Adam Roberts

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Adam Roberts is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Roberts has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Adam Roberts's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (14 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (7 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (5 papers). Adam Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (14 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (7 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (5 papers). Adam Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Adam Roberts's co-authors include Jonas Baltrušaitis, Neal Fairley, Vincent Fernandez, Nijolė Dukštienė, Beatriz Mendoza‐Sánchez, Rasmita Raval, Donald R. Baer, Kateryna Artyushkova, Paul Mack and Christopher D. Easton and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Surface Science, Surface Science and Solid State Communications.

In The Last Decade

Adam Roberts

27 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Generalized molybdenum oxide surface chemical state XPS determination via informed amorphous sample model

2014 459 citations Jonas Baltrušaitis, Beatriz Mendoza‐Sánchez et al. Applied Surface Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adam Roberts United Kingdom	14	559	396	172	166	165	27	1.0k
Thomas Godfroid Belgium	21	827 1.5×	616 1.6×	222 1.3×	221 1.3×	111 0.7×	40	1.4k
P. C. J. Graat Germany	17	800 1.4×	403 1.0×	166 1.0×	184 1.1×	130 0.8×	33	1.3k
A.P. Dementjev Russia	14	825 1.5×	354 0.9×	156 0.9×	190 1.1×	77 0.5×	31	1.2k
R. Hesse Germany	14	486 0.9×	428 1.1×	142 0.8×	127 0.8×	207 1.3×	26	980
S. Contarini United States	15	557 1.0×	361 0.9×	104 0.6×	114 0.7×	121 0.7×	29	1.0k
E. Román Spain	23	998 1.8×	503 1.3×	169 1.0×	231 1.4×	115 0.7×	73	1.6k
Lucian Roiban France	20	896 1.6×	267 0.7×	297 1.7×	255 1.5×	149 0.9×	69	1.4k
Hikmet Sezen Italy	21	819 1.5×	581 1.5×	135 0.8×	364 2.2×	150 0.9×	63	1.3k
P. Streubel Germany	15	539 1.0×	507 1.3×	169 1.0×	162 1.0×	244 1.5×	42	1.2k
M. Hirsimäki Finland	19	610 1.1×	288 0.7×	106 0.6×	176 1.1×	94 0.6×	42	939

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Fairley, Neal, Giuseppe Compagnini, Vittorio Scardaci, et al.. (2022). Surface analysis insight note: Differentiation methods applicable to noisy data for determination of sp2‐ versus sp3‐hybridization of carbon allotropes and AES signal strengths. Surface and Interface Analysis. 55(3). 165–175. 13 indexed citations

Fairley, Neal, Pascal Bargiela, Adam Roberts, Vincent Fernández, & Jonas Baltrušaitis. (2022). Practical guide to understanding goodness-of-fit metrics used in chemical state modeling of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data by synthetic line shapes using nylon as an example. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 41(1). 6 indexed citations

Baer, Donald R., Kateryna Artyushkova, Hagai Cohen, et al.. (2020). XPS guide: Charge neutralization and binding energy referencing for insulating samples. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 38(3). 200 indexed citations

Szklarczyk, Marek, et al.. (2017). Sub-nanometer resolution XPS depth profiling: Sensing of atoms. Applied Surface Science. 411. 386–393. 14 indexed citations

Baltrušaitis, Jonas, Beatriz Mendoza‐Sánchez, Vincent Fernandez, et al.. (2014). Generalized molybdenum oxide surface chemical state XPS determination via informed amorphous sample model. Applied Surface Science. 326. 151–161. 459 indexed citations breakdown →

Counsell, Jonathan D. P., et al.. (2014). Reduced Preferential Sputtering of TiO<sub>2</sub> using Massive Argon Clusters. Journal of Surface Analysis. 20(3). 211–215. 30 indexed citations

Roberts, Adam, et al.. (2013). Quantitative X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Imaging for Small Feature Compositional Screening. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 19(S2). 1068–1069. 1 indexed citations

Roberts, Adam, et al.. (2010). X-ray Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 16(S2). 358–359. 1 indexed citations

Roberts, Adam, K. Macák, & Kazuhiro Takahashi. (2009). Test of the Consistency of Angle Resolved XPS Data for Depth Profile Reconstruction using the Maximum Entropy Method. Journal of Surface Analysis. 15(3). 291–294. 11 indexed citations

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Vohrer, U., et al.. (2005). Quantitative XPS imaging—new possibilities with the delay-line detector. Applied Surface Science. 252(1). 61–65. 35 indexed citations

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West, R. H., et al.. (2004). Monitoring the environmental degradation of paint dosimeters used to assess risk for fine art paintings on display by XPS. Surface and Interface Analysis. 36(8). 862–865. 6 indexed citations

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Humblot, Vincent, Delphine Le Roux, E. Mateo Marti, et al.. (2003). Synchrotron far-infrared RAIRS studies of complex molecules on Cu(110). Surface Science. 537(1-3). 253–264. 19 indexed citations

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Connan, Carole, et al.. (2002). Surface chemistry of cement pastes: a study by x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Surface and Interface Analysis. 33(10-11). 834–841. 19 indexed citations

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Roberts, Adam, Dirk Engelberg, Y. Liu, G.E. Thompson, & Morgan R. Alexander. (2002). Imaging XPS investigation of the lateral distribution of copper inclusions at the abraded surface of 2024T3 aluminium alloy and adsorption of decyl phosphonic acid. Surface and Interface Analysis. 33(8). 697–703. 30 indexed citations

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Fraser, Stuart T., et al.. (2001). The effect of ion energy on the chemistry of air-aged polymer films grown from the hyperthermal polyatomic ion Si2OMe5+. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 121(1-3). 281–297. 45 indexed citations

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Bullett, Nial A., Robert D. Short, Tracy A. O'Leary, et al.. (2001). Direct imaging of plasma‐polymerized chemical micropatterns. Surface and Interface Analysis. 31(11). 1074–1076. 26 indexed citations

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Roberts, Adam, et al.. (2001). Propan-2-ol on Ni(111): identification of surface intermediates and reaction products. Surface Science. 480(1-2). 37–46. 30 indexed citations

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Raval, Rasmita, et al.. (1998). Synchrotron far-IR RAIRS studies of interfaces created by polyfunctional organic molecules at defined metal surfaces. Il Nuovo Cimento D. 20(4). 553–561. 4 indexed citations

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Raval, Rasmita, et al.. (1997). Atomic and polyatomic molecules at metal surfaces studied by synchrotron far-IR RAIRS. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3153. 110–110. 1 indexed citations

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Roberts, Adam, Sam Haq, & Rasmita Raval. (1996). Propyne chemistry on Ni(111) and Cu(110); analogies with ethyne adsorption. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 92(23). 4823–4823. 20 indexed citations

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