Production cross sections of residual nuclei obtained by knockout and fragmentation reactions of different tin isotopes accelerated at 1A GeV have been measured with the fragment separator (FRS) at GSI, Darmstadt. The new measurements are used to investigate the neutron-excess dependence of the neutron- and proton-knockout cross sections. These cross sections are compared to Glauber model calculations coupled to a nuclear de-excitation code in order to investigate the role of the remnant excitations. This bench marking shows an overestimation of the cross sections for the removal of deeply bound nucleons. A phenomenological increase in the excitation energy induced in the remnants produced in these cases allows us to reproduce the measured cross sections.Received 28 November 2016Revised 15 June 2017DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.034303©2017 American Physical SocietyPhysics Subject Headings (PhySH)Research AreasDirect reactionsUnstable nuclei induced nuclear reactionsNuclear Physics