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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
15660
World Ranking
6914
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Ferenc Joó is affiliated with the University of Debrecen in Hungary and has an extensive research record focused primarily on materials science and chemistry. Their work covers various subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

The main research topics include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and the exploration of crystallography and molecular interactions. Additional areas of interest involve asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, synthetic organic chemistry methods, and the role of N-heterocyclic carbenes in both organic and inorganic chemistry.

Frequent publication venues reflect their research interests, with major contributions appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Catalysts
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta
  • Phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements
  • Molecules

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research, with the most frequent co-authors being Antal Udvardy, Ágnes Kathó, Gábor Papp, Henrietta Horváth, and Csilla Enikő Czégéni.

Recent publications highlight a range of catalytic and coordination chemistry topics, including:

  • Selective Hydration of Nitriles to Corresponding Amides in Air with Rh(I)-N-Heterocyclic Complex Catalysts, 2020, published in Catalysts
  • Synthesis and catalytic applications of Ru(II)-phosphaurotropine complexes with the use of simple water-soluble Ru(II)-precursors, 2021, published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Stirring or milling? First synthesis of Rh(I)-(di-N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes both in solution and in a ball mill, 2020, published in Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
  • Copper(II) Complexes of Sulfonated Salan Ligands: Thermodynamic and Spectroscopic Features and Applications for Catalysis of the Henry Reaction, 2021, published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Palladium (II)-Salan Complexes as Catalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura C-C Cross-Coupling in Water and Air. Effect of the Various Bridging Units within the Diamine Moieties on the Catalytic Performance, 2020, published in Molecules

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in the homogeneous hydrogenation of carbon dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Ferenc Joó;Chih-Cheng Tai

  • Breakthroughs in hydrogen storage--formic Acid as a sustainable storage material for hydrogen.

    Ferenc Joó

  • Membrane physical state controls the signaling mechanism of the heat shock response in Synechocystis PCC 6803: Identification of hsp17 as a “fluidity gene”

    Ibolya Horváth;Attila Glatz;Viktória Varvasovszki;Zsolt Török

  • Aqueous organometallic catalysis

    Ferenc Joó

  • Functional and fine structural characteristics of the sensory neuron blocking effect of capsaicin.

    J. Szolcsányi;Aurelia Jancsó-Gábor;F. Joó

  • Recent developments in aqueous organometallic chemistry and catalysis

    Ferenc Joó;Ágnes Kathó

  • Formation and characterization of water-soluble hydrido-ruthenium(II) complexes of 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane and their catalytic activity in hydrogenation of CO2 and HCO3- in aqueous solution.

    Gábor Laurenczy;Ferenc Joó;Levente Nádasdi

  • The blood-brain barrier in vitro: Ten years of research on microvessels isolated from the brain.

    Ferenc Joó

  • Exposure of tumor necrosis factor-alpha to luminal membrane of bovine brain capillary endothelial cells cocultured with astrocytes induces a delayed increase of permeability and cytoplasmic stress fiber formation of actin.

    M A Deli;L Descamps;M P Dehouck;R Cecchelli

  • Aqueous biphasic hydrogenations.

    Ferenc Joó

  • Studies on a capillary-rich fraction isolated from brain: histaminic components and characterization of the histamine receptors linked to adenylate cyclase.

    I. L. Karnushina;J. M. Palacios;G. Barbin;E. Dux

  • Mitochondrial alterations in the spinal ganglion cells of the rat accompanying the long-lasting sensory disturbance induced by capsaicin.

    F. Joó;J. Szolcsányi;Aurelia Jancsó-Gábor

  • Resiniferatoxin: an ultrapotent selective modulator of capsaicin-sensitive primary afferent neurons.

    J Szolcsanyi;A Szallasi;Z Szallasi;F Joo

  • Global cerebral ischemia associated with cardiac arrest in the rat: I. Dynamics of early neuronal changes.

    Kensuke Kawai;Liliana Nitecka;Christl A. Ruetzler;Goro Nagashima

  • Water-soluble organometallic compounds. 4. Catalytic hydrogenation of aldehydes in an aqueous two-phase solvent system using a 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane complex of ruthenium

    Donald J. Darensbourg;Donald J. Darensbourg;Donald J. Darensbourg;Ferenc Joo;Ferenc Joo;Ferenc Joo;Michael Kannisto;Michael Kannisto;Michael Kannisto;Agnes Katho

  • Organometallic catalysis in aqueous solutions: the biphasic transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes catalyzed by water-soluble phosphine complexes of ruthenium, rhodium and iridium

    Attila Bényei;Ferenc Joó

  • Non-Mendelian streptomycin-resistant tobacco mutant with altered chloroplasts and mitochondria

    P. Maliga;Agnes Sz.-Breznovits;L. Marton;F. Joo

  • The cerebral microvessels in culture, an update.

    Ferenc Joó

  • The role of unsaturated lipids in membrane structure and stability

    P.J. Quinn;F. Joo;L. Vigh

  • Homogeneous hydrogenation of carbon dioxide and bicarbonate in aqueous solution catalyzed by water-soluble ruthenium(II) phosphine complexes

    János Elek;Levente Nádasdi;Gábor Papp;Gábor Laurenczy

  • Neurotoxin induced nerve cell degeneration: Possible involvement of calcium

    Gábor Jancsó;Sarolta Karcsú;Elizabeth Király;Attila Szebeni

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim R. Wolff
Joachim R. Wolff University of Göttingen
Mária A. Deli
Mária A. Deli Biological Research Centre
László Vígh
László Vígh Hungarian Academy of Sciences
József Toldi
József Toldi University of Szeged
Donald J. Darensbourg
Donald J. Darensbourg Texas A&M University
Gábor Laurenczy
Gábor Laurenczy École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Joseph H. Reibenspies
Joseph H. Reibenspies Texas A&M University
Luis A. Oro
Luis A. Oro University of Zaragoza
Miguel A. Esteruelas
Miguel A. Esteruelas University of Zaragoza
Robert J. Wenthold
Robert J. Wenthold National Institutes of Health

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