Nima Nikbin

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Nima Nikbin is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nima Nikbin has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nima Nikbin's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (8 papers), Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (5 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (2 papers). Nima Nikbin is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (8 papers), Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (5 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (2 papers). Nima Nikbin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Greece. Nima Nikbin's co-authors include Dionisios G. Vlachos, Stavros Caratzoulas, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Raúl F. Lobo, Chun‐Chih Chang, C. Luke Williams, Wei Fan, Phuong Do, Shuting Feng and Ryan E. Patet and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, ACS Catalysis and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

In The Last Decade

Nima Nikbin

12 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Cycloaddition of Biomass-Derived Furans for Catalytic Production of Renewable p-Xylene

2012 397 citations C. Luke Williams, Chun‐Chih Chang et al. ACS Catalysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nima Nikbin United States	11	838	384	285	283	191	12	1.0k
Ricardo Alamillo United States	10	728 0.9×	371 1.0×	307 1.1×	170 0.6×	179 0.9×	10	922
Anthony J. Crisci United States	13	831 1.0×	382 1.0×	550 1.9×	220 0.8×	252 1.3×	15	1.2k
Matthew J. Gilkey United States	10	1.0k 1.2×	710 1.8×	229 0.8×	291 1.0×	243 1.3×	10	1.2k
B. Engendahl Germany	7	847 1.0×	298 0.8×	193 0.7×	449 1.6×	369 1.9×	8	1.2k
Zhong Sun China	18	601 0.7×	260 0.7×	474 1.7×	153 0.5×	236 1.2×	31	936
Debdut Roy India	9	462 0.6×	233 0.6×	320 1.1×	144 0.5×	302 1.6×	12	862
Xiuquan Jia China	17	528 0.6×	240 0.6×	283 1.0×	131 0.5×	255 1.3×	26	837
Vassili Vorotnikov United States	12	693 0.8×	548 1.4×	346 1.2×	123 0.4×	202 1.1×	12	1.0k
Pierre Gallezot France	7	714 0.9×	366 1.0×	416 1.5×	148 0.5×	251 1.3×	8	1.0k
Iker Agirrezabal-Tellería Spain	21	1.0k 1.2×	365 1.0×	531 1.9×	269 1.0×	152 0.8×	41	1.5k

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Williams, C. Luke, Katherine P. Vinter, Ryan E. Patet, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of Xylene Isomerization in the Production of Renewable Aromatic Chemicals from Biomass-Derived Furans. ACS Catalysis. 6(3). 2076–2088. 23 indexed citations

Green, Sara K., Ryan E. Patet, Nima Nikbin, et al.. (2015). Diels–Alder cycloaddition of 2-methylfuran and ethylene for renewable toluene. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 180. 487–496. 110 indexed citations

Patet, Ryan E., Nima Nikbin, C. Luke Williams, et al.. (2015). Kinetic Regime Change in the Tandem Dehydrative Aromatization of Furan Diels–Alder Products. ACS Catalysis. 5(4). 2367–2375. 97 indexed citations

Nikbin, Nima, Natalie Austin, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Michail Stamatakis, & Giannis Mpourmpakis. (2014). Catalysis at the sub-nanoscale: complex CO oxidation chemistry on a few Au atoms. Catalysis Science & Technology. 5(1). 134–141. 27 indexed citations

Nikbin, Nima, Stavros Caratzoulas, & Dionisios G. Vlachos. (2014). On the oligomerization mechanism of Brønsted acid-catalyzed conversion of furans to diesel-range fuels. Applied Catalysis A General. 485. 118–122. 16 indexed citations

Nikbin, Nima, Shuting Feng, Stavros Caratzoulas, & Dionisios G. Vlachos. (2014). p-Xylene Formation by Dehydrative Aromatization of a Diels–Alder Product in Lewis and Brønsted Acidic Zeolites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(42). 24415–24424. 83 indexed citations

Nikbin, Nima, et al.. (2014). Purification of biomolecules combining ATPS and membrane chromatography. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 92(2). 152–160. 7 indexed citations

Nikbin, Nima, Stavros Caratzoulas, & Dionisios G. Vlachos. (2013). On the Brønsted Acid‐Catalyzed Homogeneous Hydrolysis of Furans. ChemSusChem. 6(11). 2066–2068. 40 indexed citations

Nikbin, Nima, et al.. (2012). A DFT study of the acid-catalyzed conversion of 2,5-dimethylfuran and ethylene to p-xylene. Journal of Catalysis. 297. 35–43. 140 indexed citations

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Nikbin, Nima, Stavros Caratzoulas, & Dionisios G. Vlachos. (2012). A First Principles‐Based Microkinetic Model for the Conversion of Fructose to 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural. ChemCatChem. 4(4). 504–511. 57 indexed citations

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Williams, C. Luke, Chun‐Chih Chang, Phuong Do, et al.. (2012). Cycloaddition of Biomass-Derived Furans for Catalytic Production of Renewable p-Xylene. ACS Catalysis. 2(6). 935–939. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nikbin, Nima, Giannis Mpourmpakis, & Dionisios G. Vlachos. (2011). A Combined DFT and Statistical Mechanics Study for the CO Oxidation on the Au₁₀^–1 Cluster. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(41). 20192–20200. 27 indexed citations

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