Lawrence B. Evans

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Lawrence B. Evans is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence B. Evans has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lawrence B. Evans's work include Process Optimization and Integration (10 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (8 papers) and Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (8 papers). Lawrence B. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Process Optimization and Integration (10 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (8 papers) and Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (8 papers). Lawrence B. Evans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Bulgaria. Lawrence B. Evans's co-authors include Chau‐Chyun Chen, Joseph Boston, H.I. Britt, John M. Powers, Young Do Kwon, Stuart W. Churchill, Suresh Sundaram, E. M. Drake, Robert C. Reid and I.A. Vasalos and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Biotechnology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence B. Evans

48 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

A local composition model for the excess Gibbs energy of ... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1986 1982 250 500 750
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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.

  1. A local composition model for the excess Gibbs energy of aqueous electrolyte systems
    1986 767 citations Chau‐Chyun Chen, Lawrence B. Evans AIChE Journal profile →
  2. Local composition model for excess Gibbs energy of electrolyte systems. Part I: Single solvent, single completely dissociated electrolyte systems
    1982 732 citations Chau‐Chyun Chen, Lawrence B. Evans et al. AIChE Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lawrence B. Evans United States 22 1.4k 1.2k 1.0k 855 469 50 2.9k
H.I. Britt United States 9 668 0.5× 736 0.6× 512 0.5× 433 0.5× 220 0.5× 14 1.6k
Joseph Boston United States 11 590 0.4× 631 0.5× 419 0.4× 397 0.5× 193 0.4× 13 1.3k
Xiaodong Liang Denmark 29 437 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 698 0.7× 436 0.5× 400 0.9× 159 2.6k
Abraham Tamir Israel 25 201 0.1× 1.1k 0.9× 603 0.6× 514 0.6× 253 0.5× 173 2.3k
Michael F. Malone United States 37 165 0.1× 1.0k 0.9× 508 0.5× 544 0.6× 1.0k 2.2× 112 3.8k
Jens Abildskov Denmark 26 148 0.1× 820 0.7× 305 0.3× 498 0.6× 518 1.1× 139 2.3k
Youguang Ma China 39 360 0.3× 4.1k 3.4× 500 0.5× 1.4k 1.6× 627 1.3× 283 5.3k
Yixin Ma China 32 563 0.4× 934 0.8× 332 0.3× 1.1k 1.2× 383 0.8× 140 2.8k
Ville Alopaeus Finland 30 138 0.1× 2.1k 1.8× 337 0.3× 801 0.9× 404 0.9× 203 3.3k
Kai Fischer Germany 22 199 0.1× 1.1k 0.9× 660 0.7× 351 0.4× 151 0.3× 66 1.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Xiaowei, et al.. (1997). Formation of Urea Dipeptides from Carbonyldiimidazole:  Application toward the Protease Inhibitors GE 20372 and MAPI. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62(18). 6420–6423. 47 indexed citations
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Graff, R. T., et al.. (1995). Copper electroplating process for sub-half-micron ULSI structures. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Chau‐Chyun, et al.. (1992). Molecular thermodynamic model to predict the .alpha.-helical secondary structure of polypeptide chains in solution. Biochemistry. 31(43). 10591–10601. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Chau‐Chyun, et al.. (1992). A molecular thermodynamic approach to predict the secondary structure of homopolypeptides in aqueous systems. Biopolymers. 32(10). 1375–1392. 22 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., et al.. (1991). Schedule optimization with simultaneous lot sizing in chemical process plants. AIChE Journal. 37(6). 886–896. 6 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., et al.. (1990). Representation of Phase Equilibrium Behavior of Antibiotics. Biotechnology Progress. 6(4). 266–272. 16 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., et al.. (1989). An approximate method for the production scheduling of industrial batch processes with parallel units. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 13(1-2). 229–238. 30 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B.. (1988). Bioprocess Simulation: A New Tool for Process Development. Nature Biotechnology. 6(2). 200–203. 22 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., et al.. (1987). Studies in the heat integration of chemical process plants. AIChE Journal. 33(11). 1781–1790. 18 indexed citations
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Georgakis, Christos, et al.. (1985). Steady-state and dynamic modeling of a gas absorber-stripper system. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals. 24(3). 288–295. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Daniel I. C., et al.. (1981). A new sensor, the “filtration probe,” for quantitative characterization of the penicillin fermentation. II. The monitor of mycelial growth. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 23(12). 2815–2824. 20 indexed citations
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Seider, Warren D., et al.. (1979). Routing of Calculations in Process Simulation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development. 18(2). 292–297. 6 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., et al.. (1978). Economic modeling of process management and control systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 15(15). 259–276. 1 indexed citations
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Şenkan, Selim, Lawrence B. Evans, & Jack B. Howard. (1976). An Analysis of the Tube-Wall Reactor under Diffusion Limiting Conditions. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development. 15(1). 184–187. 11 indexed citations
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Kwon, Young Do & Lawrence B. Evans. (1975). A coordinate‐transformation method for the numerical solution of nonlinear minimum‐time control problems. AIChE Journal. 21(6). 1158–1164. 32 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., et al.. (1971). Transient natural convection in a porous material. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 49(1). 163–166. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., Robert C. Reid, & E. M. Drake. (1968). Transient natural convection in a vertical cylinder. AIChE Journal. 14(2). 251–259. 46 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., et al.. (1968). Transient diffusion from a well‐stirred reservoir to a body of arbitrary shape. AIChE Journal. 14(6). 956–961. 22 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., C. M. Chu, & Stuart W. Churchill. (1965). The Effect of Anisotropic Scattering on Radiant Transport. Journal of Heat Transfer. 87(3). 381–387. 31 indexed citations
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Evans, Lawrence B., John C. Chen, & Stuart W. Churchill. (1964). Scattering of Electromagnetic Radiation by Infinitely Long, Hollow, and Coated Cylinders. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 54(8). 1004–1004. 18 indexed citations

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