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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
132
Citations
64558
World Ranking
12
National Ranking
6

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
132
Citations
64734
World Ranking
38
National Ranking
21

Vijay Kumar 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 Vijay Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 787 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vijay Kumar 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 Vijay Kumar sits on this spectrum.

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: 132 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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 Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award

Overview

Vijay Kumar is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work encompasses a diverse range of topics predominantly within materials chemistry and related subfields.

The scientist's research focuses on several principal areas, including:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Copper Interconnects and Reliability
  • Solid-state Spectroscopy and Crystallography
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Within their main fields of study, Vijay Kumar has published 50 papers in Materials Science and 32 in Engineering. Their subfields of specialty include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Organic Chemistry

Their recent notable publications include:

  • "Endohedrally Doped Cage Clusters," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "PEA2SnBr4: a water-stable lead-free two-dimensional perovskite and demonstration of its use as a co-catalyst in hydrogen photogeneration and organic-dye degradation," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • "Unravelling oxygen driven α to β phase transformation in tungsten," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Searching for cluster Lego blocks for three-dimensional and two-dimensional assemblies," 2021, Physical Review Materials
  • "Effects of Cl and F Substitution in Phenylethylammonium Spacer Cations on Stability, Structure, and Optical Properties of 2D-3D Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskite Layers," 2021, ACS Applied Energy Materials

Vijay Kumar frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Scientific Reports
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Journal of Materials Research / Pratt's Guide to Venture Capital Sources

They have collaborated often with co-authors including:

  • A. Kanjilal
  • Ananya Chattaraj
  • Anu Bala
  • A. Claverie
  • Michael G. Hahn

Best Publications

  • Minimum snap trajectory generation and control for quadrotors

    Daniel Mellinger;Vijay Kumar

  • Multirotor Aerial Vehicles: Modeling, Estimation, and Control of Quadrotor

    R. Mahony;V. Kumar;P. Corke

  • A vision-based formation control framework

    A.K. Das;R. Fierro;V. Kumar;J.P. Ostrowski

  • Modeling and control of formations of nonholonomic mobile robots

    J.P. Desai;J.P. Ostrowski;V. Kumar

  • Robotic grasping and contact: a review

    A. Bicchi;V. Kumar

  • Trajectory generation and control for precise aggressive maneuvers with quadrotors

    Daniel Mellinger;Nathan Michael;Vijay Kumar

  • The grand challenges of Science Robotics

    Guang Zhong Yang;Jim Bellingham;Pierre E. Dupont;Peer Fischer;Peer Fischer

  • Controlling formations of multiple mobile robots

    J.P. Desai;J. Ostrowski;V. Kumar

  • The GRASP Multiple Micro-UAV Testbed

    N Michael;D Mellinger;Q Lindsey;V Kumar

  • Leader-to-formation stability

    H.G. Tanner;G.J. Pappas;V. Kumar

  • Cooperative manipulation and transportation with aerial robots

    Nathan Michael;Jonathan Fink;Vijay Kumar

  • Towards a swarm of agile micro quadrotors

    Alex Kushleyev;Daniel Mellinger;Caitlin Powers;Vijay Kumar

  • A Survey on Aerial Swarm Robotics

    Soon-Jo Chung;Aditya Avinash Paranjape;Philip Dames;Shaojie Shen

  • Cooperative air and ground surveillance

    B. Grocholsky;J. Keller;V. Kumar;G. Pappas

  • Cooperative Grasping and Transport Using Multiple Quadrotors

    Daniel Mellinger;Michael Shomin;Nathan Michael;Vijay Kumar

  • Autonomous multi-floor indoor navigation with a computationally constrained MAV

    Shaojie Shen;Nathan Michael;Vijay Kumar

  • Robust Stereo Visual Inertial Odometry for Fast Autonomous Flight

    Ke Sun;Kartik Mohta;Bernd Pfrommer;Michael Watterson

  • Collaborative Mapping of an Earthquake Damaged Building via Ground and Aerial Robots.

    Nathan Michael;Shaojie Shen;Kartik Mohta;Vijay Kumar

  • Opportunities and challenges with autonomous micro aerial vehicles

    Vijay Kumar;Nathan Michael

  • Control of Mechanical Systems With Rolling Constraints: Application to Dynamic Control of Mobile Robots

    Nilanjan Sarkar;Xiaoping Yun;R. Vijay Kumar

  • Collaborative mapping of an earthquake-damaged building via ground and aerial robots

    Nathan Michael;Shaojie Shen;Kartik Mohta;Yash Mulgaonkar

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan Michael
Nathan Michael Carnegie Mellon University
Giuseppe Loianno
Giuseppe Loianno New York University
George J. Pappas
George J. Pappas University of Pennsylvania
Camillo J. Taylor
Camillo J. Taylor University of Pennsylvania
Alejandro Ribeiro
Alejandro Ribeiro University of Pennsylvania
Kostas Daniilidis
Kostas Daniilidis University of Pennsylvania
Shaojie Shen
Shaojie Shen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Calin Belta
Calin Belta Boston University
Mark Yim
Mark Yim University of Pennsylvania

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