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Javier Catalán 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 Javier Catalán sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 269 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Javier Catalán 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 Javier Catalán sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Javier Catalán is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Free Radicals and Antioxidants
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection

Javier Catalán has been published predominantly in the Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, where they have six publications. Other frequent venues include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Liquids, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and the Journal of Molecular Liquids.

Several recent papers demonstrate the scope of their research:

  • On the empirical scales of organic solvents established using probe/homomorph pairs, 2021, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Solvatochromism in urea/water and urea-derivative/water solutions, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • On the temperature-dependent isomerization of all-trans-1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene in solution: A reappraisal, 2022, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Solvatochromic correlation analysis of monomolecular SN1/E1 heterolysis reactions of tertiary haloalkanes, 2020, Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Carbon disulfide solvent, helping to clarify the Stokes shift in diphenylpolyenes, 2020, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Ana Martín-Sómer
  • Henning Hopf
  • Concepción Civera
  • Juan Carlos del Valle
  • M. Elorza

Best Publications

  • Toward a Generalized Treatment of the Solvent Effect Based on Four Empirical Scales: Dipolarity (SdP, a New Scale), Polarizability (SP), Acidity (SA), and Basicity (SB) of the Medium

    Javier Catalán

  • Basicity and Acidity of Azoles

    Javier Catalan;Jose Elguero

  • Photoinduced intramolecular proton transfer as the mechanism of ultraviolet stabilizers: a reappraisal

    Javier Catalan;Fernando Fabero;Maria Soledad Guijarro;Rosa Maria Claramunt

  • Characterization of binary solvent mixtures of DMSO with water and other cosolvents.

    J Catalán;C Díaz;F García-Blanco

  • Progress towards a generalized solvent polarity scale: The solvatochromism of 2-(dimethylamino)-7-nitrofluorene and its homomorph 2-fluoro-7-nitrofluorene

    Javier Catalán;Vicenta López;Pilar Pérez;Rosa Martin-Villamil

  • A Generalized Solvent Basicity Scale: The Solvatochromism of 5‐Nitroindoline and Its Homomorph 1‐Methyl‐5‐nitroindoline

    Javier Catalán;Cristina Díaz;Vicenta López;Pilar Pérez

  • Basicity and acidity of azoles: the annelation effect in azoles

    Javier. Catalan;Rosa Maria. Claramunt;Jose. Elguero;Jose. Laynez

  • New ultraviolet stabilizers: 3- and 5-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazoles

    Javier Catalan;Fernando Fabero;Rosa M. Claramunt;M. Dolores Santa Maria

  • Kasha's rule: a reappraisal.

    Juan Carlos del Valle;Javier Catalán

  • Empirical Treatment of the Inductive and Dispersive Components of Solute−Solvent Interactions: The Solvent Polarizability (SP) Scale

    Javier Catalán;Henning Hopf

  • Electrostatic proximity effects in the relative basicities and acidities of pyrazole, imidazole, pyridazine, and pyrimidine

    Robert W. Taft;Frederick. Anvia;Mare. Taagepera;Javier. Catalan

  • Analysis of the solvent effect on the photophysics properties of 6-propionyl-2-(dimethylamino)naphthalene (PRODAN).

    Javier Catalan;Pilar Perez;Jose Laynez;F. Garcia Blanco

  • A Generalized Solvent Acidity Scale: The Solvatochromism of o-tert-Butylstilbazolium Betaine Dye and Its Homomorph o,o′-Di-tert-butylstilbazolium Betaine Dye†

    Javier Catalán;Cristina Díaz

  • Tautomerism and aromaticity in 1,2,3-triazoles: the case of benzotriazole

    Francisco Tomas;Jose Luis M. Abboud;Jose Laynez;Rafael Notario

  • Intramolecular hydrogen bonding and fluorescence of salicylaldehyde, salicylamide, and o-hydroxyacetophenone in gas and condensed phase

    J. Catalan;F. Toribio;A. U. Acuna

  • Fluorescence of fullerenes (C60 and C70)

    Javier Catalan;Jose Elguero

  • Resolution of concerted versus sequential mechanisms in photo-induced double-proton transfer reaction in 7-azaindole H-bonded dimer

    Javier Catalán;Juan Carlos del Valle;Michael Kasha

  • Intramolecular Proton or Hydrogen-Atom Transfer in the Ground and Excited States of 2-Hydroxybenzoyl Compounds†

    J. Catalan;J. Palomar;J. L. G. De Paz

  • Pulsed liquid lasers from proton transfer in the excited state

    A.U. Acuña;F. Amat;J. Catalán;A. Costela

  • Toward the photostability mechanism of intramolecular hydrogen bond systems. The photophysics of 1'-hydroxy-2'-acetonaphthone

    Javier Catalan;Juan Carlos del Valle

  • Basicity and Acidity of Azoles

    J. Catalan;J. L. M. Abboud;J. Elguero

Frequent Co-Authors

José Elguero
José Elguero Spanish National Research Council
Manuel Yáñez
Manuel Yáñez Autonomous University of Madrid
Rosa M. Claramunt
Rosa M. Claramunt National University of Distance Education
Otilia Mó
Otilia Mó Autonomous University of Madrid
Francisco Amat-Guerri
Francisco Amat-Guerri Spanish National Research Council
Robert W. Taft
Robert W. Taft University of California, Irvine
Michael Kasha
Michael Kasha Florida State University
Jose Palomar
Jose Palomar Autonomous University of Madrid
Henning Hopf
Henning Hopf Technische Universität Braunschweig
Angel Costela
Angel Costela Spanish National Research Council

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