Gianfranco Ercolani

3.3k total citations
110 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Gianfranco Ercolani is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianfranco Ercolani has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Organic Chemistry, 30 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Gianfranco Ercolani's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (22 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (20 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (11 papers). Gianfranco Ercolani is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (22 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (20 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (11 papers). Gianfranco Ercolani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Gianfranco Ercolani's co-authors include Luca Schiaffino, Paolo Mencarelli, Luigi Mandolini, Giancarlo Doddi, Stefano Roelens, Stefano Di Stefano, Michal Borkovec, Claude Piguet, E. W. Meijer and Tom F. A. de Greef and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Gianfranco Ercolani

108 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gianfranco Ercolani Italy 27 1.5k 829 797 713 409 110 2.7k
Albert C. Fahrenbach United States 34 2.0k 1.3× 1.8k 2.2× 658 0.8× 768 1.1× 474 1.2× 76 3.6k
Stefano Di Stefano Italy 31 2.2k 1.5× 913 1.1× 821 1.0× 645 0.9× 425 1.0× 116 3.3k
Laurent Vial France 20 1.7k 1.1× 571 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 839 1.2× 454 1.1× 37 2.5k
Guy A. Hembury United Kingdom 19 964 0.6× 756 0.9× 412 0.5× 839 1.2× 252 0.6× 32 1.9k
Hideko Koshima Japan 29 1.0k 0.7× 1.7k 2.0× 227 0.3× 505 0.7× 425 1.0× 109 2.9k
Chuyang Cheng United States 24 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 395 0.5× 736 1.0× 562 1.4× 36 2.6k
M. Morgan Conn United States 11 1.0k 0.7× 398 0.5× 476 0.6× 530 0.7× 210 0.5× 20 1.6k
Charlie T. McTernan United Kingdom 15 2.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 522 0.7× 880 1.2× 617 1.5× 22 2.8k
Victor Borovkov Japan 29 1.7k 1.2× 2.1k 2.6× 987 1.2× 1.5k 2.0× 432 1.1× 125 3.6k
Robert D. Johnson United States 18 2.2k 1.5× 1.8k 2.1× 310 0.4× 403 0.6× 302 0.7× 28 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gianfranco Ercolani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianfranco Ercolani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gianfranco Ercolani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gianfranco Ercolani 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 Gianfranco Ercolani. Gianfranco Ercolani is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Narducci, Riccardo, Emanuela Sgreccia, Gianfranco Ercolani, et al.. (2025). One-Component Catalytic Electrodes from Metal–Organic Frameworks Covalently Linked to an Anion Exchange Ionomer. Molecules. 30(6). 1230–1230. 1 indexed citations
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Idili, Andrea, et al.. (2023). Thermo-Programmed Synthetic DNA-Based Receptors. ACS Nano. 17(3). 1998–2006. 9 indexed citations
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Ranallo, Simona, et al.. (2022). Protein–Protein Communication Mediated by an Antibody‐Responsive DNA Nanodevice**. Angewandte Chemie. 134(12). 4 indexed citations
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Ercolani, Gianfranco, et al.. (2020). Using antibodies to control DNA-templated chemical reactions. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6242–6242. 23 indexed citations
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Idili, Andrea, et al.. (2019). Entropy-Based Rational Modulation of the pKa of a Synthetic pH-Dependent Nanoswitch. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(29). 11367–11371. 27 indexed citations
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Sgreccia, Emanuela, Luca Pasquini, Gianfranco Ercolani, Philippe Knauth, & Maria Luisa Di Vona. (2019). Stimuli-responsive amphoteric ion exchange polymers bearing carboxylic and amine groups grafted to a cross-linkable silica network. European Polymer Journal. 112. 255–262. 12 indexed citations
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Ercolani, Gianfranco, et al.. (2018). Record Rate Enhancements for Tetrathiafulvalene Guests in the Formation of Bipyridinium- and Diazapyrenium-Based [2]Pseudorotaxanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(18). 11446–11449. 2 indexed citations
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Paffen, Tim F. E., Gianfranco Ercolani, Tom F. A. de Greef, & E. W. Meijer. (2015). Supramolecular Buffering by Ring–Chain Competition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(4). 1501–1509. 17 indexed citations
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Ercolani, Gianfranco & Luca Schiaffino. (2011). Allosteric, Chelate, and Interannular Cooperativity: A Mise au Point. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(8). 1762–1768. 189 indexed citations
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Schiaffino, Luca & Gianfranco Ercolani. (2010). Mechanism of the Asymmetric Autocatalytic Soai Reaction Studied by Density Functional Theory. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(10). 3147–3156. 36 indexed citations
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Schiaffino, Luca & Gianfranco Ercolani. (2009). Amplification of Chirality and Enantioselectivity in the Asymmetric Autocatalytic Soai Reaction. ChemPhysChem. 10(14). 2508–2515. 38 indexed citations
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Hamáček, Josef, Michal Borkovec, Damien Jeannerat, et al.. (2008). Linear Polynuclear Helicates as a Link between Discrete Supramolecular Complexes and Programmed Infinite Polymetallic Chains. Chemistry - A European Journal. 14(10). 2994–3005. 37 indexed citations
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Schiaffino, Luca & Gianfranco Ercolani. (2008). Unraveling the Mechanism of the Soai Asymmetric Autocatalytic Reaction by First‐Principles Calculations: Induction and Amplification of Chirality by Self‐Assembly of Hexamolecular Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(36). 6832–6835. 80 indexed citations
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Ercolani, Gianfranco & Paolo Mencarelli. (1997). Distributions of cyclic oligomers formed by irreversible step‐growth polymerisation. Results from kinetic modeling. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations. 6(6). 1139–1151. 1 indexed citations
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Ercolani, Gianfranco, et al.. (1996). Proximity effect induced by hydrogen-bonding association. A detailed kinetic study. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(1). 101–104. 3 indexed citations
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Ercolani, Gianfranco, Luigi Mandolini, & Paolo Mencarelli. (1989). Syntheses of Many-Membered Rings. Computer Simulated Kinetics of Irreversible Cyclization of Bifunctional Chains under Ziegler High Dilution Conditions. Gazzetta chimica italiana. 119. 209–214. 2 indexed citations
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Doddi, Giancarlo, et al.. (1989). Rates and Equilibria of the Reactions of 2,6-Di-t-butyl-4-phenyl- and 2,6-Diphenyl-4-t-butyl-thiopyrylium Ions with Butylamine in DMSO. Gazzetta chimica italiana. 119. 205–207. 1 indexed citations
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Doddi, Giancarlo, et al.. (1989). Convenient Alkylation of Pyrylium Salts by Nucleophilic Alkyl Radicals. Gazzetta chimica italiana. 119. 305–306. 1 indexed citations
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Cerichelli, Giorgio, Giancarlo Doddi, & Gianfranco Ercolani. (1988). 13C NMR Study of 2,6-Di-t-butyl-4-arylpyrylium and Thiopyrylium Cations. Carbon Shifts versus Reactivities. Gazzetta chimica italiana. 118. 291–294. 3 indexed citations

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