Ralph H. Colby

27.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
498 papers, 23.4k citations indexed

About

Ralph H. Colby is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph H. Colby has authored 498 papers receiving a total of 23.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 164 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and 141 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ralph H. Colby's work include Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (163 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (97 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (95 papers). Ralph H. Colby is often cited by papers focused on Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (163 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (97 papers) and Polymer crystallization and properties (95 papers). Ralph H. Colby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Ralph H. Colby's co-authors include Michael Rubinstein, Michael Rubinstein, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Sanat K. Kumar, James Runt, Shichen Dou, U Hyeok Choi, Ludwik Leibler, Timothy E. Long and Lewis J. Fetters and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ralph H. Colby

473 papers receiving 23.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Polymer Physics

2003 4.4k citations Ralph H. Colby et al. profile →
Anisotropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles

2009 911 citations Ralph H. Colby et al. profile →
Scaling Theory of Polyelectrolyte Solutions

1995 820 citations Ralph H. Colby et al. Macromolecules profile →
Dynamics of reversible networks

1991 617 citations Ralph H. Colby et al. Macromolecules profile →
Correlations of Solution Rheology with Electrospun Fiber Formation of Linear and Branched Polyesters

2004 576 citations Ralph H. Colby et al. Macromolecules profile →
Structure and linear viscoelasticity of flexible polymer solutions: comparison of polyelectrolyte and neutral polymer solutions

2009 423 citations Ralph H. Colby Rheologica Acta profile →
Modeling electrode polarization in dielectric spectroscopy: Ion mobility and mobile ion concentration of single-ion polymer electrolytes

2006 390 citations Ralph H. Colby et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Crystallization of Polyamide 66 in Blends with a Random Noncrystallizable Poly(hexamethylene isophthalamide-co-terephthalamide) 2025 ·Macromolecules ·Xiaoshi Zhang, (unknown), René Androsch, Ralph H. Colby, Alicyn M. Rhoades	0
2	Emergent Nanostructure and Ion Transport in Polyzwitterion/Polyanion Blends 2025 ·Macromolecules ·Hongwei Li, Qinyu Zhu, Yuya Shinohara, Yangyang Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter V. Bonnesen, Changwoo Do, Md Anisur Rahman, Michelle Lehmann, Tomonori Saito, Ralph H. Colby, Rajeev Kumar, Jodie L. Lutkenhaus	0
3	Thermally Induced Gelling Systems Based on Patchy Polymeric Micelles 2024 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·(unknown), Shota Fujii, André J. van der Vlies, Masoud Ghasemi, (unknown), Sarah N. Kiemle, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Ralph H. Colby, Urara Hasegawa	0
4	Cold sintering with functionalized polymers for ductile ceramic matrix composites with controllable mechanical performance 2024 ·Materialia ·(unknown), (unknown), Ralph H. Colby, Enrique D. Gomez, Bryan D. Vogt	7
5	Water-Driven Sol–Gel Transition in Native Cellulose/1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate Solutions 2024 ·ACS Macro Letters ·(unknown), Marcus Koch, Philippe Dieudonné-George, Domenico Truzzolillo, Ralph H. Colby, Daniele Parisi	8
6	Role of Glass Fiber in the Flow-Induced Crystallization of Poly(ether ether ketone) 2024 ·Macromolecules ·Xiaoshi Zhang, (unknown), Jiho Seo, (unknown), (unknown), Richard P. Schaake, Steven J. Weigand, Alicyn M. Rhoades, Ralph H. Colby	2
7	Rheological Properties of Concentrated Sodium Polystyrenesulfonate in Aqueous Salt Solutions 2024 ·Macromolecules ·(unknown), Aijie Han, Ralph H. Colby, Carlos G. Lopez	1
8	Specific viscosity of polymer solutions with large thermal blobs 2023 ·Rheologica Acta ·Ralph H. Colby, Aijie Han	0
9	Ionic Conduction and Dielectric Response of Nanoparticle-Coupled Hydrogel Network Polymer Electrolytes 2023 ·Macromolecules ·U Hyeok Choi, (unknown), (unknown), Taehoon Kim, Aijie Han, Ralph H. Colby	12
10	Crystallization kinetics of glass fiber filled poly(ether ether ketone) with nanogram sample size: Feasibility study for fast scanning calorimetry 2023 ·Thermochimica Acta ·Xiaoshi Zhang, (unknown), Jiho Seo, Anne M. Gohn, (unknown), Richard P. Schaake, Ralph H. Colby, Alicyn M. Rhoades	5
11	Preparation and Characterization of Polyethylene Copolymers with PAH Side Groups as Carbon Fiber Precursors 2022 ·ACS Applied Polymer Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jiho Seo, Ralph H. Colby, T. C. Chung	5
12	Dual Nakamura model for primary and secondary crystallization applied to nonisothermal crystallization of poly(ether ether ketone) 2021 ·Polymer Engineering and Science ·Jiho Seo, Xiaoshi Zhang, Richard P. Schaake, Alicyn M. Rhoades, Ralph H. Colby	20
13	Shear Flow-Induced Crystallization of Poly(ether ether ketone) 2020 ·Macromolecules ·Jiho Seo, Anne M. Gohn, Richard P. Schaake, Daniele Parisi, Alicyn M. Rhoades, Ralph H. Colby	21
14	Shear-Induced Isotropic–Nematic Transition in Poly(ether ether ketone) Melts 2020 ·ACS Macro Letters ·Daniele Parisi, Jiho Seo, Behzad Nazari, Richard P. Schaake, Alicyn M. Rhoades, Ralph H. Colby	17
15	Ion–Dipole-Interaction-Driven Complexation of Polyethers with Polyviologen-Based Single-Ion Conductors 2019 ·Macromolecules ·Minjae Lee, Harry W. Gibson, Taehoon Kim, Ralph H. Colby, U Hyeok Choi	5
16	Isothermal crystallization of poly(ether ether ketone) with different molecular weights over a wide temperature range 2019 ·Jiho Seo, Anne M. Gohn, (unknown), Hideaki Takahashi, Hirokazu Hasegawa, (unknown), Alicyn M. Rhoades, Richard P. Schaake, Ralph H. Colby	48
17	Practical Oil Spill Recovery by a Combination of Polyolefin Absorbent and Mechanical Skimmer 2018 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·Changwoo Nam, (unknown), Gang Zhang, (unknown), Behzad Nazari, Ralph H. Colby, T. C. Chung	58
18	Isothermal Flow-Induced Crystallization of Polyamide 66 Melts 2018 ·Macromolecules ·Jiho Seo, Hideaki Takahashi, Behzad Nazari, Alicyn M. Rhoades, Richard P. Schaake, Ralph H. Colby	36
19	Sensitivity of Polymer Crystallization to Shear at Low and High Supercooling of the Melt 2018 ·Macromolecules ·Alicyn M. Rhoades, Anne M. Gohn, Jiho Seo, René Androsch, Ralph H. Colby	45
20	Viscosity and Scaling of Semiflexible Polyelectrolyte NaCMC in Aqueous Salt Solutions 2016 ·Macromolecules ·Carlos G. Lopez, Ralph H. Colby, P.M. Graham, João T. Cabral	106

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