Kenneth A. Brakke

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Kenneth A. Brakke is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth A. Brakke has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 14 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Kenneth A. Brakke's work include Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (13 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (11 papers) and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (8 papers). Kenneth A. Brakke is often cited by papers focused on Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (13 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (11 papers) and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (8 papers). Kenneth A. Brakke collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Kenneth A. Brakke's co-authors include Jean Berthier, Erwin Berthier, Fumihiro Wakai, Frank Baginski, D. Weaire, Ashleigh B. Theberge, Robert J. Phelan, David J. Beebe, Nancy P. Keller and D. C. Gosselin and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth A. Brakke

73 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Surface Evolver

1992 1.8k citations Kenneth A. Brakke Experimental Mathematics profile →
The motion of a surface by its mean curvature

1978 433 citations Kenneth A. Brakke profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth A. Brakke United States	22	990	823	802	636	628	76	3.7k
Axel Voigt Germany	36	650 0.7×	1.8k 2.1×	2.0k 2.5×	523 0.8×	471 0.8×	208	4.7k
Gerd E. Schröder‐Turk Germany	31	856 0.9×	383 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	754 1.2×	304 0.5×	89	3.5k
Takayuki Kobayashi Japan	41	1.0k 1.0×	319 0.4×	775 1.0×	371 0.6×	3.4k 5.5×	514	6.7k
Antonio DeSimone Italy	39	1.7k 1.7×	512 0.6×	565 0.7×	1.7k 2.6×	123 0.2×	164	4.5k
Ignacio Pagonabarraga Spain	43	2.1k 2.2×	1.7k 2.1×	2.4k 3.0×	685 1.1×	453 0.7×	227	6.7k
Halim Kusumaatmaja United Kingdom	28	685 0.7×	2.4k 3.0×	384 0.5×	310 0.5×	1.2k 1.9×	73	4.0k
Eliot Fried United States	33	1.3k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	1.3k 2.1×	155 0.2×	163	4.6k
Dmitry A. Fedosov Germany	37	1.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	605 0.8×	160 0.3×	219 0.3×	90	4.9k
Martin A. Schmidt United States	50	5.8k 5.8×	1.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	3.9k 6.2×	187	9.3k
Aleksandar Donev United States	25	847 0.9×	899 1.1×	1.9k 2.4×	495 0.8×	232 0.4×	53	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Kenneth A. Brakke

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth A. Brakke

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Lanzerotti, Mary, et al.. (2021). Formation of a single drop of molten steel following bursting of liquid film in a vertical steel plate illuminated by a high energy laser. Applied Physics A. 127(8). 3 indexed citations

Dixit, Ram, et al.. (2020). TANGLED1 mediates microtubule interactions that may promote division plane positioning in maize. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(8). 13 indexed citations

Allsman, Lindy A., Kenneth A. Brakke, Hong Liang, et al.. (2018). Predicting Division Planes of Three-Dimensional Cells by Soap-Film Minimization. The Plant Cell. 30(10). 2255–2266. 28 indexed citations

Parfenov, Vladislav A., Elizaveta V. Koudan, Елена А. Буланова, et al.. (2018). Scaffold-free, label-free and nozzle-free biofabrication technology using magnetic levitational assembly. Biofabrication. 10(3). 34104–34104. 73 indexed citations

Li, Fuyang, et al.. (2017). Computation of Equilibrium Bilayer Monodisperse Foam Structures Using the Surface Evolver. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6131–6131. 2 indexed citations

Barkal, Layla J., Ashleigh B. Theberge, Chun‐Jun Guo, et al.. (2016). Microbial metabolomics in open microscale platforms. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10610–10610. 73 indexed citations

Berthier, Jean, Kenneth A. Brakke, & Erwin Berthier. (2016). Open Microfluidics. 65 indexed citations

Berthier, Jean, Kenneth A. Brakke, G. Delapierre, Edward P. Furlani, & Ioannis Karampelas. (2014). Open-Surface Microfluidics. TechConnect Briefs. 2(2014). 113–116. 2 indexed citations

Berthier, Jean, Kenneth A. Brakke, D. C. Gosselin, Maxime Huet, & Erwin Berthier. (2014). Metastable capillary filaments in rectangular cross-section open microchannels. AIMS Biophysics. 1(1). 31–48. 12 indexed citations

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Weaire, D., et al.. (2012). An experimental realization of the Weaire–Phelan structure in monodisperse liquid foam. Philosophical Magazine Letters. 92(1). 1–6. 38 indexed citations

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Berthier, Jean, Kenneth A. Brakke, L. Di Cioccio, & L. Sanchez. (2011). Self-alignment of Silicon Chips on Wafers: the Effect of Spreading and Wetting. TechConnect Briefs. 2(2011). 528–531. 1 indexed citations

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Baginski, Frank & Kenneth A. Brakke. (2011). Estimating the Deployment Pressure in Pumpkin Balloons. Journal of Aircraft. 48(1). 235–247. 10 indexed citations

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Baginski, Frank, et al.. (2006). Stability of Cyclically Symmetric Strained Pumpkin Balloons and the Formation of Undesired Equilibria. Journal of Aircraft. 43(5). 1414–1423. 10 indexed citations

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Baginski, Frank & Kenneth A. Brakke. (1998). Modeling Ascent Configurations of Strained High-Altitude Balloons. AIAA Journal. 36(10). 1901–1910. 15 indexed citations

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Brakke, Kenneth A.. (1995). Soap films and covering spaces. Journal of Geometric Analysis. 5(4). 445–514. 16 indexed citations

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Racz, Livia, J. Szekely, & Kenneth A. Brakke. (1993). A General Statement of the Problem and Description of a Proposed Method of Calculation for Some Meniscus Problems in Materials Processing.. ISIJ International. 33(2). 328–335. 27 indexed citations

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Brakke, Kenneth A.. (1992). Minimal surfaces, corners, and wires. Journal of Geometric Analysis. 2(1). 11–36. 16 indexed citations

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Brakke, Kenneth A.. (1992). The Surface Evolver. Experimental Mathematics. 1(2). 141–165. 1843 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brakke, Kenneth A., et al.. (1982). Systematic Feature Extraction. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. PAMI-4(3). 291–297. 10 indexed citations

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Brakke, Kenneth A., et al.. (1977). Further optimal cost routes in the circular city model. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 21(4). 531–534. 2 indexed citations

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