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D-Index
145
Citations
94393
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161
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Christian Serre 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 Christian Serre sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 470 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christian Serre 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 Christian Serre sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 145 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

Christian Serre is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France and has an extensive research record primarily in Materials Science, Chemistry, and Engineering. Their work spans both main disciplines and several subfields, including Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas within advanced materials and nanotechnology. Key topics include Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) synthesis and applications, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, membrane separation and gas transport, covalent organic framework applications, gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Their recent published papers illustrate a focus on MOFs and related advanced functional materials. Selected recent works include:

  • "Toxicity of metal-organic framework nanoparticles: from essential analyses to potential applications," 2022, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation?", 2022, Advanced Materials
  • "Large-Scale Production of Metal-Organic Frameworks," 2023, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Recent progress on MOF-based optical sensors for VOC sensing," 2022, Chemical Science
  • "MOFs industrialization: a complete assessment of production costs," 2021, Faraday Discussions

Christian Serre has worked collaboratively with several frequent co-authors, including Guillaume Maurin, Antoine Tissot, Farid Nouar, Georges Mouchaham, and G. Patriarche.

Their research outputs have appeared repeatedly in prominent journals and venues, reflecting consistent contributions to the field. Frequent publication venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and Angewandte Chemie.

Best Publications

  • A chromium terephthalate-based solid with unusually large pore volumes and surface area.

    G. Férey;G. Férey;C. Mellot-Draznieks;C. Serre;F. Millange

  • Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging

    Patricia Horcajada;Tamim Chalati;Christian Serre;Brigitte Gillet

  • Metal-organic frameworks in biomedicine.

    Patricia Horcajada;Ruxandra Gref;Tarek Baati;Phoebe K. Allan

  • Very Large Breathing Effect in the First Nanoporous Chromium(III)-Based Solids: MIL-53 or CrIII(OH)·{O2C−C6H4−CO2}·{HO2C−C6H4−CO2H}x·H2Oy

    Christian Serre;Franck Millange;Christelle Thouvenot;Marc Noguès

  • Metal-organic frameworks as efficient materials for drug delivery.

    Patricia Horcajada;Christian Serre;María Vallet-Regí;Muriel Sebban

  • A Rationale for the Large Breathing of the Porous Aluminum Terephthalate (MIL‐53) Upon Hydration

    Thierry Loiseau;Christian Serre;Clarisse Huguenard;Gerhard Fink

  • Flexible Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks for a Controlled Drug Delivery

    Patricia Horcajada;Christian Serre;Guillaume Maurin;Naseem A. Ramsahye

  • Large breathing effects in three-dimensional porous hybrid matter: facts, analyses, rules and consequences

    Gérard Férey;Gérard Férey;Christian Serre

  • High Uptakes of CO2 and CH4 in Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks MIL-100 and MIL-101

    Philip L. Llewellyn;Sandrine Bourrelly;Christian Serre;Alexandre Vimont

  • A New Photoactive Crystalline Highly Porous Titanium(IV) Dicarboxylate

    Meenakshi Dan-Hardi;Christian Serre;Théo Frot;Laurence Rozes

  • Synthesis and catalytic properties of MIL-100(Fe), an iron(III) carboxylate with large pores

    Patricia Horcajada;Suzy Surblé;Christian Serre;Do-Young Hong

  • Crystallized frameworks with giant pores: are there limits to the possible?

    Gérard Férey;Caroline Mellot-Draznieks;Christian Serre;Franck Millange

  • Amine Grafting on Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Centers of MOFs: Consequences for Catalysis and Metal Encapsulation

    Young Kyu Hwang;Do Young Hong;Jong San Chang;Sung Hwa Jhung

  • BioMOFs: metal-organic frameworks for biological and medical applications.

    Alistair C. McKinlay;Russell E. Morris;Patricia Horcajada;Gérard Férey

  • Different Adsorption Behaviors of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in the Isotypic Nanoporous Metal Terephthalates MIL-53 and MIL-47

    Sandrine Bourrelly;Philip L Llewellyn;Christian Serre;Franck Millange

  • Role of solvent-host interactions that lead to very large swelling of hybrid frameworks

    C. Serre;C. Mellot-Draznieks;C. Mellot-Draznieks;S. Surblé;N. Audebrand

  • Porous Chromium Terephthalate MIL-101 with Coordinatively Unsaturated Sites: Surface Functionalization, Encapsulation, Sorption and Catalysis

    Do-Young Hong;Young Kyu Hwang;Christian Serre;Gérard Férey

  • A Hybrid Solid with Giant Pores Prepared by a Combination of Targeted Chemistry, Simulation, and Powder Diffraction

    Gérard Férey;Gérard Férey;Christian Serre;Caroline Mellot-Draznieks;Franck Millange

  • Hydrogen adsorption in the nanoporous metal-benzenedicarboxylate M(OH)(O2C–C6H4–CO2)(M = Al3+, Cr3+), MIL-53

    Gérard Férey;Michel Latroche;Christian Serre;Franck Millange

  • Hydrogen Storage in the Giant‐Pore Metal–Organic Frameworks MIL‐100 and MIL‐101

    Michel Latroche;Suzy Surblé;Christian Serre;Caroline Mellot-Draznieks

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard Férey
Gérard Férey Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Guillaume Maurin
Guillaume Maurin University of Montpellier
Patricia Horcajada
Patricia Horcajada IMDEA Energy Institute
Thomas Devic
Thomas Devic University of Nantes
Philip L. Llewellyn
Philip L. Llewellyn Aix-Marseille University
Alexandre Vimont
Alexandre Vimont Université de Caen Normandie
Marco Daturi
Marco Daturi Université de Caen Normandie
Hervé Jobic
Hervé Jobic Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Patrick Couvreur
Patrick Couvreur University of Paris-Saclay

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