Gianpiero Cera

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Gianpiero Cera is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianpiero Cera has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 10 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Gianpiero Cera's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (39 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (27 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (18 papers). Gianpiero Cera is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (39 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (27 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (18 papers). Gianpiero Cera collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and France. Gianpiero Cera's co-authors include Lutz Ackermann, Daniel Zell, Svenja Warratz, Thomas Müller, Parthasarathy Gandeepan, Marco Bandini, Michel Chiarucci, Tobias Haven, Andrea Mazzanti and Magda Monari and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Gianpiero Cera

63 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

3d Transition Metals for C–H Activation 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. 3d Transition Metals for C–H Activation
    2018 1.9k citations Gianpiero Cera, Lutz Ackermann 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
Gianpiero Cera Italy 26 3.8k 1.2k 189 153 144 66 4.0k
Thomas W. Lyons United States 12 6.0k 1.6× 1.3k 1.1× 195 1.0× 197 1.3× 244 1.7× 20 6.2k
Boshun Wan China 40 4.6k 1.2× 908 0.8× 318 1.7× 127 0.8× 242 1.7× 124 4.8k
Xing‐Zhong Shu China 43 4.5k 1.2× 856 0.7× 205 1.1× 184 1.2× 244 1.7× 99 4.8k
David C. Leitch Canada 25 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 282 1.5× 178 1.2× 81 0.6× 70 2.4k
Kyle W. Quasdorf United States 12 3.5k 0.9× 749 0.6× 238 1.3× 102 0.7× 249 1.7× 16 3.7k
Luis C. Misal Castro France 20 2.4k 0.6× 916 0.8× 411 2.2× 125 0.8× 126 0.9× 24 2.8k
Clément Mazet Switzerland 39 3.7k 1.0× 2.0k 1.7× 557 2.9× 259 1.7× 171 1.2× 91 4.1k
Rylan J. Lundgren Canada 31 2.9k 0.8× 1.0k 0.9× 264 1.4× 136 0.9× 441 3.1× 65 3.3k
Patrick Y. Toullec France 29 3.4k 0.9× 920 0.8× 237 1.3× 155 1.0× 111 0.8× 61 3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianpiero Cera

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cattani, Silvia, et al.. (2025). Iron Photocatalysis for C─H Functionalizations. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14(8). 2 indexed citations
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Qin, Wenling & Gianpiero Cera. (2025). Enantioselective Catalytic Synthesis of Inherently Chiral Calixarenes. The Chemical Record. 25(4). e202400237–e202400237. 9 indexed citations
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Cattani, Silvia, et al.. (2025). Z-Selective Iron-Catalyzed C–H Alkylations with Allenes: Access to Stereodefined Olefins. Organic Letters. 27(29). 7950–7955. 1 indexed citations
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Rizzato, Silvia, Francesca Terenziani, Stefano Santoro, et al.. (2025). Enantioselective gold(i)-catalysed alkyne hydroarylations for inherently chiral calix[4]arenes. Chemical Communications. 61(84). 16380–16383. 1 indexed citations
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Cattani, Silvia, et al.. (2024). Selenoureido Calix[6]arenes: A Novel Platform for Pseudorotaxane Synthesis. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27(27). 2 indexed citations
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Cattani, Silvia, et al.. (2024). Iron‐Catalyzed C−H Alkylation/Ring Opening with Vinylbenzofurans Enabled by Triazoles. Angewandte Chemie. 136(32).
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Cattani, Silvia, et al.. (2024). Iridium-Catalyzed C–H Borylations: Regioselective Functionalizations of Calix[4]arene Macrocycles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89(12). 8486–8499. 2 indexed citations
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Cattani, Silvia, et al.. (2024). Iron‐Catalyzed C−H Alkylation/Ring Opening with Vinylbenzofurans Enabled by Triazoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(32). e202404319–e202404319. 8 indexed citations
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Cera, Gianpiero, et al.. (2023). A Multiresponsive Calix[6]arene Pseudorotaxane Empowered by Fluorophoric Dansyl Groups. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(22). e202203472–e202203472. 1 indexed citations
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Pirovano, Valentina, et al.. (2023). Gold(i)-catalysed hydroarylations of alkynes for the synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 21(19). 4072–4083. 15 indexed citations
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Secchi, Andrea, et al.. (2022). Diametric calix[6]arene-based phosphine gold(I) cavitands. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 18. 190–196. 3 indexed citations
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Balestri, Davide, et al.. (2022). Diametric calix[6]arene gold(i) catalysts for intramolecular cyclopropanations of 1,6-dienynes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 20(32). 6464–6472. 2 indexed citations
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Cera, Gianpiero, et al.. (2021). Merging Molecular Recognition and Gold(I) Catalysis with Triphoscalix[6]arene Ligands. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(40). 10261–10266. 10 indexed citations
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Cera, Gianpiero, et al.. (2021). Calix[6]arene-based Brønsted acids for molecular recognition and catalysis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(7). 1546–1554. 7 indexed citations
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Terenziani, Francesca, Andrea Secchi, Gianpiero Cera, et al.. (2020). Tuning the Fluorescence Through Reorientation of the Axle in Calix[6]arene‐Based Pseudorotaxanes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(14). 3022–3025. 11 indexed citations
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Lanzi, Matteo, et al.. (2020). Recent Advances in Asymmetric Iron Catalysis. Molecules. 25(17). 3889–3889. 42 indexed citations
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Cera, Gianpiero, et al.. (2020). Ion-Pair Selective Conformational Rearrangement of Sulfonamide Calix[6]arene-Based Pseudorotaxanes. Organic Letters. 22(9). 3702–3705. 14 indexed citations
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Cera, Gianpiero, Nicola Della Ca’, & Giovanni Maestri. (2019). Palladium(0)/benzoic acid catalysis merges sequences with D2O-promoted labelling of C–H bonds. Chemical Science. 10(44). 10297–10304. 27 indexed citations
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Bandini, Marco, Gianpiero Cera, & Gian Pietro Miscione. (2016). Unveiling the Reaction Machinery of the [AuI]‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Acenes by a [1,5]‐H Shift Cascade Reaction. ChemCatChem. 9(2). 316–321. 3 indexed citations

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