Kerry Kirwan

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Kerry Kirwan is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerry Kirwan has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kerry Kirwan's work include Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (11 papers), Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (7 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (6 papers). Kerry Kirwan is often cited by papers focused on Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites (11 papers), Fiber-reinforced polymer composites (7 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (6 papers). Kerry Kirwan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Poland. Kerry Kirwan's co-authors include Stuart R. Coles, Marco Cinelli, James Meredith, Vannessa Goodship, Ruth Cherrington, Nick Tucker, Rajender S. Varma, Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, Duncan A. Lockerby and Adrian Gaylard and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Kerry Kirwan

57 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Analysis of the potentials of multi criteria decision analysis methods to conduct sustainability assessment

2014 595 citations Marco Cinelli, Stuart R. Coles et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kerry Kirwan United Kingdom	26	460	398	312	258	250	59	2.2k
Stuart R. Coles United Kingdom	23	377 0.8×	290 0.7×	345 1.1×	195 0.8×	221 0.9×	52	1.9k
Фу Гу China	30	183 0.4×	506 1.3×	347 1.1×	261 1.0×	171 0.7×	72	2.8k
Yuan Yao United States	29	368 0.8×	341 0.9×	840 2.7×	644 2.5×	267 1.1×	73	3.0k
Rita Gamberini Italy	27	160 0.3×	222 0.6×	180 0.6×	392 1.5×	240 1.0×	113	2.5k
Claire Y. Barlow United Kingdom	25	185 0.4×	876 2.2×	146 0.5×	305 1.2×	288 1.2×	52	3.2k
Bianca Rimini Italy	25	165 0.4×	187 0.5×	169 0.5×	391 1.5×	228 0.9×	90	2.0k
Zhenhua Huang China	30	427 0.9×	300 0.8×	655 2.1×	442 1.7×	331 1.3×	126	2.9k
Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva Brazil	24	248 0.5×	186 0.5×	254 0.8×	114 0.4×	455 1.8×	112	2.0k
Saurav Dixit India	33	104 0.2×	1.4k 3.4×	383 1.2×	180 0.7×	629 2.5×	228	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kerry Kirwan

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Coles, Stuart R., et al.. (2025). Closed-loop recycling of reclaimed short carbon fibre reinforced polyamide composites. Journal of Cleaner Production. 507. 145546–145546. 1 indexed citations

Coles, Stuart R., et al.. (2024). UK electric vehicle battery supply chain sustainability: A systematic review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 210. 115216–115216. 3 indexed citations

Kirwan, Kerry, et al.. (2023). Comparative assessment of the performance of friction materials based on different agricultural wastes. Tribology International. 191. 109130–109130. 4 indexed citations

Purdy, Kevin J., et al.. (2020). Improved hydrogen gas production in microbial electrolysis cells using inexpensive recycled carbon fibre fabrics. Bioresource Technology. 304. 122983–122983. 29 indexed citations

Kirwan, Kerry, et al.. (2019). Sustainable Alternative Composites Using Waste Vegetable Oil Based Resins. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. 27(11). 2464–2477. 22 indexed citations

Meredith, James, et al.. (2017). The life cycle impact for platinum group metals and lithium to 2070 via surplus cost potential. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 23(4). 773–786. 25 indexed citations

Cinelli, Marco, Stuart R. Coles, Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, et al.. (2017). Robustness analysis of a green chemistry-based model for the classification of silver nanoparticles synthesis processes. Journal of Cleaner Production. 162. 938–948. 37 indexed citations

Coles, Stuart R., Guy C. Barker, Lijiang Song, et al.. (2016). Phytoremediation-biorefinery tandem for effective clean-up of metal contaminated soil and biomass valorisation. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 19(11). 965–975. 4 indexed citations

Kadziński, Miłosz, Marco Cinelli, Stuart R. Coles, et al.. (2016). Co-constructive development of a green chemistry-based model for the assessment of nanoparticles synthesis. European Journal of Operational Research. 264(2). 472–490. 40 indexed citations

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Coles, Stuart R., et al.. (2016). Biodegradation as natural fibre pre-treatment in composite manufacturing. Green Materials. 4(1). 8–17. 8 indexed citations

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Cinelli, Marco, Stuart R. Coles, & Kerry Kirwan. (2013). USE OF MULTI CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE AVAILABLE METHODS. 3 indexed citations

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Coles, Stuart R., et al.. (2013). Renewable energy for rural communities in Maharashtra, India. Energy Policy. 60. 192–199. 29 indexed citations

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Cherrington, Ruth, et al.. (2012). Producer responsibility: Defining the incentive for recycling composite wind turbine blades in Europe. Energy Policy. 47. 13–21. 101 indexed citations

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Coles, Stuart R., et al.. (2010). Biocomposites : evaluating the potential compatibility of natural fibers and resins for new applications. 42(2). 5–16. 1 indexed citations

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Stanger, Jonathan, Nick Tucker, Mark P. Staiger, et al.. (2009). Effect of salts on the electrospinning of poly(vinyl alcohol). AIP conference proceedings. 118–122. 5 indexed citations

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Coles, Stuart R., et al.. (2008). Synthetic Mimicking of Plant Oils and Comparison with Naturally Grown Products in Polyurethane Synthesis. Macromolecular Bioscience. 8(6). 526–532. 10 indexed citations

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Tucker, Nick, Jonathan Stanger, Nigel G. Larsen, et al.. (2008). In-flight charge loss from electrospinning jets. 2 indexed citations

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Kirwan, Kerry & Alan Taylor. (2007). Improving environmental performance of polymer glazing through novel material hybrids. Plastics Rubber and Composites Macromolecular Engineering. 36(2). 85–90. 4 indexed citations

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Kirwan, Kerry, Nick Tucker, & Mark Johnson. (2003). Nature's way - sustainable polymers and composites. 11(10). 32–34. 1 indexed citations

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Kirwan, Kerry, et al.. (2000). Co-injection moulding offers alternative solution for automotive glazing. 8(11). 20–22. 2 indexed citations

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