Brian Chan

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 820 citations indexed

About

Brian Chan is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Chan has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 820 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 2 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brian Chan's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (3 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (2 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (1 paper). Brian Chan is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (3 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (2 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (1 paper). Brian Chan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Brian Chan's co-authors include John W. M. Bush, David L. Hu, A. E. Hosoi, Neil J. Balmforth, Manu Prakash, Peter S. Donzelli, R. L. Spilker, Sara D. Beach, Jennifer Minas and John D. E. Gabrieli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuropsychologia and Physics of Fluids.

In The Last Decade

Brian Chan

8 papers receiving 796 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.

The hydrodynamics of water strider locomotion

2003 587 citations David L. Hu, Brian Chan et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Chan United States	6	357	305	196	196	181	8	820
Duck-Gyu Lee South Korea	15	206 0.6×	358 1.2×	92 0.5×	109 0.6×	95 0.5×	27	881
Arnaud Antkowiak France	16	347 1.0×	273 0.9×	44 0.2×	180 0.9×	119 0.7×	34	978
Étienne Reyssat France	16	456 1.3×	524 1.7×	115 0.6×	476 2.4×	202 1.1×	30	1.4k
Ramón Pericet-Cámara Switzerland	16	428 1.2×	479 1.6×	53 0.3×	138 0.7×	128 0.7×	22	1.1k
Denis Terwagne Belgium	18	331 0.9×	318 1.0×	98 0.5×	302 1.5×	63 0.3×	34	1.0k
P.‐T. Brun United States	20	130 0.4×	541 1.8×	183 0.9×	374 1.9×	102 0.6×	53	1.3k
Laibing Jia China	17	132 0.4×	182 0.6×	90 0.5×	99 0.5×	86 0.5×	40	937
Ho-Young Kim South Korea	8	94 0.3×	225 0.7×	122 0.6×	181 0.9×	39 0.2×	19	526
Xavier Noblin France	15	478 1.3×	410 1.3×	79 0.4×	203 1.0×	121 0.7×	32	1.4k
Hubert Mantz Germany	10	374 1.0×	282 0.9×	50 0.3×	192 1.0×	466 2.6×	31	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Chan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Chan

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Brian Chan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Brian Chan. The network helps show where Brian Chan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Chan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Chan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Chan 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 Brian Chan. Brian Chan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Qi, Zhenghan, Sara D. Beach, Amy S. Finn, et al.. (2016). Native-language N400 and P600 predict dissociable language-learning abilities in adults. Neuropsychologia. 98. 177–191. 17 indexed citations

2.

Hu, David L., Manu Prakash, Brian Chan, & John W. M. Bush. (2007). Water-walking devices. Experiments in Fluids. 43(5). 769–778. 74 indexed citations

3.

Chan, Brian, et al.. (2006). Mechanical Devices for Snail-like Locomotion. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 18(2). 111–116. 20 indexed citations

4.

Chan, Brian, Neil J. Balmforth, & A. E. Hosoi. (2005). Building a better snail: Lubrication and adhesive locomotion. Physics of Fluids. 17(11). 104 indexed citations

5.

Hu, David L., et al.. (2005). Visualization of a fish wake using tobacco mosaic virus. Physics of Fluids. 17(9). 4 indexed citations

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Hu, David L., Brian Chan, & John W. M. Bush. (2003). The hydrodynamics of water strider locomotion. Nature. 424(6949). 663–666. 587 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, David L., Brian Chan, & John W. M. Bush. (2003). Water-Walking. Physics of Fluids. 15(9). S10–S10. 1 indexed citations

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Chan, Brian, Peter S. Donzelli, & R. L. Spilker. (2000). A Mixed-Penalty Biphasic Finite Element Formulation Incorporating Viscous Fluids and Material Interfaces. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 28(6). 589–597. 13 indexed citations

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