Kieran P. Somers

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

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Kieran P. Somers is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computational Mechanics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kieran P. Somers has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, 18 papers in Computational Mechanics and 14 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kieran P. Somers's work include Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (22 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (16 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (13 papers). Kieran P. Somers is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (22 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (16 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (13 papers). Kieran P. Somers collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and China. Kieran P. Somers's co-authors include Henry J. Curran, John M. Simmie, Chong‐Wen Zhou, Ultan Burke, Wayne K. Metcalfe, Kuiwen Zhang, Yang Li, Eric L. Petersen, John Bugler and Emma J. Silke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics and Fuel.

In The Last Decade

Kieran P. Somers

40 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 1,3-butadiene combustion: Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements

2018 516 citations Chong‐Wen Zhou, Yang Li et al. Combustion and Flame profile →
An ignition delay and kinetic modeling study of methane, dimethyl ether, and their mixtures at high pressures

2014 387 citations Ultan Burke, Kieran P. Somers et al. Combustion and Flame profile →
The oxidation of 2-butene: A high pressure ignition delay, kinetic modeling study and reactivity comparison with isobutene and 1-butene

2016 380 citations Chong‐Wen Zhou, Kieran P. Somers et al. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kieran P. Somers Ireland	22	2.1k	1.5k	899	688	684	40	3.0k
Kuiwen Zhang United States	30	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	773 0.9×	701 1.0×	496 0.7×	47	2.7k
Ravi X. Fernandes Germany	26	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	784 1.1×	435 0.6×	60	3.1k
Guillaume Dayma France	39	2.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	706 1.0×	122	3.6k
Kai Moshammer Germany	31	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	608 0.9×	377 0.6×	62	3.0k
Chong‐Wen Zhou China	22	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	666 0.7×	369 0.5×	433 0.6×	83	2.3k
Xiaoqing You China	31	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	981 1.1×	396 0.6×	390 0.6×	104	2.7k
Karl Alexander Heufer Germany	28	3.3k 1.6×	2.6k 1.8×	911 1.0×	968 1.4×	1.2k 1.7×	109	4.0k
Casimir Togbé France	36	3.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	989 1.1×	1.6k 2.3×	470 0.7×	54	3.7k
Wenhao Yuan China	29	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	656 0.7×	845 1.2×	261 0.4×	92	2.5k
Baptiste Sirjean France	31	1.6k 0.7×	848 0.6×	903 1.0×	1.2k 1.7×	249 0.4×	77	2.8k

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Elliott, Sarah N., Kevin B. Moore, Yuri Georgievskii, et al.. (2023). Systematically derived thermodynamic properties for alkane oxidation. Combustion and Flame. 257. 112487–112487. 15 indexed citations

Somers, Kieran P., et al.. (2021). Hierarchical Study of the Reactions of Hydrogen Atoms with Alkenes: A Theoretical Study of the Reactions of Hydrogen Atoms with C₂–C₄ Alkenes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 125(23). 5124–5145. 9 indexed citations

Pelucchi, Matteo, E. Ranzi, Anne Rodriguez, et al.. (2020). Combustion of n-C₃–C₆ Linear Alcohols: An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study. Part I: Reaction Classes, Rate Rules, Model Lumping, and Validation. Energy & Fuels. 34(11). 14688–14707. 22 indexed citations

Pelucchi, Matteo, E. Ranzi, Anne Rodriguez, et al.. (2020). Combustion of n-C₃–C₆ Linear Alcohols: An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study. Part II: Speciation Measurements in a Jet-Stirred Reactor, Ignition Delay Time Measurements in a Rapid Compression Machine, Model Validation, and Kinetic Analysis. Energy & Fuels. 34(11). 14708–14725. 27 indexed citations

Zhou, Chong‐Wen, et al.. (2020). An ab Initio/Transition State Theory Study of the Reactions of Ċ₅H₉ Species of Relevance to 1,3-Pentadiene, Part II: Pressure Dependent Rate Constants and Implications for Combustion Modeling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(23). 4605–4631. 16 indexed citations

Simmie, John M. & Kieran P. Somers. (2020). Snakes on the Rungs of Jacob’s Ladder: Anomalous Vibrational Spectra from Double-Hybrid DFT Methods. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(34). 6899–6902. 6 indexed citations

Baigmohammadi, Mohammadreza, Vaibhav Patel, Sergio Oller, et al.. (2020). A Comprehensive Experimental and Simulation Study of Ignition Delay Time Characteristics of Single Fuel C₁–C₂ Hydrocarbons over a Wide Range of Temperatures, Pressures, Equivalence Ratios, and Dilutions. Energy & Fuels. 34(3). 3755–3771. 89 indexed citations

Zhou, Chong‐Wen, et al.. (2019). Ab Initio/Transition-State Theory Study of the Reactions of Ċ₅H₉Species of Relevance to 1,3-Pentadiene, Part I: Potential Energy Surfaces, Thermochemistry, and High-Pressure Limiting Rate Constants. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123(42). 9019–9052. 20 indexed citations

Zhou, Chong‐Wen, Yang Li, Ultan Burke, et al.. (2018). An experimental and chemical kinetic modeling study of 1,3-butadiene combustion: Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements. Combustion and Flame. 197. 423–438. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Burke, Ultan, Ajoy Ramalingam, Kieran P. Somers, et al.. (2018). New experimental insights into acetylene oxidation through novel ignition delay times, laminar burning velocities and chemical kinetic modelling. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 37(1). 583–591. 24 indexed citations

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Somers, Kieran P., et al.. (2018). The importance of endothermic pyrolysis reactions in the understanding of diesel spray combustion. Fuel. 224. 302–310. 16 indexed citations

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Burke, Ultan, et al.. (2018). Species measurements of the particulate matter reducing additive tri–propylene glycol monomethyl ether. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 37(1). 1257–1264. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chong‐Wen, John M. Simmie, Kieran P. Somers, C. Franklin Goldsmith, & Henry J. Curran. (2017). Chemical Kinetics of Hydrogen Atom Abstraction from Allylic Sites by ³O₂; Implications for Combustion Modeling and Simulation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121(9). 1890–1899. 49 indexed citations

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Bugler, John, Kieran P. Somers, Emma J. Silke, & Henry J. Curran. (2015). Revisiting the Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the Low-Temperature Oxidation Pathways of Alkanes: A Case Study of the Three Pentane Isomers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 119(28). 7510–7527. 211 indexed citations

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Simmie, John M. & Kieran P. Somers. (2015). Benchmarking Compound Methods (CBS-QB3, CBS-APNO, G3, G4, W1BD) against the Active Thermochemical Tables: A Litmus Test for Cost-Effective Molecular Formation Enthalpies. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 119(28). 7235–7246. 186 indexed citations

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Burke, Ultan, Kieran P. Somers, Peter O’Toole, et al.. (2014). An ignition delay and kinetic modeling study of methane, dimethyl ether, and their mixtures at high pressures. Combustion and Flame. 162(2). 315–330. 387 indexed citations breakdown →

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Somers, Kieran P., John M. Simmie, Wayne K. Metcalfe, & Henry J. Curran. (2014). The pyrolysis of 2-methylfuran: a quantum chemical, statistical rate theory and kinetic modelling study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(11). 5349–5349. 100 indexed citations

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Somers, Kieran P., John M. Simmie, F.C. Gillespie, et al.. (2013). A comprehensive experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modelling study of 2,5-dimethylfuran pyrolysis and oxidation. Combustion and Flame. 160(11). 2291–2318. 141 indexed citations

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Simmie, John M., Kieran P. Somers, K Yasunaga, & Henry J. Curran. (2013). A Quantum Chemical Study of the Abnormal Reactivity of 2‐Methoxyfuran. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics. 45(8). 531–541. 8 indexed citations

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Somers, Kieran P., John M. Simmie, F.C. Gillespie, et al.. (2012). A high temperature and atmospheric pressure experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modelling study of 2-methyl furan oxidation. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 34(1). 225–232. 118 indexed citations

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