Amir Patel

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Amir Patel is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Amir Patel has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 15 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Amir Patel's work include Robotic Locomotion and Control (25 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (10 papers) and Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots (8 papers). Amir Patel is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Locomotion and Control (25 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (10 papers) and Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots (8 papers). Amir Patel collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Amir Patel's co-authors include Matthias Bethge, Tanmay Nath, Alexander Mathis, Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis, M. Braae, Edward Boje, Aaron M. Johnson, Lorenz T. Biegler, Ardian Jusufi and Sharief Hendricks and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Nature Protocols and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Amir Patel

36 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Using DeepLabCut for 3D markerless pose estimation across... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Using DeepLabCut for 3D markerless pose estimation across species and behaviors
    2019 763 citations Tanmay Nath, Alexander Mathis et al. Nature Protocols profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amir Patel South Africa 12 350 249 185 154 148 41 1.2k
Devin L. Jindrich United States 24 787 2.2× 384 1.5× 377 2.0× 69 0.4× 87 0.6× 41 2.0k
Ben Mitchinson United Kingdom 18 254 0.7× 879 3.5× 439 2.4× 97 0.6× 109 0.7× 36 1.3k
Elisa Donati Switzerland 22 311 0.9× 569 2.3× 397 2.1× 53 0.3× 56 0.4× 55 1.6k
Dimitri Ryczko Canada 22 893 2.6× 413 1.7× 527 2.8× 584 3.8× 142 1.0× 40 2.1k
Tanmay Nath United States 11 132 0.4× 422 1.7× 227 1.2× 174 1.1× 17 0.1× 18 1.4k
Holk Cruse Germany 22 1.0k 2.9× 495 2.0× 511 2.8× 98 0.6× 214 1.4× 83 2.0k
Steven L. Lehman United States 15 899 2.6× 380 1.5× 191 1.0× 119 0.8× 95 0.6× 28 1.9k
Jean‐Marie Cabelguen France 21 1.2k 3.3× 446 1.8× 322 1.7× 606 3.9× 191 1.3× 40 2.2k
Mitra J. Z. Hartmann United States 29 595 1.7× 1.5k 6.1× 761 4.1× 155 1.0× 234 1.6× 81 2.5k
Natalia A. Shevtsova United States 28 622 1.8× 1.0k 4.1× 368 2.0× 632 4.1× 48 0.3× 64 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amir Patel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amir Patel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amir Patel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amir Patel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Amir Patel. Amir Patel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Markham, Andrew, et al.. (2025). M2S2: A Multimodal Sensor System for Remote Animal Motion Capture in the Wild. IEEE Sensors Letters. 9(4). 1–4.
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Markham, Andrew, et al.. (2025). WildPose: a long-range 3D wildlife motion capture system. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(5).
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Hudson, Penny E., et al.. (2024). Markerless 3D kinematics and force estimation in cheetahs. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 10579–10579. 1 indexed citations
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Nicolls, Fred, et al.. (2024). Toward Noncontact Muscle Activity Estimation Using FMCW Radar. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24(22). 37595–37606. 1 indexed citations
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Mehrotra, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Assessing the scale and ecological impact of derelict and discarded fishing gear across Thailand via the MARsCI citizen science protocol. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 205. 116577–116577. 3 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2024). AeroDima: Cheetah-Inspired Aerodynamic Tail Design for Rapid Maneuverability. 1451–1456. 2 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2023). Chasing the cheetah: how field biomechanics has evolved to keep up with the fastest land animal. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(Suppl_1). 5 indexed citations
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Naughton, Mitchell, et al.. (2022). Correction: Quantifying Collision Frequency and Intensity in Rugby Union and Rugby Sevens: A Systematic Review. Sports Medicine - Open. 8(1). 96–96. 4 indexed citations
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Naughton, Mitchell, et al.. (2022). Quantifying Collision Frequency and Intensity in Rugby Union and Rugby Sevens: A Systematic Review. Sports Medicine - Open. 8(1). 38 indexed citations
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Nicolls, Fred, et al.. (2022). Improving 3D Markerless Pose Estimation of Animals in the Wild using Low-Cost Cameras. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 3770–3776. 2 indexed citations
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Hsieh, S. Tonia, Ingo Braasch, Steven Bradley, et al.. (2021). Future Tail Tales: A Forward-Looking, Integrative Perspective on Tail Research. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(2). 521–537. 18 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2021). Tails, Flails, and Sails: How Appendages Improve Terrestrial Maneuverability by Improving Stability. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(2). 506–520. 24 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2021). On the optimal spine morphology of rapidly accelerating quadrupeds. SAIEE Africa Research Journal. 112(3). 126–133. 2 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2020). The Ollie: A Case Study in Trajectory Optimization with Varied Contacts. 58. 1–7. 3 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2020). Minor Change, Major Gains: The Effect of Orientation Formulation on Solving Time for Multi-Body Trajectory Optimization. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(4). 5331–5338. 6 indexed citations
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Nath, Tanmay, et al.. (2019). Using DeepLabCut for 3D markerless pose estimation across species and behaviors. Nature Protocols. 14(7). 2152–2176. 763 indexed citations breakdown →
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2019). Contact-Implicit Trajectory Optimization Using Orthogonal Collocation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 2242–2249. 48 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2016). Minimum time sprinting from rest in a planar quadruped. 3866–3871. 4 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2016). Quasi-steady state aerodynamics of the cheetah tail. Biology Open. 5(8). 1072–1076. 20 indexed citations
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Patel, Amir, et al.. (2015). A spider-inspired dragline enables aerial pitch righting in a mobile robot. 58. 319–324. 4 indexed citations

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