Kevin J. Hughes

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
186 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Kevin J. Hughes is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin J. Hughes has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 52 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 42 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kevin J. Hughes's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (42 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers) and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (37 papers). Kevin J. Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (42 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers) and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (37 papers). Kevin J. Hughes collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Türkiye. Kevin J. Hughes's co-authors include Mohamed Pourkashanian, D.B. Ingham, Lin Ma, M.S. Ismail, Michael J. Pilling, Stavros Michailos, J.F. Griffiths, Tamás Turányi, J. R. Engstrom and Mark A. Blitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Kevin J. Hughes

178 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Transforming Medicine: Cutting-Edge Applications of Nanoscale Materials in Drug Delivery

2025 28 citations Rumiana Koynova, Kevin J. Hughes et al. ACS Nano profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin J. Hughes United Kingdom	36	1.5k	1.0k	953	710	709	186	4.1k
Noriyuki Kobayashi Japan	33	733 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	398 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	926 1.3×	291	4.7k
Feng Zhang China	34	1.3k 0.8×	938 0.9×	236 0.2×	337 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	133	3.8k
Martin Müller Germany	42	2.7k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	831 1.2×	214 0.3×	215	5.4k
Tsuyoshi Nakajima Japan	28	830 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	257 0.3×	604 0.9×	671 0.9×	222	3.4k
Stefan Will Germany	41	549 0.4×	1.6k 1.6×	365 0.4×	638 0.9×	1.6k 2.3×	197	5.9k
Dongping Chen China	33	1.0k 0.7×	973 0.9×	299 0.3×	172 0.2×	508 0.7×	170	3.5k
Lei Zhou China	41	851 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	377 0.5×	2.4k 3.4×	220	5.8k
Yuan Yuan China	37	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	2.4k 2.5×	693 1.0×	55 0.1×	237	5.3k
C. A. Nieto de Castro Portugal	41	673 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	709 0.7×	2.4k 3.3×	1.2k 1.7×	203	6.7k
Manuel M. Piñeiro Spain	38	354 0.2×	763 0.7×	403 0.4×	1.5k 2.0×	1.6k 2.2×	163	5.1k

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Koynova, Rumiana, Kevin J. Hughes, Kavita A. Iyer, et al.. (2025). Transforming Medicine: Cutting-Edge Applications of Nanoscale Materials in Drug Delivery. ACS Nano. 19(4). 4011–4038. 28 indexed citations breakdown →

Hughes, Kevin J., Rumiana Koynova, Kavita A. Iyer, et al.. (2025). Leveraging Nanoscience for Advancing Heterogeneous Catalysis: An Analysis of the Influence of Nanocatalyst Dimensions. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(13). 8656–8679. 1 indexed citations

Michailos, Stavros, et al.. (2025). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of power-to-formic acid production using direct air capture and green hydrogen. Cleaner Engineering and Technology. 26. 100929–100929. 1 indexed citations

Iyer, Kavita A., Rumiana Koynova, Krittika Ralhan, et al.. (2025). Nanoscale Materials in Biomedical Applications of Sensors: Insights from a Comprehensive Landscape Analysis. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(3). 1305–1331. 3 indexed citations

Hughes, Kevin J., Rumiana Koynova, Kavita A. Iyer, et al.. (2025). Nanoscience in Action: Unveiling Emerging Trends in Materials and Applications. ACS Omega. 10(8). 7530–7548. 4 indexed citations

Michailos, Stavros, et al.. (2025). A new hydrogen production route through biomass gasification in a two-stage fixed bed reactor within the BECCS concept: A techno-economic and life cycle assessment study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 124. 140–152. 6 indexed citations

Díaz, Leilani Lotti, Kevin J. Hughes, Rumiana Koynova, et al.. (2025). Nanotechnology in Action: A Broad Perspective on Nanoscale Materials for Energy Applications. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(14). 9908–9925.

Wells, Jack N., et al.. (2024). Simulation and modelling study of a chemical absorption plant to evaluate capture effectiveness when treating high CO2 content iron and steel industry emissions. Fuel. 380. 133189–133189. 4 indexed citations

Hughes, Kevin J., Jianjun Cheng, Kavita A. Iyer, et al.. (2024). Unveiling Trends: Nanoscale Materials Shaping Emerging Biomedical Applications. ACS Nano. 18(26). 16325–16342. 9 indexed citations

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Hughes, Kevin J., et al.. (2024). Review of Carbon Nanotube Research and Development: Materials and Emerging Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(16). 18695–18713. 60 indexed citations

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Michaga, Maria Fernanda Rojas, Stavros Michailos, Evelyn Cardozo, et al.. (2024). A techno-economic and life cycle assessment of a new power and biomass to liquids (PBtL) configuration with negative emissions for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Energy Conversion and Management X. 25. 100841–100841. 5 indexed citations

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Hughes, Kevin J., et al.. (2024). Construction of a Small-Sized Simplified Chemical Kinetics Model for the Simulation of n-Propylcyclohexane Combustion Properties. Energies. 17(5). 1103–1103. 2 indexed citations

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Conte, Marco, et al.. (2023). Exploring Homolytic Aromatic Substitution as a Driver for Fuel Deposition with Quantum Chemistry and Experiments. Fuel. 360. 130470–130470.

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Hughes, Kevin J., et al.. (2022). Reaction zone characteristics of iso-pentanol swirl spray flames using OH-PLIF and 2C-LII. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 39(2). 2663–2672. 1 indexed citations

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Hughes, Kevin J., et al.. (2022). Correction to “Rationalizing Product Formation in Piperazine Degradation: A Computational Study”. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 61(47). 17393–17394. 1 indexed citations

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Hughes, Kevin J., et al.. (2021). Modeling AMP Degradation Product Formation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 60(50). 18337–18360. 5 indexed citations

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Hughes, Kevin J., et al.. (2021). Assessment of ethanol autoxidation as a drop-in kerosene and surrogates blend with a new modelling approach. Heliyon. 7(6). e07295–e07295. 5 indexed citations

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Hughes, Kevin J., et al.. (2021). Rationalizing Product Formation in Piperazine Degradation: A Computational Study. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 60(35). 12864–12882. 6 indexed citations

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Michailos, Stavros, et al.. (2020). A techno-enviro-economic assessment of a biomass fuelled micro-CCHP driven by a hybrid Stirling and ORC engine. Energy Conversion and Management. 227. 113601–113601. 38 indexed citations

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Horowitz, A., et al.. (1991). Oscillatory ignitions and cool flames in the oxidation of butane in a jet-stirred reactor. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 337(1646). 211–221. 6 indexed citations

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