Dylan K. Wainwright

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Dylan K. Wainwright is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aerospace Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dylan K. Wainwright has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Dylan K. Wainwright's work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (10 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (8 papers). Dylan K. Wainwright is often cited by papers focused on Ichthyology and Marine Biology (10 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (10 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (8 papers). Dylan K. Wainwright collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Dylan K. Wainwright's co-authors include George Lauder, Adam P. Summers, Valentina Di Santo, James C. Weaver, Hilary Bart‐Smith, Joseph Zhu, Li Wen, Stanislav N. Gorb, Thomas Kleinteich and Petra Ditsche and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Dylan K. Wainwright

34 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Adult articular cartilage

1974 415 citations Dylan K. Wainwright profile →
Tuna robotics: A high-frequency experimental platform exploring the performance space of swimming fishes

2019 254 citations Joseph Zhu, Dylan K. Wainwright et al. Science Robotics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dylan K. Wainwright United States	16	519	449	308	301	292	37	1.8k
Franck J. Vernerey United States	32	1.3k 2.5×	59 0.1×	132 0.4×	134 0.4×	726 2.5×	124	3.5k
Hiroki Takahashi Japan	35	318 0.6×	217 0.5×	28 0.1×	135 0.4×	204 0.7×	291	4.8k
Thomas J. Koob United States	43	605 1.2×	120 0.3×	861 2.8×	272 0.9×	70 0.2×	98	5.1k
Mason N. Dean Germany	31	426 0.8×	58 0.1×	143 0.5×	89 0.3×	96 0.3×	86	2.5k
Hrishikesh Bale United States	25	546 1.1×	100 0.2×	133 0.4×	60 0.2×	556 1.9×	69	2.4k
Simon Zabler Germany	26	779 1.5×	182 0.4×	15 0.0×	69 0.2×	320 1.1×	112	2.6k
Po‐Yu Chen Taiwan	23	1.1k 2.1×	47 0.1×	28 0.1×	133 0.4×	281 1.0×	91	2.9k
Jian Tang China	20	358 0.7×	1.6k 3.5×	23 0.1×	68 0.2×	42 0.1×	56	2.6k
Seok‐Woo Lee United States	31	656 1.3×	225 0.5×	52 0.2×	35 0.1×	547 1.9×	123	3.3k
M. Edwin DeMont Canada	20	243 0.5×	344 0.8×	11 0.0×	154 0.5×	85 0.3×	45	1.8k

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Lauder, George, et al.. (2025). Slippery and Smooth Shark Skin: How Mucus Transforms Surface Texture. Journal of Morphology. 286(4). e70046–e70046. 1 indexed citations

Wainwright, Dylan K., et al.. (2025). Native range climate influences nonstructural carbohydrate storage in oak species growing in a common garden. Oecologia. 207(8). 132–132.

Wainwright, Dylan K., et al.. (2024). Hydrodynamic Function of the Slimy and Scaly Surfaces of Teleost Fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 64(2). 480–495. 3 indexed citations

Lauder, George, et al.. (2024). Patterns of dermal denticle loss in sharks. Journal of Morphology. 285(9). e21764–e21764. 1 indexed citations

Burns, Michael D., Anthony J. Barley, Michael L. Yuan, et al.. (2024). Complexity and weak integration promote the diversity of reef fish oral jaws. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1433–1433. 4 indexed citations

Wainwright, Dylan K., et al.. (2024). The tuna keel is a mechanosensory structure. iScience. 28(1). 111578–111578.

MacGuigan, Daniel J., et al.. (2023). Lacustrine speciation associated with chromosomal inversion in a lineage of riverine fishes. Evolution. 77(7). 1505–1521. 5 indexed citations

Stewart, Mark T., et al.. (2023). High-resolution measurements of swordfish skin surface roughness. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 19(1). 16007–16007.

Akanyeti, Otar, Valentina Di Santo, Elsa Goerig, et al.. (2022). Fish-inspired segment models for undulatory steady swimming. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 17(4). 46007–46007. 15 indexed citations

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Wainwright, Dylan K., et al.. (2021). Dermal Denticle Diversity in Sharks: Novel Patterns on the Interbranchial Skin. Integrative Organismal Biology. 3(1). obab034–obab034. 28 indexed citations

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Santo, Valentina Di, Elsa Goerig, Dylan K. Wainwright, et al.. (2021). Convergence of undulatory swimming kinematics across a diversity of fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 76 indexed citations

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Kolmann, Matthew A., Margaret Kalácska, Oliver Lucanus, et al.. (2021). Hyperspectral data as a biodiversity screening tool can differentiate among diverse Neotropical fishes. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 16157–16157. 13 indexed citations

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White, Connor F., et al.. (2020). The denticle surface of thresher shark tails: Three‐dimensional structure and comparison to other pelagic species. Journal of Morphology. 281(8). 938–955. 24 indexed citations

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Wainwright, Dylan K. & George Lauder. (2020). Tunas as a high-performance fish platform for inspiring the next generation of autonomous underwater vehicles. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 15(3). 35007–35007. 39 indexed citations

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Wang, Siqi, Lei Li, Wenguang Sun, et al.. (2020). Detachment of the remora suckerfish disc: kinematics and a bio-inspired robotic model. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 15(5). 56018–56018. 17 indexed citations

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Zhu, Joseph, et al.. (2019). Tuna robotics: A high-frequency experimental platform exploring the performance space of swimming fishes. Science Robotics. 4(34). 254 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wainwright, Dylan K., et al.. (2018). Diversity of dermal denticle structure in sharks: Skin surface roughness and three‐dimensional morphology. Journal of Morphology. 279(8). 1132–1154. 67 indexed citations

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Wainwright, Dylan K., et al.. (2018). Scale diversity in bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus): Fat‐filled trabecular scales made of cellular bone. Journal of Morphology. 279(6). 828–840. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Yueping, Xingbang Yang, Yufeng Chen, et al.. (2017). A biorobotic adhesive disc for underwater hitchhiking inspired by the remora suckerfish. Science Robotics. 2(10). 246 indexed citations

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Wainwright, Dylan K. & George Lauder. (2016). Three-dimensional analysis of scale morphology in bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus. Zoology. 119(3). 182–195. 46 indexed citations

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