Stephen Licht

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Stephen Licht is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Licht has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Ocean Engineering, 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen Licht's work include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (13 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (9 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (6 papers). Stephen Licht is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (13 papers), Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (9 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (6 papers). Stephen Licht collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Israel. Stephen Licht's co-authors include Brennan Phillips, Kevin C. Galloway, Robert J. Wood, Kaitlyn P. Becker, David F. Gruber, Dan Tchernov, Haibo He, Chengzhi Yuan, Franz S. Hover and Michael S. Triantafyllou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Experimental Biology, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics and Journal of Media Literacy Education.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Licht

23 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Soft Robotic Grippers for Biological Sampling on Deep Reefs 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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. Soft Robotic Grippers for Biological Sampling on Deep Reefs
    2016 673 citations Kevin C. Galloway, Kaitlyn P. Becker et al. Soft Robotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Licht United States 15 792 513 393 346 311 24 1.4k
Xingbang Yang China 17 728 0.9× 347 0.7× 312 0.8× 513 1.5× 465 1.5× 46 1.4k
Dimitris P. Tsakiris Greece 19 586 0.7× 316 0.6× 275 0.7× 127 0.4× 222 0.7× 54 1.0k
Qinyuan Ren China 15 486 0.6× 241 0.5× 252 0.6× 185 0.5× 219 0.7× 74 852
Giacomo Palmieri Italy 20 540 0.7× 466 0.9× 331 0.8× 191 0.6× 251 0.8× 96 1.4k
TaeWon Seo South Korea 24 1.4k 1.7× 1.2k 2.3× 881 2.2× 254 0.7× 239 0.8× 224 2.3k
Jianhong Liang China 22 452 0.6× 223 0.4× 157 0.4× 781 2.3× 961 3.1× 78 1.5k
Alfred A. Rizzi United States 19 936 1.2× 558 1.1× 305 0.8× 82 0.2× 437 1.4× 39 1.7k
Edwardo F. Fukushima Japan 19 573 0.7× 501 1.0× 510 1.3× 203 0.6× 236 0.8× 105 1.2k
Pål Liljebäck Norway 26 1.8k 2.3× 1.1k 2.1× 1.1k 2.9× 524 1.5× 314 1.0× 60 2.4k
H.B. Brown United States 18 987 1.2× 810 1.6× 551 1.4× 68 0.2× 331 1.1× 37 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Licht

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Licht

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Licht

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

All Works

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Licht, Stephen, et al.. (2023). Rapid Design and Production of Soft Actuators using Dynamic Modeling and Additive Manufacturing for Underwater Soft Actuators. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 137–144. 1 indexed citations
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Bruno, Fabio, et al.. (2022). A Soft Robotic Gripper With Neutrally Buoyant Jamming Pads for Gentle Yet Secure Grasping of Underwater Objects. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 47(4). 975–983. 11 indexed citations
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Ellenrieder, Karl D. von, et al.. (2022). Shared human–robot path following control of an unmanned ground vehicle. Mechatronics. 83. 102750–102750. 14 indexed citations
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Ellenrieder, Karl D. von, et al.. (2020). Dynamic modelling and control of a portable USV for bathymetric survey. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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Ellenrieder, Karl D. von, et al.. (2020). Energy-minimal target retrieval for quadrotor UAVs: trajectory generation and tracking. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 1 indexed citations
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Phillips, Brennan, et al.. (2019). Additive manufacturing aboard a moving vessel at sea using passively stabilized stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing. Additive manufacturing. 31. 100969–100969. 32 indexed citations
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Licht, Stephen, et al.. (2018). A Partially Filled Jamming Gripper for Underwater Recovery of Objects Resting on Soft Surfaces. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 6461–6468. 22 indexed citations
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Roman, Chris, David Ullman, Dave Hebert, & Stephen Licht. (2018). The Wire Flyer Towed Profiling System. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 36(2). 161–182. 4 indexed citations
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Dahl, Jason, et al.. (2017). Rolling and pitching oscillating foil propulsion in ground effect. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 13(1). 16003–16003. 15 indexed citations
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Snyder, William T., Chris Roman, & Stephen Licht. (2017). Hybrid actuation with complementary allocation for depth control of a Lagrangian sea‐floor imaging platform. Journal of Field Robotics. 35(3). 330–344. 4 indexed citations
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Licht, Stephen, et al.. (2017). Stronger at Depth: Jamming Grippers as Deep Sea Sampling Tools. Soft Robotics. 4(4). 305–316. 75 indexed citations
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Galloway, Kevin C., Kaitlyn P. Becker, Brennan Phillips, et al.. (2016). Soft Robotic Grippers for Biological Sampling on Deep Reefs. Soft Robotics. 3(1). 23–33. 673 indexed citations breakdown →
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Licht, Stephen, et al.. (2016). Universal jamming grippers for deep-sea manipulation. Journal of Media Literacy Education. 1–5. 25 indexed citations
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Dahl, Jason, et al.. (2016). Heaving and pitching oscillating foil propulsion in ground effect. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 63. 174–187. 36 indexed citations
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Licht, Stephen, et al.. (2009). Towards amphibious robots: Asymmetric flapping foil motion underwater produces large thrust efficiently. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Licht, Stephen, et al.. (2008). Energy Extraction Through Flapping Foils. 389–395. 39 indexed citations
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Licht, Stephen. (2008). Biomimetic oscillating foil propulsion to enhance underwater vehicle agility and maneuverability. Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community (Woods Hole Scientific Community). 18 indexed citations
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Licht, Stephen, et al.. (2006). Open Loop Swimming Performance of ‘Finnegan’ the Biomimetic Flapping Foil AUV. 7 indexed citations
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Licht, Stephen, Franz S. Hover, & Michael S. Triantafyllou. (2005). Design of a flapping foil underwater vehicle. 311–316. 16 indexed citations

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