Bengt Rånby

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Bengt Rånby is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Bengt Rånby has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Organic Chemistry, 43 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 19 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Bengt Rånby's work include Photopolymerization techniques and applications (42 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (28 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (16 papers). Bengt Rånby is often cited by papers focused on Photopolymerization techniques and applications (42 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (28 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (16 papers). Bengt Rånby collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, China and Japan. Bengt Rånby's co-authors include Jan F. Rabek, Wantai Yang, Swaraj Paul, Jianping Deng, Julia Lucki, Anders Hult, Hiroshi Yoshida, Yan Qing, Wenfang Shi and Takahisa Doba and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Macromolecules and The Journal of Physical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Bengt Rånby

122 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Photodegradation, photo-oxidation, and photostabilization of polymers

1975 302 citations Bengt Rånby, Jan F. Rabek profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bengt Rånby Sweden	33	1.4k	1.2k	878	789	718	125	4.1k
Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz	11	2.4k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	734 1.0×	16	5.5k
George Odian United States	18	1.6k 1.2×	2.7k 2.2×	1.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	814 1.1×	60	5.0k
Alfred Rudin Canada	35	2.5k 1.8×	1.2k 1.0×	728 0.8×	919 1.2×	650 0.9×	238	4.7k
J. W. Vanderhoff United States	43	1.5k 1.0×	3.7k 3.1×	781 0.9×	1.6k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	136	6.0k
François Schué France	24	652 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	833 0.9×	473 0.6×	558 0.8×	189	2.9k
Jan F. Rabek Sweden	33	1.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.9×	414 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	583 0.8×	135	5.8k
R. F. T. Stepto United Kingdom	27	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	804 0.9×	858 1.1×	736 1.0×	128	3.8k
H. Mark United States	12	2.6k 1.9×	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	885 1.2×	48	5.9k
Bret J. Chisholm United States	36	869 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	599 0.7×	935 1.2×	927 1.3×	115	3.9k
A. Chapiró France	31	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	513 0.6×	858 1.1×	525 0.7×	160	3.9k

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All Works

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Rånby, Bengt. (1999). Surface modification and lamination of polymers by photografting. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 19(5). 337–343. 62 indexed citations

Rånby, Bengt. (1998). Photoinitiated modifications of polymers: photocrosslinking, surface photografting and photolamination. Materials Research Innovations. 2(2). 64–71. 16 indexed citations

Qu, Xin, Xu, Ulla Jacobsson, et al.. (1997). ¹³C NMR Studies of Photoinitiated Cross-Linking of Low-Density Polyethylene. Macromolecules. 30(5). 1408–1413. 18 indexed citations

Rånby, Bengt. (1995). Svedberg — Discoverer of the protein macromolecules. Macromolecular Symposia. 98(1). 1227–1245. 3 indexed citations

Rånby, Bengt, et al.. (1994). “Surface‐photografting”: new applications to synthetic fibers. Polymers for Advanced Technologies. 5(12). 829–836. 24 indexed citations

Salaneck, W. R., Ingemar Lundström, & Bengt Rånby. (1993). Conjugated polymers and related materials : the interconnection of chemical and electronic structure : proceedings of the Eighty-first Nobel Symposium. Oxford University Press eBooks. 30 indexed citations

Rånby, Bengt, et al.. (1992). Photoinitiated surface grafting of synthetic fibers, I. Photoinitiated surface grafting of ultra high strength polyethylene fibers. Die Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie. 195(1). 17–33. 31 indexed citations

Rånby, Bengt, et al.. (1989). Photocrosslinking of polyethylene. II. Properties of photocrosslinked polyethylene. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 27(12). 4077–4086. 23 indexed citations

Rånby, Bengt, et al.. (1987). Physical chemistry of colloids and macromolecules : proceedings of the International Symposium on Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Macromolecules to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor The(odor) Svedberg on 30 August 1884 ... Uppsala University, Sweden, held on 22-24 August 1984. 1 indexed citations

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Rånby, Bengt, Norman S. Allen, & Jan F. Rabek. (1985). New trends in the photochemistry of polymers : [the proceedings of an international symposium held in honour of Professor Bengt Rånby at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-29 August 1985]. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Hult, Anders, et al.. (1984). Photo-stability of photo-cured organic coatings: Part III—Photo-degradation of organic coatings photo-cured with alkoxyacetophenone and hydroxy alkylacetophenone photo-initiators. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 8(4). 241–258. 12 indexed citations

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Lucki, Julia, et al.. (1983). Photostabilising effect of bis(hindered piperidine) compounds: Part II—In singlet-oxygen degradation of cis-1,4-poly(butadiene). Polymer Photochemistry. 3(2). 97–108. 8 indexed citations

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Rånby, Bengt & Jan F. Rabek. (1978). Singlet oxygen reactions with organic compounds and polymers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 182 indexed citations

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Rånby, Bengt, et al.. (1978). Graft copolymerization onto starch. IV. Grafting of methyl methacrylate to granular native potato starch by manganic pyrophosphate initiation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 22(10). 3003–3010. 25 indexed citations

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Rånby, Bengt, et al.. (1977). Graft copolymerization onto starch. I. Complexes of Mn3 as initiators. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 21(6). 1647–1654. 61 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Hiroshi, et al.. (1977). ESR Studies of the Photoreduction of Quinones. II. The Reinter-pretation of Semiquinone Intermediates from Halogenated p-Benzoquinones in Ethanol. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 50(10). 2554–2557. 5 indexed citations

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Rånby, Bengt, et al.. (1969). The decomposition mechanisms of xanthates of model compounds for cellulose. I. Xanthates of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols. Journal of Polymer Science Part C Polymer Symposia. 28(1). 277–288. 1 indexed citations

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Rånby, Bengt, et al.. (1969). Formation and Structure of Vinyl Copolymers. I. ESR Studies of Initial Processes of Copolymerization in Aqueous Solution. Journal of Polymer Science Part C Polymer Symposia. 22(2). 939–956. 8 indexed citations

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Rånby, Bengt. (1963). ACCESSIBILITY OF HYDROGEN BONDS IN CELLULOSE. Sen i Gakkaishi. 19(9). 695–704. 1 indexed citations

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Rånby, Bengt. (1957). The Fine Structure of Cellulose Fibrils. 55–82. 2 indexed citations

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