Sergio Ayala

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sergio Ayala is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergio Ayala has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sergio Ayala's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (8 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (3 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (3 papers). Sergio Ayala is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (8 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (3 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (3 papers). Sergio Ayala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Belarus. Sergio Ayala's co-authors include Seth M. Cohen, Davoud Mozhdehi, Zhibin Guan, Kyle C. Bentz, Joseph M. Palomba, Mark Kalaj, Yuji Katayama, Kyle Barcus, Zhenjie Zhang and Scott C. Grindy and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Sergio Ayala

11 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

MOF-Polymer Hybrid Materials: From Simple C... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2020 2014 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. MOF-Polymer Hybrid Materials: From Simple Composites to Tailored Architectures
    2020 694 citations Mark Kalaj, Kyle C. Bentz et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  2. Self-Healing Multiphase Polymers via Dynamic Metal–Ligand Interactions
    2014 502 citations Davoud Mozhdehi, Sergio Ayala et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sergio Ayala United States 11 758 712 552 320 313 11 1.6k
Hunaid Nulwala United States 26 653 0.9× 337 0.5× 371 0.7× 359 1.1× 700 2.2× 46 2.1k
Xinyi Lu China 19 596 0.8× 289 0.4× 283 0.5× 295 0.9× 410 1.3× 45 1.3k
Hui Ma China 21 984 1.3× 435 0.6× 131 0.2× 235 0.7× 312 1.0× 60 2.0k
Xueying Qiu China 27 1.6k 2.1× 493 0.7× 354 0.6× 234 0.7× 309 1.0× 55 2.6k
Maxim V. Bermeshev Russia 26 707 0.9× 373 0.5× 578 1.0× 292 0.9× 1.0k 3.2× 187 2.5k
Cun‐Yue Guo China 33 1.2k 1.5× 498 0.7× 764 1.4× 555 1.7× 1.4k 4.4× 124 3.1k
Florian M. Wisser Germany 24 975 1.3× 547 0.8× 288 0.5× 310 1.0× 197 0.6× 53 1.9k
Jinghai Xiu China 21 1.1k 1.5× 513 0.7× 114 0.2× 346 1.1× 347 1.1× 28 2.1k
Wanping Guo China 19 1.5k 1.9× 714 1.0× 91 0.2× 260 0.8× 238 0.8× 31 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sergio Ayala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sergio Ayala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergio Ayala

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Mileo, Paulo G. M., Shichen Yuan, Sergio Ayala, et al.. (2020). Structure of the Polymer Backbones in polyMOF Materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(24). 10863–10868. 28 indexed citations
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Kalaj, Mark, Kyle C. Bentz, Sergio Ayala, et al.. (2020). MOF-Polymer Hybrid Materials: From Simple Composites to Tailored Architectures. Chemical Reviews. 120(16). 8267–8302. 694 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bentz, Kyle C., Karthikeyan Gnanasekaran, Jake Bailey, et al.. (2020). Inside polyMOFs: layered structures in polymer-based metal–organic frameworks. Chemical Science. 11(38). 10523–10528. 18 indexed citations
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Bentz, Kyle C., Sergio Ayala, Mark Kalaj, & Seth M. Cohen. (2019). Polyacids as Modulators for the Synthesis of UiO-66. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 72(10). 848–851. 13 indexed citations
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Palomba, Joseph M., Sergio Ayala, & Seth M. Cohen. (2018). polyMOF Formation from Kinked Polymer Ligands via ortho‐Substitution. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 58(9-10). 1123–1126. 11 indexed citations
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Ayala, Sergio, Kyle C. Bentz, & Seth M. Cohen. (2018). Block co-polyMOFs: morphology control of polymer–MOF hybrid materials. Chemical Science. 10(6). 1746–1753. 80 indexed citations
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Ayala, Sergio, et al.. (2017). Isoreticular expansion of polyMOFs achieves high surface area materials. Chemical Communications. 53(77). 10684–10687. 57 indexed citations
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Ayala, Sergio, Zhenjie Zhang, & Seth M. Cohen. (2017). Hierarchical structure and porosity in UiO-66 polyMOFs. Chemical Communications. 53(21). 3058–3061. 82 indexed citations
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Mozhdehi, Davoud, et al.. (2014). Self-Healing Multiphase Polymers via Dynamic Metal–Ligand Interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(46). 16128–16131. 502 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ayala, Sergio, et al.. (2007). Decision-making on pipe stress analysis enabled by knowledge-based systems. Knowledge and Information Systems. 12(2). 255–278. 10 indexed citations

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