Leon Segal

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Leon Segal is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Polymers and Plastics and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon Segal has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Biomaterials, 21 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 13 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Leon Segal's work include Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (23 papers), Textile materials and evaluations (17 papers) and Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers (13 papers). Leon Segal is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (23 papers), Textile materials and evaluations (17 papers) and Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers (13 papers). Leon Segal collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Leon Segal's co-authors include Joseph J. Creely, Carl M. Conrad, Leopold Loeb, William W. Graessley, Mary L. Nelson, Judy D. Timpa, Chang Dae Han, Gavan Lintern, Stanley N. Roscoe and Jefferson M. Koonce and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Leon Segal

71 papers receiving 8.0k 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 Empirical Method for Estimating the Degree of Crystallinity of Native Cellulose Using the X-Ray Diffractometer

1959 7.2k citations Leon Segal, Joseph J. Creely et al. Textile Research Journal profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leon Segal United States	22	5.4k	4.0k	2.2k	1.4k	834	75	8.3k
Carl M. Conrad United States	13	5.3k 1.0×	3.9k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	759 0.9×	37	7.8k
Wolfgang G. Glasser United States	42	3.0k 0.6×	4.4k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	547 0.7×	152	6.8k
Hans‐Peter Fink Germany	25	7.1k 1.3×	3.1k 0.8×	4.5k 2.1×	1.3k 0.9×	619 0.7×	62	11.1k
You‐Lo Hsieh United States	54	6.6k 1.2×	4.0k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	604 0.7×	189	11.0k
Brigitte Heublein Germany	11	4.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	728 0.3×	778 0.5×	208 0.2×	24	6.2k
Shigenori Kuga Japan	58	7.8k 1.4×	3.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	450 0.5×	152	11.0k
Bernard Riedl Canada	48	3.2k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	3.1k 1.4×	674 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	217	8.0k
Herbert Sixta Finland	55	6.1k 1.1×	6.5k 1.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	852 1.0×	311	10.2k
John Lionel Simonsen United States	29	5.8k 1.1×	2.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	394 0.5×	87	8.0k
Roger M. Rowell United States	46	2.1k 0.4×	2.3k 0.6×	3.5k 1.6×	934 0.7×	2.8k 3.4×	170	7.8k

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Segal, Leon & Jane Fulton Suri. (1997). The Empathic Practitioner: Measurement and Interpretation of User Experience. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 41(1). 451–454. 23 indexed citations

Andre, Anthony D. & Leon Segal. (1994). Functions. Ergonomics in Design The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications. 2(1). 5–7. 1 indexed citations

Segal, Leon, et al.. (1990). PRISMA: An Integrated Slide Management and Projection System HF and ID Collaboration in Design. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting. 34(5). 473–476. 1 indexed citations

Segal, Leon. (1979). The thermal expansion of reinforced nylon‐6 composites through the matrix glass transition temperature. Polymer Engineering and Science. 19(5). 365–372. 29 indexed citations

Segal, Leon, et al.. (1976). A Statistical Study of the Oxygen Index Measurement. Textile Research Journal. 46(8). 620–621. 1 indexed citations

Segal, Leon, et al.. (1976). Concerning the Steam Sterilization of Flame-Retardant All-Cotton Flannelette. Textile Research Journal. 46(1). 74–75. 2 indexed citations

Han, Chang Dae & Leon Segal. (1970). A study of fiber extrusion in wet spinning. II. Effects of spinning conditions on fiber formation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 14(12). 2999–3019. 34 indexed citations

Segal, Leon, Judy D. Timpa, & J. I. Wadsworth. (1970). Gel‐permeation chromatography and cellulose. I. Effect of degree of nitration of cellulose on molecular weight distribution data. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-1 Polymer Chemistry. 8(1). 25–35. 14 indexed citations

Segal, Leon. (1966). Fractionation of cellulose trinitrates by gel permeation chromatography. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Letters. 4(12). 1011–1018. 29 indexed citations

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Segal, Leon. (1964). Comparison of the effects of allylamine and n‐propylamine on cellulose. Journal of Polymer Science Part A General Papers. 2(6). 2951–2961. 2 indexed citations

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Segal, Leon, et al.. (1961). Infrared Spectra of Aliphatic Normal Mono-Amines and Alpha-Omega Diamines. Applied Spectroscopy. 15(4). 112–116. 12 indexed citations

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Segal, Leon, et al.. (1961). Some Aspects of the Reaction between Urea and Cellulose. Textile Research Journal. 31(5). 460–471. 34 indexed citations

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Segal, Leon, et al.. (1961). Infrared Spectra of Diethylenetriamine and 2-(2-Aminoethylamino)ethanol. Applied Spectroscopy. 15(5). 148–150. 5 indexed citations

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Segal, Leon, et al.. (1960). The Infrared Spectra of Ureides of Glucose and Lactose. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(11). 2807–2811. 19 indexed citations

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Segal, Leon, et al.. (1959). An Empirical Method for Estimating the Degree of Crystallinity of Native Cellulose Using the X-Ray Diffractometer. Textile Research Journal. 29(10). 786–794. 7188 indexed citations breakdown →

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Creely, Joseph J., et al.. (1956). Determination of the Degree of Crystallite Orientation in Cotton Fibers by Means of the Recording X-Ray Diffraction Spectrometer. Textile Research Journal. 26(10). 789–795. 41 indexed citations

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Loeb, Leopold & Leon Segal. (1955). Studies of the ethylenediamine‐cellulose complex. I. Decomposition of the complex by solvents. Journal of Polymer Science. 15(80). 343–354. 37 indexed citations

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Loeb, Leopold & Leon Segal. (1955). The Treatment of Cotton Cellulose with Aqueous Solutions of Ethylamine. Textile Research Journal. 25(6). 516–519. 16 indexed citations

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Loeb, Leopold & Leon Segal. (1954). The Chemical Reactivity of Ethylamine-Treated Cotton as Indicated by Acetylation. Textile Research Journal. 24(7). 654–658. 11 indexed citations

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Segal, Leon, Mary L. Nelson, & Carl M. Conrad. (1953). Further Studies on Cotton Cellulose with Reduced Crystallinity. Textile Research Journal. 23(6). 428–435. 46 indexed citations

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