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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 47 1390 1283 171 171 267 7247

Yang Li publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yang Li between 2002 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yang Li published across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026, averaging 15.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 53 publications in 2024. 43 of the 395 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 53. Peak 53 publications in 2024. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 31 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 39 publications 2022: 42 publications 2023: 44 publications 2024: 53 publications 2025: 42 publications 2026: 1 publication
2002 2026

395 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yang Li: publications per year, 2002 to 2026
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 2
2004 0
2005 3
2006 4
2007 4
2008 7
2009 3
2010 3
2011 7
2012 10
2013 5
2014 12
2015 12
2016 17
2017 16
2018 20
2019 31
2020 17
2021 39
2022 42
2023 44
2024 53
2025 42
2026 1
Total 395
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Yang Li 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 Yang Li 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, 267–276 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: 267 publications — 65th percentile

65% 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 88 267
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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Yang Li 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 Yang Li 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, 47 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: 47 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% 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 47
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
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Overview

Yang Li is affiliated with Google in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of computer science. Their work spans several subfields, including computer vision and pattern recognition, human-computer interaction, information systems, cognitive neuroscience, and computer science applications.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as interactive and immersive displays, advanced image and video retrieval techniques, visual attention and saliency detection, software engineering research, tactile and sensory interactions, mobile crowdsensing and crowdsourcing, and augmented reality applications.

Yang Li has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Mixed Negative Sampling for Learning Two-tower Neural Networks in Recommendations, 2020, Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2020
  • Learning to Denoise Raw Mobile UI Layouts for Improving Datasets at Scale, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Predicting and Explaining Mobile UI Tappability with Vision Modeling and Saliency Analysis, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Computational Approaches for Understanding, Generating, and Adapting User Interfaces, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Designing successive target selection in virtual reality via penetrating the intangible interface with handheld controllers, 2022, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

The frequent publication venues for Yang Li's work include:

  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2020
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • IEEE Network

Yang Li has collaborated frequently with a range of coauthors, including Gang Li, Gilles Baechler, Manuel Tragut, Jeffrey Nichols, and Ranjitha Kumar, each of whom has coauthored multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Gestures without libraries, toolkits or training: a $1 recognizer for user interface prototypes

    Jacob O. Wobbrock;Andrew D. Wilson;Yang Li

  • Cluster-GCN: An Efficient Algorithm for Training Deep and Large Graph Convolutional Networks

    Wei-Lin Chiang;Xuanqing Liu;Si Si;Yang Li

  • User-defined motion gestures for mobile interaction

    Jaime Ruiz;Yang Li;Edward Lank

  • Rico: A Mobile App Dataset for Building Data-Driven Design Applications

    Biplab Deka;Zifeng Huang;Chad Franzen;Joshua Hibschman

  • Full-dimension MIMO (FD-MIMO) for next generation cellular technology

    Young-Han Nam;Boon Loong Ng;K. Sayana;Yang Li

  • Fire and explosion characteristics of vent gas from lithium-ion batteries after thermal runaway: A comparative study

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  • Gesture recognition on computing device correlating input to a template

    Yang Li

  • FFitts law: modeling finger touch with fitts' law

    Xiaojun Bi;Yang Li;Shumin Zhai

  • A Large-Scale Database and a CNN Model for Attention-Based Glaucoma Detection

    Liu Li;Mai Xu;Hanruo Liu;Yang Li

  • From Regional to Global Brain: A Novel Hierarchical Spatial-Temporal Neural Network Model for EEG Emotion Recognition

    Yang Li;Wenming Zheng;Lei Wang;Yuan Zong

  • Propagation mechanisms and diagnosis of parameter inconsistency within Li-Ion battery packs

    Fei Feng;Xiaosong Hu;Lin Hu;Fengling Hu

  • Experimental analysis of mode switching techniques in pen-based user interfaces

    Yang Li;Ken Hinckley;Zhiwei Guan;James A. Landay

  • Numerical simulation of the heat extraction in 3D-EGS with thermal-hydraulic-mechanical coupling method based on discrete fractures model

    Jun Yao;Xu Zhang;Zhixue Sun;Zhaoqin Huang

  • Person Re-Identification with Discriminatively Trained Viewpoint Invariant Dictionaries

    Srikrishna Karanam;Yang Li;Richard J. Radke

  • Protractor: a fast and accurate gesture recognizer

    Yang Li

  • Experimental analysis of touch-screen gesture designs in mobile environments

    Andrew Bragdon;Eugene Nelson;Yang Li;Ken Hinckley

  • Topiary: a tool for prototyping location-enhanced applications

    Yang Li;Jason I. Hong;James A. Landay

  • Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient-DRL Enabled Multiphysics-Constrained Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion Battery

    Zhongbao Wei;Zhongyi Quan;Jingda Wu;Yang Li

  • Towards High-Energy and Anti-Self-Discharge Zn-Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors with New Understanding of the Electrochemistry.

    Yang Li;Wang Yang;Wu Yang;Ziqi Wang

  • Multistage State of Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Battery With High Tolerance to Heavily Partial Charging

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  • Full dimension mimo (FD-MIMO): the next evolution of MIMO in LTE systems

    Younsun Kim;Hyoungju Ji;Juho Lee;Young-Han Nam

  • A Descriptor-Based Design Methodology for Developing Heterogeneous Microstructural Materials System

    Hongyi Xu;Yang Li;Catherine Brinson;Wei Chen

  • Viewpoint Invariant Human Re-Identification in Camera Networks Using Pose Priors and Subject-Discriminative Features

    Ziyan Wu;Yang Li;Richard J. Radke

  • Network functions virtualization with soft real-time guarantees

    Yang Li;Linh Thi Xuan Phan;Boon Thau Loo

  • Gesture search: a tool for fast mobile data access

    Yang Li

  • Disturbance-Immune and Aging-Robust Internal Short Circuit Diagnostic for Lithium-Ion Battery

    Jian Hu;Hongwen He;Zhongbao Wei;Yang Li

  • Experimental investigation on the heat transfer properties of Al2O3 nanofluids using the mixture of ethylene glycol and water as base fluid

    Wei Yu;Huaqing Xie;Yang Li;Lifei Chen

  • EtherQL: A Query Layer for Blockchain System

    Yang Li;Kai Zheng;Ying Yan;Qi Liu

  • A physics-based distributed-parameter equivalent circuit model for lithium-ion batteries

    Yang Li;Mahinda Vilathgamuwa;Troy Farrell;San Shing Choi

  • Optimization of power allocation for wind-hydrogen system multi-stack PEM water electrolyzer considering degradation conditions

    Unknown

  • Mechanical responses of sheet-based gyroid-type triply periodic minimal surface lattice structures fabricated using selective laser melting

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  • Constrained Ensemble Kalman Filter for Distributed Electrochemical State Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Yang Li;Binyu Xiong;Don Mahinda Vilathgamuwa;Zhongbao Wei

  • Adaptive Ensemble-Based Electrochemical-Thermal-Degradation State Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Yang Li;Zhongbao Wei;Binyu Xiong;Don Mahinda Vilathgamuwa

  • Offline and Online Blended Machine Learning for Lithium-Ion Battery Health State Estimation

    Chengqi She;Yang Li;Changfu Zou;Torsten Wik

  • Machine learning-based fast charging of lithium-ion battery by perceiving and regulating internal microscopic states

    Unknown

  • Numerical and experimental studies of stack shunt current for vanadium redox flow battery

    Unknown

  • Thermal runaway propagation behavior and gas production characteristics of NCM622 battery modules at different state of charge

    Unknown

  • Design of minimum cost degradation-conscious lithium-ion battery energy storage system to achieve renewable power dispatchability

    Yang Li;D. Mahinda Vilathgamuwa;San Shing Choi;Binyu Xiong

  • Mixed Negative Sampling for Learning Two-tower Neural Networks in Recommendations

    Ji Yang;Xinyang Yi;Derek Zhiyuan Cheng;Lichan Hong

  • Load Current and State-of-Charge Coestimation for Current Sensor-Free Lithium-Ion Battery

    Zhongbao Wei;Jian Hu;Hongwen He;Yang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Cho-Jui Hsieh
Cho-Jui Hsieh University of California, Los Angeles
James A. Landay
James A. Landay Stanford University
Samy Bengio
Samy Bengio Apple (United States)
Xuanhui Qu
Xuanhui Qu University of Science and Technology Beijing
Fabio Cicoira
Fabio Cicoira Polytechnique Montréal
Sanjiv Kumar
Sanjiv Kumar Google (United States)
Jeffrey Nichols
Jeffrey Nichols Apple (United States)
Ciprian Chelba
Ciprian Chelba Google (United States)
Shumin Zhai
Shumin Zhai Google (United States)

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