James Bird

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

James Bird is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James Bird has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Computational Mechanics, 16 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 13 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in James Bird's work include Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (23 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (16 papers) and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (9 papers). James Bird is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer (23 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (16 papers) and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows (9 papers). James Bird collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. James Bird's co-authors include Howard A. Stone, Kripa K. Varanasi, Hyuk‐Min Kwon, Rajeev Dhiman, Laurent Courbin, Andrew Belmonte, William D. Ristenpart, Shreyas Mandre, Scott Tsai and F. Dollar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James Bird

53 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Reducing the contact time of a bouncing drop

2013 904 citations James Bird, Rajeev Dhiman et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Bird United States	26	1.9k	1.6k	884	839	315	55	3.4k
Devaraj van der Meer Netherlands	34	2.4k 1.3×	528 0.3×	538 0.6×	594 0.7×	827 2.6×	143	3.6k
Gene Whyman Israel	28	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.5×	915 1.0×	701 0.8×	955 3.0×	68	3.5k
Jacco H. Snoeijer Netherlands	43	3.6k 2.0×	2.9k 1.8×	1.7k 1.9×	1.4k 1.7×	1.1k 3.4×	135	6.1k
Olga I. Vinogradova Russia	42	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	706 0.8×	2.0k 2.3×	519 1.6×	112	4.7k
Anne‐Laure Biance France	22	1.0k 0.6×	684 0.4×	909 1.0×	1.8k 2.1×	872 2.8×	56	3.2k
T. D. Blake Belgium	35	2.8k 1.5×	3.0k 1.9×	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	940 3.0×	62	5.6k
Dirk van den Ende Netherlands	45	1.1k 0.6×	963 0.6×	1.5k 1.7×	1.5k 1.8×	1.4k 4.5×	125	5.4k
J. De Coninck Belgium	46	3.1k 1.7×	3.4k 2.2×	1.7k 1.9×	1.5k 1.8×	1.5k 4.8×	219	7.4k
C. Thomas Avedisian United States	33	2.7k 1.4×	751 0.5×	578 0.7×	943 1.1×	370 1.2×	129	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by James Bird

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Bird

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Bird

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James Bird. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James Bird 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 James Bird. James Bird is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bird, James, et al.. (2023). Automatic defect classification (ADC) solution using data-centric artificial intelligence (AI) for outgoing quality inspections in the semiconductor industry. 121–121.

Bird, James, et al.. (2023). Universal non-monotonic drainage in large bare viscous bubbles. Nature Communications. 14(1). 877–877. 11 indexed citations

Stokes, M. Dale, et al.. (2023). Effects of Salinity Beyond Coalescence on Submicron Aerosol Distributions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(10). 11 indexed citations

Ramakrishnan, T. S., et al.. (2021). Microscale heterogeneous pore occupancy with variable background resistance. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 608(Pt 2). 1919–1928. 3 indexed citations

Belden, Jesse, et al.. (2021). Using aeration to probe the flow characteristics associated with long-term marine macrofouling growth and suppression. Biofouling. 37(3). 289–298. 2 indexed citations

Bird, James, et al.. (2019). Shooting Rubber Bands: Two Self-Similar Retractions for a Stretched Elastic Wedge. Physical Review Letters. 122(1). 14102–14102. 8 indexed citations

Roché, Matthieu, et al.. (2019). Surfactant-free persistence of surface bubbles in a volatile liquid. Physical Review Fluids. 4(10). 5 indexed citations

Bird, James, et al.. (2018). Surface coatings including fingerprint residues can significantly alter the size and shape of bloodstains. Forensic Science International. 295. 189–198. 10 indexed citations

Hernández, Natalia, et al.. (2018). A simple fluid dynamic model of renal pelvis pressures during ureteroscopic kidney stone treatment. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0208209–e0208209. 35 indexed citations

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Natarajan, Venkatesh, et al.. (2017). Quantifying the potential for bursting bubbles to damage suspended cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15102–15102. 38 indexed citations

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Bird, James, et al.. (2017). Periodic jetting and monodisperse jet drops from oblique gas injection. Physical review. E. 96(1). 13112–13112. 1 indexed citations

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Bird, James, et al.. (2016). Macrotextured spoked surfaces reduce the residence time of a bouncing Leidenfrost drop. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29(6). 64007–64007. 28 indexed citations

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Bird, James, et al.. (2014). Coalescence and break-up of nearly inviscid conical droplets. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 763. 369–385. 32 indexed citations

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Bird, James, et al.. (2014). Moving with Bubbles: A Review of the Interactions between Bubbles and the Microorganisms that Surround them. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(6). 1014–1025. 55 indexed citations

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Bird, James, Rajeev Dhiman, Hyuk‐Min Kwon, & Kripa K. Varanasi. (2013). Reducing the contact time of a bouncing drop. Nature. 503(7476). 385–388. 904 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bird, James, Riëlle de Ruiter, Laurent Courbin, & Howard A. Stone. (2010). Daughter bubble cascades produced by folding of ruptured thin films. Nature. 465(7299). 759–762. 185 indexed citations

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Paine, Stuart W., Patrick Barton, James Bird, et al.. (2010). A rapid computational filter for predicting the rate of human renal clearance. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 29(4). 529–537. 34 indexed citations

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Bird, James, William D. Ristenpart, Andrew Belmonte, & Howard A. Stone. (2009). Critical Angle for Electrically Driven Coalescence of Two Conical Droplets. Physical Review Letters. 103(16). 164502–164502. 127 indexed citations

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Bird, James, Shreyas Mandre, & Howard A. Stone. (2008). Short-Time Dynamics of Partial Wetting. Physical Review Letters. 100(23). 234501–234501. 244 indexed citations

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Mueller, Robert, James Bird, & W. W. Duley. (1992). Laser drilling into an absorbing liquid. Journal of Applied Physics. 71(2). 551–556. 17 indexed citations

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