Christopher Viney

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

About

Christopher Viney is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Viney has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Biomaterials, 37 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 26 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher Viney's work include Silk-based biomaterials and applications (44 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (36 papers) and Silkworms and Sericulture Research (25 papers). Christopher Viney is often cited by papers focused on Silk-based biomaterials and applications (44 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (36 papers) and Silkworms and Sericulture Research (25 papers). Christopher Viney collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Christopher Viney's co-authors include José Pérez‐Rigueiro, M. Elices, Alan H. Windle, Javier LLorca, B. L. Thiel, Athene M. Donald, Robert J. Twieg, Fraser I. Bell, W. Clegg and Todd B. Marder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Viney

123 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.

  1. A critical review on applications of the Avrami equation beyond materials science
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Viney United States 37 2.0k 813 782 697 685 127 4.1k
Hiroyasu Masunaga Japan 33 1.6k 0.8× 326 0.4× 200 0.3× 862 1.2× 1.5k 2.2× 209 4.8k
Takaaki Hikima Japan 36 1.4k 0.7× 395 0.5× 144 0.2× 622 0.9× 1.2k 1.8× 121 4.9k
Jeffrey S. Church Australia 32 878 0.4× 257 0.3× 128 0.2× 267 0.4× 926 1.4× 104 3.6k
W. Wade Adams United States 36 877 0.4× 1.3k 1.6× 134 0.2× 469 0.7× 2.3k 3.4× 107 5.2k
Gregory P. Holland United States 34 1.6k 0.8× 168 0.2× 386 0.5× 204 0.3× 567 0.8× 98 2.9k
Qing Meng China 32 1.3k 0.7× 185 0.2× 119 0.2× 270 0.4× 801 1.2× 118 3.7k
David T. Grubb United States 33 1.1k 0.5× 140 0.2× 227 0.3× 159 0.2× 526 0.8× 85 3.2k
Lawrence F. Drummy United States 37 1.4k 0.7× 522 0.6× 118 0.2× 261 0.4× 1.7k 2.4× 102 4.3k
Morley O. Stone United States 40 2.5k 1.2× 508 0.6× 87 0.1× 295 0.4× 1.7k 2.5× 83 6.2k
Carl A. Michal Canada 28 952 0.5× 322 0.4× 130 0.2× 168 0.2× 366 0.5× 86 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Viney

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Viney

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Viney, Christopher, et al.. (2013). Large negative thermal expansion of a polymer driven by a submolecular conformational change. Nature Chemistry. 5(12). 1035–1041. 109 indexed citations
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Viney, Christopher, et al.. (2013). Greatly Enhanced Thermal Contraction at Room Temperature by Carbon Nanotubes. Advanced Functional Materials. 24(1). 77–85. 16 indexed citations
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Viney, Christopher & Peter J. Phillips. (2012). Non-bank financial institutions. University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland).
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Viney, Christopher, et al.. (2011). Sample selection, preparation methods, and the apparent tensile properties of silkworm (B. mori) cocoon silk. Biopolymers. 97(6). 397–407. 13 indexed citations
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Trancik, Jessika E., Jan T. Czernuszka, Fraser I. Bell, & Christopher Viney. (2006). Nanostructural features of a spider dragline silk as revealed by electron and X-ray diffraction studies. Polymer. 47(15). 5633–5642. 53 indexed citations
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Watt, S.W., Chaoyang Dai, A.J. Scott, et al.. (2004). Structure and Phase Behavior of a 2:1 Complex between Arene‐ and Fluoroarene‐Based Conjugated Rigid Rods. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(23). 3061–3063. 121 indexed citations
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Smith, C.E., P.S. Smith, R.Ll. Thomas, et al.. (2004). Arene-perfluoroarene interactions in crystal engineering: structural preferences in polyfluorinated tolans. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 14(3). 413–420. 104 indexed citations
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Rosair, Georgina M., et al.. (2002). THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MICROSTRUCTURE OF THE ACHATINA FULICAEPIPHRAGM. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 68(2). 165–171. 15 indexed citations
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Braun, F. N. & Christopher Viney. (2002). Sliding friction of nematic elastomers. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 14(27). 6771–6775. 2 indexed citations
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Braun, F. N. & Christopher Viney. (2001). Fluctuation-entanglement mechanism for director anchoring at nematic polymer surfaces. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(3). 31708–31708. 5 indexed citations
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Viney, Christopher, et al.. (1999). The effect of post-spin drawing on spider silk microstructure: a birefringence model. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 24(2-3). 219–226. 23 indexed citations
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Viney, Christopher. (1999). Mucus liquid crystallinity: is function related to microstructural domain size?. Biorheology. 36(4). 319–323. 12 indexed citations
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Viney, Christopher, et al.. (1999). Molecular order in spider major ampullate silk (dragline): Effects of spinning rate and post-spin drawing. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 72(7). 895–895. 1 indexed citations
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Watt, S.W., I.J. McEwen, & Christopher Viney. (1999). Stability of Molecular Order in Silkworm Silk. Macromolecules. 32(25). 8671–8673. 16 indexed citations
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Viney, Christopher & Richard A. Fenton. (1998). Physics and gel electrophoresis: using terminal velocity to characterize molecular weight. European Journal of Physics. 19(6). 575–580. 5 indexed citations
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Thiel, B. L., et al.. (1997). Non-periodic lattice crystals in the hierarchical microstructure of spider (major ampullate) silk. Biopolymers. 41(7). 703–719. 140 indexed citations
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Twieg, Robert J., et al.. (1996). Tolane oligomers: Model thermotropic liquid crystals. Liquid Crystals. 20(3). 287–292. 20 indexed citations
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Thiel, B. L., Christopher Viney, & Lynn W. Jelinski. (1996). beta Sheets and Spider Silk. Science. 273(5281). 1477e–1480. 2 indexed citations
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Viney, Christopher. (1992). The Nature and Role of Liquid Crystalline Order in Silk Secretions. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 19. 255–278. 5 indexed citations
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Viney, Christopher, Robert J. Twieg, & T. P. Russell. (1990). Liquid Crystalline Phases Formed by Iodine Derivatives of Semifluorinated Alkanes. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Incorporating Nonlinear Optics. 182(1). 291–297. 1 indexed citations

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