N. Phan‐Thien

13.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
396 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

N. Phan‐Thien is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computational Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Phan‐Thien has authored 396 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, 184 papers in Computational Mechanics and 100 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in N. Phan‐Thien's work include Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (188 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (72 papers) and Composite Material Mechanics (68 papers). N. Phan‐Thien is often cited by papers focused on Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (188 papers), Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (72 papers) and Composite Material Mechanics (68 papers). N. Phan‐Thien collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Singapore and China. N. Phan‐Thien's co-authors include R. I. Tanner, Boo Cheong Khoo, Xijun Fan, Rong Zheng, Gamini Dissanayake, Hai M. Duong, T. Tran‐Cong, Shicheng Xue, Lynne E. Bilston and Hua-Shu Dou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

N. Phan‐Thien

392 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

A Nonlinear Network Viscoelastic Model 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 100 200 300 400
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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. A Nonlinear Network Viscoelastic Model
    1978 454 citations N. Phan‐Thien Journal of Rheology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
N. Phan‐Thien Australia 55 4.6k 4.0k 3.0k 1.7k 1.5k 396 11.1k
S. G. Mason Canada 62 4.9k 1.1× 2.5k 0.6× 3.7k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 2.7k 1.8× 204 12.4k
Morton M. Denn United States 54 4.0k 0.9× 5.9k 1.5× 1.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 2.2k 1.5× 207 10.4k
Norman J. Wagner United States 68 2.0k 0.4× 4.8k 1.2× 3.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.3× 7.9k 5.2× 373 19.0k
Howard A. Barnes United Kingdom 26 1.8k 0.4× 3.6k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 641 0.4× 1.9k 1.3× 79 9.4k
L. Gary Leal United States 62 5.4k 1.2× 4.8k 1.2× 3.9k 1.3× 912 0.6× 2.8k 1.8× 202 12.0k
Philippe Coussot France 48 2.5k 0.6× 3.4k 0.8× 1.0k 0.3× 449 0.3× 2.2k 1.5× 159 8.2k
R. Byron Bird United States 43 2.5k 0.5× 4.3k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 457 0.3× 1.0k 0.7× 137 7.2k
James J. Feng Canada 49 5.1k 1.1× 1.1k 0.3× 2.3k 0.8× 420 0.3× 1.6k 1.1× 161 8.9k
R. I. Tanner Australia 56 5.1k 1.1× 6.7k 1.7× 2.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 311 11.8k
Robert Pfeffer United States 51 4.0k 0.9× 473 0.1× 2.1k 0.7× 447 0.3× 1.7k 1.2× 209 8.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. Phan‐Thien

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Giacomin, A. Jeffrey, Martin Zatloukal, M. A. Kanso, & N. Phan‐Thien. (2024). The physics of citation growth. Journal of Data and Information Science. 10(1). 132–150.
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Ouyang, Zhenyu, et al.. (2023). Swimming of an inertial squirmer and squirmer dumbbell through a viscoelastic fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 969. 15 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Zhenyu, Zhaowu Lin, Jianzhong Lin, Zhaosheng Yu, & N. Phan‐Thien. (2023). Cargo carrying with an inertial squirmer in a Newtonian fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 959. 11 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Zhenyu, Zhaowu Lin, Zhaosheng Yu, Jianzhong Lin, & N. Phan‐Thien. (2022). Hydrodynamics of an inertial squirmer and squirmer dumbbell in a tube. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 939. 25 indexed citations
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Phan‐Thien, N., et al.. (2020). A microstructure model for viscoelastic–thixotropic fluids. Physics of Fluids. 32(12). 8 indexed citations
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Le, Duyen K., et al.. (2019). Applications of functionalized polyethylene terephthalate aerogels from plastic bottle waste. Waste Management. 100. 296–305. 43 indexed citations
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Ye, Ting, N. Phan‐Thien, Boo Cheong Khoo, & Chwee Teck Lim. (2013). Stretching and Relaxation of Malaria-Infected Red Blood Cells. Biophysical Journal. 105(5). 1103–1109. 45 indexed citations
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Dou, Hua-Shu & N. Phan‐Thien. (2008). An instability criterion for viscoelastic flow past a confined cylinder. 20(1). 15–26. 14 indexed citations
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Fan, Yurun, N. Phan‐Thien, & R. I. Tanner. (2001). Tangential flow and advective mixing of viscoplastic fluids between eccentric cylinders. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 431. 65–89. 7 indexed citations
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Phan‐Thien, N., et al.. (1997). Large Scale Simulation of Suspensions with PVM. Conference on High Performance Computing (Supercomputing). 60–60. 5 indexed citations
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Phan‐Thien, N. & X.-J. Fan. (1995). Traction-based Completed Adjoint Double Layer Boundary Element Method in elasticity. Computational Mechanics. 16(5). 360–367. 3 indexed citations
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Tullock, D., et al.. (1993). The role of hydrodynamic interaction in the locomotion of microorganisms. Biophysical Journal. 65(2). 755–778. 208 indexed citations
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Milton, Graeme W. & N. Phan‐Thien. (1982). New bounds on effective elastic moduli of two-component materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 380(1779). 305–331. 132 indexed citations
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Phan‐Thien, N.. (1982). Hydrodynamic lubrication of rough surfaces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 383(1785). 439–446. 16 indexed citations
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Phan‐Thien, N. & Graeme W. Milton. (1982). New bounds on the effective thermal conductivity of N -phase materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 380(1779). 333–348. 60 indexed citations
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Phan‐Thien, N.. (1981). On the effect of parallel and transverse stationary random surface roughness in hydrodynamics lubrication. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 374(1759). 569–591. 8 indexed citations
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Phan‐Thien, N.. (1981). On the effects of the Reynolds and Stokes surface roughnesses in a two-dimensional slider bearing. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 377(1770). 349–362. 13 indexed citations
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Phan‐Thien, N.. (1981). Small Strain Stationary Random Vibrations of Polymeric Liquids. Journal of Rheology. 25(1). 161–167. 2 indexed citations

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