Neil B. McKeown

28.7k total citations · 13 hit papers
299 papers, 23.9k citations indexed

About

Neil B. McKeown is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil B. McKeown has authored 299 papers receiving a total of 23.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Materials Chemistry, 128 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 78 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Neil B. McKeown's work include Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (126 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (113 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (68 papers). Neil B. McKeown is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (126 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (113 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (68 papers). Neil B. McKeown collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and China. Neil B. McKeown's co-authors include Peter M. Budd, Kadhum J. Msayib, Mariolino Carta, Bader S. Ghanem, Detlev Fritsch, Carin E. Tattershall, Johannes C. Jansen, Saad Makhseed, Richard Malpass‐Evans and C. Grazia Bezzu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Neil B. McKeown

293 papers receiving 23.6k citations

Hit Papers

Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): organic mater... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2006 2004 1998 2013 2004 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): organic materials for membrane separations, heterogeneous catalysis and hydrogen storage
    2006 1.5k citations Neil B. McKeown, Peter M. Budd profile →
  2. Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): robust, solution-processable, organic nanoporous materials
    2004 1.2k citations Peter M. Budd, Neil B. McKeown et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  3. Phthalocyanine Materials: Synthesis, Structure and Function
    1998 984 citations Neil B. McKeown profile →
  4. An Efficient Polymer Molecular Sieve for Membrane Gas Separations
    2013 939 citations Mariolino Carta, Richard Malpass‐Evans et al. profile →
  5. Solution‐Processed, Organophilic Membrane Derived from a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity
    2004 803 citations Peter M. Budd, Neil B. McKeown et al. profile →
  6. Gas separation membranes from polymers of intrinsic microporosity
    2005 749 citations Peter M. Budd, Neil B. McKeown et al. Journal of Membrane Science profile →
  7. Redefining the Robeson upper bounds for CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 separations using a series of ultrapermeable benzotriptycene-based polymers of intrinsic microporosity
    2019 729 citations Bibiana Comesaña‐Gándara, C. Grazia Bezzu et al. profile →
  8. Exploitation of Intrinsic Microporosity in Polymer-Based Materials
    2010 688 citations Neil B. McKeown, Peter M. Budd profile →
  9. Gas Permeation Properties, Physical Aging, and Its Mitigation in High Free Volume Glassy Polymers
    2018 507 citations Peter M. Budd, Neil B. McKeown et al. profile →
  10. Gas permeation parameters and other physicochemical properties of a polymer of intrinsic microporosity: Polybenzodioxane PIM-1
    2008 446 citations Peter M. Budd, Neil B. McKeown et al. Journal of Membrane Science profile →
  11. Triptycene Induced Enhancement of Membrane Gas Selectivity for Microporous Tröger's Base Polymers
    2014 362 citations Mariolino Carta, Richard Malpass‐Evans et al. profile →
  12. Near-frictionless ion transport within triazine framework membranes
    2023 248 citations Peipei Zuo, Chunchun Ye et al. Nature profile →
  13. Selective ion transport through hydrated micropores in polymer membranes
    2024 83 citations Anqi Wang, Charlotte Breakwell et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Neil B. McKeown United Kingdom 73 15.8k 13.1k 7.7k 5.0k 3.4k 299 23.9k
Jürgen Caro Germany 86 17.7k 1.1× 9.7k 0.7× 12.7k 1.6× 4.8k 1.0× 4.9k 1.4× 314 26.4k
Weishen Yang China 79 16.5k 1.0× 7.2k 0.5× 8.1k 1.1× 7.9k 1.6× 2.3k 0.7× 515 26.7k
Zhiping Lai Saudi Arabia 66 7.9k 0.5× 5.8k 0.4× 7.9k 1.0× 3.4k 0.7× 3.0k 0.9× 208 15.9k
Zifeng Yan China 72 11.8k 0.7× 5.0k 0.4× 3.6k 0.5× 6.2k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 580 22.1k
Ryong Ryoo South Korea 93 29.4k 1.9× 5.1k 0.4× 17.1k 2.2× 4.9k 1.0× 1.0k 0.3× 312 38.7k
Kenneth J. Balkus United States 53 6.7k 0.4× 2.8k 0.2× 3.7k 0.5× 3.2k 0.7× 998 0.3× 233 12.6k
Cara M. Doherty Australia 55 5.3k 0.3× 3.8k 0.3× 4.1k 0.5× 2.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 162 10.7k
Shilun Qiu China 92 24.5k 1.6× 5.5k 0.4× 21.7k 2.8× 4.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.3× 446 33.1k
Tae‐Hyun Bae South Korea 51 7.6k 0.5× 7.1k 0.5× 7.8k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 4.0k 1.2× 147 14.9k
An‐Hui Lu China 78 14.0k 0.9× 3.8k 0.3× 3.8k 0.5× 7.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.3× 358 26.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Almeida, Caio V.S., Lara Kelly Ribeiro, Lúcia H. Mascaro, et al.. (2025). Enhancing the electroreduction of N2 and/or O2 on MoS2 using a nanoparticulate intrinsically microporous polymer (PIM-1). Green Chemistry. 27(20). 5851–5860. 1 indexed citations
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Rizzuto, Carmen, Francesca Nardelli, Marcello Monteleone, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the origin of enhanced CO2 selectivity in amine-PIM-1 during mixed gas permeation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(23). 17865–17876. 2 indexed citations
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Beluomini, Maísa Azevedo, Nelson Ramos Stradiotto, Maria Valnice Boldrín Zanoni, et al.. (2024). Triphasic Oxygen Storage in Wet Nanoparticulate Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM-1) on Platinum: An Electrochemical Investigation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(29). 37865–37873. 5 indexed citations
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McKeown, Neil B., Mariolino Carta, Giulia Tuci, et al.. (2024). Thin Coatings of Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM‐1) Enhance Nickel Electrodeposition and Nickel‐Catalyzed Hydrogen Evolution. ChemElectroChem. 11(12). 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Rui, Anqi Wang, Chunchun Ye, et al.. (2023). Thin Film Composite Membranes with Regulated Crossover and Water Migration for Long‐Life Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries. Advanced Science. 10(20). e2206888–e2206888. 29 indexed citations
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Bowen, Chris, Richard Ball, Yuanzhu Zhao, et al.. (2023). Nanophase-photocatalysis: loading, storing, and release of H2O2 using graphitic carbon nitride. Chemical Communications. 59(48). 7423–7426. 3 indexed citations
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Zuo, Peipei, Chunchun Ye, Jian Luo, et al.. (2023). Near-frictionless ion transport within triazine framework membranes. Nature. 617(7960). 299–305. 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zhongkai, John P. Lowe, Philip J. Fletcher, et al.. (2023). Tuning and Coupling Irreversible Electroosmotic Water Flow in Ionic Diodes: Methylation of an Intrinsically Microporous Polyamine (PIM-EA-TB). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(36). 42369–42377. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Shao‐Lu, Yanting Chen, Wenming Fu, et al.. (2022). 2,2′‐Biphenol‐based Ultrathin Microporous Nanofilms for Highly Efficient Molecular Sieving Separation. Angewandte Chemie. 134(46). 21 indexed citations
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Ye, Chunchun, Anqi Wang, Charlotte Breakwell, et al.. (2022). Development of efficient aqueous organic redox flow batteries using ion-sieving sulfonated polymer membranes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3184–3184. 123 indexed citations
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Wang, Anqi, Rui Tan, Charlotte Breakwell, et al.. (2022). Solution-Processable Redox-Active Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity for Electrochemical Energy Storage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(37). 17198–17208. 45 indexed citations
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Amiri, Mandana, Mina Ghiasi, Rabah Boukherroub, et al.. (2021). Non-enzymatic electrochemical cholesterol sensor based on strong host-guest interactions with a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) with DFT study. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 413(26). 6523–6533. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Zhongkai, Richard Malpass‐Evans, Neil B. McKeown, et al.. (2021). Effective electroosmotic transport of water in an intrinsically microporous polyamine (PIM-EA-TB). Electrochemistry Communications. 130. 107110–107110. 6 indexed citations
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Tamaddondar, Marzieh, Andrew B. Foster, Mariolino Carta, et al.. (2020). Mitigation of Physical Aging with Mixed Matrix Membranes Based on Cross-Linked PIM-1 Fillers and PIM-1. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(41). 46756–46766. 70 indexed citations
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Marken, Frank, Mariolino Carta, & Neil B. McKeown. (2020). Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity in the Design of Electrochemical Multicomponent and Multiphase Interfaces. Analytical Chemistry. 93(3). 1213–1220. 26 indexed citations
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Stanovský, Petr, Magda Kárászová, Zuzana Petrusová, et al.. (2020). Upgrading of raw biogas using membranes based on the ultrapermeable polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-TMN-Trip. Journal of Membrane Science. 618. 118694–118694. 27 indexed citations
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Yin, Huajie, Bin Yang, Yeong Zen Chua, et al.. (2019). Effect of Backbone Rigidity on the Glass Transition of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity Probed by Fast Scanning Calorimetry. ACS Macro Letters. 8(8). 1022–1028. 43 indexed citations
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Fuoco, Alessio, Carmen Rizzuto, Elena Tocci, et al.. (2019). The origin of size-selective gas transport through polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(35). 20121–20126. 72 indexed citations
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Leong, Shi Xuan, Mariolino Carta, Richard Malpass‐Evans, et al.. (2017). One-step preparation of microporous Pd@cPIM composite catalyst film for triphasic electrocatalysis. Electrochemistry Communications. 86. 17–20. 15 indexed citations
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Kálmán, P, et al.. (1991). Improved biocompatability of silicone rubber by removal of surface entrapped air nuclei. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 25(2). 199–211. 15 indexed citations

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