James A. Dumesic

69.2k total citations · 28 hit papers
480 papers, 59.0k citations indexed

About

James A. Dumesic is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Dumesic has authored 480 papers receiving a total of 59.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 269 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 220 papers in Materials Chemistry and 163 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in James A. Dumesic's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (234 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (165 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (137 papers). James A. Dumesic is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (234 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (165 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (137 papers). James A. Dumesic collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. James A. Dumesic's co-authors include George W. Huber, David Martín Alonso, Juben N. Chheda, Yuriy Román‐Leshkov, Randy D. Cortright, Stephanie G. Wettstein, Jesse Q. Bond, Rupali R. Davda, Juan Carlos Serrano‐Ruiz and Christopher J. Barrett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

James A. Dumesic

473 papers receiving 58.1k citations

Hit Papers

Liquid‐Phase Catalytic Processing of Biomass‐Deri... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2007 2007 2010 2002 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Liquid‐Phase Catalytic Processing of Biomass‐Derived Oxygenated Hydrocarbons to Fuels and Chemicals
    2007 2.1k citations George W. Huber, James A. Dumesic et al. profile →
  2. Production of dimethylfuran for liquid fuels from biomass-derived carbohydrates
    2007 1.9k citations James A. Dumesic et al. profile →
  3. Catalytic conversion of biomass to biofuels
    2010 1.9k citations David Martín Alonso, Jesse Q. Bond et al. Green Chemistry profile →
  4. Hydrogen from catalytic reforming of biomass-derived hydrocarbons in liquid water
    2002 1.8k citations James A. Dumesic et al. profile →
  5. Phase Modifiers Promote Efficient Production of Hydroxymethylfurfural from Fructose
    2006 1.4k citations James A. Dumesic et al. Science profile →
  6. Production of Liquid Alkanes by Aqueous-Phase Processing of Biomass-Derived Carbohydrates
    2005 1.4k citations George W. Huber, James A. Dumesic et al. Science profile →
  7. Bimetallic catalysts for upgrading of biomass to fuels and chemicals
    2012 1.2k citations David Martín Alonso, James A. Dumesic et al. profile →
  8. Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural by dehydration of biomass-derived mono- and poly-saccharides
    2007 1.0k citations James A. Dumesic et al. Green Chemistry profile →
  9. Integrated Catalytic Conversion of γ-Valerolactone to Liquid Alkenes for Transportation Fuels
    2010 942 citations Jesse Q. Bond, David Martín Alonso et al. Science profile →
  10. Gamma-valerolactone, a sustainable platform molecule derived from lignocellulosic biomass
    2013 872 citations David Martín Alonso, James A. Dumesic et al. Green Chemistry profile →
  11. On the Mechanism of Low-Temperature Water Gas Shift Reaction on Copper
    2008 869 citations James A. Dumesic, Manos Mavrikakis et al. profile →
  12. A review of catalytic issues and process conditions for renewable hydrogen and alkanes by aqueous-phase reforming of oxygenated hydrocarbons over supported metal catalysts
    2004 863 citations George W. Huber, James A. Dumesic et al. profile →
  13. Raney Ni-Sn Catalyst for H 2 Production from Biomass-Derived Hydrocarbons
    2003 815 citations George W. Huber, James A. Dumesic et al. Science profile →
  14. Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Monofunctional Hydrocarbons and Targeted Liquid-Fuel Classes
    2008 796 citations Ryan M. West, James A. Dumesic et al. Science profile →
  15. Catalytic routes for the conversion of biomass into liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuels
    2010 726 citations James A. Dumesic et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  16. Catalyst Design with Atomic Layer Deposition
    2015 667 citations Brandon J. O’Neill, Christian P. Canlas et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
  17. The CO/Pt(111) Puzzle
    2000 620 citations James A. Dumesic et al. profile →
  18. Nonenzymatic Sugar Production from Biomass Using Biomass-Derived γ-Valerolactone
    2014 609 citations Jeremy S. Luterbacher, David Martín Alonso et al. Science profile →
  19. Vanadia/Titania Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) of Nitric-Oxide by Ammonia
    1995 542 citations James A. Dumesic et al. Journal of Catalysis profile →
  20. Self-assembly of noble metal monolayers on transition metal carbide nanoparticle catalysts
    2016 536 citations James A. Dumesic et al. Science profile →
  21. An overview of aqueous-phase catalytic processes for production of hydrogen and alkanes in a biorefinery
    2005 527 citations George W. Huber, James A. Dumesic profile →
  22. The Microkinetics of heterogeneous catalysis
    1993 516 citations James A. Dumesic profile →
  23. Vanadia-Titania Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric-Oxide by Ammonia
    1995 453 citations James A. Dumesic et al. Journal of Catalysis profile →
  24. Conversion of Hemicellulose into Furfural Using Solid Acid Catalysts in γ‐Valerolactone
    2012 406 citations David Martín Alonso, James A. Dumesic et al. profile →
  25. Increasing the revenue from lignocellulosic biomass: Maximizing feedstock utilization
    2017 402 citations David Martín Alonso, Ali Hussain Motagamwala et al. Science Advances profile →
  26. Targeted chemical upgrading of lignocellulosic biomass to platform molecules
    2014 393 citations Jeremy S. Luterbacher, David Martín Alonso et al. Green Chemistry profile →
  27. Toward biomass-derived renewable plastics: Production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from fructose
    2018 355 citations Ali Hussain Motagamwala, David Martín Alonso et al. Science Advances profile →
  28. Production of renewable jet fuel range alkanes and commodity chemicals from integrated catalytic processing of biomass
    2014 325 citations Jesse Q. Bond, David Martín Alonso et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers

James A. Dumesic
Bert M. Weckhuysen Netherlands
Aiqin Wang China
J.L.G. Fierro Spain
Buxing Han China
Suojiang Zhang China
Tao Zhang China
Ferdi Schüth Germany
Bert F. Sels Belgium
Emiel J. M. Hensen Netherlands
Jacob A. Moulijn Netherlands
Bert M. Weckhuysen Netherlands
James A. Dumesic
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chang, Hochan, et al.. (2025). Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural Acetone over a Cu Catalyst: Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study. ACS Catalysis. 15(8). 6662–6672. 1 indexed citations
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Chang, Hochan, et al.. (2024). Development of sustainable processes for production of monomers and a pharmaceutical ingredient from lignocellulosic biomass. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(3). 101859–101859. 2 indexed citations
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Gilcher, Elise B., et al.. (2022). Effects of Water Addition to Isopropanol for Hydrogenation of Compounds Derived from 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural over Pd, Ru, and Cu Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 12(16). 10186–10198. 17 indexed citations
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Canlas, Christian P., Lei Cheng, Brandon J. O’Neill, et al.. (2022). Tunable Solid Acid Catalyst Thin Films Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(38). 43171–43179. 4 indexed citations
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Demir, Benginur, Thomas Kropp, Elise B. Gilcher, Manos Mavrikakis, & James A. Dumesic. (2021). Effects of water on the kinetics of acetone hydrogenation over Pt and Ru catalysts. Journal of Catalysis. 403. 215–227. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Yanding, Steven D. Karlen, Benginur Demir, et al.. (2020). Mechanistic Study of Diaryl Ether Bond Cleavage during Palladium‐Catalyzed Lignin Hydrogenolysis. ChemSusChem. 13(17). 4487–4494. 43 indexed citations
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Demir, Benginur, Thomas Kropp, Keishla R. Rivera-Dones, et al.. (2020). A self-adjusting platinum surface for acetone hydrogenation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(7). 3446–3450. 18 indexed citations
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Walker, Theodore W., Zhizhang Shen, Alex K. Chew, et al.. (2020). Recycling of multilayer plastic packaging materials by solvent-targeted recovery and precipitation. Science Advances. 6(47). 275 indexed citations
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Li, Yanding, et al.. (2019). Kinetic and mechanistic insights into hydrogenolysis of lignin to monomers in a continuous flow reactor. Green Chemistry. 21(13). 3561–3572. 77 indexed citations
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Johnson, Robert L., Frédéric A. Perras, Michael P. Hanrahan, et al.. (2019). Condensed Phase Deactivation of Solid Brønsted Acids in the Dehydration of Fructose to Hydroxymethylfurfural. ACS Catalysis. 9(12). 11568–11578. 30 indexed citations
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Chew, Alex K., Theodore W. Walker, Zhizhang Shen, et al.. (2019). Effect of Mixed-Solvent Environments on the Selectivity of Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration Reactions. ACS Catalysis. 10(3). 1679–1691. 54 indexed citations
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Mellmer, Max A., Chotitath Sanpitakseree, Benginur Demir, et al.. (2019). Effects of chloride ions in acid-catalyzed biomass dehydration reactions in polar aprotic solvents. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1132–1132. 135 indexed citations
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Mellmer, Max A., Chotitath Sanpitakseree, Benginur Demir, et al.. (2018). Solvent-enabled control of reactivity for liquid-phase reactions of biomass-derived compounds. Nature Catalysis. 1(3). 199–207. 219 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaowei, Zachary J. Brentzel, George A. Kraus, et al.. (2018). Computational Framework for the Identification of Bioprivileged Molecules. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(2). 2414–2428. 20 indexed citations
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Walker, Theodore W., Alex K. Chew, Huixiang Li, et al.. (2018). Universal kinetic solvent effects in acid-catalyzed reactions of biomass-derived oxygenates. Energy & Environmental Science. 11(3). 617–628. 133 indexed citations
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Li, Yanding, Li Shuai, Hoon Kim, et al.. (2018). An “ideal lignin” facilitates full biomass utilization. Science Advances. 4(9). 222 indexed citations
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Walker, Theodore W., Ali Hussain Motagamwala, James A. Dumesic, & George W. Huber. (2018). Fundamental catalytic challenges to design improved biomass conversion technologies. Journal of Catalysis. 369. 518–525. 76 indexed citations
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Johnson, Robert L., Michael P. Hanrahan, Max A. Mellmer, et al.. (2017). Solvent–Solid Interface of Acid Catalysts Studied by High Resolution MAS NMR. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(32). 17226–17234. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Kwang Ho Kim, Yong Seok Choi, et al.. (2017). Comparison of Fast Pyrolysis Behavior of Cornstover Lignins Isolated by Different Methods. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5(7). 5657–5661. 13 indexed citations
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Bond, Jesse Q., David Martín Alonso, Dong Wang, Ryan M. West, & James A. Dumesic. (2010). Integrated Catalytic Conversion of γ-Valerolactone to Liquid Alkenes for Transportation Fuels. Science. 327(5969). 1110–1114. 942 indexed citations breakdown →

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