, general health professions, and economics and econometrics.

Their main research topics include combustion and flame dynamics, advanced combustion engine technologies, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, heat transfer and supercritical fluids, as well as health policy implementation science and health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life.

Stephen B. Pope's recent published papers include the following:

Computationally-efficient and accurate particle PDF simulations of turbulent combustion using coupled pre-partitioned adaptive chemistry and tabulation (2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute)
Filtered Density Function Simulations of a Near-Limit Turbulent Lean Premixed Flame (2020, Journal of Propulsion and Power)
Tensor networks enable the calculation of turbulence probability distributions (2025, Science Advances)
Current Practices and Nurse Readiness to Implement Standardized Screening for Commercially and Sexually Exploited Individuals in Emergency Departments in Western Washington Hospitals (2022, Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal)
Simple model for the bottleneck effect in isotropic turbulence based on Kolmogorov's hypotheses (2023, Physical Review Fluids)

The scientist frequently publishes in several key venues, including:

Research Square (Research Square)
Science Advances
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Journal of Propulsion and Power
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal

Stephen B. Pope has collaborated often with several researchers throughout their career. Frequent co-authors include:

Ashish S. Newale
Perrine Pepiot
Sarah Gimbel
Nikita Gourianov
Peyman Givi

The scientist has been recognized with multiple awards over the years, reflecting contributions in turbulent combustion modeling and fluid dynamics. These awards include:

Fellow of the Combustion Institute (2018) for seminal advances in computational modeling of turbulent combustion, including probability density function methods and in situ adaptive tabulation
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2010) for contributions to turbulent flow modeling and probability density function methodologies for turbulent combustion
Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS) (2009)
SIAM Fellow (2009) for contributions to turbulent flows and combustion
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007)
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2007)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1991) for contributions to probability density function methods in turbulence modeling, surface geometry and distortion in turbulent flows, and Lagrangian statistics extraction from numerical simulations

Best Publications

Turbulent Flows

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8080
Citations
PDF methods for turbulent reactive flows

S.B. Pope

3704
Citations
Simplifying chemical kinetics: Intrinsic low-dimensional manifolds in composition space

U. Maas;S.B. Pope

2153
Citations
Ten questions concerning the large-eddy simulation of turbulent flows

Stephen B Pope

1655
Citations
Computationally efficient implementation of combustion chemistry using in situ adaptive tabulation

S.B. Pope

1561
Citations
A more general effective-viscosity hypothesis

S. B. Pope

1209
Citations
An explanation of the turbulent round-jet/plane-jet anomaly

S. B. Pope

920
Citations
An examination of forcing in direct numerical simulations of turbulence

V. Eswaran;S. B. Pope

913
Citations
Lagrangian PDF Methods for Turbulent Flows

S. B. Pope

860
Citations
Direct numerical simulations of the turbulent mixing of a passive scalar

V. Eswaran;S. B. Pope

734
Citations
Computations of turbulent combustion: Progress and challenges

S.B. Pope

732
Citations
Lagrangian statistics from direct numerical simulations of isotropic turbulence

P. K. Yeung;S. B. Pope

700
Citations
The evolution of surfaces in turbulence

S.B. Pope

634
Citations
Filtered density function for large eddy simulation of turbulent reacting flows

P. J. Colucci;F. A. Jaberi;P. Givi;S. B. Pope

613
Citations
A mixing model for turbulent reactive flows based on Euclidean minimum spanning trees

Shankar Subramaniam;S. B. Pope

576
Citations
A generalized Langevin model for turbulent flows

D. C. Haworth;S. B. Pope

478
Citations
An algorithm for tracking fluid particles in numerical simulations of homogeneous turbulence

P. K. Yeung;S. B. Pope

474
Citations
A Monte Carlo Method for the PDF Equations of Turbulent Reactive Flow

S. B. Pope

473
Citations
Paradigms in turbulent combustion research

R.W. Bilger;S.B. Pope;K.N.C. Bray;J.F. Driscoll

444
Citations
Filtered mass density function for large-eddy simulation of turbulent reacting flows

F. A. Jaberi;P. J. Colucci;S. James;P. Givi

429
Citations
Implementation of simplified chemical kinetics based on intrinsic low-dimensional manifolds

U. Maas;S.B. Pope

424
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peyman Givi University of Pittsburgh

Metin Muradoglu Koç University

Assaad R. Masri University of Sydney

Daniel C. Haworth Pennsylvania State University

Jacqueline H. Chen Sandia National Laboratories

Sharath S. Girimaji Texas A&M University

Ulrich Maas Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Patrick Jenny ETH Zurich

Katepalli R. Sreenivasan New York University

Habib N. Najm Sandia National Laboratories

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