Thomas Duke

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Duke is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Duke has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Duke's work include Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (28 papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (12 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (12 papers). Thomas Duke is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (28 papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (12 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (12 papers). Thomas Duke collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Thomas Duke's co-authors include Robert H. Austin, Jean‐Louis Viovy, D. Bray, Frank Jülicher, Danielle S. Bassett, Edward T. Bullmore, Olgica Bakajin, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Sophie Achard and Chia‐Fu Chou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Duke

71 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Adaptive reconfiguration of fractal small-world human bra... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 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. Adaptive reconfiguration of fractal small-world human brain functional networks
    2006 607 citations Thomas Duke et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Duke United Kingdom 39 2.3k 1.4k 869 843 640 72 5.5k
Adam E. Cohen United States 40 2.3k 1.0× 2.0k 1.4× 342 0.4× 932 1.1× 1.8k 2.9× 130 7.5k
Tsvi Tlusty Israel 34 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 261 0.3× 195 0.2× 459 0.7× 98 3.5k
Vladislav S. Markin United States 36 716 0.3× 2.4k 1.7× 588 0.7× 295 0.3× 566 0.9× 171 4.9k
R. Dean Astumian United States 58 1.9k 0.8× 2.8k 2.0× 382 0.4× 417 0.5× 2.2k 3.4× 131 10.9k
Wouter‐Jan Rappel United States 51 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 2.1k 2.4× 359 0.4× 344 0.5× 164 9.7k
Marcelo O. Magnasco United States 38 864 0.4× 1.8k 1.3× 353 0.4× 1.3k 1.5× 597 0.9× 102 6.3k
Elisha Moses Israel 37 900 0.4× 750 0.5× 253 0.3× 698 0.8× 598 0.9× 91 4.7k
Félix Ritort Spain 35 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 1.2× 148 0.2× 855 1.0× 2.3k 3.5× 115 6.8k
Ken Sekimoto Japan 29 638 0.3× 432 0.3× 699 0.8× 226 0.3× 830 1.3× 97 4.1k
Pál Ormos Hungary 34 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 894 1.0× 178 0.2× 1.7k 2.6× 87 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Duke

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Duke

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Marinari, Eliana, et al.. (2012). Live-cell delamination counterbalances epithelial growth to limit tissue overcrowding. Nature. 484(7395). 542–545. 319 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas & Ian Graham. (2009). Equilibrium mechanisms of receptor clustering. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 100(1-3). 18–24. 30 indexed citations
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Vilfan, Andrej & Thomas Duke. (2008). Frequency Clustering in Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions from a Lizard's Ear. Biophysical Journal. 95(10). 4622–4630. 45 indexed citations
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Graham, Ian & Thomas Duke. (2005). Dynamic hysteresis in a one-dimensional Ising model: Application to allosteric proteins. Physical Review E. 71(6). 61923–61923. 11 indexed citations
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Graham, Ian & Thomas Duke. (2005). The logical repertoire of ligand-binding proteins. Physical Biology. 2(3). 159–165. 9 indexed citations
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Vilfan, Andrej & Thomas Duke. (2003). Synchronization of Active Mechanical Oscillators by an Inertial Load. Physical Review Letters. 91(11). 114101–114101. 31 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas & Frank Jülicher. (2003). Active Traveling Wave in the Cochlea. Physical Review Letters. 90(15). 158101–158101. 79 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas & D. Bray. (2001). Conformational spread in ring of proteins: A generic mechanism of allosteric switching. 108(7). 597–8. 1 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas. (2001). A LONG-STANDING SUCCESSFUL AVIATION SAFETY REPORTING SYSTEM. 1 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas, Nicolas Le Novère, & D. Bray. (2001). Conformational spread in a ring of proteins: a stochastic approach to allostery. Journal of Molecular Biology. 308(3). 541–553. 175 indexed citations
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Tegenfeldt, Jonas O., Olgica Bakajin, Chia‐Fu Chou, et al.. (2001). Near-Field Scanner for Moving Molecules. Physical Review Letters. 86(7). 1378–1381. 69 indexed citations
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Chou, Chia‐Fu, Olgica Bakajin, Stephen W. Turner, et al.. (1999). Sorting by diffusion: An asymmetric obstacle course for continuous molecular separation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(24). 13762–13765. 151 indexed citations
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Bakajin, Olgica, Thomas Duke, Chia‐Fu Chou, et al.. (1998). Electrohydrodynamic Stretching of DNA in Confined Environments. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas. (1998). Separation techniques. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 2(5). 592–596. 12 indexed citations
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Bakajin, Olgica, James P. Brody, Chia‐Fu Chou, et al.. (1998). <title>Polymer dynamics and fluid flow in microfabricated devices</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3258. 100–113. 2 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas, et al.. (1997). Sequencing in nanofabricated arrays: A feasibility study. Electrophoresis. 18(1). 17–22. 20 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas, et al.. (1996). Pulsed‐field electrophoresis in microlithographic arrays. Electrophoresis. 17(6). 1075–1079. 56 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas. (1993). MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DNA ELECTROPHORESIS. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Viovy, Jean‐Louis, Thomas Duke, & François Caron. (1992). The physics of DNA electrophoresis. Contemporary Physics. 33(1). 25–40. 31 indexed citations
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Duke, Thomas. (1991). JUST WHAT ARE FLIGHT CREW ERRORS. 4 indexed citations

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