S. C. Thomas

931 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

S. C. Thomas is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, S. C. Thomas has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Materials Chemistry, 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in S. C. Thomas's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (4 papers), Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (4 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (4 papers). S. C. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (4 papers), Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (4 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (4 papers). S. C. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. S. C. Thomas's co-authors include Xiao‐Ming Ren, S. Gottesfeld, John Davey, Piotr Zelenay, Viola Birss, D. Fraser Steele, Ashakiran Maibam, C. P. Vinod and Anthony Petric and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Journal of Power Sources and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

S. C. Thomas

8 papers receiving 755 citations

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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.

Recent advances in direct methanol fuel cells at Los Alamos National Laboratory

2000 632 citations Xiao‐Ming Ren, Piotr Zelenay et al. Journal of Power Sources profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. C. Thomas Canada	6	653	591	279	143	89	10	788
Soo-Kil Kim South Korea	14	750 1.1×	728 1.2×	209 0.7×	124 0.9×	41 0.5×	17	906
Madeleine Odgaard Denmark	19	775 1.2×	774 1.3×	254 0.9×	86 0.6×	37 0.4×	32	908
Yu‐Min Tsou United States	11	513 0.8×	343 0.6×	162 0.6×	126 0.9×	106 1.2×	15	613
Bernhard Andreaus Switzerland	10	522 0.8×	415 0.7×	180 0.6×	55 0.4×	44 0.5×	12	590
I. V. Pushkareva Russia	15	577 0.9×	415 0.7×	213 0.8×	49 0.3×	37 0.4×	36	756
Kevin Michael Colbow Canada	3	686 1.1×	610 1.0×	217 0.8×	51 0.4×	35 0.4×	4	734
Marian Chatenet France	12	698 1.1×	816 1.4×	423 1.5×	115 0.8×	38 0.4×	13	974
G. T. Frank United States	5	580 0.9×	534 0.9×	133 0.5×	64 0.4×	33 0.4×	5	680
Dominik Seeberger Germany	11	650 1.0×	537 0.9×	228 0.8×	73 0.5×	30 0.3×	13	793
F. Bidault United Kingdom	8	463 0.7×	398 0.7×	193 0.7×	54 0.4×	28 0.3×	8	622

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. C. Thomas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. C. Thomas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. C. Thomas 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 S. C. Thomas. S. C. Thomas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Maibam, Ashakiran, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the Cu-Co nanoparticle synergy over Ceria-Zirconia support toward efficient reverse water gas shift (RWGS) conversion under H2 lean conditions. Chemical Engineering Journal. 508. 160705–160705. 9 indexed citations

2.

Birss, Viola, Anthony Petric, & S. C. Thomas. (2011). Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Canada NSERC Strategic Research Network. ECS Transactions. 35(1). 31–41. 1 indexed citations

3.

Ren, Xiao‐Ming, Piotr Zelenay, S. C. Thomas, John Davey, & S. Gottesfeld. (2000). Recent advances in direct methanol fuel cells at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Journal of Power Sources. 86(1-2). 111–116. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, S. C., Xiao‐Ming Ren, & S. Gottesfeld. (1999). Influence of Ionomer Content in Catalyst Layers on Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 146(12). 4354–4359. 117 indexed citations

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Thomas, S. C.. (1998). Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: Catalyst Ionomer Content and Anode Performance. ECS Proceedings Volumes. 1998-27(1). 267–279.

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Thomas, S. C.. (1998). Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: Cathode Evaluation and Optimization. ECS Proceedings Volumes. 1998-27(1). 327–340.

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Thomas, S. C. & Viola Birss. (1997). Oxide Film Formation at a Microcrystalline Al Alloy in Room Temperature Neutral Borate Solution. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 144(2). 558–566. 3 indexed citations

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Thomas, S. C. & Viola Birss. (1997). Oxide Film Formation on a Microcrystalline Al Alloy in Sulfuric Acid. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 144(4). 1353–1361. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, S. C., et al.. (1995). Electrochemical and microstructural study of oxide films formed electrochemically at microcrystalline al‐fe‐v‐si alloys. Microscopy Research and Technique. 31(4). 285–292. 5 indexed citations

10.

Birss, Viola, et al.. (1995). Electrochemical and transmission electron microscopic characterization of metal oxide films. Electrochimica Acta. 40(10). 1551–1560. 11 indexed citations

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