James B. Knight

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
18 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

James B. Knight is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James B. Knight has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Computational Mechanics, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in James B. Knight's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (9 papers), Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (4 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (3 papers). James B. Knight is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (9 papers), Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (4 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (3 papers). James B. Knight collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. James B. Knight's co-authors include Heinrich M. Jaeger, Sidney R. Nagel, Robert H. Austin, James P. Brody, Ashvin Vishwanath, Chun Ning Lau, E. R. Nowak, E. Ben‐Naim, Vadim Y. Kuperman and E. E. Ehrichs and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James B. Knight

18 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Hydrodynamic Focusing on a Silicon Chip: Mixing Nanoliter... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1998 1993 1995 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Hydrodynamic Focusing on a Silicon Chip: Mixing Nanoliters in Microseconds
    1998 686 citations James B. Knight, Ashvin Vishwanath et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Vibration-induced size separation in granular media: The convection connection
    1993 521 citations James B. Knight, Heinrich M. Jaeger et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Density relaxation in a vibrated granular material
    1995 458 citations James B. Knight, Chun Ning Lau et al. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James B. Knight United States 14 1.6k 1000 818 393 321 18 2.9k
H. Kellay France 38 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 997 1.2× 528 1.3× 167 0.5× 150 4.4k
Joe Goddard United States 27 1.0k 0.7× 561 0.6× 454 0.6× 228 0.6× 306 1.0× 115 2.5k
P. Évesque France 26 1.1k 0.7× 509 0.5× 213 0.3× 309 0.8× 354 1.1× 91 2.0k
Devaraj van der Meer Netherlands 34 2.4k 1.6× 827 0.8× 594 0.7× 553 1.4× 274 0.9× 143 3.6k
Peter A. Thompson United States 13 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 146 0.4× 98 0.3× 14 3.7k
Sébastien Manneville France 37 734 0.5× 1.9k 1.9× 961 1.2× 476 1.2× 48 0.1× 102 4.3k
Élisabeth Charlaix France 24 1.1k 0.7× 461 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 226 0.6× 62 0.2× 39 3.0k
Renaud Delannay France 26 1.2k 0.8× 677 0.7× 234 0.3× 524 1.3× 693 2.2× 71 2.2k
Eric I. Corwin United States 18 691 0.4× 1.3k 1.3× 560 0.7× 113 0.3× 127 0.4× 50 2.5k
Mario Liu Germany 27 660 0.4× 195 0.2× 527 0.6× 56 0.1× 264 0.8× 105 2.0k

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Pollack, Lois, Mark W. Täte, Nicholas C. Darnton, et al.. (1999). Compactness of the denatured state of a fast-folding protein measured by submillisecond small-angle x-ray scattering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(18). 10115–10117. 238 indexed citations
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Knight, James B., et al.. (1998). Mixing Nanoliters in Microseconds. APS. 2 indexed citations
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Bakajin, Olgica, James P. Brody, Chia‐Fu Chou, et al.. (1998). <title>Polymer dynamics and fluid flow in microfabricated devices</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3258. 100–113. 2 indexed citations
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Nowak, E. R., James B. Knight, E. Ben‐Naim, Heinrich M. Jaeger, & Sidney R. Nagel. (1998). Density fluctuations in vibrated granular materials. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 57(2). 1971–1982. 366 indexed citations
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Knight, James B., Ashvin Vishwanath, James P. Brody, & Robert H. Austin. (1998). Hydrodynamic Focusing on a Silicon Chip: Mixing Nanoliters in Microseconds. Physical Review Letters. 80(17). 3863–3866. 686 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ehrichs, E. E., Heinrich M. Jaeger, James B. Knight, et al.. (1998). Convection in vertically vibrated granular materials. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 356(1747). 2561–2567. 11 indexed citations
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Metcalf, Thomas, James B. Knight, & Heinrich M. Jaeger. (1997). Standing wave patterns in shallow beds of vibrated granular material. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 236(3-4). 202–210. 67 indexed citations
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Knight, James B.. (1997). External boundaries and internal shear bands in granular convection. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 55(5). 6016–6023. 56 indexed citations
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Knight, James B., et al.. (1996). Experimental study of granular convection. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 54(5). 5726–5738. 159 indexed citations
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Ehrichs, E. E., Heinrich M. Jaeger, Greg S. Karczmar, et al.. (1995). Granular Convection Observed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Science. 267(5204). 1632–1634. 211 indexed citations
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Knight, James B., et al.. (1995). Density relaxation in a vibrated granular material. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 51(5). 3957–3963. 458 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jaeger, Heinrich M., James B. Knight, Chu-heng Liu, & Sidney R. Nagel. (1994). What Is Shaking in the Sandbox?. MRS Bulletin. 19(5). 25–31. 36 indexed citations
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Knight, James B., Heinrich M. Jaeger, & Sidney R. Nagel. (1993). Vibration-induced size separation in granular media: The convection connection. Physical Review Letters. 70(24). 3728–3731. 521 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matin, Shaikh B., Suk Han Wan, & James B. Knight. (1977). Quantitative determination of enantiomeric compounds. I—simultaneous measurement of the optical isomers of amphetamine in human plasma and saliva using chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 4(2). 118–121. 31 indexed citations
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Matin, Shaikh B., John H. Karam, Peter H. Forsham, & James B. Knight. (1974). Determination of phenformin in biological fluids using chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 1(5). 320–322. 20 indexed citations
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Cooper, Philip & James B. Knight. (1956). Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Gastric Secretions of Patients with Duodenal Ulcer. New England Journal of Medicine. 255(1). 17–21. 40 indexed citations

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