Kirk Cobb

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kirk Cobb is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk Cobb has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Kirk Cobb's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (16 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (13 papers). Kirk Cobb is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (16 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (13 papers). Kirk Cobb collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Kirk Cobb's co-authors include Roger Ruan, Leilei Dai, Paul Chen, Yuhuan Liu, Yanling Cheng, Nan Zhou, Yunpu Wang, Hanwu Lei, Rongge Zou and Linyao Ke and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Kirk Cobb

48 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

A review on catalytic pyrolysis of plastic wastes to high... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2022 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. A review on catalytic pyrolysis of plastic wastes to high-value products
    2022 359 citations Yujie Peng, Yunpu Wang et al. Energy Conversion and Management profile →
  2. Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of-the-art review
    2022 300 citations Leilei Dai, Nan Zhou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kirk Cobb United States 24 927 793 535 424 345 49 2.0k
Rongge Zou United States 25 1.2k 1.3× 591 0.7× 403 0.8× 557 1.3× 107 0.3× 48 2.1k
Soosan Kim South Korea 17 898 1.0× 451 0.6× 305 0.6× 485 1.1× 112 0.3× 23 1.5k
Elsa Weiss-Hortala France 33 1.8k 1.9× 597 0.8× 303 0.6× 739 1.7× 234 0.7× 54 3.0k
Yamin Hu China 29 1.9k 2.1× 296 0.4× 240 0.4× 682 1.6× 269 0.8× 67 2.5k
Moriko Qian United States 31 1.7k 1.8× 452 0.6× 336 0.6× 658 1.6× 112 0.3× 45 2.6k
Dachao Ma China 22 1.1k 1.1× 270 0.3× 286 0.5× 431 1.0× 182 0.5× 49 1.9k
Dingding Yao China 25 1.6k 1.7× 1.0k 1.3× 548 1.0× 744 1.8× 224 0.6× 40 3.0k
Ursel Hornung Germany 30 1.9k 2.0× 382 0.5× 247 0.5× 644 1.5× 275 0.8× 66 2.7k
Wenya Ao China 25 1.1k 1.2× 403 0.5× 236 0.4× 499 1.2× 144 0.4× 44 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Kirk Cobb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kirk Cobb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kirk Cobb

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kirk Cobb. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kirk Cobb based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kirk Cobb. Kirk Cobb is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Santos, Grazielle Emanuella de Souza dos, Leilei Dai, Suman Lata, et al.. (2025). Catalytic Microwave-Assisted Co-Pyrolysis of soybean husk and HDPE: Optimization, Kinetics, and enhanced bio-oil production using ZSM-5. Energy Conversion and Management. 327. 119582–119582. 8 indexed citations
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Ke, Linyao, Xiaofei Wang, Yujie Peng, et al.. (2025). Continuous microwave co-pyrolysis of LDPE and PET coupled ex-situ catalysis to monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using different structural forms of HZSM-5 as catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal. 514. 163356–163356. 2 indexed citations
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Dai, Leilei, Kirk Cobb, Yanling Cheng, et al.. (2024). Improving carbon-reduced catalytic gasification of microalgae for biohydrogen production. Algal Research. 84. 103797–103797. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, Fei Zhang, Xiaochen Ma, et al.. (2024). Treatment of anaerobically digested swine manure using Chlorella vulgaris and bacteria in scaled-up systems. Algal Research. 79. 103463–103463. 3 indexed citations
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Zeng, Yuan, Yuanyuan Wang, Linyao Ke, et al.. (2024). Comparison of microwave and conventional pyrolysis of one-step prepared metal soaps (Li/Na/K/Ca/Mg): Product distribution and heating characteristics. Chemical Engineering Journal. 493. 152481–152481. 6 indexed citations
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Ke, Linyao, Qiuhao Wu, Nan Zhou, et al.. (2023). Polyethylene upcycling to aromatics by pulse pressurized catalytic pyrolysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 461. 132672–132672. 9 indexed citations
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Dai, Leilei, Hailong Zhao, Nan Zhou, et al.. (2023). Catalytic microwave-assisted pyrolysis of plastic waste to produce naphtha for a circular economy. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 198. 107154–107154. 17 indexed citations
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Dai, Leilei, Marcos A.S. Barrozo, Luiz Gustavo Martins Vieira, et al.. (2023). Bio-fuel production from catalytic microwave-assisted pyrolysis of the microalgae Schizochytrium limacinum in a tandem catalytic bed. Chemical Engineering Journal. 478. 147223–147223. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuanyuan, Yuan Zeng, Liangliang Fan, et al.. (2023). Pyrolysis of different types of waste cooking oil in the presence/absence HZSM-5 catalyst: Influence of feedstock characteristics on aromatic formation. Fuel. 351. 128937–128937. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiamin, Xiaojie Tian, Linyao Ke, et al.. (2023). Production of C5-C12 olefins by catalytic pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene with MCM-41 in CO2/N2. The Science of The Total Environment. 899. 165597–165597. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shumei, Linyao Ke, Qiuhao Wu, et al.. (2023). Research progress on pyrolysis of nitrogen-containing biomass for fuels, materials, and chemicals production. The Science of The Total Environment. 872. 162214–162214. 57 indexed citations
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Peng, Yujie, Yunpu Wang, Linyao Ke, et al.. (2022). A review on catalytic pyrolysis of plastic wastes to high-value products. Energy Conversion and Management. 254. 115243–115243. 359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Lu, Min Addy, Kirk Cobb, et al.. (2020). Interaction of Chlorella vulgaris and bacteria when co-cultivated in anaerobically digested swine manure. Bioresource Technology. 320(Pt A). 124250–124250. 24 indexed citations
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Deng, Wenyi, et al.. (2020). Catalytic oxidation of NO at ambient temperature over the chars from pyrolysis of sewage sludge. Chemosphere. 251. 126429–126429. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, Min Addy, Qian Lu, et al.. (2019). Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in sludge extracts: Nutrient removal and algal utilization. Bioresource Technology. 280. 505–510. 23 indexed citations
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Cheng, Pengfei, Jay J. Cheng, Kirk Cobb, et al.. (2019). Tribonema sp. and Chlorella zofingiensis co-culture to treat swine wastewater diluted with fishery wastewater to facilitate harvest. Bioresource Technology. 297. 122516–122516. 63 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, Min Addy, Jie Liu, et al.. (2018). Integrated process for anaerobically digested swine manure treatment. Bioresource Technology. 273. 506–514. 41 indexed citations

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