M. Gordon

16.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

M. Gordon is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Gordon has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 35 papers in Organic Chemistry and 30 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in M. Gordon's work include Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (20 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (20 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (18 papers). M. Gordon is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (20 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (20 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (18 papers). M. Gordon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. M. Gordon's co-authors include James S. Taylor, Gerard R. Dobson, Ryong‐Joon Roe, S.B. Ross-Murphy, A. Sharples, W. Banks, John W. Kennedy, R. Koningsveld, Kanji Kajiwara and Ian H. Hillier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

M. Gordon

121 papers receiving 13.0k citations

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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.

Scaling concepts in polymer physics

1981 8.3k citations M. Gordon profile →
Ideal copolymers and the second‐order transitions of synthetic rubbers. i. non‐crystalline copolymers

1952 2.2k citations M. Gordon, James S. Taylor profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Gordon United Kingdom	30	4.5k	3.8k	3.3k	2.4k	1.8k	125	13.6k
Maurice L. Huggins United States	25	4.3k 0.9×	5.5k 1.4×	4.7k 1.4×	3.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.0×	83	17.0k
Hiromi Yamakawa Japan	40	3.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.4×	188	9.2k
W. H. Stockmayer United States	41	2.7k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	146	7.6k
Marshall Fixman United States	46	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	120	10.1k
Robert Simha United States	47	4.5k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	3.3k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	213	12.4k
Kell Mortensen Denmark	69	7.9k 1.7×	3.3k 0.8×	7.3k 2.2×	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	396	18.5k
Toyoichi Tanaka United States	64	3.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	5.4k 1.7×	6.8k 2.9×	526 0.3×	169	21.6k
M. Muthukumar United States	72	5.7k 1.3×	3.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	5.6k 2.4×	1.8k 1.0×	301	16.4k
G. Marrucci Italy	45	5.1k 1.1×	5.9k 1.5×	1.8k 0.5×	3.6k 1.5×	8.0k 4.4×	172	15.7k
H. T. Davis United States	74	5.0k 1.1×	752 0.2×	5.0k 1.5×	4.8k 2.0×	1.4k 0.8×	381	18.1k

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Gordon, M., et al.. (1981). Truncation theorems for spinodals and critical points of mean-field models for polydisperse polymer solutions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 375(1762). 397–408. 11 indexed citations

Gordon, M.. (1981). A Strategy for Medieval Science. Diogenes. 29(116). 70–93. 1 indexed citations

Gordon, M., et al.. (1975). Ultracentrifuge study of critically branched polycondensates III. Sedimentation equilibrium. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 345(1641). 207–230. 3 indexed citations

Gordon, M. & S.B. Ross-Murphy. (1975). The structure and properties of molecular trees and networks. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 43(1-2). 1–26. 129 indexed citations

Gordon, M., et al.. (1971). Polymer research at Essex university. British Polymer Journal. 3(4). 194–199. 6 indexed citations

Koningsveld, R., H. A. G. Chermin, & M. Gordon. (1970). Liquid─liquid phase separation in multicomponent polymer solutions - VIII. Stability limits and consolute states in quasi-ternary mixtures. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 319(1538). 331–349. 68 indexed citations

Gordon, M., et al.. (1970). Chemical combinatorics. Part I. Chemical kinetics, graph theory, and combinatorial entropy. Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical. 729–729. 15 indexed citations

Gordon, M., et al.. (1970). The statistics of elastically active network chains and the efficiency of cross-linking in rubbers. Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. 35(11). 3252–3264. 9 indexed citations

Gordon, M.. (1970). Statistical mechanics of chain molecules. P. J. Flory, pp. xix + 432, 1969. New York: Interscience. 164s. British Polymer Journal. 2(5). 302–303. 2 indexed citations

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Gordon, M., et al.. (1967). Viscodensitometer Studies on Gelatine and the Sorption of Gelatine on Glass. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A - Chemistry. 1(3). 517–538. 2 indexed citations

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Gordon, M., et al.. (1967). The theory of branching processes and kinetically controlled ring—chain competition processes. Journal of Polymer Science Part C Polymer Symposia. 16(7). 3933–3942. 30 indexed citations

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Gordon, M. & Gerald N. Malcolm. (1966). Configurational statistics of copolymer systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 295(1440). 29–54. 80 indexed citations

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Gordon, M., et al.. (1966). Theory of ring-chain equilibria in branched non-random polycondensation systems, with applications to POCl3/P2O5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 292(1430). 380–402. 46 indexed citations

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Dobson, Gerard R. & M. Gordon. (1965). Theory of Branching Processes and Statistics of Rubber Elasticity. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 43(2). 705–713. 131 indexed citations

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Gordon, M.. (1962). Good’s theory of cascade processes applied to the statistics of polymer distributions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 268(1333). 240–256. 277 indexed citations

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Gordon, M., et al.. (1960). The polymerization of water in benzene and toluene. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 258(1293). 215–236. 9 indexed citations

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Gordon, M. & L. R. Shenton. (1959). Probability model theory of chain‐end activated polymer degradation. I. First‐order radical termination. Journal of Polymer Science. 38(133). 157–178. 15 indexed citations

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Gordon, M., et al.. (1953). 803. Kinetics and mechanism of hydrochlorination of synthetic and natural polyisoprene latex. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 3925–3925. 1 indexed citations

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Gordon, M.. (1951). Statistical kinetics of Hevea rubber cyclization. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 204(1079). 569–585. 12 indexed citations

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Gordon, M.. (1951). Statistical Kinetics of Hevea Rubber Cyclization. Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 24(4). 924–939. 1 indexed citations

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