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Top Mechanics of Materials Researchers

Ted Belytschko ranks first, out of 5,803 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Ted Belytschko United States · #315 worldwide 4.1k citations · 139 works
  2. 2 Thomas J.R. Hughes United States · #636 worldwide 3.7k citations · 163 works
  3. 3 Sia Nemat‐Nasser United States · #954 worldwide 2.7k citations · 106 works
  4. 4 Ivo Babuška United States · #975 worldwide 2.7k citations · 110 works
  5. 5 Marc A. Meyers United States · #1,008 worldwide 3.2k citations · 128 works
  6. 6 John W. Hutchinson United States · #1,071 worldwide 3.2k citations · 110 works
  7. 7 Ole Sigmund Denmark · #1,557 worldwide 2.9k citations · 137 works
  8. 8 A.G. Evans United States · #1,647 worldwide 3.2k citations · 161 works
  9. 9 G. C. Sih United States · #2,688 worldwide 2k citations · 82 works
  10. 10 A. Needleman United States · #2,886 worldwide 2.2k citations · 104 works
  11. 11 Ali Erdemir United States · #2,894 worldwide 2k citations · 84 works
  12. 12 O. C. Zienkiewicz United Kingdom · #3,271 worldwide 1.8k citations · 111 works
  13. 13 N.A. Fleck United Kingdom · #3,584 worldwide 2.1k citations · 102 works
  14. 14 Xiaogang Wang Russia · #3,681 worldwide 13k citations · 770 works
  15. 15 William D. Nix United States · #3,758 worldwide 2k citations · 77 works
  16. 16 Klaus‐Jürgen Bathe United States · #3,812 worldwide 1.4k citations · 90 works
  17. 17 Charles R. Farrar United States · #4,119 worldwide 1.8k citations · 106 works
  18. 18 Noboru Kikuchi United States · #4,723 worldwide 1.9k citations · 61 works
  19. 19 A. Cemal Eringen United States · #4,812 worldwide 1.7k citations · 67 works
  20. 20 Robert L. Taylor United States · #5,238 worldwide 1.4k citations · 137 works
  21. 21 E. Esarey United States · #5,754 worldwide 1.1k citations · 101 works
  22. 22 Morton E. Gurtin United States · #6,091 worldwide 1.7k citations · 117 works
  23. 23 J. R. Rice United States · #6,263 worldwide 1.3k citations · 89 works
  24. 24 Jacob N. Israelachvili United States · #6,350 worldwide 1.9k citations · 111 works
  25. 25 Victor C. Li United States · #6,376 worldwide 3k citations · 194 works
  26. 26 Viggo Tvergaard Denmark · #6,409 worldwide 1.5k citations · 84 works
  27. 27 F. Erdoğan United States · #6,440 worldwide 1.8k citations · 57 works
  28. 28 Zhigang Suo United States · #6,513 worldwide 1.9k citations · 113 works
  29. 29 Alan K. Burnham United States · #7,002 worldwide 1.4k citations · 71 works
  30. 30 Kenneth Holmberg Finland · #7,023 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
  31. 31 Ji‐Huan He China · #7,053 worldwide 2.2k citations · 142 works
  32. 32 Shuji Nakamura United States · #7,138 worldwide 3k citations · 250 works
  33. 33 M. L. Williams United States · #7,156 worldwide 2.4k citations · 53 works
  34. 34 W. L. Wiese United States · #7,568 worldwide 952 citations · 77 works
  35. 35 R. Hill United Kingdom · #7,757 worldwide 3.9k citations · 51 works
  36. 36 Stefan Iglauer Australia · #8,159 worldwide 1.3k citations · 108 works
  37. 37 Robert O. Ritchie United States · #8,330 worldwide 2.5k citations · 177 works
  38. 38 L. E. Cross United States · #8,426 worldwide 2.4k citations · 176 works
  39. 39 Nobuhiro Tsuji Japan · #8,462 worldwide 2.3k citations · 172 works
  40. 40 Ray W. Ogden United Kingdom · #8,531 worldwide 1k citations · 79 works
  41. 41 Alexander M. Rubenchik United States · #9,135 worldwide 805 citations · 66 works
  42. 42 P. Cawley United Kingdom · #9,153 worldwide 1.2k citations · 95 works
  43. 43 H. Mughrabi Germany · #9,238 worldwide 1.2k citations · 62 works
  44. 44 A. Matthews United Kingdom · #9,380 worldwide 1.6k citations · 115 works
  45. 45 S. Kitipornchai Australia · #9,438 worldwide 1.5k citations · 126 works
  46. 46 John J. Jonas Canada · #9,722 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
  47. 47 John Argyris Germany · #10,223 worldwide 813 citations · 72 works
  48. 48 Bo Barker Jørgensen Denmark · #10,308 worldwide 1.5k citations · 128 works
  49. 49 M. J. S. Lowe United Kingdom · #10,772 worldwide 895 citations · 101 works
  50. 50 Zdeněk P. Bažant United States · #10,941 worldwide 2.8k citations · 209 works
  51. 51 Robert X. Gao United States · #11,320 worldwide 1.6k citations · 126 works
  52. 52 Gyuhae Park United States · #11,507 worldwide 760 citations · 81 works
  53. 53 Tomasz Wierzbicki United States · #11,578 worldwide 934 citations · 70 works
  54. 54 R. D. Mindlin United States · #11,754 worldwide 776 citations · 62 works
  55. 55 Robert Adams United Kingdom · #12,248 worldwide 820 citations · 67 works
  56. 56 H.J. McQueen Canada · #12,293 worldwide 917 citations · 59 works
  57. 57 Guangyong Sun China · #12,852 worldwide 1.2k citations · 84 works
  58. 58 A. S. Argon United States · #13,029 worldwide 1.3k citations · 97 works
  59. 59 Bernd R.T. Simoneit United States · #13,124 worldwide 1.8k citations · 160 works
  60. 60 Jean‐Jacques Marigo France · #13,501 worldwide 929 citations · 46 works
  61. 61 I. Etsion Israel · #13,586 worldwide 902 citations · 63 works
  62. 62 Christian Miehé Germany · #13,795 worldwide 1.5k citations · 44 works
  63. 63 Wanming Zhai China · #13,805 worldwide 784 citations · 95 works
  64. 64 Zenji Horita Japan · #14,444 worldwide 2.1k citations · 189 works
  65. 65 Egor P. Popov United States · #15,189 worldwide 715 citations · 70 works
  66. 66 M.S.A. Perera Australia · #15,294 worldwide 639 citations · 53 works
  67. 67 S. Suresh United States · #15,842 worldwide 1.1k citations · 86 works
  68. 68 S. Vepřek Germany · #16,138 worldwide 931 citations · 78 works
  69. 69 Timon Rabczuk Germany · #16,225 worldwide 2.7k citations · 221 works
  70. 70 Taylan Altan United States · #16,701 worldwide 643 citations · 76 works
  71. 71 B. J. MacGowan United States · #16,875 worldwide 910 citations · 94 works
  72. 72 Max Gunzburger United States · #17,210 worldwide 1.5k citations · 149 works
  73. 73 Dameng Liu China · #17,833 worldwide 912 citations · 70 works
  74. 74 R.M. Bustin Canada · #17,880 worldwide 1k citations · 67 works
  75. 75 Jens Markus Melenk Austria · #18,019 worldwide 840 citations · 51 works
  76. 76 Shuhong Liu China · #18,299 worldwide 1.3k citations · 110 works
  77. 77 Franco Brezzi Italy · #18,980 worldwide 845 citations · 56 works
  78. 78 M. Ortíz United States · #19,012 worldwide 1.8k citations · 128 works
  79. 79 Nam P. Suh United States · #19,236 worldwide 657 citations · 63 works
  80. 80 J. Tinsley Oden United States · #19,389 worldwide 670 citations · 67 works
  81. 81 P. Lazzarin Italy · #19,580 worldwide 636 citations · 44 works
  82. 82 Detlef Günther Switzerland · #19,765 worldwide 1.2k citations · 100 works
  83. 83 Pierre Suquet France · #19,801 worldwide 808 citations · 56 works
  84. 84 Peter Monk United States · #20,155 worldwide 780 citations · 73 works
  85. 85 Daniel J. Inman United States · #20,326 worldwide 2.3k citations · 237 works
  86. 86 David J. Srolovitz United States · #20,748 worldwide 1.8k citations · 148 works
  87. 87 Timothy S. Collett United States · #20,901 worldwide 581 citations · 65 works
  88. 88 Sture Hogmark Sweden · #21,371 worldwide 716 citations · 73 works
  89. 89 J.R. Willis United Kingdom · #21,674 worldwide 890 citations · 53 works
  90. 90 В. И. Колесников Russia · #21,914 worldwide 2.5k citations · 37 works
  91. 91 Paul C. Beard United Kingdom · #22,315 worldwide 589 citations · 83 works
  92. 92 Xiao‐Ling Zhao Australia · #22,490 worldwide 1.3k citations · 121 works
  93. 93 Constantinos Soutis United Kingdom · #23,136 worldwide 866 citations · 112 works
  94. 94 J.S. Zabinski United States · #23,163 worldwide 689 citations · 46 works
  95. 95 Hüseyin Şehitoğlu United States · #23,250 worldwide 1.1k citations · 98 works
  96. 96 A. Ting United States · #23,599 worldwide 650 citations · 94 works
  97. 97 Robert M. McMeeking United States · #23,668 worldwide 1.1k citations · 80 works
  98. 98 Christopher A. Schuh United States · #23,696 worldwide 1.3k citations · 111 works
  99. 99 Stefan Schouten Netherlands · #23,713 worldwide 1.6k citations · 170 works
  100. 100 A.J.M. Ferreira Portugal · #23,911 worldwide 870 citations · 101 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Mechanics of Materials, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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