Karen I. Winey

27.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
301 papers, 23.1k citations indexed

About

Karen I. Winey is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen I. Winey has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 23.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 137 papers in Materials Chemistry and 104 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karen I. Winey's work include Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (70 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (67 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (67 papers). Karen I. Winey is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (70 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (67 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (67 papers). Karen I. Winey collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Karen I. Winey's co-authors include Mohammad Moniruzzaman, J. E. Fischer, Fangming Du, Richard A. Vaia, Russell J. Composto, Reto Haggenmueller, Yossef A. Elabd, Edwin L. Thomas, Takashi Kashiwagi and Nigel Clarke and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Karen I. Winey

291 papers receiving 22.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Carbon Nanotubes

2006 2.7k citations Karen I. Winey et al. Macromolecules profile →
Nanotube Networks in Polymer Nanocomposites: Rheology and Electrical Conductivity

2004 1.1k citations Karen I. Winey et al. Macromolecules profile →
Aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes in composites by melt processing methods

2000 804 citations Karen I. Winey et al. profile →
Nanoparticle networks reduce the flammability of polymer nanocomposites

2005 775 citations Karen I. Winey et al. profile →
Polymer Nanocomposites

2007 575 citations Karen I. Winey et al. profile →
Effect of nanotube alignment on percolation conductivity in carbon nanotube/polymer composites

2005 527 citations Karen I. Winey et al. profile →
50th Anniversary Perspective: Are Polymer Nanocomposites Practical for Applications?

2017 510 citations Karen I. Winey et al. Macromolecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen I. Winey United States	74	11.6k	11.6k	6.0k	5.2k	2.9k	301	23.1k
Ralph H. Colby United States	73	9.8k 0.8×	7.2k 0.6×	5.1k 0.8×	3.7k 0.7×	5.0k 1.7×	498	23.4k
Emmanuel P. Giannelis United States	88	17.4k 1.5×	13.8k 1.2×	7.4k 1.2×	5.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	315	35.2k
Milo S. P. Shaffer United Kingdom	77	7.6k 0.7×	14.6k 1.3×	6.4k 1.1×	5.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	310	24.2k
Richard A. Vaia United States	78	13.3k 1.1×	10.7k 0.9×	6.6k 1.1×	3.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	348	27.1k
Manfred Stamm Germany	78	6.5k 0.6×	9.7k 0.8×	6.9k 1.1×	5.2k 1.0×	6.7k 2.3×	549	26.8k
John M. Torkelson United States	70	8.4k 0.7×	8.0k 0.7×	3.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.2×	3.9k 1.3×	295	16.3k
Yurii K. Gun’ko Ireland	69	4.1k 0.3×	16.9k 1.5×	7.6k 1.3×	5.4k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	334	25.4k
Atsushi Takahara Japan	72	7.0k 0.6×	6.8k 0.6×	5.0k 0.8×	3.0k 0.6×	6.1k 2.1×	682	23.1k
Edward J. Krämer United States	90	8.3k 0.7×	12.5k 1.1×	3.5k 0.6×	4.3k 0.8×	8.0k 2.7×	347	25.1k
Jimmy W. Mays United States	63	5.6k 0.5×	6.6k 0.6×	2.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.5×	6.7k 2.3×	408	15.9k

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Winey, Karen I., et al.. (2025). Synthesis and Blending of Two Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) Polymers with Mixed 1,2-Diol Stereochemistry. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7(11). 7275–7282. 2 indexed citations

Winey, Karen I., et al.. (2025). Impact of Hydroxyl Functionalization and Unsaturation on Linear Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol). Macromolecules. 58(5). 2675–2682. 1 indexed citations

Winey, Karen I., et al.. (2025). Water Dynamics of Superacid Aromatic Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. Macromolecules. 58(5). 2630–2639.

Winey, Karen I., et al.. (2025). Polyhalohydrins: Investigating Vicinal Functionalities by Ring-Opening of Epoxides on Polyolefins. Macromolecules. 58(18). 10073–10083.

Johnson, Christopher W., Lizhu Zhang, Douglas L. Gin, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Morphology and Hydration on Anion Transport in Self-Assembled Nanoporous Membranes. ACS Nano. 19(2). 2559–2569. 2 indexed citations

Hinton, Zachary R., et al.. (2024). N2O deconstruction of polycyclooctene to generate carbonyl-functionalized macromonomers. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 229. 110987–110987. 1 indexed citations

Hughes, Rhys W., et al.. (2024). Structural Effects on Solubility and Crystallinity in Polyamide Ionomers. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 6(18). 11420–11426. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ching‐Yu, et al.. (2023). Determination of film thicknesses of metal oxides prepared by atomic layer deposition on SBA-15. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 366. 112945–112945. 9 indexed citations

Winey, Karen I., et al.. (2022). Melt polycondensation of carboxytelechelic polyethylene for the design of degradable segmented copolyester polyolefins. Polymer Chemistry. 13(21). 3116–3125. 22 indexed citations

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Park, Jinseok, Charles P. Easterling, Dale L. Huber, et al.. (2022). Nanoscale layers of precise ion-containing polyamides with lithiated phenyl sulfonate in the polymer backbone. Polymer Chemistry. 13(41). 5811–5819. 3 indexed citations

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Mecking, Stefan, et al.. (2019). Gyroid and Other Ordered Morphologies in Single-Ion Conducting Polymers and Their Impact on Ion Conductivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(2). 857–866. 96 indexed citations

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Trigg, Edward B. & Karen I. Winey. (2019). Nanoscale layers in polymers to promote ion transport. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 4(2). 252–262. 19 indexed citations

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Trigg, Edward B., et al.. (2018). Comparing Morphological Evolution during Tensile Deformation of Two Precise Polyethylenes via 2D Fitting of in Situ X-ray Scattering. Macromolecules. 51(20). 7942–7950. 9 indexed citations

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Trigg, Edward B., et al.. (2017). Transverse Orientation of Acid Layers in the Crystallites of a Precise Polymer. Macromolecules. 50(22). 8988–8995. 21 indexed citations

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Trigg, Edward B., Mark J. Stevens, & Karen I. Winey. (2017). Chain Folding Produces a Multilayered Morphology in a Precise Polymer: Simulations and Experiments. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(10). 3747–3755. 63 indexed citations

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Trigg, Edward B., et al.. (2017). High Morphological Order in a Nearly Precise Acid-Containing Polymer and Ionomer. ACS Macro Letters. 6(9). 947–951. 23 indexed citations

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Clarke, Nigel, et al.. (2015). Temperature Dependence of Rheology and Polymer Diffusion in Silica/Polystyrene Nanocomposites. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Ye, Annemarie L. Exarhos, Ahmed AlSayed, et al.. (2015). Electrical anisotropy in coatings of aligned silver nanowires. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Willis, C., et al.. (2011). Structure-Property Relationships in Sulfonated Pentablock Copolymers. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Kota, Arun K. & Karen I. Winey. (2009). Morphology of Sulfonated Styrenic Pentablock Copolymer Solutions and Membranes. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 4 indexed citations

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