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Alexander I. Boldyrev

Alexander I. Boldyrev

Utah State University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
30104
World Ranking
1965
National Ranking
718

Alexander I. Boldyrev 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 Alexander I. Boldyrev sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 425 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander I. Boldyrev 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 Alexander I. Boldyrev sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alexander I. Boldyrev is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with notable contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

Boldyrev has published extensively in venues that include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Chemical Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Angewandte Chemie

Frequent collaboration partners in Boldyrev's research include Nikolay V. Tkachenko, Álvaro Muñoz-Castro, Zhong-Ming Sun, Maksim Kulichenko, and Nikita Fedik.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Boldyrev are:

  • "Extending machine learning beyond interatomic potentials for predicting molecular properties," 2022, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • "The Rise of Neural Networks for Materials and Chemical Dynamics," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Can aromaticity be a kinetic trap? Example of mechanically interlocked aromatic [2-5]catenanes built from cyclo[18]carbon," 2020, Chemical Communications
  • "Novel Strongly Correlated Europium Superhydrides," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "σ-Aromaticity-Induced Stabilization of Heterometallic Supertetrahedral Clusters [Zn6Ge16]4− and [Cd6Ge16]4−," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Developing paradigms of chemical bonding: adaptive natural density partitioning.

    Dmitry Yu. Zubarev;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Observation of all-metal aromatic molecules.

    Xi Li;Xi Li;Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;Hai-Feng Zhang;Hai-Feng Zhang;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • All-Boron Aromatic Clusters as Potential New Inorganic Ligands and Building Blocks in Chemistry

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Hua-Jin Zhai;Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • All-Metal Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity

    Alexander I. Boldyrev;Lai-Sheng Wang

  • Hepta‐ and Octacoordinate Boron in Molecular Wheels of Eight‐ and Nine‐Atom Boron Clusters: Observation and Confirmation

    Hua-Jin Zhai;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;K. Alexander Birch;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • DVM-Xα calculations on the ionization potentials of MXk+1− complex anions and the electron affinities of MXk+1 “superhalogens”

    G.L. Gutsev;A.I. Boldyrev

  • Understanding boron through size-selected clusters: structure, chemical bonding, and fluxionality.

    Alina P. Sergeeva;Ivan A. Popov;Zachary A. Piazza;Wei-Li Li

  • A concentric planar doubly π-aromatic B19− cluster

    Wei Huang;Alina P. Sergeeva;Hua-Jin Zhai;Boris B. Averkiev

  • Two-dimensional Cu2Si monolayer with planar hexacoordinate copper and silicon bonding.

    Li Ming Yang;Vladimir Bačić;Ivan A. Popov;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Structure of the Na x Cl x+1 - (x=1-4) clusters via ab initio genetic algorithm and photoelectron spectroscopy

    Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev;You-Jun Fu;Xin Yang

  • A stable compound of helium and sodium at high pressure

    Xiao Dong;Artem R. Oganov;Alexander F. Goncharov;Elissaios Stavrou;Elissaios Stavrou

  • Tetracoordinated Planar Carbon in the Al4C- Anion. A Combined Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab Initio Study

    Xi Li;Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Jack Simons

  • DVM Xα calculations on the electronic structure of “superalkali” cations

    G.L. Gutsev;A.I. Boldyrev

  • All-boron analogues of aromatic hydrocarbons: B17- and B18-.

    Alina P. Sergeeva;Boris B. Averkiev;Hua-Jin Zhai;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • A Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study of B16− and B162−: An All-Boron Naphthalene

    Alina P. Sergeeva;Dmitry Yu. Zubarev;Hua-Jin Zhai;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Search for the Lin(0/+1/-1) (n = 5-7) Lowest-Energy Structures Using the ab Initio Gradient Embedded Genetic Algorithm (GEGA). Elucidation of the Chemical Bonding in the Lithium Clusters.

    Anastassia N Alexandrova;Alexander I Boldyrev

  • FIRST EXPERIMENTAL PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA OF SUPERHALOGENS AND THEIR THEORETICAL INTERPRETATIONS

    Xue-Bin Wang;Chuan-Fan Ding;Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • A new, general strategy for achieving planar tetracoordinate geometries for carbon and other second row periodic elements

    Paul von Ragué Schleyer;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Experimental Observation of Pentaatomic Tetracoordinate Planar Carbon-Containing Molecules

    Lai-Sheng Wang;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Xi Li;Jack Simons

  • Transition-metal-centered monocyclic boron wheel clusters (M©Bn): a new class of aromatic borometallic compounds

    Constantin Romanescu;Timur R. Galeev;Wei-Li Li;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • All-Metal Antiaromatic Molecule: Rectangular Al44- in the Li3Al4- Anion

    Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;Aleksey E. Kuznetsov;K. Alexander Birch;K. Alexander Birch;K. Alexander Birch;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Alexander I. Boldyrev;Xi Li;Xi Li;Xi Li

  • Electronic structure and chemical bonding of B5− and B5 by photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations

    Hua-Jin Zhai;Lai-Sheng Wang;Anastassia N. Alexandrova;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Revealing intuitively assessable chemical bonding patterns in organic aromatic molecules via adaptive natural density partitioning.

    Dmitry Yu. Zubarev;Alexander I. Boldyrev

Frequent Co-Authors

Lai-Sheng Wang
Lai-Sheng Wang Brown University
Jack Simons
Jack Simons University of Utah
Hua-Jin Zhai
Hua-Jin Zhai Shanxi University
Anastassia N. Alexandrova
Anastassia N. Alexandrova University of California, Los Angeles
Xi Li
Xi Li Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Kit H. Bowen
Kit H. Bowen Johns Hopkins University
Zhong-Ming Sun
Zhong-Ming Sun Nankai University
Xue-Bin Wang
Xue-Bin Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Artem R. Oganov
Artem R. Oganov Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Thomas Heine
Thomas Heine TU Dresden

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