Robert Timms

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Timms is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Timms has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Automotive Engineering, 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 2 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Robert Timms's work include Advanced Battery Technologies Research (12 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (8 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (7 papers). Robert Timms is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Technologies Research (12 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (8 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (7 papers). Robert Timms collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Robert Timms's co-authors include Brian Moss, Valentin Sulzer, S. Jonathan Chapman, Scott G. Marquis, Martin Robinson, Billy Wu, Weilong Ai, Jacqueline Edge, Monica Marinescu and Gregory J. Offer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Journal of Power Sources and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Robert Timms

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Python Battery Mathematical Modelling (PyBaMM) 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Python Battery Mathematical Modelling (PyBaMM)
    2021 254 citations Valentin Sulzer, Scott G. Marquis et al. Journal of Open Research Software profile →
  2. Lithium-ion battery degradation: how to model it
    2022 207 citations Simon E. J. O’Kane, Weilong Ai et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Timms United Kingdom 9 662 624 398 283 190 17 1.2k
Stéphane Le Masson France 16 93 0.1× 107 0.2× 86 0.2× 112 0.4× 47 0.2× 42 890
J.F. Jansen United States 16 101 0.2× 141 0.2× 60 0.2× 69 0.2× 68 0.4× 43 1.1k
Anis Hamza Tunisia 13 74 0.1× 56 0.1× 98 0.2× 72 0.3× 6 0.0× 35 425
Hiroyasu Kobayashi Japan 9 44 0.1× 218 0.3× 58 0.1× 19 0.1× 14 0.1× 53 439
Chunyu Wang China 12 15 0.0× 162 0.3× 49 0.1× 80 0.3× 13 0.1× 42 538
Doug C. H. Yu Taiwan 14 45 0.1× 585 0.9× 14 0.0× 54 0.2× 36 0.2× 31 1.0k
Jung Ho Lee South Korea 16 60 0.1× 477 0.8× 18 0.0× 44 0.2× 3 0.0× 126 866
David Hann United Kingdom 16 141 0.2× 72 0.1× 6 0.0× 94 0.3× 62 0.3× 51 922

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Timms

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Timms

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Timms. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Timms based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Robert Timms. Robert Timms is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Courtier, Nicola E., Colin P. Please, Robert Timms, et al.. (2025). Physics-Based Battery Model Parametrisation from Impedance Data. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 172(6). 60507–60507. 6 indexed citations
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Verbrugge, Mark W., Daniel R. Baker, & Robert Timms. (2024). Electrochemical and Thermal Modeling for the Fast-Charge of Lithium-Ion Batteries with Cocurrent and Countercurrent Tab Connections and the Assessment of Li Plating. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(5). 50507–50507. 4 indexed citations
3.
Jiang, Yang, Niall Kirkaldy, Valentin Sulzer, et al.. (2024). Is silicon worth it? Modelling degradation in composite silicon–graphite lithium-ion battery electrodes. Journal of Power Sources. 606. 234256–234256. 24 indexed citations
4.
Jiang, Yang, Niall Kirkaldy, Valentin Sulzer, et al.. (2023). Coupled electrochemical-thermal-mechanical stress modelling in composite silicon/graphite lithium-ion battery electrodes. Journal of Energy Storage. 73. 108609–108609. 27 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yang, Niall Kirkaldy, Valentin Sulzer, et al.. (2023). Coupled Electrochemical-Thermal-Mechanical Stress Modelling in Composite Silicon/Graphite Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Timms, Robert, et al.. (2023). A mechanical model for reinforced, expanding spirally-wound layered materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 175. 105269–105269. 3 indexed citations
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Planella, Ferran Brosa, Weilong Ai, Adam M. Boyce, et al.. (2022). A continuum of physics-based lithium-ion battery models reviewed. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 4(4). 42003–42003. 111 indexed citations
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Tranter, Thomas G., Robert Timms, Valentin Sulzer, et al.. (2022). liionpack: A Python package for simulating packs of batteries with PyBaMM. The Journal of Open Source Software. 7(70). 4051–4051. 11 indexed citations
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O’Kane, Simon E. J., Weilong Ai, Diego Alonso‐Álvarez, et al.. (2022). Lithium-ion battery degradation: how to model it. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(13). 7909–7922. 207 indexed citations breakdown →
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Timms, Robert, et al.. (2022). Homogenization of Spirally Wound High-Contrast Layered Materials. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. 82(1). 168–193. 3 indexed citations
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Sulzer, Valentin, Scott G. Marquis, Robert Timms, Martin Robinson, & S. Jonathan Chapman. (2021). Python Battery Mathematical Modelling (PyBaMM). Journal of Open Research Software. 9(1). 14–14. 254 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tranter, Thomas G., Robert Timms, Thomas M. M. Heenan, et al.. (2020). Probing Heterogeneity in Li-Ion Batteries with Coupled Multiscale Models of Electrochemistry and Thermal Transport using Tomographic Domains. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(11). 110538–110538. 41 indexed citations
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Tranter, Thomas G., Robert Timms, Paul R. Shearing, & Dan J. L. Brett. (2020). Communication—Prediction of Thermal Issues for Larger Format 4680 Cylindrical Cells and Their Mitigation with Enhanced Current Collection. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(16). 160544–160544. 56 indexed citations
14.
Timms, Robert & Richard Purvis. (2019). A boundary layer analysis for the initiation of reactive shear bands. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 475(2226). 20180899–20180899. 1 indexed citations
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Timms, Robert, et al.. (2018). A mechanism for hot-spot generation in a reactive two-dimensional sheared viscous layer. Combustion Theory and Modelling. 22(3). 554–584. 4 indexed citations
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Bhattacharya, Sati N., et al.. (2003). The influence of hormitic clay on the time dependent properties of formulated gypsum plaster pastes. Journal of Materials Science. 38(18). 3871–3875. 2 indexed citations
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