Desmond Radlein

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Desmond Radlein is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Desmond Radlein has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Desmond Radlein's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (16 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (8 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (4 papers). Desmond Radlein is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (16 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (8 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (4 papers). Desmond Radlein collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Jamaica. Desmond Radlein's co-authors include J. Piskorz, A.V. Bridgwater, Dietrich Meier, Donald S. Scott, D. S. Scott, Piotr Majerski, Stefan Czernik, J. Arauzo, A. Quignard and J. Christopher Whitehead and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Fuel.

In The Last Decade

Desmond Radlein

27 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

An overview of fast pyrolysis of biomass 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 400 800 1.2k
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. An overview of fast pyrolysis of biomass
    1999 1.3k citations A.V. Bridgwater, Dietrich Meier et al. Organic Geochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desmond Radlein Canada 19 3.0k 658 412 357 327 28 3.5k
J. Piskorz Canada 24 2.8k 0.9× 633 1.0× 280 0.7× 350 1.0× 288 0.9× 41 3.2k
Joël Blin France 26 2.9k 1.0× 847 1.3× 309 0.8× 520 1.5× 279 0.9× 75 3.9k
S. Yaman Türkiye 27 2.8k 1.0× 813 1.2× 366 0.9× 603 1.7× 267 0.8× 89 3.5k
Peng Fu China 33 2.1k 0.7× 936 1.4× 247 0.6× 624 1.7× 271 0.8× 140 3.5k
Khanh‐Quang Tran Norway 32 2.5k 0.8× 691 1.1× 232 0.6× 522 1.5× 255 0.8× 87 3.3k
Sandra Vitolo Italy 27 2.1k 0.7× 1.2k 1.9× 233 0.6× 371 1.0× 118 0.4× 104 3.2k
Eeva Kuoppala Finland 22 2.7k 0.9× 760 1.2× 297 0.7× 226 0.6× 164 0.5× 28 3.0k
Qiangqiang Ren China 31 2.0k 0.7× 793 1.2× 388 0.9× 622 1.7× 167 0.5× 114 3.3k
Yuanquan Xiong China 35 1.9k 0.6× 989 1.5× 247 0.6× 813 2.3× 258 0.8× 88 3.2k
Anthony Dufour France 41 3.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.9× 176 0.4× 790 2.2× 271 0.8× 107 4.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Desmond Radlein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Desmond Radlein

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Desmond Radlein. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Desmond Radlein 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 Desmond Radlein. Desmond Radlein is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Daugaard, Daren E., et al.. (2004). The Prospects for Integrating Fast Pyrolysis into Biomass Power Systems. International Journal of Power and Energy Systems. 24(3). 5 indexed citations
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Scott, Donald S., et al.. (2004). Surface Tensions of Hydrocarbons and Bitumens at High Temperatures and Pressures. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 82(5). 1004–1013. 5 indexed citations
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Scott, Donald S., et al.. (2001). Pretreatment of poplar wood for fast pyrolysis: rate of cation removal. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 57(2). 169–176. 128 indexed citations
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Piskorz, J., et al.. (2000). Flash pyrolysis of cellulose for production of anhydro-oligomers. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 56(2). 145–166. 124 indexed citations
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Bridgwater, A.V., Dietrich Meier, & Desmond Radlein. (1999). An overview of fast pyrolysis of biomass. Organic Geochemistry. 30(12). 1479–1493. 1344 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scott, Donald S., Piotr Majerski, J. Piskorz, & Desmond Radlein. (1999). A second look at fast pyrolysis of biomass—the RTI process. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 51(1-2). 23–37. 154 indexed citations
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Majerski, Piotr, et al.. (1999). Production of liquid fuels from waste plastics. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 77(5). 1021–1027. 18 indexed citations
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Piskorz, J., Piotr Majerski, Desmond Radlein, Donald S. Scott, & A.V. Bridgwater. (1998). Fast pyrolysis of sweet sorghum and sweet sorghum bagasse. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 46(1). 15–29. 111 indexed citations
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Arauzo, J., Desmond Radlein, J. Piskorz, & Donald S. Scott. (1997). Catalytic Pyrogasification of Biomass. Evaluation of Modified Nickel Catalysts. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 36(1). 67–75. 85 indexed citations
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Radlein, Desmond, et al.. (1993). Microbial utilization of levoglucosan in wood pyrolysate as a carbon and energy source. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 42(4). 538–541. 72 indexed citations
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Radlein, Desmond, Sarah Mason, J. Piskorz, & Donald S. Scott. (1991). Hydrocarbons from the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass. Energy & Fuels. 5(5). 760–763. 16 indexed citations
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Radlein, Desmond, J. Piskorz, & D. S. Scott. (1991). Fast pyrolysis of natural polysaccharides as a potential industrial process. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 19. 41–63. 143 indexed citations
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Scott, D. S., Stefan Czernik, J. Piskorz, & Desmond Radlein. (1990). Fast pyrolysis of plastic wastes. Energy & Fuels. 4(4). 407–411. 256 indexed citations
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Piskorz, J., Piotr Majerski, Desmond Radlein, & D. S. Scott. (1989). Conversion of lignins to hydrocarbon fuels. Energy & Fuels. 3(6). 723–726. 59 indexed citations
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Piskorz, J., et al.. (1988). The hydrogasification of wood. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 27(2). 256–264. 17 indexed citations
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Radlein, Desmond, et al.. (1987). Fast pyrolysis of pre-treated wood and cellulose. 14 indexed citations
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Piskorz, J., Desmond Radlein, & Donald S. Scott. (1986). On the mechanism of the rapid pyrolysis of cellulose. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 9(2). 121–137. 306 indexed citations
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Scott, Donald S., J. Piskorz, & Desmond Radlein. (1985). Liquid products from the continuous flash pyrolysis of biomass. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development. 24(3). 581–588. 208 indexed citations
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Radlein, Desmond. (1983). Spin decoupling of fragment states in valence-bond theory: Application to the diatomics-in-molecules method. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 78(6). 3084–3090. 1 indexed citations
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Radlein, Desmond, J. Christopher Whitehead, & R. Grice. (1975). Reactive scattering of oxygen atoms: O+I2, ICl, Br2. Molecular Physics. 29(6). 1813–1828. 34 indexed citations

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