Christopher S. Allen

15.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher S. Allen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher S. Allen has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 29 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher S. Allen's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (29 papers), Graphene research and applications (22 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (17 papers). Christopher S. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (29 papers), Graphene research and applications (22 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (17 papers). Christopher S. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Christopher S. Allen's co-authors include Angus I. Kirkland, Jamie H. Warner, Alex W. Robertson, Kuang He, Yimin A. Wu, E.J. Olivier, Wenchao Wan, Yonggui Zhao, Greta R. Patzke and Jan Neethling and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Christopher S. Allen

164 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

A fundamental look at electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction

2020 716 citations Christopher S. Allen, Angus I. Kirkland et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
Mechanistic insight into the active centers of single/dual-atom Ni/Fe-based oxygen electrocatalysts

2021 339 citations Wenchao Wan, Yonggui Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher S. Allen United Kingdom	36	2.5k	2.2k	1.4k	634	416	179	5.4k
Apurva Mehta United States	44	3.4k 1.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	505 0.8×	125 0.3×	205	7.4k
Nestor J. Zaluzec United States	38	2.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	524 0.4×	736 1.2×	467 1.1×	191	4.6k
Hongyi Xu China	38	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	777 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	113 0.3×	133	5.5k
Seiji Takeda Japan	37	3.6k 1.4×	2.6k 1.2×	858 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	450 1.1×	220	6.7k
Utkur Mirsaidov Singapore	40	2.3k 0.9×	969 0.4×	913 0.7×	1.3k 2.0×	615 1.5×	124	4.4k
Huaixin Yang China	33	2.8k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	321 0.5×	151 0.4×	235	6.1k
David Skinner United States	21	7.0k 2.8×	3.6k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	674 1.1×	66 0.2×	51	10.4k
Peter Moeck United States	17	1.9k 0.8×	560 0.3×	225 0.2×	416 0.7×	209 0.5×	94	3.2k
Thomas Altantzis Belgium	35	3.1k 1.2×	1.6k 0.7×	977 0.7×	1.2k 2.0×	331 0.8×	83	5.4k
Yin Liu China	29	1.2k 0.5×	752 0.3×	349 0.3×	508 0.8×	84 0.2×	107	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher S. Allen

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Chen, Lu, Xuze Guan, Zhaofu Fei, et al.. (2025). Tuning the selectivity of NH3 oxidation via cooperative electronic interactions between platinum and copper sites. Nature Communications. 16(1). 26–26. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Lu, Xuze Guan, Shusaku Hayama, et al.. (2025). Lowering the Cu-O bond energy in CuO nanocatalysts enhances the efficiency of NH3 oxidation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9412–9412.

Pinilla, Samuel, et al.. (2025). Discovering fully semantic representations via centroid- and orientation-aware feature learning. Nature Machine Intelligence. 7(2). 307–314.

Olbrich, Lorenz F., Nicolò Pianta, Ben Jagger, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Investigation of the SEI Formed on Lithium Metal Anodes. ACS electrochemistry.. 2(1). 166–174.

Soriano‐López, Joaquín, et al.. (2025). Design of Core@Shell Nanoparticles Based on Gold and Magnetic NiFe Prussian-Blue Analogues Featuring Shape-Dependent Magnetic and Electrochemical Activity. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(13). 6510–6518. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Zhiqiang, S. Esmael Balaghi, Ralf Thomann, et al.. (2024). Ultrasmall and Highly Dispersed Pt Entities Deposited on Mesoporous N‐doped Carbon Nanospheres by Pulsed CVD for Improved HER. Small. 20(34). e2311260–e2311260. 17 indexed citations

Schofield, Ryan M., Barbara M. Maciejewska, Karim A. Elmestekawy, et al.. (2024). Nanostructure and Photovoltaic Potential of Plasmonic Nanofibrous Active Layers. Small. 21(3). e2409269–e2409269. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Lu, Xuze Guan, Xinbang Wu, et al.. (2024). Thermally stable high-loading single Cu sites on ZSM-5 for selective catalytic oxidation of NH ₃. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(31). e2404830121–e2404830121. 7 indexed citations

Castells‐Gil, Javier, et al.. (2024). Controlling A_xMn[Fe(CN)₆] charge transfer pathways through tilt-engineering for enhanced metal-to-metal interactions. Materials Advances. 5(18). 7473–7480. 2 indexed citations

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Wan, Wenchao, Yonggui Zhao, Jie Meng, et al.. (2023). Tailoring C─N Containing Compounds into Carbon Nanomaterials with Tunable Morphologies for Electrocatalytic Applications. Small. 20(7). e2304663–e2304663. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Longxiang, Liqun Kang, Arunabhiram Chutia, et al.. (2023). Spectroscopic Identification of Active Sites of Oxygen‐Doped Carbon for Selective Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(21). e202303525–e202303525. 60 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingjing, Zhichao Gong, Christopher S. Allen, et al.. (2021). Edge-hosted Fe-N3 sites on a multiscale porous carbon framework combining high intrinsic activity with efficient mass transport for oxygen reduction. Chem Catalysis. 1(6). 1291–1307. 132 indexed citations

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Wan, Wenchao, Yonggui Zhao, Shiqian Wei, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic insight into the active centers of single/dual-atom Ni/Fe-based oxygen electrocatalysts. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5589–5589. 339 indexed citations breakdown →

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Veale, Matthew C., Xiaoke Mu, Christopher S. Allen, et al.. (2021). Quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 227. 113298–113298. 14 indexed citations

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Wan, Wenchao, Carlos A. Triana, Jinggang Lan, et al.. (2020). Bifunctional Single Atom Electrocatalysts: Coordination–Performance Correlations and Reaction Pathways. ACS Nano. 14(10). 13279–13293. 148 indexed citations

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Duan, Haohong, Jincheng Liu, Ming Xu, et al.. (2019). Molecular nitrogen promotes catalytic hydrodeoxygenation. Nature Catalysis. 2(12). 1078–1087. 89 indexed citations

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Olivier, E.J., J.H. Neethling, R.E. Kroon, et al.. (2018). Imaging the atomic structure and local chemistry of platelets in natural type Ia diamond. Nature Materials. 17(3). 243–248. 18 indexed citations

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Allen, Christopher S.. (2010). Ideas, Institutions and Organized Capitalism: The German Model of Political Economy Twenty Years after Unification. German Politics & Society. 28(2). 130–150. 3 indexed citations

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Allen, Christopher S., et al.. (1993). The Financial System and Corporate Governance in Germany: Institutions and the Diffusion of Innovations. Journal of Public Policy. 13(2). 183–202. 5 indexed citations

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Grant, Robert M., Martin E. Marty, Robert T. Handy, et al.. (1986). CHH volume 55 issue 1 Cover and Front matter. Church History. 55(1). f1–f8. 1 indexed citations

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