Michael Staniforth

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Staniforth is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Staniforth has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Staniforth's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (11 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Michael Staniforth is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (11 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8 papers) and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Michael Staniforth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Finland. Michael Staniforth's co-authors include Vasilios G. Stavros, Martin J. Paterson, Guy J. Clarkson, Gilles Gasser, Olivier Blacque, Peter J. Sadler, Huaiyi Huang, Samya Banerjee, Hui Chao and Kangqiang Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Staniforth

41 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Targeted photoredox catalysis in cancer cells 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400
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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. Targeted photoredox catalysis in cancer cells
    2019 437 citations Huaiyi Huang, Samya Banerjee et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Staniforth United Kingdom 21 583 342 317 307 212 42 1.4k
Wolfgang Freyer Germany 22 675 1.2× 268 0.8× 219 0.7× 148 0.5× 187 0.9× 65 1.3k
D. Leupold Germany 22 508 0.9× 245 0.7× 336 1.1× 472 1.5× 691 3.3× 103 1.8k
Esben Skovsen Denmark 14 476 0.8× 684 2.0× 113 0.4× 169 0.6× 332 1.6× 47 1.4k
Ákos Bányász France 27 414 0.7× 177 0.5× 239 0.8× 515 1.7× 1.3k 6.0× 68 2.0k
Klaus Teuchner Germany 21 356 0.6× 186 0.5× 98 0.3× 374 1.2× 466 2.2× 54 1.1k
Tina D. Poulsen Denmark 18 313 0.5× 170 0.5× 119 0.4× 288 0.9× 191 0.9× 21 843
Lara Martínez‐Fernández Spain 25 465 0.8× 121 0.4× 314 1.0× 527 1.7× 1.1k 5.0× 96 1.8k
Michiel Hilbers Netherlands 17 539 0.9× 126 0.4× 217 0.7× 96 0.3× 71 0.3× 39 866
Antonio Toffoletti Italy 21 925 1.6× 314 0.9× 330 1.0× 103 0.3× 165 0.8× 55 1.5k
Mikkel Bregnhøj Denmark 19 400 0.7× 330 1.0× 137 0.4× 108 0.4× 215 1.0× 42 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Staniforth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Staniforth

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Staniforth, Michael, et al.. (2022). Dephasing Dynamics across Different Local Vibrational Modes and Crystalline Environments. Physical Review Letters. 129(23). 237401–237401. 1 indexed citations
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Parkes, Michael A., Michael Staniforth, Jack M. Woolley, et al.. (2022). Intramolecular thiomaleimide [2 + 2] photocycloadditions: stereoselective control for disulfide stapling and observation of excited state intermediates by transient absorption spectroscopy. Chemical Science. 13(10). 2909–2918. 5 indexed citations
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Turner, Matthew A. P., Jack M. Woolley, Michael D. Horbury, et al.. (2021). Ultrafast transient absorption spectroelectrochemistry: femtosecond to nanosecond excited-state relaxation dynamics of the individual components of an anthraquinone redox couple. Chemical Science. 13(2). 486–496. 19 indexed citations
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Fage, Christopher D., Simone Kosol, Matthew Jenner, et al.. (2021). Communication Breakdown: Dissecting the COM Interfaces between the Subunits of Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases. ACS Catalysis. 11(17). 10802–10813. 20 indexed citations
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Staniforth, Michael, Ben G. Breeze, Simon E. Greenough, et al.. (2020). An Ultrafast Shakedown Reveals the Energy Landscape, Relaxation Dynamics, and Concentration of the N3VH0 Defect in Diamond. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(16). 6677–6683. 13 indexed citations
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Baker, Lewis A., Michael Staniforth, Amandine L. Flourat, Florent Allais, & Vasilios G. Stavros. (2020). Conservation of ultrafast photoprotective mechanisms with increasing molecular complexity in sinapoyl malate derivatives. ChemPhysChem. 21(17). 2006–2011. 13 indexed citations
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Song, Qiao, Jie Yang, Stephen C. L. Hall, et al.. (2020). Efficient Artificial Light-Harvesting System Based on Supramolecular Peptide Nanotubes in Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(1). 382–389. 161 indexed citations
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Burdanova, Maria G., Reza J. Kashtiban, Yongjia Zheng, et al.. (2020). Ultrafast Optoelectronic Processes in 1D Radial van der Waals Heterostructures: Carbon, Boron Nitride, and MoS2 Nanotubes with Coexisting Excitons and Highly Mobile Charges. Nano Letters. 20(5). 3560–3567. 46 indexed citations
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Dong, Wen, Jonathan J. P. Peters, Michael Staniforth, et al.. (2020). Emergent Antipolar Phase in BiFeO3–La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Superlattice. Nano Letters. 20(8). 6045–6050. 12 indexed citations
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Huang, Huaiyi, Samya Banerjee, Kangqiang Qiu, et al.. (2019). Targeted photoredox catalysis in cancer cells. Nature Chemistry. 11(11). 1041–1048. 437 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gladush, Yuriy G., Aram Mkrtchyan, Daria S. Kopylova, et al.. (2019). Ionic Liquid Gated Carbon Nanotube Saturable Absorber for Switchable Pulse Generation. Nano Letters. 19(9). 5836–5843. 66 indexed citations
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Woolley, Jack M., Michael Staniforth, Michael D. Horbury, et al.. (2018). Unravelling the Photoprotection Properties of Mycosporine Amino Acid Motifs. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(11). 3043–3048. 40 indexed citations
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Tao, Shuxia, et al.. (2018). Efficient Intraband Hot Carrier Relaxation in the Perovskite Semiconductor Cs1–xRbxSnI3 Mediated by Strong Electron–Phonon Coupling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(36). 20669–20675. 18 indexed citations
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Staniforth, Michael, Wen-Dong Quan, Tolga N. V. Karsili, et al.. (2017). First Step toward a Universal Fluorescent Probe: Unravelling the Photodynamics of an Amino–Maleimide Fluorophore. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121(34). 6357–6365. 25 indexed citations
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Cole-Filipiak, Neil C., et al.. (2017). Ultrafast Dissociation Dynamics of 2-Ethylpyrrole. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121(5). 969–976. 7 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, Natércia d. N., Michael Staniforth, & Vasilios G. Stavros. (2016). Photophysics of sunscreen molecules in the gas phase: a stepwise approach towards understanding and developing next-generation sunscreens. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 472(2195). 20160677–20160677. 52 indexed citations
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Young, Jamie D., Michael Staniforth, Martin J. Paterson, & Vasilios G. Stavros. (2015). Torsional Motion of the Chromophore Catechol following the Absorption of Ultraviolet Light. Physical Review Letters. 114(23). 233001–233001. 16 indexed citations
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Young, Jamie D., Michael Staniforth, Adam S. Chatterley, et al.. (2013). Relaxation dynamics of photoexcited resorcinol: internal conversion versus H atom tunnelling. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(2). 550–562. 17 indexed citations
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Hockett, Paul, Michael Staniforth, Katharine L. Reid, & Dave Townsend. (2009). Rotationally Resolved Photoelectron Angular Distributions from a Nonlinear Polyatomic Molecule. Physical Review Letters. 102(25). 253002–253002. 36 indexed citations

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