Keenan Smith

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 861 citations indexed

About

Keenan Smith is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Keenan Smith has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 861 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Keenan Smith's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (8 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (4 papers). Keenan Smith is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (8 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (6 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (4 papers). Keenan Smith collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Keenan Smith's co-authors include Dan J. L. Brett, Paul R. Shearing, Thomas S. Miller, Rhodri Jervis, Zhenyu Zhang, Maximilian Maier, J. Dodwell, Gareth Hinds, Theo Suter and Jennifer Hack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Keenan Smith

12 papers receiving 830 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.

Selective ion transport through hydrated micropores in polymer membranes

2024 83 citations Anqi Wang, Charlotte Breakwell et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keenan Smith United Kingdom	10	695	262	188	168	144	13	861
Gisu Doo South Korea	21	959 1.4×	687 2.6×	98 0.5×	205 1.2×	133 0.9×	51	1.1k
Natalia A. Cañas Germany	14	1.4k 1.9×	404 1.5×	517 2.8×	303 1.8×	177 1.2×	18	1.6k
Regine Reißner Germany	15	673 1.0×	485 1.9×	69 0.4×	259 1.5×	100 0.7×	33	790
Ivan Radev Bulgaria	14	505 0.7×	431 1.6×	49 0.3×	168 1.0×	62 0.4×	43	660
Edward Brightman United Kingdom	17	601 0.9×	449 1.7×	72 0.4×	410 2.4×	69 0.5×	28	808
Alexandra Pătru Switzerland	19	804 1.2×	825 3.1×	107 0.6×	261 1.6×	125 0.9×	26	1.1k
Aman Dhir United Kingdom	11	835 1.2×	547 2.1×	79 0.4×	455 2.7×	45 0.3×	29	1.1k
Matthias Klingele Germany	17	853 1.2×	721 2.8×	68 0.4×	185 1.1×	34 0.2×	28	975
Sathya Motupally United States	11	825 1.2×	498 1.9×	128 0.7×	242 1.4×	28 0.2×	16	971
Gwenaëlle Toussaint France	13	686 1.0×	255 1.0×	167 0.9×	190 1.1×	17 0.1×	31	862

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keenan Smith

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Feng, Zhiming, Andrew B. Foster, Heng Zhai, et al.. (2025). Durable Proton Exchange Membrane Based on Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity for Fuel Cells. Advanced Materials. 37(19). e2419534–e2419534. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Anqi, Charlotte Breakwell, Fabrizia Foglia, et al.. (2024). Selective ion transport through hydrated micropores in polymer membranes. Nature. 635(8038). 353–358. 83 indexed citations breakdown →

Smith, Keenan, Fabrizia Foglia, Adam J. Clancy, et al.. (2024). A Proton Selective Carbon Nitride Layer for High Durability Fuel Cells. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(13).

Xu, Qiucheng, Fabrizia Foglia, Keenan Smith, et al.. (2023). Radiation-grafted anion-exchange membranes for CO₂ electroreduction cells: an unexpected effect of using a lower excess of N-methylpiperidine in their fabrication. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(38). 20724–20740. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Keenan, Fabrizia Foglia, Adam J. Clancy, Dan J. L. Brett, & Thomas S. Miller. (2023). Nafion Matrix and Ionic Domain Tuning for High‐Performance Composite Proton Exchange Membranes. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(42). 27 indexed citations

Foglia, Fabrizia, Quentin Berrod, Adam J. Clancy, et al.. (2022). Disentangling water, ion and polymer dynamics in an anion exchange membrane. Nature Materials. 21(5). 555–563. 78 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenyu, Keenan Smith, Ye Shui Zhang, et al.. (2021). Dendrite suppression by anode polishing in zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(27). 15355–15362. 65 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenyu, Keenan Smith, Rhodri Jervis, et al.. (2021). Characterizing Batteries by In Situ Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy: A Critical Review. Advanced Energy Materials. 11(38). 110 indexed citations

Maier, Maximilian, Keenan Smith, J. Dodwell, et al.. (2021). Mass transport in PEM water electrolysers: A review. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 47(1). 30–56. 181 indexed citations

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Suter, Theo, Keenan Smith, Jennifer Hack, et al.. (2021). Engineering Catalyst Layers for Next‐Generation Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Review of Design, Materials, and Methods. Advanced Energy Materials. 11(37). 176 indexed citations

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Foglia, Fabrizia, Adam J. Clancy, Martin C. Wilding, et al.. (2020). Aquaporin-like water transport in nanoporous crystalline layered carbon nitride. Science Advances. 6(39). 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenyu, Keenan Smith, Rhodri Jervis, et al.. (2020). Operando Electrochemical Atomic Force Microscopy of Solid–Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Graphite Anodes: The Evolution of SEI Morphology and Mechanical Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(31). 35132–35141. 98 indexed citations

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McGrouther, Duncan Angus, et al.. (2001). A study of the cellular response to orientated fibronectin material in healing extensor rat tendon. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 12(10-12). 1005–1011. 3 indexed citations

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