D. Howard Fairbrother

10.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
204 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

D. Howard Fairbrother is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Howard Fairbrother has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Materials Chemistry, 48 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. Howard Fairbrother's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (36 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (27 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (27 papers). D. Howard Fairbrother is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (36 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (27 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (27 papers). D. Howard Fairbrother collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Iceland. D. Howard Fairbrother's co-authors include Billy Smith, Kevin A. Wepasnick, William P. Ball, Justin M. Gorham, Julie L. Bitter, A. Wagner, Joshua D. Wnuk, Stephen R. Diegelmann, Hannah K. Wilson and David G. Goodwin and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

D. Howard Fairbrother

204 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

Surface and structural ch... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2010 2007 2010 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Surface and structural characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes following different oxidative treatments
    2010 606 citations D. Howard Fairbrother et al. Carbon profile →
  2. Multifunctional chondroitin sulphate for cartilage tissue–biomaterial integration
    2007 560 citations D. Howard Fairbrother et al. profile →
  3. Chemical and structural characterization of carbon nanotube surfaces
    2010 500 citations D. Howard Fairbrother et al. 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. Howard Fairbrother United States 46 4.0k 2.7k 1.9k 1.1k 972 204 8.9k
Donald R. Baer United States 58 6.0k 1.5× 2.4k 0.9× 4.9k 2.6× 1.3k 1.2× 808 0.8× 287 13.2k
Lei Li China 39 3.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 838 0.8× 376 0.4× 279 7.3k
Michael A. Morris Ireland 58 7.7k 1.9× 2.6k 1.0× 2.9k 1.5× 890 0.8× 537 0.6× 389 12.0k
Brij M. Moudgil United States 43 2.9k 0.7× 2.9k 1.1× 834 0.4× 563 0.5× 753 0.8× 164 7.8k
Hendrik Heinz United States 54 4.1k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 668 0.6× 541 0.6× 130 10.3k
Xiao Gong China 53 4.0k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 2.2k 1.2× 2.0k 1.9× 520 0.5× 191 8.1k
Dayang Wang China 64 6.2k 1.5× 3.3k 1.2× 2.7k 1.4× 1.9k 1.8× 721 0.7× 304 12.6k
Emil Chibowski Poland 45 1.7k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 2.1k 1.9× 724 0.7× 191 7.5k
Rob G. H. Lammertink Netherlands 43 1.7k 0.4× 3.5k 1.3× 2.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.5× 1.8k 1.9× 184 7.1k
Robert N. Lamb Australia 39 2.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 351 0.4× 174 6.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Howard Fairbrother

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Howard Fairbrother

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All Works

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Portela, Raquel, et al.. (2025). Production, labeling, and applications of micro- and nanoplastic reference and test materials. Environmental Science Nano. 12(6). 2911–2964. 3 indexed citations
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Ambade, Swapnil B., et al.. (2024). Stability of Ti3C2Tx MXenes in engineered environments. Environmental Science Nano. 11(2). 494–506. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zhe, Tian‐Yi Luo, Sunghwan Park, et al.. (2023). Enantioselective catalysts based on metal-organic framework-supported nucleotides. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 360. 112703–112703. 1 indexed citations
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Miao, Yurun, Dennis T. Lee, Paul Haghi‐Ashtiani, et al.. (2023). Zinc‐Imidazolate Films as an All‐Dry Resist Technology. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(12). 14 indexed citations
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Dimkpa, Christian O., et al.. (2023). Role of Phosphorus Type and Biodegradable Polymer on Phosphorus Fate and Efficacy in a Plant–Soil System. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 71(44). 16493–16503. 9 indexed citations
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Gomez‐Maldonado, Diego, et al.. (2023). Modifying soluble NPK release with hydrophobized nanocellulose-based hydrogels for sustainable enhanced efficiency fertilizers. Environmental Science Nano. 11(2). 529–545. 17 indexed citations
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Frank, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Biodegradation of Functionalized Nanocellulose. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(15). 10744–10757. 60 indexed citations
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Walker, I., Manuel D. Montaño, Ronald S. Lankone, D. Howard Fairbrother, & P. Lee Ferguson. (2021). Influence of CNT loading and environmental stressors on leaching of polymer-associated chemicals from epoxy and polycarbonate nanocomposites. Environmental Chemistry. 18(3). 131–141. 4 indexed citations
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Frank, Benjamin, David G. Goodwin, Pavlo Bohutskyi, et al.. (2020). Influence of polymer type and carbon nanotube properties on carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposite biodegradation. The Science of The Total Environment. 742. 140512–140512. 10 indexed citations
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Frank, Benjamin, Casey Smith, M. J. Gallagher, et al.. (2020). Influence of Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups on the Environmental Properties, Transformations, and Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes. Chemical Reviews. 120(20). 11651–11697. 142 indexed citations
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Lankone, Ronald S., Emmanuel Ruggiero, David G. Goodwin, et al.. (2019). Evaluating performance, degradation, and release behavior of a nanoform pigmented coating after natural and accelerated weathering. NanoImpact. 17. 100199–100199. 6 indexed citations
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Phan, Duc, David G. Goodwin, Benjamin Frank, Edward J. Bouwer, & D. Howard Fairbrother. (2018). Biodegradability of carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposites under aerobic mixed culture conditions. The Science of The Total Environment. 639. 804–814. 18 indexed citations
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Shi, Wenbo, Jinjing Li, Erik S. Polsen, et al.. (2017). Oxygen-promoted catalyst sintering influences number density, alignment, and wall number of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Nanoscale. 9(16). 5222–5233. 33 indexed citations
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Fairbrother, D. Howard, et al.. (2017). Developing a fundamental understanding of polymer nanocomposite photodegradation and CNT release characteristics. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2017). 321–324. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jingjing, Ronald S. Lankone, Robert B. Reed, D. Howard Fairbrother, & James F. Ranville. (2016). Analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes using spICP-MS with microsecond dwell time. NanoImpact. 1. 65–72. 22 indexed citations
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McGuire, Molly M., et al.. (2004). Treatment of Vapor-Phase Organohalides with Zero-Valent Iron and Ni/Fe Reductants. Environmental Engineering Science. 21(4). 421–435. 9 indexed citations

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