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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 67 456 413 212 179 543 21555

Tim Colonius publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tim Colonius between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tim Colonius published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 15 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2018. 35 of the 569 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2018. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 18 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 23 publications 2008: 29 publications 2009: 27 publications 2010: 32 publications 2011: 27 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 35 publications 2018: 37 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 16 publications
1988 2025

569 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tim Colonius: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 1
1990 0
1991 2
1992 0
1993 3
1994 2
1995 1
1996 2
1997 6
1998 9
1999 7
2000 8
2001 11
2002 18
2003 14
2004 10
2005 5
2006 12
2007 23
2008 29
2009 27
2010 32
2011 27
2012 21
2013 19
2014 17
2015 25
2016 26
2017 35
2018 37
2019 27
2020 25
2021 26
2022 12
2023 14
2024 19
2025 16
Total 569
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Tim Colonius 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 Tim Colonius 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, 537–546 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: 543 publications — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 8 543
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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Tim Colonius 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 Tim Colonius 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, 67 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: 67 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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
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 67
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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Overview

Tim Colonius is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Engineering.

Their work spans various subfields including Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Applied Mathematics.

They have contributed extensively to topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Model Reduction and Neural Networks, Combustion and Flame Dynamics, Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies, and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Tim Colonius has published in multiple scientific venues. Notable venues where their work frequently appears include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • AIAA Journal
  • Journal of Computational Physics

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • Guide to Spectral Proper Orthogonal Decomposition, 2020, AIAA Journal
  • Near-surface dynamics of a gas bubble collapsing above a crevice, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • On the formation and recurrent shedding of ligaments in droplet aerobreakup, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • MFC: An open-source high-order multi-component, multi-phase, and multi-scale compressible flow solver, 2020, Computer Physics Communications
  • Ambiguity in mean-flow-based linear analysis, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Tim Colonius has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Spencer H. Bryngelson
  • Aaron Towne
  • Peter Jordan
  • Liam Heidt
  • Oliver T. Schmidt

Best Publications

  • Modal Analysis of Fluid Flows: An Overview

    Kunihiko Taira;Steven L. Brunton;Scott T. M. Dawson;Clarence W. Rowley

  • Spectral proper orthogonal decomposition and its relationship to dynamic mode decomposition and resolvent analysis

    Aaron Towne;Oliver T. Schmidt;Tim Colonius

  • Model reduction for compressible flows using POD and Galerkin projection

    Clarence W. Rowley;Tim Colonius;Richard M. Murray

  • The immersed boundary method: A projection approach

    Kunihiko Taira;Tim Colonius

  • On self-sustained oscillations in two-dimensional compressible flow over rectangular cavities

    Clarence Worth Rowley;Tim Colonius;Amit J. Basu

  • Computational aeroacoustics: progress on nonlinear problems of sound generation

    Tim Colonius;Sanjiva K. Lele

  • Wave Packets and Turbulent Jet Noise

    Peter Jordan;Tim Colonius

  • Implementation of WENO schemes in compressible multicomponent flow problems

    Eric Johnsen;Tim Colonius

  • Sound generation in a mixing layer

    Tim Colonius;Sanjiva K. Lele;Parviz Moin

  • Boundary conditions for direct computation of aerodynamic sound generation

    Tim Colonius;Sanjiva K. Lele;Parviz Moin

  • Three-dimensional flows around low-aspect-ratio flat-plate wings at low Reynolds numbers

    Kunihiko Taira;Tim Colonius

  • Wavepackets in the velocity field of turbulent jets

    André V. G. Cavalieri;Daniel Rodríguez;Peter Jordan;Tim Colonius

  • Numerical simulations of non-spherical bubble collapse

    Eric Johnsen;Tim Colonius

  • MODELING ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS FOR COMPRESSIBLE FLOW

    Tim Colonius

  • Axisymmetric superdirectivity in subsonic jets

    André V. G. Cavalieri;Peter Jordan;Tim Colonius;Yves Gervais

  • Instability waves in a subsonic round jet detected using a near-field phased microphone array

    Takao Suzuki;Tim Colonius

  • Numerical Treatment of Polar Coordinate Singularities

    Kamran Mohseni;Tim Colonius

  • A fast immersed boundary method using a nullspace approach and multi-domain far-field boundary conditions

    Tim Colonius;Kunihiko Taira

  • Three-dimensional instabilities in compressible flow over open cavities

    Guillaume A. Brès;Tim Colonius

  • Spectral analysis of jet turbulence

    Oliver T. Schmidt;Aaron Towne;Georgios Rigas;Tim Colonius

  • Spectral analysis of jet turbulence

    Oliver T. Schmidt;Aaron Towne;Georgios Rigas;Tim Colonius

Frequent Co-Authors

André V. G. Cavalieri
André V. G. Cavalieri Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Peter Jordan
Peter Jordan University of Poitiers
Clarence W. Rowley
Clarence W. Rowley Princeton University
Kunihiko Taira
Kunihiko Taira University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher E. Brennen
Christopher E. Brennen California Institute of Technology
Sanjiva K. Lele
Sanjiva K. Lele Stanford University
Gilead Tadmor
Gilead Tadmor Northeastern University
Jeff D. Eldredge
Jeff D. Eldredge University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan B. Freund
Jonathan B. Freund University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin Stanford University

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