C. P. Ellington

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

C. P. Ellington is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. P. Ellington has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in C. P. Ellington's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (17 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (8 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (8 papers). C. P. Ellington is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (17 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (8 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (8 papers). C. P. Ellington collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Panama and United States. C. P. Ellington's co-authors include James M. Wakeling, Robert Dudley, Timothy M. Casey, K. E. Machin, K. M. Gilmour, David M. Unwin, Robert B. Srygley, Paul Schmid‐Hempel, R. D. Stevenson and Anders Hedenström and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Journal of Experimental Biology.

In The Last Decade

C. P. Ellington

30 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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 aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. III. Kinematics

1984 671 citations C. P. Ellington Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences profile →
The novel aerodynamics of insect flight: applications to micro-air vehicles

1999 602 citations C. P. Ellington Journal of Experimental Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. P. Ellington United Kingdom	21	2.5k	982	937	667	602	30	3.4k
Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann Germany	30	3.7k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	785 0.8×	728 1.1×	543 0.9×	62	4.7k
Stacey A. Combes United States	29	1.7k 0.7×	593 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	403 0.6×	784 1.3×	53	3.1k
Sanjay P. Sane India	24	4.9k 2.0×	2.1k 2.2×	895 1.0×	604 0.9×	576 1.0×	58	5.9k
Thomas L. Daniel United States	34	1.0k 0.4×	288 0.3×	675 0.7×	631 0.9×	390 0.6×	64	3.4k
Charles P. Ellington United Kingdom	23	5.7k 2.3×	2.8k 2.9×	1.0k 1.1×	984 1.5×	391 0.6×	29	6.4k
T. L. Daniel United States	23	1.4k 0.6×	498 0.5×	387 0.4×	340 0.5×	254 0.4×	45	2.6k
Adrian L. R. Thomas United Kingdom	39	5.1k 2.1×	2.4k 2.4×	1.5k 1.6×	1.4k 2.1×	407 0.7×	64	6.7k
Torkel Weis‐Fogh Denmark	27	1.7k 0.7×	632 0.6×	868 0.9×	937 1.4×	927 1.5×	32	4.2k
Florian T. Muijres Netherlands	23	1.4k 0.6×	469 0.5×	650 0.7×	438 0.7×	182 0.3×	61	2.1k
Mao Sun China	37	4.4k 1.8×	2.4k 2.5×	442 0.5×	389 0.6×	260 0.4×	115	4.7k

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Mark, Felix Christopher, et al.. (2007). Analysis of diurnal activity patterns and related changes in metabolism in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 146(4). S83–S83. 3 indexed citations

Mark, Felix Christopher, et al.. (2007). Diurnal activity patterns and related changes in energy metabolism in the cephalopod Sepia officinalis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 146(4). S76–S76. 1 indexed citations

Sunada, Shigeru & C. P. Ellington. (2001). A new method for explaining the generation of aerodynamic forces in flapping flight. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. 24(17-18). 1377–1386. 15 indexed citations

Hedenström, Anders, C. P. Ellington, & Thomas Wolf. (2001). Wing wear, aerodynamics and flight energetics in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): an experimental study. Functional Ecology. 15(4). 417–422. 69 indexed citations

Sunada, Shigeru & C. P. Ellington. (2000). Approximate Added-Mass Method for Estimating Induced Power for Flapping Flight. AIAA Journal. 38(8). 1313–1321. 9 indexed citations

Stamhuis, Eize J., et al.. (2000). Quantifying the leading-edge vortex of a hovering robotic insect during the downstroke.. 40(6). 1142–1143. 2 indexed citations

Ellington, C. P.. (1999). The novel aerodynamics of insect flight: applications to micro-air vehicles. Journal of Experimental Biology. 202(23). 3439–3448. 602 indexed citations breakdown →

Srygley, Robert B. & C. P. Ellington. (1999). Estimating the relative fitness of local adaptive peaks: the aerodynamic costs of flight in mimetic passion–vine butterfliesHeliconius. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 266(1435). 2239–2245. 23 indexed citations

Ellington, C. P., et al.. (1999). Foraging costs in bumblebees: field conditions cause large individual differences. Insectes Sociaux. 46(3). 291–295. 23 indexed citations

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Srygley, Robert B. & C. P. Ellington. (1999). Discrimination of flying mimetic, passion–vine butterfliesHeliconius. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 266(1434). 2137–2140. 34 indexed citations

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Wakeling, James M. & C. P. Ellington. (1997). Dragonfly Flight: III. Lift and Power Requirements. Journal of Experimental Biology. 200(3). 583–600. 169 indexed citations

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Josephson, Robert K. & C. P. Ellington. (1997). Power Output From a Flight Muscle of the Bumblebee Bombus Terrestris : I. Some Features of the Dorso-Ventral Flight Muscle. Journal of Experimental Biology. 200(8). 1215–1226. 28 indexed citations

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Wakeling, James M. & C. P. Ellington. (1997). Dragonfly Flight: I. Gliding Flight and Steady-State Aerodynamic Forces. Journal of Experimental Biology. 200(3). 543–556. 201 indexed citations

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Wells, Dominic J. & C. P. Ellington. (1994). Beyond the vertebrates: achieving maximum power during flight in insects and hummingbirds.. PubMed. 38B. 219–32. 7 indexed citations

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Tregear, R. T., et al.. (1993). Inferences Concerning Crossbridges from Work on Insect Muscle. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 332. 557–565. 2 indexed citations

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Ellington, C. P., K. E. Machin, & Timothy M. Casey. (1990). Oxygen consumption of bumblebees in forward flight. Nature. 347(6292). 472–473. 120 indexed citations

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Dudley, Robert & C. P. Ellington. (1990). Mechanics of Forward Flight in Bumblebees: II. QUASI-STEADY LIFT AND POWER REQUIREMENTS. Journal of Experimental Biology. 148(1). 53–88. 191 indexed citations

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Ellington, C. P.. (1984). The aerodynamics of hovering insect flight. III. Kinematics. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 305(1122). 41–78. 671 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ellington, C. P.. (1980). Wing Mechanics and Take-Off Preparation of Thrips (Thysanoptera). Journal of Experimental Biology. 85(1). 129–136. 59 indexed citations

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Unwin, David M. & C. P. Ellington. (1979). An Optical Tachometer for Measurement of the Wing-Beat Frequency of Free-Flying Insects. Journal of Experimental Biology. 82(1). 377–378. 58 indexed citations

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