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Paul I. Barton

Paul I. Barton

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
66
Citations
13543
World Ranking
1449
National Ranking
476

Paul I. Barton publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul I. Barton sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 310 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Paul I. Barton D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul I. Barton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul I. Barton is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on control and systems engineering, computational theory and mathematics, and mechanical engineering, among other subfields.

Their research spans several topics related to optimization, thermodynamics, and sustainability. These main topics include:

  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research
  • Optimization and Variational Analysis
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics

Paul I. Barton has published in various academic venues, frequently appearing in the journal Energy, with additional contributions to the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, arXiv (Cornell University), and Chemical Engineering Science.

Recent papers authored by or coauthored with Paul I. Barton include:

  • Optimization of a dual mixed refrigerant process using a nonsmooth approach, 2020, Energy
  • Global optimization of a hybrid waste tire and natural gas feedstock polygeneration system, 2022, Energy
  • Evaluating economic feasibility of liquid air energy storage systems in US and European markets, 2024, Energy
  • Production of biofuels from sunlight and lignocellulosic sugars using microbial consortia, 2021, Chemical Engineering Science
  • Multiple Steady States and Nonsmooth Bifurcations in Dry and Vaporless Distillation Columns, 2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Truls Gundersen
  • Avinash Shankar Rammohan Subramanian
  • Thomas A. Adams
  • Shaylin A. Cetegen
  • Suzane M. Cavalcanti

Their research is primarily situated within engineering disciplines, addressing complex challenges in optimization and energy systems through theoretical and applied approaches.

Best Publications

  • End‐to‐End Continuous Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals: Integrated Synthesis, Purification, and Final Dosage Formation

    Salvatore Mascia;Patrick L. Heider;Haitao Zhang;Richard Lakerveld

  • Economic Analysis of Integrated Continuous and Batch Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: A Case Study

    Spencer D. Schaber;Dimitrios I. Gerogiorgis;Rohit Ramachandran;James M. B. Evans

  • Modeling of combined discrete/continuous processes

    P. I. Barton;C. C. Pantelides

  • Efficient sensitivity analysis of large-scale differential-algebraic systems

    William F. Feehery;John E. Tolsma;Paul I. Barton

  • McCormick-Based Relaxations of Algorithms

    Alexander Mitsos;Benoit Chachuat;Paul I. Barton

  • Optimally-reduced kinetic models: reaction elimination in large-scale kinetic mechanisms

    Binita Bhattacharjee;Douglas A. Schwer;Paul I. Barton;William H. Green

  • State event location in differential-algebraic models

    Taeshin Park;Paul I. Barton

  • Modeling, simulation, sensitivity analysis, and optimization of hybrid systems

    Paul I. Barton;Cha Kun Lee

  • Energy Conversion with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems: A Review of Concepts and Outlooks for the Short- and Long-Term

    Thomas A. Adams;Jake Nease;David Tucker;Paul I. Barton

  • The modelling and simulation of combined discrete/continuous processes

    Paul Inigo Barton

  • Parametric sensitivity functions for hybrid discrete/continuous systems

    Santos Galán;William F. Feehery;Paul I. Barton

  • Combining coal gasification and natural gas reforming for efficient polygeneration

    Thomas A. Adams;Paul I. Barton

  • Dynamic Optimization in a Discontinuous World

    Paul I. Barton;Russell J. Allgor;William F. Feehery;Santos Galán

  • A dynamic two-dimensional heterogeneous model for water gas shift reactors

    Thomas A. Adams;Paul I. Barton

  • Outer approximation algorithms for separable nonconvex mixed-integer nonlinear programs

    Padmanaban Kesavan;Russell J. Allgor;Edward P. Gatzke;Paul I. Barton

  • DFBAlab: a fast and reliable MATLAB code for dynamic flux balance analysis.

    Jose A Gomez;Kai Höffner;Paul I Barton

  • Global solution of bilevel programs with a nonconvex inner program

    Alexander Mitsos;Panayiotis Lemonidis;Paul I. Barton

  • A reliable simulator for dynamic flux balance analysis.

    K. Höffner;S. M. Harwood;P. I. Barton

  • A Plant-Wide Dynamic Model of a Continuous Pharmaceutical Process

    Brahim Benyahia;Richard Lakerveld;Paul I. Barton

  • Global Optimization with Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations

    Adam B. Singer;Paul I. Barton

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Mitsos
Alexander Mitsos RWTH Aachen University
Truls Gundersen
Truls Gundersen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thomas A. Adams
Thomas A. Adams Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Andrzej Górak
Andrzej Górak TU Dortmund University

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