David L. Hu

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

David L. Hu is a scholar working on Genetics, Biomedical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David L. Hu has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Genetics, 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in David L. Hu's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (22 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (16 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (12 papers). David L. Hu is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (22 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (16 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (12 papers). David L. Hu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. David L. Hu's co-authors include John W. M. Bush, Brian Chan, Hamidreza Marvi, Nathan Mlot, Craig A. Tovey, Andrew K. Dickerson, Jasmine A. Nirody, Michael Shelley, Daniel I. Goldman and Guillermo J. Amador and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David L. Hu

96 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

The hydrodynamics of water strider locomotion 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. The hydrodynamics of water strider locomotion
    2003 587 citations David L. Hu et al. profile →
  2. WALKING ON WATER: Biolocomotion at the Interface
    2005 439 citations David L. Hu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David L. Hu United States 31 1.3k 997 869 797 661 100 4.1k
Nick Gravish United States 27 937 0.7× 672 0.7× 288 0.3× 338 0.4× 365 0.6× 80 2.7k
Tilo Baumbach Germany 48 2.7k 2.1× 988 1.0× 661 0.8× 664 0.8× 503 0.8× 349 8.4k
Isao Shimoyama Japan 39 3.2k 2.5× 1.1k 1.1× 315 0.4× 450 0.6× 268 0.4× 469 6.3k
Hoon Cheol Park South Korea 39 1.4k 1.1× 694 0.7× 284 0.3× 726 0.9× 867 1.3× 331 6.1k
Arezki Boudaoud France 54 1.6k 1.2× 2.4k 2.5× 897 1.0× 540 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 148 9.7k
Manu Prakash United States 27 1.5k 1.1× 439 0.4× 682 0.8× 587 0.7× 476 0.7× 85 3.4k
Itai Cohen United States 48 2.8k 2.1× 2.4k 2.4× 246 0.3× 959 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 160 8.0k
Julian F. V. Vincent United Kingdom 52 2.3k 1.8× 2.4k 2.4× 425 0.5× 198 0.2× 178 0.3× 169 9.5k
Ali Dhinojwala United States 51 1.7k 1.3× 645 0.6× 2.5k 2.8× 138 0.2× 567 0.9× 224 8.7k
Shichao Niu China 38 2.5k 2.0× 873 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 127 0.2× 377 0.6× 169 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David L. Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by David L. Hu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David L. Hu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Song, Zhiquan, Daeyoun David Won, Brian J. Lee, et al.. (2025). AI‐Driven Defecation Analysis by Smart Healthcare Toilet: Exploring Biometric Patterns and Eu‐Tenesmus. Advanced Science. 12(30). e2503247–e2503247. 1 indexed citations
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Nadler, Jason H., et al.. (2024). Enhanced wet grip with North American river otter paws. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1542(1). 638–646.
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Hu, David L., et al.. (2023). Urinary flow through urethras with a rough lumen. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 42(6). 1245–1254. 2 indexed citations
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Chang, Young‐Hui, et al.. (2023). Conservation tools: the next generation of engineering–biology collaborations. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 20(205). 11 indexed citations
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Casas, Jérôme, et al.. (2022). The Scaling of Olfaction: Moths have Relatively More Olfactory Surface Area than Mammals. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 62(1). 81–89. 4 indexed citations
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Zong, Le, Jianing Wu, Pingping Yang, et al.. (2022). Jumping of flea beetles onto inclined platforms. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 209(2). 253–263. 4 indexed citations
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Fonollosa, Jordi, et al.. (2021). Sniffing speeds up chemical detection by controlling air-flows near sensors. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1232–1232. 17 indexed citations
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Kowalski, Michael, Larry Vogelnest, Alynn M. Martin, et al.. (2020). Intestines of non-uniform stiffness mold the corners of wombat feces. Soft Matter. 17(3). 475–488. 6 indexed citations
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Carver, Scott, et al.. (2018). How do wombats make cubed poo. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, David L., et al.. (2018). Bubble stabilization by the star-nosed mole. Physical Review Fluids. 3(12). 1 indexed citations
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Berendes, David, et al.. (2018). Estimation of global recoverable human and animal faecal biomass. Nature Sustainability. 1(11). 679–685. 90 indexed citations
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Astley, Henry C., Chaohui Gong, Matt Travers, et al.. (2015). Modulation of orthogonal body waves enables high maneuverability in sidewinding locomotion. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Marvi, Hamidreza, Chaohui Gong, Matthew Travers, et al.. (2014). Sidewinding as a control template for climbing on sand. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, David L., et al.. (2014). Surface-area-minimizing n-hedral Tiles. Rose-Hulman Scholar (Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology). 15(1). 13. 2 indexed citations
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Bourouiba, Lydia, et al.. (2014). Surface-Tension Phenomena in Organismal Biology: An Introduction to the Symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(6). 955–958. 4 indexed citations
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Marvi, Hamidreza, et al.. (2012). Sidewinding snakes on sand. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Marvi, Hamidreza & David L. Hu. (2012). Friction enhancement in concertina locomotion of snakes. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(76). 3067–3080. 115 indexed citations
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Dickerson, Andrew K., et al.. (2010). Wet-dog shake. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 63.
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Hu, David L., et al.. (2009). The mechanics of slithering locomotion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(25). 10081–10085. 267 indexed citations
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Hu, David L.. (1989). C/C++ for expert systems: “unleashes the power of artificial intelligence”. 1 indexed citations

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