Nigel Clarke

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Nigel Clarke is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel Clarke has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Materials Chemistry, 61 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 32 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Nigel Clarke's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (44 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (40 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (32 papers). Nigel Clarke is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (44 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (40 papers) and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (32 papers). Nigel Clarke collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Nigel Clarke's co-authors include Jonathan W. Steed, Marc‐Oliver M. Piepenbrock, Gareth O. Lloyd, Russell J. Composto, Karen I. Winey, Gavin A. Buxton, Argyrios Karatrantos, P.J. Byrne, Tom McLeish and Jonathan A. Foster and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Nigel Clarke

151 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Metal- and Anion-Binding Supramolecular Gels 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750 1000
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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. Metal- and Anion-Binding Supramolecular Gels
    2009 1.1k citations Marc‐Oliver M. Piepenbrock, Gareth O. Lloyd et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nigel Clarke United Kingdom 42 3.0k 2.3k 2.1k 2.0k 800 152 6.4k
Marinos Pitsikalis Greece 34 2.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 4.5k 2.2× 510 0.6× 136 6.4k
George Floudas Greece 52 4.9k 1.6× 1.4k 0.6× 3.8k 1.8× 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 286 8.9k
Charles‐André Fustin Belgium 40 2.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 3.1k 1.5× 866 1.1× 143 5.4k
Hermis Iatrou Greece 45 3.2k 1.1× 2.5k 1.1× 3.3k 1.6× 6.1k 3.0× 903 1.1× 135 9.6k
Kay Saalwächter Germany 55 2.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 4.6k 2.2× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 222 9.4k
Tadeusz Pakuła Germany 52 4.1k 1.4× 1.2k 0.5× 3.9k 1.8× 4.5k 2.2× 1.3k 1.7× 239 10.3k
Jens‐Uwe Sommer Germany 48 3.0k 1.0× 813 0.4× 3.1k 1.5× 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.8× 273 7.6k
Sono Sasaki Japan 32 2.4k 0.8× 839 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 827 0.4× 651 0.8× 156 4.9k
Takuya Yamamoto Japan 38 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 895 0.4× 3.2k 1.6× 567 0.7× 214 5.5k
Mingjun Huang China 43 2.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 644 0.8× 162 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nigel Clarke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nigel Clarke

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All Works

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Weir, Michael P., Andrew J. Parnell, Stephen C. Boothroyd, et al.. (2024). Revealing microscale bulk structures in polymer–carbon nanocomposites using spin-echo SANS. Soft Matter. 20(43). 8663–8674. 1 indexed citations
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Murphy, Laura, Macey L. Murray, Louise Brown, et al.. (2023). 1782P Prostate radiotherapy reduces long-term risk of obstructive uropathy in metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC): Results from the STAMPEDE M1|RT comparison. Annals of Oncology. 34. S963–S963. 4 indexed citations
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Clarke, Nigel, et al.. (2015). Temperature Dependence of Rheology and Polymer Diffusion in Silica/Polystyrene Nanocomposites. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Clarke, Nigel, Karen I. Winey, & Russell J. Composto. (2014). Dynamics of entangled polymers in the presence of obstacles. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 3 indexed citations
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Coveney, Sam & Nigel Clarke. (2014). Lateral phase separation in polymer-blend thin films: Surface bifurcation. Physical Review E. 89(6). 62603–62603. 2 indexed citations
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Coveney, Sam & Nigel Clarke. (2014). Pattern Formation in Polymer Blend Thin Films: Surface Roughening Couples to Phase Separation. Physical Review Letters. 113(21). 218301–218301. 22 indexed citations
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Coveney, Sam & Nigel Clarke. (2013). Breakup of a Transient Wetting Layer in Polymer Blend Thin Films: Unification with 1D Phase Equilibria. Physical Review Letters. 111(12). 125702–125702. 11 indexed citations
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Foster, Jonathan A., Marc‐Oliver M. Piepenbrock, Gareth O. Lloyd, et al.. (2010). Anion-switchable supramolecular gels for controlling pharmaceutical crystal growth. Nature Chemistry. 2(12). 1037–1043. 273 indexed citations
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Piepenbrock, Marc‐Oliver M., Nigel Clarke, Jonathan A. Foster, & Jonathan W. Steed. (2010). Anion tuning and polymer templating in a simple low molecular weight organogelator. Chemical Communications. 47(7). 2095–2097. 39 indexed citations
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Clarke, Nigel, et al.. (2009). Interfacial instability in bilayer films due to solvent evaporation. The European Physical Journal E. 28(1). 47–55. 13 indexed citations
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Piepenbrock, Marc‐Oliver M., Gareth O. Lloyd, Nigel Clarke, & Jonathan W. Steed. (2008). Gelation is crucially dependent on functional group orientation and may be tuned by anion binding. Chemical Communications. 2644–2644. 129 indexed citations
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Byrne, P.J., Gareth O. Lloyd, Nigel Clarke, & Jonathan W. Steed. (2008). A “Compartmental” Borromean Weave Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Saturated Hydrogen Bonding to Anions and Water Cluster Inclusion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(31). 5761–5764. 66 indexed citations
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Anderson, K.M., Graeme M. Day, Martin J. Paterson, et al.. (2007). Structure Calculation of an Elastic Hydrogel from Sonication of Rigid Small Molecule Components. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(6). 1058–1062. 101 indexed citations
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Buxton, Gavin A. & Nigel Clarke. (2006). Stress-guided self-assembly in Dutcher films. Physical Review E. 73(4). 41801–41801. 3 indexed citations
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Buxton, Gavin A. & Nigel Clarke. (2006). Multiscale model of miscible polymer blends in porous media: From flow fields to concentration fluctuations. Physical Review E. 74(4). 41807–41807. 5 indexed citations
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Hutchings, Lian R., et al.. (2005). Novel multi end-functionalised polymers. Additives to modify polymer properties at surfaces and interfaces. Soft Matter. 2(2). 126–128. 19 indexed citations
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Clarke, Nigel. (2004). Instabilities in thin-film binary mixtures. The European Physical Journal E. 14(3). 207–210. 26 indexed citations

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