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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 69 6371 5784 1929 1603 255 13079

Igor V. Alabugin publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Igor V. Alabugin between 1994 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Igor V. Alabugin published across 33 years, from 1994 to 2026, averaging 9 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2022. 14 of the 298 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2022. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 5 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 5 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 3 publications
1994 2026

298 publications in total across all disciplines

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Igor V. Alabugin: publications per year, 1994 to 2026
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 3
1997 3
1998 0
1999 1
2000 5
2001 1
2002 5
2003 6
2004 4
2005 6
2006 8
2007 7
2008 3
2009 6
2010 9
2011 11
2012 13
2013 18
2014 11
2015 15
2016 14
2017 19
2018 9
2019 14
2020 16
2021 14
2022 25
2023 20
2024 17
2025 11
2026 3
Total 298
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Igor V. Alabugin 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 Igor V. Alabugin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 241–260 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 255 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100 255
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Igor V. Alabugin 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 Igor V. Alabugin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 68–69 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683 69
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Igor V. Alabugin is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on chemistry and materials science. Their scholarly work includes significant contributions to organic chemistry, materials chemistry, and physical and theoretical chemistry, alongside a smaller number of publications in electrical and electronic engineering and renewable energy.

The main topics of Igor V. Alabugin's research encompass crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, radical photochemical reactions, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, oxidative organic chemistry reactions, synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, and synthesis and catalytic reactions.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Leah Kuhn, Alexander O. Terent'ev, Kenneth Hanson, Chaowei Hu, and Gabriel dos Passos Gomes.

They have published in several notable scientific venues, with repeated contributions to The Cambridge Structural Database, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Letters, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Selected recent publications by Igor V. Alabugin include:

  • "Anomeric effect, hyperconjugation and electrostatics: lessons from complexity in a classic stereoelectronic phenomenon" (2021), Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Stereoelectronic power of oxygen in control of chemical reactivity: the anomeric effect is not alone" (2021), Chemical Society Reviews

Additionally, they have contributed to interdisciplinary work, such as the 2023 paper "Design principles of the use of alkynes in radical cascades" published in Nature Reviews Chemistry, authored by Chaowei Hu in collaboration.

In book publications, Igor V. Alabugin has authored works published by the American Chemical Society, including "Oxygen: The Key to Stereoelectronic Control in Chemistry" (2023).

In recognition of their scientific contributions, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Electronic Basis of Improper Hydrogen Bonding: A Subtle Balance of Hyperconjugation and Rehybridization

    Igor V. Alabugin;Mariappan Manoharan;Scott Peabody;Frank Weinhold

  • Cyclizations of Alkynes: Revisiting Baldwin’s Rules for Ring Closure

    Kerry Gilmore;Igor V. Alabugin

  • Stereoelectronic Effects and General Trends in Hyperconjugative Acceptor Ability of σ Bonds

    Igor V. Alabugin;Tarek A. Zeidan

  • Concerted reactions that produce diradicals and zwitterions: electronic, steric, conformational, and kinetic control of cycloaromatization processes.

    Rana K. Mohamed;Paul W. Peterson;Igor V. Alabugin

  • Stereoelectronic Effects: A Bridge Between Structure and Reactivity

    Igor V. Alabugin

  • Moderating Strain without Sacrificing Reactivity: Design of Fast and Tunable Noncatalyzed Alkyne–Azide Cycloadditions via Stereoelectronically Controlled Transition State Stabilization

    Brian Gold;Gregory B. Dudley;Igor V. Alabugin

  • The Baldwin rules: revised and extended

    Kerry Gilmore;Rana K. Mohamed;Igor V. Alabugin

  • Rules for anionic and radical ring closure of alkynes.

    Igor V. Alabugin;Kerry Gilmore;Mariappan Manoharan

  • Homoanomeric effects in six-membered heterocycles.

    Igor V. Alabugin;Mariappan Manoharan;Tarek A. Zeidan

  • Stereoelectronic Interactions in Cyclohexane, 1,3-Dioxane, 1,3-Oxathiane, and 1,3-Dithiane: W-Effect, σC-X ↔ σ*C-H Interactions, Anomeric EffectWhat Is Really Important?

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  • Finding the right path: Baldwin “Rules for Ring Closure” and stereoelectronic control of cyclizations

    Igor V. Alabugin;Kerry Gilmore

  • Anomeric effect, hyperconjugation and electrostatics: lessons from complexity in a classic stereoelectronic phenomenon

    Igor V. Alabugin;Leah Kuhn;Nikolai V. Krivoshchapov;Nikolai V. Krivoshchapov;Patricia Mehaffy

  • Stereoelectronic power of oxygen in control of chemical reactivity: the anomeric effect is not alone

    Igor V. Alabugin;Leah Kuhn;Michael G. Medvedev;Michael G. Medvedev;Nikolai V. Krivoshchapov;Nikolai V. Krivoshchapov

  • Orbital hybridization: a key electronic factor in control of structure and reactivity

    Igor V. Alabugin;Stefan Bresch;Gabriel dos Passos Gomes

  • Control of kinetics and thermodynamics of [1,5]-shifts by aromaticity: a view through the prism of Marcus theory.

    Igor V Alabugin;Mariappan Manoharan;Boris Breiner;Frederick D Lewis

  • 1,2-Dications in Organic Main Group Systems

    Valentine G. Nenajdenko;Nikolay E. Shevchenko;Elizabeth S. Balenkova;Igor V. Alabugin

  • Selective Transition State Stabilization via Hyperconjugative and Conjugative Assistance: Stereoelectronic Concept for Copper-Free Click Chemistry

    Brian Gold;Nikolay E. Shevchenko;Natalie Bonus;Gregory B. Dudley

  • Photoinduced Phase Transfer of Luminescent Quantum Dots to Polar and Aqueous Media

    Goutam Palui;Tommaso Avellini;Naiqian Zhan;Feng Pan

  • Polyaromatic Ribbon/Benzofuran Fusion via Consecutive Endo Cyclizations of Enediynes

    Philip M. Byers;Julian I. Rashid;Rana K. Mohamed;Igor V. Alabugin

  • 5-Exo-dig Radical Cyclization of Enediynes: The First Synthesis of Tin-Substituted Benzofulvenes

    Serguei V Kovalenko;Scott Peabody;Mariappan Manoharan;Ronald J Clark

  • Alkenes as Alkyne Equivalents in Radical Cascades Terminated by Fragmentations: Overcoming Stereoelectronic Restrictions on Ring Expansions for the Preparation of Expanded Polyaromatics

    Rana K. Mohamed;Sayantan Mondal;Brian Gold;Christopher J. Evoniuk

  • Tuning Rate of the Bergman Cyclization of Benzannelated Enediynes with Ortho Substituents

    Alabugin;Manoharan M;Kovalenko Sv

  • How to Lose a Bond in Two Ways The Diradical/Zwitterion Dichotomy in Cycloaromatization Reactions

    Paul W. Peterson;Rana K. Mohamed;Igor V. Alabugin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth Hanson
Kenneth Hanson Florida State University
Bruce R. Locke
Bruce R. Locke Florida State University
Valentine G. Nenajdenko
Valentine G. Nenajdenko Lomonosov Moscow State University
Hedi Mattoussi
Hedi Mattoussi Florida State University
Ion Ghiviriga
Ion Ghiviriga University of Florida
Howard E. Zimmerman
Howard E. Zimmerman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Frank Weinhold
Frank Weinhold University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peter J. Stang
Peter J. Stang University of Utah
Kirill Kovnir
Kirill Kovnir Iowa State University
James L. Hedrick
James L. Hedrick IBM (United States)

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