Alan Davis

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Alan Davis is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Davis has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Ocean Engineering, 17 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 15 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Alan Davis's work include Coal Properties and Utilization (20 papers), Coal and Its By-products (16 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (15 papers). Alan Davis is often cited by papers focused on Coal Properties and Utilization (20 papers), Coal and Its By-products (16 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (15 papers). Alan Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Alan Davis's co-authors include Paul C. Painter, Randy W. Snyder, Michael Starsinic, D.W. Kuehn, J.R. Levine, Michael M. Coleman, W. Spackman, P.H. Given, Yunxing Cao and James C. Hower and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Geology and Fuel.

In The Last Decade

Alan Davis

54 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Concerning the Application of FT-IR to the Study of Coal: A Critical Assessment of Band Assignments and the Application of Spectral Analysis Programs

1981 567 citations Paul C. Painter, Randy W. Snyder et al. Applied Spectroscopy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Davis United States	28	1.3k	1.1k	740	673	418	54	2.7k
P.H. Given United States	28	1.1k 0.9×	694 0.6×	802 1.1×	745 1.1×	378 0.9×	87	3.1k
Martin L. Gorbaty United States	27	1.2k 0.9×	744 0.6×	595 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	500 1.2×	57	3.1k
P. J. Kwiatek United States	18	890 0.7×	486 0.4×	315 0.4×	523 0.8×	240 0.6×	19	1.8k
John C. Crelling United States	20	647 0.5×	531 0.5×	501 0.7×	336 0.5×	176 0.4×	38	1.3k
P. Landais France	30	1.6k 1.2×	569 0.5×	362 0.5×	246 0.4×	144 0.3×	80	2.4k
G.H. Taylor Australia	16	688 0.5×	420 0.4×	465 0.6×	189 0.3×	407 1.0×	36	1.6k
Atul Kumar Varma India	24	1.4k 1.1×	996 0.9×	472 0.6×	159 0.2×	348 0.8×	90	1.8k
Thomas Gentzis United States	32	3.5k 2.8×	2.0k 1.7×	512 0.7×	145 0.2×	1.1k 2.5×	204	4.5k
Michael Starsinic United States	7	333 0.3×	302 0.3×	230 0.3×	290 0.4×	165 0.4×	7	966
Haitao Xue China	29	2.1k 1.7×	1.0k 0.9×	80 0.1×	185 0.3×	805 1.9×	100	3.1k

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Cao, Yunxing, Gareth D. Mitchell, Alan Davis, & Daming Wang. (2000). Deformation metamorphism of bituminous and anthracite coals from China. International Journal of Coal Geology. 43(1-4). 227–242. 103 indexed citations

Wang, Shaojie, et al.. (1999). Thermogravimetric and Rock-Eval Studies Of Coal Properties and Coal Rank. Energy & Fuels. 13(2). 396–400. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Etuan & Alan Davis. (1993). Coalification patterns of the Pennsylvanian coal measures in the Appalachian foreland basin, western and south-central Pennsylvania. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 105(2). 162–174. 28 indexed citations

Hower, James C., et al.. (1993). Appalachian anthracites. Organic Geochemistry. 20(6). 619–642. 25 indexed citations

Davis, Alan, et al.. (1993). The dynamic nature of coal's macromolecular structure: viscoelastic analysis of solvent-swollen coals. Energy & Fuels. 7(4). 463–468. 11 indexed citations

Cronauer, Donald C., et al.. (1992). The beneficiation of Martin Lake Texas lignite. Fuel. 71(1). 65–73. 16 indexed citations

Davis, Alan, et al.. (1991). Direct imaging of coal pore space accessible to liquid metal. Energy & Fuels. 5(6). 776–781. 12 indexed citations

Kuehn, D.W. & Alan Davis. (1991). The effects of coalification and paleoenvironment on aliphatic and aromatic CH contents in the Lower Kittanning coal seam. Organic Geochemistry. 17(2). 255–262. 5 indexed citations

Levine, J.R. & Alan Davis. (1989). Reflectance anisotropy of Upper Carboniferous coals in the Appalachian foreland basin, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. International Journal of Coal Geology. 13(1-4). 341–373. 64 indexed citations

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Rimmer, Susan M. & Alan Davis. (1988). The influence of depositional environments on coal petrographic composition of the Lower Kittaning seam, western Pennsylvania. Organic Geochemistry. 12(4). 375–387. 27 indexed citations

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Davis, Alan, et al.. (1987). Variability in the inorganic element content of U.S. coals including results of cluster analysis. Organic Geochemistry. 11(5). 331–342. 24 indexed citations

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Stansberry, Peter G., et al.. (1987). Influence of solvent-free catalytic hydrogenation on the thermoplastic behavior of coals. Energy & Fuels. 1(1). 89–93. 14 indexed citations

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Havens, John R., Jack L. Koenig, D.W. Kuehn, et al.. (1983). Characterization of coals and coal oxidation by magic-angle 13C n.m.r. spectroscopy. Fuel. 62(8). 936–941. 28 indexed citations

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Cronauer, Donald C., Raffaele G. Ruberto, Robert G. Jenkins, et al.. (1983). Liquefaction of partially dried and oxidized coals. Fuel. 62(10). 1124–1132. 24 indexed citations

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Davis, Alan, et al.. (1983). The microscopy of mesophase formation and of anisotropic cokes produced from solvent‐refined coals. Journal of Microscopy. 132(3). 315–331. 6 indexed citations

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Davis, Alan, et al.. (1983). Mapping of polished coal surfaces by automated reflectance microscopy. Journal of Microscopy. 132(3). 297–302. 9 indexed citations

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Painter, Paul C., Susan M. Rimmer, Randy W. Snyder, & Alan Davis. (1981). A Fourier Transform Infrared Study of Mineral Matter in Coal: The Application of a Least Squares Curve-Fitting Program. Applied Spectroscopy. 35(1). 102–106. 70 indexed citations

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Hower, James C. & Alan Davis. (1981). Application of vitrinite reflectance anisotropy in the evaluation of coal metamorphism. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 92(6). 350–350. 49 indexed citations

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Painter, Paul C., Randy W. Snyder, Michael Starsinic, et al.. (1981). Concerning the Application of FT-IR to the Study of Coal: A Critical Assessment of Band Assignments and the Application of Spectral Analysis Programs. Applied Spectroscopy. 35(5). 475–485. 567 indexed citations breakdown →

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Given, P.H., et al.. (1975). Dependence of coal liquefaction behaviour on coal characteristics. 2. Role of petrographic composition. Fuel. 54(1). 40–49. 94 indexed citations

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