J. Will Medlin

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
180 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

J. Will Medlin is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Will Medlin has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Materials Chemistry, 57 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 57 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. Will Medlin's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (74 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (49 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (45 papers). J. Will Medlin is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (74 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (49 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (45 papers). J. Will Medlin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Switzerland. J. Will Medlin's co-authors include Daniel K. Schwartz, M. M. Montemore, Simon H. Pang, Matthew P. Hyman, Carolyn A. Schoenbaum, Allison M. Robinson, Jesse E. Hensley, John L. Falconer, Mark A. Barteau and Stephen T. Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

J. Will Medlin

171 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Bifunctional Catalysts for Upgrading of Biomass-Derived Oxygenates: A Review

2016 437 citations J. Will Medlin et al. ACS Catalysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Will Medlin United States	44	3.9k	2.3k	2.2k	2.0k	1.6k	180	6.9k
Christopher T. Williams United States	46	3.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	144	6.3k
Ivo A. W. Filot Netherlands	42	3.3k 0.8×	581 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	590 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	96	4.9k
Xiaoqing Gao China	35	2.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	299 0.1×	749 0.4×	881 0.5×	110	4.2k
Yong Xu China	40	4.3k 1.1×	615 0.3×	2.7k 1.2×	250 0.1×	600 0.4×	125	6.6k
Jianming Zhang China	50	3.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	3.3k 1.5×	225 0.1×	1.1k 0.7×	179	7.5k
Frédéric Blanc United Kingdom	41	3.8k 1.0×	305 0.1×	1.1k 0.5×	637 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	125	5.9k
Haoxin Mai Australia	19	4.2k 1.1×	660 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	279 0.1×	271 0.2×	33	4.8k
Vicky Doan‐Nguyen United States	25	3.0k 0.8×	574 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	312 0.2×	524 0.3×	43	4.5k
Peng Jin China	36	2.8k 0.7×	355 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	228 0.1×	1.5k 0.9×	192	4.4k
Yi Ma China	35	3.8k 1.0×	695 0.3×	3.9k 1.8×	435 0.2×	339 0.2×	119	6.1k

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Falconer, John L., et al.. (2025). Organic-coated zeolites for selective gas adsorption: Effect of functional group identity and coating density. Separation and Purification Technology. 363. 132040–132040. 1 indexed citations

Medlin, J. Will, et al.. (2024). Anodic Hydrogen Generation from Benzaldehyde on Au, Ag, and Cu: Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode Studies. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(12). 126507–126507.

Rasmussen, Mathew J., et al.. (2024). Aldol condensation of mixed oxygenates on TiO₂. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(7). 1911–1922. 3 indexed citations

Brandner, David G., Michael L. Stone, Renee M. Happs, et al.. (2024). Design and Validation of a High-Throughput Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Method. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 2173–2187. 5 indexed citations

Schwartz, Daniel K., et al.. (2024). Using Phosphonic Acid Monolayers to Control CO₂ Adsorption and Hydrogenation on Pt/Al₂O₃. ChemCatChem. 16(19).

Lucas, Francisco Willian de Souza, et al.. (2023). Understanding reactivity of self-assembled monolayer-coated electrodes: SAM-induced surface reconstruction. Electrochimica Acta. 459. 142586–142586. 7 indexed citations

Medlin, J. Will, et al.. (2023). Quantification of Phenolic Hydroxyl Groups in Lignin via ¹⁹F NMR Spectroscopy. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(14). 5644–5655. 13 indexed citations

Brandner, David G., et al.. (2022). Catalyst choice impacts aromatic monomer yields and selectivity in hydrogen-free reductive catalytic fractionation. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 7(12). 2527–2533. 36 indexed citations

Hong, Jiyun, et al.. (2022). Reactivity of Pd–MO₂ encapsulated catalytic systems for CO oxidation. Catalysis Science & Technology. 12(5). 1476–1486. 7 indexed citations

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Saleheen, Mohammad, et al.. (2022). Probing surface-adsorbate interactions through active particle dynamics. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 614. 425–435. 16 indexed citations

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Puértolas, Begoña, Jing Zhang, Bingwen Wang, et al.. (2020). Tunable Catalytic Performance of Palladium Nanoparticles for H₂O₂ Direct Synthesis via Surface-Bound Ligands. ACS Catalysis. 10(9). 5202–5207. 51 indexed citations

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Mark, Lesli O., Wei Chen, Deyu Lu, et al.. (2020). Confinement Effects on Furfuryl Alcohol Reactions over Porous Bilayer Silica-Modified Pd(111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(46). 25437–25446. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Bingwen, et al.. (2019). 110th Anniversary: Fabrication of Inverted Pd@TiO₂ Nanostructures for Selective Catalysis. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58(10). 4032–4041. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Gaurav, Eranda Nikolla, Suljo Linic, J. Will Medlin, & Michael J. Janik. (2018). Multicomponent Catalysts: Limitations and Prospects. ACS Catalysis. 8(4). 3202–3208. 71 indexed citations

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Ngo, Chilan, Jason W. Zack, Alex Roman, et al.. (2018). Extended Thin-Film Electrocatalyst Structures via Pt Atomic Layer Deposition. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 1(11). 6150–6158. 6 indexed citations

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Falconer, John L., et al.. (2014). A Thermodynamics Course Package in Onenote.. Chemical Engineering Education. 48(4). 209–214. 4 indexed citations

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Pang, Simon H., Carolyn A. Schoenbaum, Daniel K. Schwartz, & J. Will Medlin. (2013). Directing reaction pathways by catalyst active-site selection using self-assembled monolayers. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2448–2448. 207 indexed citations

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Marshall, Stephen T., Marykate O’Brien, April Corpuz, et al.. (2010). Controlled selectivity for palladium catalysts using self-assembled monolayers. Nature Materials. 9(10). 853–858. 366 indexed citations

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Falconer, John L., et al.. (2009). Using Screencasts in ChE Courses. Chemical Engineering Education. 43(4). 302–305. 22 indexed citations

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Medlin, J. Will. (2003). NIEHS News October 2003. Environmental Health Perspectives. 111(13). A696–8. 2 indexed citations

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