Kolby Hirth

1.1k total citations
19 papers, 940 citations indexed

About

Kolby Hirth is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Kolby Hirth has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 940 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Biomaterials and 6 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Kolby Hirth's work include Lignin and Wood Chemistry (16 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (9 papers) and Wood Treatment and Properties (6 papers). Kolby Hirth is often cited by papers focused on Lignin and Wood Chemistry (16 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (9 papers) and Wood Treatment and Properties (6 papers). Kolby Hirth collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Kolby Hirth's co-authors include J. Y. Zhu, Umesh P. Agarwal, Carlos Báez, Liheng Chen, Qianqian Wang, Hongming Lou, Cheng Cai, Xueqing Qiu, Rolland Gleisner and Christopher G. Hunt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Green Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kolby Hirth

18 papers receiving 927 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kolby Hirth United States 13 678 487 202 98 82 19 940
Sandra Tapin‐Lingua France 13 447 0.7× 431 0.9× 164 0.8× 66 0.7× 59 0.7× 18 715
Tefu Qin China 16 732 1.1× 271 0.6× 242 1.2× 144 1.5× 111 1.4× 42 992
Qianli Ma China 10 599 0.9× 371 0.8× 112 0.6× 33 0.3× 57 0.7× 18 795
Alexander Henn Finland 9 513 0.8× 222 0.5× 216 1.1× 87 0.9× 85 1.0× 14 703
Nur Hanis Abd Latif Malaysia 11 646 1.0× 258 0.5× 154 0.8× 85 0.9× 118 1.4× 14 791
Mingshuai Ma China 6 465 0.7× 218 0.4× 156 0.8× 51 0.5× 57 0.7× 9 617
Timo Leskinen Finland 14 605 0.9× 227 0.5× 260 1.3× 86 0.9× 77 0.9× 19 717
Behzad Ahvazi Canada 16 399 0.6× 259 0.5× 147 0.7× 35 0.4× 62 0.8× 30 691
Laurence Foulon France 13 346 0.5× 312 0.6× 152 0.8× 44 0.4× 44 0.5× 17 592
Lanfeng Hui China 16 552 0.8× 322 0.7× 110 0.5× 46 0.5× 43 0.5× 50 868

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kolby Hirth

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Su, Chen, Wang Xiu, Kolby Hirth, et al.. (2025). Bioactive lignin from maleic acid hydrotropic fractionation: Revealing the structural–bioactivity relationship. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 302. 140519–140519.
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Bujanovic, Biljana, Kolby Hirth, Sally A. Ralph, et al.. (2024). Use of Renewable Alcohols in Autocatalytic Production of Aspen Organosolv Lignins. ACS Omega. 9(36). 38227–38247. 5 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kolby, et al.. (2022). Oxidative delignification: The roles of lignin reactivity and accessibility. Journal of Cleaner Production. 363. 132351–132351. 14 indexed citations
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Su, Chen, Kolby Hirth, Zhulan Liu, Yunfeng Cao, & J. Y. Zhu. (2021). Maleic acid hydrotropic fractionation of wheat straw to facilitate value‐added multi‐product biorefinery at atmospheric pressure. GCB Bioenergy. 13(9). 1407–1424. 19 indexed citations
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Hirth, Kolby, et al.. (2020). Highly Bleachable Wood Fibers Containing Less Condensed Lignin from Acid Hydrotropic Fractionation (AHF). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(24). 9046–9057. 14 indexed citations
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Cai, Cheng, Jian Li, Kolby Hirth, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Two Acid Hydrotropes for Sustainable Fractionation of Birch Wood. ChemSusChem. 13(17). 4649–4659. 43 indexed citations
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Cai, Cheng, Kolby Hirth, Rolland Gleisner, et al.. (2020). Maleic acid as a dicarboxylic acid hydrotrope for sustainable fractionation of wood at atmospheric pressure and ≤100 °C: mode and utility of lignin esterification. Green Chemistry. 22(5). 1605–1617. 145 indexed citations
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Su, Chen, Kolby Hirth, Zhulan Liu, Yunfeng Cao, & J. Y. Zhu. (2020). Acid hydrotropic fractionation of switchgrass at atmospheric pressure using maleic acid in comparison with p-TsOH: Advantages of lignin esterification. Industrial Crops and Products. 159. 113017–113017. 57 indexed citations
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Zelinka, Samuel L., Carl J. Houtman, Kolby Hirth, et al.. (2020). The Effect of Acetylation on Iron Uptake and Diffusion in Water Saturated Wood Cell Walls and Implications for Decay. Forests. 11(10). 1121–1121. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Huihui, et al.. (2019). Dissolution of less-processed wood fibers without bleaching in an ionic liquid: Effect of lignin condensation on wood component dissolution. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 134. 740–748. 7 indexed citations
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Cheng, Jinlan, et al.. (2019). Toward Sustainable and Complete Wood Valorization by Fractionating Lignin with Low Condensation Using an Acid Hydrotrope at Low Temperatures (≤80 °C). Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 58(17). 7063–7073. 34 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaojiang, Kolby Hirth, Jinlan Cheng, et al.. (2019). Preserving Both Lignin and Cellulose Chemical Structures: Flow-Through Acid Hydrotropic Fractionation at Atmospheric Pressure for Complete Wood Valorization. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(12). 10808–10820. 58 indexed citations
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Lebow, Stan, et al.. (2017). COMPARISON OF ACCELERATED METHODS FOR EVALUATING LEACHING FROM PRESERVATIVE TREATED WOOD. Wood and Fiber Science. 49(1). 104. 1 indexed citations
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Hunt, Christopher G., et al.. (2017). Exploring the hypothesis that limiting diffusion of fungal oxidants underlies decay resistance in acetylated wood. 37–39. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Liheng, Qianqian Wang, Kolby Hirth, et al.. (2015). Tailoring the yield and characteristics of wood cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) using concentrated acid hydrolysis. Cellulose. 22(3). 1753–1762. 332 indexed citations
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Jakes, Joseph E., Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel J. Yelle, et al.. (2015). Synchrotron-based X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy in Conjunction with Nanoindentation to Study Molecular-Scale Interactions of Phenol–Formaldehyde in Wood Cell Walls. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 7(12). 6584–6589. 72 indexed citations
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HART, PETER W., Carl J. Houtman, & Kolby Hirth. (2013). Hydrogen peroxide and caustic soda: Dancing with a dragon while bleaching. TAPPI Journal. 12(7). 59–65. 15 indexed citations
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Yelle, Daniel J., Prasad Kaparaju, Christopher G. Hunt, et al.. (2012). Two-Dimensional NMR Evidence for Cleavage of Lignin and Xylan Substituents in Wheat Straw Through Hydrothermal Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis. BioEnergy Research. 6(1). 211–221. 69 indexed citations
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Bujanovic, Biljana, Sally A. Ralph, Richard Reiner, Kolby Hirth, & Rajai H. Atalla. (2010). Polyoxometalates in Oxidative Delignification of Chemical Pulps: Effect on Lignin. Materials. 3(3). 1888–1903. 45 indexed citations

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