Alaa Abdul‐Sada

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Alaa Abdul‐Sada is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alaa Abdul‐Sada has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Organic Chemistry, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alaa Abdul‐Sada's work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (28 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (13 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (13 papers). Alaa Abdul‐Sada is often cited by papers focused on Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (28 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (13 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (13 papers). Alaa Abdul‐Sada collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Greece and Russia. Alaa Abdul‐Sada's co-authors include Roger Taylor, Elizabeth M. Hill, Harold W. Kroto, J. P. Hare, Arthur David, Dave Goulson, Cristina Botías, Elizabeth Nicholls, George E. Κostakis and Kenneth R. Seddon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Alaa Abdul‐Sada

76 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Isolation, separation and characterisation of the fullerenes C60 and C70: the third form of carbon

1990 655 citations Roger Taylor, Alaa Abdul‐Sada et al. profile →
Neonicotinoid Residues in Wildflowers, a Potential Route of Chronic Exposure for Bees

2015 351 citations Cristina Botías, Arthur David et al. profile →
Widespread contamination of wildflower and bee-collected pollen with complex mixtures of neonicotinoids and fungicides commonly applied to crops

2016 305 citations Arthur David, Cristina Botías et al. Environment International profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alaa Abdul‐Sada United Kingdom	28	1.7k	1.3k	747	669	465	77	3.5k
John Shorter United States	21	1.9k 1.1×	369 0.3×	188 0.3×	234 0.3×	380 0.8×	83	3.6k
Torbjörn Norin Sweden	41	1.8k 1.1×	493 0.4×	457 0.6×	333 0.5×	84 0.2×	278	5.5k
Vladimir Zhurov United States	29	411 0.2×	557 0.4×	683 0.9×	150 0.2×	165 0.4×	73	2.3k
Carl A. Elliger United States	23	502 0.3×	641 0.5×	306 0.4×	250 0.4×	143 0.3×	71	3.5k
Daniel A. Kleier United States	24	404 0.2×	194 0.1×	767 1.0×	318 0.5×	239 0.5×	51	2.2k
Pascal Gerbaux Belgium	37	1.9k 1.1×	875 0.7×	100 0.1×	114 0.2×	50 0.1×	259	5.1k
Tamar L. Greaves Australia	34	2.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	66 0.1×	173 0.3×	180 0.4×	133	7.4k
Robin T. Aplin United Kingdom	35	867 0.5×	763 0.6×	232 0.3×	357 0.5×	234 0.5×	130	4.1k
Masahiro Yamanaka Japan	43	4.7k 2.8×	461 0.3×	151 0.2×	134 0.2×	71 0.2×	172	6.1k
Hazime Saitô Japan	43	640 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	247 0.3×	70 0.1×	190 0.4×	205	6.8k

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Boudalis, A.K., Matthew C. Leech, Kevin Lam, et al.. (2021). Room-Temperature Cu(II) Radical-Triggered Alkyne C–H Activation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(11). 1937–1948. 16 indexed citations

Chetwynd, Andrew J., Lesley A. Ogilvie, Jonathan Nzakizwanayo, et al.. (2019). The potential of nanoflow liquid chromatography-nano electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry for global profiling the faecal metabolome. Journal of Chromatography A. 1600. 127–136. 16 indexed citations

Griffiths, Kieran, Athanassios C. Tsipis, Prashant Kumar, et al.. (2017). 3d/4f Coordination Clusters as Cooperative Catalysts for Highly Diastereoselective Michael Addition Reactions. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(16). 9563–9573. 43 indexed citations

David, Arthur, et al.. (2017). Ornamental plants on sale to the public are a significant source of pesticide residues with implications for the health of pollinating insects. Environmental Pollution. 228. 297–304. 78 indexed citations

David, Arthur, Cristina Botías, Alaa Abdul‐Sada, et al.. (2016). Widespread contamination of wildflower and bee-collected pollen with complex mixtures of neonicotinoids and fungicides commonly applied to crops. Environment International. 88. 169–178. 305 indexed citations breakdown →

Chetwynd, Andrew J., Jaime H. Vera, Stephen Bremner, et al.. (2016). Nanoflow-Nanospray Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Reveals Disruption of the Urinary Metabolite Profiles of HIV-Positive Patients on Combination Antiretroviral Therapy. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 74(2). e45–e53. 13 indexed citations

Griffiths, Kieran, et al.. (2015). Heteronuclear 3 d/Dy^III Coordination Clusters as Catalysts in a Domino Reaction. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(17). 6358–6361. 76 indexed citations

Chetwynd, Andrew J., Alaa Abdul‐Sada, S. Holt, & Elizabeth M. Hill. (2015). Use of a pre-analysis osmolality normalisation method to correct for variable urine concentrations and for improved metabolomic analyses. Journal of Chromatography A. 1431. 103–110. 43 indexed citations

Abdul‐Sada, Alaa, et al.. (2014). Methodology for profiling anti-androgen mixtures in river water using multiple passive samplers and bioassay-directed analyses. Water Research. 57. 258–269. 43 indexed citations

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David, Arthur, Alaa Abdul‐Sada, Anke Lange, Charles R. Tyler, & Elizabeth M. Hill. (2014). A new approach for plasma (xeno)metabolomics based on solid-phase extraction and nanoflow liquid chromatography-nanoelectrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1365. 72–85. 58 indexed citations

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Horwood, Julia, et al.. (2014). Analytical methodology for the profiling and characterization of androgen receptor active compounds in human placenta. Reproductive Toxicology. 47. 102–110. 7 indexed citations

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Cohen, Yifat, Márton Megyeri, Giuseppe Condomitti, et al.. (2013). The Yeast P5 Type ATPase, Spf1, Regulates Manganese Transport into the Endoplasmic Reticulum. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e85519–e85519. 54 indexed citations

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Troshin, Pavel A., Anthony G. Avent, Adam D. Darwish, et al.. (2005). Isolation of Two Seven-Membered Ring C ₅₈ Fullerene Derivatives: C ₅₈ F ₁₇ CF ₃ and C ₅₈ F ₁₈. Science. 309(5732). 278–281. 134 indexed citations

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Darwish, Adam D., Alaa Abdul‐Sada, Anthony G. Avent, et al.. (2004). Novel addition in trifluoromethylation of [70]fullerene. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 125(9). 1383–1391. 20 indexed citations

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Darwish, Adam D., Anthony G. Avent, Alaa Abdul‐Sada, & Roger Taylor. (2003). [60]- and [70]Fullerenes are trifluoromethylated across 5:6-bonds. Chemical Communications. 1374–1374. 20 indexed citations

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Avent, Anthony G., Alaa Abdul‐Sada, Brian W. Clare, et al.. (2003). In the first proven SN2′ fullerene reaction, both C3 and C1 C60F36 hydrolyse to C1 isomers of C60F35OH that eliminate HF to give epoxides C60F34O; C60F36O oxides are shown to be ethers, and a fourth isomer of C60F36 existsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: IR spectra of 1, 2, and C60F36O; EI and 19F NMR spectra of mixture eluting at 15 min (heptane). See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/ob/b2/b209760p/. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(6). 1026–1033. 23 indexed citations

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Darwish, Adam D., et al.. (2003). Unusual addition patterns in trifluoromethylation of [60]fullerene. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(17). 3102–3102. 35 indexed citations

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Al‐Matar, Hamad M., Alaa Abdul‐Sada, Anthony G. Avent, & Roger Taylor. (2001). Isolation and Characterization of Unsymmetrical C₆₀Me₅O₃H, a Cage-Opened Bisepoxide Ketone: Tautomerism Involving a Fullerene Cage Bond. Organic Letters. 3(11). 1669–1671. 25 indexed citations

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Goryunkov, Alexey A., Vitaliy Yu. Markov, Olga V. Boltalina, et al.. (2001). Reaction of silver(I) and (II) fluorides with C60: thermodynamic control over fluorination level. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 112(2). 191–196. 24 indexed citations

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Abdul‐Sada, Alaa, Anthony M. Greenway, Kenneth R. Seddon, & Tom Welton. (1992). Fast atom bombardment mass spectrometric evdence for the formation of tris{tetrachloroaluminate(III)}metallate(II) anions, [M(AICI₄)₃]⁻, in acidic ambient‐temperature ionic liquids. Organic Mass Spectrometry. 27(5). 648–649. 23 indexed citations

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