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Abraha Habtemariam publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abraha Habtemariam sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 141 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Abraha Habtemariam D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Abraha Habtemariam sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Abraha Habtemariam is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Materials Science, with a strong focus on Materials Chemistry, comprising 43 of their publications. Additional subfields include Oncology, Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Their research encompasses a range of topics predominantly related to crystallization and solubility studies as well as X-ray diffraction in crystallography. Habtemariam has contributed extensively to the synthesis and characterization of metal complexes. Their main topics of work are:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications
  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Habtemariam include Vanessa Rodríguez-Fanjul, Ana M. Pizarro, Peter J. Sadler, Isolda Romero-Canelón, and Sonia Infante-Tadeo. These collaborations have supported studies across multiple chemical disciplines and contributed to advancing the understanding of metal-based compounds and their applications.

Their recent publications cover several aspects of transition metal complexes with relevance to cancer research and catalysis. Notable papers include:

  • Structurally Strained Half-Sandwich Iridium(III) Complexes As Highly Potent Anticancer Agents (2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Photoactivated Osmium Arene Anticancer Complexes (2021, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Osmium(ii) tethered half-sandwich complexes: pH-dependent aqueous speciation and transfer hydrogenation in cells (2021, Chemical Science)
  • Effect of cysteine thiols on the catalytic and anticancer activity of Ru(ii) sulfonyl-ethylenediamine complexes (2022, Dalton Transactions)
  • Structure-activity relationships for osmium(II) arene phenylazopyridine anticancer complexes functionalised with alkoxy and glycolic substituents (2020, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry)

The primary venues where Habtemariam's research appears include The Cambridge Structural Database with 20 publications, Dalton Transactions with 3 publications, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Chemical Science.

Best Publications

  • Organometallic chemistry, biology and medicine: ruthenium arene anticancer complexes

    Yaw Kai Yan;Michael Melchart;Abraha Habtemariam;Peter J. Sadler

  • Structure-activity relationships for cytotoxic ruthenium(II) arene complexes containing N,N-, N,O-, and O,O-chelating ligands

    Abraha Habtemariam;Michael Melchart;Rafael Fernandez;Simon Parsons

  • Designing organometallic compounds for catalysis and therapy.

    Anna Louisa Noffke;Abraha Habtemariam;Ana M. Pizarro;Peter J. Sadler

  • Organometallic Half-Sandwich Iridium Anticancer Complexes

    Zhe Liu;Abraha Habtemariam;Ana M. Pizarro;Sally A. Fletcher

  • The Potent Oxidant Anticancer Activity of Organoiridium Catalysts

    Zhe Liu;Isolda Romero-Canelón;Bushra Qamar;Jessica M. Hearn

  • Catalytic organometallic anticancer complexes

    Sarah J. Dougan;Abraha Habtemariam;Sarah E. McHale;Simon Parsons

  • Controlling ligand substitution reactions of organometallic complexes: tuning cancer cell cytotoxicity.

    F Y Wang;A Habtemariam;E P L van der Geer;R Fernandez

  • Transfer hydrogenation catalysis in cells as a new approach to anticancer drug design

    Joan J. Soldevila-Barreda;Isolda Romero-Canelón;Abraha Habtemariam;Peter J. Sadler

  • Tuning the Reactivity of Osmium(II) and Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes under Physiological Conditions

    Anna F A Peacock;Abraha Habtemariam;Rafael Fernández;Victoria Walland

  • Use of chelating ligands to tune the reactive site of half-sandwich ruthenium(II)-arene anticancer complexes.

    Rafael Fernández;Michael Melchart;Abraha Habtemariam;Simon Parsons

  • Activation Mechanisms for Organometallic Anticancer Complexes

    Ana M. Pizarro;Abraha Habtemariam;Peter J. Sadler

  • Competition between glutathione and guanine for a ruthenium(II) arene anticancer complex : detection of a sulfenato intermediate

    Fuyi Wang;Jingjing Xu;Abraha Habtemariam;Juraj Bella

  • Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation by synthetic catalysts in cancer cells

    James P C Coverdale;Isolda Romero-Canelón;Carlos Sanchez-Cano;Guy J Clarkson

  • Phenylazo-pyridine and Phenylazo-pyrazole chlorido Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes: Arene Loss, Aquation, and Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity

    Sarah J. Dougan;Michael Melchart;Abraha Habtemariam;Simon Parsons

  • In vivo tumour and metastasis reduction and in vitro effects on invasion assays of the ruthenium RM175 and osmium AFAP51 organometallics in the mammary cancer model

    A. Bergamo;A. Masi;Anna F. A. Peacock;Abraha Habtemariam

  • Photocontrolled DNA Binding of a Receptor-Targeted Organometallic Ruthenium(II) Complex

    Flavia Barragán;Paula López-Senín;Luca Salassa;Soledad Betanzos-Lara

  • Osmium(II) and Ruthenium(II) Arene Maltolato Complexes: Rapid Hydrolysis and Nucleobase Binding

    Anna F. A. Peacock;Michael Melchart;Robert J. Deeth;Abraha Habtemariam

  • Organometallic Ruthenium and Iridium Transfer‐Hydrogenation Catalysts Using Coenzyme NADH as a Cofactor

    Soledad Betanzos-Lara;Zhe Liu;Abraha Habtemariam;Ana M. Pizarro

  • Photoactivatable Organometallic Pyridyl Ruthenium(II) Arene Complexes

    Soledad Betanzos-Lara;Luca Salassa;Abraha Habtemariam;Olga Novakova

  • Contrasting Reactivity and Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity of Isoelectronic Organometallic Iridium(III) Complexes

    Zhe Liu;Luca Salassa;Abraha Habtemariam;Ana M. Pizarro

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Sadler
Peter J. Sadler University of Warwick
Guy J. Clarkson
Guy J. Clarkson University of Warwick
Simon Parsons
Simon Parsons University of Edinburgh
Viktor Brabec
Viktor Brabec Czech Academy of Sciences
Robert J. Deeth
Robert J. Deeth University of Warwick
Jana Kasparkova
Jana Kasparkova Czech Academy of Sciences
Peter B. O’Connor
Peter B. O’Connor University of Warwick
Alfonso Castiñeiras
Alfonso Castiñeiras University of Santiago de Compostela
Alison Rodger
Alison Rodger Macquarie University
Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx
Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx Utrecht University

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