John Young

8.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
198 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

John Young is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Young has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Computational Mechanics, 89 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 32 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Young's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (62 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (60 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (31 papers). John Young is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (62 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (60 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (31 papers). John Young collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. John Young's co-authors include Joseph C. S. Lai, Max F. Platzer, B. D. Todd, Fang-Bao Tian, Muhammad Arif Ashraf, Alexander J. White, B. A. Haberman, Kevin Jones, J. H. Horlock and Graham K. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

John Young

193 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Flapping Wing Aerodynamics: Progress and Challenges

2008 437 citations Max F. Platzer, John Young et al. AIAA Journal profile →
Details of Insect Wing Design and Deformation Enhance Aerodynamic Function and Flight Efficiency

2009 355 citations John Young et al. profile →
A review of progress and challenges in flapping foil power generation

2014 288 citations John Young, Joseph C. S. Lai et al. Progress in Aerospace Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Young	3.6k	3.5k	1.0k	916	837	198	6.9k
J. C. F. Pereira	3.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.3×	466 0.4×	740 0.8×	454 0.5×	182	5.3k
William A. Sirignano	8.1k 2.3×	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 2.0×	500 0.5×	418 0.5×	292	9.8k
Henry Weller	4.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	729 0.7×	799 0.9×	297 0.4×	24	6.2k
Koji Okamoto	1.9k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	416 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	437	5.9k
G. M. Faeth	10.9k 3.0×	3.9k 1.1×	3.0k 2.9×	464 0.5×	725 0.9×	301	14.0k
Jens Honoré Walther	2.3k 0.6×	885 0.3×	490 0.5×	908 1.0×	2.5k 3.0×	209	7.4k
L.D. Smoot	5.2k 1.5×	1.2k 0.3×	2.1k 2.0×	2.0k 2.2×	902 1.1×	115	9.1k
Nobuhide Kasagi	4.5k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	654 0.6×	2.7k 2.9×	1.4k 1.7×	281	7.3k
R. Greif	3.5k 1.0×	995 0.3×	274 0.3×	2.3k 2.5×	998 1.2×	218	7.3k
Fengshan Liu	4.7k 1.3×	1.3k 0.4×	273 0.3×	142 0.2×	1.0k 1.2×	254	9.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Young

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20 of 20 papers shown

Young, John, et al.. (2026). Propeller blade performance in low-pressure environments. Physics of Fluids. 38(2).

Wang, Li, et al.. (2025). A scaling law for the lift of a bio-inspired wing hovering in low-density compressible flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1003. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Li, et al.. (2025). A numerical study of flexible flapping wings in highly compressible flows. Physics of Fluids. 37(7). 2 indexed citations

Young, John, et al.. (2025). Effects of confined boundaries on hovering flight using the unsteady vortex lattice method. Physics of Fluids. 37(9). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Li, et al.. (2024). Wall-modeled large eddy simulation in the immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method. Physics of Fluids. 36(3). 11 indexed citations

Huang, Qiuxiang, et al.. (2024). Self-excited oscillations of three-dimensional collapsible tubes conveying both laminar and turbulent flows. Physics of Fluids. 36(12). 1 indexed citations

Liu, Zhengliang, Li Wang, Sridhar Ravi, et al.. (2024). An immersed boundary-regularized lattice Boltzmann method for modeling fluid–structure–acoustics interactions involving large deformation. Physics of Fluids. 36(11). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Li, et al.. (2024). Enhancing tip vortices to improve the lift production through shear layers in flapping-wing flow control. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 999. 5 indexed citations

Young, John, et al.. (2024). Enhancement of the subcritical boiling heat transfer in microchannels by a flow-induced vibrating cylinder. Physics of Fluids. 36(9). 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Qiuxiang, et al.. (2023). Power synchronisations determine the hovering flight efficiency of passively pitching flapping wings. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 974. 14 indexed citations

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Young, John, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the Power-Extraction Efficiency of a Flapping Foil by Active Morphing. AIAA Journal. 61(9). 4056–4069. 6 indexed citations

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Young, John, et al.. (2022). Energy harvesting of inverted piezoelectric flags in an oscillating flow. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 115. 103762–103762. 13 indexed citations

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Huang, Qiuxiang, Zhengliang Liu, Li Wang, et al.. (2022). Streamline penetration, velocity error, and consequences of the feedback immersed boundary method. Physics of Fluids. 34(9). 24 indexed citations

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Huang, Qiuxiang, et al.. (2021). CFD solver validations for simulating passively pitching tandem wings in hovering flight. UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia). 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Qiuxiang, Fang-Bao Tian, John Young, & Joseph C. S. Lai. (2021). Transition to chaos in a two-sided collapsible channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 926. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, et al.. (2020). An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for fluid-structure interaction problems involving viscoelastic fluids and complex geometries. Journal of Computational Physics. 415. 109487–109487. 87 indexed citations

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Young, John, Fang-Bao Tian, Zhengliang Liu, et al.. (2020). Analysis of unsteady flow effects on the Betz limit for flapping foil power generation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 902. 21 indexed citations

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Shahzad, Aamer, Fang-Bao Tian, John Young, & Joseph C. S. Lai. (2018). Effects of hawkmoth-like flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings with different shapes and aspect ratios. Physics of Fluids. 30(9). 54 indexed citations

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Shahzad, Aamer, Fang-Bao Tian, John Young, & Joseph C. S. Lai. (2016). Effects of wing shape, aspect ratio and deviation angle on aerodynamic performance of flapping wings in hover. Physics of Fluids. 28(11). 70 indexed citations

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Young, John, Joseph C. S. Lai, & Max F. Platzer. (2014). A review of progress and challenges in flapping foil power generation. Progress in Aerospace Sciences. 67. 2–28. 288 indexed citations breakdown →

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