D. Briggs

16.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
148 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

D. Briggs is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Briggs has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Computational Mechanics, 55 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 34 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in D. Briggs's work include Ion-surface interactions and analysis (60 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (45 papers) and Analytical chemistry methods development (26 papers). D. Briggs is often cited by papers focused on Ion-surface interactions and analysis (60 papers), Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (45 papers) and Analytical chemistry methods development (26 papers). D. Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. D. Briggs's co-authors include M. P. Seah, G. Beamson, John T. Grant, John C. Vickerman, D.M. Brewis, Buddy D. Ratner, M. J. Hearn, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Emily F. Smith and A. R. Blythe and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemistry of Materials, Analytical Chemistry and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

D. Briggs

145 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

Practical surface analysis: By auger and x-ray photoelect... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1983 1983 1998 2001 1990 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Practical surface analysis: By auger and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
    1983 3.8k citations D. Briggs, M. P. Seah Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  2. Surface Analysis by Auger and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
    1983 934 citations D. Briggs et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  3. Surface Analysis of Polymers by XPS and Static SIMS
    1998 655 citations D. Briggs profile →
  4. ToF-SIMS : surface analysis by mass spectrometry
    2001 629 citations John C. Vickerman, D. Briggs Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  5. Auger and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
    1990 444 citations D. Briggs, M. P. Seah Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  6. Handbook of x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy
    1977 408 citations D. Briggs profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Briggs United Kingdom 49 5.4k 4.0k 3.7k 2.9k 2.1k 148 13.6k
M. P. Seah United Kingdom 61 9.2k 1.7× 7.9k 2.0× 7.3k 1.9× 4.3k 1.5× 2.6k 1.2× 315 21.8k
N. S. McIntyre Canada 50 7.8k 1.5× 5.0k 1.2× 1.5k 0.4× 698 0.2× 2.5k 1.2× 187 15.8k
John Ralston Australia 81 3.1k 0.6× 3.3k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 8.5k 4.0× 323 19.8k
Anne M. Mayes United States 60 6.7k 1.2× 3.9k 1.0× 4.2k 1.1× 711 0.2× 6.7k 3.2× 113 18.8k
Dong Wu China 67 4.8k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 3.5k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 5.9k 2.8× 464 15.2k
J. F. Moulder United States 15 14.9k 2.8× 9.6k 2.4× 2.1k 0.6× 820 0.3× 3.4k 1.6× 35 24.7k
Per M. Claesson Sweden 63 3.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 5.3k 1.4× 412 0.1× 3.5k 1.7× 368 15.8k
Agustín R. González‐Elipe Spain 58 9.1k 1.7× 6.2k 1.5× 2.3k 0.6× 913 0.3× 2.1k 1.0× 521 15.9k
John F. Watts United Kingdom 44 3.0k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 676 0.2× 1.4k 0.6× 310 8.0k
C. J. Powell United States 56 6.6k 1.2× 7.8k 1.9× 9.1k 2.4× 1.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.8× 217 17.2k

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All Works

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Smith, Emily F., Frank J. M. Rutten, Ignacio J. Villar‐García, D. Briggs, & Peter Licence. (2006). Ionic Liquids in Vacuo:  Analysis of Liquid Surfaces Using Ultra-High-Vacuum Techniques. Langmuir. 22(22). 9386–9392. 223 indexed citations
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Smith, Emily F., D. Briggs, & Neal Fairley. (2005). Further developments in quantitative X‐ray photoelectron spectromicroscopy: preliminary results from the study of germanium corrosion. Surface and Interface Analysis. 38(2). 69–75. 22 indexed citations
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Briggs, D., et al.. (2000). Positive secondary ion mass spectrum of poly(methyl methacrylate): a high mass resolution ToF-SIMS study. Surface and Interface Analysis. 29(5). 303–309. 23 indexed citations
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Rowley, G., et al.. (1999). Surface modification and electrostatic charge of polystyrene particles. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 182(2). 199–211. 14 indexed citations
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Beamson, G. & D. Briggs. (1998). Degradation of poly(vinyl alcohol) thin films during monochromatized XPS: substrate effects and x-ray intensity dependence. Surface and Interface Analysis. 26(5). 343–351. 33 indexed citations
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Briggs, D., et al.. (1997). Incorporating a New Salinity-Outflow Algorithm into an Operations Model for the Central Valley, California. 611–616. 2 indexed citations
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Fletcher, I. W., Martyn C. Davies, & D. Briggs. (1992). Surface modifications introduced to a polytetrafluorethylene‐filled polycarbonate compound by dry sliding against steel as revealed by imaging XPS. Surface and Interface Analysis. 18(5). 303–305. 2 indexed citations
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Briggs, D. & M. P. Seah. (1992). Ion and neutral spectroscopy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 45 indexed citations
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Leggett, Graham J., D. Briggs, & John C. Vickerman. (1991). Application of tandem analyser to SIMS studies of hydrocarbon polymers. Surface and Interface Analysis. 17(10). 737–744. 13 indexed citations
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Smith, Roger M., et al.. (1991). Retention in supercritical fluid chromatography on cyano-bonded silica columns. The Analyst. 116(12). 1281–1281. 13 indexed citations
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Briggs, D., et al.. (1988). The structure of [(C6H5)CH2P(C6H5)3][Au(C6F5)Cl]: an organometallic gold(I) pentafluorophenyl complex useful as an ylide precursor. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 44(7). 1313–1315. 2 indexed citations
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Briggs, D.. (1987). Towards Determining Variable Overlap in Recursive Rule Expansions.
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Briggs, D., Martyn F. Guest, Ian H. Hillier, Michael J. Knight, & Alastair A. MacDowell. (1981). Photoelectron spectra and electronic structure of cyanoguanidine in the gas phase and solid state. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 2 Molecular and Chemical Physics. 77(4). 683–683. 4 indexed citations
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Briggs, D.. (1980). Support effects in ethene hydrogenation catalyzed by platinum. Journal of Catalysis. 65(1). 31–35. 37 indexed citations
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Briggs, D., R.A. Marbrow, & Richard M. Lambert. (1978). Photoelectron spectroscopy and surface order: Some UPS and XPS observations on Ag(110). Solid State Communications. 26(1). 1–2. 5 indexed citations
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Clark, David, A. Dilks, D. Shuttleworth, D. Briggs, & D.M. Brewis. (1977). Comments on ?X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies of polymer surfaces part 2 melting polyethylene against aluminium?. Journal of Materials Science. 12(12). 2547–2551. 7 indexed citations

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