Fred W. Steffgen

660 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 528 citations indexed

About

Fred W. Steffgen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred W. Steffgen has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 528 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Fred W. Steffgen's work include Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (2 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (2 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (2 papers). Fred W. Steffgen is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (2 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (2 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (2 papers). Fred W. Steffgen collaborates with scholars based in United States. Fred W. Steffgen's co-authors include G.A. Mills, Karl T. Schroeder, Bradley Bockrath, S. Friedman, Leslie Reggel, Robert P. Warzinski, John A. Ruether and Edwin L. Kugler and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, Fuel and Catalysis Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Fred W. Steffgen

9 papers receiving 497 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.

Catalytic Methanation

1974 434 citations G.A. Mills, Fred W. Steffgen Catalysis Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fred W. Steffgen United States	6	365	318	160	119	69	9	528
G.D. Weatherbee United States	7	778 2.1×	685 2.2×	188 1.2×	131 1.1×	307 4.4×	11	923
Lawrence Shore United States	7	258 0.7×	418 1.3×	246 1.5×	56 0.5×	18 0.3×	12	558
R. Doepper Switzerland	11	406 1.1×	418 1.3×	138 0.9×	86 0.7×	140 2.0×	19	586
Tricia D. Smurthwaite United States	6	131 0.4×	151 0.5×	146 0.9×	192 1.6×	50 0.7×	7	472
Yu. I. Amosov Russia	13	407 1.1×	419 1.3×	137 0.9×	63 0.5×	23 0.3×	25	557
Herbert Kölbel Germany	11	245 0.7×	126 0.4×	188 1.2×	281 2.4×	10 0.1×	56	550
A.R. Tarrer United States	8	248 0.7×	330 1.0×	114 0.7×	93 0.8×	12 0.2×	25	554
R.L. Espinoza South Africa	10	606 1.7×	356 1.1×	298 1.9×	367 3.1×	13 0.2×	11	849
M. Rothaemel Germany	9	416 1.1×	343 1.1×	147 0.9×	74 0.6×	57 0.8×	11	525
J. Zaman Canada	6	132 0.4×	256 0.8×	280 1.8×	99 0.8×	10 0.1×	7	482

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Kugler, Edwin L. & Fred W. Steffgen. (1979). Hydrocarbon synthesis from carbon monoxide and hydrogen : based on a symposium sponsored by the Division of Petroleum Chemistry, inc., at the 175th meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, California, March 13-14, 1978. American Chemical Society eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Steffgen, Fred W., et al.. (1979). Coal liquefaction with synthesis gas. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 13 indexed citations

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Bockrath, Bradley, Karl T. Schroeder, & Fred W. Steffgen. (1979). Characterization of asphaltenes isolated from a coal-derived liquid. Analytical Chemistry. 51(8). 1168–1172. 15 indexed citations

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Steffgen, Fred W., Karl T. Schroeder, & Bradley Bockrath. (1979). Determination of asphaltenes in fuels from coal hydrogenation. Analytical Chemistry. 51(8). 1164–1168. 25 indexed citations

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Warzinski, Robert P., John A. Ruether, S. Friedman, & Fred W. Steffgen. (1979). Survey of coals treated by oxydesulfurization. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations

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Steffgen, Fred W., et al.. (1977). Methanation Sutdies on Nickel-Aluminum Flame-Sprayed Catalysts. Product R&D. 16(2). 142–147. 10 indexed citations

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Reggel, Leslie, et al.. (1976). Desulphurization of gasoline by metallic sodium. Fuel. 55(3). 170–172. 3 indexed citations

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Steffgen, Fred W., et al.. (1975). Conversion of cellulosic wastes to oil. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 75. 27572. 25 indexed citations

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Mills, G.A. & Fred W. Steffgen. (1974). Catalytic Methanation. Catalysis Reviews. 8(1). 159–210. 434 indexed citations breakdown →

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