Michael Swift

12.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
184 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Swift is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Molecular Biology and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Swift has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Computational Mechanics, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Swift's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (33 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (26 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (20 papers). Michael Swift is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (33 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (26 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (20 papers). Michael Swift collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Michael Swift's co-authors include Julia M. Yeomans, Charles L. Chase, Daphne Morrell, Enzo Orlandini, Barbaros Çelıkkol, Igor Tsukrov, David W. Fredriksson, P. J. King, Pamela J. Reitnauer and George J. Todaro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Michael Swift

176 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

Lattice Boltzmann simulations of liquid-gas... 1966 2026 1986 2006 1996 1995 1991 1987 1966 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. Lattice Boltzmann simulations of liquid-gas and binary fluid systems
    1996 1.1k citations Michael Swift et al. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
  2. Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Nonideal Fluids
    1995 1.1k citations Michael Swift et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Incidence of Cancer in 161 Families Affected by Ataxia–Telangiectasia
    1991 680 citations Michael Swift, Daphne Morrell et al. profile →
  4. Breast and Other Cancers in Families with Ataxia-Telangiectasia
    1987 551 citations Michael Swift, Daphne Morrell et al. profile →
  5. Susceptibility of Human Diploid Fibroblast Strains to Transformation by SV40 Virus
    1966 298 citations Michael Swift et al. profile →

Peers

Michael Swift
Sheldon Weinbaum United States
Charles S. Peskin United States
Abraham D. Stroock United States
James A. Glazier United States
Qing Nie United States
Timothy W. Secomb United States
Stephen C. Cowin United States
Christopher Davies United Kingdom
Marco Stampanoni Switzerland
Boris Rubinsky United States
Sheldon Weinbaum United States
Michael Swift
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Countries citing papers authored by Michael Swift

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Swift

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Swift

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Swift, Michael & M. I. Smith. (2024). Torque about electrostatically charged spheres makes them more attractive. Soft Matter. 20(35). 7038–7043. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Nathan D., Michael Swift, & M. I. Smith. (2021). Collision-enhanced friction of a bouncing ball on a rough vibrating surface. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 442–442. 2 indexed citations
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Bowley, R. M., et al.. (2012). Emergent Surface Tension in Vibrated, Noncohesive Granular Media. Physical Review Letters. 109(22). 228002–228002. 22 indexed citations
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Scheeres, Daniel J., Michael Swift, & Paul Sánchez. (2011). Quasi-Static Evolution of Self-gravitating Aggregates. epsc. 2011. 584. 1 indexed citations
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Sánchez, Paul, Daniel J. Scheeres, & Michael Swift. (2010). Impact Driven Size Sorting in Self-gravitating Granular Aggregates. 2634. 4 indexed citations
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Sánchez, Paul, Michael Swift, & Daniel J. Scheeres. (2009). Granular Mechanics in the Asteroid Regime. DPS. 2 indexed citations
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Swift, Michael, et al.. (2009). Design of a 20-ton capacity finfish aquaculture feed buoy.. 40(2). 35–69. 2 indexed citations
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Klotsa, Daphne, Michael Swift, R. M. Bowley, & P. J. King. (2009). Chain formation of spheres in oscillatory fluid flows. Physical Review E. 79(2). 21302–21302. 34 indexed citations
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Swift, Michael, et al.. (2008). Migration of an asymmetric dimer in oscillatory fluid flow. Physical Review E. 78(3). 36311–36311. 9 indexed citations
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Swift, Michael, et al.. (2004). Are Brazil Nuts Attractive?. Physical Review Letters. 93(20). 208002–208002. 52 indexed citations
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Sandoval, Claudio & Michael Swift. (2003). Hodgkin disease in ataxia‐telangiectasia patients with poor outcomes. Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 40(3). 162–166. 41 indexed citations
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Spring, Kevin J., Farida Ahangari, Shaun P. Scott, et al.. (2002). Mice heterozygous for mutation in Atm, the gene involved in ataxia-telangiectasia, have heightened susceptibility to cancer. Nature Genetics. 32(1). 185–190. 148 indexed citations
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Asphaug, Erik, P. J. King, Michael Swift, & M. R. Merrifield. (2001). Brazil Nuts on Eros: Size-Sorting of Asteroid Regolith. 1708. 15 indexed citations
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Sandoval, Claudio, et al.. (2001). PAROTID AND THYROID GLAND CANCERS IN PATIENTS WITH ATAXIA-TELANGIECTASIA. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 18(8). 485–490. 11 indexed citations
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Swift, Michael & Alan J. Bray. (1999). Survival-time distribution for inelastic collapse. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(5). R4721–R4724. 22 indexed citations
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Schroeder, Scott A., Denise M. Gaughan, & Michael Swift. (1995). Protection against bronchial asthma by CFTR ΔF508 mutation: A heterozygote advantage in cystic fibrosis. Nature Medicine. 1(7). 703–705. 91 indexed citations
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Morrell, Daphne, Charles L. Chase, Michael Swift, George P. Vogler, & D. C. Rao. (1988). Circulatory disease mortality and diabetes incidence in 27 families with Friedreich ataxia. Genetic Epidemiology. 5(6). 445–452. 2 indexed citations
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Gatti, Richard A. & Michael Swift. (1985). Ataxia-telangiectasia : genetics, neuropathology, and immunology of a degenerative disease of childhood : proceedings of a conference held in Solvang, California, January 16-20, 1984. 4 indexed citations
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Swift, Michael, et al.. (1985). THE DESIGN AND MODEL TESTING OF A COLLISION TOLERANT PILE STRUCTURE. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 62(603). 517–8. 2 indexed citations
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