John Hoffman

12.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
91 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

John Hoffman is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John Hoffman has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 19 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John Hoffman's work include Polymer crystallization and properties (35 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (16 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (16 papers). John Hoffman is often cited by papers focused on Polymer crystallization and properties (35 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (16 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (16 papers). John Hoffman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. John Hoffman's co-authors include James J. Weeks, John I. Lauritzen, Robert L. Miller, Elizabeth J. Clark, Charles M. Guttman, Edmund A. DiMarzio, Gaylon S. Ross, Lois J. Frolen, Eliο Passaglia and G. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

John Hoffman

89 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

Melting process and the equilibrium melting temperature o... 1960 2026 1982 2004 1962 1997 1960 1973 1961 400 800 1.2k
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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. Melting process and the equilibrium melting temperature of polychlorotrifluoroethylene
    1962 1.3k citations John Hoffman, James J. Weeks Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry profile →
  2. Kinetic of crystallization from the melt and chain folding in polyethylene fractions revisited: theory and experiment
    1997 883 citations John Hoffman, Robert L. Miller Polymer profile →
  3. Theory of formation of polymer crystals with folded chains in dilute solution
    1960 671 citations John I. Lauritzen, John Hoffman Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry profile →
  4. Extension of theory of growth of chain-folded polymer crystals to large undercoolings
    1973 578 citations John I. Lauritzen, John Hoffman profile →
  5. Crystallization of bulk polymers with chain folding: theory of growth of lamellar spherulites
    1961 556 citations John Hoffman, John I. Lauritzen Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry profile →
  6. Regime III crystallization in melt-crystallized polymers: The variable cluster model of chain folding
    1983 527 citations John Hoffman Polymer profile →
  7. On the growth rate of spherulites and axialites from the melt in polyethylene fractions: Regime I and regime II crystallization
    1975 405 citations John Hoffman, Lois J. Frolen et al. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry profile →
  8. Rate of Spherulitic Crystallization with Chain Folds in Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
    1962 400 citations John Hoffman, James J. Weeks The Journal of Chemical Physics 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 Hoffman United States 38 7.5k 4.0k 2.3k 1.2k 710 91 9.3k
P. Corradini Italy 32 3.1k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 730 0.3× 130 0.1× 346 0.5× 95 4.3k
Michael Wübbenhorst Belgium 44 2.1k 0.3× 468 0.1× 3.3k 1.4× 438 0.4× 279 0.4× 193 5.9k
Yangyang Wang China 44 1.9k 0.3× 403 0.1× 2.0k 0.9× 739 0.6× 1.2k 1.8× 319 7.0k
Frank W. Harris United States 44 3.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.3× 2.6k 1.1× 56 0.0× 1.8k 2.6× 204 6.5k
Jochen S. Gutmann Germany 40 1.1k 0.2× 618 0.2× 2.2k 1.0× 135 0.1× 267 0.4× 231 5.3k
Sono Sasaki Japan 32 1.3k 0.2× 839 0.2× 2.4k 1.1× 93 0.1× 263 0.4× 156 4.9k
Mengjiao Wang China 31 2.0k 0.3× 308 0.1× 2.1k 0.9× 106 0.1× 378 0.5× 109 4.7k
Vincent J. McBrierty Ireland 27 1.1k 0.1× 213 0.1× 705 0.3× 118 0.1× 207 0.3× 82 2.8k
Werner Jaeger Germany 38 778 0.1× 524 0.1× 717 0.3× 47 0.0× 132 0.2× 138 4.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoffman, John, et al.. (2009). ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ or Appeasement? South African Policy towards Zimbabwe. The Round Table. 98(402). 373–384. 9 indexed citations
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Hoffman, Kate, et al.. (2007). Biodegradation as a process of the life cycle assessment of the chelating compounds used in liquid fertilizers. Chemia i Inżynieria Ekologiczna. 14. 1095–1101. 1 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John. (2004). Citizenship beyond the State. 65 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John. (1998). Is there a case for a feminist critique of the state?. Contemporary Politics. 4(2). 161–176. 2 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John. (1995). Beyond the State: An Introductory Critique. 16 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John, Robert L. Miller, Hervé Marand, & Daniel B. Roitman. (1992). Relationship between the lateral surface free energy .sigma. and the chain structure of melt-crystallized polymers. Macromolecules. 25(8). 2221–2229. 183 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John. (1985). The Historical Materialism Discussion : The Dialectic of Abstraction and Concentration in Historical Materialism. Science & Society. 49(4). 451–462. 2 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John. (1984). The Gramscian challenge : coercion and consent in Marxist political theory. 33 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John. (1983). Regime III crystallization in melt-crystallized polymers: The variable cluster model of chain folding. Polymer. 24(1). 3–26. 527 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guttman, Charles M., Edmund A. DiMarzio, & John Hoffman. (1981). Calculation of SANS intensity for polyethylene: effect of varying fold planes and fold plane roughening. Polymer. 22(5). 597–608. 26 indexed citations
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Guttman, Charles M., Edmund A. DiMarzio, & John Hoffman. (1980). The polymer in a cone - A model for the surface free energy of polymer crystal with emergent cilia. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards. 85(4). 273–273. 6 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John. (1979). Theory of flow-induced fibril formation in polymer solutions. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards. 84(5). 359–359. 18 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John, Lois J. Frolen, Gaylon S. Ross, & John I. Lauritzen. (1975). On the growth rate of spherulites and axialites from the melt in polyethylene fractions: Regime I and regime II crystallization. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry. 79A(6). 671–671. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hoffman, John, John I. Lauritzen, Eliο Passaglia, et al.. (1969). Kinetics of polymer crystallization from solution and the melt. Kolloid-Zeitschrift & Zeitschrift für Polymere. 231(1-2). 564–592. 134 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John & James J. Weeks. (1965). X-Ray Study of Isothermal Thickening of Lamellae in Bulk Polyethylene at the Crystallization Temperature. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 42(12). 4301–4302. 237 indexed citations
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Lauritzen, John I. & John Hoffman. (1959). Formation of Polymer Crystals with Folded Chains from Dilute Solution. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 31(6). 1680–1681. 104 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John, et al.. (1959). Experimental and theoretical study of kinetics of bulk crystallization in poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene). Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry. 63A(1). 67–67. 52 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John & B. M. Axilrod. (1957). Theory of dielectric relaxation for the three-dimensional polar rotator: Lattice models leading to bimodal loss curves. Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. 58(2). 61–61. 3 indexed citations
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Crowe, R. W., John Hoffman, & Charles P. Smyth. (1952). A New Type of Disorder Affecting the Dielectric Properties of Long-Chain Esters. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 20(4). 550–555. 13 indexed citations
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Hoffman, John. (1952). Hindered Intermolecular Rotation in the Solid State: Thermal and Dielectric Phenomena in Long-Chain Compounds. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 20(4). 541–549. 86 indexed citations

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