David Purser

2.6k total citations
62 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

David Purser is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Aerospace Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Purser has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 12 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Purser's work include Fire dynamics and safety research (24 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (14 papers) and Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (12 papers). David Purser is often cited by papers focused on Fire dynamics and safety research (24 papers), Combustion and Detonation Processes (14 papers) and Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (12 papers). David Purser collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. David Purser's co-authors include T. Richard Hull, Anna A. Stec, W.D. Woolley, Enrico Ronchi, S. Gwynne, Pasquale Colonna, I. C. Whitfield, Karen Boyce, Richard J. Roby and Piotr Wroczyński and has published in prestigious journals such as Polymer Degradation and Stability, Toxicology and SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series.

In The Last Decade

David Purser

61 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Purser United Kingdom 23 641 482 276 162 129 62 1.4k
Christopher J. Wieczorek United States 6 1.5k 2.3× 733 1.5× 314 1.1× 501 3.1× 246 1.9× 9 2.1k
Morgan J. Hurley United States 5 1.5k 2.3× 753 1.6× 308 1.1× 488 3.0× 247 1.9× 11 2.1k
David D Evans United States 14 433 0.7× 185 0.4× 30 0.1× 75 0.5× 51 0.4× 33 875
Changkun Chen China 25 1.0k 1.6× 885 1.8× 125 0.5× 197 1.2× 72 0.6× 110 1.9k
D.J. Rasbash United Kingdom 15 722 1.1× 255 0.5× 108 0.4× 353 2.2× 109 0.8× 52 1.1k
Yuqi Hu China 17 199 0.3× 169 0.4× 54 0.2× 50 0.3× 37 0.3× 90 1.1k
Anders Lönnermark Sweden 21 1.5k 2.4× 1.0k 2.1× 86 0.3× 331 2.0× 107 0.8× 114 1.9k
Yaqing Li China 22 400 0.6× 859 1.8× 47 0.2× 342 2.1× 77 0.6× 94 1.8k
Khalid Moinuddin Australia 20 715 1.1× 316 0.7× 128 0.5× 141 0.9× 133 1.0× 113 1.3k
Dong Liang China 15 233 0.4× 111 0.2× 130 0.5× 134 0.8× 83 0.6× 89 694

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Purser

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Purser

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All Works

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Stec, Anna A., David Purser, & T. Richard Hull. (2024). Grenfell Tower Fire: Firefighters’ Activities and Their Exposure to Fire Smoke and Heat. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 67(1). e1–e11. 1 indexed citations
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Stec, Anna A., David Purser, & T. Richard Hull. (2024). Grenfell Tower Fire: Toxic Effluents and Assessment of Firefighters’ Health Impacts. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 67(1). e12–e21. 2 indexed citations
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Baxter, Peter J., Susanna F. Jenkins, Rosadi Seswandhana, et al.. (2017). Human survival in volcanic eruptions: Thermal injuries in pyroclastic surges, their causes, prognosis and emergency management. Burns. 43(5). 1051–1069. 36 indexed citations
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Giebułtowicz, Joanna, Monika Ruzycka-Ayoush, Piotr Wroczyński, David Purser, & Anna A. Stec. (2017). Analysis of fire deaths in Poland and influence of smoke toxicity. Forensic Science International. 277. 77–87. 62 indexed citations
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Purser, David. (2015). Toxicology, Survival and Health Hazards of Combustion Products. 26 indexed citations
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Purser, David, et al.. (2012). Repeatability and reproducibility of the ISO/TS 19700 steady state tube furnace. Fire Safety Journal. 55. 22–34. 18 indexed citations
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Roby, Richard J., et al.. (2011). The effect of sodium fluoride on the stability of cyanide in postmortem blood samples from fire victims. Forensic Science International. 209(1-3). 29–33. 12 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Susanna F., P J Baxter, Robin Spence, David Purser, & Angela Brown. (2009). Fire potential following pyroclastic flow in the Vesuvius area (Technical report for project SPeeD). Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations
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Gann, Richard G., et al.. (2007). Improving Survivability in Motor Vehicle Fires. International Journal of Web Services Research. 3 indexed citations
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Purser, David, et al.. (2003). Grid Flow: An Object-oriented Building Evacuation Model Combining Pre-movement And Movement Behaviours For Performance-based Design. Fire Safety Science. 7. 941–952. 46 indexed citations
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Purser, David. (2003). ASET And RSET: Addressing Some Issues In Relation To Occupant Behaviour And Tenability. Fire Safety Science. 7. 91–102. 44 indexed citations
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Purser, David, et al.. (2001). Quantification of behaviour for engineering design standards and escape time calculations. Safety Science. 38(2). 157–182. 176 indexed citations
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Purser, David. (1996). Behavioural impairment in smoke environments. Toxicology. 115(1-3). 25–40. 22 indexed citations
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Purser, David. (1992). The evolution of toxic effluents in fires and the assessment of toxic hazard. Toxicology Letters. 64-65. 247–255. 24 indexed citations
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Colley, J., James A. Edwards, R. Heywood, & David Purser. (1989). Toxicity studies with quinine hydrochloride. Toxicology. 54(2). 219–226. 13 indexed citations
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Purser, David. (1985). HOW TOXIC SMOKE PRODUCTS AFFECT THE ABILITY OF VICTIMS TO ESCAPE FROM FIRES. 28–32. 4 indexed citations
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Purser, David, et al.. (1983). Effects of lead exposure on peripheral nerve in the cynomolgus monkey.. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 40(4). 402–412. 12 indexed citations
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Collins, Christopher, et al.. (1978). Effects of chronic inhalation of dimethyl ether in the rat. Toxicology. 11(1). 65–71. 4 indexed citations

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