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Gianfranco Ciani

Gianfranco Ciani

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
16766
World Ranking
8311
National Ranking
214

Gianfranco Ciani 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 Gianfranco Ciani sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 305 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gianfranco Ciani 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 Gianfranco Ciani 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: 63 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gianfranco Ciani is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy.

No specific information is available regarding the recent papers authored by Gianfranco Ciani, frequent co-authors, or frequent publication venues.

There are no listed book publications associated with this researcher.

Details about main fields of study, subfields, and main research topics linked to Gianfranco Ciani have not been provided.

No awards or honors have been recorded in the available data.

Best Publications

  • POLYCATENATION, POLYTHREADING AND POLYKNOTTING IN COORDINATION NETWORK CHEMISTRY

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio

  • Interpenetrating metal–organic and inorganic 3D networks: a computer-aided systematic investigation. Part I. Analysis of the Cambridge structural database

    V.A. Blatov;L. Carlucci;G.M. Ciani;D.M. Proserpio

  • Polymeric Layers Catenated by Ribbons of Rings in a Three-Dimensional Self-Assembled Architecture: A Nanoporous Network with Spongelike Behavior.

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Massimo Moret;Davide M. Proserpio

  • Borromean links and other non-conventional links in ‘polycatenated’ coordination polymers: re-examination of some puzzling networks

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio

  • Self-Assembly of Infinite Double Helical and Tubular Coordination Polymers from Ag(CF3SO3) and 1,3-Bis(4-pyridyl)propane

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Dorothea W. v. Gudenberg;Davide M. Proserpio

  • Novel Networks of Unusually Coordinated Silver(I) Cations: The Wafer-Like Structure of [Ag(pyz)2][Ag2(pyz)5](PF6)3·2G and the Simple Cubic Frame of [Ag(pyz)3](SbF6)†

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio;Angelo Sironi

  • Interpenetrating metal-organic and inorganic 3D networks: a computer-aided systematic investigation. Part II [1]. Analysis of the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD)

    I.A. Baburin;V.A. Blatov;L. Carlucci;G.M. Ciani

  • 1-, 2-, and 3-Dimensional Polymeric Frames in the Coordination Chemistry of AgBF4 with Pyrazine. The First Example of Three Interpenetrating 3-Dimensional Triconnected Nets

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio;Angelo Sironi

  • A new type of entanglement involving one-dimensional ribbons of rings catenated to a three-dimensional network in the nanoporous structure of [Co(bix)2(H2O)2](SO4).7H2O [bix = 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene].

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio

  • Interpenetrating diamondoid frameworks of silver(I) cations linked by N,N′-bidentate molecular rods

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio;Angelo Sironi

  • Entangled Two-Dimensional Coordination Networks: A General Survey

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio;Davide M. Proserpio;Tatiana G. Mitina

  • Complex Interwoven Polymeric Frames from the Self-Assembly of Silver(I) Cations and Sebaconitrile

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Piero Macchi;Davide M. Proserpio

  • New polymeric networks from the self-assembly of silver(I) salts and the flexible ligand 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane (bpp). A systematic investigation of the effects of the counterions and a survey of the coordination polymers based on bpp

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio;Silvia Rizzato

  • Interpenetrated Three-Dimensional Networks of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Species: A Systematic Analysis of the Cambridge Structural Database

    Igor A. Baburin;Vladislav A. Blatov;Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani

  • An unprecedented triply interpenetrated chiral network of ‘square-planar’ metal centres from the self-assembly of copper(II) nitrate and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethyne

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Piero Macchi;Davide M. Proserpio

  • Three novel interpenetrating diamondoid networks from self-assembly of 1,12-dodecanedinitrile with silver(I) salts.

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio;Silvia Rizzato

  • Open network architectures from the self-assembly of AgNO3 and 5,10,15,20-tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrin (H2tpyp) building blocks: the exceptional self-penetrating topology of the 3D network of [Ag8(ZnIItpyp)7(H2O)2](NO3)8.

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio;Francesca Porta

  • Double-step gas sorption of a two-dimensional metal-organic framework.

    Atsushi Kondo;Hiroshi Noguchi;Lucia Carlucci;Davide M. Proserpio

  • Extended networks via hydrogen bond cross-linkages of [M(bipy)](M = Zn2+ or Fe2+;bipy = 4,4′-bipyridyl) linear co-ordination polymers

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio;Angelo Sironi

  • A new type of supramolecular entanglement in the silver(I) coordination polymer [Ag2(bpethy)5](BF4)2 [bpethy = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethyne]

    Lucia Carlucci;Gianfranco Ciani;Davide M. Proserpio

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelo Sironi
Angelo Sironi University of Milan
Lucia Carlucci
Lucia Carlucci University of Milan
Davide M. Proserpio
Davide M. Proserpio University of Milan
Mario Manassero
Mario Manassero University of Milan
Vladislav A. Blatov
Vladislav A. Blatov Northwestern Polytechnical University
Alberto Albinati
Alberto Albinati University of Milan
Norberto Masciocchi
Norberto Masciocchi University of Insubria
Giovanni Micera
Giovanni Micera University of Sassari
Hirofumi Kanoh
Hirofumi Kanoh Chiba University
Dario Braga
Dario Braga University of Bologna

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