James R. Usherwood

3.6k total citations
65 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

James R. Usherwood is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Usherwood has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in James R. Usherwood's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (32 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (31 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). James R. Usherwood is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (32 papers), Robotic Locomotion and Control (31 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (13 papers). James R. Usherwood collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. James R. Usherwood's co-authors include Charles P. Ellington, Alan M. Wilson, Andrew A. Biewener, Monica A. Daley, Tyson L. Hedrick, Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann, Tatjana Y. Hubel, Steven J. Portugal, John E. A. Bertram and Johannes Fritz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

James R. Usherwood

63 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James R. Usherwood United Kingdom	28	1.4k	748	610	543	532	65	2.7k
Sharon M. Swartz United States	37	1.9k 1.4×	505 0.7×	1.5k 2.5×	754 1.4×	492 0.9×	113	3.9k
Thomas L. Daniel United States	34	1.0k 0.7×	522 0.7×	675 1.1×	631 1.2×	288 0.5×	64	3.4k
J.L. van Leeuwen Netherlands	38	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	545 0.9×	865 1.6×	325 0.6×	156	4.8k
Bret W. Tobalske United States	37	2.2k 1.6×	380 0.5×	1.4k 2.3×	1.6k 2.9×	460 0.9×	119	3.9k
T. L. Daniel United States	23	1.4k 1.0×	412 0.6×	387 0.6×	340 0.6×	498 0.9×	45	2.6k
Tyson L. Hedrick United States	37	3.1k 2.2×	951 1.3×	1.5k 2.5×	1.2k 2.2×	824 1.5×	109	5.4k
William I. Sellers United Kingdom	37	383 0.3×	649 0.9×	381 0.6×	379 0.7×	310 0.6×	147	3.8k
Frank E. Fish United States	45	3.6k 2.6×	874 1.2×	627 1.0×	2.0k 3.7×	1.2k 2.2×	158	6.8k
S. N. Patek United States	37	477 0.3×	900 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	1.1k 2.0×	154 0.3×	77	4.1k
Martin S. Fischer Germany	35	252 0.2×	923 1.2×	640 1.0×	466 0.9×	136 0.3×	135	3.6k

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Bomphrey, Richard J., et al.. (2025). Distributed Pressure Sensing for Analyzing Aerodynamic Characteristics in Avian-Like Formation Flight.

Usherwood, James R.. (2025). Limiting and optimal Strouhal numbers or tip speed ratios for cruising propulsion by fins, flukes, wings and propellers. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 22(222). 20240730–20240730. 1 indexed citations

Song, Jialei, et al.. (2024). Investigation of models to estimate flight performance of gliding birds from wakes. Physics of Fluids. 36(9). 91912–91912.

Usherwood, James R.. (2023). The collisional geometry of economical walking predicts human leg and foot segment proportions. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 20(200). 20220800–20220800. 2 indexed citations

Cheney, Jorn A., et al.. (2023). Dynamics of hinged wings in strong upward gusts. Royal Society Open Science. 10(5). 221607–221607. 2 indexed citations

Cheney, Jorn A., Jialei Song, D. Smith, et al.. (2021). Raptor wing morphing with flight speed. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 18(180). 20210349–20210349. 34 indexed citations

Cheney, Jorn A., et al.. (2020). Bird wings act as a suspension system that rejects gusts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1937). 20201748–20201748. 35 indexed citations

Usherwood, James R., et al.. (2019). Minimalist analogue robot discovers animal-like walking gaits. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 15(2). 26004–26004. 4 indexed citations

Usherwood, James R., et al.. (2018). The scaling or ontogeny of human gait kinetics and walk-run transition: The implications of work vs. peak power minimization. Journal of Biomechanics. 81. 12–21. 9 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R., et al.. (2018). The grazing gait, and implications of toppling table geometry for primate footfall sequences. Biology Letters. 14(5). 20180137–20180137. 9 indexed citations

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Portugal, Steven J., Tatjana Y. Hubel, Johannes Fritz, et al.. (2014). Upwash exploitation and downwash avoidance by flap phasing in ibis formation flight. Nature. 505(7483). 399–402. 257 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R.. (2013). Constraints on muscle performance provide a novel explanation for the scaling of posture in terrestrial animals. Biology Letters. 9(4). 20130414–20130414. 31 indexed citations

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Hubel, Tatjana Y. & James R. Usherwood. (2013). Vaulting mechanics successfully predict decrease in walk–run transition speed with incline. Biology Letters. 9(2). 20121121–20121121. 8 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R., et al.. (2012). The human foot and heel–sole–toe walking strategy: a mechanism enabling an inverted pendular gait with low isometric muscle force?. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(75). 2396–2402. 47 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R. & Tatjana Y. Hubel. (2012). Energetically optimal running requires torques about the centre of mass. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 9(73). 2011–2015. 12 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R., et al.. (2011). The extraordinary athletic performance of leaping gibbons. Biology Letters. 8(1). 46–49. 18 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R., et al.. (2011). Flying in a flock comes at a cost in pigeons. Nature. 474(7352). 494–497. 106 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R. & Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann. (2008). Phasing of dragonfly wings can improve aerodynamic efficiency by removing swirl. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 5(28). 1303–1307. 123 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R.. (2008). The aerodynamic forces and pressure distribution of a revolving pigeon wing. Experiments in Fluids. 46(5). 991–1003. 53 indexed citations

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Usherwood, James R., et al.. (2007). Acceleration in the racing greyhound. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 146(4). S110–S110. 1 indexed citations

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