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Researcher · Lamar University · United States

Ian Lian

Ian Lian publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology, on topics such as Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions and Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ.

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World rank
#2,058,687
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#622,903
of 1,627,098
Works
38
Citations
4k
Citations per work
106.5
h-index
17
i10-index 20Top 42% in Molecular Biology
Ian Lian

What does Ian Lian research?

Ian Lian's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Engineering (24%), Materials Science (15%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 39.0% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 23.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 5 works · 14.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 4 works · 9.5% of their workMaterials Science: 6 works · 15.2% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 3 works · 7.6% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 works · 7.6% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 35.3% of their workLife Sciences: 10 works · 25.7% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 works · 25.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 6 works · 15.2% of their workCell Biology: 4 works · 10.5% of their workTHEIR WORKIan Lian38works
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences39%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering923.8%
    2. Materials Science615.2%
  2. Everything else1335.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1025.7%
  1. 1Molecular Biology15% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering14% of their works
  3. 3Cell Biology10% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials10% of their works
  5. 5Surfaces, Coatings and Films8% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian Lian's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Surface Roughness, Mechanotransduction, Stem Cells, Bioinspired Design, Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Cell Mechanics, Extracellular Matrix and Adhesion.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Surface Roughness122 topics
  2. Mechanotransduction112 topics
  3. Stem Cells112 topics
  4. Bioinspired Design81 topic
  5. Superhydrophobic Surfaces81 topic
  6. Cell Mechanics71 topic
  7. Extracellular Matrix71 topic
  8. Adhesion41 topic
  9. Gecko41 topic
  10. Hippo Pathway41 topic
  11. Microfluidics41 topic
  12. Nanoindentation41 topic
  13. Particle Separation41 topic
  14. Thin Films41 topic
  15. YAP/TAZ41 topic
  16. DNA nanotechnology31 topic
  17. Fluorescent Chemosensors31 topic
  18. Ion Detection31 topic
  19. Self-Assembly31 topic

Where does Ian Lian work?

Ian Lian's main affiliation in the publication record is Lamar University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ian Lian have?

OpenAlex counts 38 works and 4,047 citations for Ian Lian, an h-index of 17, ranking #2,058,687 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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