Benny K.G. Theng

9.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Benny K.G. Theng is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benny K.G. Theng has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Biomaterials, 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 18 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benny K.G. Theng's work include Clay minerals and soil interactions (46 papers), Iron oxide chemistry and applications (21 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (17 papers). Benny K.G. Theng is often cited by papers focused on Clay minerals and soil interactions (46 papers), Iron oxide chemistry and applications (21 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (17 papers). Benny K.G. Theng collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, China and Japan. Benny K.G. Theng's co-authors include G. Jock Churchman, Marı́a de la Luz Mora, Elizabeth Garrido-Ramírez, Emmanuel Joussein, D. Righi, Bruno Delvaux, Sabine Petit, Guodong Yuan, C. Hedley and Rhys Parfitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Benny K.G. Theng

92 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Halloysite clay minerals — a review

2005 1.1k citations Emmanuel Joussein, Sabine Petit et al. Clay Minerals profile →
Clays and oxide minerals as catalysts and nanocatalysts in Fenton-like reactions — A review

2009 759 citations Benny K.G. Theng et al. Applied Clay Science profile →
Clay-Polymer Interactions: Summary and Perspectives

1982 358 citations Benny K.G. Theng profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benny K.G. Theng New Zealand	38	2.5k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	927	92	5.9k
J. B. Dixon United States	38	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	594 0.5×	503 0.5×	891 1.0×	116	5.8k
Etelka Tombácz Hungary	43	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.8×	543 0.6×	122	6.8k
Jana Madejová Slovakia	42	3.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	998 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	111	7.0k
G. Jock Churchman Australia	37	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	327 0.3×	818 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	93	5.0k
M. M. Mortland United States	39	2.2k 0.9×	654 0.5×	979 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	792 0.9×	118	5.9k
Peter Komadel Slovakia	40	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	780 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	84	5.5k
Bruno Lanson France	49	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	402 0.3×	1000 1.0×	1.5k 1.7×	118	7.2k
Ravi Kukkadapu United States	56	884 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	879 0.7×	1.9k 1.9×	272 0.3×	144	8.8k
Balwant Singh Australia	53	2.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	448 0.4×	1.5k 1.6×	238	11.1k
Joseph W. Stucki United States	38	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	510 0.4×	343 0.3×	930 1.0×	98	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benny K.G. Theng

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20 of 20 papers shown

Theng, Benny K.G.. (2024). The Chemistry of Clay-Organic Reactions. 14 indexed citations

Kirschbaum, Miko U. F., Donna Giltrap, Sam McNally, et al.. (2019). Estimating the mineral surface area of soils by measured water adsorption. Adjusting for the confounding effect of water adsorption by soil organic carbon. European Journal of Soil Science. 71(3). 382–391. 17 indexed citations

Wei, Jing, Chen Tu, Guodong Yuan, et al.. (2019). Carbon-coated montmorillonite nanocomposite for the removal of chromium(VI) from aqueous solutions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 368. 541–549. 83 indexed citations

Wei, Jing, Chen Tu, Guodong Yuan, et al.. (2019). Assessing the effect of pyrolysis temperature on the molecular properties and copper sorption capacity of a halophyte biochar. Environmental Pollution. 251. 56–65. 99 indexed citations

Yuan, Yongqiang, Meng Xiang, Cong‐Qiang Liu, & Benny K.G. Theng. (2019). Chronic impact of an accidental wastewater spill from a smelter, China: A study of health risk of heavy metal(loid)s via vegetable intake. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 182. 109401–109401. 48 indexed citations

Pereira, Roberto Calvelo, Marta Camps Arbestain, Francis M. Kelliher, et al.. (2018). Assessing the pore structure and surface area of allophane-rich and non-allophanic topsoils by supercritical drying and chemical treatment. Geoderma. 337. 805–811. 8 indexed citations

Theng, Benny K.G.. (2018). Clay Mineral Catalysis of Organic Reactions. 18 indexed citations

Theng, Benny K.G., et al.. (2015). Phytochemical analysis of ethanol extract of Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch tuberous root using UV-VIS, FTIR and GC-MS.. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research. 6(9). 3936–3942. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Bing, et al.. (2015). Diurnal and spatial variations of soil NOx fluxes in the northern steppe of China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 32. 54–61. 5 indexed citations

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Tate, K. R., Guodong Yuan, Benny K.G. Theng, et al.. (2015). Can geophagy mitigate enteric methane emissions from cattle. 2(1). 1–8. 6 indexed citations

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Maslov, O. D., et al.. (2013). Chemical and mineralogical composition of the Mongolian rural soils and their uranium sorption behavior. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 118. 105–112. 9 indexed citations

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Theng, Benny K.G., Guodong Yuan, & Hideo Hashizume. (2005). Clay Minerals and Polymers: From Soils to Nanocomposites. Clay science. 12(1). 69–73. 10 indexed citations

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Joussein, Emmanuel, Sabine Petit, G. Jock Churchman, et al.. (2005). Halloysite clay minerals — a review. Clay Minerals. 40(4). 383–426. 1122 indexed citations breakdown →

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Parfitt, R. L., J. S. Whitton, & Benny K.G. Theng. (2001). Surface reactivity of A horizons towards polar compounds estimated from water adsorption and water content. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 39(5). 1105–1110. 28 indexed citations

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Hedley, C., Surinder Saggar, Benny K.G. Theng, & J. S. Whitton. (2000). Surface area of soils of contrasting mineralogies using para -nitrophenol adsorption and its relation to air-dry moisture content of soils. Australian Journal of Soil Research. 38(1). 155–168. 19 indexed citations

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Childs, C.W., Katsuhiro Inoue, Haruhiko Seyama, et al.. (1997). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic characterization of Silica Springs allophane. Clay Minerals. 32(4). 565–572. 11 indexed citations

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Theng, Benny K.G., et al.. (1995). Assessing the capacity of some New Zealand clays for decolourizing vegetable oil and butter. Applied Clay Science. 9(5). 321–326. 19 indexed citations

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Swift, R. S., Russell L. Leonard, Roger H. Newman, & Benny K.G. Theng. (1992). Changes in humic acid composition with molecular weight as detected by 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The Science of The Total Environment. 117-118. 53–61. 39 indexed citations

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Churchman, G. Jock & Benny K.G. Theng. (1984). Interactions of halloysites with amides: mineralogical factors affecting complex formation. Clay Minerals. 19(2). 161–175. 91 indexed citations

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Theng, Benny K.G., D. J. Greenland, & J. P. Quirk. (1968). The effect of exchangeable alkylammonium ions on the swelling of montmorillonite in water. Clay Minerals. 7(3). 271–293. 7 indexed citations

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