Kenneth R. Seddon

55.7k total citations · 15 hit papers
408 papers, 47.5k citations indexed

About

Kenneth R. Seddon is a scholar working on Catalysis, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth R. Seddon has authored 408 papers receiving a total of 47.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 208 papers in Catalysis, 162 papers in Organic Chemistry and 73 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kenneth R. Seddon's work include Ionic liquids properties and applications (201 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (57 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (48 papers). Kenneth R. Seddon is often cited by papers focused on Ionic liquids properties and applications (201 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (57 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (48 papers). Kenneth R. Seddon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Portugal. Kenneth R. Seddon's co-authors include Natalia V. Plechkova, Martyn J. Earle, Robin D. Rogers, John D. Holbrey, Luís Paulo N. Rebelo, Annegret Stark, Christer B. Aakeröy, Maggel Deetlefs, Adrian J. Carmichael and José M. S. S. Esperança and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth R. Seddon

403 papers receiving 46.4k citations

Hit Papers

Applications of ionic liquids in the che... 1987 2026 2000 2013 2007 2003 1987 2000 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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. Applications of ionic liquids in the chemical industry
    2007 4.8k citations Natalia V. Plechkova, Kenneth R. Seddon profile →
  2. Ionic Liquids--Solvents of the Future?
    2003 3.6k citations Robin D. Rogers, Kenneth R. Seddon profile →
  3. Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds
    1987 3.2k citations Kenneth R. Seddon Journal of Organometallic Chemistry profile →
  4. Ionic liquids. Green solvents for the future
    2000 2.4k citations Martyn J. Earle, Kenneth R. Seddon profile →
  5. Influence of chloride, water, and organic solvents on the physical properties of ionic liquids
    2000 2.0k citations Kenneth R. Seddon et al. profile →
  6. The distillation and volatility of ionic liquids
    2006 1.8k citations Martyn J. Earle, Luís Paulo N. Rebelo et al. profile →
  7. Ionic Liquids for Clean Technology
    1997 1.8k citations Kenneth R. Seddon profile →
  8. The phase behaviour of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborates; ionic liquids and ionic liquid crystals
    1999 1.1k citations Kenneth R. Seddon et al. profile →
  9. Ionic liquids: a pathway to environmental acceptability
    2010 1.0k citations Kenneth R. Seddon, Luís Paulo N. Rebelo et al. profile →
  10. The hydrogen bond and crystal engineering
    1993 1.0k citations Kenneth R. Seddon et al. profile →
  11. Biocatalysis in ionic liquids
    2002 635 citations Kenneth R. Seddon et al. profile →
  12. A taste of the future
    2003 625 citations Kenneth R. Seddon profile →
  13. Ionic liquid crystals: hexafluorophosphate salts
    1998 564 citations Kenneth R. Seddon et al. profile →
  14. Self-aggregation of ionic liquids: micelle formation in aqueous solution
    2007 530 citations Natalia V. Plechkova, Kenneth R. Seddon et al. profile →
  15. Novel biocompatible cholinium-based ionic liquids—toxicity and biodegradability
    2010 463 citations H. Q. Nimal Gunaratne, Kenneth R. Seddon et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth R. Seddon United Kingdom 90 31.6k 14.5k 8.6k 8.2k 7.8k 408 47.5k
Robin D. Rogers United States 104 26.2k 0.8× 16.4k 1.1× 10.8k 1.2× 6.3k 0.8× 12.4k 1.6× 918 58.3k
Tom Welton United Kingdom 74 28.5k 0.9× 14.2k 1.0× 6.6k 0.8× 7.5k 0.9× 9.0k 1.1× 208 42.6k
Peter Wasserscheid Germany 90 19.0k 0.6× 10.2k 0.7× 11.3k 1.3× 3.6k 0.4× 5.7k 0.7× 527 34.0k
Christopher Hardacre United Kingdom 81 16.2k 0.5× 6.3k 0.4× 10.5k 1.2× 5.2k 0.6× 5.3k 0.7× 550 27.8k
Douglas R. MacFarlane Australia 124 32.8k 1.0× 6.8k 0.5× 17.9k 2.1× 7.3k 0.9× 6.8k 0.9× 857 66.5k
Jianji Wang China 80 10.5k 0.3× 6.7k 0.5× 7.0k 0.8× 2.4k 0.3× 5.8k 0.7× 706 28.0k
João A. P. Coutinho Portugal 105 25.5k 0.8× 7.1k 0.5× 6.5k 0.8× 6.3k 0.8× 14.4k 1.8× 866 44.8k
Masayoshi Watanabe Japan 97 18.8k 0.6× 4.9k 0.3× 7.2k 0.8× 4.8k 0.6× 4.8k 0.6× 594 39.7k
Edward J. Maginn United States 76 14.0k 0.4× 2.8k 0.2× 4.5k 0.5× 2.8k 0.3× 7.2k 0.9× 256 22.9k
Jaı̈rton Dupont Brazil 78 13.2k 0.4× 12.7k 0.9× 7.1k 0.8× 3.4k 0.4× 4.2k 0.5× 420 28.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Drużbicki, Kacper, Félix Fernández-Alonso, Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay, et al.. (2021). Spectroscopic Signatures of Hydrogen-Bonding Motifs in Protonic Ionic Liquid Systems: Insights from Diethylammonium Nitrate in the Solid State. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(44). 24463–24476. 4 indexed citations
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Vieira, Nicole S. M., João M. M. Araújo, Natalia V. Plechkova, et al.. (2019). Physicochemical Characterization of Ionic Liquid Binary Mixtures Containing 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium as the Common Cation. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 64(11). 4891–4903. 19 indexed citations
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Seddon, Kenneth R., et al.. (2019). Halogen-bond mediated efficient storage of extremely volatile perfluoroiodides in ionic liquids. Chemical Communications. 55(62). 9088–9091. 5 indexed citations
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Adamova, G. M., Natalia V. Plechkova, Maryam Bahrami, et al.. (2018). Sum frequency generation spectroscopy of tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquids at the air–liquid interface. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 148(19). 193841–193841. 18 indexed citations
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Pereira, Cristina Silva, et al.. (2018). Mycobiota of silk-faced ancient Mogao Grottoes manuscripts belonging to the Stein collection in the British library. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 134. 1–6. 8 indexed citations
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Seddon, Kenneth R.. (2016). Young Scientists Advancing Green Chemistry. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 69(11). 1199–1200. 1 indexed citations
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Díaz‐Rodríguez, Pablo, et al.. (2013). Estimation of the refractive indices of imidazolium-based ionic liquids using their polarisability values. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(1). 128–134. 47 indexed citations
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Bodo, Enrico, Lorenzo Gontrani, Ruggero Caminiti, et al.. (2010). Structural Properties of 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide Ionic Liquids: X-ray Diffraction Data and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 114(49). 16398–16407. 89 indexed citations
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Arce, Alberto, Martyn J. Earle, Suhas P. Katdare, Héctor Rodríguez, & Kenneth R. Seddon. (2008). Application of mutually immiscible ionic liquids to the separation of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons by liquid extraction: a preliminary approach. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10(18). 2538–2538. 76 indexed citations
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Deetlefs, Maggel & Kenneth R. Seddon. (2006). Ionic liquids: fact and fiction. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 24(2). 33 indexed citations
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Rogers, Robin D. & Kenneth R. Seddon. (2005). Properties and structure. American Chemical Society eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Rogers, Robin D. & Kenneth R. Seddon. (2005). Transformations and processes. American Chemical Society eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Buzzeo, Marisa C., Debora Giovanelli, Nathan S. Lawrence, et al.. (2004). Elucidation of the Electrochemical Oxidation Pathway of Ammonia in Dimethylformamide and the Room Temperature Ionic Liquid, 1‐Ethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide. Electroanalysis. 16(11). 888–896. 45 indexed citations
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Gibbs, Peter J. & Kenneth R. Seddon. (1998). Berberine and huangbo : ancient colorants and dyes. 8 indexed citations
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Muir, Kenneth W., et al.. (1987). Mononuclear and trinuclear platinum(II) complexes of bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)phenylphosphine. Transition Metal Chemistry. 12(2). 182–183. 6 indexed citations
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Seddon, Kenneth R.. (1980). Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Vanadium (IV) Complexes and Related Species.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations
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Brown, Michael P., et al.. (1977). Some binuclear bis(diphenylphosphino)methane complexes of platinum with bridging and terminal hydrido groups. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 23. L27–L28. 19 indexed citations
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Nicholls, David & Kenneth R. Seddon. (1975). Thermal decomposition of some oxobromovanadium(IV) complexes. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 37(1). 320–323. 1 indexed citations
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Nicholls, David, et al.. (1974). Thermal decomposition of pyrazole complexes of some transition metal(II) sulphates. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 36(10). 2235–2238. 7 indexed citations

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