David S. McPhail

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

David S. McPhail is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. McPhail has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Computational Mechanics, 30 papers in Materials Chemistry and 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in David S. McPhail's work include Ion-surface interactions and analysis (37 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (16 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (14 papers). David S. McPhail is often cited by papers focused on Ion-surface interactions and analysis (37 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (16 papers) and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (14 papers). David S. McPhail collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malaysia. David S. McPhail's co-authors include Richard J. Chater, Mary P. Ryan, Bernie M. Hutton, David E. Williams, Sarah Fearn, Andrew T. S. Wee, Seán McLoughlin, Julian Henderson, Daniel H. C. Chua and B.A. Shollock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

David S. McPhail

103 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David S. McPhail United Kingdom	29	1.4k	841	607	561	461	108	3.5k
G. M. Ingo Italy	39	2.3k 1.7×	903 1.1×	628 1.0×	369 0.7×	184 0.4×	167	4.4k
J. E. Castle United Kingdom	40	2.5k 1.8×	999 1.2×	401 0.7×	958 1.7×	835 1.8×	182	4.9k
Antoine Seyeux France	42	3.2k 2.4×	1.7k 2.0×	383 0.6×	1.2k 2.1×	1.2k 2.6×	160	5.2k
Guido Grundmeier Germany	39	2.8k 2.1×	1.8k 2.2×	1.1k 1.8×	484 0.9×	323 0.7×	240	5.7k
S. Joiret France	32	2.0k 1.4×	590 0.7×	298 0.5×	258 0.5×	610 1.3×	68	3.1k
Charles E. Lyman United States	20	1.2k 0.9×	602 0.7×	388 0.6×	570 1.0×	58 0.1×	71	3.1k
S. Kačiulis Italy	36	2.7k 2.0×	1.6k 1.9×	1.2k 2.0×	598 1.1×	74 0.2×	235	4.8k
Christine A. Orme United States	36	1.8k 1.3×	678 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	258 0.5×	273 0.6×	101	4.7k
Lucille A. Giannuzzi United States	28	2.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.9×	1.2k 1.9×	1.1k 1.9×	182 0.4×	104	5.1k
Annemie Adriaens Belgium	29	1.2k 0.9×	568 0.7×	232 0.4×	154 0.3×	213 0.5×	161	2.9k

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Demmel, F., David S. McPhail, A. C. Cook, et al.. (2023). Silver Jubilee for the OSIRIS spectrometer: Achievements and Outlook. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 286. 3005–3005. 2 indexed citations

Fearn, Sarah, et al.. (2017). Analysis and imaging of biocidal agrochemicals using ToF-SIMS. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10728–10728. 5 indexed citations

Davies, Sarah K., Sarah Fearn, Luke P. Allsopp, et al.. (2017). Visualizing Antimicrobials in Bacterial Biofilms: Three-Dimensional Biochemical Imaging Using TOF-SIMS. mSphere. 2(4). 25 indexed citations

Mehonić, Adnan, Mark Buckwell, Luca Montesi, et al.. (2016). Silica: Nanoscale Transformations in Metastable, Amorphous, Silicon‐Rich Silica (Adv. Mater. 34/2016). Advanced Materials. 28(34). 7549–7549. 11 indexed citations

Liebeke, Manuel, Nicole Strittmatter, Sarah Fearn, et al.. (2015). Unique metabolites protect earthworms against plant polyphenols. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7869–7869. 71 indexed citations

Aid, Siti Rahmah, Hafizal Yahaya, Anthony Centeno, et al.. (2015). Optimization of ion implantation using trim software for the formation of shallow n+/p junction in germanium substrate. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Daming, Jin Nakamura, Gowsihan Poologasundarampillai, et al.. (2014). ToF-SIMS evaluation of calcium-containing silica/γ-PGA hybrid systems for bone regeneration. Applied Surface Science. 309. 231–239. 7 indexed citations

Thompson, Richard B., Jacob G. Bundy, Jane M. Flinn, et al.. (2014). A novel mechanism for initiation of sub-RPE deposits. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 623–623. 2 indexed citations

Poologasundarampillai, Gowsihan, Olga Tsigkou, Daming Wang, et al.. (2014). Poly(γ‐glutamic acid)/Silica Hybrids with Calcium Incorporated in the Silica Network by Use of a Calcium Alkoxide Precursor. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(26). 8149–8160. 48 indexed citations

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Poologasundarampillai, Gowsihan, Siwei Li, Jin Nakamura, et al.. (2014). Cotton-wool-like bioactive glasses for bone regeneration. Acta Biomaterialia. 10(8). 3733–3746. 91 indexed citations

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Wang, Daming, Gowsihan Poologasundarampillai, Richard J. Chater, et al.. (2014). Strategies for the chemical analysis of highly porous bone scaffolds using secondary ion mass spectrometry. Biomedical Materials. 9(1). 15013–15013. 13 indexed citations

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Valliant, Esther M., Frederik Romer, Daming Wang, et al.. (2013). Bioactivity in silica/poly(γ-glutamic acid) sol–gel hybrids through calcium chelation. Acta Biomaterialia. 9(8). 7662–7671. 49 indexed citations

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Kane, D. M., Richard J. Chater, Damian B. Gore, & David S. McPhail. (2012). Corrosion at the surface of chalcogenide glass microspheres. Journal of Optics. 14(5). 55401–55401. 2 indexed citations

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Kane, D. M., Richard J. Chater, & David S. McPhail. (2012). Evaluation of imperfections in silica and chalcogenide glass microspheres using focussed ion beam milling and imaging. Journal of Microscopy. 247(2). 186–195. 2 indexed citations

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Bell, Nancy & David S. McPhail. (2007). Managing change: preserving history. Materials Today. 10(4). 50–56. 3 indexed citations

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McPhail, David S.. (2006). Some applications of SIMS in conservation science, archaeometry and cosmochemistry. Applied Surface Science. 252(19). 7107–7112. 17 indexed citations

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Chroneos, A., et al.. (2006). Implantation and diffusion of phosphorous in germanium. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 9(4-5). 640–643. 59 indexed citations

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Graham, G. A., Patrick G. Grant, Richard J. Chater, et al.. (2004). Investigation of ion beam techniques for the analysis and exposure of particles encapsulated by silica aerogel: Applicability for Stardust. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 39(9). 1461–1473. 13 indexed citations

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McPhail, David S., et al.. (2004). Rapid characterisation of surface modifications and treatments using a benchtop SIMS instrument. Applied Surface Science. 231-232. 967–971. 5 indexed citations

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Chater, Richard J., David S. McPhail, A. T. Kearsley, et al.. (2002). In Situ Sectioning and Analysis of Cosmic Dust Using Focused Ion Beam Microscopy. M&PSA. 37. 3 indexed citations

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