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Cristiano Zuccaccia

Cristiano Zuccaccia

University of Perugia
Italy

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
6903
World Ranking
16504
National Ranking
632

Cristiano Zuccaccia 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 Cristiano Zuccaccia sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 168 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cristiano Zuccaccia 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 Cristiano Zuccaccia sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cristiano Zuccaccia is affiliated with the University of Perugia in Italy. Their research activity spans interdisciplinary fields primarily within chemistry and materials science. Zuccaccia has contributed extensively to the understanding of materials chemistry and organic chemistry, alongside specialized work in inorganic chemistry, process chemistry and technology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their research focuses on several main topics including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics

Zuccaccia's publication record includes frequent contributions to key scientific journals. The most common venues where their work appears are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database with 21 publications
  • Inorganic Chemistry with 6 publications
  • Chemistry - A European Journal with 6 publications
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry with 5 publications
  • ACS Catalysis with 4 publications

Notable recent papers by Zuccaccia include:

  • "Reactivity Trends of Lewis Acidic Sites in Methylaluminoxane and Some of Its Modifications," 2020, published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Methylaluminoxane's Molecular Cousin: A Well-defined and 'Complete' Al-Activator for Molecular Olefin Polymerization Catalysts," 2021, published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Single-Site Iridium Picolinamide Catalyst Immobilized onto Silica for the Hydrogenation of CO2 and the Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid," 2022, published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Efficient Hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles Catalyzed by NNP-Manganese(I) Pincer Complexes at Ambient Temperature," 2022, published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Understanding the Deactivation Pathways of Iridium(III) Pyridine-Carboxiamide Catalysts for Formic Acid Dehydrogenation," 2020, published in Chemistry - A European Journal

Their frequent coauthors include Alceo Macchioni, Leonardo Tensi, Francesco Zaccaria, Roberta Cipullo, and Vincenzo Busico, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Determining accurate molecular sizes in solution through NMR diffusion spectroscopy

    Alceo Macchioni;Gianluca Ciancaleoni;Cristiano Zuccaccia;Daniele Zuccaccia

  • Ultralarge Hyperpolarizability Twisted π-Electron System Electro-Optic Chromophores: Synthesis, Solid-State and Solution-Phase Structural Characteristics, Electronic Structures, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties, and Computational Studies

    Hu Kang;Antonio Facchetti;Hua Jiang;Elena Cariati

  • Cobalt electrolyte/dye interactions in dye-sensitized solar cells: a combined computational and experimental study.

    Edoardo Mosconi;Jun-Ho Yum;Florian Kessler;Carlos J Gómez García

  • NOE and PGSE NMR Spectroscopic Studies of Solution Structure and Aggregation in Metallocenium Ion-Pairs

    Cristiano Zuccaccia;Cristiano Zuccaccia;Nicholas G. Stahl;Alceo Macchioni;Ming Chou Chen

  • Iridium(III) molecular catalysts for water oxidation: the simpler the faster.

    Arianna Savini;Gianfranco Bellachioma;Gianluca Ciancaleoni;Cristiano Zuccaccia

  • Activity and degradation pathways of pentamethyl-cyclopentadienyl-iridium catalysts for water oxidation

    Arianna Savini;Paola Belanzoni;Gianfranco Bellachioma;Cristiano Zuccaccia

  • Exceptional Molecular Hyperpolarizabilities in Twisted π‐Electron System Chromophores

    Hu Kang;Antonio Facchetti;Peiwang Zhu;Hua Jiang

  • Suppression of β-Hydride Chain Transfer in Nickel(II)-Catalyzed Ethylene Polymerization via Weak Fluorocarbon Ligand–Product Interactions

    Michael P. Weberski;Changle Chen;Massimiliano Delferro;Cristiano Zuccaccia

  • Synthesis, Ion Aggregation, Alkyl Bonding Modes, and Dynamics of 14-Electron Metallocenium Ion Pairs [(SBI)MCH2SiMe3+···X-] (M = Zr, Hf): Inner-Sphere (X = MeB(C6F5)3) versus Outer-Sphere (X = B(C6F5)4) Structures and the Implications for “Continuous” or “Intermittent” Alkene Polymerization Mechanisms

    Fuquan Song;Simon J. Lancaster;Roderick D. Cannon;Mark Schormann

  • Counterion effect on CO/styrene copolymerization catalyzed by cationic palladium(II) organometallic complexes: an interionic structural and dynamic investigation based on NMR spectroscopy

    Alceo Macchioni;Gianfranco Bellachioma;Giuseppe Cardaci;Monia Travaglia

  • Probing the association of frustrated phosphine-borane Lewis pairs in solution by NMR spectroscopy.

    Luca Rocchigiani;Gianluca Ciancaleoni;Cristiano Zuccaccia;Alceo Macchioni

  • Intra- and Intermolecular NMR Studies on the Activation of Arylcyclometallated Hafnium Pyridyl-Amido Olefin Polymerization Precatalysts

    Cristiano Zuccaccia;Alceo Macchioni;Vincenzo Busico;Roberta Cipullo

  • On the First Insertion of α-Olefins in Hafnium Pyridyl-Amido Polymerization Catalysts

    Cristiano Zuccaccia;Vincenzo Busico;Roberta Cipullo;Giovanni Talarico

  • NMR investigation of non-covalent aggregation of coordination compounds ranging from dimers and ion pairs up to nano-aggregates

    Gianfranco Bellachioma;Gianluca Ciancaleoni;Cristiano Zuccaccia;Daniele Zuccaccia

  • Organometallic Iridium Catalysts Based on Pyridinecarboxylate Ligands for the Oxidative Splitting of Water

    Alberto Bucci;Arianna Savini;Luca Rocchigiani;Cristiano Zuccaccia

  • 19F, (1)H-HOESY and PGSE NMR studies of neutral trinuclear complexes of Au(I) and Hg(II): evidence for acid-base stacking in solution.

    Alfredo Burini;John P. Fackler;Rossana Galassi;Alceo Macchioni

  • Diverse stereocontrol effects induced by weakly coordinating anions. stereospecific olefin polymerization pathways at archetypal Cs-and C1-symmetric metallocenium catalysts using mono-and polynuclear halo-perfluoroarylmetalates as cocatalysts

    John A. S. Roberts;Ming-Chou Chen;Afif M. Seyam;Liting Li

  • Selective Ion Pairing in [Ir(bipy)H2(PRPh2)2]A (A = PF6, BF4, CF3SO3, BPh4, R = Me, Ph): Experimental Identification and Theoretical Understanding

    Alceo Macchioni;Cristiano Zuccaccia;Eric Clot;and Karin Gruet

  • Self-Diffusion Coefficients of Transition-Metal Complex Ions, Ion Pairs, and Higher Aggregates by Pulsed Field Gradient Spin−Echo NMR Measurements

    Cristiano Zuccaccia;Gianfranco Bellachioma;and Giuseppe Cardaci;Alceo Macchioni

  • An NMR study of the oxidative degradation of Cp *ir catalysts for water oxidation: Evidence for a preliminary attack on the quaternary carbon atom of the -C-CH3 moiety

    Cristiano Zuccaccia;Gianfranco Bellachioma;Sandra Bolaño;Luca Rocchigiani

  • Metallocene polymerization catalyst ion-pair aggregation by cryoscopy and pulsed field gradient spin-echo NMR diffusion measurements.

    Nicholas G. Stahl;Cristiano Zuccaccia;Tryg R. Jensen;Tobin Jay Marks

Frequent Co-Authors

Alceo Macchioni
Alceo Macchioni University of Perugia
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Roberta Cipullo
Roberta Cipullo University of Naples Federico II
Vincenzo Busico
Vincenzo Busico University of Naples Federico II
Peter H. M. Budzelaar
Peter H. M. Budzelaar University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Facchetti
Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University
Charlotte L. Stern
Charlotte L. Stern Northwestern University
John Roberts
John Roberts Rice University
Claudio Pellecchia
Claudio Pellecchia University of Salerno
Mark A. Ratner
Mark A. Ratner Northwestern University

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