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Xuanhe Zhao

Xuanhe Zhao

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 105 43 41 24 22 229 56449
Materials Science 104 864 824 286 262 232 55418

Xuanhe Zhao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xuanhe Zhao between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xuanhe Zhao published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2020. 13 of the 293 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2020. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 2 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 28 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 18 publications 2025: 12 publications 2026: 1 publication
1999 2026

293 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xuanhe Zhao: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 1
2004 2
2005 0
2006 1
2007 2
2008 12
2009 8
2010 12
2011 6
2012 11
2013 18
2014 17
2015 15
2016 14
2017 16
2018 16
2019 20
2020 28
2021 23
2022 25
2023 14
2024 18
2025 12
2026 1
Total 293
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Xuanhe Zhao 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 Xuanhe Zhao 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, 227–236 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: 229 publications — 54th percentile

54% 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 99 229
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
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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Xuanhe Zhao 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 Xuanhe Zhao 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, 93+ 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: 105 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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
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+ 100 105
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award

Overview

Xuanhe Zhao is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomaterials, and Molecular Medicine. Their research work spans multiple interdisciplinary areas linking materials science with biological and mechanical systems.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics such as Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Hydrogels including their synthesis, properties, and applications, Micro and Nano Robotics, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Soft Robotics and Applications, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Xuanhe Zhao has published papers in frequent collaboration with several researchers, including:

  • Hyunwoo Yuk (32 coauthored works)
  • Shaoting Lin (26 coauthored works)
  • Jingjing Wu (20 coauthored works)
  • Chase M. Hartquist (12 coauthored works)
  • Ellen T. Roche (11 coauthored works)

Their research has appeared repeatedly in well-known publication venues such as:

  • Nature Communications (8 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (8 publications)
  • Science Advances (7 publications)
  • Advanced Materials (6 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (5 publications)

Among recent papers published by Xuanhe Zhao are:

  • Soft Materials by Design: Unconventional Polymer Networks Give Extreme Properties, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • 3D printing of conducting polymers, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Hydrogel machines, 2020, Materials Today
  • Graded intrafillable architecture-based iontronic pressure sensor with ultra-broad-range high sensitivity, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Magnetic Soft Materials and Robots, 2022, Chemical Reviews

Best Publications

  • Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

    Jeong-Yun Sun;Xuanhe Zhao;Widusha R. K. Illeperuma;Ovijit Chaudhuri

  • Printing ferromagnetic domains for untethered fast-transforming soft materials

    Yoonho Kim;Hyunwoo Yuk;Ruike Zhao;Shawn A. Chester

  • Hydrogel bioelectronics.

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  • Dry double-sided material for adhesion of wet tissues and devices

    Xuanhe Zhao;Hyunwoo Yuk

  • Multi-scale multi-mechanism design of tough hydrogels: building dissipation into stretchy networks

    Xuanhe Zhao

  • Ferromagnetic soft continuum robots

    Yoonho Kim;German A. Parada;Shengduo Liu;Xuanhe Zhao

  • A theory of coupled diffusion and large deformation in polymeric gels

    Wei Hong;Xuanhe Zhao;Jinxiong Zhou;Jinxiong Zhou;Zhigang Suo

  • Tough bonding of hydrogels to diverse non-porous surfaces

    Hyunwoo Yuk;Teng Zhang;Shaoting Lin;German Alberto Parada

  • Skin-inspired hydrogel-elastomer hybrids with robust interfaces and functional microstructures

    Hyunwoo Yuk;Teng Zhang;German Alberto Parada;Xinyue Liu

  • 3D Printing of Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels into Complex, Cellularized Structures

    Sungmin Hong;Dalton Sycks;Hon Fai Chan;Shaoting Lin;Shaoting Lin

  • Hydraulic hydrogel actuators and robots optically and sonically camouflaged in water

    Hyunwoo Yuk;Shaoting Lin;Chu Ma;Mahdi Takaffoli

  • Soft Materials by Design: Unconventional Polymer Networks Give Extreme Properties.

    Xuanhe Zhao;Xiaoyu Chen;Hyunwoo Yuk;Shaoting Lin

  • Pure PEDOT:PSS hydrogels

    Baoyang Lu;Hyunwoo Yuk;Shaoting Lin;Nannan Jian

  • 3D printing of conducting polymers.

    Hyunwoo Yuk;Baoyang Lu;Baoyang Lu;Shen Lin;Kai Qu

  • Multifunctionality and control of the crumpling and unfolding of large-area graphene

    Jianfeng Zang;Seunghwa Ryu;Nicola Pugno;Qiming Wang

  • Magnetic Soft Materials and Robots.

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  • Graded intrafillable architecture-based iontronic pressure sensor with ultra-broad-range high sensitivity

    Ningning Bai;Liu Wang;Liu Wang;Qi Wang;Jue Deng;Jue Deng

  • Active scaffolds for on-demand drug and cell delivery

    David J. Mooney;Xuanhe Zhao

  • Stretchable Hydrogel Electronics and Devices.

    Shaoting Lin;Hyunwoo Yuk;Teng Zhang;German Alberto Parada

  • A nonlinear field theory of deformable dielectrics

    Zhigang Suo;Xuanhe Zhao;William H. Greene

  • Soft wall-climbing robots

    Guoying Gu;Jiang Zou;Ruike Zhao;Ruike Zhao;Xuanhe Zhao

  • Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers

    Xuanhe Zhao;Zhigang Suo

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhigang Suo
Zhigang Suo Harvard University
Jianfeng Zang
Jianfeng Zang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Ruike Zhao
Ruike Zhao Stanford University
David J. Mooney
David J. Mooney Harvard University
Wei Hong
Wei Hong Southern University of Science and Technology
Kam W. Leong
Kam W. Leong Columbia University
Jinxiong Zhou
Jinxiong Zhou Xi'an Jiaotong University
Farshid Guilak
Farshid Guilak Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen L. Craig
Stephen L. Craig Duke University

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