Thomas H. Epps

10.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
165 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas H. Epps is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas H. Epps has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Materials Chemistry, 56 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 46 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas H. Epps's work include Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (57 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (39 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (25 papers). Thomas H. Epps is often cited by papers focused on Block Copolymer Self-Assembly (57 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (39 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (25 papers). Thomas H. Epps collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belarus. Thomas H. Epps's co-authors include Julie Albert, Wen‐Shiue Young, LaShanda T. J. Korley, Rachel K. O’Reilly, Frank S. Bates, Travis S. Bailey, Wei‐Fan Kuan, Brent S. Sumerlin, Ming Luo and Brett A. Helms and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thomas H. Epps

159 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Toward polymer upcycling—adding ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2021 2013 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Toward polymer upcycling—adding value and tackling circularity
    2021 525 citations LaShanda T. J. Korley, Thomas H. Epps et al. profile →
  2. Stimuli responsive materials
    2013 428 citations Brent S. Sumerlin, Thomas H. Epps et al. profile →
  3. Fibre-based composites from the integration of metal–organic frameworks and polymers
    2021 232 citations Thomas H. Epps et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas H. Epps United States 50 3.9k 3.1k 2.7k 2.0k 1.9k 165 9.1k
Apostolos Avgeropoulos Greece 42 3.4k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 247 6.3k
Nathaniel A. Lynd United States 43 1.8k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 921 0.5× 125 6.2k
Daniel Crespy Thailand 51 3.2k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 781 0.4× 2.4k 1.3× 244 8.3k
Cor E. Koning Netherlands 47 2.7k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 2.8k 1.1× 713 0.4× 2.2k 1.2× 143 7.8k
Xiaoyu Huang China 46 2.8k 0.7× 4.0k 1.3× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 289 7.8k
Toshifumi Satoh Japan 50 2.4k 0.6× 5.3k 1.7× 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 397 9.5k
Katja Loos Netherlands 49 1.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 961 0.5× 2.7k 1.5× 273 8.7k
Mehdi Salami‐Kalajahi Iran 48 3.6k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 316 8.0k
Andrij Pich Germany 51 2.8k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 821 0.4× 3.1k 1.7× 346 9.7k
Bruno Améduri France 49 3.4k 0.9× 4.3k 1.4× 3.4k 1.3× 2.1k 1.0× 3.1k 1.7× 370 11.2k

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All Works

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Grunlan, Melissa A., LaShanda T. J. Korley, Qinghuang Lin, et al.. (2025). PMSE Centennial: Celebration of Success and New Frontiers in Polymer Materials Science and Engineering. ACS Macro Letters. 14(10). 1465–1475.
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Gottlieb, Eric, et al.. (2025). Toward Sustainable Materials: From Lignocellulosic Biomass to High-Performance Polymers. Accounts of Materials Research. 6(3). 316–326. 5 indexed citations
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Epps, Thomas H., et al.. (2024). Hydrogenolysis of Poly(Ethylene‐co‐Vinyl Alcohol) and Related Polymer Blends over Ruthenium Heterogeneous Catalysts. ChemSusChem. 17(18). e202400238–e202400238. 3 indexed citations
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Kots, Pavel A., Zachary R. Hinton, Thomas H. Epps, et al.. (2024). Effect of reaction media on hydrogenolysis of polyethylene plastic waste: Polymer-surface interactions in small alkane/polymer blends. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 351. 123969–123969. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinglin, et al.. (2024). Lignin-derivable alternatives to bisphenol A with potentially undetectable estrogenic activity and minimal developmental toxicity. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 190. 114787–114787. 5 indexed citations
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O’Dea, Robert M., et al.. (2024). Toward Circular Recycling of Polyurethanes: Depolymerization and Recovery of Isocyanates. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 1471–1479. 19 indexed citations
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Hinton, Zachary R., Renjing Huang, Thomas H. Epps, et al.. (2024). Increase in the effective viscosity of polyethylene under extreme nanoconfinement. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(2). 6 indexed citations
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Schyns, Zoé O. G., Yuqing Luo, Marianthi Ierapetritou, et al.. (2024). Analyses of circular solutions for advanced plastics waste recycling. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1(10). 615–626. 37 indexed citations
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Balzer, Alex H., et al.. (2023). Fibril size control, tensile strength, and electrical properties of cyclic polyacetylene. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 195. 105810–105810. 3 indexed citations
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Yap, Glenn P. A., et al.. (2023). Monitoring the Solution Persistence of Porous Coordination Cages with Diffusion NMR Spectroscopy and Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(5). 2379–2386. 3 indexed citations
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Luo, Yuqing, Robert M. O’Dea, Sunitha Sadula, et al.. (2022). A Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Model of a Yellow Poplar Forest Residue Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Biorefinery. Environmental Engineering Science. 39(10). 821–833. 12 indexed citations
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O’Dea, Robert M., Yuqing Luo, Elvis Osamudiamhen Ebikade, et al.. (2022). Ambient-pressure lignin valorization to high-performance polymers by intensified reductive catalytic deconstruction. Science Advances. 8(3). eabj7523–eabj7523. 51 indexed citations
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Knauer, Katrina M., Joshua C. Speros, Daniel A. Savin, et al.. (2021). Entrepreneurship in Polymer Chemistry. ACS Macro Letters. 10(7). 864–872. 3 indexed citations
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Bassett, Alexander W., et al.. (2020). Dual‐functional, aromatic, epoxy‐methacrylate monomers from bio‐based feedstocks and their respective epoxy‐functional thermoplastics. Journal of Polymer Science. 58(5). 673–682. 9 indexed citations
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Sung, Seung Hyun, et al.. (2019). Enhanced Conductivity via Homopolymer-Rich Pathways in Block Polymer-Blended Electrolytes. Macromolecules. 52(24). 9682–9692. 30 indexed citations
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Gartner, Thomas E., et al.. (2018). Quantifying Lithium Salt and Polymer Density Distributions in Nanostructured Ion-Conducting Block Polymers. Macromolecules. 51(5). 1917–1926. 43 indexed citations

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