Peter J. Lu

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Peter J. Lu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Lu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Lu's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (9 papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (8 papers) and Mineralogy and Gemology Studies (5 papers). Peter J. Lu is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (9 papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (8 papers) and Mineralogy and Gemology Studies (5 papers). Peter J. Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Peter J. Lu's co-authors include David A. Weitz, Andrew B. Schofield, Emanuela Zaccarelli, Francesco Sciortino, Fabio Ciulla, Paul J. Steinhardt, Nan Yao, Luca Bindi, Hans M. Wyss and Jacinta C. Conrad and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Lu

38 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Gelation of particles with short-range attraction

2008 757 citations Peter J. Lu, Emanuela Zaccarelli et al. Nature profile →
High-throughput, single-microbe genomics with strain resolution, applied to a human gut microbiome

2022 170 citations Wenshan Zheng, Shijie Zhao et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter J. Lu United States	20	1.4k	573	325	257	221	38	2.5k
Zexin Zhang China	31	1.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	377 1.2×	353 1.4×	803 3.6×	151	3.6k
Peter Schall Netherlands	30	3.0k 2.1×	677 1.2×	263 0.8×	164 0.6×	633 2.9×	156	4.1k
Andrew J. Archer United Kingdom	29	1.5k 1.0×	653 1.1×	201 0.6×	83 0.3×	519 2.3×	79	2.4k
Urs Gasser Switzerland	28	1.8k 1.3×	720 1.3×	545 1.7×	161 0.6×	533 2.4×	82	3.2k
Giuseppe Foffi France	28	2.1k 1.4×	793 1.4×	286 0.9×	358 1.4×	728 3.3×	71	2.9k
P. Ziherl Slovenia	25	932 0.6×	419 0.7×	290 0.9×	422 1.6×	369 1.7×	77	2.2k
Alessio Zaccone United Kingdom	37	2.7k 1.9×	720 1.3×	750 2.3×	274 1.1×	645 2.9×	170	4.4k
Stefan Auer United Kingdom	26	2.1k 1.5×	562 1.0×	245 0.8×	975 3.8×	472 2.1×	43	3.7k
Jean‐François Sadoc France	27	1.5k 1.1×	193 0.3×	377 1.2×	426 1.7×	507 2.3×	112	2.5k
Dirk G. A. L. Aarts United Kingdom	36	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 2.3×	455 1.4×	298 1.2×	857 3.9×	127	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter J. Lu

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Peter J. Lu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Peter J. Lu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Peter J. Lu more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Peter J. Lu

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Peter J. Lu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Peter J. Lu. The network helps show where Peter J. Lu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter J. Lu

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Ke, et al.. (2024). Dramatic droplet deformation through interfacial particles jamming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(42). e2403953121–e2403953121. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Peter J.. (2023). Application of Flavonoids in Anti-Aging and Neuroprotection. Highlights in Science Engineering and Technology. 80. 272–279. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Wenshan, Shijie Zhao, David M. Needham, et al.. (2022). High-throughput, single-microbe genomics with strain resolution, applied to a human gut microbiome. Science. 376(6597). eabm1483–eabm1483. 170 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Peter J., et al.. (2020). Selective cell encapsulation, lysis, pico-injection and size-controlled droplet generation using traveling surface acoustic waves in a microfluidic device. Lab on a Chip. 20(21). 3914–3921. 44 indexed citations

Giavazzi, Fabio, et al.. (2017). Image windowing mitigates edge effects in Differential Dynamic Microscopy. The European Physical Journal E. 40(11). 97–97. 24 indexed citations

Kodger, Thomas E., et al.. (2017). Stable, Fluorescent Polymethylmethacrylate Particles for the Long-Term Observation of Slow Colloidal Dynamics. Langmuir. 33(25). 6382–6389. 15 indexed citations

Kanai, Toshimitsu, Niels Boon, Peter J. Lu, et al.. (2015). Crystallization and reentrant melting of charged colloids in nonpolar solvents. Physical Review E. 91(3). 30301–30301. 33 indexed citations

Grimaldi, Claudio, et al.. (2013). Enhanced tunneling conductivity induced by gelation of attractive colloids. Physical Review E. 87(6). 62312–62312. 10 indexed citations

Fei, Peng, Zhilong Yu, Xu Wang, et al.. (2012). High dynamic range optical projection tomography (HDR-OPT). Optics Express. 20(8). 8824–8824. 24 indexed citations

10.

Lu, Peter J., Fabio Giavazzi, Thomas E. Angelini, et al.. (2012). Characterizing Concentrated, Multiply Scattering, and Actively Driven Fluorescent Systems with Confocal Differential Dynamic Microscopy. Physical Review Letters. 108(21). 218103–218103. 84 indexed citations

11.

Lu, Peter J., et al.. (2012). Robust and economical multi-sample, multi-wavelength UV/vis absorption and fluorescence detector for biological and chemical contamination. AIP Advances. 2(3). 2 indexed citations

12.

Bindi, Luca, Paul J. Steinhardt, Nan Yao, & Peter J. Lu. (2011). Icosahedrite, Al63Cu24Fe13, the first natural quasicrystal. American Mineralogist. 96(5-6). 928–931. 63 indexed citations

13.

Xu, Lei, Peter J. Lu, André R. Studart, et al.. (2010). Drying of Complex Suspensions. Physical Review Letters. 104(12). 128303–128303. 18 indexed citations

14.

Lu, Peter J.. (2008). Gelation and phase separation of attractive colloids. PhDT. 2 indexed citations

15.

Lu, Peter J., Emanuela Zaccarelli, Fabio Ciulla, et al.. (2008). Gelation of particles with short-range attraction. Nature. 453(7194). 499–503. 757 indexed citations breakdown →

16.

Lu, Peter J. & Paul J. Steinhardt. (2007). Decagonal and Quasi-Crystalline Tilings in Medieval Islamic Architecture. Science. 315(5815). 1106–1110. 140 indexed citations

17.

Lu, Peter J., et al.. (2007). Target-locking acquisition with real-time confocal (TARC) microscopy. Optics Express. 15(14). 8702–8702. 40 indexed citations

18.

Lu, Peter J., Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Paul J. Steinhardt, & Nan Yao. (2001). Identifying and Indexing Icosahedral Quasicrystals from Powder Diffraction Patterns. Physical Review Letters. 87(27). 275507–275507. 25 indexed citations

19.

Lu, Peter J., Weitao Pan, & Maitland Jones. (1998). Benzocyclohex-1-en-3-yne at High Temperature. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(33). 8315–8318. 9 indexed citations

20.

Lu, Peter J., et al.. (1996). Dietary β‐alanine results in taurine depletion and cerebellar damage in adult cats. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 43(1). 112–119. 13 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact