Michael J. Witcomb

841 total citations
28 papers, 770 citations indexed

About

Michael J. Witcomb is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Witcomb has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 770 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 8 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Witcomb's work include Conducting polymers and applications (11 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (6 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (6 papers). Michael J. Witcomb is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (11 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (6 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (6 papers). Michael J. Witcomb collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, India and Czechia. Michael J. Witcomb's co-authors include Kaushik Mallick, Rafique Ul Islam, Michael S. Scurrell, Neil J. Coville, Willem A. L. van Otterlo, Meenakshi Choudhary, A. M. Strydom, Elma van der Lingen, Kartick C. Mondal and Sanjit K. Mahato and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Carbon and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Witcomb

28 papers receiving 759 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael J. Witcomb South Africa 20 317 296 247 245 106 28 770
Logan E. Garner United States 16 250 0.8× 105 0.4× 191 0.8× 430 1.8× 99 0.9× 22 777
Jung F. Kang United States 12 388 1.2× 165 0.6× 98 0.4× 540 2.2× 254 2.4× 15 916
Alexander W. Thomas United States 15 201 0.6× 76 0.3× 112 0.5× 348 1.4× 88 0.8× 22 678
Jin‐An He United States 14 282 0.9× 77 0.3× 196 0.8× 238 1.0× 185 1.7× 25 884
Afshin Nabiyan Germany 14 224 0.7× 89 0.3× 91 0.4× 121 0.5× 50 0.5× 30 449
Sandeep Kumar Singh Sweden 12 235 0.7× 70 0.2× 490 2.0× 472 1.9× 226 2.1× 17 834
José Javier Sáez Acuña Brazil 11 307 1.0× 72 0.2× 84 0.3× 176 0.7× 100 0.9× 34 554
Christian Blanck France 16 227 0.7× 102 0.3× 66 0.3× 140 0.6× 102 1.0× 29 585
Xiaozhou Ji United States 17 273 0.9× 233 0.8× 321 1.3× 378 1.5× 174 1.6× 28 794
Neil J. Watkins United States 13 450 1.4× 108 0.4× 159 0.6× 725 3.0× 198 1.9× 29 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Witcomb

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Islam, Rafique Ul, Abu Taher, Meenakshi Choudhary, Michael J. Witcomb, & Kaushik Mallick. (2014). A polymer supported Cu(i) catalyst for the ‘click reaction’ in aqueous media. Dalton Transactions. 44(3). 1341–1349. 47 indexed citations
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Choudhary, Meenakshi, Rafique Ul Islam, Michael J. Witcomb, & Kaushik Mallick. (2014). In situ generation of a high-performance Pd-polypyrrole composite with multi-functional catalytic properties. Dalton Transactions. 43(17). 6396–6405. 58 indexed citations
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Islam, Rafique Ul, Sanjit K. Mahato, Sudheesh K. Shukla, Michael J. Witcomb, & Kaushik Mallick. (2013). Palladium–Poly(3‐aminoquinoline) Hollow‐Sphere Composite: Application in Sonogashira Coupling Reactions. ChemCatChem. 5(8). 2453–2461. 26 indexed citations
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Choudhary, Meenakshi, et al.. (2013). Template‐less synthesis of polymer hollow spheres: an efficient catalyst for Suzuki coupling reaction. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 27(9). 523–528. 10 indexed citations
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Mallick, Kaushik, Michael J. Witcomb, & A. M. Strydom. (2012). In situ formation of magnetic–luminescent, bi-functional, polymer-stabilized cerium sulfide nanoparticles. Applied Physics A. 109(3). 607–611. 4 indexed citations
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Islam, Rafique Ul, Michael J. Witcomb, Michael S. Scurrell, et al.. (2011). Metal–Polymer Hybrid Material as a Catalyst for the Heck Coupling Reaction Under Phosphine-Free Conditions. Synthetic Communications. 41(23). 3561–3572. 15 indexed citations
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Islam, Rafique Ul, Michael J. Witcomb, Elma van der Lingen, et al.. (2010). In-situ synthesis of a palladium-polyaniline hybrid catalyst for a Suzuki coupling reaction. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 696(10). 2206–2210. 58 indexed citations
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Mallick, Kaushik, Michael J. Witcomb, Rudolph Erasmus, & A. M. Strydom. (2010). Electrical and optical properties of polyaniline with a weblike morphology. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 116(3). 1587–1592. 10 indexed citations
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Mhlanga, Sabelo D., et al.. (2009). The Effect of Synthesis Parameters on the Catalytic Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes using Fe-Co/CaCO 3 Catalysts. South African Journal of Chemistry. 62(1). 67–76. 43 indexed citations
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Mallick, Kaushik, Michael J. Witcomb, Rudolph Erasmus, & A. M. Strydom. (2009). Low-temperature magnetic property of polymer encapsulated gold nanoparticles. Journal of Applied Physics. 106(7). 32 indexed citations
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Mallick, Kaushik, Michael J. Witcomb, & A. M. Strydom. (2009). Charge transport property of one‐dimensional gold–polyaniline composite networks. physica status solidi (a). 206(10). 2245–2248. 7 indexed citations
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Deshmukh, Amit A., Rafique Ul Islam, Michael J. Witcomb, Willem A. L. van Otterlo, & Neil J. Coville. (2009). Catalytic Activity of Metal Nanoparticles Supported on Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Spheres. ChemCatChem. 2(1). 51–54. 31 indexed citations
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Backwell, Lucinda, Robyn Pickering, Don Brothwell, et al.. (2009). Probable human hair found in a fossil hyaena coprolite from Gladysvale cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science. 36(6). 1269–1276. 42 indexed citations
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Mondal, Kartick C., A. M. Strydom, Zikhona N. Tetana, et al.. (2008). Boron-doped carbon microspheres. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 114(2-3). 973–977. 24 indexed citations
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Durbach, Shane H., Rui W. M. Krause, Michael J. Witcomb, & Neil J. Coville. (2008). Synthesis of branched carbon nanotubes using copper catalysts in a hydrogen-filled DC arc-discharger. Carbon. 47(3). 635–644. 15 indexed citations
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Mondal, Kartick C., et al.. (2007). Boron mediated synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition. Chemical Physics Letters. 437(1-3). 87–91. 20 indexed citations
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Witcomb, Michael J., et al.. (2007). Palladium-Polyaniline and Palladium-Polyaniline Derivative Composite Materials. Platinum Metals Review. 51(1). 3–15. 35 indexed citations
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Mondal, Kartick C., et al.. (2007). Carbon microsphere supported Pd catalysts for the hydrogenation of ethylene. Catalysis Communications. 9(4). 494–498. 26 indexed citations
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Nicolaides, C.P., et al.. (2002). The ruthenium catalysed synthesis of carbon nanostructures. Carbon. 40(14). 2737–2742. 20 indexed citations

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