Shabnam Virji

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Shabnam Virji is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Bioengineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shabnam Virji has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 11 papers in Bioengineering and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shabnam Virji's work include Conducting polymers and applications (13 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (11 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (10 papers). Shabnam Virji is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (13 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (11 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (10 papers). Shabnam Virji collaborates with scholars based in United States. Shabnam Virji's co-authors include Bruce H. Weiller, Richard B. Kaner, Jiaxing Huang, Jesse D. Fowler, Christina O. Baker, Robert W. Kojima, Richard G. Blair, Tanya Faltens, Sarah H. Tolbert and Randy M. Villahermosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Shabnam Virji

14 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Polyaniline Nanofibers:  Facile Synthesis and Chemical Se... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2004 2004 400 800 1.2k
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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. Polyaniline Nanofibers:  Facile Synthesis and Chemical Sensors
    2002 1.5k citations Jiaxing Huang, Shabnam Virji et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Polyaniline Nanofiber Gas Sensors:  Examination of Response Mechanisms
    2004 963 citations Shabnam Virji, Jiaxing Huang et al. Nano Letters profile →
  3. Nanostructured Polyaniline Sensors
    2004 463 citations Jiaxing Huang, Shabnam Virji et al. Chemistry - A European Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shabnam Virji United States 11 3.0k 2.3k 1.8k 1.1k 469 14 3.7k
Wataru Takashima Japan 38 2.8k 0.9× 2.5k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 910 0.8× 352 0.8× 169 4.3k
Claude Chevrot France 35 2.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 531 0.5× 427 0.9× 145 3.6k
Wu‐Song Huang United States 19 3.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 389 0.8× 56 4.0k
Harald Pielartzik Germany 5 2.6k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 431 0.4× 342 0.7× 9 3.1k
J. Chiang United States 10 3.8k 1.3× 2.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 417 0.9× 11 4.2k
Carita Kvarnström Finland 27 2.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 838 0.5× 599 0.5× 679 1.4× 138 3.3k
S. Aeiyach France 30 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 798 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 298 0.6× 108 3.5k
Tom Lindfors Finland 36 1.6k 0.5× 2.1k 0.9× 712 0.4× 1.9k 1.7× 303 0.6× 70 3.0k
Renyuan Qian China 25 1.8k 0.6× 995 0.4× 468 0.3× 735 0.6× 313 0.7× 111 2.4k
Ali Çırpan Türkiye 30 2.7k 0.9× 2.5k 1.1× 622 0.4× 327 0.3× 368 0.8× 140 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shabnam Virji

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shabnam Virji

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Fowler, Jesse D., Shabnam Virji, Richard B. Kaner, & Bruce H. Weiller. (2009). Hydrogen Detection by Polyaniline Nanofibers on Gold and Platinum Electrodes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113(16). 6444–6449. 57 indexed citations
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Virji, Shabnam, et al.. (2009). Polyaniline nanofiber composites with amines: Novel materials for phosgene detection. Nano Research. 2(2). 135–142. 88 indexed citations
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Virji, Shabnam, Robert W. Kojima, Jesse D. Fowler, Richard B. Kaner, & Bruce H. Weiller. (2009). Polyaniline Nanofiber−Metal Salt Composite Materials for Arsine Detection. Chemistry of Materials. 21(14). 3056–3061. 21 indexed citations
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Villahermosa, Randy M., Bruce H. Weiller, Shabnam Virji, & David P. Taylor. (2008). Managing contamination-enhanced Laser Induced Damage (CLID). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7069. 706908–706908. 2 indexed citations
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Blair, Richard G., Tanya Faltens, Richard B. Kaner, et al.. (2008). Construction of a Polyaniline Nanofiber Gas Sensor. Journal of Chemical Education. 85(8). 1102–1102. 37 indexed citations
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Virji, Shabnam, Richard B. Kaner, & Bruce H. Weiller. (2006). Hydrogen Sensors Based on Conductivity Changes in Polyaniline Nanofibers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110(44). 22266–22270. 210 indexed citations
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Virji, Shabnam, Richard B. Kaner, & Bruce H. Weiller. (2006). Direct Electrical Measurement of the Conversion of Metal Acetates to Metal Sulfides by Hydrogen Sulfide. Inorganic Chemistry. 45(26). 10467–10471. 29 indexed citations
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Virji, Shabnam, Jesse D. Fowler, Christina O. Baker, et al.. (2005). Polyaniline Nanofiber Composites with Metal Salts: Chemical Sensors for Hydrogen Sulfide. Small. 1(6). 624–627. 190 indexed citations
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Weiller, Bruce H., Shabnam Virji, Christina O. Baker, et al.. (2005). Polyaniline Nanofibers and Composite Materials for Chemical Detection. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 2(2005). 281–284. 1 indexed citations
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Virji, Shabnam, Richard B. Kaner, & Bruce H. Weiller. (2005). Hydrazine Detection by Polyaniline Using Fluorinated Alcohol Additives. Chemistry of Materials. 17(5). 1256–1260. 147 indexed citations
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Virji, Shabnam, Jiaxing Huang, Richard B. Kaner, & Bruce H. Weiller. (2004). Polyaniline Nanofibers as Gas Sensors: Response to Classes of Vapors and Comparison to Thin Films. Nano Letters. 4. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Jiaxing, Shabnam Virji, Bruce H. Weiller, & Richard B. Kaner. (2004). Nanostructured Polyaniline Sensors. Chemistry - A European Journal. 10(6). 1314–1319. 463 indexed citations breakdown →
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Virji, Shabnam, Jiaxing Huang, Richard B. Kaner, & Bruce H. Weiller. (2004). Polyaniline Nanofiber Gas Sensors:  Examination of Response Mechanisms. Nano Letters. 4(3). 491–496. 963 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Jiaxing, Shabnam Virji, Bruce H. Weiller, & Richard B. Kaner. (2002). Polyaniline Nanofibers:  Facile Synthesis and Chemical Sensors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(2). 314–315. 1467 indexed citations breakdown →

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