I. C. Lien

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

I. C. Lien is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, I. C. Lien has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in I. C. Lien's work include Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (13 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (7 papers). I. C. Lien is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (13 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (7 papers). I. C. Lien collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan and Norway. I. C. Lien's co-authors include Yi-Chung Shu, Wen-Jong Wu, H.C. Lin, Po-Hsun Wu, Y. Nakano, Shashank Keshavmurthy, Sakanan Plathong, Chaolun Allen Chen, Hui Huang and Hernyi Justin Hsieh and has published in prestigious journals such as Smart Materials and Structures, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering and Zoological studies.

In The Last Decade

I. C. Lien

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Analysis of power output for piezoelectric energy harvest... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 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. Analysis of power output for piezoelectric energy harvesting systems
    2006 595 citations Yi-Chung Shu, I. C. Lien Smart Materials and Structures profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
I. C. Lien Taiwan 10 1.4k 1.0k 1.0k 269 49 15 1.5k
Eli S. Leland United States 9 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 828 0.8× 180 0.7× 27 0.6× 14 1.4k
Vinod R. Challa United States 7 910 0.6× 731 0.7× 481 0.5× 194 0.7× 21 0.4× 12 983
C. Richard France 12 1.7k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 395 1.5× 242 4.9× 32 2.0k
Claude Richard France 13 1.1k 0.8× 771 0.7× 787 0.8× 374 1.4× 285 5.8× 24 1.4k
Eric J. Carleton United States 5 760 0.5× 609 0.6× 560 0.5× 88 0.3× 17 0.3× 6 858
Pei Zhu China 16 906 0.6× 452 0.4× 414 0.4× 308 1.1× 47 1.0× 26 992
Meiling Cai China 11 682 0.5× 491 0.5× 385 0.4× 148 0.6× 18 0.4× 15 777
Wei-Jiun Su Taiwan 15 575 0.4× 306 0.3× 368 0.4× 458 1.7× 26 0.5× 32 934
Xiudong Tang United States 11 815 0.6× 423 0.4× 307 0.3× 490 1.8× 33 0.7× 19 974

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of I. C. Lien

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Lien, I. C., et al.. (2022). Comparison between overall and respective electrical rectifications in array of piezoelectric energy harvesting. Journal of Mechanics. 38. 518–530. 4 indexed citations
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Lien, I. C. & Yi-Chung Shu. (2013). Piezoelectric array of oscillators with respective electrical rectification. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8688. 868806–868806. 9 indexed citations
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Lin, H.C., Po-Hsun Wu, I. C. Lien, & Yi-Chung Shu. (2013). Analysis of an array of piezoelectric energy harvesters connected in series. Smart Materials and Structures. 22(9). 94026–94026. 72 indexed citations
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Lin, H.C., Po-Hsun Wu, I. C. Lien, & Yi-Chung Shu. (2012). Series Connection of Multiple Piezoelectric Oscillators. 753–759. 1 indexed citations
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Lien, I. C. & Yi-Chung Shu. (2012). Multiple piezoelectric energy harvesters connected to different interface circuits. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8341. 83410X–83410X. 4 indexed citations
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Lien, I. C. & Yi-Chung Shu. (2012). Array of piezoelectric energy harvesting by the equivalent impedance approach. Smart Materials and Structures. 21(8). 82001–82001. 93 indexed citations
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Hsieh, Hernyi Justin, Shashank Keshavmurthy, I. C. Lien, et al.. (2011). Latitudinal gradient of morphological variations in zebra coral Oulastrea crispata (Scleractinia: Faviidae) in the West Pacific. Zoological studies. 43–52. 10 indexed citations
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Lien, I. C. & Yi-Chung Shu. (2011). Array of piezoelectric energy harvesters. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7977. 79770K–79770K. 12 indexed citations
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Lien, I. C., et al.. (2010). Revisit of series-SSHI with comparisons to other interfacing circuits in piezoelectric energy harvesting. Smart Materials and Structures. 19(12). 125009–125009. 145 indexed citations
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Shu, Yi-Chung, et al.. (2009). Comparisons between parallel- and series-SSHI interfaces adopted by piezoelectric energy harvesting systems. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7288. 728808–728808. 2 indexed citations
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Shu, Yi-Chung & I. C. Lien. (2007). A comparison between the standard and SSHI interfaces used in piezoelectric power harvesting. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6525. 652509–652509. 4 indexed citations
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Shu, Yi-Chung, I. C. Lien, & Wen-Jong Wu. (2007). An improved analysis of the SSHI interface in piezoelectric energy harvesting. Smart Materials and Structures. 16(6). 2253–2264. 262 indexed citations
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Shu, Yi-Chung & I. C. Lien. (2006). Efficiency of energy conversion for a piezoelectric power harvesting system. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 16(11). 2429–2438. 252 indexed citations
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Shu, Yi-Chung & I. C. Lien. (2006). Analysis of power output for piezoelectric energy harvesting systems. Smart Materials and Structures. 15(6). 1499–1512. 595 indexed citations breakdown →
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