W. F. McDevit

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

W. F. McDevit is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Filtration and Separation and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. F. McDevit has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 2 papers in Filtration and Separation and 2 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. F. McDevit's work include Polymer crystallization and properties (3 papers), Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (2 papers) and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2 papers). W. F. McDevit is often cited by papers focused on Polymer crystallization and properties (3 papers), Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (2 papers) and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2 papers). W. F. McDevit collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. F. McDevit's co-authors include F. A. Long and Bernard D. Coleman and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. F. McDevit

8 papers receiving 913 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.

Activity Coefficients of Nonelectrolyte Solutes in Aqueous Salt Solutions.

1952 649 citations F. A. Long, W. F. McDevit Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. F. McDevit United States	6	372	242	239	200	185	8	1.0k
J. E. Prue United Kingdom	18	436 1.2×	237 1.0×	257 1.1×	196 1.0×	137 0.7×	51	1.2k
O. D. Bonner United States	21	475 1.3×	402 1.7×	296 1.2×	252 1.3×	246 1.3×	99	1.5k
John E. Gordon United States	14	144 0.4×	108 0.4×	340 1.4×	168 0.8×	252 1.4×	40	961
C. B. Monk United Kingdom	17	387 1.0×	127 0.5×	159 0.7×	165 0.8×	138 0.7×	69	890
Maya Paabo United States	18	248 0.7×	71 0.3×	396 1.7×	292 1.5×	396 2.1×	51	1.6k
Orest Popovych Ukraine	17	440 1.2×	215 0.9×	234 1.0×	104 0.5×	157 0.8×	29	898
James J. Lingane United States	24	128 0.3×	46 0.2×	238 1.0×	320 1.6×	171 0.9×	78	2.1k
T. Mussini Italy	21	1.0k 2.8×	378 1.6×	451 1.9×	276 1.4×	419 2.3×	105	2.1k
E. W. Anacker United States	19	232 0.6×	207 0.9×	985 4.1×	216 1.1×	297 1.6×	36	1.5k
V.E. Bower United States	17	489 1.3×	242 1.0×	158 0.7×	161 0.8×	73 0.4×	35	1.1k

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Coleman, Bernard D., et al.. (1958). The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Creep Failure for 66 Nylon. Textile Research Journal. 28(5). 393–399. 12 indexed citations

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McDevit, W. F., et al.. (1957). Kinetics of Spherulite Growth in High Polymers. Journal of Applied Physics. 28(10). 1101–1105. 101 indexed citations

3.

McDevit, W. F., et al.. (1956). Growth of spherulites from supercooled polymer melts. Journal of Polymer Science. 20(94). 211–213. 5 indexed citations

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McDevit, W. F. & F. A. Long. (1952). The Self-Interaction of Mandelic Acid as Determined from Solubilities in Salt Solutions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(4). 1090–1091. 4 indexed citations

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Long, F. A. & W. F. McDevit. (1952). Activity Coefficients of Nonelectrolyte Solutes in Aqueous Salt Solutions.. Chemical Reviews. 51(1). 119–169. 649 indexed citations breakdown →

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McDevit, W. F. & F. A. Long. (1952). The Activity Coefficient of Benzene in Aqueous Salt Solutions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(7). 1773–1777. 249 indexed citations

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Long, F. A., et al.. (1951). Salt Effects on the Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of γ-Butyrolactone. I. Chemical Activity and Equilibrium.. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 55(6). 813–829. 16 indexed citations

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Long, F. A., et al.. (1951). Salt Effects on the Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of γ-Butyrolactone. II. Kinetics and the Reaction Mechanism.. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 55(6). 829–842. 9 indexed citations

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