Metin Sitti

55.6k total citations · 31 hit papers
587 papers, 45.0k citations indexed

About

Metin Sitti is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Metin Sitti has authored 587 papers receiving a total of 45.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 357 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 279 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 223 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Metin Sitti's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (279 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (156 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (103 papers). Metin Sitti is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (279 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (156 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (103 papers). Metin Sitti collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Türkiye. Metin Sitti's co-authors include Wenqi Hu, Morteza Amjadi, Guo Zhan Lum, Inkyu Park, Michael Murphy, Ki‐Uk Kyung, Eric Diller, Öncay Yaşa, Hakan Ceylan and Joshua Giltinan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Metin Sitti

573 papers receiving 44.0k citations

Hit Papers

Stretchable, Skin‐Mountab... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2016 2018 2002 2016 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Stretchable, Skin‐Mountable, and Wearable Strain Sensors and Their Potential Applications: A Review
    2016 2.7k citations Metin Sitti et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  2. Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion
    2018 1.9k citations Wenqi Hu, Guo Zhan Lum et al. profile →
  3. Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae
    2002 1.5k citations Kellar Autumn, Metin Sitti et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Soft Actuators for Small‐Scale Robotics
    2016 1.1k citations Guo Zhan Lum, Metin Sitti et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  5. Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots
    2015 674 citations Metin Sitti, Hakan Ceylan et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →
  6. Soft actuators for real-world applications
    2021 596 citations Aniket Pal, Amirreza Aghakhani et al. profile →
  7. Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter
    2016 541 citations Guo Zhan Lum, Xiaoguang Dong et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Wearable and Stretchable Strain Sensors: Materials, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications
    2020 501 citations Metin Sitti et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  9. Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming
    2019 472 citations Ziyu Ren, Wenqi Hu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  10. 3D-Printed Biodegradable Microswimmer for Theranostic Cargo Delivery and Release
    2019 432 citations Hakan Ceylan, Immihan Ceren Yasa et al. profile →
  11. Gecko‐Inspired Directional and Controllable Adhesion
    2008 397 citations Metin Sitti et al. profile →
  12. Biohybrid actuators for robotics: A review of devices actuated by living cells
    2017 382 citations Metin Sitti et al. Science Robotics profile →
  13. Reprogrammable shape morphing of magnetic soft machines
    2020 339 citations Alp Can Karacakol, Metin Sitti et al. Science Advances profile →
  14. Soft erythrocyte-based bacterial microswimmers for cargo delivery
    2018 337 citations Joshua Giltinan, Ahmet Fatih Tabak et al. Science Robotics profile →
  15. Light-Triggered Drug Release from 3D-Printed Magnetic Chitosan Microswimmers
    2018 332 citations Ugur Bozuyuk, Immihan Ceren Yasa et al. profile →
  16. Multifunctional surface microrollers for targeted cargo delivery in physiological blood flow
    2020 324 citations Ugur Bozuyuk, Alp Can Karacakol et al. Science Robotics profile →
  17. Pros and Cons: Magnetic versus Optical Microrobots
    2020 311 citations Metin Sitti et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  18. Bioengineered and biohybrid bacteria-based systems for drug delivery
    2016 310 citations Metin Sitti et al. profile →
  19. Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications
    2017 304 citations Hakan Ceylan, Joshua Giltinan et al. Lab on a Chip profile →
  20. Bioinspired underwater locomotion of light-driven liquid crystal gels
    2020 299 citations Amirreza Aghakhani, Metin Sitti et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  21. Miniature soft robots — road to the clinic
    2018 294 citations Metin Sitti profile →
  22. Acoustically powered surface-slipping mobile microrobots
    2020 249 citations Amirreza Aghakhani, Paul Wrede et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  23. Multifunctional magnetic soft composites: a review
    2020 233 citations Wenqi Hu, Metin Sitti et al. profile →
  24. Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly
    2021 223 citations Jiachen Zhang, Ziyu Ren et al. Science Robotics profile →
  25. Physical intelligence as a new paradigm
    2021 197 citations Metin Sitti profile →
  26. Liquid Crystal Elastomer‐Based Magnetic Composite Films for Reconfigurable Shape‐Morphing Soft Miniature Machines
    2021 193 citations Jiachen Zhang, Wenqi Hu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  27. Magnetically steerable bacterial microrobots moving in 3D biological matrices for stimuli-responsive cargo delivery
    2022 185 citations Nihal Olcay Dogan, Metin Sitti et al. Science Advances profile →
  28. Wireless soft millirobots for climbing three-dimensional surfaces in confined spaces
    2022 159 citations Yingdan Wu, Xiaoguang Dong et al. Science Advances profile →
  29. A Tissue Adhesion‐Controllable and Biocompatible Small‐Scale Hydrogel Adhesive Robot
    2022 150 citations Donghoon Son, Metin Sitti et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  30. NIR‐II Fluorescent Thermophoretic Nanomotors for Superficial Tumor Photothermal Therapy
    2025 24 citations Jiwei Jiang, Jing Hu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  31. Upconversion Nanoparticle‐Covalent Organic Framework Core–shell Particles as Therapeutic Microrobots Trackable With Optoacoustic Imaging
    2025 18 citations Paul Wrede, Nihal Olcay Dogan et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Metin Sitti Germany 110 29.5k 17.8k 17.7k 6.1k 3.9k 587 45.0k
Xuanhe Zhao United States 93 29.2k 1.0× 3.5k 0.2× 12.5k 0.7× 2.1k 0.3× 3.6k 0.9× 211 43.6k
L. Mahadevan United States 87 10.5k 0.4× 3.1k 0.2× 9.9k 0.6× 2.1k 0.3× 1.9k 0.5× 366 29.7k
Zhigang Suo United States 132 36.8k 1.2× 1.9k 0.1× 16.7k 0.9× 11.1k 1.8× 11.2k 2.8× 510 63.4k
George M. Whitesides United States 78 20.5k 0.7× 4.4k 0.2× 7.7k 0.4× 826 0.1× 7.9k 2.0× 202 31.2k
Jennifer A. Lewis United States 98 28.6k 1.0× 2.5k 0.1× 12.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.2× 8.5k 2.2× 309 47.3k
Robert J. Wood United States 89 26.0k 0.9× 7.3k 0.4× 13.5k 0.8× 927 0.2× 3.0k 0.8× 406 37.2k
Bradley J. Nelson Switzerland 100 23.0k 0.8× 20.3k 1.1× 13.4k 0.8× 457 0.1× 4.7k 1.2× 720 37.6k
Yonggang Huang United States 111 37.7k 1.3× 1.4k 0.1× 14.8k 0.8× 5.1k 0.8× 17.1k 4.4× 471 53.1k
Carmel Majidi United States 75 16.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.1× 7.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.3× 3.9k 1.0× 275 20.3k
Oliver G. Schmidt Germany 106 19.1k 0.6× 12.6k 0.7× 8.0k 0.5× 701 0.1× 20.3k 5.2× 984 47.0k

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All Works

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Jiang, Jiwei, Jing Hu, Mingtong Li, et al.. (2025). NIR‐II Fluorescent Thermophoretic Nanomotors for Superficial Tumor Photothermal Therapy. Advanced Materials. 37(10). e2417440–e2417440. 24 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yıldız, Erdost, Erdost Yıldız, Ugur Bozuyuk, et al.. (2025). Magnetically Controllable and Degradable Milliscale Swimmers as Intraocular Drug Implants. Advanced Science. 12(34). e07569–e07569. 4 indexed citations
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Dogan, Nihal Olcay, Paul Wrede, Jelena Lazović, et al.. (2024). Immune Cell‐Based Microrobots for Remote Magnetic Actuation, Antitumor Activity, and Medical Imaging. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(23). e2400711–e2400711. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Mingchao, Yohan Lee, Zhiqiang Zheng, et al.. (2023). Micro- and nanofabrication of dynamic hydrogels with multichannel information. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8208–8208. 19 indexed citations
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Zheng, Zhiqiang, Jie Han, Sinan Özgün Demir, et al.. (2023). Electrodeposited Superhydrophilic‐Superhydrophobic Composites for Untethered Multi‐Stimuli‐Responsive Soft Millirobots. Advanced Science. 10(23). e2302409–e2302409. 41 indexed citations
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Feng, Wei, Aniket Pal, Tianlu Wang, et al.. (2023). Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Polymeric Coatings for Colorful Artificial Muscles and Motile Humidity Sensor Skin Integrated with Magnetic Composites. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(23). 46 indexed citations
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Wang, Chunxiang, Yingdan Wu, Xiaoguang Dong, Milena Armacki, & Metin Sitti. (2023). In situ sensing physiological properties of biological tissues using wireless miniature soft robots. Science Advances. 9(23). eadg3988–eadg3988. 73 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiachen, Ziyu Ren, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2021). Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly. Science Robotics. 6(53). 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dabbagh, Sajjad Rahmani, et al.. (2021). Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Levitation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 33 indexed citations
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Dong, Xiaoguang, Guo Zhan Lum, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2020). Bioinspired cilia arrays with programmable nonreciprocal motion and metachronal coordination. Science Advances. 6(45). 129 indexed citations
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Son, Donghoon, Hunter B. Gilbert, & Metin Sitti. (2019). Magnetically Actuated Soft Capsule Endoscope for Fine-Needle Biopsy. Soft Robotics. 7(1). 10–21. 173 indexed citations
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Khalil, Islam S. M., et al.. (2018). Controllable switching between planar and helical flagellar swimming of a soft robotic sperm. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0206456–e0206456. 28 indexed citations
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Khalil, Islam S. M., Ramez Reda Moustafa, Ahmet Fatih Tabak, et al.. (2018). Mechanical Rubbing of Blood Clots Using Helical Robots Under Ultrasound Guidance. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(2). 1112–1119. 71 indexed citations
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Khalil, Islam S. M., et al.. (2017). Swimming Back and Forth Using Planar Flagellar Propulsion at Low Reynolds Numbers. Advanced Science. 5(2). 1700461–1700461. 46 indexed citations
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Ceylan, Hakan, Joshua Giltinan, Kristen Kozielski, & Metin Sitti. (2017). Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications. Lab on a Chip. 17(10). 1705–1724. 304 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khalil, Islam S. M., Ahmet Fatih Tabak, Anke Klingner, & Metin Sitti. (2016). Magnetic propulsion of robotic sperms at low-Reynolds number. Applied Physics Letters. 109(3). 66 indexed citations
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Sitti, Metin, Hakan Ceylan, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2015). Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots. Proceedings of the IEEE. 103(2). 205–224. 674 indexed citations breakdown →
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Campolo, Domenico, et al.. (2012). Flapping Wings with DC-Motors via Direct, Elastic Transmissions. 8. 1 indexed citations
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Autumn, Kellar, Metin Sitti, Yiching A. Liang, et al.. (2002). Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(19). 12252–12256. 1495 indexed citations breakdown →

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