Rafael Islas

2.3k total citations
49 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Rafael Islas is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Islas has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Organic Chemistry, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rafael Islas's work include Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (25 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (17 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (12 papers). Rafael Islas is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (25 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (17 papers) and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (12 papers). Rafael Islas collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Chile and Germany. Rafael Islas's co-authors include Gabriel Merino, Thomas Heine, J. Óscar C. Jiménez‐Halla, Gerardo Martínez‐Guajardo, Edison Osorio, Miquel Solà, Pratim Kumar Chattaraj, William Tiznado, Zhixiang Wang and José Luis Cabellos and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Islas

45 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Islas Mexico 21 1.1k 1.1k 642 303 282 49 2.0k
Birgitta Schirmer Germany 26 318 0.3× 1.8k 1.7× 1.2k 1.8× 241 0.8× 543 1.9× 35 2.5k
Kelling J. Donald United States 19 520 0.5× 398 0.4× 522 0.8× 87 0.3× 336 1.2× 54 1.2k
Jorge Barroso Mexico 18 670 0.6× 416 0.4× 318 0.5× 177 0.6× 135 0.5× 43 1.0k
Truong Ba Tai Belgium 25 1.2k 1.1× 449 0.4× 390 0.6× 424 1.4× 329 1.2× 62 1.6k
William P. Power Canada 19 419 0.4× 438 0.4× 262 0.4× 86 0.3× 197 0.7× 51 1.3k
H. Rotter Germany 22 607 0.5× 468 0.4× 315 0.5× 44 0.1× 331 1.2× 77 1.7k
I.S. Neretin Russia 19 768 0.7× 878 0.8× 230 0.4× 65 0.2× 153 0.5× 36 1.3k
David R. Kanis United States 13 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 340 0.5× 89 0.3× 414 1.5× 13 3.0k
Ester Livshits Israel 16 392 0.4× 258 0.2× 117 0.2× 137 0.5× 646 2.3× 24 1.5k
L.I. Buravov Russia 23 327 0.3× 413 0.4× 246 0.4× 219 0.7× 92 0.3× 118 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Islas

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All Works

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Moreno, Diego, et al.. (2025). Tuning of aromaticity and reactivity in gold-substituted cyclopropenyl cations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(21). 11191–11197.
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Báez‐Grez, Rodrigo, Diego Inostroza, Alejandro Vásquez‐Espinal, Rafael Islas, & Ricardo Pino‐Rios. (2023). Exploration of the potential energy surface in mixed Zintl clusters applying an automatic Johnson polyhedra generator: the case of arachno E6M24− (E = Si, Ge, Sn; M = Sb, Bi). RSC Advances. 13(35). 24499–24504. 1 indexed citations
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Islas, Rafael, et al.. (2021). In Silico Analysis of the Electronic Delocalization in Some Double Fused-Ring Metallabenzenes. ACS Omega. 6(14). 9887–9897. 4 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Araya, Jorge I. & Rafael Islas. (2021). Analysis in silico of chemical reactivity employing the local hyper‐softness in some classic aromatic compounds, boron aromatic clusters and all‐metal aromatic clusters. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 43(1). 29–42. 3 indexed citations
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Islas, Rafael, et al.. (2021). Correction to “In Silico Analysis of the Electronic Delocalization in Some Double Fused-Ring Metallabenzenes”. ACS Omega. 6(24). 16251–16252. 1 indexed citations
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Islas, Rafael, et al.. (2021). Metallaborazines: To Be or Not To Be Delocalized. ACS Omega. 6(30). 19629–19641. 1 indexed citations
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Orozco‐Ic, Mesías, Jorge Barroso, Rafael Islas, & Gabriel Merino. (2020). Delocalization in Substituted Benzene Dications: A Magnetic Point of View. ChemistryOpen. 9(6). 657–661. 8 indexed citations
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Islas, Rafael, et al.. (2020). Analysis of the electronic delocalization in some isoelectronic analogues of B12 doped with beryllium and/or carbon. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(21). 12245–12259. 10 indexed citations
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Páez‐Hernández, Dayán, et al.. (2018). The role of Cr, Mo and W in the electronic delocalization and the metal–ring interaction in metallocene complexes. New Journal of Chemistry. 42(7). 5334–5344. 6 indexed citations
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Islas, Rafael, Diego P. Oyarzún, & Plinio Cantero-López. (2018). Analysis of the aromaticity in extended systems formed from isoelectronic Al42− and C42+ aromatic clusters. Structural Chemistry. 29(5). 1383–1395. 2 indexed citations
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Arratia‐Pérez, Ramiro, et al.. (2018). Optical and electronic properties of benzopyrylium derivatives. Theoretical-experimental synergy towards novel DSSCs devices. Dyes and Pigments. 161. 370–381. 14 indexed citations
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Vásquez‐Espinal, Alejandro, Jordi Poater, Miquel Solà, William Tiznado, & Rafael Islas. (2016). Testing the effectiveness of the isoelectronic substitution principle through the transformation of aromatic osmathiophene derivatives into their inorganic analogues. New Journal of Chemistry. 41(3). 1168–1178. 8 indexed citations
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Jalife, Said, Martha Audiffred, Rafael Islas, et al.. (2014). The inorganic analogues of carbo-benzene. Chemical Physics Letters. 610-611. 209–212. 9 indexed citations
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Duan, Yan, Gang Lü, Hai-Gang Lü, et al.. (2012). D3h CN3Be3+ and CO3Li3+: viable planar hexacoordinate carbon prototypes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(43). 14760–14760. 67 indexed citations
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Islas, Rafael, et al.. (2010). Actitudes docentes de médicos de Urgencias de un hospital de 2º nivel. 2(2). 47–54.
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Jiménez‐Halla, J. Óscar C., et al.. (2010). CAl4Be and CAl3Be2−: global minima with a planar pentacoordinate carbon atom. Chemical Communications. 46(46). 8776–8776. 109 indexed citations
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Jiménez‐Halla, J. Óscar C., Rafael Islas, Thomas Heine, & Gabriel Merino. (2010). B19−: An Aromatic Wankel Motor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(33). 5668–5671. 164 indexed citations
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Islas, Rafael, et al.. (2004). Entorno laboral y aptitudes clínicas en residentes de urgencias médico-quirúrgicas. Revista M�dica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. 42(5). 371–378. 9 indexed citations
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Islas, Rafael, et al.. (2002). Experiencia médico-quirúrgica en una unidad de reanimación. Revista M�dica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. 40(6). 511–520. 5 indexed citations

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