C. C. Lin

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

C. C. Lin is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, C. C. Lin has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 14 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 11 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in C. C. Lin's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (12 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (11 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (8 papers). C. C. Lin is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (12 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (11 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (8 papers). C. C. Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Malaysia. C. C. Lin's co-authors include Frank H. Shu, C. Yuan, G. Bertin, Stephan Löwe, Y. Y. Lau, D. J. Benney, R. P. Thurstans, L. Mestel, J.W.K. Mark and William W. Roberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

C. C. Lin

39 papers receiving 2.7k 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 theory of hydrodynamic stability

1955 1.0k citations C. C. Lin CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
On the Spiral Structure of Disk Galaxies.

1964 658 citations C. C. Lin, Frank H. Shu The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. C. Lin United States	18	1.5k	1.2k	277	277	229	43	3.0k
G. B. Rybicki United States	28	2.3k 1.5×	245 0.2×	142 0.5×	290 1.0×	124 0.5×	79	3.1k
N. O. Weiss United Kingdom	47	4.1k 2.7×	1.4k 1.2×	509 1.8×	72 0.3×	45 0.2×	162	6.6k
R. Rosner United States	40	6.2k 4.0×	418 0.4×	97 0.4×	336 1.2×	89 0.4×	188	6.7k
M. Schwarzschild United States	27	2.9k 1.9×	219 0.2×	316 1.1×	761 2.7×	90 0.4×	89	3.4k
V. I. Tatarskiĭ United States	23	418 0.3×	274 0.2×	320 1.2×	50 0.2×	649 2.8×	112	3.4k
K. A. Marsh United States	42	1.9k 1.2×	307 0.3×	40 0.1×	359 1.3×	697 3.0×	215	7.0k
Paul R. Shapiro United States	45	6.8k 4.5×	242 0.2×	255 0.9×	972 3.5×	314 1.4×	148	7.2k
Dinshaw S. Balsara United States	41	2.4k 1.6×	5.1k 4.4×	105 0.4×	59 0.2×	451 2.0×	137	7.3k
A. Léonard United States	24	196 0.1×	2.6k 2.2×	487 1.8×	27 0.1×	872 3.8×	83	3.5k
A. C. S. Readhead United States	46	7.6k 5.0×	142 0.1×	177 0.6×	593 2.1×	343 1.5×	276	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by C. C. Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. C. Lin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. C. Lin

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lin, C. C., et al.. (2025). Investigating the mediating role of attitude to seniors and professional identity in English teachers’ gerontology knowledge and willingness to teach. Educational Gerontology. 52(2). 150–165.

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Lin, C. C., Ali Sorayyaei Azar, & Albattat Ahmad. (2023). The Charismatic Aspects of Transformational Leadership and their Prediction of the University teacher’s Work Engagement: the Mediating Effect of Trust in Leaders. Journal of Law and Sustainable Development. 11(9). e1601–e1601. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C.. (2003). On the evolution of applied mathematics. Acta Mechanica Sinica. 19(2). 97–102. 3 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C.. (1998). Global Spiral Patterns in Galaxies: Complexity and Simplicity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 867(1). 229–252. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C. & G. Bertin. (1995). On Global Wave Patterns in Galaxies: Their Generation and Maintenance^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 773(1). 125–144. 9 indexed citations

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Löwe, Stephan, William W. Roberts, Ji‐Woon Yang, G. Bertin, & C. C. Lin. (1994). Modal approach to the morphology of spiral galaxies. 3: Application to the galaxy M81. The Astrophysical Journal. 427. 184–184. 29 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C. & G. Bertin. (1985). Formation and maintenance of spiral structure in galaxies. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 106. 513–532. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C. & R. P. Thurstans. (1984). On a Spectral Theory of the Excitation Mechanism of Galactic Spirals. 207(33). 121–81.

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Lin, C. C., et al.. (1973). A Forcing Mechanism for Spiral Density Waves in Galaxies. Studies in Applied Mathematics. 52(1). 1–20. 27 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C.. (1969). Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Systems: Structure of Galaxies. SIAM Review. 11(2). 127–151. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C.. (1967). Stellar Dynamical Theory of Normal Spirals. 9. 66. 4 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C.. (1966). On the Mathematical Theory of a Galaxy of Stars. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 14(4). 876–921. 19 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C., L. Mestel, & Frank H. Shu. (1965). The Gravitational Collapse of a Uniform Spheroid.. The Astrophysical Journal. 142. 1431–1431. 142 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C. & Frank H. Shu. (1964). On the Spiral Structure of Disk Galaxies.. The Astrophysical Journal. 140. 646–646. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kármán, Theodore von & C. C. Lin. (1961). On the existence of an exact solution of the equations of Navier‐Stokes. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. 14(3). 645–655. 13 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C.. (1961). Some mathematical problems in the theory of the stability of parallel flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 10(3). 430–438. 50 indexed citations

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Benney, D. J. & C. C. Lin. (1960). On the Secondary Motion Induced by Oscillations in a Shear Flow. The Physics of Fluids. 3(4). 656–657. 115 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C.. (1955). The theory of hydrodynamic stability. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1034 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, C. C., et al.. (1955). On the Stability of the Laminar Boundary Layer in a Compressible Fluid. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 22(7). 455–477. 86 indexed citations

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Lin, C. C.. (1952). On the Stability of the Boundary Layer with Respect to Disturbances of Large Wave Velocity. Journal of the aeronautical sciences. [REQUEST TITLE]. 19(2). 138–139. 4 indexed citations

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