William J. Orts

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
195 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

William J. Orts is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Orts has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Biomaterials, 62 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 39 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in William J. Orts's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (57 papers), Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (35 papers) and Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (29 papers). William J. Orts is often cited by papers focused on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (57 papers), Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (35 papers) and Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (29 papers). William J. Orts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. William J. Orts's co-authors include Gregory M. Glenn, L. H. C. Mattoso, Eliton S. Medeiros, Delilah F. Wood, Bor‐Sen Chiou, Syed H. Imam, Artur P. Klamczynski, Susan Krueger, Morsyleide de Freitas Rosa and Kay S. Gregorski and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Orts

191 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Cellulose nanowhiskers from coconut husk fibers: Effect of preparation conditions on their thermal and morphological behavior

2010 847 citations Eliton S. Medeiros, Delilah F. Wood et al. Carbohydrate Polymers profile →
The 30 m Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instruments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

1998 589 citations William J. Orts et al. profile →
Solution blow spinning: A new method to produce micro‐ and nanofibers from polymer solutions

2009 577 citations Eliton S. Medeiros, Gregory M. Glenn et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
William J. Orts	5.3k	3.0k	2.3k	982	981	195	9.6k
Edvani C. Muniz	5.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.2×	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	712 0.7×	318	12.1k
Adley F. Rubira	3.8k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	557 0.6×	266	9.5k
Sunkyu Park	3.6k 0.7×	5.5k 1.8×	799 0.3×	757 0.8×	990 1.0×	163	9.3k
Lucian A. Lucia	8.0k 1.5×	5.8k 1.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.7×	711 0.7×	361	13.7k
Antje Potthast	6.7k 1.3×	5.4k 1.8×	1.1k 0.5×	865 0.9×	911 0.9×	418	11.7k
Thomas Rosenau	6.6k 1.3×	5.4k 1.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	519	12.9k
R. H. Marchessault	6.8k 1.3×	1.8k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	956 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	218	10.9k
Costas Panayiotou	3.5k 0.7×	3.6k 1.2×	3.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	250 0.3×	230	10.3k
Bin Li	5.0k 0.9×	5.2k 1.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 2.1×	1.1k 1.1×	420	12.6k
Jacques Desbrières	4.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	161	9.3k

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Wood, Delilah F., Tina Williams, Artur P. Klamczynski, et al.. (2025). Bioplastics from Shellfish Waste: Tuning the Tensile and Solubility Properties of Chitosan Films. ACS Sustainable Resource Management. 2(2). 294–302. 2 indexed citations

Scholes, Rachel C., et al.. (2024). Antimicrobial, Preservative, and Hazard Assessments from Eight Chemical Classes. ACS Omega. 9(16). 17869–17877. 3 indexed citations

Glenn, Gregory M., Gustavo Henrique Denzin Tonoli, Luiz Everson da Silva, et al.. (2024). Effect of Starch and Paperboard Reinforcing Structures on Insulative Fiber Foam Composites. Polymers. 16(7). 911–911. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Jong H., Kathleen L. Chan, William Hart‐Cooper, et al.. (2024). The Inhibitory Activity of Salicylaldehyde Compounds on Aspergillus Species and Their Effects on Aflatoxin Production and Crop Seed Germination. Applied Sciences. 14(21). 10000–10000. 1 indexed citations

Glenn, Gregory M., William J. Orts, Artur Klamczynski, et al.. (2023). Compression molded cellulose fiber foams. Cellulose. 30(6). 3489–3503. 10 indexed citations

Orts, William J., et al.. (2023). Protonation of Surface Carboxyls on Rice Straw Cellulose Nanofibrils: Effect on the Aerogel Structure, Modulus, Strength, and Wet Resiliency. Biomacromolecules. 24(5). 2052–2062. 6 indexed citations

Kim, Jong H., Kathleen L. Chan, William Hart‐Cooper, Jeffrey D. Palumbo, & William J. Orts. (2023). High-efficiency fungal pathogen intervention for seed protection: new utility of long-chain alkyl gallates as heat-sensitizing agents. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1 indexed citations

Rossomme, Elliot, William Hart‐Cooper, William J. Orts, Colleen McMahan, & Martin Head‐Gordon. (2023). Computational Studies of Rubber Ozonation Explain the Effectiveness of 6PPD as an Antidegradant and the Mechanism of Its Quinone Formation. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(13). 5216–5230. 46 indexed citations

Orts, William J., et al.. (2023). Polyhydroxyalkanoate production in Pseudomonas putida from alkanoic acids of varying lengths. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0284377–e0284377. 8 indexed citations

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Kim, Jong H., Kathleen L. Chan, William Hart‐Cooper, et al.. (2023). Valorizing Tree-Nutshell Particles as Delivery Vehicles for a Natural Herbicide. Methods and Protocols. 7(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Wood, Delilah F., et al.. (2023). Garbage to Nanocellulose: Quantitative Isolation and Characterization of Steam-Treated Carboxymethyl Holocellulose Nanofibrils from Municipal Solid Waste. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(7). 2727–2736. 6 indexed citations

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Orts, William J., et al.. (2022). Cellulose and Lignocellulose Nanofibrils and Amphiphilic and Wet-Resilient Aerogels with Concurrent Sugar Extraction from Almond Hulls. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology. 3(1). 140–151. 6 indexed citations

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Napoli, Alfredo, Maria Lúcia Bianchi, Jordão Cabral Moulin, et al.. (2019). Massaranduba Sawdust: A Potential Source of Charcoal and Activated Carbon. Polymers. 11(8). 1276–1276. 24 indexed citations

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Tonoli, Gustavo Henrique Denzin, Mário Guimarães, Alessandra de Souza Fonseca, et al.. (2019). CELLULOSE SHEETS MADE FROM MICRO/NANOFIBRILLATED FIBERS OF BAMBOO, JUTE AND EUCALYPTUS CELLULOSE PULPS. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology. 53(3-4). 291–305. 1 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Maria Lúcia, et al.. (2017). Renewable hybrid nanocatalyst from magnetite and cellulose for treatment of textile effluents. Carbohydrate Polymers. 163. 101–107. 40 indexed citations

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Medeiros, Eliton S., Richard D. Offeman, Artur P. Klamczynski, et al.. (2014). Synthesis, Characterization and Nanocomposite Formation of Poly(glycerol succinate-co-maleate) with Nanocrystalline Cellulose. Journal of environmental polymer degradation. 22(2). 219–226. 25 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Juliano Elvis de, L. H. C. Mattoso, William J. Orts, & Eliton S. Medeiros. (2013). Structural and Morphological Characterization of Micro and Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning and Solution Blow Spinning: A Comparative Study. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2013. 1–14. 189 indexed citations

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Glenn, Gregory M., Syed H. Imam, & William J. Orts. (2011). Starch-based foam composite materials: Processing and bioproducts. MRS Bulletin. 36(9). 696–702. 16 indexed citations

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Orts, William J., Geoffrey A. R. Nobes, Jumpei Kawada, et al.. (2008). Poly(hydroxyalkanoates): Biorefinery polymers with a whole range of applications. The work of Robert H. Marchessault. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 86(6). 628–640. 32 indexed citations

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Orts, William J., R.E. Sojka, Gregory M. Glenn, & Richard A. Gross. (1999). Preventing soil erosion with polymer additives. Northwest Irrigation & Soils Research Laboratory Publications (United States Department of Agriculture). 33 indexed citations

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