Pedro Cintas

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
227 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Pedro Cintas is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro Cintas has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Organic Chemistry, 48 papers in Molecular Biology and 41 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Pedro Cintas's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (41 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (28 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (27 papers). Pedro Cintas is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (41 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (28 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (27 papers). Pedro Cintas collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and Italy. Pedro Cintas's co-authors include Giancarlo Cravotto, Reyes Babiano, Martı́n Ávalos, Juan C. Palacios, José L. Jiménez, Cristóbal Viedma, Jean‐Louis Luche, Emanuela Calcio Gaudino, Luisa Boffa and Stefano Mantegna and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Pedro Cintas

221 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Power ultrasound in organic synthesis: moving cavitationa... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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. Power ultrasound in organic synthesis: moving cavitational chemistry from academia to innovative and large-scale applications
    2005 747 citations Giancarlo Cravotto, Pedro Cintas profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pedro Cintas Spain 38 3.6k 1.6k 1.5k 1.2k 894 227 7.0k
Oliver Trapp Germany 41 2.0k 0.6× 857 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 2.3k 2.6× 224 5.6k
Teruo Matsuura Japan 40 3.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 862 0.7× 644 0.7× 475 7.6k
Richard M. Kellogg Netherlands 61 7.1k 2.0× 3.8k 2.4× 3.7k 2.5× 925 0.7× 2.4k 2.7× 320 13.0k
Fredric M. Menger United States 47 5.5k 1.5× 1.7k 1.1× 3.4k 2.3× 595 0.5× 1.4k 1.6× 229 9.1k
Gang Lü China 46 4.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 471 0.4× 246 0.3× 178 6.5k
Yufen Zhao China 48 3.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 3.6k 2.4× 553 0.4× 3.1k 3.5× 579 9.7k
Rui Fausto Portugal 49 3.6k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 810 0.6× 489 0.4× 3.1k 3.4× 472 9.3k
José G. Hernández Germany 36 2.9k 0.8× 904 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 588 0.5× 196 0.2× 70 4.7k
Hans Wynberg Netherlands 38 3.5k 1.0× 832 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 316 0.3× 947 1.1× 187 5.5k
Christian Roussel France 39 3.3k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 901 0.6× 415 0.3× 2.4k 2.6× 203 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Pedro Cintas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pedro Cintas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pedro Cintas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pedro Cintas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pedro Cintas 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 Pedro Cintas. Pedro Cintas 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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Durán‐Valle, Carlos J., et al.. (2025). Catalytic Screening for 1,2-Diol Protection: A Saccharose-Derived Hydrothermal Carbon Showcases Enhanced Performance. Applied Sciences. 15(2). 807–807. 1 indexed citations
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Cintas, Pedro. (2025). 150 Years of the Tetrahedral Carbon: A Toast to Chirality. Chirality. 37(2). e70022–e70022.
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Gil, María Victoria, et al.. (2024). Targeting cow's milk allergy using hypoallergenic protein-polyphenol formulas: A proof of concept. Food Chemistry. 463(Pt 3). 141285–141285. 6 indexed citations
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Durán‐Valle, Carlos J., et al.. (2023). An Eco‐Friendly and Switchable Carbon‐Based Catalyst for Protection‐Deprotection of Vicinal Diols. ChemCatChem. 15(12). 3 indexed citations
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Gil, María Victoria, et al.. (2023). Food Allergens: When Friends Become Foes—Caveats and Opportunities for Oral Immunotherapy Based on Deactivation Methods. Nutrients. 15(16). 3650–3650. 4 indexed citations
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Hochberg, David & Pedro Cintas. (2020). Does Pressure Break Mirror‐Image Symmetry? A Perspective and New Insights. ChemPhysChem. 21(7). 633–642. 2 indexed citations
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Concepción, Juan García de la, Martı́n Ávalos, Pedro Cintas, José L. Jiménez, & Mark E. Light. (2018). On the dual reactivity of a Janus-type mesoionic dipole: experiments and theoretical validation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(26). 4778–4783.
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Wu, Zhilin, Pedro Cintas, Zhansheng Wu, et al.. (2017). Effects of ultrasonic and hydrodynamic cavitation on the treatment of cork wastewater by flocculation and Fenton processes. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 40(Pt B). 3–8. 44 indexed citations
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Ávalos, Martı́n, Reyes Babiano, Pedro Cintas, et al.. (2014). Pseudo-cyclic structures of mono- and di-azaderivatives of malondialdehydes. Synthesis and conformational disentanglement by computational analyses. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 12(44). 8997–9010. 9 indexed citations
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Cintas, Pedro, et al.. (2013). Biochirality : origins, evolution and molecular recognition. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 13 indexed citations
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Viedma, Cristóbal, J. Michael McBride, Bart Kahr, & Pedro Cintas. (2013). Enantiomer‐Specific Oriented Attachment: Formation of Macroscopic Homochiral Crystal Aggregates from a Racemic System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(40). 10545–10548. 80 indexed citations
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Cintas, Pedro, Diego Carnaroglio, Laura Rinaldi, & Giancarlo Cravotto. (2012). Complementary and Synergic Effects of Microwaves and Ultrasound in Metal-Assisted Synthesis. 30. 33–35. 6 indexed citations
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Viedma, Cristóbal, José E. Ortíz, Trinidad Torres, & Pedro Cintas. (2012). Enantioenrichment in sublimed amino acid mixtures. Chemical Communications. 48(30). 3623–3623. 16 indexed citations
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Cintas, Pedro. (2008). Entstehung von Homochiralität unter präbiotischen Bedingungen. Angewandte Chemie. 120(16). 2960–2962. 10 indexed citations
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Cravotto, Giancarlo & Pedro Cintas. (2007). Das Auslösen und Steuern chemischer Reaktionen durch Ultraschall. Angewandte Chemie. 119(29). 5573–5575. 23 indexed citations
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Cintas, Pedro. (2004). Der Weg zu chemischen Namen und Eponymen: Entdeckung, Priorität und Würdigung. Angewandte Chemie. 116(44). 6012–6018. 2 indexed citations
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Cintas, Pedro. (2002). Die Chiralität lebender Systeme: Hilfe von Kristallen und Oligopeptiden. Angewandte Chemie. 114(13). 2331–2331. 6 indexed citations
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Cintas, Pedro. (2002). Die Chiralität lebender Systeme: Hilfe von Kristallen und Oligopeptiden. Angewandte Chemie. 114(7). 1187–1193. 33 indexed citations

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