Liang-Chia Chen

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
233 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Liang-Chia Chen is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang-Chia Chen has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 49 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Liang-Chia Chen's work include Optical measurement and interference techniques (70 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (41 papers) and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (26 papers). Liang-Chia Chen is often cited by papers focused on Optical measurement and interference techniques (70 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (41 papers) and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (26 papers). Liang-Chia Chen collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and China. Liang-Chia Chen's co-authors include W. Henry Mosley, Stan D’Souza, Adrienne Germain, Gita Sen, Tsing-Tshih Tsung, Chih‐Hung Lo, Christopher J L Murray, Jeffrey P. Koplan, Xia Wan and Yi Zhai and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Investigation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Liang-Chia Chen

218 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

An Analytical Framework for the Study of Child Survival i... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1984 1981 2022 250 500 750 1000
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. An Analytical Framework for the Study of Child Survival in Developing Countries
    1984 1.1k citations Liang-Chia Chen et al. profile →
  2. Sex Bias in the Family Allocation of Food and Health Care in Rural Bangladesh
    1981 506 citations Liang-Chia Chen et al. profile →
  3. Challenges and opportunities for educating health professionals after the COVID-19 pandemic
    2022 143 citations Julio Frenk, Liang-Chia Chen et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liang-Chia Chen Taiwan 40 2.5k 1.8k 1.7k 899 726 233 7.3k
Till Bärnighausen United States 70 2.7k 1.1× 6.0k 3.4× 772 0.5× 234 0.3× 826 1.1× 638 19.4k
Igor Rudan United Kingdom 77 6.7k 2.7× 3.6k 2.0× 5.5k 3.3× 157 0.2× 591 0.8× 344 33.6k
Max Petzold Sweden 55 3.6k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 909 0.5× 361 0.4× 167 0.2× 313 14.4k
Prabhat Jha Canada 61 3.8k 1.6× 3.0k 1.7× 2.0k 1.2× 657 0.7× 407 0.6× 341 19.5k
Sheila K. West United States 75 1.0k 0.4× 2.1k 1.2× 590 0.4× 115 0.1× 177 0.2× 449 22.3k
Paul Milligan United Kingdom 55 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 918 0.6× 79 0.1× 244 0.3× 230 13.5k
Joanne Katz United States 82 6.4k 2.6× 3.2k 1.8× 9.0k 5.4× 173 0.2× 1.6k 2.2× 390 26.9k
Carl Lombard South Africa 63 2.0k 0.8× 3.2k 1.8× 1.3k 0.8× 317 0.4× 514 0.7× 518 16.1k
Gijs Walraven Gambia 46 2.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 180 0.2× 291 0.4× 108 9.8k
Paul Garner United Kingdom 61 2.6k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 81 0.1× 222 0.3× 315 14.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang-Chia Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang-Chia Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang-Chia Chen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pandey, Gaurav, Wei-En Fu, Chunyu Liu, Chao-Ching Ho, & Liang-Chia Chen. (2025). Emerging x-ray metrology techniques with evolving front-end-of-line high-technology IC nodes. 45–45. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia, et al.. (2024). Diffractive Image Microscopy for 3D Imaging. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia, et al.. (2023). AI-guided OCD metrology for single HAR sub-micron via measurement. 42–42. 1 indexed citations
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Frenk, Julio, et al.. (2022). Challenges and opportunities for educating health professionals after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet. 400(10362). 1539–1556. 143 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shimizu, Yuki, Liang-Chia Chen, Dae Wook Kim, et al.. (2020). An insight into optical metrology in manufacturing. Measurement Science and Technology. 32(4). 42003–42003. 44 indexed citations
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Chen, Chin‐Sheng, et al.. (2019). Absolute Depth Measurement Using Multiphase Normalized Cross-Correlation for Precise Optical Profilometry. Sensors. 19(21). 4683–4683. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia, Ching‐Yuan Chang, Wei-chen Lee, & Chien‐Ching Ma. (2015). Full-field Measurement of Deformation and Vibration using Digital Image Correlation. Smart Science. 3(2). 80–86. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia, et al.. (2013). Challenges for philanthropy and tobacco control in China (1986–2012). Tobacco Control. 22(suppl 2). ii4–ii8. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia, et al.. (2011). Financing health care for all: challenges and opportunities. The Lancet. 377(9766). 668–679. 135 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia & Chih‐Hung Huang. (2009). A New Confocal 3-D full-field Surface Profilometer Employing Image Fibers for Digital Fringe Projection. 30(5). 363–370. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia. (2006). Philanthropic partnership for public health in India?. The Lancet. 367(9525). 1800–1801. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia & Kathleen M. Carley. (2004). The Impact of Countermeasure Propagation on the Prevalence of Computer Viruses. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics). 34(2). 823–833. 67 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia. (1994). New Diseases: The Human Factor. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 740(1). 319–324. 3 indexed citations
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Peterson, Karen E. & Liang-Chia Chen. (1990). Defining Undernutrition for Public Health Purposes in the United States. Journal of Nutrition. 120(8). 933–942. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia. (1982). Where have the women gone? Insights from Bangladesh on low sex ratio of Indias population.. Economic and political weekly. 17(10). 6 indexed citations
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Chowdhury, A. K. M. Alauddin, Atiqur Rahman Khan, & Liang-Chia Chen. (1975). The effect of child mortality experience on subsequent fertility: an empirical analysis of Pakistan and Bangladesh data.. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang-Chia. (1973). Disaster in Bangladesh. Oxford University Press eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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