David West

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

David West is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, David West has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Materials Chemistry, 23 papers in Computational Mechanics and 18 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in David West's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (23 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (14 papers) and Combustion and flame dynamics (13 papers). David West is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (23 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (14 papers) and Combustion and flame dynamics (13 papers). David West collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and India. David West's co-authors include Vemuri Balakotaiah, Scott Dellana, Paul Mangiameli, Shaw K. Chen, Vivian West, Karthik Ramanathan, Zhe Sun, Shuangshuang Jin, Robert R. Lewis and Kathleen J. Yost and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David West

95 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

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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
David West United States 29 1.1k 810 648 489 323 97 3.4k
Jin Wang China 43 553 0.5× 388 0.5× 240 0.4× 34 0.1× 1.4k 4.3× 285 6.5k
Tony Van Gestel Belgium 28 2.9k 2.8× 1.2k 1.5× 76 0.1× 40 0.1× 478 1.5× 55 7.4k
Helmut Schneider United States 38 207 0.2× 86 0.1× 692 1.1× 229 0.5× 326 1.0× 175 4.9k
Yi Wang China 32 319 0.3× 61 0.1× 449 0.7× 134 0.3× 1.0k 3.2× 333 4.6k
William Thomson United States 47 294 0.3× 76 0.1× 1.5k 2.3× 920 1.9× 801 2.5× 224 7.0k
Guoqiang Zhang China 61 1.1k 1.1× 76 0.1× 2.7k 4.1× 409 0.8× 3.5k 10.7× 365 14.4k
Xue Chen China 35 332 0.3× 523 0.6× 501 0.8× 31 0.1× 64 0.2× 395 5.0k
Qiwei Ye China 5 1.8k 1.7× 152 0.2× 277 0.4× 20 0.0× 339 1.0× 8 6.7k
Yoshiteru Nakamori Japan 42 855 0.8× 66 0.1× 2.9k 4.5× 1.5k 3.1× 101 0.3× 219 6.1k
James W. Taylor United States 44 808 0.8× 37 0.0× 341 0.5× 70 0.1× 99 0.3× 217 8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David West

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Fields of papers citing papers by David West

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David West. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David West. The network helps show where David West may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David West

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David West. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David West based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David West. David West is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Li, Tingwen, et al.. (2024). A numerical scale-up study of annular fluidized bed reactor with high centrifugal acceleration. Powder Technology. 442. 119893–119893. 1 indexed citations
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Susman, Mariano D., Hien N. Pham, David West, et al.. (2024). High‐Index NiO Particle Synthesis in Alkali Chloride Salts: Nonclassical Crystallization Pathways and Thermally‐Induced Surface Restructuring. Small. 20(26). e2308166–e2308166. 5 indexed citations
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West, David, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Autonomous Intrusion Detection System with Generative Adversarial Networks. 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Isimjan, Tayirjan Taylor & David West. (2023). Do Functional Coatings Work for Solar Panel Dust Mitigation?. ACS Materials Letters. 5(10). 2718–2725. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Jiazheng, et al.. (2023). Distilling ChatGPT for Explainable Automated Student Answer Assessment. 6007–6026. 12 indexed citations
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Baek, Byeongjin, Balamurali Krishna R. Nair, István Lengyel, et al.. (2021). Experimental and Computational Study of Natural Gas Pyrolysis in a Pilot-Scale Cracker. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 60(19). 6993–7002. 4 indexed citations
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Susman, Mariano D., et al.. (2021). Local Ordering of Molten Salts at NiO Crystal Interfaces Promotes High‐Index Faceting. Angewandte Chemie. 133(48). 25595–25600. 1 indexed citations
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Balakotaiah, Vemuri, Zhe Sun, & David West. (2019). Autothermal reactor design for catalytic partial oxidations. Chemical Engineering Journal. 374. 1403–1419. 29 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhe, et al.. (2018). Bifurcation analysis of methane oxidative coupling without catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal. 343. 770–788. 22 indexed citations
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West, David & Scott Dellana. (2008). Diversity of ability and cognitive style for group decision processes. Information Sciences. 179(5). 542–558. 37 indexed citations
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West, David & Scott Dellana. (2005). Model Selection Strategies for Ensemble Solutions to Bankruptcy Detection.. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 98(2). 46–52. 1 indexed citations
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Raistrick, Duncan, et al.. (2005). A comparison of buprenorphine and lofexidine for community opiate detoxification: results from a randomized controlled trial. Addiction. 100(12). 1860–1867. 27 indexed citations
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Yost, Kathleen J., David Cella, Anita Chawla, et al.. (2005). Minimally important differences were estimated for the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Colorectal (FACT-C) instrument using a combination of distribution- and anchor-based approaches. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 58(12). 1241–1251. 140 indexed citations
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Katare, Santhoji, et al.. (2004). A hybrid swarm optimizer for efficient parameter estimation. 309–315. 26 indexed citations
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West, David, Vemuri Balakotaiah, & Zoran R. Jovanovic. (2003). Experimental and theoretical investigation of the mass transfer controlled regime in catalytic monoliths. Catalysis Today. 88(1-2). 3–16. 40 indexed citations
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Dellana, Scott, et al.. (2000). Cyber Dimensions: On-Line Education in a Management Science Course—Effectiveness and Performance Factors. Journal of Education for Business. 76(1). 43–47. 75 indexed citations
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West, David & Vivian West. (2000). Improving diagnostic accuracy using a hierarchical neural network to model decision subtasks. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 57(1). 41–55. 40 indexed citations
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West, David & Vivian West. (2000). Model selection for a medical diagnostic decision support system: a breast cancer detection case. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 20(3). 183–204. 73 indexed citations
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West, David, et al.. (1999). The Internet and its actual influence on suicide. Psychiatric Bulletin. 23(12). 748–749. 1 indexed citations
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West, David, et al.. (1987). Milton Keynes: creating an information technology environment. 392–408. 3 indexed citations

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