Lining Yao

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
113 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Lining Yao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lining Yao has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 54 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 49 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lining Yao's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (52 papers), Interactive and Immersive Displays (49 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (37 papers). Lining Yao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (52 papers), Interactive and Immersive Displays (49 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (37 papers). Lining Yao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Lining Yao's co-authors include Hiroshi Ishii, Guanyun Wang, Jifei Ou, Ye Tao, Ryuma Niiyama, Humphrey Yang, Scott E. Hudson, Carmel Majidi, Lea Albaugh and Wen Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Lining Yao

105 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Autonomous self-burying seed carriers for aerial seeding 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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. Autonomous self-burying seed carriers for aerial seeding
    2023 95 citations Danli Luo, Yue Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lining Yao United States 29 1.6k 1.3k 1.3k 658 592 113 3.1k
Guanyun Wang China 22 859 0.5× 677 0.5× 899 0.7× 311 0.5× 334 0.6× 114 2.1k
Yoshihiro Kawahara Japan 30 943 0.6× 780 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 506 0.8× 169 0.3× 292 4.3k
Jifei Ou United States 13 705 0.5× 644 0.5× 683 0.5× 390 0.6× 149 0.3× 23 1.4k
Ye Tao China 19 689 0.4× 472 0.4× 453 0.3× 180 0.3× 299 0.5× 90 1.3k
Sean Follmer United States 37 1.5k 1.0× 2.8k 2.1× 771 0.6× 2.2k 3.3× 151 0.3× 97 4.2k
Jürgen Steimle Germany 34 571 0.4× 2.5k 1.9× 954 0.7× 2.0k 3.0× 167 0.3× 123 3.4k
Ryuma Niiyama Japan 26 941 0.6× 468 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 417 0.6× 63 0.1× 99 2.3k
Jonathan Rossiter United Kingdom 39 1.8k 1.2× 244 0.2× 3.6k 2.8× 973 1.5× 173 0.3× 248 5.2k
Mahmoud Tavakoli Portugal 35 1.0k 0.6× 205 0.2× 2.8k 2.2× 707 1.1× 184 0.3× 112 3.6k
Yiğit Mengüç United States 28 1.1k 0.7× 202 0.2× 3.7k 2.8× 769 1.2× 770 1.3× 67 4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Lining Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lining Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lining Yao

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

All Works

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Lee, Hajun, et al.. (2025). Programmable Sponge for Hydro‐Active Morphing Module with Light Weight and High‐Volume Change. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(16). 1 indexed citations
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Nicenboim, Iohanna, Elvin Karana, Laura Devendorf, et al.. (2025). Regenerative Material Ecologies in HCI. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1–5.
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Yang, Humphrey, Dinesh K. Patel, Carmel Majidi, et al.. (2025). A compliant metastructure design with reconfigurability up to six degrees of freedom. Nature Communications. 16(1). 719–719. 2 indexed citations
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Patel, Dinesh K., et al.. (2025). Aerosol Jet Printing of Superhydrophobic Surfaces. Advanced Materials Technologies. 10(10). 2 indexed citations
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Palma, Enza, Antonio Derossi, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Dynamic shape changes of dried pasta during cooking via designed surface grooves. Journal of Food Engineering. 388. 112362–112362. 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Yichi, et al.. (2024). Intrinsically Multistable Soft Actuator Driven by Mixed‐Mode Snap‐Through Instabilities. Advanced Science. 11(18). e2307391–e2307391. 20 indexed citations
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Patel, Dinesh K., et al.. (2023). Electrically Controlled Liquid Crystal Elastomer Surfaces for Dynamic Wrinkling. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 11 indexed citations
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Patel, Dinesh K., et al.. (2023). Sustainable Morphing Matter: Design and Engineering Practices. Advanced Materials Technologies. 8(23). 10 indexed citations
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Patel, Dinesh K., et al.. (2023). FlexTure: Designing Configurable and Dynamic Surface Features. 580–593. 2 indexed citations
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Bodaghi, Mahdi, Suong V. Hoa, Thomas Gries, et al.. (2023). Focus on 4D materials design and additive manufacturing. Smart Materials and Structures. 32(11). 110401–110401. 3 indexed citations
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Minori, Adriane Fernandes, et al.. (2023). RevLock: A Reversible Self-Locking Mechanism Driven by Linear Actuators for Foldable Robots and Systems. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(11). 7432–7439. 1 indexed citations
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Patel, Dinesh K., et al.. (2023). Multimaterial Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Integrated Stretchable Electronics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(20). 24777–24787. 44 indexed citations
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Sun, W., et al.. (2023). Biodegradable, Sustainable Hydrogel Actuators with Shape and Stiffness Morphing Capabilities via Embedded 3D Printing. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(36). 41 indexed citations
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Patel, Dinesh K., et al.. (2023). Sustainable Morphing Matter: Design and Engineering Practices (Adv. Mater. Technol. 23/2023). Advanced Materials Technologies. 8(23). 2 indexed citations
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Tashman, Joshua W., et al.. (2022). Embedded 3D Printing of Thermally‐Cured Thermoset Elastomers and the Interdependence of Rheology and Machine Pathing. Advanced Materials Technologies. 8(3). 17 indexed citations
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Patel, Dinesh K., et al.. (2022). A Method for 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping of Fieldable Untethered Soft Robots. Soft Robotics. 10(2). 292–300. 20 indexed citations
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Tao, Ye, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Jianxun Cui, et al.. (2021). Morphing pasta and beyond. Science Advances. 7(19). 65 indexed citations
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Yao, Lining, et al.. (2011). Kinected conference. 621–624. 26 indexed citations

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