Joan E. Shields

4.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
30 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Joan E. Shields is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Joan E. Shields has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Joan E. Shields's work include Synthesis and pharmacology of benzodiazepine derivatives (4 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (4 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (4 papers). Joan E. Shields is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and pharmacology of benzodiazepine derivatives (4 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (4 papers) and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (4 papers). Joan E. Shields collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Joan E. Shields's co-authors include S. Lowell, Martin A. Thomas, Matthias Thommes, David E. Remy, Joseph Bornstein, Douglas A. Day, Shang Liu, Joel C. Bornstein, Lynn M. Russell and Ján Kopecký and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Joan E. Shields

29 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Characterization of Porous Solids and Powders... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2004 1991 1984 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Characterization of Porous Solids and Powders: Surface Area, Pore Size and Density
    2004 1.5k citations Joan E. Shields, Martin A. Thomas et al. profile →
  2. Powder Surface Area and Porosity
    1991 904 citations S. Lowell, Joan E. Shields profile →
  3. Powder Surface Area and Porosity
    1984 420 citations Joan E. Shields et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joan E. Shields United States 14 1.4k 575 508 469 354 30 3.2k
B. McEnaney United Kingdom 30 2.0k 1.5× 642 1.1× 845 1.7× 587 1.3× 332 0.9× 84 3.3k
J. J. Fripiat France 34 1.7k 1.2× 325 0.6× 342 0.7× 706 1.5× 309 0.9× 123 3.9k
J. M. Haynes United Kingdom 12 1.5k 1.1× 825 1.4× 726 1.4× 452 1.0× 656 1.9× 27 4.6k
C. W. Fairbridge United States 4 1.2k 0.9× 568 1.0× 563 1.1× 412 0.9× 405 1.1× 4 3.3k
L. T. Zhuravlev Russia 9 1.8k 1.3× 663 1.2× 270 0.5× 358 0.8× 646 1.8× 22 3.5k
R. K. Iler United States 22 2.0k 1.4× 872 1.5× 432 0.9× 440 0.9× 634 1.8× 34 5.4k
F. Rouquérol France 23 2.4k 1.7× 754 1.3× 710 1.4× 959 2.0× 426 1.2× 76 4.3k
B.C. Lippens Netherlands 12 2.6k 1.8× 610 1.1× 718 1.4× 1.1k 2.4× 375 1.1× 15 4.1k
J.D.F. Ramsay France 25 2.1k 1.5× 780 1.4× 788 1.6× 774 1.7× 544 1.5× 59 5.1k
H. Marsh United Kingdom 34 1.5k 1.1× 842 1.5× 1.3k 2.5× 315 0.7× 586 1.7× 101 3.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Shang, Douglas A. Day, Joan E. Shields, & Lynn M. Russell. (2011). Ozone-driven daytime formation of secondary organic aerosol containing carboxylic acid groups and alkane groups. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(16). 8321–8341. 53 indexed citations
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Shields, Joan E., et al.. (2004). Characterization of Porous Solids and Powders: Surface Area, Pore Size and Density. 1489 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shields, Joan E.. (2000). Structures and Energies of Polycyclic Hydrocarbons. 2 indexed citations
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Lowell, S. & Joan E. Shields. (1991). Powder Surface Area and Porosity. 904 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shields, Joan E.. (1991). ACS COMMENT. Chemical & Engineering News. 69(1). 56–57. 1 indexed citations
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Shields, Joan E. & S. Lowell. (1985). A method for the determination of ambient temperature adsorption of gases on porous materials. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 103(1). 226–229. 23 indexed citations
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Lowell, S., Joan E. Shields, & J.E. Morral. (1985). Powder Surface Area and Porosity, 2nd Edition. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. 107(2). 180–180. 16 indexed citations
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Shields, Joan E. & S. Lowell. (1983). A method for the estimation of micropore volume and micropore surface area. Powder Technology. 36(1). 1–4. 9 indexed citations
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Lowell, S. & Joan E. Shields. (1982). Influence of pore potential on hysteresis and entrapment in mercury porosimetry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 90(1). 203–211. 19 indexed citations
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Shields, Joan E. & S. Lowell. (1982). A new instrument for mercury contact angle measurements. Powder Technology. 31(2). 227–229. 9 indexed citations
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Lowell, S., et al.. (1982). Adsorbate cross-sectional area as a function of the BET C constant. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 86(1). 191–195. 12 indexed citations
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Lowell, S. & Joan E. Shields. (1981). Equivalency of mercury porosimetry and gas adsorption. Powder Technology. 29(2). 225–231. 11 indexed citations
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Lowell, S. & Joan E. Shields. (1981). Influence of contact angle on hysteresis in mercury porosimetry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 80(1). 192–196. 38 indexed citations
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Lowell, S. & Joan E. Shields. (1981). Hysteresis, entrapment, and wetting angle in mercury porosimetry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 83(1). 273–278. 32 indexed citations
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Shields, Joan E., et al.. (1974). Photochemical cycloadditions of maleic anhydride and some derivatives to acenaphthylene. New route to pleiadienes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 39(4). 515–520. 16 indexed citations
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Bornstein, Joel C., David E. Remy, & Joan E. Shields. (1974). Synthesis and reactions of 4,5,6,7-tetrafluoroisoindole. Tetrahedron Letters. 15(48). 4247–4250. 18 indexed citations
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Bornstein, Joel C., David E. Remy, & Joan E. Shields. (1972). Synthesis of isoindole by retro-Diels–Alder reaction. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1149–1150. 20 indexed citations
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Shields, Joan E., et al.. (1971). Photochemical cycloaddition reactions. III. A facile synthesis of dimethyl 2,3-pleiadienedicarboxylate. Tetrahedron Letters. 12(3). 271–274. 1 indexed citations
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Shields, Joan E. & Joseph Bornstein. (1969). Stability of isoindoles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(18). 5192–5194. 9 indexed citations
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Bornstein, Joseph, et al.. (1967). Cyclic sulfonium ylides. I. Reaction of 2-methyl-1,3-dihydroisothianaphthenylium iodide with phenyllithium. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 32(5). 1499–1504. 9 indexed citations

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