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2026

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D-Index
67
Citations
15238
World Ranking
6936
National Ranking
3

Ivo Leito 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 Ivo Leito sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 306 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ivo Leito 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 Ivo Leito 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: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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 Estonia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Estonia Leader Award

Overview

Ivo Leito is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia, specializing primarily in the fields of chemistry and materials science. Their work spans a range of subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, spectroscopy, bioengineering, and molecular biology.

Their research focuses on several main topics, such as:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Analytical chemistry and sensors
  • Analytical chemistry and chromatography
  • Electrochemical analysis and applications
  • Chemical reaction mechanisms
  • Chemical and physical properties in aqueous solutions

Over the years, Ivo Leito has published extensively in journals that include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Talanta
  • Analytica Chimica Acta
  • Journal of Chemical Metrology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Märt Lõkov, Sofja Tshepelevitsh, Jaan Saame, Agnes Kütt, and Sigrid Selberg, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing partnerships.

Among the recent notable papers by Ivo Leito are:

  • Strengths of Acids in Acetonitrile, 2021, published in European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Design of Novel Uncharged Organic Superbases: Merging Basicity and Functionality, 2021, published in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of 2-SF5-(Aza)Indoles, a New Family of SF5 Heterocycles, 2021, published in ACS Organic & Inorganic Au
  • Unified pH Measurements of Ethanol, Methanol, and Acetonitrile, and Their Mixtures with Water, 2021, published in Sensors
  • Modular Design of Chiral Conjugate-Base-Stabilized Carboxylic Acids: Catalytic Enantioselective [4 + 2] Cycloadditions of Acetals, 2020, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • Extension of the self-consistent spectrophotometric basicity scale in acetonitrile to a full span of 28 pKa units: unification of different basicity scales.

    Ivari Kaljurand;Agnes Kütt;Lilli Sooväli;Toomas Rodima

  • On the Basicity of Organic Bases in Different Media

    Sofja Tshepelevitsh;Agnes Kütt;Märt Lõkov;Ivari Kaljurand

  • Matrix effects in pesticide multi-residue analysis by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Anneli Kruve;Allan Künnapas;Koit Herodes;Ivo Leito

  • A Comprehensive Self-Consistent Spectrophotometric Acidity Scale of Neutral Brønsted Acids in Acetonitrile

    Agnes Kütt;Ivo Leito;Ivari Kaljurand;Lilli Sooväli

  • Electrospray Ionization Efficiency Scale of Organic Compounds

    Merit Oss;Anneli Kruve;Koit Herodes;Ivo Leito

  • Tutorial review on validation of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry methods: part II.

    Anneli Kruve;Riin Rebane;Karin Kipper;Maarja-Liisa Oldekop

  • A review of analytical techniques for determination of Sudan I-IV dyes in food matrixes.

    Riin Rebane;Ivo Leito;Sergey N. Yurchenko;Koit Herodes

  • Equilibrium acidities of superacids.

    Agnes Kütt;Toomas Rodima;Jaan Saame;Elin Raamat

  • Acidities of strong neutral Brønsted acids in different media

    Elin Raamat;Karl Kaupmees;Gea Ovsjannikov;Aleksander Trummal

  • Gas-Phase Acidities of Some Neutral Brønsted Superacids: A DFT and ab Initio Study

    Ilmar A. Koppel;Peeter Burk;Ivar Koppel;Ivo Leito

  • Tutorial review on validation of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry methods: part I.

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  • ATR-FT-IR spectral collection of conservation materials in the extended region of 4000-80 cm–1

    Signe Vahur;Anu Teearu;Pilleriin Peets;Lauri Joosu

  • Prediction of acidity in acetonitrile solution with COSMO‐RS

    Frank Eckert;Ivo Leito;Ivari Kaljurand;Agnes Kütt

  • Acid−Base Equilibria in Nonpolar Media. 2.1 Self-Consistent Basicity Scale in THF Solution Ranging from 2-Methoxypyridine to EtP1(pyrr) Phosphazene

    Toomas Rodima;Ivari Kaljurand;Aino Pihl;Vahur Mäemets

  • On the Acidity and Reactivity of Highly Effective Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysts: Establishment of an Acidity Scale†

    Karl Kaupmees;Nikita Tolstoluzhsky;Sadiya Raja;Magnus Rueping

  • pKa values in organic chemistry – Making maximum use of the available data

    Agnes Kütt;Sigrid Selberg;Ivari Kaljurand;Sofja Tshepelevitsh

  • A unified pH scale for all phases.

    Daniel Himmel;Sascha K. Goll;Ivo Leito;Ingo Krossing

  • Acidity of Strong Acids in Water and Dimethyl Sulfoxide

    Aleksander Trummal;Lauri Lipping;Ivari Kaljurand;Ilmar A. Koppel

  • Strengths of Acids in Acetonitrile

    Agnes Kütt;Sofja Tshepelevitsh;Jaan Saame;Märt Lõkov

  • Self-consistent spectrophotometric basicity scale in acetonitrile covering the range between pyridine and DBU

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  • Sodium adduct formation efficiency in ESI source.

    Anneli Kruve;Karl Kaupmees;Jaanus Liigand;Merit Oss

  • Identification and classification of textile fibres using ATR-FT-IR spectroscopy with chemometric methods.

    Pilleriin Peets;Ivo Leito;Jaan Pelt;Signe Vahur

  • Negative electrospray ionization via deprotonation: predicting the ionization efficiency.

    Anneli Kruve;Karl Kaupmees;Jaanus Liigand;Ivo Leito

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingo Krossing
Ingo Krossing University of Freiburg
Johan Bobacka
Johan Bobacka Åbo Akademi University
Benjamin List
Benjamin List Max Planck Society
Rodolphe Antoine
Rodolphe Antoine Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Martí Rosés
Martí Rosés University of Barcelona
Manuel Yáñez
Manuel Yáñez Autonomous University of Madrid
Jörg Sundermeyer
Jörg Sundermeyer Philipp University of Marburg
Paul J. Worsfold
Paul J. Worsfold Plymouth University
Andreas Klamt
Andreas Klamt University of Regensburg
Philip A. Gale
Philip A. Gale University of Groningen

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