Ralph Matthews

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Ralph Matthews is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Matthews has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Materials Chemistry, 19 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ralph Matthews's work include Radioactive element chemistry and processing (17 papers), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (13 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (11 papers). Ralph Matthews is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive element chemistry and processing (17 papers), Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (13 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (11 papers). Ralph Matthews collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. Ralph Matthews's co-authors include Gary Low, Stephen R. McEvoy, M. F. L. Abdullah, Nathan Young, Anne Martin-Matthews, David F. Sangster, Thomas J. Sworski, H. A. Mahlman, Robert J. Brym and Ravi Pendakur and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Matthews

94 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Effects of common inorganic anions on rates of photocatalytic oxidation of organic carbon over illuminated titanium dioxide

1990 516 citations Gary Low, Ralph Matthews et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
Photooxidation of organic impurities in water using thin films of titanium dioxide

1987 496 citations Ralph Matthews The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →
Kinetics of photocatalytic oxidation of organic solutes over titanium dioxide

1988 426 citations Ralph Matthews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralph Matthews Australia	32	3.2k	1.5k	1.5k	555	411	105	5.3k
Daniel M. Blake United States	29	2.4k 0.8×	356 0.2×	2.0k 1.4×	144 0.3×	373 0.9×	81	4.8k
Xavier Domènech Spain	43	3.0k 0.9×	2.5k 1.6×	1.7k 1.2×	978 1.8×	594 1.4×	134	5.7k
Cooper H. Langford Canada	42	1.8k 0.6×	952 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	522 0.9×	434 1.1×	297	6.9k
John Byrne United Kingdom	44	6.7k 2.1×	1.4k 0.9×	4.5k 3.1×	505 0.9×	1.3k 3.1×	150	10.0k
Wenbo Dong China	42	2.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.6×	1.8k 1.2×	443 0.8×	631 1.5×	139	6.0k
KV Ragnarsdottir Iceland	45	844 0.3×	737 0.5×	473 0.3×	632 1.1×	237 0.6×	143	6.8k
Pengyi Zhang China	55	3.9k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	5.7k 3.8×	289 0.5×	2.7k 6.5×	195	9.9k
Stephan J. Hug Switzerland	53	2.4k 0.8×	2.5k 1.7×	1.8k 1.2×	403 0.7×	485 1.2×	123	10.8k
Marek Kosmulski Poland	39	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	518 0.9×	1.2k 2.9×	187	8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ralph Matthews

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralph Matthews

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Matthews

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Illes, Judy, et al.. (2014). Environmental neuroethics: changing the environment—changing the brain Recommendations submitted to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 1(2). 221–223. 5 indexed citations

Matthews, Ralph. (2014). Committing Canadian Sociology: Developing a Canadian Sociology and a Sociology of Canada. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie. 51(2). 107–127. 12 indexed citations

Smıth, André, et al.. (2013). Recruitment and retention of blood donors in four Canadian cities: an analysis of the role of community and social networks. Transfusion. 53(S5). 180S–4S. 17 indexed citations

Young, Nathan & Ralph Matthews. (2007). Resource economies and neoliberal experimentation: the reform of industry and community in rural British Columbia. Area. 39(2). 176–185. 41 indexed citations

Matthews, Ralph & Nathan Young. (2005). Development On The Margin: Development Orthodoxy and the Success of Lax Kw’alaams, British Columbia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 100–108. 3 indexed citations

Matthews, Ralph & Rochelle R. Côté. (2005). Understanding Aboriginal Policing in a Social Capital Context. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 134–152. 2 indexed citations

Josberger, Edward G., et al.. (1998). Snowpack water-equivalent estimates from satellite and aircraft remote-sensing measurements of the Red River basin, north-central U.S.A.. Annals of Glaciology. 26. 119–124. 10 indexed citations

Matthews, Ralph. (1994). Can gravity take a quantum leap. The New Scientist. 143. 28–32. 2 indexed citations

Matthews, Ralph. (1992). ChemInform Abstract: Photocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Contaminants in Water: An Aid to Environmental Preservation.. ChemInform. 23(49). 1 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph & Stephen R. McEvoy. (1992). Photocatalytic degradation of phenol in the presence of near-UV illuminated titanium dioxide. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 64(2). 231–246. 211 indexed citations

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Low, Gary, Stephen R. McEvoy, & Ralph Matthews. (1989). Formation of ammonium and nitrate ions from photocatalytic oxidation of ring nitrogenous compounds over titanium dioxide. Chemosphere. 19(10-11). 1611–1621. 29 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph. (1988). Federal Licencing Policies for the Atlantic Inshore Fishery and their Implementation in Newfoundland, 1973-1981. Acadiensis. 17(2). 83. 6 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph, et al.. (1988). Regulating the Newfoundland Inshore Fishery: Traditional Values Versus State Control in the Regulation of a Common Property Resource. Journal of Canadian Studies. 23(1-2). 158–176. 11 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph. (1987). Dans l’intérêt de qui? Le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada et le métier de sociologue au Canada. Sociologie et sociétés. 19(2). 169–169. 1 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph & Anne Martin-Matthews. (1986). Infertility and Involuntary Childlessness: The Transition to Nonparenthood. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 48(3). 641–641. 106 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph. (1986). A comparison between ultraviolet illuminated TiO2 and 60Co gamma rays for the destruction of organic impurities in water. International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation Part A Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 37(12). 1247–1248. 2 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph, et al.. (1979). Communities in decline : an examination of household resettlement in Newfoundland. 5 indexed citations

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Kidd, R. G., et al.. (1972). Titanium-47 and titanium-49 nuclear magnetic resonance in titanium(IV)-halogen compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(19). 6686–6689. 28 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph. (1972). Potentiometric estimation of Megarad dose with the ceric-cerous system. The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 23(4). 179–185. 22 indexed citations

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Matthews, Ralph, H. A. Mahlman, & Thomas J. Sworski. (1968). Oxidation of cerium(III) in sulfuric acid solutions induced by cobalt-60 .gamma.-radiation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 72(10). 3704–3705. 6 indexed citations

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