Nikita Pak

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 943 citations indexed

About

Nikita Pak is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikita Pak has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 943 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 4 papers in Biophysics and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nikita Pak's work include Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (6 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (6 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (4 papers). Nikita Pak is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (6 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (6 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (4 papers). Nikita Pak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and South Korea. Nikita Pak's co-authors include Edward S. Boyden, Young‐Gyu Yoon, Alipasha Vaziri, Gordon Wetzstein, Robert Prevedel, Ramesh Raskar, Saul Kato, Manuel Zimmer, Maximilian Hoffmann and Ho‐Jun Suk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Methods, Journal of Neurophysiology and Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

In The Last Decade

Nikita Pak

11 papers receiving 923 citations

Hit Papers

Simultaneous whole-animal 3D imaging of neuronal activity... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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. Simultaneous whole-animal 3D imaging of neuronal activity using light-field microscopy
    2014 515 citations Robert Prevedel, Young‐Gyu Yoon et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers

Nikita Pak
Young‐Gyu Yoon South Korea
Venkatakaushik Voleti United States
Henry Pinkard United States
Mohamed El Beheiry France
Carlas Smith Netherlands
Ryan Christensen United States
Shalin B. Mehta United States
Alexander Y. Katsov United States
Denis Fortun France
Young‐Gyu Yoon South Korea
Nikita Pak
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Countries citing papers authored by Nikita Pak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nikita Pak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nikita Pak

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Lovald, Scott, Maysam B. Gorji, Michelle Chen, & Nikita Pak. (2023). Developing failure criteria for laceration injury of dermal tissue. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 144. 105986–105986.
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Yoon, Young‐Gyu, Zeguan Wang, Nikita Pak, et al.. (2020). Sparse decomposition light-field microscopy for high speed imaging of neuronal activity. Optica. 7(10). 1457–1457. 50 indexed citations
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Chang, Jae‐Byum, Fei Chen, Young‐Gyu Yoon, et al.. (2017). Iterative expansion microscopy. Nature Methods. 14(6). 593–599. 255 indexed citations
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Pak, Nikita, et al.. (2015). Thermally multiplexed polymerase chain reaction. Biomicrofluidics. 9(4). 44117–44117. 15 indexed citations
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Pak, Nikita, Joshua H. Siegle, Justin P. Kinney, et al.. (2015). Closed-loop, ultraprecise, automated craniotomies. Journal of Neurophysiology. 113(10). 3943–3953. 30 indexed citations
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Prevedel, Robert, Young‐Gyu Yoon, Maximilian Hoffmann, et al.. (2014). Simultaneous whole-animal 3D imaging of neuronal activity using light-field microscopy. Nature Methods. 11(7). 727–730. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prevedel, Robert, Young‐Gyu Yoon, Maximilian Hoffmann, et al.. (2014). Simultaneous whole-animal 3D-imaging of neuronal activity using light field microscopy. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
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Holst, Gregory L., et al.. (2013). Rapid, quantitative, reverse transcription PCR in a polymer microfluidicchip. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 44. 222–228. 24 indexed citations
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Pak, Nikita, et al.. (2012). Plug-and-play, infrared, laser-mediated PCR in a microfluidic chip. Biomedical Microdevices. 14(2). 427–433. 22 indexed citations
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Pak, Nikita, et al.. (2012). Sensitive, microliter PCR with consensus degenerate primers for Epstein Barr virus amplification. Biomedical Microdevices. 15(2). 221–231. 14 indexed citations
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Pak, Nikita, et al.. (2011). An Instrument for Controlled, Automated Production of Micrometer Scale Fused Silica Pipettes. Journal of Mechanical Design. 133(6). 12 indexed citations
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Pak, Nikita, et al.. (2011). Modeling radiative heating of liquids in microchip reaction chambers. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 167(2). 531–536. 5 indexed citations
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Pak, Nikita, et al.. (2010). Modulation of electromagnetic radiation using a dot matrix printer. 258–260.
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Pak, Nikita, et al.. (2010). Rapid, Low-Cost, Microfluidic Thermocycler for High-Throughput Genetic Diagnostics. 189–190. 1 indexed citations
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Pak, Nikita. (1991). Computer modeling of heat processes in materials under heat working. ICEIC : International Conference on Electronics, Informations and Communications. 68–68.
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Pak, Nikita, et al.. (1985). Material removal from a surface under the action of a reflected shock wave. Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics. 26(4). 516–518.

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