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Alberto Villa

Alberto Villa

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
11520
World Ranking
9379
National Ranking
275

Alberto Villa 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 Alberto Villa sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 271 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alberto Villa 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 Alberto Villa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alberto Villa is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, catalysis, and organic chemistry.

Their research covers a variety of topics including catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, catalysis for biomass conversion, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, hydrogen storage and materials, and catalysts for methane reforming.

Villa has published in several journals, with frequent contributions to ChemCatChem, Catalysts, Nanomaterials, Catalysis Today, and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Some of the recent papers authored by or involving Villa are:

  • Dual-Site-Mediated Hydrogenation Catalysis on Pd/NiO: Selective Biomass Transformation and Maintenance of Catalytic Activity at Low Pd Loading, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Carbon based catalysts for the hydrodeoxygenation of lignin and related molecules: A powerful tool for the generation of non-petroleum chemical products including hydrocarbons, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Synthesis of palladium-rhodium bimetallic nanoparticles for formic acid dehydrogenation, 2020, Journal of Energy Chemistry
  • Influence of carbon support properties in the hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin as lignin model compound, 2020, Catalysis Today
  • New insights for the catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane to K-A oil, 2022, Journal of Energy Chemistry

Villa collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including Nikolaos Dimitratos, Ilaria Barlocco, Laura Prati, Silvio Bellomi, and M. Stucchi.

Best Publications

  • Covalent Triazine Framework as Catalytic Support for Liquid Phase Reaction

    Carine E. Chan-Thaw;Alberto Villa;Phisan Katekomol;Dangsheng Su

  • Pd and Pt catalysts modified by alloying with Au in the selective oxidation of alcohols

    Nikolaos Dimitratos;Alberto Villa;Di Wang;Francesca Porta

  • glycerol oxidation using gold-containing catalysts

    Alberto Villa;Nikolaos Dimitratos;Carine E. Chan-Thaw;Ceri Hammond

  • A saline trace test monitored via time-lapse surface electrical resistivity tomography.

    Giorgio Cassiani;Vittorio Bruno;Alberto Villa;Nicoletta Fusi

  • Selective Oxidation of Glycerol under Acidic Conditions Using Gold Catalysts

    Alberto Villa;Gabriel M. Veith;Laura Prati

  • Bimetallic Gold/Palladium Catalysts: Correlation between Nanostructure and Synergistic Effects

    Di Wang;Alberto Villa;Francesca Porta;Laura Prati

  • Pd‐modified Au on Carbon as an Effective and Durable Catalyst for the Direct Oxidation of HMF to 2,5‐Furandicarboxylic Acid

    Alberto Villa;Marco Schiavoni;Sebastiano Campisi;Gabriel M. Veith

  • Effect of particle size on monometallic and bimetallic (Au,Pd)/C on the liquid phase oxidation of glycerol

    Nikolaos Dimitratos;Jose Antonio Lopez-Sanchez;David Lennon;Francesca Porta

  • Untangling the Role of the Capping Agent in Nanocatalysis: Recent Advances and Perspectives

    Sebastiano Campisi;Marco Schiavoni;Carine Edith Chan-Thaw;Alberto Villa

  • Single-phase bimetallic system for the selective oxidation of glycerol to glycerate

    Di Wang;Alberto Villa;Francesca Porta;Dang Sheng Su

  • Au-Pd/AC as catalysts for alcohol oxidation: Effect of reaction parameters on catalytic activity and selectivity

    Alberto Villa;Nikolina Janjic;Paolo Spontoni;Di Wang

  • Pd on carbon nanotubes for liquid phase alcohol oxidation

    Alberto Villa;Di Wang;Nikolaos Dimitratos;Dang Sheng Su

  • Characterisation of gold catalysts

    Alberto Villa;Nikolaos Dimitratos;Carine E. Chan-Thaw;Ceri Hammond

  • Gold on titania: Effect of preparation method in the liquid phase oxidation

    Nikolaos Dimitratos;Alberto Villa;Claudia L. Bianchi;Laura Prati

  • Tandem site and size controlled Pd nanoparticles for the directed hydrogenation of furfural

    Scott M. Rogers;Scott M. Rogers;C. Richard A. Catlow;C. Richard A. Catlow;C. Richard A. Catlow;Carine E. Chan-Thaw;Arunabhiram Chutia;Arunabhiram Chutia

  • Defect‐Mediated Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes as a Route to Design Single‐Site Basic Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biomass Conversion

    Jean-Philippe Tessonnier;Alberto Villa;Olivier Majoulet;Dang Sheng Su

  • Sol immobilization technique: a delicate balance between activity, selectivity and stability of gold catalysts

    Alberto Villa;Di Wang;Gabriel M. Veith;Floriana Vindigni

  • New challenges in gold catalysis: bimetallic systems

    Alberto Villa;Di Wang;Dang Sheng Su;Dang Sheng Su;Laura Prati

  • Synergetic effect of platinum or palladium on gold catalyst in the selective oxidation of D-sorbitol

    Nikolaos Dimitratos;Francesca Porta;Laura Prati;Alberto Villa

  • Bimetallic gold/palladium catalysts for the selective liquid phase oxidation of glycerol

    Alberto Villa;Claudio Campione;Laura Prati

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura Prati
Laura Prati University of Milan
Nikolaos Dimitratos
Nikolaos Dimitratos University of Bologna
Di Wang
Di Wang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Dang Sheng Su
Dang Sheng Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gabriel M. Veith
Gabriel M. Veith Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ilenia Rossetti
Ilenia Rossetti University of Milan
Giovanni B. Crosta
Giovanni B. Crosta University of Milano-Bicocca
Claudia L. Bianchi
Claudia L. Bianchi University of Milan
Paolo Frattini
Paolo Frattini University of Milano-Bicocca
Gianguido Ramis
Gianguido Ramis University of Genoa

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