Thomas K. Miwa

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas K. Miwa is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas K. Miwa has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Spectroscopy, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Thomas K. Miwa's work include Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (7 papers), Natural Products and Biological Research (4 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (4 papers). Thomas K. Miwa is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (7 papers), Natural Products and Biological Research (4 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (4 papers). Thomas K. Miwa collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Thomas K. Miwa's co-authors include I. A. Wolff, F. R. Earle, K. L. Mikolajczak, C. R. Smith, Gayland F. Spencer, Quentin Jones, M. O. Bagby, Rolland Lohmar, Ronald D. Plattner and Thomas D. Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Chemistry, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Journal of Applied Polymer Science.

In The Last Decade

Thomas K. Miwa

26 papers receiving 993 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.

Gas chromatographic characterization of fatty acids.Identification constants for mono- and dicarboxylic methyl esters

1960 397 citations Thomas K. Miwa, K. L. Mikolajczak et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas K. Miwa United States	15	387	264	218	216	192	27	1.2k
F. B. Padley United Kingdom	14	493 1.3×	203 0.8×	265 1.2×	247 1.1×	383 2.0×	22	1.6k
R. W. Riemenschneider United States	19	473 1.2×	307 1.2×	366 1.7×	201 0.9×	281 1.5×	43	1.7k
S. F. Herb United States	22	478 1.2×	297 1.1×	361 1.7×	226 1.0×	457 2.4×	54	1.8k
F. E. Luddy United States	15	455 1.2×	170 0.6×	332 1.5×	104 0.5×	267 1.4×	31	1.3k
P. Magidman United States	13	313 0.8×	197 0.7×	282 1.3×	138 0.6×	211 1.1×	31	984
Akira SHIBAHARA Japan	16	421 1.1×	115 0.4×	198 0.9×	123 0.6×	113 0.6×	50	984
Eberhard Lorbeer Austria	19	235 0.6×	229 0.9×	70 0.3×	324 1.5×	123 0.6×	45	1.0k
Cecil D. Bannon France	10	132 0.3×	163 0.6×	98 0.4×	137 0.6×	121 0.6×	11	690
W. K. Rohwedder United States	15	196 0.5×	179 0.7×	108 0.5×	147 0.7×	84 0.4×	21	823
Folahan O. Ayorinde United States	21	424 1.1×	404 1.5×	54 0.2×	169 0.8×	136 0.7×	52	1.2k

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Miwa, Thomas K.. (1984). Structural determination and uses of jojoba oil. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 61(2). 407–410. 50 indexed citations

Miwa, Thomas K., et al.. (1979). Extreme—Pressure lubricant tests on jojoba and sperm whale oils. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 56(8). 765–770. 20 indexed citations

Miwa, Thomas K., et al.. (1979). Allyl esters of crambe‐derived long‐chain fatty acids and their polymers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 24(2). 441–454. 7 indexed citations

Miyagawa, Masayoshi, Thomas K. Miwa, & Gayland F. Spencer. (1979). Fatty acid composition of oil in snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 56(9). 834–836. 6 indexed citations

Simpson, Thomas D. & Thomas K. Miwa. (1977). X‐ray study of hydrogenated jojoba wax. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 54(2). 14 indexed citations

Hamilton, Richard, et al.. (1975). Structure of the alcohols derived from wax esters in jojoba oil. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 14(1). 92–96. 15 indexed citations

Miwa, Thomas K.. (1972). Gas chromatograms of synthetic liquid waxes prepared from seed triglycerides of limnanthes, crambe and lunaria. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 49(11). 673–674. 6 indexed citations

Miwa, Thomas K., et al.. (1972). Brassidic acid: Preparation from erucic acid and mechanism of elaidinization. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 49(7). 422–425. 7 indexed citations

Miwa, Thomas K.. (1971). Jojoba oil wax esters and derived fatty acids and alcohols: Gas chromatographic analyses. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 48(6). 259–264. 148 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K., et al.. (1969). Reactivity ratios for copolymerization of vinyl chloride with 2‐methylpentyl vinyl brassylate by computerized linearization. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-1 Polymer Chemistry. 7(2). 471–477. 2 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K.. (1969). Gas-chromatographic characterization by equivalent degree of polymerization and incremental equivalent chain length constants. Application to poly(ethylene glycol) and ethylene glycol derivatives. Analytical Chemistry. 41(2). 307–310. 5 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K., et al.. (1968). Preparation and evaluation of surface‐active brassylic acid‐ethylene oxide adducts. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 45(3). 159–164. 5 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K., et al.. (1967). Alkyl vinyl esters of brassylic (tridecanedioic) acid. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-1 Polymer Chemistry. 5(10). 2547–2556. 3 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K., W. F. Kwolek, & I. A. Wolff. (1966). Quantitative determination of unsaturation in oils by using an automatic‐titrating hydrogenator. Lipids. 1(2). 152–157. 10 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K. & I. A. Wolff. (1963). Fatty acids, fatty alcohols, wax esters, and methyl esters fromCrambe abyssinica andLunaria annua seed oils. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 40(12). 742–744. 20 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K., et al.. (1963). Fatty acid composition of maturingVernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd. seeds. dihydroxyoleic acid舒A possible precursor of epoxyoleic acid. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 40(6). 225–229. 23 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K.. (1963). Identification of peaks in gas‐liquid chromatography. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. 40(7). 309–313. 107 indexed citations

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Bagby, M. O., C. R. Smith, Thomas K. Miwa, Rolland Lohmar, & I. A. Wolff. (1961). A Unique Fatty Acid from Limnanthes douglasii Seed Oil: The C₂₂ Diene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26(4). 1261–1265. 44 indexed citations

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Smith, C. R., M. O. Bagby, Thomas K. Miwa, Rolland Lohmar, & I. A. Wolff. (1960). Unique Fatty Acids from Limnanthes douglasii Seed Oil: The C₂₀- and C₂₂-Monoenes². The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 25(10). 1770–1774. 44 indexed citations

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Miwa, Thomas K., K. L. Mikolajczak, F. R. Earle, & I. A. Wolff. (1960). Gas chromatographic characterization of fatty acids.Identification constants for mono- and dicarboxylic methyl esters. Analytical Chemistry. 32(13). 1739–1742. 397 indexed citations breakdown →

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