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D-Index
70
Citations
26426
World Ranking
1016
National Ranking
346

Stephen Whitaker publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen Whitaker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 214 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Stephen Whitaker D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen Whitaker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stephen Whitaker is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research career spans multiple subfields within engineering, with a primary focus on electrical and electronic engineering. The work encompasses a diverse range of topics related to energy systems, materials, and applied physics.

Their recent publications cover areas of solar energy, wind energy, materials science, and theoretical physics. Notable papers include:

  • Optical and thermal properties of edible coatings for application in solar drying (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Economic feasibility analysis for an electric public transportation system: Two cases of study in medium sized cities in Mexico (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Analysis of offshore wind energy and solar photovoltaic production and its relationship with regional electricity demand in the Yucatan peninsula (2024, Energy)
  • Splashing of Sn-Bi-Ag solder droplets (2023, Physics of Fluids)
  • Quantum mechanics for non-inertial reference frames (2021, European Journal of Physics)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Whitaker include A. Balbuena Ortega, Anabel López-Ortiz, P. K. Nair, Diego A. Canul-Reyes, and O. Rodríguez-Hernández. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagement within their fields of study.

Whitaker's research has appeared in publication venues such as Scientific Reports, Energy, PLoS ONE, Physics of Fluids, and the Journal of Energy Storage. This range of journals indicates involvement in both applied and theoretical research related to energy and materials.

The main field of study associated with Whitaker is engineering, with a concentration on electrical and electronic engineering supported by contributions in food science, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, sustainability, aerospace engineering, and applied physics.

The specific research topics examined in their work include:

  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
  • Wind Energy Research and Development
  • Energy Load and Power Forecasting
  • Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Solar cell performance optimization
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

This profile reflects Stephen Whitaker's multidisciplinary contributions to engineering research, with a marked emphasis on renewable energy technologies and material properties relevant to energy applications.

Best Publications

  • The method of volume averaging

    Stephen Whitaker

  • Flow in porous media I: A theoretical derivation of Darcy's law

    Stephen Whitaker

  • Simultaneous Heat, Mass, and Momentum Transfer in Porous Media: A Theory of Drying

    Stephen Whitaker

  • Forced convection heat transfer correlations for flow in pipes, past flat plates, single cylinders, single spheres, and for flow in packed beds and tube bundles

    Stephen Whitaker

  • Momentum transfer at the boundary between a porous medium and a homogeneous fluid-I. Theoretical development

    J.Alberto Ochoa-Tapia;Stephen Whitaker

  • Diffusion and dispersion in porous media

    Stephen Whitaker

  • ADVANCES IN THEORY OF FLUID MOTION IN POROUS MEDIA

    Stephen. Whitaker

  • The Forchheimer equation : A theoretical development

    Stephen Whitaker

  • Momentum transfer at the boundary between a porous medium and a homogeneous fluid—II. Comparison with experiment

    J.Alberto Ochoa-Tapia;Stephen Whitaker

  • One- and Two-Equation Models for Transient Diffusion Processes in Two-Phase Systems

    Michel Quintard;Stephen Whitaker

  • Flow in Porous Media II: The Governing Equations for Immiscible, Two-Phase Flow

    Stephen Whitaker

  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media

    Ruben G. Carbonell;Stephen Whitaker

  • Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

    Stephen Whitaker

  • The transport equations for multi-phase systems

    Stephen Whitaker

  • The spatial averaging theorem revisited

    Frederick A. Howes;Stephen Whitaker

  • Fundamental principles of heat transfer

    S. Whitaker;C. L. Tien

  • Two-medium treatment of heat transfer in porous media: numerical results for effective properties

    M. Quintard;M. Kaviany;S. Whitaker

  • Heat conduction in multiphase systems—I: Theory and experiment for two-phase systems

    I. Nozad;R.G. Carbonell;S. Whitaker

  • Transport in ordered and disordered porous media. II: Generalized volume averaging

    Michel Quintard;Stephen Whitaker

  • Transport in ordered and disordered porous media: volume-averaged equations, closure problems, and comparison with experiment

    Michel Quintard;Stephen Whitaker

  • Dispersion in pulsed systems—III: Comparison between theory and experiments for packed beds

    A. Eidsath;R.G. Carbonell;S. Whitaker;L.R. Herrmann

  • Two-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media: The method of large-scale averaging

    Michel Quintard;Stephen Whitaker

  • Convection, dispersion, and interfacial transport of contaminants: Homogeneous porous media

    Michel Quintard;Stephen Whitaker

  • Local thermal equilibrium for transient heat conduction: theory and comparison with numerical experiments

    Michel Quintard;Stephen Whitaker

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Quintard
Michel Quintard National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Pieter Stroeve
Pieter Stroeve University of California, Davis
Dennis E. Rolston
Dennis E. Rolston University of California, Davis
Massoud Kaviany
Massoud Kaviany University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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