Olivier Blacque

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
321 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Olivier Blacque is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Blacque has authored 321 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 213 papers in Organic Chemistry, 116 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 63 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Olivier Blacque's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (89 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (42 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (35 papers). Olivier Blacque is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (89 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (42 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (35 papers). Olivier Blacque collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and Germany. Olivier Blacque's co-authors include Heinz Berke, Koushik Venkatesan, Thomas Fox, Gilles Gasser, Chunfang Jiang, Hui Chao, Johannes Karges, Christian M. Frech, Jai Anand Garg and Yanfeng Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Olivier Blacque

304 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

Targeted photoredox catalysis in cancer cells 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400
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. Targeted photoredox catalysis in cancer cells
    2019 437 citations Olivier Blacque, Gilles Gasser et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olivier Blacque Switzerland 47 4.3k 2.4k 2.1k 1.1k 1.1k 321 7.5k
Bernhard Spingler Switzerland 47 2.5k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 754 0.7× 2.0k 1.9× 222 7.2k
Maxime A. Siegler United States 54 4.6k 1.1× 3.2k 1.3× 4.5k 2.1× 571 0.5× 1.9k 1.8× 381 10.1k
B.C. Noll United States 54 4.7k 1.1× 5.0k 2.1× 3.5k 1.6× 439 0.4× 808 0.8× 280 10.5k
Claudia Turró United States 55 3.6k 0.8× 3.9k 1.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 4.1k 3.9× 203 9.0k
Pierre D. Harvey Canada 45 2.8k 0.6× 4.1k 1.7× 2.3k 1.1× 627 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 340 7.5k
Shigenobu Yano Japan 42 2.5k 0.6× 2.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.6× 254 6.1k
Bruno Therrien Switzerland 55 8.8k 2.0× 3.0k 1.3× 4.2k 2.0× 730 0.7× 4.4k 4.1× 308 11.9k
Wolfgang Frey Germany 53 7.5k 1.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 275 0.3× 430 10.6k
Sylvestre Bonnet Netherlands 44 1.7k 0.4× 2.9k 1.2× 727 0.3× 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 166 5.9k
Martin Bröring Germany 39 1.6k 0.4× 4.1k 1.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 303 0.3× 170 5.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olivier Blacque

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All Works

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Memarian, Hamid Reza, et al.. (2025). Crystal structure analysis and computational study of 4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-oxadiazoles. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1330. 141534–141534. 1 indexed citations
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Ibrahimi, Brahim El, Olivier Blacque, Tuncer Hökelek, et al.. (2024). Newly synthesized based Schiff of phenylferrocene: Molecular and crystal structures, Density Functional Theory calculations, Hirshfeld surface analyses, and improved molecular docking data. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1314. 138747–138747. 5 indexed citations
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Libardi, Silvia H., Júlio C. Borges, Ronaldo Junio de Oliveira, et al.. (2024). Rhenium(i) and technetium(i) complexes with megazol derivatives: towards the development of a theranostic platform for Chagas disease. Dalton Transactions. 53(48). 19153–19165. 3 indexed citations
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Palmeira‐Mello, Marcos V., et al.. (2024). Exploring the potential of ruthenium(ii)–phosphine–mercapto complexes as new anticancer agents. Dalton Transactions. 53(26). 10947–10960. 7 indexed citations
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Mayländer, Maximilian, et al.. (2024). π‐Radical Cascade to a Chiral Saddle‐Shaped Peropyrene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(14). e202318254–e202318254. 7 indexed citations
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Blacque, Olivier, et al.. (2023). N -Metallocenyl Ynamides: Preparation, Reactivity, and Synthesis of ansa [3]-Ferrocenylamides. Organic Letters. 25(4). 624–629. 3 indexed citations
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Blacque, Olivier, et al.. (2023). Towards Ruthenium(II)‐Rhenium(I) Binuclear Complexes as Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy. ChemBioChem. 24(19). e202300467–e202300467. 9 indexed citations
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Blacque, Olivier, et al.. (2023). Towards Copper(I) Clusters for Photo‐Induced Oxidation of Biological Thiols in Living Cells**. ChemBioChem. 24(23). e202300496–e202300496. 6 indexed citations
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Feng, Tao, Albert Gandioso, Robin Vinck, et al.. (2023). Structurally Simple Osmium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes as Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy in the Near Infrared**. Angewandte Chemie. 135(20). 18 indexed citations
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Blacque, Olivier, et al.. (2023). Dimethylnonacethrene – en route to a magnetic switch. Chemical Communications. 59(50). 7743–7746. 3 indexed citations
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Häußinger, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Nonacethrene Unchained: A Cascade to Chiral Contorted Conjugated Hydrocarbon with Two sp 3 -Defects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(7). 1616–1626. 10 indexed citations
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Blacque, Olivier, et al.. (2022). Subphthalocyanine–triangulene dyads: Property tuning for light‐harvesting device applications. Energy Science & Engineering. 10(5). 1752–1762. 6 indexed citations
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Sévery, Laurent, Jacek Szczerbiński, Gabriele Tocci, et al.. (2021). Immobilization of molecular catalysts on electrode surfaces using host–guest interactions. Nature Chemistry. 13(6). 523–529. 72 indexed citations
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Yong, Yang, Olivier Blacque, Sota Sato, & Michal Jurı́ček. (2021). Cycloparaphenylene–Phenalenyl Radical and Its Dimeric Double Nanohoop**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(24). 13529–13535. 58 indexed citations
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Notaro, Anna, Angelo Frei, Riccardo Rubbiani, et al.. (2020). Ruthenium(II) Complex Containing a Redox-Active Semiquinonate Ligand as a Potential Chemotherapeutic Agent: From Synthesis to In Vivo Studies. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(10). 5568–5584. 33 indexed citations
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Ravat, Prince, Olivier Blacque, & Michal Jurı́ček. (2019). Benzo[cd]triangulene: A Spin 1/2 Graphene Fragment. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(1). 92–100. 20 indexed citations
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Blacque, Olivier, Henri Brunner, Marek M. Kubicki, et al.. (1997). Coordinative Stabilization of Cyclo ‐Tetratellurium as [Te 4 {Cr(CO) 5 } 4 ]: The First Organometallic Derivative of a Tellurium Allotrope. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 36(4). 352–353. 28 indexed citations

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