Skylar Tibbits

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Skylar Tibbits is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Skylar Tibbits has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 10 papers in Automotive Engineering and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Skylar Tibbits's work include Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (19 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (10 papers) and Architecture and Computational Design (7 papers). Skylar Tibbits is often cited by papers focused on Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (19 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (10 papers) and Architecture and Computational Design (7 papers). Skylar Tibbits collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Estonia. Skylar Tibbits's co-authors include Jared Laucks, Daniel Dikovsky, Athina Papadopoulou, Carlos Olguin, Achuta Kadambi, Dan Raviv, Wei Zhao, Ramesh Raskar, Kristina Shea and David Correa and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Nature Reviews Materials.

In The Last Decade

Skylar Tibbits

36 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

4D Printing: Multi‐Material Shape Change 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2014 250 500 750
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. 4D Printing: Multi‐Material Shape Change
    2014 842 citations Skylar Tibbits Architectural Design profile →
  2. Active Printed Materials for Complex Self-Evolving Deformations
    2014 434 citations Dan Raviv, Wei Zhao et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Skylar Tibbits United States 13 1.3k 1.2k 869 352 229 41 2.1k
Craig M. Hamel United States 23 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 535 1.5× 171 0.7× 33 2.6k
Devin J. Roach United States 18 1.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 900 1.0× 594 1.7× 140 0.6× 31 2.5k
Amir Hosein Sakhaei United Kingdom 13 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 926 1.1× 603 1.7× 92 0.4× 29 2.4k
Yayue Pan United States 30 898 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 1.6k 1.8× 205 0.6× 227 1.0× 97 3.2k
Kaijuan Chen China 18 846 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 743 0.9× 732 2.1× 122 0.5× 38 2.1k
Zhen Ding China 19 1.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 875 2.5× 177 0.8× 34 3.2k
Huachen Cui United States 14 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 605 0.7× 278 0.8× 77 0.3× 25 2.1k
Zeang Zhao China 26 1.8k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 658 1.9× 129 0.6× 81 3.3k
Shahram Janbaz Netherlands 21 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 559 0.6× 337 1.0× 87 0.4× 29 2.2k
Guo Liang Goh Singapore 26 954 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 1.7k 2.0× 225 0.6× 438 1.9× 50 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Skylar Tibbits

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Fields of papers citing papers by Skylar Tibbits

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Skylar Tibbits

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

All Works

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Hu, Xin, et al.. (2025). Mechanically Transparent Adhesives for Stretchable Materials. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(21). 31380–31391. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2019). Design and Computational Modeling of a 3D Printed Pneumatic Toolkit for Soft Robotics. Soft Robotics. 6(5). 657–663. 49 indexed citations
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Laucks, Jared, et al.. (2019). Liquid printed pneumatics. 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar. (2018). A Conversation with Swiss Product Designer, Christophe Guberan. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 5(2). 87–89. 1 indexed citations
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Laucks, Jared, et al.. (2017). Auxetic materials in design and architecture. Nature Reviews Materials. 2(12). 94 indexed citations
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Laucks, Jared, et al.. (2017). Large-Scale Rapid Liquid Printing. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 4(3). 123–132. 80 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar. (2017). Renewable Future. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 4(1). 1–1.
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Papadopoulou, Athina, Jared Laucks, & Skylar Tibbits. (2017). From Self‐Assembly to Evolutionary Structures. Architectural Design. 87(4). 28–37. 6 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar. (2016). Going Beyond Printing. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 3(2). 69–69. 9 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar. (2016). Politics and Printing. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 3(4). 193–193.
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Tibbits, Skylar. (2016). Printing Products. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 3(3). 135–135. 8 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar. (2015). Self-Assembly and Programmable Materials. 1 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar. (2015). What's Next?. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 2(3). 91–91. 1 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar. (2015). Challenges and Opportunities. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 2(4). 151–151. 9 indexed citations
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Correa, David, et al.. (2015). 3D-Printed Wood: Programming Hygroscopic Material Transformations. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 2(3). 106–116. 136 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar, et al.. (2014). 4D Printing and Universal Transformation. ACADIA quarterly. 539–548. 108 indexed citations
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Raviv, Dan, Wei Zhao, Athina Papadopoulou, et al.. (2014). Active Printed Materials for Complex Self-Evolving Deformations. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7422–7422. 434 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tibbits, Skylar, et al.. (2014). DNA disPLAY: Programmable Bioactive Materials Using CNC Patterning. Architectural Design. 84(4). 104–111. 1 indexed citations
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Tibbits, Skylar, et al.. (2013). BioMolecular, Chiral and Irregular Self-Assemblies. ACADIA quarterly. 267–268. 10 indexed citations

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