Alberto Abad

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Alberto Abad is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Abad has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alberto Abad's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (7 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (6 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (3 papers). Alberto Abad is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (7 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (6 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (3 papers). Alberto Abad collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and France. Alberto Abad's co-authors include Avelino Corma, Hermenegildo Garcı́a, Patricia Concepción, Sally A. Mackenzie, Robert A. Blanchette, Stanton B. Gelvin, S. He, Roberta L. Farrell, Timothy D. Leathers and Carmela Aprile and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Abad

12 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Collaborative Effect between Gold and a Support Induces... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A Collaborative Effect between Gold and a Support Induces the Selective Oxidation of Alcohols
    2005 969 citations Alberto Abad, Patricia Concepción et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alberto Abad Spain 12 1.5k 1.2k 567 374 251 13 2.1k
Fengli Yu China 21 496 0.3× 567 0.5× 295 0.5× 195 0.5× 483 1.9× 87 1.4k
Qifan Wu China 26 392 0.3× 1.1k 0.9× 151 0.3× 176 0.5× 361 1.4× 60 2.0k
Hao Xu China 28 1.1k 0.7× 220 0.2× 420 0.7× 139 0.4× 380 1.5× 112 2.1k
Libo Niu China 20 377 0.3× 443 0.4× 118 0.2× 113 0.3× 263 1.0× 58 970
Canan Sener United States 14 517 0.3× 211 0.2× 306 0.5× 225 0.6× 322 1.3× 20 1.4k
Xiaomeng Dou China 21 371 0.2× 441 0.4× 122 0.2× 167 0.4× 371 1.5× 37 1.3k
Huijuan Wei China 21 709 0.5× 172 0.1× 267 0.5× 177 0.5× 153 0.6× 51 1.2k
A. Thangaraj India 18 1.1k 0.7× 200 0.2× 352 0.6× 73 0.2× 223 0.9× 40 1.5k
Christopher R. Ho United States 12 509 0.3× 241 0.2× 278 0.5× 87 0.2× 462 1.8× 19 1.5k
Jingyan Zhang China 19 515 0.3× 561 0.5× 132 0.2× 210 0.6× 54 0.2× 62 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alberto Abad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Abad

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alberto Abad. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alberto Abad based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alberto Abad. Alberto Abad is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Wei, Songbo, et al.. (2025). Enhancing cross-organelle coordination to advance plant cytochrome P450 functionality in yeast. Science Advances. 11(43). eady7184–eady7184.
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Abad, Alberto, Avelino Corma, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2007). Bridging the gap between homogeneous and heterogeneous gold catalysis: supported gold nanoparticles as heterogeneous catalysts for the benzannulation reaction. Topics in Catalysis. 44(1-2). 237–243. 29 indexed citations
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Abad, Alberto, Avelino Corma, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2007). Catalyst Parameters Determining Activity and Selectivity of Supported Gold Nanoparticles for the Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols: The Molecular Reaction Mechanism. Chemistry - A European Journal. 14(1). 212–222. 375 indexed citations
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Abad, Alberto, Avelino Corma, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2007). Supported gold nanoparticles for aerobic, solventless oxidation of allylic alcohols. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 79(11). 1847–1854. 39 indexed citations
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Abad, Alberto, et al.. (2006). Unique gold chemoselectivity for the aerobic oxidation of allylic alcohols. Chemical Communications. 3178–3180. 166 indexed citations
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Abad, Alberto, Patricia Concepción, Avelino Corma, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2005). A Collaborative Effect between Gold and a Support Induces the Selective Oxidation of Alcohols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(26). 4066–4069. 969 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aprile, Carmela, Alberto Abad, Hermenegildo Garcı́a, & Avelino Corma. (2005). Synthesis and catalytic activity of periodic mesoporous materials incorporating gold nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 15(41). 4408–4408. 55 indexed citations
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Abad, Alberto, Patricia Concepción, Avelino Corma, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2005). A Collaborative Effect between Gold and a Support Induces the Selective Oxidation of Alcohols. Angewandte Chemie. 117(26). 4134–4137. 191 indexed citations
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He, S., Alberto Abad, Stanton B. Gelvin, & Sally A. Mackenzie. (1996). A cytoplasmic male sterility-associated mitochondrial protein causes pollen disruption in transgenic tobacco.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 93(21). 11763–11768. 70 indexed citations
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Jung, H. G., F. R. Valdez, Alberto Abad, Robert A. Blanchette, & Ronald D. Hatfield. (1992). Effect of white rot basidiomycetes on chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of oat straw and alfalfa stems. Journal of Animal Science. 70(6). 1928–1935. 45 indexed citations
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Blanchette, Robert A., Alberto Abad, Roberta L. Farrell, & Timothy D. Leathers. (1989). Detection of Lignin Peroxidase and Xylanase by Immunocytochemical Labeling in Wood Decayed by Basidiomycetes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 55(6). 1457–1465. 63 indexed citations
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Abad, Alberto, Kory R. Cease, & Robert A. Blanchette. (1988). A rapid technique using epoxy resin Quetol 651 to prepare woody plant tissues for ultrastructural study. Canadian Journal of Botany. 66(4). 677–682. 34 indexed citations

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