John C. Westall

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
59 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

John C. Westall is a scholar working on Electrochemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Bioengineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Westall has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electrochemistry, 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 8 papers in Bioengineering. Recurrent topics in John C. Westall's work include Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (13 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (8 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (6 papers). John C. Westall is often cited by papers focused on Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (13 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (8 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (6 papers). John C. Westall collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. John C. Westall's co-authors include René P. Schwarzenbach, Herbert Hohl, Bruce J. Brownawell, George R. Aiken, Scott D. Cunningham, Samuel J. Traina, Richard G. Luthy, Philip M. Gschwend, Mark L. Brusseau and Walter J. Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

John C. Westall

55 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Sequestration of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants by Geosorbents

1997 838 citations Richard G. Luthy, George R. Aiken et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Transport of nonpolar organic compounds from surface water to groundwater. Laboratory sorption studies

1981 665 citations René P. Schwarzenbach, John C. Westall Environmental Science & Technology profile →
A comparison of electrostatic models for the oxide/solution interface

1980 596 citations John C. Westall et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Westall United States	31	1.5k	1.5k	863	719	670	59	4.7k
Yu‐Ping Chin United States	45	2.2k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	519 0.6×	1.3k 1.8×	1.7k 2.5×	113	7.2k
Alan T. Stone United States	42	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	393 0.5×	748 1.0×	1.4k 2.0×	75	5.3k
David G. Kinniburgh United Kingdom	22	1.8k 1.2×	750 0.5×	354 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	30	5.0k
Rod G. Zika United States	41	663 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	397 0.5×	539 0.7×	848 1.3×	79	5.7k
Kalliat T. Valsaraj United States	39	953 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	788 0.9×	409 0.6×	635 0.9×	205	4.9k
Lynn E. Katz United States	33	1.1k 0.7×	981 0.7×	844 1.0×	555 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	134	4.9k
Bert Allard Sweden	37	1.4k 0.9×	956 0.6×	525 0.6×	937 1.3×	580 0.9×	194	4.9k
Ronald L. Malcolm United States	26	1.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	487 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.7×	39	6.0k
William P. Ball United States	45	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 2.2×	571 0.8×	1.6k 2.4×	90	6.4k
Mark M. Benjamin United States	41	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	446 0.5×	1.4k 2.0×	2.6k 3.9×	89	5.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Morrill, Melinda Sandler & John C. Westall. (2023). Heterogeneity in the educational impacts of natural disasters: Evidence from Hurricane Florence. Economics of Education Review. 94. 102373–102373. 5 indexed citations

Reimers, Clare E., Peter R. Girguis, John C. Westall, et al.. (2005). Using electrochemical methods to study redox processes and harvest energy from marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 69(10). 6 indexed citations

Escher, Beate I., René P. Schwarzenbach, & John C. Westall. (2000). Evaluation of Liposome−Water Partitioning of Organic Acids and Bases. 1. Development of a Sorption Model. Environmental Science & Technology. 34(18). 3954–3961. 94 indexed citations

Westall, John C., et al.. (1999). THE STUDY OF CHLORIDE ION MIGRATION IN REINFORCED CONCRETE UNDER CATHODIC PROTECTION. 3 indexed citations

Scherer, Michelle M., John C. Westall, & Paul G. Tratnyek. (1997). An electrochemical interpretation of carbon tetrachloride reduction at an oxide-free iron electrode. 37(2). 247–248. 1 indexed citations

Luthy, Richard G., George R. Aiken, Mark L. Brusseau, et al.. (1997). Sequestration of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants by Geosorbents. Environmental Science & Technology. 31(12). 3341–3347. 838 indexed citations breakdown →

Westall, John C.. (1997). Car phones can cause accidents. BMJ. 314(7080). 535.12–535.12. 3 indexed citations

Westall, John C.. (1997). Poor education linked with teen pregnancies. BMJ. 314(7080). 535.5–535.5. 7 indexed citations

Scherer, Michelle M., John C. Westall, & Paul G. Tratnyek. (1997). Kinetics of carbon tetrachloride reduction at an iron rotating disk electrode. 37(1). 85–86. 1 indexed citations

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Borkovec, Michal, et al.. (1996). Affinity distributions and acid-base properties of homogeneous and heterogeneous sorbents: exact results versus experimental data inversion. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 107. 285–296. 37 indexed citations

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Lemmon, Teresa, John C. Westall, & J. D. Ingle. (1996). Development of Redox Sensors for Environmental Applications Based on Immobilized Redox Indicators. Analytical Chemistry. 68(6). 947–953. 18 indexed citations

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Brownawell, Bruce J. & John C. Westall. (1990). Adsorption of surfactants on suspended particles. 3(1). 138–140. 1 indexed citations

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Johnson, C. Annette & John C. Westall. (1990). Effect of pH and potassium chloride concentration on the octanol-water distribution of methylanilines. Environmental Science & Technology. 24(12). 1869–1875. 54 indexed citations

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Brownawell, Bruce J., Hua Chen, J.M. Collier, & John C. Westall. (1990). Adsorption of organic cations to natural materials. Environmental Science & Technology. 24(8). 1234–1241. 136 indexed citations

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Westall, John C., C. Annette Johnson, & Wanjia Zhang. (1990). Distribution of lithium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, hydrochloric acid, magnesium chloride, and calcium chloride between octanol and water. Environmental Science & Technology. 24(12). 1803–1810. 40 indexed citations

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Schuytema, Gerald S., Daniel F. Krawczyk, William L. Griffis, et al.. (1988). COMPARATIVE UPTAKE OF HEXACHLOROBENZENE BY FATHEAD MINNOWS, AMPHIPODS AND OLIGOCHAETE WORMS FROM WATER AND SEDIMENT. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 7(12). 1035–1035.

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Schindler, P., et al.. (1987). Adsorption of copper, cadmium and lead from aqueous solution to the kaolinite/water interface.. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science. 35(3). 219–230. 155 indexed citations

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Giger, Walter, et al.. (1983). Das Verhalten organischer Wasserinhaltsstoffe bei der Grundwasserbildung und im Grundwasser. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 2 indexed citations

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Morel, François M. M., et al.. (1981). Adsorption models: A mathematical analysis in the framework of general equilibrium calculations. 26 indexed citations

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Swallow, Kathleen C., John C. Westall, Diane M. McKnight, Nicole Morel, & F. M. M. Morel. (1978). Potentiometric determination of copper complexation by phytoplankton exudates 1. Limnology and Oceanography. 23(3). 538–542. 53 indexed citations

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