Michael Goldfarb

13.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
260 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Goldfarb is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Goldfarb has authored 260 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 72 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 68 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Goldfarb's work include Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (109 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (100 papers) and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (37 papers). Michael Goldfarb is often cited by papers focused on Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (109 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (100 papers) and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (37 papers). Michael Goldfarb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael Goldfarb's co-authors include Frank C. Sup, N. Celanovic, Hüseyin Atakan Varol, Brian E. Lawson, Ryan J. Farris, Hugo Quintero, Jason E. Mitchell, Amanda H. Shultz, Kevin H. Ha and Thomas J. Withrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Goldfarb

258 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Modeling piezoelectric stack actuators for control of micromanipulation

1997 519 citations Michael Goldfarb et al. profile →
Design and Control of a Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis

2008 466 citations Frank C. Sup, Michael Goldfarb et al. profile →
A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020

2021 306 citations Pierre E. Dupont, Bradley J. Nelson et al. Science Robotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Goldfarb United States	55	6.3k	2.5k	1.5k	1.2k	661	260	10.3k
Frank Frank Baaijens Netherlands	75	5.7k 0.9×	116 0.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	127 0.2×	310	17.2k
Yong‐Ping Zheng Hong Kong	47	4.0k 0.6×	128 0.1×	248 0.2×	768 0.7×	102 0.2×	420	8.3k
Weishan Chen China	44	2.4k 0.4×	3.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	98 0.1×	89 0.1×	362	7.9k
C.W.J. Oomens Netherlands	46	2.1k 0.3×	122 0.0×	424 0.3×	1.8k 1.6×	111 0.2×	157	7.2k
Han‐Jun Kim South Korea	41	2.0k 0.3×	128 0.1×	329 0.2×	250 0.2×	137 0.2×	198	4.7k
Ian W. Hunter United States	34	3.8k 0.6×	485 0.2×	1.6k 1.1×	65 0.1×	35 0.1×	187	5.9k
Toshio Tsuji Japan	37	2.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	559 0.4×	400 0.3×	175 0.3×	519	5.8k
Sangbae Kim United States	47	8.6k 1.4×	3.1k 1.3×	3.3k 2.2×	70 0.1×	107 0.2×	148	11.0k
Kazunori Yasuda Japan	60	2.4k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	468 0.3×	261 0.2×	126 0.2×	322	11.8k
Taketoshi Mori Japan	32	477 0.1×	728 0.3×	183 0.1×	217 0.2×	233 0.4×	364	4.4k

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Goldfarb, Michael, et al.. (2024). Homogeneous Dynamic Control for Stair Ascent in a Swing-Assist Knee Prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 6(4). 1637–1647. 1 indexed citations

Goldfarb, Michael, et al.. (2023). The effects of swing assistance in a microprocessor-controlled transfemoral prosthesis on walking at varying speeds and grades. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. e9–e9. 5 indexed citations

Mazzoni, Alberto, et al.. (2023). Toward the Development of User-Centered Neurointegrated Lower Limb Prostheses. IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 17. 212–228. 8 indexed citations

Goldfarb, Michael, et al.. (2022). A Power-Capable Knee Prosthesis With Ballistic Swing-Phase. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 4(4). 1034–1045. 14 indexed citations

Bartlett, H, et al.. (2022). Design and Assist-As-Needed Control of a Lightly Powered Prosthetic Knee. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 4(2). 490–501. 14 indexed citations

Dupont, Pierre E., Bradley J. Nelson, Michael Goldfarb, et al.. (2021). A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020. Science Robotics. 6(60). 306 indexed citations breakdown →

Bartlett, H, et al.. (2021). A Semi-Powered Ankle Prosthesis and Unified Controller for Level and Sloped Walking. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 29. 320–329. 30 indexed citations

Goldfarb, Michael, et al.. (2021). Effect of a Swing-Assist Knee Prosthesis on Stair Ambulation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 29. 2046–2054. 19 indexed citations

Kandilakis, Casey, et al.. (2020). Preliminary Assessment of a Hand and Arm Exoskeleton for Enabling Bimanual Tasks for Individuals With Hemiparesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 28(10). 2214–2223. 19 indexed citations

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Bartlett, H, et al.. (2019). Design of a Semipowered Stance-Control Swing-Assist Transfemoral Prosthesis. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 25(1). 175–184. 50 indexed citations

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Bartlett, H, Brian E. Lawson, & Michael Goldfarb. (2019). Design, Control, and Preliminary Assessment of a Multifunctional Semipowered Ankle Prosthesis. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 24(4). 1532–1540. 23 indexed citations

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Shultz, Amanda H. & Michael Goldfarb. (2018). A Unified Controller for Walking on Even and Uneven Terrain With a Powered Ankle Prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 26(4). 788–797. 43 indexed citations

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Lawson, Brian E., et al.. (2018). A Velocity-Field-Based Controller for Assisting Leg Movement During Walking With a Bilateral Hip and Knee Lower Limb Exoskeleton. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 35(2). 307–316. 55 indexed citations

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Lawson, Brian E., et al.. (2017). A Controller for Guiding Leg Movement During Overground Walking With a Lower Limb Exoskeleton. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 34(1). 183–193. 60 indexed citations

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Ledoux, Elissa & Michael Goldfarb. (2017). Control and Evaluation of a Powered Transfemoral Prosthesis for Stair Ascent. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 25(7). 917–924. 60 indexed citations

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Goldfarb, Michael, et al.. (2017). IMU-Based Wrist Rotation Control of a Transradial Myoelectric Prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 26(2). 419–427. 49 indexed citations

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Goldfarb, Michael, et al.. (2017). Synergistic Elbow Control for a Myoelectric Transhumeral Prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 26(2). 468–476. 22 indexed citations

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Goldfarb, Michael, et al.. (2013). Automatic vectorization of tree traversals. International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques. 363–374. 17 indexed citations

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Fite, Kevin B., Jason E. Mitchell, Frank C. Sup, & Michael Goldfarb. (2007). Design and Control of an Electrically Powered Knee Prosthesis. 902–905. 65 indexed citations

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Frampton, Kenneth D., et al.. (2000). Passive aeroelastic tailoring for optimal flapping wings. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 38 indexed citations

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