Claudia Caltagirone

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
127 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

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Claudia Caltagirone is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudia Caltagirone has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Spectroscopy, 49 papers in Materials Chemistry and 28 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Claudia Caltagirone's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (76 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (34 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (18 papers). Claudia Caltagirone is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (76 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (34 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (18 papers). Claudia Caltagirone collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Spain. Claudia Caltagirone's co-authors include Philip A. Gale, Nathalie Busschaert, Wim Van Rossom, Vito Lippolis, Mark E. Light, Alessandra Garau, Jennifer R. Hiscock, Francesco Isaia, Michael B. Hursthouse and Giacomo Picci and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Claudia Caltagirone

123 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Applications of Supramolecular Anion Recognition

2015 1.1k citations Nathalie Busschaert, Claudia Caltagirone et al. profile →
Anion receptor chemistry: highlights from 2007

2008 805 citations Claudia Caltagirone, Philip A. Gale Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Anion sensing by small molecules and molecular ensembles

2014 528 citations Philip A. Gale, Claudia Caltagirone Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claudia Caltagirone Italy	38	3.8k	2.9k	1.7k	1.4k	985	127	6.1k
Yun‐Bao Jiang China	46	3.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	960 1.0×	179	7.5k
Sung Kuk Kim South Korea	40	3.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	901 0.6×	817 0.8×	100	5.5k
Valeria Amendola Italy	38	4.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	944 0.7×	893 0.9×	101	5.8k
Frederick M. Pfeffer Australia	32	3.9k 1.0×	3.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	106	5.8k
Nelsi Zaccheroni Italy	48	2.6k 0.7×	4.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	831 0.8×	147	6.7k
Pavel Anzenbacher United States	53	4.3k 1.1×	4.6k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	140	8.4k
Vandana Bhalla India	54	5.3k 1.4×	5.7k 2.0×	2.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	207	9.0k
Nathalie Busschaert United Kingdom	30	3.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	462 0.5×	59	4.7k
Bishwajit Ganguly India	33	2.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	986 0.7×	575 0.6×	237	4.9k
Kyo Han Ahn South Korea	57	4.9k 1.3×	4.4k 1.5×	2.9k 1.7×	2.7k 1.9×	811 0.8×	184	9.5k

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Plivelic, Tomás S., et al.. (2025). Squaramide-based supramolecular gels for the removal of organic dyes from water matrices. Soft Matter. 21(30). 6047–6057.

Picci, Giacomo, Riccardo Montis, Vito Lippolis, & Claudia Caltagirone. (2024). Squaramide-based receptors in anion supramolecular chemistry: insights into anion binding, sensing, transport and extraction. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(8). 3952–3975. 27 indexed citations

Aragoni, M. Carla, Massimiliano Arca, Anna Pintus, et al.. (2022). An unprecedented non-classical polyinterhalogen anion made of [I₂Cl]⁻ and I₂ at the 2-(p-tolyl)selenopheno[2,3-b]pyridinium cation template. New Journal of Chemistry. 46(45). 21921–21929. 6 indexed citations

Leigh, Jennifer, Jennifer R. Hiscock, Anna J. McConnell, et al.. (2022). Women in Supramolecular Chemistry. Policy Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Garau, Alessandra, Giacomo Picci, Andrea Bencini, et al.. (2022). Glyphosate sensing in aqueous solutions by fluorescent zinc(ii) complexes of [9]aneN₃-based receptors. Dalton Transactions. 51(22). 8733–8742. 11 indexed citations

Aragoni, M. Carla, Massimiliano Arca, Claudia Caltagirone, et al.. (2022). Role of the Solvent in the Reactivity of Bis-4-imidazoline-2-selone Derivatives toward I₂: An Experimental and Theoretical Approach. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(22). 15448–15465. 7 indexed citations

Scorciapino, Mariano Andrea, Giacomo Picci, Roberto Quesada, Vito Lippolis, & Claudia Caltagirone. (2022). A Simulation Model for the Non-Electrogenic Uniport Carrier-Assisted Transport of Ions across Lipid Membranes. Membranes. 12(3). 292–292. 3 indexed citations

Lachowicz, Joanna Izabela, Anna Mateddu, Pierpaolo Coni, et al.. (2022). Study of the DNA binding mechanism and in vitro activity against cancer cells of iron(iii) and aluminium(iii) kojic acid derivative complexes. Dalton Transactions. 51(16). 6254–6263. 2 indexed citations

Figus, Cristiana, Suchithra Ashoka Sahadevan, Noemi Monni, et al.. (2021). Silicon-based fluorescent platforms for copper(ii) detection in water. RSC Advances. 11(26). 15557–15564. 11 indexed citations

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Aragoni, M. Carla, Massimiliano Arca, Maddalena Binda, et al.. (2021). Platinum diimine-dithiolate complexes as a new class of photoconducting compounds for pristine photodetectors: case study on [Pt(bipy)(Naph-edt)] (bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine; Naph-edt²⁻= 2-naphthylethylene-1,2-dithiolate). Dalton Transactions. 50(22). 7527–7531. 5 indexed citations

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Isaia, Francesco, Alessandra Garau, Carlo Castellano, et al.. (2021). Stabilization of caesium ions by simple organic molecules: crystal structures of Cs(OXL) (OXL = oxalurate anion) and the CsOH/cyanuric acid co-crystal Cs₃(CYH₃)₄(OH)₃ (CYH₃ = cyanuric acid). New Journal of Chemistry. 45(6). 3263–3270. 1 indexed citations

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Garau, Alessandra, Giacomo Picci, Massimiliano Arca, et al.. (2021). Can Serendipity Still Hold Any Surprises in the Coordination Chemistry of Mixed-Donor Macrocyclic ligands? The Case Study of Pyridine-Containing 12-Membered Macrocycles and Platinum Group Metal ions PdII, PtII, and RhIII. Molecules. 26(5). 1286–1286. 5 indexed citations

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Garau, Alessandra, M. Carla Aragoni, Massimiliano Arca, et al.. (2020). Aza‐ and Mixed Thia/Aza‐Macrocyclic Receptors with Quinoline‐Bearing Pendant Arms for Optical Discrimination of Zinc(II) or Cadmium(II) Ions. ChemPlusChem. 85(8). 1789–1799. 9 indexed citations

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Garau, Alessandra, Larisa Lvova, Eleonora Macedi, et al.. (2020). N₂S₂ pyridinophane-based fluorescent chemosensors for selective optical detection of Cd²⁺ in soils. New Journal of Chemistry. 44(47). 20834–20852. 11 indexed citations

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Picci, Giacomo, Carla Bazzicalupi, Simon J. Coles, et al.. (2020). Halogenated isophthalamides and dipicolineamides: the role of the halogen substituents in the anion binding properties. Dalton Transactions. 49(27). 9231–9238. 5 indexed citations

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Montis, Riccardo, Andrea Bencini, Simon J. Coles, et al.. (2019). Fluoride binding by an anionic receptor: tuning the acidity of amide NH groups for basic anion hydrogen bonding and recognition. Chemical Communications. 55(19). 2745–2748. 39 indexed citations

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Lachowicz, Joanna Izabela, Giacomo Picci, Pierpaolo Coni, et al.. (2019). Fluorescent squaramide ligands for cellular imaging and their encapsulation in cubosomes. New Journal of Chemistry. 43(26). 10336–10342. 17 indexed citations

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Garau, Alessandra, Andrea Bencini, Alexander J. Blake, et al.. (2019). [9]aneN₃-based fluorescent receptors for metal ion sensing, featuring urea and amide functional groups. Dalton Transactions. 48(15). 4949–4960. 17 indexed citations

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Bettoschi, Alexandre, José G. Fernández‐Bolaños, Francesco Isaia, et al.. (2017). Selenoureas for anion binding as molecular logic gates. Chemical Communications. 53(87). 11869–11872. 21 indexed citations

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Isaia, Francesco, M. Carla Aragoni, Massimiliano Arca, et al.. (2017). Gold and palladium oxidation/complexation in water by a thioamide–iodine leaching system. Green Chemistry. 19(19). 4591–4599. 20 indexed citations

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