Tony Rector

861 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 728 citations indexed

About

Tony Rector is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tony Rector has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 728 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pollution, 10 papers in Water Science and Technology and 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tony Rector's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (8 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (8 papers) and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (6 papers). Tony Rector is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (8 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (8 papers) and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies (6 papers). Tony Rector collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Poland. Tony Rector's co-authors include Jay L. Garland, Richard F. Strayer, Mary Hummerick, Michael S. Roberts, Lanfang H. Levine, Berrin Tansel, John C. Sager, Jan Bauer, Stanley Starr and Molly Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Membrane Science, Biotechnology and Bioengineering and Separation and Purification Technology.

In The Last Decade

Tony Rector

25 papers receiving 707 citations

Hit Papers

Significance of hydrated radius and hydration shells on i... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Significance of hydrated radius and hydration shells on ionic permeability during nanofiltration in dead end and cross flow modes
    2006 570 citations Berrin Tansel, John C. Sager 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
Tony Rector United States 8 395 339 166 128 111 26 728
Jan Bauer United States 4 324 0.8× 307 0.9× 148 0.9× 111 0.9× 109 1.0× 9 594
Sándor Bárány Hungary 18 438 1.1× 397 1.2× 164 1.0× 110 0.9× 163 1.5× 50 1.2k
Kai Cheng China 16 394 1.0× 217 0.6× 190 1.1× 92 0.7× 102 0.9× 36 947
Hylton McWhinney United States 11 279 0.7× 209 0.6× 105 0.6× 68 0.5× 194 1.7× 19 783
Yan-Fang Guan China 12 324 0.8× 230 0.7× 153 0.9× 57 0.4× 88 0.8× 20 551
Haicheng Guo China 10 288 0.7× 285 0.8× 152 0.9× 63 0.5× 204 1.8× 12 583
Changwoo Kim South Korea 16 233 0.6× 249 0.7× 168 1.0× 76 0.6× 214 1.9× 41 708
L. Cifuentes Chile 15 192 0.5× 361 1.1× 327 2.0× 222 1.7× 161 1.5× 61 813
L. Boels Netherlands 8 348 0.9× 222 0.7× 119 0.7× 224 1.8× 241 2.2× 10 810
Gaoliang Wei China 17 522 1.3× 436 1.3× 191 1.2× 58 0.5× 243 2.2× 33 803

Countries citing papers authored by Tony Rector

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tony Rector

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tony Rector

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Perry, Jay L., et al.. (2015). Process Development for Removal of Siloxanes from ISS Atmosphere. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony, et al.. (2014). An Evaluation of Technology to Remove Problematic Organic Compounds from the International Space Station Potable Water. ThinkTech (Texas Tech University). 4 indexed citations
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Wilson, Mark, et al.. (2013). Investigation of DMSD Trend in the ISS Water Processor Assembly. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 4 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony, et al.. (2013). Performance of a Water Recirculation Loop Maintenance Device and Process for the Advanced Spacesuit Water Membrane Evaporator. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1 indexed citations
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Steele, John, et al.. (2012). Design and Evaluation of a Water Recirculation Loop Maintenance Device for the Advanced Spacesuit Water Membrane Evaporator. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 2 indexed citations
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Steele, John, et al.. (2012). MANAGEMENT OF THE POST-SHUTTLE EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNIT (EMU) WATER CIRCUITS. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1 indexed citations
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Steele, John, et al.. (2011). Performance of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Airlock Coolant Loop Recovery (A/L CLR) Hardware - Final. 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems. 3 indexed citations
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Steele, John, Tony Rector, Daniel B. Gazda, & John A. Lewis. (2009). Performance of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) Airlock Coolant Loop Remediation (A/L CLR) Hardware Phase II. SAE International Journal of Aerospace. 4(1). 503–518. 1 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony, John Steele, & Mark Wilson. (2008). ISS IATCS Coolant Loop Biocide Implementation. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 2 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony, Mary Hummerick, Richard F. Strayer, et al.. (2007). Redox control bioreactor: A unique biological water processor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 99(4). 830–845. 16 indexed citations
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Garland, Jay L., et al.. (2006). A Novel Membrane Bioreactor for Spacecraft Water Recycling. 50. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony, et al.. (2006). Treatment of an Early Planetary Base Wastestream in a Rotating Hollow Fiber Membrane Reactor. 8. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony, Jay L. Garland, & Stanley Starr. (2005). Dispersion characteristics of a rotating hollow fiber membrane bioreactor: Effects of module packing density and rotational frequency. Journal of Membrane Science. 278(1-2). 144–150. 37 indexed citations
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Garland, Jay L., Tony Rector, & Molly Anderson. (2005). The Effects of Alternative Biological Primary Processing Approaches on the Efficiency of an Integrated Water Processing System. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 14 indexed citations
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Tansel, Berrin, John C. Sager, Tony Rector, et al.. (2005). Integrated evaluation of a sequential membrane filtration system for recovery of bioreactor effluent during long space missions. Journal of Membrane Science. 255(1-2). 117–124. 16 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony, Jay L. Garland, Richard F. Strayer, et al.. (2004). Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Novel Gravity Independent Rotating Biological Membrane Reactor. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 19 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony, et al.. (2004). Performance Evaluation of a Submerged-Membrane Bioreactor for Lunar Applications. 354–361. 1 indexed citations
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Strayer, Richard F., et al.. (2004). Design and Initial Tests of a Denitrification Composter to Stabilize Space-Mission Trash. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Rector, Tony & R. Doraiswami. (2002). Design and real implementation of adaptive notch filter. 2. 625–629. 1 indexed citations

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