William A. Phillip

13.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
82 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

William A. Phillip is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Phillip has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 52 papers in Water Science and Technology and 39 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William A. Phillip's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (51 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (37 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (28 papers). William A. Phillip is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (51 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (37 papers) and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (28 papers). William A. Phillip collaborates with scholars based in United States, Philippines and Canada. William A. Phillip's co-authors include Menachem Elimelech, Ngai Yin Yip, Alberto Tiraferri, Jessica D. Schiffman, Marc A. Hillmyer, E. L. Cussler, Bryan W. Boudouris, Brandon J. O’Neill, Yizhou Zhang and Jacob L. Weidman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William A. Phillip

80 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment

2011 5.3k citations William A. Phillip et al. profile →
High Performance Thin-Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membrane

2010 791 citations William A. Phillip et al. profile →
Reverse Draw Solute Permeation in Forward Osmosis: Modeling and Experiments

2010 587 citations William A. Phillip et al. profile →
Relating performance of thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes to support layer formation and structure

2010 520 citations William A. Phillip et al. Journal of Membrane Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Phillip United States	35	8.0k	7.0k	3.0k	2.4k	2.2k	82	11.2k
Shihong Lin United States	62	10.0k 1.2×	8.0k 1.1×	3.7k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	3.7k 1.7×	161	13.2k
Alberto Tiraferri Italy	46	6.3k 0.8×	5.5k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	135	9.0k
Kitty Nijmeijer Netherlands	59	5.9k 0.7×	8.2k 1.2×	8.0k 2.6×	1.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	185	13.6k
Song Zhao China	59	4.5k 0.6×	3.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	3.1k 1.3×	987 0.5×	204	9.9k
Mukhlis A. Rahman Malaysia	50	3.8k 0.5×	2.1k 0.3×	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	320	8.2k
P. M. Biesheuvel Netherlands	61	9.9k 1.2×	13.0k 1.9×	9.1k 3.0×	1.1k 0.5×	804 0.4×	157	16.0k
Cheng Chen China	46	2.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	192	6.1k
Young‐Nam Kwon South Korea	40	4.8k 0.6×	4.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	988 0.4×	414 0.2×	126	6.7k
Jingye Li China	49	2.9k 0.4×	4.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	3.5k 1.5×	823 0.4×	188	9.8k

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Estrada, Laura C., et al.. (2025). Characterizing Transport Properties of Surface Charged Nanofiltration Membranes via Model-Based Data Analytics. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 64(24). 12111–12130. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Tao, Yu‐Sheng Su, John R. Hoffman, et al.. (2024). Designing Phenolphthalein-Based Adsorptive Membranes for the High-Affinity, High-Capacity Capture of Contaminants from Water. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(49). 68262–68272. 2 indexed citations

Dowling, Alexander W., et al.. (2024). Automated membrane characterization: In-situ monitoring of the permeate and retentate solutions using a 3D printed permeate probe device. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 100087–100087. 2 indexed citations

Adams, Stephen, et al.. (2023). Thermodynamics of Li ⁺ –Crown Ether Interactions in Aqueous Solvent. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 127(21). 4624–4631. 6 indexed citations

Park, Bumjun, et al.. (2023). Influence of Solvent Affinity on Transport through Cross-Linked Copolymer Membranes for Organic Solvent Nanofiltration. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 5(9). 6781–6794. 6 indexed citations

Guo, Ruilan & William A. Phillip. (2022). Forum: Polymer Membranes for Precision Separations. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4(11). 7943–7944. 1 indexed citations

Phillip, William A., et al.. (2022). Device for the Acquisition of Dynamic Data Enables the Rapid Characterization of Polymer Membranes. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4(5). 3438–3447. 7 indexed citations

Phillip, William A., et al.. (2022). Design Considerations for Next‐Generation Polymer Sorbents: From Polymer Chemistry to Device Configurations. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 223(16). 12 indexed citations

Braegelman, Adam S., et al.. (2022). Heavy metal removal using structured sorbents 3D printed from carbon nanotube-enriched polymer solutions. Matter. 5(10). 3432–3451. 20 indexed citations

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Phillip, William A., et al.. (2022). Optimal Diafiltration Membrane Cascades Enable Green Recycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(37). 12207–12225. 19 indexed citations

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Liu, Xinhong, et al.. (2021). DATA: Diafiltration Apparatus for high-Throughput Analysis. Journal of Membrane Science. 641. 119743–119743. 12 indexed citations

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Waldman, Ruben Z., Feng Gao, William A. Phillip, & Seth B. Darling. (2021). Maximizing selectivity: An analysis of isoporous membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 633. 119389–119389. 42 indexed citations

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Qian, Xin, Mayur Ostwal, Ayşe Asatekin, et al.. (2021). A critical review and commentary on recent progress of additive manufacturing and its impact on membrane technology. Journal of Membrane Science. 645. 120041–120041. 70 indexed citations

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Hoffman, John R., et al.. (2019). Controlled Postassembly Functionalization of Mesoporous Copolymer Membranes Informed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 1(8). 2120–2130. 3 indexed citations

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Phillip, William A., et al.. (2019). Data science-enabled molecular-to-systems engineering for sustainable water treatment. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 26. 122–130. 27 indexed citations

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Luo, Shuangjiang, et al.. (2018). Facile Synthesis of a Pentiptycene-Based Highly Microporous Organic Polymer for Gas Storage and Water Treatment. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(17). 15174–15182. 65 indexed citations

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Whitmer, Jonathan K., et al.. (2018). Salt permeation mechanisms in charge-patterned mosaic membranes. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 3(6). 959–969. 14 indexed citations

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Gao, Feng, et al.. (2018). Polymeric Ion Pumps: Using an Oscillating Stimulus To Drive Solute Transport in Reactive Membranes. Langmuir. 34(15). 4503–4514. 9 indexed citations

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Weidman, Jacob L., Ryan A. Mulvenna, Bryan W. Boudouris, & William A. Phillip. (2017). Nanoporous Block Polymer Thin Films Functionalized with Bio-Inspired Ligands for the Efficient Capture of Heavy Metal Ions from Water. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(22). 19152–19160. 50 indexed citations

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Phillip, William A., et al.. (2017). Solution self‐assembly behavior of A‐B‐C triblock polymers and the implications for nanoporous membrane fabrication. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 135(24). 4 indexed citations

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