K.C. Waugh

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
93 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

K.C. Waugh is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K.C. Waugh has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Materials Chemistry, 68 papers in Catalysis and 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in K.C. Waugh's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (65 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (48 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (26 papers). K.C. Waugh is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (65 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (48 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (26 papers). K.C. Waugh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Malaysia and United States. K.C. Waugh's co-authors include G.C. Chinchen, Michael Bowker, David A. Whan, Colin H. Rochester, Graeme J. Millar, Michael S. Spencer, J.R. Jennings, P.J. Denny, B.H. Sakakini and S. Bailey and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Journal of Catalysis and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

K.C. Waugh

93 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Synthesis of Methanol

1988 513 citations K.C. Waugh et al. Applied Catalysis profile →
The activity and state of the copper surface in methanol synthesis catalysts

1986 487 citations K.C. Waugh et al. Applied Catalysis profile →
Methanol Synthesis

1992 458 citations K.C. Waugh profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K.C. Waugh United Kingdom	35	3.5k	3.1k	713	617	596	93	4.5k
Stefan Zander Germany	17	3.1k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	528 0.9×	203 0.3×	29	4.2k
Jing‐Fa Deng China	35	2.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	806 1.1×	1.2k 2.0×	342 0.6×	108	4.1k
Jesús Graciani Spain	31	4.0k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	1.9k 2.7×	471 0.8×	247 0.4×	42	4.7k
Dong Xiao China	22	1.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	382 0.5×	491 0.8×	241 0.4×	55	3.3k
Ivo A. W. Filot Netherlands	42	3.3k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	590 1.0×	185 0.3×	96	4.9k
Hanne Falsig Denmark	31	5.1k 1.4×	3.0k 1.0×	1.8k 2.5×	832 1.3×	393 0.7×	50	6.2k
Mónica Calatayud France	41	3.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	528 0.9×	519 0.9×	127	4.4k
Poul L. Hansen Denmark	16	3.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	832 1.2×	455 0.7×	374 0.6×	21	4.1k
L. Piccolo France	36	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	614 1.0×	441 0.7×	99	3.4k
S.C. Fung United States	16	3.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	1.1k 1.8×	264 0.4×	25	4.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Waugh, K.C.. (2003). The absorption and locking-in of hydrogen in copper. Solid State Ionics. 168(3-4). 327–342. 36 indexed citations

Sakakini, B.H., et al.. (2002). The Partial Oxidation of CH3OH to CO2 and H2 Over a Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Catalyst. Catalysis Letters. 82(3-4). 261–270. 4 indexed citations

Farrokhnia, Abdolhadi, B.H. Sakakini, & K.C. Waugh. (2001). Determination of the Kinetics of the Reaction of CCl4 with Prefluorided Cr2O3 and Evaluation of the Active Site Area. Catalysis Letters. 76(3-4). 241–245. 4 indexed citations

Waugh, K.C.. (2000). Determination of the Detailed Kinetics of Adsorption, Desorption and Surface Reaction by Transient Thermal Techniques. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 78(7). 954–964. 5 indexed citations

Froment, Gilbert F. & K.C. Waugh. (1999). Reaction kinetics and the development of catalytic processes : proceedings of the international symposium, Brugge, Belgium, April 19-21, 1999. Elsevier eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Sakakini, B.H., et al.. (1999). The detailed kinetics of the adsorption of hydrogen on polycrystalline copper studied by reactive frontal chromatography. Catalysis Letters. 59(2-4). 151–155. 13 indexed citations

Froment, Gilbert F. & K.C. Waugh. (1997). Dynamics of surfaces and reaction kinetics in heterogeneous catalysis : proceedings of the international symposium, Antwerp, Belgium, September 15-17, 1997. Elsevier eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Waugh, K.C., David A. Butler, & Brian E. Hayden. (1994). The mechanism of the poisoning of ammonia synthesis catalysts by oxygenates O2, CO and H2O: an in situ method for active surface determination. Catalysis Letters. 24(1-2). 197–210. 26 indexed citations

Waugh, K.C., David A. Butler, & Brian E. Hayden. (1994). On the mechanism of poisoning and promotion of ammonia synthesis. Topics in Catalysis. 1(3-4). 295–301. 5 indexed citations

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Millar, Graeme J., Colin H. Rochester, S. Bailey, & K.C. Waugh. (1993). Combined temperature-programmed desorption and fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy study of CO2, CO and H2 interactions with model ZnO/SiO2, Cu/SiO2 and Cu/ZnO/SiO2 methanol synthesis catalysts. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 89(7). 1109–1109. 35 indexed citations

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Millar, Graeme J., et al.. (1992). A combined infrared, temperature programmed desorption and temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy study of CO₂and H₂interactions on reduced and oxidized silica-supported copper catalysts. Molecular Physics. 76(4). 833–849. 43 indexed citations

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Millar, Graeme J., Colin H. Rochester, & K.C. Waugh. (1992). Evidence for the adsorption of molecules at special sites located at copper/zinc oxide interfaces. Part 3.—Fourier-transform infrared study of methyl formate adsorption on reduced and oxidised Cu/ZnO/SiO₂catalysts. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 88(23). 3497–3503. 31 indexed citations

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Millar, Graeme J., Colin H. Rochester, & K.C. Waugh. (1992). An in situ high pressure FT-IR study of CO2/H2 interactions with model ZnO/SiO2, Cu/SiO2 and Cu/ZnO/SiO2 methanol synthesis catalysts. Catalysis Letters. 14(3-4). 289–295. 68 indexed citations

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Millar, Graeme J., Colin H. Rochester, & K.C. Waugh. (1992). Evidence for the adsorption of molecules at special sites located at copper/zinc oxide interfaces. Part 2.—A fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy study of methanol adsorption on reduced and oxidised Cu/ZnO/SiO₂catalysts. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 88(15). 2257–2261. 35 indexed citations

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Millar, Graeme J., Colin H. Rochester, S. Bailey, & K.C. Waugh. (1992). A combined temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy study of CO₂–H₂and CO–CO₂–H₂interactions with model ZnO/SiO₂, Cu/SiO₂and Cu/ZnO/SiO₂methanol-synthesis catalysts. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 88(14). 2085–2093. 31 indexed citations

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Waugh, K.C.. (1991). On the junction effect theory of activity in methanol synthesis catalysts. Catalysis Letters. 7(5-6). 345–349. 11 indexed citations

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Waugh, K.C., et al.. (1986). Kinetics and mechanism of propan-2-OL decomposition on zinc oxide. Applied Catalysis. 25(1-2). 121–128. 39 indexed citations

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Bowker, Michael & K.C. Waugh. (1985). Chlorine adsorption and chloridation of Ag(110). Surface Science. 155(1). 1–14. 62 indexed citations

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Bowker, Michael, et al.. (1985). Temperature-programmed desorption studies of alcohol decomposition on zinc oxide. Propan-2-ol. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 1 Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases. 81(12). 3073–3073. 25 indexed citations

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Waugh, K.C.. (1978). Determination of surface heteroenergeneity in catalysis by gas adsorption chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 155(1). 83–95. 6 indexed citations

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