Simona M. Coman

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Simona M. Coman is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona M. Coman has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 57 papers in Materials Chemistry and 37 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Simona M. Coman's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (54 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (34 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (20 papers). Simona M. Coman is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (54 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (34 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (20 papers). Simona M. Coman collaborates with scholars based in Romania, Spain and Germany. Simona M. Coman's co-authors include Vasile I. Pârvulescu, Erhard Kemnitz, Stefan Wuttke, Ruyi Zhong, Putla Sudarsanam, Sander Van den Bosch, Bert F. Sels, Natalia Candu, Mădălina Tudorache and Marian Nicolae Verziu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simona M. Coman

106 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Functionalised heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable biomass valorisation

2018 540 citations Putla Sudarsanam, Ruyi Zhong et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona M. Coman Romania	32	1.7k	1.3k	874	819	774	107	3.2k
Xinli Tong China	27	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	945 1.1×	366 0.4×	622 0.8×	83	3.0k
Yomaira J. Pagán‐Torres United States	18	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	413 0.5×	465 0.6×	893 1.2×	35	2.7k
Nicoletta Ravasio Italy	39	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	865 1.1×	909 1.2×	137	3.8k
Valentina G. Matveeva Russia	27	861 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	959 1.1×	405 0.5×	470 0.6×	163	2.5k
Anne Ponchel France	33	644 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	644 0.8×	395 0.5×	102	2.8k
Irina L. Simakova Russia	30	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	565 0.6×	449 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	143	3.2k
Cláudio J. A. Mota Brazil	33	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	587 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	128	3.9k
Sankaranarayanapillai Shylesh United States	25	881 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 2.1×	743 0.9×	497 0.6×	37	3.3k
Federica Zaccheria Italy	29	919 0.5×	839 0.6×	789 0.9×	477 0.6×	608 0.8×	85	2.2k
Yannick Pouilloux France	34	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	592 0.7×	963 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	96	3.5k

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Nicolaev, Adela, et al.. (2025). Ru/Beta Zeolite Catalysts for Levulinic Acid Hydrogenation: The Importance of Catalyst Synthesis Methodology. Catalysts. 15(1). 80–80. 5 indexed citations

Gościańska, Joanna, Rafał Panek, Adela Nicolaev, et al.. (2025). Magnetic Fe,Co‐Nanocarbon Frameworks Derived from Fe‐Doped Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework‐67 as Highly Active Catalysts for 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural Oxidation. ChemSusChem. 18(17). e202500678–e202500678. 1 indexed citations

Stan, Dana, Diana Stan, Iunia Podolean, et al.. (2024). Hybrid Hydrogel Supplemented with Algal Polysaccharide for Potential Use in Biomedical Applications. Gels. 11(1). 17–17. 4 indexed citations

Podolean, Iunia, Adela Nicolaev, Bogdan Cojocaru, et al.. (2024). Highly Efficient Ru-Based Catalysts for Lactic Acid Conversion to Alanine. Nanomaterials. 14(3). 277–277. 4 indexed citations

Ejsmont, Aleksander, et al.. (2023). Catalytic oxidation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid by Co-based MOFs. Applied Catalysis A General. 657. 119147–119147. 21 indexed citations

Pavel, Octavian Dumitru, et al.. (2022). Use of Photocatalytically Active Supramolecular Organic–Inorganic Magnetic Composites as Efficient Route to Remove β-Lactam Antibiotics from Water. Catalysts. 12(9). 1044–1044. 5 indexed citations

Candu, Natalia, Bogdan Cojocaru, Simona M. Coman, et al.. (2020). Nanometer-thick films of antimony oxide nanoparticles grafted on defective graphenes as heterogeneous base catalysts for coupling reactions. Journal of Catalysis. 390. 135–149. 6 indexed citations

Candu, Natalia, Isabela C. Man, Bogdan Cojocaru, et al.. (2019). Nitrogen-doped graphene as metal free basic catalyst for coupling reactions. Journal of Catalysis. 376. 238–247. 16 indexed citations

Sudarsanam, Putla, Ruyi Zhong, Sander Van den Bosch, et al.. (2018). Functionalised heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable biomass valorisation. Chemical Society Reviews. 47(22). 8349–8402. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

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Podolean, Iunia, Josep Albero, Vasile I. Pârvulescu, et al.. (2017). N-Doped graphene as a metal-free catalyst for glucose oxidation to succinic acid. Green Chemistry. 19(8). 1999–2005. 53 indexed citations

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Coman, Simona M., Iunia Podolean, Mădălina Tudorache, et al.. (2017). Graphene oxide as a catalyst for the diastereoselective transfer hydrogenation in the synthesis of prostaglandin derivatives. Chemical Communications. 53(74). 10271–10274. 9 indexed citations

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Podolean, Iunia, Bogdan Cojocaru, Vasile I. Pârvulescu, et al.. (2017). RuCl₃ Supported on N‐Doped Graphene as a Reusable Catalyst for the One‐Step Glucose Oxidation to Succinic Acid. ChemCatChem. 9(17). 3314–3321. 19 indexed citations

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Podolean, Iunia, Camelia Bala, Lucian Rotariu, et al.. (2016). Unprecedented Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Glucose to Succinic Acid Induced by the Addition of n‐Butylamine to a Ru^III Catalyst. ChemSusChem. 9(17). 2307–2311. 30 indexed citations

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Primo, Ana, Iván Esteve‐Adell, Simona M. Coman, et al.. (2015). One‐Step Pyrolysis Preparation of 1.1.1 Oriented Gold Nanoplatelets Supported on Graphene and Six Orders of Magnitude Enhancement of the Resulting Catalytic Activity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(2). 607–612. 37 indexed citations

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Negoi, Alina, Olimpia Mamula, Mădălina Tudorache, et al.. (2013). Direct Synthesis of Sorbitol and Glycerol from Cellulose over Ionic Ru/Magnetite Nanoparticles in the Absence of External Hydrogen. ChemSusChem. 6(11). 2090–2094. 16 indexed citations

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Negoi, Alina, Stefan Wuttke, Erhard Kemnitz, et al.. (2010). One‐Pot Synthesis of Menthol Catalyzed by a Highly Diastereoselective Au/MgF₂ Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(44). 8134–8138. 50 indexed citations

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Coman, Simona M., Pratap T. Patil, Stefan Wuttke, & Erhard Kemnitz. (2008). Cyclisation of citronellal over heterogeneous inorganic fluorides—highly chemo- and diastereoselective catalysts for (±)-isopulegol. Chemical Communications. 460–462. 43 indexed citations

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Wuttke, Stefan, Simona M. Coman, Gudrun Scholz, et al.. (2008). Novel Sol–Gel Synthesis of Acidic MgF_2−x(OH)_x Materials. Chemistry - A European Journal. 14(36). 11488–11499. 91 indexed citations

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Coman, Simona M., et al.. (2004). Ir-Beta zeolite as a heterogeneous catalyst for the one-pot transformation of citronellal to menthol. Chemical Communications. 1292–1293. 39 indexed citations

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Coman, Simona M., Vasile I. Pârvulescu, & P. Grange. (1999). Transformation of C6 hydrocarbons over sulfated zirconia catalysts. Applied Catalysis A General. 176(1). 45–62. 23 indexed citations

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