Corey S. O’Hern

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
158 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Corey S. O’Hern is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Corey S. O’Hern has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Materials Chemistry, 42 papers in Computational Mechanics and 41 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Corey S. O’Hern's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (66 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (40 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (25 papers). Corey S. O’Hern is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (66 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (40 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (25 papers). Corey S. O’Hern collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Corey S. O’Hern's co-authors include Andrea J. Liu, Sidney R. Nagel, Leonardo E. Silbert, Mark D. Shattuck, Stephen A. Langer, Carl F. Schreck, Eric R. Dufresne, Robert Behringer, Ning Xu and Jerzy Bławzdziewicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Corey S. O’Hern

152 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

  1. Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder
    2003 1.2k citations Corey S. O’Hern et al. profile →
  2. The Bacterial Cytoplasm Has Glass-like Properties and Is Fluidized by Metabolic Activity
    2013 590 citations Bradley R. Parry, Ivan V. Surovtsev et al. profile →
  3. Random Packings of Frictionless Particles
    2002 465 citations Corey S. O’Hern et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Corey S. O’Hern 3.9k 1.8k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 158 7.0k
Andrea J. Liu 8.0k 2.1× 2.3k 1.3× 3.2k 2.5× 2.8k 2.4× 1.7k 1.6× 193 13.7k
Eric R. Weeks 5.5k 1.4× 966 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 2.3k 2.0× 1.2k 1.1× 107 9.5k
Matthieu Wyart 3.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 741 0.6× 549 0.5× 100 5.1k
Klaus Mecke 2.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 766 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 137 7.1k
Igor S. Aranson 2.2k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 5.8k 4.6× 3.2k 2.8× 1.6k 1.5× 243 11.7k
Wim van Saarloos 1.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 766 0.7× 1.6k 1.5× 151 6.5k
Stephan Herminghaus 3.6k 0.9× 4.7k 2.6× 1.7k 1.4× 4.8k 4.1× 1.6k 1.5× 223 13.9k
Ralf Seemann 1.8k 0.5× 2.5k 1.4× 685 0.5× 2.6k 2.2× 424 0.4× 117 6.4k
Dov Levine 3.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 437 0.4× 747 0.7× 64 6.3k
Wolfgang Losert 1.1k 0.3× 1.4k 0.8× 496 0.4× 1.3k 1.1× 507 0.5× 243 5.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Corey S. O’Hern

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Dong, Nidhi Pashine, Mark D. Shattuck, et al.. (2025). Evolution of adaptive force chains in reconfigurable granular metamaterials. Soft Matter. 21(30). 6088–6099.
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Anda, Jaime de, Sherry L. Kuchma, Shanice S. Webster, et al.. (2024). How P. aeruginosa cells with diverse stator composition collectively swarm. mBio. 15(4). 1 indexed citations
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O’Hern, Corey S., et al.. (2024). Modeling the Effects of Varying the Ti Concentration on the Mechanical Properties of Cu–Ti Alloys. ACS Omega. 9(9). 10286–10298. 7 indexed citations
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Shattuck, Mark D., et al.. (2024). Mechanical plasticity of cell membranes enhances epithelial wound closure. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 3 indexed citations
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Meer, D., et al.. (2024). Flow and clogging of capillary droplets. Soft Matter. 20(40). 8036–8051.
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Pashine, Nidhi, et al.. (2023). Universal Mechanical Polycomputation in Granular Matter. Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. 193–201. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Philip, et al.. (2021). Shear response of granular packings compressed above jamming onset. Physical review. E. 103(2). 22902–22902. 11 indexed citations
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O’Hern, Corey S., et al.. (2020). Using an Engineering Design Center to Infuse Design Experience into a Mechanical Engineering Program. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 24.1320.1–24.1320.14. 2 indexed citations
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Levine, Zachary A., et al.. (2020). Analyses of protein cores reveal fundamental differences between solution and crystal structures. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 88(9). 1154–1161. 16 indexed citations
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Xie, Yujun, Sungwoo Sohn, Minglei Wang, et al.. (2019). Supercluster-coupled crystal growth in metallic glass forming liquids. Nature Communications. 10(1). 915–915. 43 indexed citations
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Jülich, Dörthe, Emilie Guillon, Andrew K. Lawton, et al.. (2019). Organization of Embryonic Morphogenesis via Mechanical Information. Developmental Cell. 49(6). 829–839.e5. 26 indexed citations
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Regan, Lynne, et al.. (2018). Comparing side chain packing in soluble proteins, protein‐protein interfaces, and transmembrane proteins. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 86(5). 581–591. 7 indexed citations
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Williams, Peter, et al.. (2018). Computational models of the role of pectins in plant cell wall structure. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Bosenberg, Marcus, et al.. (2016). Modeling the Spatiotemporal Evolution of the Melanoma Tumor Microenvironment. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Bosenberg, Marcus, et al.. (2015). Computational modeling of the spatiotemporal dynamics of cancer stem cells. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Parry, Bradley R., Ivan V. Surovtsev, Matthew T. Cabeen, et al.. (2014). Cellular Metabolism Fluidizes the Glassy Bacterial Cytoplasm. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 313a–313a.
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O’Hern, Corey S., et al.. (2013). The power of hard-sphere models for proteins: Understanding side-chain conformations and predicting thermodynamic stability. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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O’Hern, Corey S., et al.. (2012). The Power of Hard-Sphere Models: Explaining Side-Chain Dihedral Angle Distributions of Thr and Val. Biophysical Journal. 102(10). 2345–2352. 27 indexed citations
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Lois, Gregg, Jerzy Bławzdziewicz, & Corey S. O’Hern. (2009). The Free Energy Reaction Path Theory of Reliable Protein Folding. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 589a–590a. 1 indexed citations
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Lois, Gregg, Jerzy Bławzdziewicz, & Corey S. O’Hern. (2008). Reliable Protein Folding on Complex Energy Landscapes: The Free Energy Reaction Path. Biophysical Journal. 95(6). 2692–2701. 3 indexed citations

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