James Vaughan

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

James Vaughan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Vaughan has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 43 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 25 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in James Vaughan's work include Extraction and Separation Processes (42 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (34 papers) and Bauxite Residue and Utilization (33 papers). James Vaughan is often cited by papers focused on Extraction and Separation Processes (42 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (34 papers) and Bauxite Residue and Utilization (33 papers). James Vaughan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, France and China. James Vaughan's co-authors include Hong Peng, Weng Fu, Antony van der Ent, Akram Alfantazi, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa, Amilton Barbosa Botelho, David Dreisinger, Gordon Southam and Barbara Etschmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

James Vaughan

109 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Vaughan Australia	24	900	474	352	271	243	114	1.8k
Ioannis Paspaliaris Greece	28	883 1.0×	684 1.4×	501 1.4×	251 0.9×	281 1.2×	65	2.4k
Chiharu Tokoro Japan	27	922 1.0×	486 1.0×	519 1.5×	472 1.7×	278 1.1×	191	2.2k
Yong Ke China	26	610 0.7×	782 1.6×	589 1.7×	184 0.7×	237 1.0×	72	1.8k
Hung‐Lung Chiang Taiwan	27	508 0.6×	407 0.9×	443 1.3×	380 1.4×	485 2.0×	89	2.5k
Sara J. Couperthwaite Australia	24	645 0.7×	415 0.9×	795 2.3×	396 1.5×	155 0.6×	69	1.8k
Qianqian Yu China	29	397 0.4×	425 0.9×	512 1.5×	234 0.9×	633 2.6×	92	2.3k
Ahmad Khodadadi Darban Iran	26	312 0.3×	497 1.0×	686 1.9×	283 1.0×	276 1.1×	91	2.1k
Yanjie Liang China	29	831 0.9×	835 1.8×	425 1.2×	202 0.7×	245 1.0×	61	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Vaughan

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Ibrahim, Mohamed H., Damien J. Batstone, James Vaughan, & Karen M. Steel. (2025). CO2-induced pH control reduces cathode scaling and enhances electrochemical acid recovery from nickel laterite waste solution. Separation and Purification Technology. 379. 135075–135075.

Peng, Hong, et al.. (2025). Anion effect on zeolite X synthesis and its phase transformation. Minerals Engineering. 228. 109343–109343.

Vaughan, James, et al.. (2025). Advances in the integrated recovery of valuable components from titanium-bearing blast furnace slag: A review. Sustainable materials and technologies. 44. e01384–e01384. 2 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Mohamed H., Damien J. Batstone, James Vaughan, & Karen M. Steel. (2024). Understanding sulfate transport phenomena during electrochemical acid recovery from waste MgSO4: A modelling approach. Separation and Purification Technology. 360. 130988–130988. 1 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Mohamed H., Damien J. Batstone, James Vaughan, & Karen M. Steel. (2024). Electrochemical separation of sulfuric acid from magnesium sulfate solutions: Application for nickel laterite processing. Separation and Purification Technology. 336. 126291–126291. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Yongqi, et al.. (2024). Incorporation of composite metal-PVP derived carbon membranes for the percrystallisation of salt water. Desalination. 591. 117878–117878. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Hong, et al.. (2023). The influence of sodium sulphate on sodium aluminosilicate solubility in Bayer liquor aiding the desilication process. Hydrometallurgy. 219. 106079–106079. 8 indexed citations

Vaughan, James, et al.. (2023). Nickel sulfate solution fluoride separation with hydrous zirconium oxide. Tungsten. 6(2). 367–381. 4 indexed citations

Vaughan, James, et al.. (2023). Silica gel free region and rare earth metal extraction correlations in reprocessing bauxite residue. Minerals Engineering. 199. 108115–108115. 6 indexed citations

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Vaughan, James, Gordon Southam, Antonio Serrano, et al.. (2022). Role of the substrate on Ni inhibition in biological sulfate reduction. Journal of Environmental Management. 316. 115216–115216. 2 indexed citations

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Vaughan, James, Gordon Southam, Antony van der Ent, et al.. (2022). Review on metal extraction technologies suitable for critical metal recovery from mining and processing wastes. Minerals Engineering. 182. 107537–107537. 86 indexed citations

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Sun, Yongqi, Weng Fu, Yuxiang Hu, James Vaughan, & Lianzhou Wang. (2021). The role of tungsten-related elements for improving the electrochemical performances of cathode materials in lithium ion batteries. Tungsten. 3(3). 245–259. 46 indexed citations

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Serrano, Antonio, et al.. (2020). Nickel complexation as an innovative approach for nickel-cobalt selective recovery using sulfate-reducing bacteria. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 402. 123506–123506. 20 indexed citations

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Vaughan, James, Min Shi, Pedro Horna, & Horatiu Olteanu. (2020). Increased CD200 expression in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders correlates with an increased frequency of FoxP3(+) regulatory T cells. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 48. 151585–151585. 4 indexed citations

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Ram, Rahul, Nigel J. Cook, Kathy Ehrig, et al.. (2020). Understanding the mobility and retention of uranium and its daughter products. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 410. 124553–124553. 18 indexed citations

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Ram, Rahul, James Vaughan, Barbara Etschmann, & Joël Brugger. (2019). The aqueous chemistry of polonium (Po) in environmental and anthropogenic processes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 380. 120725–120725. 41 indexed citations

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Ichlas, Zela Tanlega, et al.. (2019). Processing mixed nickel‑cobalt hydroxide precipitate by sulfuric acid leaching followed by selective oxidative precipitation of cobalt and manganese. Hydrometallurgy. 191. 105185–105185. 39 indexed citations

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Salimi, R., et al.. (2018). Filtration efficiency of tricalcium aluminate filter aid synthesized with batch and continuous stirred reactors. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 309–317. 1 indexed citations

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Salimi, R. & James Vaughan. (2014). Batch tricalcium aluminate crystallisation and particle morphology. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 33(10). 695–701. 1 indexed citations

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Bansal, Neetu, et al.. (2013). The determination of trace mercury in environmental samples: A review. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 771. 6 indexed citations

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