Stefano Crespi

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Stefano Crespi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Crespi has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Organic Chemistry, 52 papers in Materials Chemistry and 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Stefano Crespi's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (35 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers) and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (25 papers). Stefano Crespi is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (35 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers) and Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (25 papers). Stefano Crespi collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Sweden and Germany. Stefano Crespi's co-authors include Burkhard König, Maurizio Fagnoni, Nadja A. Simeth, Ben L. Feringa, Daisy R. S. Pooler, Anouk S. Lubbe, Stefano Protti, Lukas Pfeifer, Fan Xu and Romain Costil and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Crespi

82 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Heteroaryl azo dyes as molecular photoswitches 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2020 100 200 300 400 500
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. Heteroaryl azo dyes as molecular photoswitches
    2019 509 citations Stefano Crespi, Nadja A. Simeth et al. profile →
  2. Generation of Alkyl Radicals: From the Tyranny of Tin to the Photon Democracy
    2020 360 citations Stefano Crespi, Maurizio Fagnoni Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefano Crespi Netherlands 29 1.8k 1.5k 669 401 289 86 3.1k
Yuanning Feng United States 23 952 0.5× 817 0.5× 172 0.3× 288 0.7× 328 1.1× 48 1.7k
Kazuto Takaishi Japan 32 1.9k 1.0× 1.8k 1.2× 189 0.3× 333 0.8× 663 2.3× 81 3.1k
Max von Delius Germany 29 2.3k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 218 0.3× 493 1.2× 579 2.0× 81 3.3k
Stefano Di Stefano Italy 31 2.2k 1.2× 913 0.6× 396 0.6× 425 1.1× 645 2.2× 116 3.3k
Henry Dube Germany 34 1.5k 0.8× 2.2k 1.5× 1.3k 2.0× 385 1.0× 547 1.9× 91 3.1k
Lutz Grubert Germany 23 815 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 665 1.0× 183 0.5× 155 0.5× 60 2.0k
Diego Sampedro Spain 26 1.2k 0.7× 958 0.6× 381 0.6× 87 0.2× 92 0.3× 118 2.4k
M. Ribagorda Spain 25 1.8k 0.9× 800 0.5× 152 0.2× 153 0.4× 227 0.8× 71 2.4k
Hai Qian China 18 593 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 284 0.4× 309 0.8× 436 1.5× 36 1.7k
Qi Zou China 21 548 0.3× 1.8k 1.2× 444 0.7× 158 0.4× 587 2.0× 56 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefano Crespi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Crespi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Crespi, Stefano, et al.. (2025). Substituent effects in N -acetylated phenylazopyrazole photoswitches. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 21. 830–838. 2 indexed citations
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Pooler, Daisy R. S., et al.. (2025). Modulation of Lanthanide Luminescence with the Mechanical Bond: Antenna‐Emitter Confinement in a Compact [2]Rotaxane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(32). e202505666–e202505666. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Fan, Jinyu Sheng, Stefano Crespi, et al.. (2024). All-visible-light-driven stiff-stilbene photoswitches. Chemical Science. 15(18). 6763–6769. 20 indexed citations
4.
Hilbers, Michiel, Wim G. Roeterdink, Alessandro Iagatti, et al.. (2024). Probing the Hidden Photoisomerization of a Symmetric Phosphaalkene Switch. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(5). e202419943–e202419943. 4 indexed citations
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Kuntze, Kim, et al.. (2024). Detour to success: photoswitching via indirect excitation. Chemical Science. 15(30). 11684–11698. 17 indexed citations
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Pooler, Daisy R. S., et al.. (2023). Highly Efficient Oxindole‐Based Molecular Photoswitches. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(55). e202301634–e202301634. 6 indexed citations
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Crespi, Stefano, et al.. (2022). Peptide Conjugated Dihydroazulene/Vinylheptafulvene Photoswitches in Aqueous Environment. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26(1). 5 indexed citations
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Kathan, Michael, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Strain on the Rotation of an Artificial Molecular Motor. Angewandte Chemie. 134(34). 3 indexed citations
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Pfeifer, Lukas, Stefano Crespi, Johan Kemmink, et al.. (2022). Controlling forward and backward rotary molecular motion on demand. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2124–2124. 30 indexed citations
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Pooler, Daisy R. S., et al.. (2022). Controlling rotary motion of molecular motors based on oxindole. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 9(8). 2084–2092. 16 indexed citations
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Toyoda, Ryojun, Stefano Crespi, Daisy R. S. Pooler, et al.. (2022). Synergistic interplay between photoisomerization and photoluminescence in a light-driven rotary molecular motor. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5765–5765. 20 indexed citations
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Crespi, Stefano, et al.. (2021). Substituent and Surfactant Effects on the Photochemical Reaction of Some Aryl Benzoates in Micellar Green Environment†. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 97(6). 1298–1309. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Shun, Cai‐Xin Zhao, Stefano Crespi, et al.. (2021). Reversibly modulating a conformation-adaptive fluorophore in [2]catenane. Chem. 7(6). 1544–1556. 71 indexed citations
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Costil, Romain, et al.. (2021). Directing Coupled Motion with Light: A Key Step Toward Machine-Like Function. Chemical Reviews. 121(21). 13213–13237. 84 indexed citations
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Crespi, Stefano, Nadja A. Simeth, Mariangela Di Donato, et al.. (2021). Phenylimino Indolinone: A Green‐Light‐Responsive T‐Type Photoswitch Exhibiting Negative Photochromism. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(48). 25290–25295. 43 indexed citations
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Pooler, Daisy R. S., Anouk S. Lubbe, Stefano Crespi, & Ben L. Feringa. (2021). Designing light-driven rotary molecular motors. Chemical Science. 12(45). 14964–14986. 149 indexed citations
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Simeth, Nadja A., Piermichele Kobauri, Stefano Crespi, et al.. (2021). Rational design of a photoswitchable DNA glue enabling high regulatory function and supramolecular chirality transfer. Chemical Science. 12(26). 9207–9220. 23 indexed citations
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Crespi, Stefano, et al.. (2020). Direct Irradiation of Phenol and Para-Substituted Phenols with a Laser Pulse (266 nm) in Homogeneous and Micro-heterogeneous Media. A Time-Resolved Spectroscopy Study. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(21). 14012–14025. 16 indexed citations
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Simeth, Nadja A., Stefano Crespi, Maurizio Fagnoni, & Burkhard König. (2018). Tuning the Thermal Isomerization of Phenylazoindole Photoswitches from Days to Nanoseconds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(8). 2940–2946. 117 indexed citations
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Bonesi, Sergio M., Stefano Crespi, Daniele Merli, Ilse Manet, & Angelo Albini. (2017). Direct Irradiaton of Aryl Sulfides: Homolytic Fragmentation and Sensitized S-Oxidation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(17). 9054–9065. 21 indexed citations

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