Davide Ravelli

13.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
131 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Davide Ravelli is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Davide Ravelli has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Organic Chemistry, 22 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Davide Ravelli's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (88 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (54 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (38 papers). Davide Ravelli is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (88 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (54 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (38 papers). Davide Ravelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Japan and Netherlands. Davide Ravelli's co-authors include Maurizio Fagnoni, Luca Capaldo, Angelo Albini, Stefano Protti, Daniele Dondi, Takahide Fukuyama, Ilhyong Ryu, Daniele Merli, Tomohiro Nishikawa and Timothy Noël and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Davide Ravelli

127 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reactions via Phot... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2016 2021 2009 2012 2007 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. Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reactions via Photogenerated Intermediates
    2016 957 citations Davide Ravelli, Stefano Protti et al. profile →
  2. Direct Photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) for Aliphatic C–H Bonds Elaboration
    2021 908 citations Luca Capaldo, Davide Ravelli et al. profile →
  3. Photocatalysis. A multi-faceted concept for green chemistry
    2009 905 citations Davide Ravelli, Maurizio Fagnoni et al. profile →
  4. Photoorganocatalysis. What for?
    2012 804 citations Davide Ravelli, Maurizio Fagnoni et al. profile →
  5. Photocatalysis for the Formation of the C−C Bond
    2007 723 citations Maurizio Fagnoni, Davide Ravelli et al. profile →
  6. Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT): A Versatile Strategy for Substrate Activation in Photocatalyzed Organic Synthesis
    2017 642 citations Luca Capaldo, Davide Ravelli profile →
  7. Site-Selective C–H Functionalization by Decatungstate Anion Photocatalysis: Synergistic Control by Polar and Steric Effects Expands the Reaction Scope
    2017 416 citations Davide Ravelli, Maurizio Fagnoni et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
  8. C(sp 3 )–H functionalizations of light hydrocarbons using decatungstate photocatalysis in flow
    2020 361 citations Gabriele Laudadio, Yuchao Deng et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Davide Ravelli Italy 48 9.3k 2.0k 1.9k 1.0k 1.0k 131 11.4k
Chun Cai China 48 6.5k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.5× 1.0k 1.0× 332 8.7k
Maurizio Fagnoni Italy 57 12.6k 1.4× 2.3k 1.2× 2.9k 1.5× 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 281 16.1k
Yu Kawamata United States 28 6.1k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 425 0.2× 820 0.8× 543 0.5× 53 7.5k
Bing Yu China 57 6.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.6k 1.5× 900 0.9× 212 9.5k
Markus D. Kärkäs Sweden 31 3.2k 0.3× 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 927 0.9× 250 0.2× 83 6.4k
Jingping Qü China 41 4.4k 0.5× 995 0.5× 994 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 500 0.5× 295 6.4k
Guo‐Jun Deng China 61 11.9k 1.3× 560 0.3× 956 0.5× 2.1k 2.0× 593 0.6× 374 13.4k
Оleg G. Sinyashin Russia 38 4.8k 0.5× 730 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 2.5k 2.5× 456 0.5× 566 7.0k
Lei Wang China 65 13.0k 1.4× 568 0.3× 893 0.5× 1.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 433 14.0k
Song Lin United States 49 8.3k 0.9× 4.5k 2.3× 3.4k 1.7× 3.2k 3.1× 867 0.9× 117 13.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Żółtowska‐Aksamitowska, Sonia, Stefano Mazzanti, Matej Huš, et al.. (2025). Merging Heterogeneous Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalysis with Cobaloxime Catalysis in Uphill Dehydrogenative Synthesis of Anilines. ChemSusChem. 18(12). e202402439–e202402439.
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Ca’, Nicola Della, et al.. (2025). A Telescoped Strategy for the Preparation of Five‐Membered Hetero‐ and Carbocycles via Hydrogen Atom Transfer Photocatalysis in Flow. ChemSusChem. 18(16). e202501012–e202501012. 1 indexed citations
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Ca’, Nicola Della, et al.. (2025). A Decarbonylative Strategy to Enhance Efficiency and Regioselectivity in Photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer. JACS Au. 5(7). 3491–3499. 3 indexed citations
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Capucciati, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Selective Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyls Under Decatungstate‐Mediated Photoelectrochemical Conditions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(65). e202402986–e202402986. 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Haidi, et al.. (2023). Direct Synthesis of Thioesters from Feedstock Chemicals and Elemental Sulfur. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(10). 5846–5854. 89 indexed citations
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Botta, Chiara, Davide Ravelli, Daniele Merli, et al.. (2023). Activation of Solid-State Emission and Photostability through Molecular Confinement: The Case of Triptycene-Fused Quinacridone Dyes. Organic Letters. 25(35). 6490–6494. 12 indexed citations
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Silva, Marcos A. R. da, Nadezda V. Tarakina, José Balena Gabriel Filho, et al.. (2023). Single‐Atoms on Crystalline Carbon Nitrides for Selective C─H Photooxidation: A Bridge to Achieve Homogeneous Pathways in Heterogeneous Materials. Advanced Materials. 35(52). e2304152–e2304152. 25 indexed citations
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Özgen, Fatma Feyza, et al.. (2022). The Synthesis of Chiral γ‐Lactones by Merging Decatungstate Photocatalysis with Biocatalysis. ChemCatChem. 14(19). 18 indexed citations
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Ravelli, Davide, et al.. (2021). Catalyst-free [2 + 2] photocycloadditions between benzils and olefins under visible light. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 21(5). 695–703. 7 indexed citations
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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2021). Photoelectrochemical cross-dehydrogenative coupling of benzothiazoles with strong aliphatic C–H bonds. Chemical Communications. 57(36). 4424–4427. 99 indexed citations
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Laudadio, Gabriele, Yuchao Deng, Davide Ravelli, et al.. (2020). C(sp 3 )–H functionalizations of light hydrocarbons using decatungstate photocatalysis in flow. Science. 369(6499). 92–96. 361 indexed citations breakdown →
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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2020). Antimony–Oxo Porphyrins as Photocatalysts for Redox-Neutral C–H to C–C Bond Conversion. ACS Catalysis. 10(16). 9057–9064. 35 indexed citations
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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2020). Photocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer: the philosopher's stone for late-stage functionalization?. Green Chemistry. 22(11). 3376–3396. 188 indexed citations
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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2019). Merging Photocatalysis with Electrochemistry: The Dawn of a new Alliance in Organic Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(49). 17508–17510. 120 indexed citations
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Capaldo, Luca & Davide Ravelli. (2019). Alkoxy radicals generation: facile photocatalytic reduction of N-alkoxyazinium or azolium salts. Chemical Communications. 55(21). 3029–3032. 47 indexed citations
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Capaldo, Luca, Daniele Merli, Maurizio Fagnoni, & Davide Ravelli. (2019). Visible Light Uranyl Photocatalysis: Direct C–H to C–C Bond Conversion. ACS Catalysis. 9(4). 3054–3058. 103 indexed citations
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Pelliccia, Sveva, Paolo Luciano, Ettore Novellino, et al.. (2019). Photocatalytic Isocyanide-Based Multicomponent Domino Cascade toward the Stereoselective Formation of Iminofurans. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(4). 1981–1990. 21 indexed citations
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Protti, Stefano, et al.. (2016). Flow Metal‐Free ArC Bond Formation via Photogenerated Phenyl Cations. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 358(7). 1164–1172. 16 indexed citations

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