Paul Munroe

27.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
566 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Paul Munroe is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Munroe has authored 566 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 293 papers in Materials Chemistry, 241 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 186 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Paul Munroe's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (178 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (94 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (83 papers). Paul Munroe is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (178 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (94 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (83 papers). Paul Munroe collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Paul Munroe's co-authors include Zonghan Xie, Stephen Joseph, Guoxiu Wang, Jiang Xu, Ian Baker, Bing Sun, Zhifeng Zhou, J. E. Bradby, J. S. Williams and Chee H. Chia and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Paul Munroe

554 papers receiving 20.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An investigation into the reactions of biochar in soil

2010 865 citations Stephen Joseph, Paul Munroe et al. profile →
Physical Properties of Biochar

2012 512 citations Paul Munroe et al. profile →
A three-year experiment confirms continuous immobilization of cadmium and lead in contaminated paddy field with biochar amendment

2014 498 citations Rongjun Bian, Stephen Joseph et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Munroe Australia	69	7.4k	5.2k	4.5k	4.2k	3.2k	566	20.6k
Hong Yang China	56	5.5k 0.7×	4.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.4×	722 0.2×	1.4k 0.4×	385	11.5k
Dong Liu China	72	6.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.3×	2.8k 0.6×	973 0.2×	3.2k 1.0×	516	18.4k
Ming Yan China	71	8.5k 1.1×	5.7k 1.1×	4.4k 1.0×	707 0.2×	2.4k 0.7×	391	19.2k
Bo Su China	53	2.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	747 0.2×	4.7k 1.5×	334	11.5k
Yandong Wang China	65	10.7k 1.4×	11.5k 2.2×	1.2k 0.3×	2.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	633	20.0k
Mark Engelhard United States	124	18.8k 2.5×	3.7k 0.7×	37.2k 8.2×	395 0.1×	5.2k 1.6×	602	59.0k
David R. G. Mitchell Australia	47	3.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.2×	1.8k 0.4×	635 0.1×	945 0.3×	226	7.9k
Wei Gao New Zealand	61	7.5k 1.0×	4.6k 0.9×	4.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	799	15.5k
Ján Ilavský United States	49	5.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	1.3k 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	417	12.1k
Di Zhang China	60	6.4k 0.9×	4.2k 0.8×	3.3k 0.7×	825 0.2×	3.2k 1.0×	528	14.5k

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Meghwal, Ashok, et al.. (2025). Microstructural and mechanical development of high-velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF) sprayed AlCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy coatings: The role of dynamic recrystallization. Surface and Coatings Technology. 515. 132522–132522.

Bendavid, Avi, et al.. (2025). Improving the wear resistance and scratch adhesion strength of TiAlN coatings via Al incorporation. Thin Solid Films. 816. 140650–140650. 4 indexed citations

Meghwal, Ashok, Surinder Singh, Vladimir Luzin, et al.. (2025). Quantitative phase prediction in a eutectic AlCoCrFeNi2.1 high-entropy alloy HVOF coating using Scheil simulation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1037. 182275–182275. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Minming, et al.. (2024). Boosting electrocatalytic water splitting of Mo-doped CoNi/FeCr2O4 heterojunctions via photothermal effects. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 110. 144–158. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Qi, Minming Jiang, Jiang Xu, Zonghan Xie, & Paul Munroe. (2024). Mechanisms of superlubricity in WS2/Graphite Interfaces: A First-Principles study on Silicon-Based substrates. Applied Surface Science. 686. 162109–162109. 1 indexed citations

Meghwal, Ashok, et al.. (2024). A detailed investigation on the microstructural and mechanical properties of high-velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF) sprayed Al0.3CrFeNiTi0.3 medium-entropy alloy coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology. 499. 131682–131682. 4 indexed citations

Meghwal, Ashok, et al.. (2024). Sunflower-like eutectic solidification in gas atomized Al0.3CrFeNiTi0.3 medium-entropy alloy powders: A comprehensive microstructural study. Materials Science and Engineering A. 912. 146996–146996. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Guangyi, Jiang Xu, Shuang Peng, Zonghan Xie, & Paul Munroe. (2023). High-entropy carbides designed to resist cavitation erosion-corrosion in an acidic environment: Surface engineering guided by first-principles calculations and experiments. Vacuum. 211. 111974–111974. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Yanjie, et al.. (2023). (TiZrNbTaMo)N nanocomposite coatings embedded with silver nanoparticles: imparting mechanical, osteogenic and antibacterial traits to dental implants. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 972. 172824–172824. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Chaowei, Jiang Xu, Zonghan Xie, Paul Munroe, & Zhaofeng Chen. (2023). Antibacterial and corrosion resistant ANPs-TaC nanocomposite coating for biomedical applications. Surface and Coatings Technology. 474. 130056–130056. 5 indexed citations

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Kabir, Mohammad Sharear, Zhifeng Zhou, Zonghan Xie, & Paul Munroe. (2023). Scratch adhesion evaluation of diamond like carbon coatings with alternate hard and soft multilayers. Wear. 518-519. 204647–204647. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Yang, Stephen Joseph, Xiang Wang, et al.. (2023). Inducing Inorganic Carbon Accrual in Subsoil through Biochar Application on Calcareous Topsoil. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(4). 1837–1847. 46 indexed citations

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Kumar, Abhay, Stephen Joseph, Ellen R. Gräber, et al.. (2021). Fertilizing behavior of extract of organomineral-activated biochar: low-dose foliar application for promoting lettuce growth. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 8(1). 15 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shuoqing, Liubing Dong, Bing Sun, et al.. (2019). K₂Ti₂O₅@C Microspheres with Enhanced K⁺ Intercalation Pseudocapacitance Ensuring Fast Potassium Storage and Long‐Term Cycling Stability. Small. 16(4). e1906131–e1906131. 64 indexed citations

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Shi, Wei, Rongjun Bian, Lianqing Li, et al.. (2019). Biochar bound urea boosts plant growth and reduces nitrogen leaching. The Science of The Total Environment. 701. 134424–134424. 208 indexed citations

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Sun, Bing, Peng Li, Jinqiang Zhang, et al.. (2018). Dendrite‐Free Sodium‐Metal Anodes for High‐Energy Sodium‐Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials. 30(29). e1801334–e1801334. 354 indexed citations

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Sun, Bing, Katja Kretschmer, Xiuqiang Xie, et al.. (2017). Hierarchical Porous Carbon Spheres for High‐Performance Na–O₂ Batteries. Advanced Materials. 29(48). 93 indexed citations

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Taherymoosavi, Sarasadat, et al.. (2017). Characterization of organic compounds in biochars derived from municipal solid waste. Waste Management. 67. 131–142. 66 indexed citations

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Taherymoosavi, Sarasadat, Stephen Joseph, & Paul Munroe. (2016). Characterization of organic compounds in a mixed feedstock biochar generated from Australian agricultural residues. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 120. 441–449. 31 indexed citations

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Qiu, Jingwen, Y. Liu, Fanling Meng, Ian Baker, & Paul Munroe. (2014). Effects of environment on dry sliding wear of powder metallurgical Ti-47Al-2Cr-2Nb-0.2W. Intermetallics. 53. 10–19. 21 indexed citations

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