Ian Jacobi

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ian Jacobi is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Jacobi has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Computational Mechanics, 9 papers in Environmental Engineering and 8 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Ian Jacobi's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (18 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (9 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (8 papers). Ian Jacobi is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (18 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (9 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (8 papers). Ian Jacobi collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Ian Jacobi's co-authors include Howard A. Stone, Jason Wexler, Beverley McKeon, Eujin Um, François Boulogne, Hyoungsoo Kim, A. S. Sharma, Songjing Li, Wen Zeng and Abigail K. Grosskopf and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Ian Jacobi

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Shear-Driven Failure of Liquid-Infused Surfaces

2015 267 citations Jason Wexler, Ian Jacobi et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Jacobi Israel	14	575	367	332	305	153	38	1.1k
Derek C. Tretheway United States	12	645 1.1×	238 0.6×	227 0.7×	705 2.3×	99 0.6×	20	1.4k
Kürşat Şendur Türkiye	21	160 0.3×	141 0.4×	355 1.1×	718 2.4×	81 0.5×	91	1.4k
Tianshu Liu United States	19	503 0.9×	89 0.2×	105 0.3×	199 0.7×	173 1.1×	59	1.0k
Ching‐Chang Chieng Taiwan	21	778 1.4×	122 0.3×	336 1.0×	652 2.1×	45 0.3×	143	1.7k
Jeanette Hussong Germany	16	757 1.3×	76 0.2×	115 0.3×	435 1.4×	75 0.5×	102	1.3k
E. B. Dussan V. United States	12	941 1.6×	876 2.4×	264 0.8×	209 0.7×	266 1.7×	18	1.4k
Marco Lauricella Italy	17	344 0.6×	51 0.1×	268 0.8×	260 0.9×	88 0.6×	68	945
Daniel Maynes United States	26	1.2k 2.0×	774 2.1×	289 0.9×	795 2.6×	217 1.4×	103	2.4k
Tong Zhao China	17	175 0.3×	135 0.4×	343 1.0×	237 0.8×	72 0.5×	82	909

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Jacobi

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All Works

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Jacobi, Ian, et al.. (2025). Interpretation of the amplitude modulation coefficient and a new transport-based coefficient. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1002.

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Jacobi, Ian, et al.. (2024). Variability of convection velocities and structure inclination angles in wall-bounded turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 989. 1 indexed citations

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Cukurel, Beni, et al.. (2023). Heat transfer modification in an unsteady laminar boundary layer subject to free-stream traveling waves. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 219. 124827–124827.

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Jacobi, Ian, Daniel Chung, Subrahmanyam Duvvuri, & Beverley McKeon. (2021). Interactions between scales in wall turbulence: phase relationships, amplitude modulation and the importance of critical layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 914. 9 indexed citations

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Jacobi, Ian, et al.. (2021). Biphase as a diagnostic for scale interactions in wall-bounded turbulence. Physical Review Fluids. 6(1). 7 indexed citations

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Stone, Howard A., et al.. (2019). Effect of streamwise cross-sectional variation on liquid retention in liquid-infused substrates under an external flow. Physical Review Fluids. 4(7). 3 indexed citations

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Jacobi, Ian & Beverley McKeon. (2017). Phase-relationships between scales in the perturbed turbulent boundary layer. Journal of Turbulence. 18(12). 1120–1143. 15 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyoungsoo, et al.. (2016). Controlled Uniform Coating from the Interplay of Marangoni Flows and Surface-Adsorbed Macromolecules. Physical Review Letters. 116(12). 124501–124501. 255 indexed citations

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Zeng, Wen, Ian Jacobi, Songjing Li, & Howard A. Stone. (2015). Variation in polydispersity in pump- and pressure-driven micro-droplet generators. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 25(11). 115015–115015. 17 indexed citations

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Wexler, Jason, Ian Jacobi, & Howard A. Stone. (2015). Shear-Driven Failure of Liquid-Infused Surfaces. Physical Review Letters. 114(16). 168301–168301. 267 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jacobi, Ian, Jason Wexler, Mohamed A. Samaha, et al.. (2015). Stratified thin-film flow in a rheometer. Physics of Fluids. 27(5). 7 indexed citations

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Jacobi, Ian, Jason Wexler, & Howard A. Stone. (2015). Overflow cascades in liquid-infused substrates. Physics of Fluids. 27(8). 43 indexed citations

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Wexler, Jason, et al.. (2015). Robust liquid-infused surfaces through patterned wettability. Soft Matter. 11(25). 5023–5029. 80 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyoungsoo, et al.. (2014). Painting Pictures with Whisky. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Zeng, Wen, et al.. (2014). Characterization of syringe-pump-driven induced pressure fluctuations in elastic microchannels. Lab on a Chip. 15(4). 1110–1115. 83 indexed citations

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Rosenberg, Brian, Mohamed A. Samaha, Ian Jacobi, et al.. (2013). Longevity and drag reduction of omniphobic surfaces. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Kagal, Lalana, et al.. (2011). Gasping for AIR Why we need Linked Rules and Justifications on the Semantic Web. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Jacobi, Ian, et al.. (2011). Aintno: Demonstration of Information Accountability on the Web. 1072–1080. 5 indexed citations

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Jacobi, Ian & Beverley McKeon. (2011). Dynamic roughness perturbation of a turbulent boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 688. 258–296. 51 indexed citations

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Jacobi, Ian & Beverley McKeon. (2011). New perspectives on the impulsive roughness-perturbation of a turbulent boundary layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 677. 179–203. 39 indexed citations

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