Miquel Solà

25.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
521 papers, 20.5k citations indexed

About

Miquel Solà is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Miquel Solà has authored 521 papers receiving a total of 20.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 377 papers in Organic Chemistry, 170 papers in Materials Chemistry and 123 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Miquel Solà's work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (178 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (176 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (115 papers). Miquel Solà is often cited by papers focused on Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (178 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (176 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (115 papers). Miquel Solà collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Poland and Netherlands. Miquel Solà's co-authors include Jordi Poater, Miquel Duran, Eduard Matito, F. Matthias Bickelhaupt, Marcel Swart, Ferran Feixas, Sílvia Osuna, Josep M. Luis, Albert Poater and Xavier Fradera and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Miquel Solà

514 papers receiving 20.2k citations

Hit Papers

Theoretical Evaluation of Electron Delocalization in Arom... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2005 2004 2013 2003 2015 200 400 600
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  1. Theoretical Evaluation of Electron Delocalization in Aromatic Molecules by Means of Atoms in Molecules (AIM) and Electron Localization Function (ELF) Topological Approaches
    2005 675 citations Jordi Poater, Miquel Solà et al. profile →
  2. The aromatic fluctuation index (FLU): A new aromaticity index based on electron delocalization
    2004 414 citations Miquel Solà et al. profile →
  3. Forty years of Clar's aromatic π-sextet rule
    2013 380 citations Miquel Solà profile →
  4. The Delocalization Index as an Electronic Aromaticity Criterion: Application to a Series of Planar Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    2003 374 citations Jordi Poater, Miquel Solà et al. Chemistry - A European Journal profile →
  5. Quantifying aromaticity with electron delocalisation measures
    2015 361 citations Jordi Poater, Miquel Solà et al. profile →
  6. Aromaticity rules
    2022 126 citations Miquel Solà profile →
  7. Aromaticity: Quo Vadis
    2023 120 citations Gabriel Merino, Miquel Solà et al. Chemical 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
Miquel Solà Spain 74 14.1k 6.2k 4.3k 3.7k 3.7k 521 20.5k
Minh Tho Nguyen Belgium 56 5.3k 0.4× 6.4k 1.0× 5.5k 1.3× 2.4k 0.6× 3.2k 0.9× 758 16.1k
Haijun Jiao Germany 78 20.0k 1.4× 11.6k 1.9× 3.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.6× 9.6k 2.6× 546 32.0k
Frank De Proft Belgium 60 10.6k 0.8× 5.6k 0.9× 5.7k 1.3× 4.2k 1.1× 2.8k 0.8× 432 19.7k
Clémence Corminbœuf Switzerland 59 7.8k 0.6× 6.2k 1.0× 2.4k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 2.5k 0.7× 253 15.1k
Paul Geerlings Belgium 60 10.6k 0.7× 6.6k 1.1× 6.6k 1.5× 4.4k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 475 21.1k
Filipp Furche United States 58 5.6k 0.4× 7.0k 1.1× 6.9k 1.6× 3.3k 0.9× 3.8k 1.0× 167 17.2k
Roland Boese Germany 63 13.9k 1.0× 4.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 4.3k 1.2× 7.9k 2.2× 790 20.6k
Peter R. Schreiner Germany 70 14.3k 1.0× 4.3k 0.7× 4.6k 1.1× 3.8k 1.0× 4.4k 1.2× 602 22.8k
Martin Kaupp Germany 69 6.3k 0.4× 4.7k 0.7× 5.3k 1.2× 2.2k 0.6× 6.0k 1.6× 413 17.1k
Erik van Lenthe Netherlands 35 5.9k 0.4× 6.8k 1.1× 5.4k 1.3× 2.3k 0.6× 6.6k 1.8× 44 17.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Solà, Miquel & Dariusz W. Szczepanik. (2025). Molecular aromaticity: a quantum phenomenon. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 97(9). 1149–1157. 3 indexed citations
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Tian, Wen‐Juan, Zisheng Li, Sílvia Escayola, et al.. (2025). [Co3@Ge6Sn18]5–: A Giant σ-Aromatic Cluster Analogous to H3+ and Li3+. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(11). 9407–9414. 7 indexed citations
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Stasyuk, Anton J., et al.. (2024). All-carbon supramolecular complexation of a bilayer molecular nanographene with [60] and [70]fullerenes. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(5). 1438–1443. 3 indexed citations
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Escayola, Sílvia, et al.. (2024). The n ,π* States of Heteroaromatics: When are They the Lowest Excited States and in What Way Can They Be Aromatic or Antiaromatic?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 128(22). 4493–4506. 9 indexed citations
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Poater, Jordi, Sílvia Escayola, Albert Poater, et al.. (2023). Single─Not Double─3D-Aromaticity in an Oxidized Closo Icosahedral Dodecaiodo-Dodecaborate Cluster. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(41). 22527–22538. 36 indexed citations
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Stasyuk, Olga A., et al.. (2023). A step towards rational design of carbon nanobelts with tunable electronic properties. Nanoscale. 15(43). 17373–17385. 7 indexed citations
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Posada‐Pérez, Sergio, et al.. (2023). Au Single Metal Atom for Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction. Chemistry. 5(2). 1395–1406. 5 indexed citations
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Posada‐Pérez, Sergio, et al.. (2023). 2D carbon nitride as a support with single Cu, Ag, and Au atoms for carbon dioxide reduction reaction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(12). 8574–8582. 22 indexed citations
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Posada‐Pérez, Sergio, Miquel Solà, & Albert Poater. (2023). Carbon Dioxide Conversion on Supported Metal Nanoparticles: A Brief Review. Catalysts. 13(2). 305–305. 22 indexed citations
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González‐García, Gerardo, Trevor A. Hamlin, F. Matthias Bickelhaupt, et al.. (2023). The Search for Enhanced σ‐Donor Ligands to Stabilize Boron‐Boron Multiple Bonds. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 26(9). 2 indexed citations
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Merino, Gabriel, Miquel Solà, Israel Fernández, et al.. (2023). Aromaticity: Quo Vadis. Chemical Science. 14(21). 5569–5576. 120 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bakouri, Ouissam El, Dariusz W. Szczepanik, Kjell Jorner, et al.. (2022). Three-Dimensional Fully π-Conjugated Macrocycles: When 3D-Aromatic and When 2D-Aromatic-in-3D?. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(19). 8560–8575. 52 indexed citations
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Poater, Jordi, Diego M. Andrada, Miquel Solà, & Cina Foroutan‐Nejad. (2021). Path-dependency of energy decomposition analysis & the elusive nature of bonding. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 24(4). 2344–2348. 30 indexed citations
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Martínez, Juan Pablo, et al.. (2018). Regioselectivity of the Pauson–Khand reaction in single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanoscale. 10(31). 15078–15089. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Xiao‐Xi, Verònica Postils, Wei Sun, et al.. (2017). Reactivity Patterns of (Protonated) Compound II and Compound I of Cytochrome P450: Which is the Better Oxidant?. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(26). 6406–6418. 79 indexed citations
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Vummaleti, Sai V. C., Jesús Antonio Luque‐Urrutia, Paola Belanzoni, et al.. (2017). Mechanism of the Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction Mediated by [Pd(NHC)(allyl)Cl] Precatalysts. Organometallics. 36(11). 2088–2095. 75 indexed citations
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Osuna, Sílvia, Ramón Valencia, Antonio Rodríguez‐Fortea, et al.. (2012). Full Exploration of the Diels–Alder Cycloaddition on Metallofullerenes M3N@C80 (M=Sc, Lu, Gd): The D5h versus Ih Isomer and the Influence of the Metal Cluster. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(29). 8944–8956. 47 indexed citations
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Ribas, Xavi, R. Xifra, Teodor Parella, et al.. (2006). Regiospecific CH Bond Activation: Reversible H/D Exchange Promoted by CuI Complexes with Triazamacrocyclic Ligands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(18). 2941–2944. 39 indexed citations
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Solà, Miquel. (2001). Principios fundamentales de reactividad química basados en la estructura electrónica de las moléculas. 12–18. 1 indexed citations

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