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D-Index
56
Citations
17631
World Ranking
831
National Ranking
354

Yoseph Bar-Cohen 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 Yoseph Bar-Cohen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 418 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoseph Bar-Cohen 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 Yoseph Bar-Cohen 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: 56 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% 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

  • 2002 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Yoseph Bar-Cohen is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Lab in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science, with a focus on key subfields such as Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics
  • Planetary Science and Exploration

Yoseph Bar-Cohen's recent publications feature work on acoustic communication within icy environments and planetary contexts. These papers are:

  • "Acoustic Communication in Ice Crust for Ocean Accessing Probes," 2021, Earth and Space 2021
  • "Through-Ice Acoustic Communication for Ocean Worlds Exploration," 2024, Sensors
  • "Elastic Wave Analyzer for Icy Sub-Surfaces (EWAIS) in the Solar System," 2021, Earth and Space 2021

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Mircea Bădescu, Stewart Sherrit, Hyeong Jae Lee, Shyh-Shiuh Lih, and Xiaoqi Bao. These collaborations contribute to a range of topics mostly centered on underwater and planetary exploration technologies.

The venues where their work is most commonly published are:

  • Earth and Space 2021
  • Sensors

Recognition of Yoseph Bar-Cohen's professional contributions includes being named a SPIE Fellow in 2002, reflecting standing within the scientific and engineering community.

Best Publications

  • Electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators as artificial muscles : reality, potential, and challenges

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen

  • Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) as biomimetic sensors, actuators and artificial muscles - a review

    M Shahinpoor;Y Bar-Cohen;J O Simpson;J Smith

  • Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Sensors

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Qiming Zhang

  • Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Cynthia Breazeat

  • Electroactive Polymers as Artificial Muscles: Capabilities, Potentials and Challenges

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen

  • Electroactive polymers: current capabilities and challenges

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen

  • Medical noninvasive operations using focused modulated high power ultrasound

    Willem Grandia;Yoseph Bar-Cohen

  • Self mountable and extractable ultrasonic/sonic anchor

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Stewart Sherrit

  • Folded horns for vibration actuators

    Stewart Sherrit;Stephen Askins;Michael Gradziel;Benjamin Dolgin

  • Electroactive polymers as artificial muscles: A review

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen

  • Cardiovascular mechanically expanding catheter

    Yaniv Bar-Cohen;Willem Grandia;Yoseph Bar-Cohen

  • Biomimetics: Nature-Based Innovation

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen

  • Comparison of the Mason and KLM equivalent circuits for piezoelectric resonators in the thickness mode

    S. Sherrit;S.P. Leary;B.P. Dolgin;Y. Bar-Cohen

  • High temperature, high power piezoelectric composite transducers

    Hyeong Jae Lee;Shujun Zhang;Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Stewart Sherrit

  • Inversion of leaky Lamb wave data by simplex algorithm

    M. R. Karim;A. K. Mal;Y. Bar‐Cohen

  • Modeling and computer simulation of ultrasonic/sonic driller/corer (USDC)

    Xiaoqi Bao;Y. Bar-Cohen;Zensheu Chang;B.P. Dolgin

  • Novel Horn Designs for Ultrasonic/Sonic Cleaning Welding, Soldering, Cutting and Drilling

    Stewart Sherrit;Stephen A. Askins;Mike Gradziol;Benjamin P. Dolgin

  • Electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators—background review

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Iain A. Anderson

  • Measurements and macro models of ionomeric polymer-metal composites (IPMC)

    Xiaoqi Bao;Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Shyh-Shiuh Lih

  • Challenges to the application of IPMC as actuators of planetary mechanisms

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Sean P. Leary;Andre Yavrouian;Keisuke Oguro

  • Virtual reality robotic telesurgery simulations using MEMICA haptic system

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Constantinos Mavroidis;Mourad Bouzit;Benjamin P. Dolgin

  • Multifunction automated crawling system

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Benjamin Joffe;Paul Gregory Backes

  • Electroactive Polymers as Artificial Muscles - Reality and Challenges

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ajit K. Mal
Ajit K. Mal University of California, Los Angeles
Constantinos Mavroidis
Constantinos Mavroidis Northeastern University
Mohsen Shahinpoor
Mohsen Shahinpoor University of Maine
Satoshi Tadokoro
Satoshi Tadokoro Tohoku University
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Jeffrey C. Wang
Jeffrey C. Wang University of Southern California
Anming Hu
Anming Hu University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Kunlun Hong
Kunlun Hong Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Shujun Zhang
Shujun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Christopher M. Rouleau
Christopher M. Rouleau Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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