2026 Antonio Frontera: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	89	2128	1909	47	43	1316	37677

Overview

Antonio Frontera is affiliated with the University of the Balearic Islands in Spain. Their research primarily lies within the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work encompasses various topics related to crystallography and molecular interactions, including metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, metal complexes synthesis and properties, and crystal structures of chemical compounds. Other areas of study include magnetism in coordination complexes, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Antonio Frontera has contributed to numerous publications, with several recent papers illustrating their research focus. These include:

Not Only Hydrogen Bonds: Other Noncovalent Interactions (2020, Crystals)
Spodium Bonds: Noncovalent Interactions Involving Group 12 Elements (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
Molecular Electrostatic Potential and Noncovalent Interactions in Derivatives of Group 8 Elements (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
Anion⋅⋅⋅Anion Interactions Involving σ-Holes of Perrhenate, Pertechnetate and Permanganate Anions (2021, ChemPhysChem)
Pnictogen-bonding catalysis: brevetoxin-type polyether cyclizations (2020, Chemical Science)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as CrystEngComm, Journal of Molecular Structure, Crystal Growth & Design, The Cambridge Structural Database, and New Journal of Chemistry.

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research process. Antonio Frontera has worked closely with co-authors including Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Bauzá, Shouvik Chattopadhyay, Miquel Barceló-Oliver, and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya, with dozens to hundreds of collaborations.

Best Publications

OPLS ALL-ATOM FORCE FIELD FOR CARBOHYDRATES

Wolfgang Damm;Antonio Frontera;Julian Tirado-Rives;William L. Jorgensen

885
Citations
Anion–π Interactions: Do They Exist?

David Quiñonero;Carolina Garau;Carmen Rotger;Antonio Frontera

814
Citations
Tetrel‐Bonding Interaction: Rediscovered Supramolecular Force?

Antonio Bauzá;Tiddo J. Mooibroek;Antonio Frontera

718
Citations
Putting anion-π interactions into perspective.

Antonio Frontera;Patrick Gamez;Mark Mascal;Tiddo J. Mooibroek

716
Citations
The Bright Future of Unconventional σ/π-Hole Interactions

Antonio Bauzá;Tiddo J. Mooibroek;Antonio Frontera

690
Citations
Definition of the chalcogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)

Christer B. Aakeroy;David L. Bryce;Gautam R. Desiraju;Antonio Frontera

515
Citations
Not Only Hydrogen Bonds: Other Noncovalent Interactions

Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero;Antonio Frontera

422
Citations
Aerogen Bonding Interaction: A New Supramolecular Force?

Antonio Bauzá;Antonio Frontera

366
Citations
Supramolecular Self-Assembly of M-IDA Complexes Involving Lone-Pair···π Interactions: Crystal Structures, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis, and DFT Calculations [H2IDA = iminodiacetic acid, M = Cu(II), Ni(II)]

Saikat Kumar Seth;Indranil Saha;Carolina Estarellas;Antonio Frontera

330
Citations
On the Reliability of Pure and Hybrid DFT Methods for the Evaluation of Halogen, Chalcogen, and Pnicogen Bonds Involving Anionic and Neutral Electron Donors.

Antonio Bauzá;Ibon Alkorta;Antonio Frontera;José Elguero

305
Citations
Anion Induced Formation of Supramolecular Associations Involving Lone pair−π and Anion−π Interactions in Co(II) Malonate Complexes: Experimental Observations, Hirshfeld Surface Analyses and DFT Studies

Prankrishna Manna;Saikat Kumar Seth;Amrita Das;Joanna Hemming

292
Citations
Cooperativity in multiple unusual weak bonds

Ibon Alkorta;Fernando Blanco;Pere M. Deyà;José Elguero

290
Citations
Halogen bonding versus chalcogen and pnicogen bonding: a combined Cambridge structural database and theoretical study

Antonio Bauzá;David Quiñonero;Pere M. Deyà;Antonio Frontera

239
Citations
Tetrel Bonding Interactions.

Antonio Bauzá;Tiddo J. Mooibroek;Antonio Frontera

237
Citations
A thorough anion–π interaction study in biomolecules: on the importance of cooperativity effects

Xavier Lucas;Antonio Bauzá;Antonio Frontera;David Quiñonero

235
Citations
A Topological Analysis of the Electron Density in Anion–π Interactions

Carolina Garau;Antonio Frontera;David Quiñonero;Pablo Ballester

230
Citations
Structure and binding energy of anion-pi and cation-pi complexes: a comparison of MP2, RI-MP2, DFT, and DF-DFT methods.

David Quiñonero;Carolina Garau;Antonio Frontera;Pablo Ballester

219
Citations
Spodium Bonds: Noncovalent Interactions Involving Group 12 Elements.

Antonio Bauzá;Ibon Alkorta;José Elguero;Tiddo J. Mooibroek

210
Citations
Cation–π and anion–π interactions

Antonio Frontera;David Quiñonero;Pere M. Deyà

204
Citations
Counterintuitive interaction of anions with benzene derivatives

David Quiñonero;Carolina Garau;Antonio Frontera;Pau Ballester

202
Citations
Cation-π versus anion-π interactions: Energetic, charge transfer, and aromatic aspects

Carolina Garau;Antonio Frontera;David Quiñonero;Pablo Ballester

202
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Bauzá University of the Balearic Islands

David Quiñonero University of the Balearic Islands

Pere M. Deyà University of the Balearic Islands

Shouvik Chattopadhyay Jadavpur University

Pablo Ballester Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

Michael G. B. Drew University of Reading

Elies Molins Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona

Ashutosh Ghosh University of Calcutta

Ennio Zangrando University of Trieste

Klaus Harms Philipp University of Marburg

External Links

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