Donald F. Othmer

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Donald F. Othmer is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald F. Othmer has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Spectroscopy and 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Donald F. Othmer's work include Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (6 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (6 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (6 papers). Donald F. Othmer is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (6 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (6 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (6 papers). Donald F. Othmer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Donald F. Othmer's co-authors include Raymond E. Kirk, S H Newburger, Oswald A. Roels, A. Korosi, B. M. Fabuss, N. V. Rama Rao, M. H. I. Baird, Edward G. Scheibel, David Zudkevitch and F.A. Zenz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Desalination and AIChE Journal.

In The Last Decade

Donald F. Othmer

55 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 1953 2026 1977 2001 1978 1953 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    1978 1.6k citations Donald F. Othmer, Raymond E. Kirk profile →
  2. Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
    1953 752 citations Raymond E. Kirk, Donald F. Othmer et al. Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald F. Othmer United States 16 792 649 568 476 310 58 3.2k
Raymond E. Kirk United States 3 452 0.6× 492 0.8× 406 0.7× 327 0.7× 251 0.8× 3 2.3k
Allan F. M. Barton Australia 14 898 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 747 1.3× 535 1.1× 331 1.1× 25 3.5k
Theodore Vermeulen United States 18 860 1.1× 628 1.0× 681 1.2× 724 1.5× 174 0.6× 54 4.2k
Ian R. Dunkin United Kingdom 30 565 0.7× 686 1.1× 1.3k 2.3× 481 1.0× 362 1.2× 95 3.8k
Robert W. Coughlin United States 32 1.1k 1.4× 920 1.4× 192 0.3× 730 1.5× 476 1.5× 104 3.2k
M.M. Sharma India 34 2.0k 2.5× 873 1.3× 818 1.4× 1.4k 2.8× 218 0.7× 143 4.4k
C. H. Giles United Kingdom 27 681 0.9× 1.3k 1.9× 1.0k 1.8× 479 1.0× 283 0.9× 127 7.1k
Douglas A. Skoog United States 16 477 0.6× 432 0.7× 367 0.6× 223 0.5× 433 1.4× 36 3.1k
Eizô Sada Japan 35 1.6k 2.0× 935 1.4× 194 0.3× 1.9k 4.1× 469 1.5× 234 4.0k
Al Steyermark United States 16 349 0.4× 382 0.6× 330 0.6× 370 0.8× 231 0.7× 67 2.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald F. Othmer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kirk, Raymond E. & Donald F. Othmer. (2008). Kirk-Othmer separation technology. J. Wiley eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F.. (1975). Fresh water, energy, and food from the sea and the sun. Desalination. 17(2). 193–214. 4 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F. & Oswald A. Roels. (1973). Power, Fresh Water, and Food from Cold, Deep Sea Water. Science. 182(4108). 121–125. 38 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1972). Halogen affinities–A new ordering of metals to accomplish difficult separations. AIChE Journal. 18(1). 217–220. 13 indexed citations
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Fabuss, B. M., A. Korosi, & Donald F. Othmer. (1969). Viscosities of aqueous solutions of several electrolytes present in sea water. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 14(2). 192–197. 31 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1964). Correspondence. Correlations for the Coefficients of Gaseous Diffusion. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals. 3(3). 279–280. 1 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1962). New Generalized Equation for Gas Diffusion Coefficient.. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 7(1). 37–41. 140 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1961). Sulfuric Acid—Optimized Conditions in Contact Manufacture. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 53(12). 979–984. 2 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1960). Composition of Vapors from Boiling Binary Solutions. Systems Containing Formic Acid, Acetic Acid, Water, and Chloroform.. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 5(3). 301–307. 27 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1960). Solubility Data for Ternary Liquid Systems. Acetic Acid and Formic Acid Distributed between Chloroform and Water.. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 5(1). 42–44. 16 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F.. (1958). INDUSTRIAL WASTES—Chemicals Recovery from Pulping Liquors. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 50(3). 60A–62A. 1 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1955). Entrainment removal by a wire‐mesh separator. AIChE Journal. 1(4). 549–557. 26 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1954). Thermodynamic Correlation of Vapor-Liquid Equilibria - Prediction of Multicomponent Systems. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 46(1). 194–199. 4 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1954). Continuous Production of Hexamethylenetetramine. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 46(4). 724–727. 15 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1953). Composition of Vapors from Boiling Binary Systems - New Methods of Representing and Predicitng Equilibrium Data. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 45(8). 1815–1822. 10 indexed citations
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Kirk, Raymond E., Donald F. Othmer, & S H Newburger. (1953). Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL. 36(4). 1190a–1191. 752 indexed citations breakdown →
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1952). Binary and Ternary Systems of Acetone, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, and Water. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 44(8). 1872–1881. 40 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1952). Composition of Vapors from Boiling Binary Solutions: Pressure Equilibrium Still for Studying Water–Acetic Acid System. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 44(8). 1864–1872. 35 indexed citations
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Scheibel, Edward G., et al.. (1951). Composition of Vapors from Boiling Solutions. Systems Containing Acetone, Chloroform,and Methyl Isobutyl Ketone. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 43(4). 961–968. 21 indexed citations
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Othmer, Donald F., et al.. (1951). Composition of Vapors from Boiling Binary Solutions - Recirculation-type Still and Equilibria under Pressure for Ethyl Alcohol-Water System. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 43(3). 707–711. 11 indexed citations

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