Barry A. Trimmer

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
121 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Barry A. Trimmer is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Barry A. Trimmer has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 43 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 37 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Barry A. Trimmer's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (38 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (34 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (31 papers). Barry A. Trimmer is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (38 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (34 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (31 papers). Barry A. Trimmer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Barry A. Trimmer's co-authors include Sangbae Kim, Cecilia Laschi, Huai-Ti Lin, Gary G. Leisk, Takuya Umedachi, Vishesh Vikas, Janis C. Weeks, Edward A. Kravitz, Linda A. Kobierski and Luis Dorfmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Barry A. Trimmer

118 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

2013 1.6k citations Sangbae Kim, Cecilia Laschi et al. Trends in biotechnology profile →
GoQBot: a caterpillar-inspired soft-bodied rolling robot

2011 576 citations Huai-Ti Lin, Barry A. Trimmer et al. profile →
Biohybrid actuators for robotics: A review of devices actuated by living cells

2017 382 citations Barry A. Trimmer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barry A. Trimmer United States	38	3.8k	2.3k	1.6k	1.4k	764	121	6.2k
Isao Shimoyama Japan	39	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	450 0.3×	591 0.4×	478 0.6×	469	6.3k
Roger D. Quinn United States	43	3.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	447 0.3×	463 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	230	5.8k
Hillel J. Chiel United States	40	2.1k 0.6×	759 0.3×	342 0.2×	2.4k 1.8×	363 0.5×	168	6.3k
William M. Kier United States	27	2.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	657 0.4×	389 0.3×	1.0k 1.3×	65	4.7k
Cesare Stefanini Italy	39	2.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	372 0.2×	208 0.1×	353 0.5×	220	5.3k
Binyamin Hochner Israel	40	1.5k 0.4×	586 0.3×	340 0.2×	2.5k 1.8×	739 1.0×	75	5.8k
Ronald S. Fearing United States	59	8.6k 2.2×	4.7k 2.0×	1.4k 0.9×	386 0.3×	2.0k 2.6×	218	16.1k
David L. Hu United States	31	1.3k 0.3×	997 0.4×	797 0.5×	107 0.1×	232 0.3×	100	4.1k
Roy E. Ritzmann United States	45	2.0k 0.5×	646 0.3×	71 0.0×	2.0k 1.4×	489 0.6×	125	5.1k
Reinhard Blickhan Germany	46	6.2k 1.6×	426 0.2×	125 0.1×	292 0.2×	608 0.8×	161	8.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Trimmer, Barry A.. (2024). The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Transforming Robotics for Flexibility and Deformability. 2(1). 29–31. 1 indexed citations

Trimmer, Barry A., et al.. (2024). Characterization of a rapid avoidance behavior in Manduca sexta larvae in response to noxious stimuli. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(24).

Tai, Albert, et al.. (2023). Functional annotation of insecta transcriptomes: A cautionary tale from Lepidoptera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 165. 104038–104038. 1 indexed citations

Aonuma, Hitoshi, et al.. (2022). The larval scaffold controls fascicle number but is not required for formation of the dorsolongitudinal flight muscles in Manduca sexta. Arthropod Structure & Development. 68. 101170–101170.

Trimmer, Barry A., et al.. (2020). Metamorphosis in Insect Muscle: Insights for Engineering Muscle-Based Actuators. Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews. 27(4). 330–340. 4 indexed citations

Trimmer, Barry A., et al.. (2019). Quantifying Dynamic Shapes in Soft Morphologies. Soft Robotics. 6(6). 733–744. 9 indexed citations

Trimmer, Barry A., Jennifer A. Lewis, Robert F. Shepherd, & Hod Lipson. (2015). 3D Printing Soft Materials: What Is Possible?. Soft Robotics. 2(1). 3–6. 34 indexed citations

Trimmer, Barry A., Bram Vanderborght, Yiğit Mengüç, Michael T. Tolley, & Joshua Schultz. (2015). Soft Robotics as an Emerging Academic Field. Soft Robotics. 2(4). 131–134. 5 indexed citations

Trimmer, Barry A. & Huai-Ti Lin. (2014). Bone-Free: Soft Mechanics for Adaptive Locomotion. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(6). 1122–1135. 43 indexed citations

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Kim, Sangbae, Cecilia Laschi, & Barry A. Trimmer. (2013). Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics. Trends in biotechnology. 31(5). 287–294. 1583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Trimmer, Barry A., Randy H. Ewoldt, Hod Lipson, et al.. (2013). At the Crossroads: Interdisciplinary Paths to Soft Robots. Soft Robotics. 1(1). 63–69. 12 indexed citations

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Trimmer, Barry A.. (2013). Soft robots. Current Biology. 23(15). R639–R641. 73 indexed citations

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Rieffel, John & Barry A. Trimmer. (2010). Body/Brain Co-Evolution in Soft Robots. Artificial Life. 257–260. 1 indexed citations

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Simon, Michael A., William A. Woods, Yevgeniy V. Serebrenik, et al.. (2010). Visceral-Locomotory Pistoning in Crawling Caterpillars. Current Biology. 20(16). 1458–1463. 43 indexed citations

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Rieffel, John, Barry A. Trimmer, & Hod Lipson. (2008). Mechanism as Mind - What Tensegrities and Caterpillars Can Teach Us about Soft Robotics.. Artificial Life. 506–512. 26 indexed citations

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Trimmer, Barry A., et al.. (2007). Kinematics of Soft-bodied, Legged Locomotion inManduca sextaLarvae. Biological Bulletin. 212(2). 130–142. 79 indexed citations

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Trimmer, Barry A., et al.. (2004). Expression and function of two nicotinic subunits in insect neurons. Journal of Neurobiology. 62(3). 289–298. 13 indexed citations

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Belanger, Jim H., Kevin J. Bender, & Barry A. Trimmer. (2000). Context dependency of a limb withdrawal reflex in the caterpillar Manduca sexta. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 186(11). 1041–1048. 25 indexed citations

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Schneider, H., et al.. (1993). Mapping of octopamine‐immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous system of the lobster. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 329(1). 129–142. 60 indexed citations

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Trimmer, Barry A., et al.. (1991). Activity-dependent induction of facilitation, depression, and post-tetanic potentiation at an insect central synapse. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 168(1). 27–43. 26 indexed citations

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