Luis Escobar

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Luis Escobar is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis Escobar has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Luis Escobar's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (18 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (12 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (7 papers). Luis Escobar is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (18 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (12 papers) and Cleft Lip and Palate Research (7 papers). Luis Escobar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and China. Luis Escobar's co-authors include Pablo Ballester, Qingqing Sun, Eduardo C. Escudero‐Adán, David Bixler, Lisa G. Shaffer, Alejandro Díaz‐Moscoso, Thomas Carell, Blake C. Ballif, Felix Müller and David D. Weaver and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Luis Escobar

56 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular Recognition in Water Using Macrocyclic Syntheti... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Molecular Recognition in Water Using Macrocyclic Synthetic Receptors
    2021 253 citations Luis Escobar, Pablo Ballester Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luis Escobar United States 21 452 444 408 345 257 58 1.4k
Andrea Callegari United States 25 623 1.4× 78 0.2× 64 0.2× 292 0.8× 403 1.6× 49 2.0k
Dian R. Arifin United States 19 333 0.7× 102 0.2× 58 0.1× 38 0.1× 254 1.0× 30 1.3k
Stephen E. Johnson United States 19 79 0.2× 261 0.6× 14 0.0× 49 0.1× 151 0.6× 44 846
Yasuo Deguchi Japan 25 424 0.9× 297 0.7× 140 0.3× 151 0.4× 308 1.2× 134 1.9k
Samuel P. Black United States 14 161 0.4× 727 1.6× 27 0.1× 276 0.8× 318 1.2× 23 1.5k
Amnon Bar‐Shir Israel 30 310 0.7× 138 0.3× 69 0.2× 303 0.9× 1.0k 4.1× 70 2.1k
Alberto Gandini United States 18 210 0.5× 109 0.2× 90 0.2× 22 0.1× 141 0.5× 75 961
K. Pieterse Netherlands 17 440 1.0× 287 0.6× 45 0.1× 43 0.1× 234 0.9× 22 1.7k
Yong Hee Kim South Korea 11 237 0.5× 137 0.3× 30 0.1× 34 0.1× 594 2.3× 19 897

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luis Escobar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luis Escobar

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

All Works

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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (2025). Cooperativity in the assembly of H-bonded duplexes of synthetic recognition-encoded melamine oligomers. Chemical Science. 16(14). 5995–6002.
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Escobar, Luis & Christopher A. Hunter. (2025). The supramolecular chemistry of monodisperse 1,3,5-triazine oligomers. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(15). 3520–3534. 2 indexed citations
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Müller, Felix, et al.. (2024). RNA‐Templated Peptide Bond Formation Promotes L‐Homochirality. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(19). e202319235–e202319235. 7 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (2024). Sequence-selective pulldown of recognition-encoded melamine oligomers using covalent capture on a solid support. Chemical Communications. 61(3). 504–507.
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Müller, Felix, et al.. (2023). Loading of Amino Acids onto RNA in a Putative RNA‐Peptide World. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(21). e202302360–e202302360. 11 indexed citations
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Müller, Felix, et al.. (2022). A prebiotically plausible scenario of an RNA–peptide world. Nature. 605(7909). 279–284. 96 indexed citations
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Granadillo, Jorge L., Rachel Slaugh, Boris Keren, et al.. (2021). PTPN4 germline variants result in aberrant neurodevelopment and growth. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 100033–100033. 4 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis & Pablo Ballester. (2021). Molecular Recognition in Water Using Macrocyclic Synthetic Receptors. Chemical Reviews. 121(4). 2445–2514. 253 indexed citations breakdown →
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Escobar, Luis, Eduardo C. Escudero‐Adán, & Pablo Ballester. (2019). Guest Exchange Mechanisms in Mono‐Metallic PdII/PtII‐Cages Based on a Tetra‐Pyridyl Calix[4]pyrrole Ligand. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(45). 16105–16109. 28 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (2017). Self‐Assembly of Di‐N‐Heterocyclic Carbene‐Gold‐Adorned Corannulenes on C60. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(44). 10644–10651. 17 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (2012). Neonatal presentation of lethal neuromuscular glycogen storage disease type IV. Journal of Perinatology. 32(10). 810–813. 10 indexed citations
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Nagamani, Sandesh C.S., Ayelet Erez, Bruria Ben‐Zeev, et al.. (2012). Detection of copy-number variation in AUTS2 gene by targeted exonic array CGH in patients with developmental delay and autistic spectrum disorders. European Journal of Human Genetics. 21(3). 343–346. 44 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Jill A., Yves Lacassie, Dima El‐Khechen, et al.. (2010). New cases and refinement of the critical region in the 1q41q42 microdeletion syndrome. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 54(1). 42–49. 27 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (2009). Significant phenotypic variability of Muenke syndrome in identical twins. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 149A(6). 1273–1276. 24 indexed citations
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Ballif, Blake C., Aaron Theisen, Justine Coppinger, et al.. (2008). Expanding the clinical phenotype of the 3q29 microdeletion syndrome and characterization of the reciprocal microduplication. Molecular Cytogenetics. 1(1). 8–8. 176 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (2007). Urorectal septum malformation sequence: Prenatal progression, clinical report, and embryology review. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 143A(22). 2722–2726. 18 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (1993). Quantitation of craniofacial anomalies in utero: Fetal Alcohol and Crouzon Syndromes and Thanatophoric Dysplasia. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 45(1). 25–29. 12 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (1990). Bone dysplasias: The prenatal diagnostic challenge. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 36(4). 488–494. 19 indexed citations
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Escobar, Luis, et al.. (1988). Antley‐Bixler syndrome from a prognostic perspective. Report of a case and review of the literature. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 29(4). 829–836. 26 indexed citations

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