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D-Index
47
Citations
7105
World Ranking
1392
National Ranking
172

Yonghao Zhang 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 Yonghao Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 212 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yonghao Zhang 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 Yonghao Zhang 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: 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.

Overview

Yonghao Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research focus primarily within the field of Engineering. Their subfields of study include Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, notably:

  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Yonghao Zhang has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal with 13 publications
  • Physics of Fluids with 9 publications
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics with 6 publications
  • Journal of Computational Physics with 4 publications
  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences with 4 publications

Recent papers by Yonghao Zhang demonstrate involvement in multiple research areas. Selected papers include:

  • "Can we find steady-state solutions to multiscale rarefied gas flows within dozens of iterations?" published in 2020 in Journal of Computational Physics
  • "Effect of grain size on twinning behavior of pure titanium at room temperature" published in 2021 in Materials Science and Engineering A
  • "Twinning behavior of pure titanium during rolling at room and cryogenic temperatures" published in 2020 in Materials Science and Engineering A
  • "Bimetallic FeNi nanoparticles immobilized by biomass-derived hierarchically porous carbon for efficient removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution" published in 2021 in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Cutting energy characteristics for brittleness evaluation of rock using digital drilling method" published in 2023 in Engineering Geology

Notable frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Yonghao Zhang include Kajia Wei, Weiqing Han, Wei Su, Baochao Shan, and Lingfeng Shi. Their collaboration counts range from 7 to 14 joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Microfluidic DNA amplification - a review

    Yonghao Zhang;Pinar Ozdemir

  • Droplet formation in a T-shaped microfluidic junction

    Haihu Liu;Yonghao Zhang

  • Lattice Boltzmann simulation of rarefied gas flows in microchannels

    Yonghao Zhang;Rongshan Qin;David R. Emerson

  • Droplet formation in microfluidic cross-junctions

    Haihu Liu;Yonghao Zhang

  • Capturing Knudsen layer phenomena using a lattice Boltzmann model.

    Yong-Hao Zhang;Xiao-Jun Gu;Robert W. Barber;David R. Emerson

  • Lattice Boltzmann simulation of immiscible fluid displacement in porous media: homogeneous versus heterogeneous pore network

    Haihu Liu;Yonghao Zhang;Albert J. Valocchi

  • Phase-field modeling droplet dynamics with soluble surfactants

    Haihu Liu;Yonghao Zhang

  • A review on continuous-flow microfluidic PCR in droplets: advances, challenges and future

    Yonghao Zhang;Hui-Rong Jiang

  • Deterministic numerical solutions of the Boltzmann equation using the fast spectral method

    Lei Wu;Craig White;Thomas J. Scanlon;Jason M. Reese

  • Phase-field-based lattice Boltzmann finite difference model for simulating thermocapillary flows

    Haihu Liu;Albert J. Valocchi;Yonghao Zhang;Qinjun Kang

  • Numerical and experimental study of a droplet-based PCR chip

    S. Mohr;Yonghao Zhang;Alexandra MacAskill;P.J.R. Day

  • Solving the Boltzmann equation deterministically by the fast spectral method: application to gas microflows

    Lei Wu;Jason M. Reese;Yonghao Zhang

  • Lattice Boltzmann modeling of contact angle and its hysteresis in two-phase flow with large viscosity difference.

    Haihu Liu;Yaping Ju;Ningning Wang;Guang Xi

  • Lattice Boltzmann phase-field modeling of thermocapillary flows in a confined microchannel

    Haihu Liu;Albert J. Valocchi;Yonghao Zhang;Qinjun Kang

  • A hybrid lattice Boltzmann and finite difference method for droplet dynamics with insoluble surfactants

    Haihu Liu;Yan Ba;Lei Wu;Zhen Li

  • Numerical study of three-dimensional natural convection in a cubical cavity at high Rayleigh numbers

    Peng Wang;Yonghao Zhang;Zhaoli Guo

  • Modeling of Knudsen Layer Effects in Micro/Nanoscale Gas Flows

    Nishanth Dongari;Yonghao Zhang;Jason M Reese

  • A comparative study of discrete velocity methods for low-speed rarefied gas flows

    Peng Wang;Minh Tuan Ho;Lei Wu;Zhaoli Guo

  • Modeling and simulation of thermocapillary flows using lattice Boltzmann method

    Haihu Liu;Yonghao Zhang;Albert J. Valocchi

  • A kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation for non-vibrating polyatomic gases

    Lei Wu;Craig White;Thomas J. Scanlon;Jason M. Reese

  • Accuracy analysis of high-order lattice Boltzmann models for rarefied gas flows

    Jianping Meng;Yonghao Zhang

  • Lattice Boltzmann models for nonequilibrium gas flows

    Gui-Hua Tang;Yong-Hao Zhang;David R. Emerson

  • The drag force in two-fluid models of gas–solid flows

    Yonghao Zhang;Jason M. Reese

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason M. Reese
Jason M. Reese University of Edinburgh
Haihu Liu
Haihu Liu Xi'an Jiaotong University
David Emerson
David Emerson Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Gui-Hua Tang
Gui-Hua Tang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Zhaoli Guo
Zhaoli Guo Huazhong University of Science and Technology
G. Bergmann
G. Bergmann Max Planck Society
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

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