W.S.C. Chang

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 559 citations indexed

About

W.S.C. Chang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, W.S.C. Chang has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 559 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in W.S.C. Chang's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (12 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (12 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (7 papers). W.S.C. Chang is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (12 papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (12 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (7 papers). W.S.C. Chang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. W.S.C. Chang's co-authors include Matthias Zwicker, Chundra Cathcart, David W. Hall, Andrew Garrett, Wojciech Jarosz, Frédo Durand, Sylvain Paris, Wojciech Matusik, Lev Michael and X. B. Mei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, Journal of Hydrology and ACM Transactions on Graphics.

In The Last Decade

W.S.C. Chang

34 papers receiving 521 citations

Hit Papers

Ancestry-constrained phylogenetic analysis supports the i... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 40 80 120
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. Ancestry-constrained phylogenetic analysis supports the indo-european steppe hypothesis
    2015 142 citations W.S.C. Chang, Chundra Cathcart et al. Language profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W.S.C. Chang United States 10 226 212 140 122 89 40 559
David Blinder Belgium 17 534 2.4× 23 0.1× 95 0.7× 6 0.0× 44 0.5× 80 1.0k
David Burke United States 11 226 1.0× 54 0.3× 88 0.6× 1 0.0× 31 0.3× 46 557
Haitao Liu China 11 18 0.1× 16 0.1× 33 0.3× 99 1.1× 47 474
Daniel S. Jeon South Korea 10 429 1.9× 151 0.7× 61 0.4× 66 0.7× 21 776
Denis Simakov Israel 6 537 2.4× 42 0.2× 78 0.6× 71 0.8× 7 697
Yinlong Sun United States 8 99 0.4× 54 0.3× 100 0.7× 22 0.2× 33 271
Chang-Yeong Kim South Korea 12 224 1.0× 31 0.1× 40 0.3× 61 0.7× 66 418
Satya P. Mallick United States 9 279 1.2× 75 0.4× 167 1.2× 13 0.1× 12 548
Robert Hamilton United States 11 128 0.6× 2 0.0× 5 0.0× 2 0.0× 227 2.6× 34 537
Roman Ďurikovič Slovakia 8 100 0.4× 110 0.5× 118 0.8× 6 0.1× 53 256

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.S.C. Chang

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

All Works

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Chang, W.S.C., Chundra Cathcart, David W. Hall, & Andrew Garrett. (2015). Ancestry-constrained phylogenetic analysis supports the indo-european steppe hypothesis. Language. 91(1). 194–244. 142 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chang, W.S.C., et al.. (2015). Modeling Character Canvases from Cartoon Drawings. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 34(5). 1–16. 27 indexed citations
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Chang, W.S.C., Chundra Cathcart, David W. Hall, & Andrew Garrett. (2015). Ancestry-constrained phylogenetic analysis supportsthe Indo-European steppe hypothesis: Supplementary materials. Language. 91(1). 4 indexed citations
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Michael, Lev, et al.. (2014). Exploring Phonological Areality in the Circum-Andean Region Using a Naive Bayes Classifier. 4(1). 27–86. 16 indexed citations
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Chang, W.S.C., et al.. (2013). Fully automatic body scanning and motion capture using two kinects. 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Chang, W.S.C., Hao Li, Niloy J. Mitra, Mark V. Pauly, & Michael Wand. (2012). Dynamic Geometry Processing. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 5 indexed citations
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Chang, W.S.C. & Matthias Zwicker. (2011). Global registration of dynamic range scans for articulated model reconstruction. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 30(3). 1–15. 57 indexed citations
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Paris, Sylvain, W.S.C. Chang, Wojciech Jarosz, et al.. (2008). Hair photobooth. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 27(3). 1–9. 91 indexed citations
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Chang, W.S.C. & Matthias Zwicker. (2008). Automatic Registration for Articulated Shapes. Computer Graphics Forum. 27(5). 1459–1468. 79 indexed citations
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Chang, W.S.C., et al.. (2005). A Directional Coupler Modulator With Improved Linearity (operating Up To 1GHz). 2. 8–9. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Paul K. L., et al.. (2004). High power and high linearity electroabsorption modulator for high speed analog RF link. 13. 48–53. 1 indexed citations
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Mei, X. B., et al.. (1998). Linearization of 1.3-/spl mu/m MQW electroabsorption modulators using an all-optical frequency-insensitive technique. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 10(7). 964–966. 26 indexed citations
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Hou, Hong‐Wei, et al.. (1995). Frequency dependent harmonic distortion in a multiple-quantum-well electroabsorption modulator. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 7(6). 632–634. 2 indexed citations
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Schaffner, James H., et al.. (1994). Spur-free dynamic range measurements of a fiber optic link with traveling wave linearized directional coupler modulators. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 6(2). 273–275. 20 indexed citations
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Yao, Shi‐Chune, T. Findakly, Siamak Forouhar, Christopher Warren, & W.S.C. Chang. (1983). <title>The State Of Art Of Chirp Grating Lenses On LiNbO<formula><inf><roman>3</roman></inf></formula></title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 408. 90–94. 2 indexed citations
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Rice, R., et al.. (1979). <title>Coupling Of An Injection Laser Diode To A Planar Waveguide</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 176. 148–154. 3 indexed citations
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Chang, W.S.C., et al.. (1959). Cavity Maser Experiments using Ruby at S Band†. Journal of Electronics and Control. 6(6). 508–526. 1 indexed citations

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