John Ralston

22.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
323 papers, 19.8k citations indexed

About

John Ralston is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Ralston has authored 323 papers receiving a total of 19.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Water Science and Technology, 126 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 72 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Ralston's work include Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (141 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (49 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (41 papers). John Ralston is often cited by papers focused on Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (141 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (49 papers) and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (41 papers). John Ralston collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United States. John Ralston's co-authors include Daniel Fornasiero, Rossen Sedev, Robert Hayes, David A. Beattie, Jonas Addai‐Mensah, Craig Priest, Clive A. Prestidge, Stephen Grano, Zongfu Dai and Vera Lockett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Ralston

322 papers receiving 19.0k 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.

Molecular Layering of Fluorinated Ionic Liquids at a Charged Sapphire (0001) Surface

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Ralston	9.3k	8.5k	6.0k	3.3k	3.1k	323	19.8k
Zhenghe Xu	6.8k 0.7×	6.1k 0.7×	6.8k 1.1×	3.8k 1.2×	6.0k 1.9×	607	28.6k
Jan D. Miller	6.7k 0.7×	5.2k 0.6×	5.5k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	467	16.0k
HengAn Wu	3.4k 0.4×	7.3k 0.9×	4.3k 0.7×	3.7k 1.1×	8.4k 2.7×	363	19.1k
Egon Matijević	3.7k 0.4×	4.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.2×	3.2k 1.0×	9.6k 3.1×	332	20.7k
Qingxia Liu	3.0k 0.3×	3.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	3.5k 1.1×	318	12.0k
Jun Hu	4.9k 0.5×	5.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.2×	1.7k 0.5×	2.9k 0.9×	349	13.9k
P. Somasundaran	3.1k 0.3×	4.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	1.1k 0.3×	4.5k 1.4×	283	17.1k
Vincent S. J. Craig	3.6k 0.4×	3.9k 0.5×	1.4k 0.2×	1.4k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	144	10.3k
Roger St.C. Smart	2.3k 0.2×	3.5k 0.4×	3.2k 0.5×	7.1k 2.2×	9.5k 3.0×	92	19.7k
N. S. McIntyre	1.2k 0.1×	2.5k 0.3×	2.2k 0.4×	5.0k 1.5×	7.8k 2.5×	187	15.8k

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Lu, Yi, Dejun Sun, John Ralston, Qingxia Liu, & Zhenghe Xu. (2019). CO2-responsive surfactants with tunable switching pH. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 557. 185–195. 44 indexed citations

Priest, Craig, et al.. (2013). Patterning of wettability for controlling capillary-driven flow in closed channels. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 402. 259–266. 11 indexed citations

Ramiasa, Melanie, John Ralston, Renate Fetzer, & Rossen Sedev. (2013). The influence of topography on dynamic wetting. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 206. 275–293. 102 indexed citations

Li, Hua, Rossen Sedev, & John Ralston. (2011). Dynamic wetting of a fluoropolymer surface by ionic liquids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(9). 3952–3952. 47 indexed citations

Clennell, Michael B., Rossen Sedev, Iko Burgar, et al.. (2009). Experimental investigations of the wettability of clays and shales. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(B7). 155 indexed citations

Clennell, Michael B., et al.. (2009). Application of low field and solid-state NMR spectroscopy to study the liquid/liquid interface in porous space of clay minerals and shales. Diffusion fundamentals.. 10. 7 indexed citations

Ralston, John, et al.. (2009). The uniform capillary model for packed beds and particle wettability. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 337(1). 162–169. 17 indexed citations

Whitby, Catherine P., Daniel Fornasiero, & John Ralston. (2009). Structure of oil-in-water emulsions stabilised by silica and hydrophobised titania particles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 342(1). 205–209. 36 indexed citations

Quast, Keith, Liping Ding, Daniel Fornasiero, & John Ralston. (2008). Effect of Slime Clay Particles on Coal Flotation. 130. 15 indexed citations

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Lockett, Vera, et al.. (2008). Angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the surface of imidazolium ionic liquids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10(9). 1330–1330. 184 indexed citations

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Whitby, Catherine P., Daniel Fornasiero, & John Ralston. (2008). Effect of adding anionic surfactant on the stability of Pickering emulsions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 329(1). 173–181. 87 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jingfang, John Ralston, Rossen Sedev, & David A. Beattie. (2008). Functionalized gold nanoparticles: Synthesis, structure and colloid stability. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 331(2). 251–262. 327 indexed citations

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Mishchuk, N. A., John Ralston, & Daniel Fornasiero. (2006). Influence of very small bubbles on particle/bubble heterocoagulation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 301(1). 168–175. 66 indexed citations

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Ralston, John. (2005). Solid–Liquid Interactions and Functional Surface Wettability. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 58(9). 644–654. 13 indexed citations

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Beattie, David A., Le Huynh, Gillian B. Kaggwa, & John Ralston. (2005). Influence of adsorbed polysaccharides and polyacrylamides on talc flotation. International Journal of Mineral Processing. 78(4). 238–249. 80 indexed citations

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Addai‐Mensah, Jonas, Le Huynh, Kristen E. Bremmell, & John Ralston. (2003). Surface Chemistry and Stability of Colloidal Iron Oxide and Titanium Dioxide Dispersions. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 915. 1 indexed citations

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Addai‐Mensah, Jonas, et al.. (2003). Influence of hydrolyzable metal ions on the interfacial chemistry, particle interactions, and dewatering behavior of kaolinite dispersions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 261(2). 349–359. 114 indexed citations

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Addai‐Mensah, Jonas, et al.. (2003). Temperature influence of nonionic polyethylene oxide and anionic polyacrylamide on flocculation and dewatering behavior of kaolinite dispersions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 271(1). 145–156. 141 indexed citations

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Ralston, John. (1999). Controlled flotation processes : Prediction and manipulation of bubble-particle capture. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 99(1). 27–34. 12 indexed citations

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Ralston, John, et al.. (1989). Methods for the enrichment of bauxite ultrafines. Metody wzbogacania mułów boksytowych. Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing. 21(1). 23–36. 1 indexed citations

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