Ian Underwood

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ian Underwood is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Underwood has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ian Underwood's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (37 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (32 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (24 papers). Ian Underwood is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (37 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (32 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (24 papers). Ian Underwood collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Estonia. Ian Underwood's co-authors include Dávid Vass, Harald Haas, G.J.R. Povey, Mostafa Afgani, W. A. Crossland, Richard Turner, Kevin M. Johnson, Robert K. Henderson, Douglas J. McKnight and Kristina M. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Applied Physics and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ian Underwood

120 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Using a CMOS camera sensor for visible light communication 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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. Using a CMOS camera sensor for visible light communication
    2012 326 citations Mostafa Afgani, G.J.R. Povey et al. profile →

Peers

Ian Underwood
Steve Collins United Kingdom
Paul McManamon United States
Chi Zhang China
Grahame Faulkner United Kingdom
Zhaohui Li China
Ching‐Cherng Sun Taiwan
Keiichiro Kagawa Japan
Dominic O’Brien United Kingdom
Sang-Hoon Kim South Korea
Joseph E. Ford United States
Steve Collins United Kingdom
Ian Underwood
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Countries citing papers authored by Ian Underwood

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Underwood

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ian Underwood. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ian Underwood. The network helps show where Ian Underwood may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Underwood

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ian Underwood. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ian Underwood 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 Ian Underwood. Ian Underwood 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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Aujla, Navneet, Tricia Tooman, Stella Arakelyan, et al.. (2024). New horizons in systems engineering and thinking to improve health and social care for older people. Age and Ageing. 53(10). 1 indexed citations
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Rinne, Mikael, et al.. (2023). An Online Tool for Thermal-Field Emission Calculations from Metal and Semiconducting Emitters. 183–185. 1 indexed citations
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Neena, Kalluvettukuzhy K., et al.. (2023). Visually attractive and efficient photovoltaics through luminescent downshifting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(25). 13195–13200. 12 indexed citations
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Marland, Jamie R. K., Mark Gray, David J. Argyle, et al.. (2021). Post-Operative Monitoring of Intestinal Tissue Oxygenation Using an Implantable Microfabricated Oxygen Sensor. Micromachines. 12(7). 810–810. 7 indexed citations
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Draycott, Samuel, et al.. (2021). A novel contactless technique to measure water waves using a single photon avalanche diode detector array. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 477(2247). 20200457–20200457. 2 indexed citations
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Tsiamis, Andreas, Yifan Li, Camelia Dunare, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Conventional and Maskless Lithographic Techniques for More than Moore Post-Processing of Foundry CMOS Chips. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 29(5). 1245–1252. 3 indexed citations
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Teng, Lijun, et al.. (2019). Multi-Channel Signal-Generator ASIC for Acoustic Holograms. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 67(1). 49–56. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Hancong, et al.. (2018). Impedance-based cellular assays for regenerative medicine. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1750). 20170226–20170226. 37 indexed citations
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Borooah, Shyamanga, Stewart Smith, Ian Underwood, et al.. (2015). Real-time quantitative monitoring of hiPSC-based model of macular degeneration on Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing microelectrodes. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 71. 445–455. 35 indexed citations
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Afgani, Mostafa, et al.. (2012). Using a CMOS camera sensor for visible light communication. 1244–1248. 326 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vogel, Uwe, et al.. (2010). P‐176: HYPOLED ‐ High‐Performance OLED Microdisplays for Mobile Multimedia HMD and Projection Applications. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 41(1). 1926–1929. 5 indexed citations
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Cummins, Gerard, Ian Underwood, & A.J. Walton. (2010). P‐164: Electrical Characterisation and Modeling of Top‐Emitting PIN‐OLED Devices. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 41(1). 1863–1866. 1 indexed citations
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Underwood, Ian, et al.. (2000). Liquid crystal flow control using microfabrication techniques. IEE Proceedings - Optoelectronics. 147(3). 163–170. 2 indexed citations
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Chan, Liza, et al.. (1999). Proceedings of The 19th International Display Research Conference EURODISPLAY99. 3 indexed citations
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Vass, D.G., et al.. (1997). Investigation of novel structures on silicon backplane SLMs. SWB.4–SWB.4. 1 indexed citations
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Minton, Steven & Ian Underwood. (1994). Small is beautiful: a brute-force approach to learning first-order formulas. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 168–174. 8 indexed citations
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Lowry, Michael, Andrew Philpot, Thomas Pressburger, et al.. (1994). AMPHION: Specification-based programming for scientific subroutine libraries. 2 indexed citations
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Gourlay, J., et al.. (1994). Real-time binary phase holograms on a reflective ferroelectric liquid-crystal spatial light modulator. Applied Optics. 33(35). 8251–8251. 9 indexed citations
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Underwood, Ian, et al.. (1992). Improvements in mirror quality of reflective spatial light modulators using dielectric coatings and mechanical polishing. Optical Interference Coatings. OThA11–OThA11. 1 indexed citations
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Turner, Richard, et al.. (1990). OSA Technical Digest Series. 430 indexed citations

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