A. Richard Horrocks

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

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A. Richard Horrocks is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Richard Horrocks has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 58 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 19 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in A. Richard Horrocks's work include Flame retardant materials and properties (113 papers), Fire dynamics and safety research (58 papers) and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (29 papers). A. Richard Horrocks is often cited by papers focused on Flame retardant materials and properties (113 papers), Fire dynamics and safety research (58 papers) and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (29 papers). A. Richard Horrocks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. A. Richard Horrocks's co-authors include Baljinder K. Kandola, Sheng Zhang, Dennis Price, Philip Davies, Shonali Nazaré, Michael E. Hall, David Price, Mehmet Akalın, T. Richard Hull and Jun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Progress in Polymer Science, Carbon and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

A. Richard Horrocks

168 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

A review of flame retardant polypropylene fibres

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Richard Horrocks United Kingdom	45	5.5k	1.8k	1.1k	981	758	169	6.9k
Baljinder K. Kandola United Kingdom	43	4.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	919 0.9×	688 0.9×	157	6.0k
Jenny Alongi Italy	51	6.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	811 1.1×	147	7.8k
Federico Carosio Italy	48	5.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	2.4k 2.5×	1.5k 2.0×	130	8.1k
Sabyasachi Gaan Switzerland	42	4.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	951 0.8×	883 0.9×	641 0.8×	118	5.6k
Yun Liu China	50	4.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	916 1.2×	214	7.4k
José‐Marie Lopez‐Cuesta France	37	4.7k 0.9×	965 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.7×	968 1.3×	143	6.5k
Sophie Duquesne France	45	6.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	571 0.8×	151	7.5k
Sergei V. Levchik Belarus	45	5.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.7×	1.0k 1.1×	486 0.6×	113	7.4k
G. Camino Italy	45	6.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	2.7k 2.4×	2.1k 2.1×	1.2k 1.5×	137	8.6k
René Delobel France	39	4.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	355 0.5×	86	5.3k

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Kandola, Baljinder K., et al.. (2025). Fire retarded fibre-reinforced composites: Effect of heat and fire on carbon fibre oxidation and resultant properties. Composites Part B Engineering. 306. 112790–112790. 3 indexed citations

Kandola, Baljinder K., et al.. (2024). Lignin-based carbon fibres: Effect of bio-polyamide on oxidative thermal stabilisation of lignin. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 207. 191–208. 7 indexed citations

Horrocks, A. Richard, et al.. (2024). The effect of combined atmospheric plasma/UV treatments on improving the durability of organophosphorus flame retardants applied to polyester fabrics. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 225. 110789–110789. 4 indexed citations

Kandola, Baljinder K., et al.. (2024). Carbon fibres: Effect of various thermo-oxidative environments on structural and performance damage, both alone and in composites. Carbon. 230. 119616–119616. 9 indexed citations

Kandola, Baljinder K., et al.. (2023). Comparison of the effects of antimony trioxide and zinc, calcium and copper stannates on the thermal degradation of polyamide-6,6. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 214. 110402–110402. 5 indexed citations

Kandola, Baljinder K., et al.. (2023). Effect of Cross-Linkers on the Processing of Lignin/Polyamide Precursors for Carbon Fibres. Fibers. 11(2). 16–16. 3 indexed citations

Horrocks, A. Richard, et al.. (2022). The Effect of Combined Atmospheric Plasma/UV Treatments on Improving the Durability of Flame Retardants Applied to Cotton. Molecules. 27(24). 8737–8737. 11 indexed citations

Horrocks, A. Richard, et al.. (2022). The Impact of Atmospheric Plasma/UV Laser Treatment on the Chemical and Physical Properties of Cotton and Polyester Fabrics. Fibers. 10(8). 66–66. 12 indexed citations

Kandola, Baljinder K., et al.. (2021). Effects of Water and Chemical Solutions Ageing on the Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Flammability Properties of Natural Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites. Molecules. 26(15). 4581–4581. 15 indexed citations

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Pornwannachai, Wiwat, A. Richard Horrocks, & Baljinder K. Kandola. (2021). Surface Modification of Commingled Flax/PP and Flax/PLA Fibres by Silane or Atmospheric Argon Plasma Exposure to Improve Fibre–Matrix Adhesion in Composites. Fibers. 10(1). 2–2. 24 indexed citations

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Horrocks, A. Richard. (2020). The Potential for Bio-Sustainable Organobromine-Containing Flame Retardant Formulations for Textile Applications—A Review. Polymers. 12(9). 2160–2160. 38 indexed citations

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Horrocks, A. Richard, et al.. (2020). Potential Synergism between Novel Metal Complexes and Polymeric Brominated Flame Retardants in Polyamide 6.6. Polymers. 12(7). 1543–1543. 15 indexed citations

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Horrocks, A. Richard, et al.. (2018). Environmentally Sustainable Flame Retardant Surface Treatments for Textiles: The Potential of a Novel Atmospheric Plasma/UV Laser Technology. Fibers. 6(2). 31–31. 27 indexed citations

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Culebras, Mario, M. J. Sanchı́s, Anne Beaucamp, et al.. (2018). Understanding the thermal and dielectric response of organosolv and modified kraft lignin as a carbon fibre precursor. Green Chemistry. 20(19). 4461–4472. 139 indexed citations

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Horrocks, A. Richard, et al.. (2016). Flame Retardant Polyamide Fibres: The Challenge of Minimising Flame Retardant Additive Contents with Added Nanoclays. Polymers. 8(8). 288–288. 41 indexed citations

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Horrocks, A. Richard & David Price. (2008). Advances in fire retardant materials. Woodhead Publishing Limited eBooks. 186 indexed citations

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Horrocks, A. Richard, et al.. (2005). Developments in flame retardant textiles. 1 indexed citations

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Wishart, G. J., et al.. (2000). Identification of perivitelline N-linked glycans as mediators of sperm-egg interaction in chickens. Reproduction. 120(2). 397–403. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jun, Michael E. Hall, & A. Richard Horrocks. (1993). The Flammability of Polyacrylonitrile and Its Copolymers I. The Flammability Assessment Using Pressed Powdered Polymer Samples. Journal of Fire Sciences. 11(5). 442–456. 10 indexed citations

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Horrocks, A. Richard & F. Wilkinson. (1968). Triplet state formation efficiencies of aromatic hydrocarbons in solution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 306(1485). 257–273. 97 indexed citations

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