Robert C. Burns

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Robert C. Burns is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Burns has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Materials Chemistry, 44 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 27 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Burns's work include Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (31 papers), Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (23 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers). Robert C. Burns is often cited by papers focused on Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (31 papers), Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (23 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers). Robert C. Burns collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Saudi Arabia. Robert C. Burns's co-authors include Marcel Maeder, Geoffrey A. Lawrance, Graeme Puxty, William Conway, Moetaz I. Attalla, Xiaoguang Wang, Debra Fernandes, Nichola McCann, John D. Corbett and R. J. Gillespie and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Environmental Science & Technology and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Burns

100 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Carbon Dioxide Postcombustion Capture: A Novel Screening ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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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. Carbon Dioxide Postcombustion Capture: A Novel Screening Study of the Carbon Dioxide Absorption Performance of 76 Amines
    2009 476 citations Graeme Puxty, Robert C. Burns et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert C. Burns Australia 30 1.3k 903 869 850 556 100 3.3k
D. Richard France 20 616 0.5× 836 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 357 0.4× 576 1.0× 43 2.4k
W. Curtis Conner United States 30 1.0k 0.8× 2.0k 2.2× 1.6k 1.9× 1.1k 1.3× 668 1.2× 67 4.4k
John J. Low United States 24 1.3k 1.0× 2.4k 2.7× 586 0.7× 2.7k 3.2× 586 1.1× 40 4.4k
Svemir Rudić United Kingdom 38 834 0.6× 2.1k 2.3× 717 0.8× 1.9k 2.2× 409 0.7× 132 4.8k
Phillip J. Milner United States 34 1.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.7× 420 0.5× 2.3k 2.7× 730 1.3× 94 3.7k
Kai‐Chung Lau Hong Kong 34 662 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 249 0.3× 655 0.8× 1.0k 1.8× 196 4.9k
B. Peter McGrail United States 28 1.3k 1.0× 2.1k 2.3× 380 0.4× 2.5k 3.0× 326 0.6× 53 3.8k
Mathieu Digne France 27 1.0k 0.8× 2.9k 3.2× 498 0.6× 897 1.1× 483 0.9× 47 4.0k
Mal‐Soon Lee United States 31 495 0.4× 1.4k 1.6× 684 0.8× 589 0.7× 311 0.6× 80 3.0k
Р. Лебода Poland 38 547 0.4× 3.1k 3.4× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 418 0.8× 267 5.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abdollahi, Hamid, Robert C. Burns, Marcel Maeder, et al.. (2019). Activity-based analysis of potentiometric pH titrations. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1075. 49–56. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Lichun, et al.. (2017). The Henry Coefficient of CO2 in the MEA-CO2-H2O System. Energy Procedia. 114. 1841–1847. 10 indexed citations
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Beyad, Yaser, Robert C. Burns, Graeme Puxty, & Marcel Maeder. (2013). A speciation study of sulfur(iv) in aqueous solution. Dalton Transactions. 43(5). 2147–2152. 19 indexed citations
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Beyad, Yaser, Robert C. Burns, Graeme Puxty, & Marcel Maeder. (2013). The Role of SO2 in the Chemistry of Amine-based CO2 Capture in PCC. Energy Procedia. 37. 1262–1266. 12 indexed citations
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Onggo, Djulia, Daud K. Walanda, Robert C. Burns, Geoffrey A. Lawrance, & Ellak I. von Nagy‐Felsobuki. (2009). General Principles in Electrospray Mass Spectrometry: A New Technique in Mass Spectral Analysis. 3(2). 115–131. 6 indexed citations
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Burns, Robert C., et al.. (2004). Synthesis and characterization of soluble alkali metal, alkaline earth metal and related Keggin-type [PMo12O40]3− salts for heterogeneous catalysis reactions. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 219(2). 327–342. 15 indexed citations
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Lin, Xiaomei, Robert C. Burns, & Geoffrey A. Lawrance. (2003). Effect of Cadmium(Ii) and Anion Type on the Ageing of Ferrihydrite and its Subsequent Leaching under Neutral and Alkaline Conditions. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 143(1-4). 155–177. 32 indexed citations
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Burns, Robert C., et al.. (2003). Electrospray ionisation mass spectroscopic characterisation of isopolyoxo-niobates and -tantalates. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 351. 69–78. 16 indexed citations
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Burns, Robert C., et al.. (2002). Electrospray identification of new polyoxochromate species. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 332(1). 7–17. 20 indexed citations
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Burns, Robert C., et al.. (2001). Pentapotassium dodecatungstoborate(III) hexadecahydrate. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 57(5). 505–507. 15 indexed citations
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Burns, Robert C., et al.. (2001). Electrospray characterization of perrhenate systems. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 12(10). 1136–1143. 7 indexed citations
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Nolan, Annette L., et al.. (2000). X-Ray Structural Studies of K 6 [Co II W 12 O 40 ]·~16H 2 O and K 5 [Co III W 12 O 40 ]·~16H. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 53(1). 59–66. 21 indexed citations
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Nolan, Annette L., Robert C. Burns, Geoffrey A. Lawrance, & Donald C. Craig. (2000). Octasodium hexatungstomanganate(IV) octadecahydrate. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 56(7). 729–730. 7 indexed citations
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Nolan, Annette L., Robert C. Burns, & Geoffrey A. Lawrance. (1996). Reaction kinetics and mechanism of formation of [H4Co2Mo10O38]6? by peroxomonosulfate oxidation of CoII in the presence of molybdate. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 2629–2629. 26 indexed citations
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Burns, Robert C.. (1982). Self-growth in families : kinetic family drawings (K-F-D) research and application. 28 indexed citations
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Burns, Robert C. & Shachar Kaufman. (1970). Kinetic family drawings (K-F-D): An introduction to understanding children through kinetic drawings.. 102 indexed citations

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