Justin Werfel

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Justin Werfel is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Justin Werfel has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 16 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Justin Werfel's work include Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (31 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (13 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (9 papers). Justin Werfel is often cited by papers focused on Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (31 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (13 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (9 papers). Justin Werfel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Justin Werfel's co-authors include Radhika Nagpal, Kirstin Petersen, Nathan Melenbrink, Achim Menges, H. Sebastian Seung, Yaneer Bar‐Yam, Brett D. Mensh, Michael Rubenstein, Golnaz Habibi and James McLurkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Justin Werfel

52 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Designing Collective Behavior in a Termite-Inspired Robot... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2020 100 200 300
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.

  1. Designing Collective Behavior in a Termite-Inspired Robot Construction Team
    2014 381 citations Justin Werfel, Kirstin Petersen et al. Science profile →
  2. On-site autonomous construction robots: Towards unsupervised building
    2020 220 citations Nathan Melenbrink, Justin Werfel et al. Automation in Construction profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Justin Werfel United States 20 745 341 306 276 194 53 1.7k
Simon Garnier United States 24 352 0.5× 397 1.2× 114 0.4× 265 1.0× 189 1.0× 57 2.7k
Edgar Lobatón United States 23 184 0.2× 207 0.6× 116 0.4× 541 2.0× 70 0.4× 97 1.9k
Erol Şahi̇n Türkiye 22 660 0.9× 736 2.2× 35 0.1× 224 0.8× 166 0.9× 70 2.0k
Farshad Arvin United Kingdom 26 566 0.8× 863 2.5× 56 0.2× 195 0.7× 45 0.2× 115 2.3k
Stéphane Magnenat Switzerland 23 574 0.8× 423 1.2× 31 0.1× 211 0.8× 79 0.4× 47 2.3k
Quang‐Cuong Pham Singapore 23 530 0.7× 176 0.5× 472 1.5× 400 1.4× 166 0.9× 64 2.0k
Michaël Bonani Switzerland 17 933 1.3× 699 2.0× 24 0.1× 203 0.7× 57 0.3× 27 1.6k
Heiko Hamann Germany 18 545 0.7× 522 1.5× 23 0.1× 192 0.7× 48 0.2× 120 1.3k
Eliseo Ferrante Netherlands 19 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 3.8× 26 0.1× 257 0.9× 85 0.4× 66 2.5k
Georgios Ch. Sirakoulis Greece 30 146 0.2× 517 1.5× 102 0.3× 348 1.3× 429 2.2× 304 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Justin Werfel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Justin Werfel

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

All Works

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Kwon, Junghan, et al.. (2023). Transformable Linkage-Based Gripper for Multi-Mode Grasping and Manipulation. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(12). 8446–8453. 7 indexed citations
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Melenbrink, Nathan, Ariel Wang, & Justin Werfel. (2021). An Autonomous Vault-Building Robot System for Creating Spanning Structures. 7066–7072. 2 indexed citations
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Bardunias, Paul, Daniel S. Calovi, Nicole Carey, et al.. (2020). Supplementary material from "The extension of internal humidity levels beyond the soil surface facilitates mound expansion in Macrotermes". Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Melenbrink, Nathan, et al.. (2020). Autonomous anchoring for robotic construction. Automation in Construction. 120. 103391–103391. 14 indexed citations
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Amir, Yaniv, Almogit Abu-Horowitz, Justin Werfel, & Ido Bachelet. (2019). Nanoscale Robots Exhibiting Quorum Sensing. Artificial Life. 25(3). 227–231. 2 indexed citations
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Melenbrink, Nathan & Justin Werfel. (2019). Autonomous Sheet Pile Driving Robots for Soil Stabilization. 339–345. 8 indexed citations
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Carey, Nicole, Daniel S. Calovi, Paul Bardunias, et al.. (2019). Differential construction response to humidity by related species of mound-building termites. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 20). 9 indexed citations
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Melenbrink, Nathan, et al.. (2017). Using local force measurements to guide construction by distributed climbing robots. 4333–4340. 14 indexed citations
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Carey, Nicole, Justin Werfel, & Radhika Nagpal. (2017). Fast, Accurate, Small-Scale 3D Scene Capture Using a Low-Cost Depth Sensor. PubMed. 2017. 1268–1276. 12 indexed citations
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Petersen, Kirstin, Paul Bardunias, Nils Napp, et al.. (2015). Arrestant property of recently manipulated soil on Macrotermes michaelseni as determined through visual tracking and automatic labeling of individual termite behaviors. Behavioural Processes. 116. 8–11. 10 indexed citations
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Werfel, Justin, Donald E. Ingber, & Yaneer Bar‐Yam. (2015). Programed Death is Favored by Natural Selection in Spatial Systems. Physical Review Letters. 114(23). 238103–238103. 23 indexed citations
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Rutherford, Alex, et al.. (2014). Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e95660–e95660. 14 indexed citations
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Werfel, Justin, Kirstin Petersen, & Radhika Nagpal. (2014). Designing Collective Behavior in a Termite-Inspired Robot Construction Team. Science. 343(6172). 754–758. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Werfel, Justin, et al.. (2013). Collective transport of complex objects by simple robots: theory and experiments. 47–54. 1 indexed citations
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Werfel, Justin, Silva Krause, A. Bischof, et al.. (2013). How Changes in Extracellular Matrix Mechanics and Gene Expression Variability Might Combine to Drive Cancer Progression. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76122–e76122. 24 indexed citations
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Valente, Matthew J., et al.. (2006). Collective construction using Lego robots. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 21(2). 1976–1977. 3 indexed citations
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Werfel, Justin, Yaneer Bar‐Yam, & Radhika Nagpal. (2005). Building patterned structures with robot swarms. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 1495–1502. 24 indexed citations
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Mensh, Brett D., Justin Werfel, & H. Sebastian Seung. (2004). BCI Competition 2003—Data Set Ia: Combining Gamma-Band Power With Slow Cortical Potentials to Improve Single-Trial Classification of Electroencephalographic Signals. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 51(6). 1052–1056. 109 indexed citations
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Werfel, Justin & Yaneer Bar‐Yam. (2004). The evolution of reproductive restraint through social communication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(30). 11019–11024. 28 indexed citations
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Niebur, Ernst, Mounya Elhilali, Iyad Obeid, et al.. (2001). Research, robots, and reality: A statement on current trends in biorobotics. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 24(6). 1072–1073. 20 indexed citations

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