Joy P. Ku

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Joy P. Ku is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Joy P. Ku has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Surgery, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Joy P. Ku's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (5 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (4 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (3 papers). Joy P. Ku is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (5 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (4 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (3 papers). Joy P. Ku collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Canada. Joy P. Ku's co-authors include Charles A. Taylor, Brooke N. Steele, Mary T. Draney, Christopher K. Zarins, Ken Wang, David Parker, Chün-chieh Huang, Chi‐Chun Lo, Scott L. Delp and Jennifer L. Hicks and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation and PLoS Computational Biology.

In The Last Decade

Joy P. Ku

19 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement

2018 653 citations Ajay Seth, Jennifer L. Hicks et al. PLoS Computational Biology profile →
OpenMM 4: A Reusable, Extensible, Hardware Independent Library for High Performance Molecular Simulation

2012 540 citations Peter Eastman, Mark S. Friedrichs et al. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joy P. Ku United States	14	693	419	401	319	242	19	2.2k
Poul M. F. Nielsen New Zealand	32	1.3k 1.9×	499 1.2×	652 1.6×	940 2.9×	236 1.0×	200	3.7k
R. H. Smallwood United Kingdom	37	1.2k 1.8×	432 1.0×	813 2.0×	144 0.5×	359 1.5×	133	3.8k
Hiroyuki Nakajima Japan	23	358 0.5×	199 0.5×	715 1.8×	640 2.0×	170 0.7×	140	2.5k
Chih‐Hung Wang Taiwan	34	1.4k 2.0×	993 2.4×	246 0.6×	166 0.5×	127 0.5×	243	3.8k
James C. Lin United States	39	2.8k 4.0×	569 1.4×	462 1.2×	575 1.8×	144 0.6×	325	5.6k
Ryo Watanabe Japan	25	144 0.2×	511 1.2×	177 0.4×	214 0.7×	123 0.5×	191	2.6k
Adelle C.F. Coster Australia	25	707 1.0×	895 2.1×	381 1.0×	149 0.5×	63 0.3×	66	3.0k
Marc Garbey United States	22	616 0.9×	101 0.2×	375 0.9×	415 1.3×	124 0.5×	129	2.0k
Keiichi Yamamoto Japan	36	190 0.3×	1.5k 3.5×	285 0.7×	697 2.2×	341 1.4×	252	4.0k
Richard W. Jones United Kingdom	28	888 1.3×	240 0.6×	74 0.2×	138 0.4×	114 0.5×	177	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joy P. Ku

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19 of 19 papers shown

Hicks, Jennifer L., Tim Althoff, Alia J. Crum, et al.. (2022). Leveraging Mobile Technology for Public Health Promotion: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Annual Review of Public Health. 44(1). 131–150. 18 indexed citations

Ku, Joy P. & Ida Sim. (2021). Mobile Health: making the leap to research and clinics. npj Digital Medicine. 4(1). 83–83. 18 indexed citations

Erdemir, Ahmet, Lealem Mulugeta, Joy P. Ku, et al.. (2020). Credible practice of modeling and simulation in healthcare: ten rules from a multidisciplinary perspective. Journal of Translational Medicine. 18(1). 369–369. 65 indexed citations

Owings, Tammy M., Robb Colbrunn, Benjamin J. Landis, et al.. (2020). Reference data on in vitro anatomy and indentation response of tissue layers of musculoskeletal extremities. Scientific Data. 7(1). 4 indexed citations

Seth, Ajay, Jennifer L. Hicks, Thomas K. Uchida, et al.. (2018). OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement. PLoS Computational Biology. 14(7). e1006223–e1006223. 653 indexed citations breakdown →

Owings, Tammy M., Robb Colbrunn, Benjamin J. Landis, et al.. (2018). Reference data on thickness and mechanics of tissue layers and anthropometry of musculoskeletal extremities. Scientific Data. 5(1). 180193–180193. 7 indexed citations

Mulugeta, Lealem, Andrew Drach, Ahmet Erdemir, et al.. (2018). Credibility, Replicability, and Reproducibility in Simulation for Biomedicine and Clinical Applications in Neuroscience. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. 12. 18–18. 36 indexed citations

Ku, Joy P., Jennifer L. Hicks, Trevor Hastie, et al.. (2015). The mobilize center: an NIH big data to knowledge center to advance human movement research and improve mobility. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 22(6). 1120–1125. 22 indexed citations

Eastman, Peter, Mark S. Friedrichs, John D. Chodera, et al.. (2012). OpenMM 4: A Reusable, Extensible, Hardware Independent Library for High Performance Molecular Simulation. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 9(1). 461–469. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Delp, Scott L., Joy P. Ku, Vijay S. Pande, Michael Sherman, & Russ B. Altman. (2011). Simbios: an NIH national center for physics-based simulation of biological structures. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 19(2). 186–189. 6 indexed citations

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Lo, Chi‐Chun, Chün-chieh Huang, & Joy P. Ku. (2010). A Cooperative Intrusion Detection System Framework for Cloud Computing Networks. 280–284. 156 indexed citations

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Ku, Joy P., Christopher J. Elkins, & Charles A. Taylor. (2005). Comparison of CFD and MRI Flow and Velocities in an In Vitro Large Artery Bypass Graft Model. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 33(3). 257–269. 86 indexed citations

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Steele, Brooke N., Charles A. Taylor, Jiayu Wan, Joy P. Ku, & Thomas J.R. Hughes. (2005). In vivo validation of a one-dimensional finite element method for simulation-based medical planning for cardiovascular bypass surgery. 1. 120–123. 5 indexed citations

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Steele, Brooke N., Mary T. Draney, Joy P. Ku, & Charles A. Taylor. (2003). Internet-based system for simulation-based medical planning for cardiovascular disease. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. 7(2). 123–129. 20 indexed citations

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Steele, Brooke N., Jing Wan, Joy P. Ku, Thomas J.R. Hughes, & Charles A. Taylor. (2003). In vivo validation of a one-dimensional finite-element method for predicting blood flow in cardiovascular bypass grafts. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 50(6). 649–656. 93 indexed citations

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Ku, Joy P., Mary T. Draney, Frank R. Arko, et al.. (2002). In Vivo Validation of Numerical Prediction of Blood Flow in Arterial Bypass Grafts. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 30(6). 743–752. 70 indexed citations

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Taylor, Charles A., Mary T. Draney, Joy P. Ku, et al.. (1999). Predictive Medicine: Computational Techniques in Therapeutic Decision-Making. Computer Aided Surgery. 4(5). 231–247. 170 indexed citations

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Taylor, Charles, Mary T. Draney, Joy P. Ku, et al.. (1999). Predictive medicine: Computational techniques in therapeutic decision-making. Computer Aided Surgery. 4(5). 231–247. 207 indexed citations

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Taylor, Charles, Mary T. Draney, Joy P. Ku, et al.. (1999). Predictive medicine: Computational techniques in therapeutic decision‐making. Computer Aided Surgery. 4(5). 231–247. 3 indexed citations

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