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José H. Zagal 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 José H. Zagal sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 263 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

José H. Zagal 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 José H. Zagal sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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 Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Chile Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Chile Leader Award

Overview

José H. Zagal is affiliated with the University of Santiago Chile in Chile. Their research focuses extensively on areas related to energy and electrochemistry, with main fields of study including Energy, Engineering, and Chemistry. Subfields reflect a strong emphasis on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electrochemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics prominently featuring Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

José H. Zagal's recent publications include:

  • PGM-Free Biomass-Derived Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Energy Conversion Devices: Promising Materials, 2024, published in Electrochemical Energy Reviews
  • Hydrazine Oxidation Electrocatalysis, 2024, ACS Catalysis
  • Recent Advances in Non-Precious Metal Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Low-Temperature Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells, 2023, ChemCatChem
  • Mapping transition metal-MN4 macrocyclic complex catalysts performance for the critical reactivity descriptors, 2021, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
  • Mapping transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalyst performance on the critical descriptor diagram, 2021, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

Throughout their career, José H. Zagal has frequently published in several venues, including:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
  • Electrochimica Acta
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Catalysis

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, including Ingrid Ponce, Ricardo Venegas, Karina Muñoz-Becerra, Laura Scarpetta-Pizo, and Alejandro Toro-Labbé, reflecting a network of research cooperation across their main topics of interest.

Best Publications

  • Metallophthalocyanines as catalysts in electrochemical reactions

    José H. Zagal

  • Metallophthalocyanine-based molecular materials as catalysts for electrochemical reactions

    José H. Zagal;Sophie Griveau;J. Francisco Silva;Tebello Nyokong

  • Reactivity Descriptors for the Activity of Molecular MN4 Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

    José H. Zagal;Marc T. M. Koper

  • A Mechanistic Study of O 2 Reduction on Water Soluble Phthalocyanines Adsorbed on Graphite Electrodes

    J. Zagal;P. Bindra;E. Yeager

  • Electrocatalytic activity of metal phthalocyanines for oxygen reduction

    J. Zagal;M. Páez;A.A. Tanaka;J.R. dos Santos

  • Electrocatalytic oxidation of nitrite on a vitreous carbon electrode modified with cobalt phthalocyanine

    Claudia A Caro;Claudia A Caro;Fethi Bedioui;José H Zagal

  • N4-Macrocyclic Metal Complexes

    José H. Zagal;Fethi Bedioui;Jean Pol Dodelet

  • Oxygen reduction by Co(II) tetrasulfonatephthalocyanine irreversibly adsorbed on a stress-annealed pyrolytic graphite electrode surface

    José Zagal;Rajat K. Sen;Ernest Yeager

  • Linear versus volcano correlations between electrocatalytic activity and redox and electronic properties of metallophthalocyanines

    José H. Zagal;Miguel Gulppi;Mauricio Isaacs;Gloria Cárdenas-Jirón

  • Oxygen reduction reaction using N4-metallomacrocyclic catalysts: fundamentals on rational catalyst design

    Justus Masa;Kenneth Ozoemena;Kenneth Ozoemena;Wolfgang Schuhmann;José H. Zagal

  • Electro-oxidation of 2-mercaptoethanol on adsorbed monomeric and electropolymerized cobalt tetra-aminophthalocyanine films. Effect of film thickness

    Sophie Griveau;Jorge Pavez;José H. Zagal;Fethi Bedioui

  • Carbon nanotubes, phthalocyanines and porphyrins: attractive hybrid materials for electrocatalysis and electroanalysis.

    José H. Zagal;Sophie Griveau;Kenneth I. Ozoemena;Tebello Nyokong

  • Does CO poison Fe-based catalysts for ORR?

    Laurent Birry;José H. Zagal;Jean Pol Dodelet

  • Tuning the redox properties of metalloporphyrin- and metallophthalocyanine-based molecular electrodes for the highest electrocatalytic activity in the oxidation of thiols

    Fethi Bedioui;Sophie Griveau;Tebello Nyokong;A. John Appleby

  • Electrocatalytic effects of adsorbed cobalt phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate in the anodic oxidation of cysteine

    Jose Zagal;Christian Fierro;Roberto Rozas

  • Electrocatalytic activity of cobalt phthalocyanine CoPc adsorbed on a graphite electrode for the oxidation of reduced L-glutathione (GSH) and the reduction of its disulfide (GSSG) at physiological pH.

    Nazaré Pereira-Rodrigues;Rodrigo Cofré;José H. Zagal;Fethi Bedioui

  • Comparative study of the electrocatalytic activity of cobalt phthalocyanine and cobalt naphthalocyanine for the reduction of oxygen and the oxidation of hydrazine

    M. Isaacs;M.J. Aguirre;A. Toro-Labbé;J. Costamagna

  • Electroreduction of nitrite by hemin, myoglobin and hemoglobin in surfactant films

    Danica Mimica;José H. Zagal;Fethi Bedioui

  • Reactivity of electrodes modified with substituted metallophthalocyanines. Correlations with redox potentials, Hammett parameters and donor–acceptor intermolecular hardness

    Gloria I. Cárdenas-Jirón;Miguel A. Gulppi;Claudia A. Caro;Rodrigo del Rı́o

  • Electrochemistry of cysteine and cystine on metal-phthalocyanines adsorbed on a graphite electrode

    José H. Zagal;Pilar Herrera

Frequent Co-Authors

Fethi Bedioui
Fethi Bedioui Chimie ParisTech
Tebello Nyokong
Tebello Nyokong Rhodes University
Alejandro Toro-Labbé
Alejandro Toro-Labbé Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Kenneth I. Ozoemena
Kenneth I. Ozoemena University of the Witwatersrand
George E. Thompson
George E. Thompson University of Manchester
Xiaorong Zhou
Xiaorong Zhou University of Manchester
Kaido Tammeveski
Kaido Tammeveski University of Tartu
Peter Skeldon
Peter Skeldon University of Manchester
Justus Masa
Justus Masa Max Planck Society
Wolfgang Schuhmann
Wolfgang Schuhmann Ruhr University Bochum

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