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Carlos Platas-Iglesias

Carlos Platas-Iglesias

University of A Coruña
Spain

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
10954
World Ranking
10280
National Ranking
350

Carlos Platas-Iglesias 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 Carlos Platas-Iglesias sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 435 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carlos Platas-Iglesias 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 Carlos Platas-Iglesias sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Carlos Platas-Iglesias is affiliated with the University of A Coruña in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions to materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and oncology.

The scientist's work centers on various specialized topics including:

  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Metal Complexes Synthesis and Properties
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications

Major recent publications by Carlos Platas-Iglesias include:

  • Applications for Transition-Metal Chemistry in Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Cooperative Luminescence and Cooperative Sensitisation Upconversion of Lanthanide Complexes in Solution, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Defining the Conditions for the Development of the Emerging Class of FeIII-Based MRI Contrast Agents, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Complexation of Mn(II) by Rigid Pyclen Diacetates: Equilibrium, Kinetic, Relaxometric, Density Functional Theory, and Superoxide Dismutase Activity Studies, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Upconversion in a d-f [RuYb3] Supramolecular Assembly, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • David Esteban-Gómez
  • Raphaël Tripier
  • Laura Valencia
  • Aurora Rodríguez-Rodríguez
  • Mauro Botta

Carlos Platas-Iglesias has published extensively in key scientific venues, notably:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (66 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (35 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (11 publications)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal (10 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (9 publications)

Best Publications

  • Determination of paramagnetic lanthanide(III) concentrations from bulk magnetic susceptibility shifts in NMR spectra

    Daniele M. Corsi;Carlos Platas-Iglesias;Carlos Platas-Iglesias;Herman van Bekkum;Joop A. Peters

  • Synthesis of silver nanoparticles for the dual delivery of doxorubicin and alendronate to cancer cells

    F. Benyettou;R. Rezgui;F. Ravaux;T. Jaber

  • Macrocyclic Receptor Exhibiting Unprecedented Selectivity for Light Lanthanides

    Adrián Roca-Sabio;Marta Mato-Iglesias;David Esteban-Gómez;Eva Tóth

  • Zeolite GdNaY nanoparticles with very high relaxivity for application as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging.

    Carlos Platas-Iglesias;Luce Vander Elst;Wuzong Zhou;Robert N. Muller

  • Multifunctional redox-tuned viologen-based covalent organic polymers

    Gobinda Das;Thirumurugan Prakasam;Selbi Nuryyeva;Dong Suk Han

  • Upconverted Photosensitization of Tb Visible Emission by NIR Yb Excitation in Discrete Supramolecular Heteropolynuclear Complexes

    Nabila Souri;Nabila Souri;Pingping Tian;Carlos Platas-Iglesias;Ka-Leung Wong

  • Lanthanide Chelates Containing Pyridine Units with Potential Application as Contrast Agents in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Carlos Platas‐Iglesias;Marta Mato‐Iglesias;Kristina Djanashvili;Robert N. Muller

  • Understanding the quenching effects of aromatic C-H- and C-D-oscillators in near-IR lanthanoid luminescence.

    Christine Doffek;Nicola Alzakhem;Caroline Bischof;Jessica Wahsner

  • Applications for Transition-Metal Chemistry in Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Abhishek Gupta;Peter Caravan;William S. Price;Carlos Platas-Iglesias

  • The chemical consequences of the gradual decrease of the ionic radius along the Ln-series

    Joop A. Peters;Kristina Djanashvili;Carlos F.G.C. Geraldes;Carlos Platas-Iglesias

  • Simultaneous self-assembly of a [2]catenane, a trefoil knot, and a Solomon link from a simple pair of ligands.

    Thirumurugan Prakasam;Matteo Lusi;Mourad Elhabiri;Carlos Platas-Iglesias

  • Mn(II) compounds as an alternative to Gd-based MRI probes

    Mauro Botta;Fabio Carniato;David Esteban-Gómez;Carlos Platas-Iglesias

  • Room temperature molecular up conversion in solution.

    Aline Nonat;Chi Fai Chan;Tao Liu;Tao Liu;Carlos Platas-Iglesias

  • Monopicolinate cyclen and cyclam derivatives for stable copper(II) complexation.

    Luís M P Lima;David Esteban-Gómez;Rita Delgado;Carlos Platas-Iglesias

  • Molecular upconversion in water in heteropolynuclear supramolecular Tb/Yb assemblies

    Aline Marguerite Nonat;Sylvana Bahamyirou;Alexandre Lecointre;Frederic Przybilla

  • Structural and photophysical properties of heterobimetallic 4f-zn iminophenolate cryptates.

    Raquel Rodríguez-Cortiñas;Fernando Avecilla;Carlos Platas-Iglesias;Daniel Imbert

  • Lanthanide(III) complexes with a tetrapyridine pendant-armed macrocyclic ligand: 1H NMR structural determination in solution, X-ray diffraction, and density-functional theory calculations.

    M Del C Fernandez-Fernandez;R Bastida;A Macías;P Pérez-Lourido

  • Supramolecular Luminescent Lanthanide Dimers for Fluoride Sequestering and Sensing

    Tao Liu;Aline Nonat;Maryline Beyler;Martín Regueiro‐Figueroa

  • Lanthanide complexes based on a 1,7-diaza-12-crown-4 platform containing picolinate pendants: a new structural entry for the design of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

    Marta Mato-Iglesias;Adrián Roca-Sabio;Zoltán Pálinkás;David Esteban-Gómez

  • Lanthanide dota-like Complexes Containing a Picolinate Pendant: Structural Entry for the Design of LnIII-Based Luminescent Probes

    Martín Regueiro-Figueroa;Bachir Bensenane;Bachir Bensenane;Erika Ruscsák;David Esteban-Gómez

  • 1H NMR in Solution and Solid State Structural Study of Lanthanide(III) Cryptates

    C. Platas;F. Avecilla;A. de Blas;C. F. G. C. Geraldes

  • Pyridine- and Phosphonate-Containing Ligands for Stable Ln Complexation. Extremely Fast Water Exchange on the GdIII Chelates

    Edina Balogh;‡ Marta Mato-Iglesias;Carlos Platas-Iglesias, ,‡;Éva Tóth

  • Hyperfine Coupling Constants on Inner‐Sphere Water Molecules of GdIII‐Based MRI Contrast Agents

    David Esteban-Gómez;Andrés de Blas;Teresa Rodríguez-Blas;Lothar Helm

Frequent Co-Authors

Loïc J. Charbonnière
Loïc J. Charbonnière University of Strasbourg
Mauro Botta
Mauro Botta University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Éva Tóth
Éva Tóth University of Orléans
Ali Trabolsi
Ali Trabolsi New York University Abu Dhabi
Joop A. Peters
Joop A. Peters Delft University of Technology
Carlos F. G. C. Geraldes
Carlos F. G. C. Geraldes University of Coimbra
Robert N. Muller
Robert N. Muller University of Mons
Lothar Helm
Lothar Helm École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jean-Claude G. Bünzli
Jean-Claude G. Bünzli École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Nikos K. Logothetis
Nikos K. Logothetis Chinese Academy of Sciences

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