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D-Index
51
Citations
9282
World Ranking
13946
National Ranking
108

Omar A. El Seoud 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 Omar A. El Seoud sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 316 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Omar A. El Seoud 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 Omar A. El Seoud sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Omar A. El Seoud is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and works primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research spans various subfields including Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Catalysis, Organic Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, notably:

  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Various Chemistry Research Topics
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

They have published frequently in several academic venues, with a notable number of publications in:

  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Journal of Laboratory Chemical Education
  • New Journal of Chemistry
  • Journal of Chemical Education
  • Polymers

Omar A. El Seoud's body of recent published work includes:

  • "Sustainable biomaterials based on cellulose, chitin and chitosan composites - A review" (2021, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications)
  • "Searching for drugs for Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and schistosomiasis: a review" (2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)
  • "Cellulose Regeneration and Chemical Recycling: Closing the "Cellulose Gap" Using Environmentally Benign Solvents" (2020, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering)
  • "Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactants: Recent Advances in Their Syntheses, Solution Properties, and Applications" (2021, Polymers)
  • "Engineering of sustainable biomaterial composites from cellulose and silk fibroin: Fundamentals and applications" (2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most common coauthors being:

  • Naved I. Malek
  • Nicolas Keppeler
  • Vinod K. Aswal
  • Marc Kostag
  • Nildhara Parsana

Best Publications

  • Applications of ionic liquids in carbohydrate chemistry: a window of opportunities.

    Omar A. El Seoud;Andreas Koschella;Ludmila C. Fidale;Susann Dorn

  • Synthesis and micellar properties of surface-active ionic liquids: 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chlorides.

    Omar A. El Seoud;Paulo Augusto Rodrigues Pires;Thanaa Abdel-Moghny;Erick Leite Bastos

  • Dendrimers in the context of nanomedicine.

    Ana Paula Dias;Soraya da Silva Santos;João Vitor da Silva;Roberto Parise-Filho

  • Micellar properties of surface active ionic liquids: a comparison of 1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride with structurally related cationic surfactants.

    Paula D. Galgano;Omar A. El Seoud

  • Twenty-five years of cellulose chemistry: innovations in the dissolution of the biopolymer and its transformation into esters and ethers

    Marc Kostag;Martin Gericke;Thomas Heinze;Omar A. El Seoud

  • An efficient, one-pot acylation of cellulose under homogeneous reaction conditions

    Omar A. El Seoud;Guilherme Andrade Marson;Gabriela Teixeira Ciacco;Elisabete Frollini

  • Tailored Media for Homogeneous Cellulose Chemistry: Ionic Liquid/Co-Solvent Mixtures

    Martin Gericke;Tim Liebert;Omar A. El Seoud;Thomas Heinze

  • Organic esters of cellulose : New perspectives for old polymers

    Omar A. El Seoud;Thomas Heinze

  • Effects of organized surfactant assemblies on acid-base equilibria

    Omar A. El Seoud

  • Cellulose Swelling by Aprotic and Protic Solvents: What are the Similarities and Differences?

    Ludmila C. Fidale;Naiara Ruiz;Thomas Heinze;Omar A. El Seoud

  • Influence of the supramolecular structure and physicochemical properties of cellulose on its dissolution in a lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide solvent system.

    Ludmila A Ramos;José M Assaf;Omar A El Seoud;Elisabete Frollini

  • Solvatochromism in pure and binary solvent mixtures: effects of the molecular structure of the zwitterionic probe

    Erika B. Tada;Luzia P. Novaki;Omar A. El Seoud

  • Surface active ionic liquids: Study of the micellar properties of 1-(1-alkyl)-3-methylimidazolium chlorides and comparison with structurally related surfactants

    Paula D. Galgano;Omar A. El Seoud

  • Sustainable biomaterials based on cellulose, chitin and chitosan composites - A review

    Marc Kostag;Omar A. El Seoud

  • Cellulose Regeneration and Chemical Recycling: Closing the “Cellulose Gap” Using Environmentally Benign Solvents

    Omar A. El Seoud;Marc Kostag;Kerstin Jedvert;Naved I. Malek

  • Cellulose swelling by protic solvents: which properties of the biopolymer and the solvent matter?

    Omar A. El Seoud;Ludmila C. Fidale;Naiara Ruiz;Maria Luiza O. D’Almeida

  • Solvation in pure and mixed solvents : Some recent developments

    Omar A. El Seoud

  • Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactants: Recent Advances in Their Syntheses, Solution Properties, and Applications

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  • Proton magnetic resonance investigations of the formation of alkylammonium propionate micelles in benzene and in carbon tetrachloride

    J. H. Fendler;E. J. Fendler;R. T. Medary;O. A. El Seoud

  • Microscopic Polarities of Interfacial Regions of Aqueous Cationic Micelles: Effects of Structures of the Solvatochromic Probe and the Surfactant†

    Luzia P. Novaki and;Omar A. El Seoud

  • Some aspects of acylation of cellulose under homogeneous solution conditions

    Anelise Maria Regiani;Elisabete Frollini;Guilherme Andrade Marson;Guilherme Menegon Arantes

  • Thermodynamics of micellization of benzyl(2-acylaminoethyl)dimethylammonium chloride surfactants in aqueous solutions: a conductivity and titration calorimetry study.

    Susana Shimizu;Paulo Augusto R. Pires;Omar A. El Seoud

  • Solvatochromism in pure solvents : Effects of the molecular structure of the probe

    Luzia P. Novaki;Omar A. El Seoud

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Heinze
Thomas Heinze Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Janos H. Fendler
Janos H. Fendler Texas A&M University
Arvind Kumar
Arvind Kumar University of the West Indies
Vinod K. Aswal
Vinod K. Aswal Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Herbert Sixta
Herbert Sixta Aalto University
José Mansur Assaf
José Mansur Assaf Federal University of São Carlos
Dominik Horinek
Dominik Horinek University of Regensburg
Clifford A. Bunton
Clifford A. Bunton University of California, Santa Barbara
Juana J. Silber
Juana J. Silber National University of Río Cuarto
Brian Vincent
Brian Vincent University of Bristol

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