John Griffiths

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

John Griffiths is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John Griffiths has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Materials Chemistry, 20 papers in Organic Chemistry and 14 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John Griffiths's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (25 papers), Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers (13 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (10 papers). John Griffiths is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (25 papers), Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers (13 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (10 papers). John Griffiths collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. John Griffiths's co-authors include Christopher M. Hawkins, Harold Hart, Andrew Towns, S.M. Burkinshaw, Robert Christie, Won Jae Lee, Colin G. Taylor, Xing Chen, B. Mark Heron and A. J. Duke and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Science of The Total Environment and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

John Griffiths

48 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Colour and constitution of organic molecules 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 100 200 300 400
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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. Colour and constitution of organic molecules
    1976 403 citations John Griffiths profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Griffiths United Kingdom 19 655 588 401 294 137 50 1.5k
Ermanno Barni Italy 20 847 1.3× 362 0.6× 276 0.7× 239 0.8× 66 0.5× 86 1.5k
Heinz Mustroph Germany 17 352 0.5× 594 1.0× 322 0.8× 98 0.3× 105 0.8× 70 1.0k
Klaus Hunger Germany 13 431 0.7× 396 0.7× 123 0.3× 162 0.6× 53 0.4× 22 1.3k
George M. Wyman United States 18 479 0.7× 493 0.8× 342 0.9× 63 0.2× 100 0.7× 29 1.1k
F. Ortica Italy 24 543 0.8× 908 1.5× 269 0.7× 38 0.1× 54 0.4× 74 1.4k
Ayman A. Abdel‐Shafi Egypt 23 412 0.6× 876 1.5× 397 1.0× 72 0.2× 44 0.3× 64 1.5k
Wallace R. Brode United States 11 467 0.7× 343 0.6× 167 0.4× 47 0.2× 55 0.4× 26 1.2k
Pavol Hrdlovič Slovakia 22 757 1.2× 573 1.0× 497 1.2× 16 0.1× 61 0.4× 120 1.6k
L. Pretto Italy 14 751 1.1× 336 0.6× 757 1.9× 26 0.1× 192 1.4× 25 1.6k
Jozef Kožı́šek Slovakia 25 1.0k 1.6× 609 1.0× 241 0.6× 26 0.1× 68 0.5× 226 2.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (2011). Palladium-catalysed amination of bromofluorans and an investigation of their thermochromic behaviour. Dyes and Pigments. 92(1). 524–530. 13 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John. (1998). 5-Acceptor-substituted 4-amino-2-arylazothiazoles. A unique black monoazo chromophoric system. Chemical Communications. 1349–1350. 9 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John. (1997). Creating, Transmitting, and Transforming a Corporate Culture in a Public Sector Enterprise: The General Post Office, 1920-1990. 3 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John. (1995). ‘Give my Regards to Uncle Billy ... ’: The Rites and Rituals of Company Life at Lever Brothers, c.1900–c.1990. Business History. 37(4). 25–45. 15 indexed citations
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Stringer, Mark R., et al.. (1994). <title>Measurement of the photodynamic dose in an optical phantom</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2371. 159–163. 2 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1993). Facile irreversible thermochromism of a near-infrared azamethine chromophore. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1031–1031. 2 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1993). Effect of humidity on the trapping of radioiodine by impregnated carbons. The Science of The Total Environment. 130-131. 419–427. 14 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John. (1993). Funktionelle Farbstoffe. Ein neuer Trend in der Farbstoffchemie. Chemie in unserer Zeit. 27(1). 21–31. 16 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John. (1988). Speciality dyes‐new trends in modern dye chemistry. Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. 104(11). 416–424. 18 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1987). Near-infrared absorbing methine dyes based on dicyanovinyl derivatives of indane-1,3-dione. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 815–815. 77 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John. (1982). Practical aspects of colour prediction of organic dye molecules. Dyes and Pigments. 3(2-3). 211–233. 98 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1981). Application of the PPP-mo method to the prediction of colour in di- and tri-arylmethane dyes. Dyes and Pigments. 2(1). 37–48. 29 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1979). Naphthoquinone colouring matters. Part 4. Amino-substituted 1,2-dimethylnaphth[2,3-d]imidazole-4,9-diones. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 702–702. 7 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1978). Naphthoquinone colouring matters. Part 1. Synthesis and electronic absorption spectra of 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives with electron-donating groups in the quinonoid ring. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1083–1083. 39 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1977). Orientation effects in the benzene chromophore bearing one donor and two acceptor groups. Electronic absorption spectra of the dicyanoanilines. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1608–1608. 23 indexed citations
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Duke, A. J., et al.. (1977). Synthesis and Rearrangement of 7‐Halobicyclo[3.2.0]hept‐2‐en‐6‐ols. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 60(5). 1528–1544. 12 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1976). Photosensitised oxidation of 1-naphthols. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 676–676. 33 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1976). Synthesis and electronic absorption spectra of dicyano-derivatives of 4-diethylaminoazobenzene. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 42–42. 33 indexed citations
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Griffiths, John, et al.. (1970). The addition of dichloroketen to methylenecyclobutane: a new route to spiro[3,3]heptanes and spiro[3,2]hexanes. Journal of the Chemical Society D Chemical Communications. 1344–1344. 6 indexed citations

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