James E. McGrath

22.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
202 papers, 15.7k citations indexed

About

James E. McGrath is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. McGrath has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 15.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 86 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 72 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in James E. McGrath's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (98 papers), Synthesis and properties of polymers (61 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (57 papers). James E. McGrath is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (98 papers), Synthesis and properties of polymers (61 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (57 papers). James E. McGrath collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Australia. James E. McGrath's co-authors include Yu Seung Kim, Michael A. Hickner, Benny D. Freeman, Hossein Ghassemi, Brian R. Einsla, Donald R. Paul, Thomas A. Zawodzinski, Geoffrey M. Geise, Abhishek Roy and Ruilan Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

James E. McGrath

198 papers receiving 15.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Alternative Polymer Systems for Proton Exchange Membranes (PEMs)

2004 2.5k citations Michael A. Hickner, Yu Seung Kim et al. profile →
Energy-efficient polymeric gas separation membranes for a sustainable future: A review

2013 1.2k citations James E. McGrath, Benny D. Freeman et al. Polymer profile →
Direct polymerization of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random (statistical) copolymers: candidates for new proton exchange membranes

2002 990 citations Michael A. Hickner, Yu Seung Kim et al. profile →
Water purification by membranes: The role of polymer science

2010 809 citations Benny D. Freeman, James E. McGrath et al. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics profile →
Water permeability and water/salt selectivity tradeoff in polymers for desalination

2010 680 citations Ho Bum Park, Alyson C. Sagle et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James E. McGrath United States	57	10.1k	6.4k	3.8k	3.6k	3.6k	202	15.7k
Gilles P. Robertson Canada	50	5.8k 0.6×	3.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	2.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	106	9.2k
Huaihe Song China	71	12.3k 1.2×	3.1k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	7.7k 2.1×	2.6k 0.7×	337	20.2k
Ho Bum Park South Korea	62	5.6k 0.5×	6.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.5×	6.8k 1.9×	8.0k 2.3×	192	16.8k
Nanwen Li China	59	8.5k 0.8×	5.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	1.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	246	11.1k
Jianfeng Shen China	72	9.3k 0.9×	3.2k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	6.7k 1.9×	1.1k 0.3×	241	17.1k
Jeffrey R. Potts United States	18	6.9k 0.7×	6.4k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	10.3k 2.9×	1.3k 0.4×	22	17.6k
Mingxin Ye China	71	9.3k 0.9×	3.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	6.3k 1.8×	992 0.3×	241	16.8k
Tapas Kuila India	61	7.5k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	3.9k 1.0×	7.0k 2.0×	1.4k 0.4×	209	15.7k
Xingbin Yan China	86	14.9k 1.5×	3.7k 0.6×	3.8k 1.0×	6.6k 1.8×	1.3k 0.4×	343	22.1k
Zheng‐Hong Huang China	62	7.5k 0.7×	2.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	5.2k 1.5×	1.0k 0.3×	259	13.8k

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Mecham, Sue J., et al.. (2021). Membrane properties of trisulfonated hydrophilic and partially fluorinated hydrophobic multiblock copolymer. Polymer. 226. 123810–123810. 1 indexed citations

Moon, Joshua D., Wenrui Zhang, John J. Lesko, et al.. (2017). Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) blends with a poly(arylene ether ketone) for gas separation membranes. Polymer. 114. 135–143. 20 indexed citations

Sundell, Benjamin J., et al.. (2016). Synthesis and photocrosslinking of disulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers for potential reverse osmosis membrane materials. Polymer. 93. 14–22. 3 indexed citations

McGrath, James E., Michael A. Hickner, & Rainer Höfer. (2012). Polymers for a sustainable environment and green energy. Elsevier eBooks. 17 indexed citations

Lee, Young Moo, Kwan‐Soo Lee, Ozma Lane, et al.. (2011). Solvent-assisted thermal annealing of disulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random copolymers for low humidity polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. RSC Advances. 2(3). 1025–1032. 17 indexed citations

Lee, Young Moo, et al.. (2011). Solid-State NMR Molecular Dynamics Characterization of aHighly Chlorine-Resistant Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Random Copolymer Blended with Poly(ethylene glycol) Oligomers for Reverse Osmosis Applications. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 115(21). 6876–6884. 11 indexed citations

Lee, Hae-Seung, Ozma Lane, & James E. McGrath. (2009). Development of multiblock copolymers with novel hydroquinone-based hydrophilic blocks for proton exchange membrane (PEM) applications. Journal of Power Sources. 195(7). 1772–1778. 51 indexed citations

Park, Ho Bum, Alyson C. Sagle, James E. McGrath, & Benny D. Freeman. (2008). Water permeability and water/salt selectivity tradeoff in polymers for desalination. 2 indexed citations

Park, Ho Bum, et al.. (2008). Highly Chlorine‐Tolerant Polymers for Desalination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(32). 6019–6024. 250 indexed citations

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Brodd, Ralph J. & James E. McGrath. (2006). Preface. Journal of Power Sources. 163(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

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Roy, Abhishek, Michael A. Hickner, Tom Glass, et al.. (2005). States of water-investigating the water-polymer interactions and transport phenomenon in proton exchange membranes. 50(2). 699–700. 1 indexed citations

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Glass, Thomas E., et al.. (2002). Synthesis and characterization of controlled molecular weight poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers bearing sulfonate groups by endgroup analysis. 43(1). 492–493. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Yu Seung, et al.. (2002). Heteropolyacid/sulfonated poly(arylene ether phosphine oxide) copolymer composite membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. 43(1). 342–343. 1 indexed citations

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McGrath, James E., et al.. (2000). Der entschlüsselte Wachstumscode. Gabler Verlag eBooks.

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McGrath, James E., et al.. (1999). Preparation and Properties of Novel Aromatic Poly(thioethers). Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 200.

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Shultz, Allan R., et al.. (1995). Molecular weight characterization of soluble high performance polyimides. 1. Polymer‐solvent‐stationary phase interactions in size exclusion chromatography. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 33(10). 1429–1439. 22 indexed citations

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Yoon, Tae Ho, et al.. (1994). Synthesis and Characterization of Triphenylphosphine Oxide-Containing Poly(Aryl Imide)-Poly(Dimethyl Siloxane) Randomly Segmented Copolymers. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A. 31(8). 1071–1085. 4 indexed citations

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Feger, Claudius, et al.. (1989). Polyimides : materials, chemistry, and characterization : proceedings of the Third International Conference on Polyimides, Ellenville, New York, November 2-4, 1988. Elsevier eBooks. 35 indexed citations

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Mohanty, Dillip K, et al.. (1986). Synthesis and Characterization of Poly (Arylene Ether) Nitriles. Polymer preprints. 27(2). 1 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Douglas R., et al.. (1983). Asymmetric membrane preparation from nonsolvent casting systems. Desalination. 46(1-3). 327–334. 16 indexed citations

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