How does United States rank in Computational Mechanics research?

The United States ranks #2 of 54 countries on research quality in Computational Mechanics (2022–2025), with 15k works.

Subfield · Computational Mechanics · United States

Computational Mechanics research in United States

Stanford University ranks first in United States for Computational Mechanics research in 2022–2025 (#41 worldwide), followed by Purdue University West Lafayette and University of Michigan.

United States's world rank: #2
Works, 2022–2025: 15k
Top-10% rate: 14.5%
Ranked institutions: 54

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Computational Mechanics in United States?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Stanford UniversityStanford	#41	37.4	24.2%	217
2	Purdue University West LafayetteWest Lafayette	#55	32.4	16.3%	284
3	University of MichiganAnn Arbor	#60	31.0	17.9%	236
4	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana	#61	30.7	16.1%	226
5	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge	#63	30.1	21.9%	168
6	Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta	#67	29.1	17.0%	254
7	Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore	#73	27.6	33.6%	91
8	Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh	#86	24.9	29.5%	88
9	Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station	#89	24.3	14.1%	217
10	Pennsylvania State UniversityState College	#99	22.5	14.2%	213
11	The Ohio State UniversityColumbus	#100	22.3	19.8%	160
12	Princeton UniversityPrinceton	#108	21.0	21.7%	123
13	University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley	#112	20.4	18.0%	111
14	University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park	#113	20.3	19.1%	144
15	Virginia TechBlacksburg	#116	19.8	16.9%	169
16	North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh	#124	18.7	16.6%	138
17	Brown UniversityProvidence	#128	18.2	26.8%	69
18	University of California San DiegoSan Diego	#138	16.9	22.9%	124
19	University of Central FloridaOrlando	#140	16.7	13.2%	137
20	California Institute of TechnologyPasadena	#142	16.4	24.4%	101
21	The University of Texas at AustinAustin	#148	15.7	15.7%	156
22	University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles	#151	15.4	21.5%	94
23	University of Notre DameNotre Dame	#155	14.9	18.3%	123
24	Langley Research CenterHampton	#166	13.8	18.4%	130
25	Sandia National LaboratoriesAlbuquerque	#185	12.0	10.3%	166
26	United States Air Force Research LaboratoryWright-Patterson AFB	#196	11.0	16.3%	113
27	University of WashingtonSeattle	#200	10.6	19.9%	74
28	University of MinnesotaMinneapolis	#201	10.6	16.4%	106
29	Cornell UniversityIthaca	#206	10.1	16.5%	87
30	New York UniversityNew York	#209	9.9	23.1%	64
31	University of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison	#216	9.4	18.2%	106
32	Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermore	#218	9.2	14.9%	110
33	Los Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos	#220	9.0	12.8%	135
34	University of ArizonaTucson	#240	7.6	12.3%	110
35	University of California, IrvineIrvine	#246	7.2	18.2%	77
36	Argonne National LaboratoryLemont	#255	6.6	14.3%	90
37	University of Colorado BoulderBoulder	#269	5.7	18.3%	76
38	University of UtahSalt Lake City	#277	5.2	14.8%	68
39	Duke UniversityDurham	#287	4.6	13.2%	72
40	University of FloridaGainesville	#292	4.3	10.9%	93
41	Iowa State UniversityAmes	#298	3.9	12.9%	98
42	Ames Research CenterMountain View	#301	3.8	19.3%	68
43	University of California, DavisDavis	#308	3.4	14.8%	76
44	University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxville	#310	3.3	11.5%	100
45	Sandia National Laboratories CaliforniaLivermore	#311	3.2	13.7%	62
46	University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles	#317	2.9	14.0%	72
47	Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge	#321	2.7	7.9%	96
48	Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick	#325	2.5	12.9%	64
49	University of CincinnatiCincinnati	#327	2.3	14.8%	66
50	Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing	#342	1.6	8.3%	74
51	Clemson UniversityClemson	#354	102.0	9.3%	74
52	Center for Astrophysics Harvard & SmithsonianCambridge	#355	97.0	0.6%	272
53	Arizona State UniversityTempe	#363	59.0	7.0%	75
54	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill	#369	32.0	4.9%	80

Institutions in United States above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computational Mechanics, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Computational Mechanics researchers in United States?

Stanley Osher, George Em Karniadakis and Leonidas Guibas rank highest among researchers based in United States.

1Stanley Osher#48 worldwide overall8k citations · 52 works
2George Em Karniadakis#151 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 62 works
3Leonidas Guibas#165 worldwide overall6.3k citations · 42 works
4Ted Belytschko#315 worldwide overall4.1k citations · 40 works
5Thomas J.R. Hughes#636 worldwide overall3.7k citations · 67 works
6Ivo Babuška#975 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 24 works
7Richard G. Baraniuk#1,264 worldwide overall4.4k citations · 33 works
8Thomas S. Huang#1,582 worldwide overall7.4k citations · 14 works
9Issam Mudawar#1,849 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 21 works
10Wotao Yin#2,174 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 27 works
11D. L. Tucker#2,668 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 15 works
12L. E. Scriven#3,210 worldwide overall2k citations · 16 works
13Ioannis G. Kevrekidis#3,412 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 22 works
14Klaus‐Jürgen Bathe#3,812 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 26 works
15Babak Hassibi#4,426 worldwide overall3k citations · 27 works

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