Freija De Vleeschouwer

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Freija De Vleeschouwer is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Freija De Vleeschouwer has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Organic Chemistry, 17 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Freija De Vleeschouwer's work include Free Radicals and Antioxidants (9 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (9 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers). Freija De Vleeschouwer is often cited by papers focused on Free Radicals and Antioxidants (9 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (9 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (9 papers). Freija De Vleeschouwer collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Türkiye. Freija De Vleeschouwer's co-authors include Frank De Proft, Paul Geerlings, Michel Waroquier, Véronique Van Speybroeck, Balázs Pintér, Marie‐Françoise Reyniers, Guy Marin, Maarten K. Sabbe, Kristof Van Hecke and Wouter Herrebout and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Macromolecules and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Freija De Vleeschouwer

43 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Electrophilicity and Nucleophilicity Index for Radicals 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Electrophilicity and Nucleophilicity Index for Radicals
    2007 444 citations Freija De Vleeschouwer, Véronique Van Speybroeck et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Freija De Vleeschouwer Belgium 17 747 252 237 144 134 46 1.1k
Götz Bucher Germany 24 875 1.2× 254 1.0× 345 1.5× 183 1.3× 140 1.0× 83 1.3k
Paolo R. Livotto Brazil 19 363 0.5× 301 1.2× 182 0.8× 192 1.3× 105 0.8× 51 944
Rabindranath Lo Czechia 19 481 0.6× 338 1.3× 251 1.1× 146 1.0× 252 1.9× 79 1.0k
Alireza Fattahi Iran 19 624 0.8× 221 0.9× 300 1.3× 170 1.2× 128 1.0× 96 1.2k
Yun Lü United States 18 561 0.8× 179 0.7× 252 1.1× 135 0.9× 156 1.2× 60 997
Pascal Vermeeren Netherlands 21 981 1.3× 158 0.6× 211 0.9× 242 1.7× 293 2.2× 48 1.4k
Rifaat Hilal Egypt 19 371 0.5× 240 1.0× 209 0.9× 233 1.6× 77 0.6× 91 1.0k
Hossein Roohi Iran 19 559 0.7× 556 2.2× 439 1.9× 211 1.5× 118 0.9× 126 1.5k
Aleksander Trummal Estonia 12 342 0.5× 145 0.6× 109 0.5× 85 0.6× 98 0.7× 27 717
A. J. Lopes Jesus Portugal 15 355 0.5× 167 0.7× 273 1.2× 214 1.5× 50 0.4× 51 827

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, et al.. (2025). Conceptual DFT Meets Machine Learning: A New Route to Enhanced Diels–Alder Reactivity. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 46(31). e70277–e70277.
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, et al.. (2025). Exploring Aromaticity in Expanded Porphyrins: A Multidimensional Approach to Structure–Property Relationships. Chemistry - Methods. 5(12). 1 indexed citations
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Alonso, Mercedes, et al.. (2024). Deciphering nonlinear optical properties in functionalized hexaphyrins via explainable machine learning. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(3). 1256–1273. 2 indexed citations
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, et al.. (2024). Aromaticity in the Spectroscopic Spotlight of Hexaphyrins. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(52). e202401933–e202401933. 3 indexed citations
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Cunha, Ana V., et al.. (2023). The Halogen Bond in Weakly Bonded Complexes and the Consequences for Aromaticity and Spin-Orbit Coupling. Molecules. 28(2). 772–772. 17 indexed citations
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Proft, Frank De, et al.. (2023). Unravelling the Mechanism and Governing Factors in Lewis Acid and Non-Covalent Diels–Alder Catalysis: Different Perspectives. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4938–4938. 1 indexed citations
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Woller, Tatiana, et al.. (2021). Fine-Tuning of Nonlinear Optical Contrasts of Hexaphyrin-Based Molecular Switches Using Inverse Design. Frontiers in Chemistry. 9. 786036–786036. 12 indexed citations
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Vacek, Jan, Martina Zatloukalová, Jiřı́ Vrba, et al.. (2020). Diferulate: A highly effective electron donor. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 869. 113950–113950. 4 indexed citations
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Proft, Frank De, et al.. (2019). Acceleration of Inverse Molecular Design by Using Predictive Techniques. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 59(6). 2587–2599. 3 indexed citations
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, et al.. (2018). Metal‐Free Cyclization of ortho‐Nitroaryl Ynamides and Ynamines towards Spiropseudoindoxyls. Angewandte Chemie. 130(20). 5762–5766. 12 indexed citations
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, et al.. (2017). Heterolytic Splitting of Molecular Hydrogen by Frustrated and Classical Lewis Pairs: A Unified Reactivity Concept. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16024–16024. 44 indexed citations
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, Paul Geerlings, & Frank De Proft. (2016). Molecular Property Optimizations with Boundary Conditions through the Best First Search Scheme. ChemPhysChem. 17(10). 1414–1424. 8 indexed citations
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, Paul Geerlings, & Frank De Proft. (2012). Radical electrophilicities in solvent. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 131(6). 24 indexed citations
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, Weitao Yang, David N. Beratan, Paul Geerlings, & Frank De Proft. (2012). Inverse design of molecules with optimal reactivity properties: acidity of 2-naphthol derivatives. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(46). 16002–16002. 16 indexed citations
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Hemelsoet, Karen, Freija De Vleeschouwer, Véronique Van Speybroeck, et al.. (2011). Validation of DFT‐Based Methods for Predicting Qualitative Thermochemistry of Large Polyaromatics. ChemPhysChem. 12(6). 1100–1108. 6 indexed citations
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Vleeschouwer, Freija De, Pablo Jaque, Paul Geerlings, Alejandro Toro‐Labbé, & Frank De Proft. (2010). Regioselectivity of Radical Additions to Substituted Alkenes: Insight from Conceptual Density Functional Theory. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75(15). 4964–4974. 17 indexed citations
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Pospíšil, Jiří, et al.. (2009). Unexpected nucleophilic behaviour of free-radicals generated from α-iodoketones. Chemical Communications. 2142–2142. 16 indexed citations
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Lier, Gregory Van, et al.. (2009). Theoretical prediction of the solubility of fluorinated C60. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 11(25). 5175–5175. 5 indexed citations
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Sabbe, Maarten K., Freija De Vleeschouwer, Marie‐Françoise Reyniers, Michel Waroquier, & Guy Marin. (2008). First Principles Based Group Additive Values for the Gas Phase Standard Entropy and Heat Capacity of Hydrocarbons and Hydrocarbon Radicals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 112(47). 12235–12251. 82 indexed citations

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