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Rodolphe Clérac
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Chemistry
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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
103
Citations
33589
World Ranking
1128
National Ranking
17

Rodolphe Clérac 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 Rodolphe Clérac sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 553 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rodolphe Clérac 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 Rodolphe Clérac sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Rodolphe Clérac is affiliated with the Paul Pascal Research Center in France and specializes in materials science, with a focus on materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and inorganic chemistry. Their research spans various subfields, including physical and theoretical chemistry and oncology.

The primary research topics explored by Clérac include:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Lanthanide and transition metal complexes
  • Organic and molecular conductors research
  • Metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms
  • Metal-organic frameworks: synthesis and applications

Clérac has contributed extensively to the scientific literature with a significant presence in top publication venues. They have published notably in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (141 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (7 publications)
  • Chemical Communications (5 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (4 publications)
  • Crystal Growth & Design (4 publications)

Frequent collaborators in Clérac's research include:

  • Mathieu Rouzières (118 co-authored works)
  • Aaron Mailman (38 co-authored works)
  • Heikki M. Tuononen (30 co-authored works)
  • Corine Mathonière (29 co-authored works)
  • Anni I. Taponen (29 co-authored works)

Among Clérac's recent published papers are:

  • "Metal-organic magnets with large coercivity and ordering temperatures up to 242°C," published in Science, 2020
  • "Substantial π-aromaticity in the anionic heavy-metal cluster [Th@Bi12]4−," published in Nature Chemistry, 2020
  • "High-nuclearity 3d-4f [FeIII 5LnIII8] complexes: synthesis, structure and magnetic properties," published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2021
  • "Isolation of a Bent Dysprosium Bis(amide) Single-Molecule Magnet," published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024
  • "Probing Relaxation Dynamics in Five-Coordinate Dysprosium Single-Molecule Magnets," published in Chemistry - A European Journal, 2020

In recognition of scientific contributions, Clérac was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2020 and also became a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in the same year.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for Single-Chain Magnet Behavior in a MnIII−NiII Chain Designed with High Spin Magnetic Units: A Route to High Temperature Metastable Magnets

    Rodolphe Clérac;Hitoshi Miyasaka;Masahiro Yamashita;Claude Coulon

  • Single-chain magnets: Theoretical approach and experimental systems

    Claude Coulon;Hitoshi Miyasaka;Rodolphe Clérac

  • A ferromagnetically coupled mn(19) aggregate with a record S=83/2 ground spin state.

    Ayuk M. Ako;Ian J. Hewitt;Valeritt Mereacre;Rodolphe Clerac

  • Dinuclear Dysprosium(III) Single-Molecule Magnets with a Large Anisotropic Barrier†

    Po-Heng Lin;Tara J. Burchell;Rodolphe Clérac;Rodolphe Clérac;Muralee Murugesu

  • Single-Chain Magnet (NEt4)[Mn2(5-MeOsalen)2Fe(CN)6] Made of MnIII−FeIII−MnIII Trinuclear Single-Molecule Magnet with an ST = 9/2 Spin Ground State

    Marilena Ferbinteanu;Hitoshi Miyasaka;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Kazuya Nakata

  • Slow dynamics of the magnetization in one-dimensional coordination polymers: single-chain magnets.

    Hitoshi Miyasaka;Miguel Julve;Masahiro Yamashita;Rodolphe Clérac

  • Magnetic and optical bistability driven by thermally and photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer in a molecular cobalt-iron prussian blue analogue.

    Dongfeng Li;Rodolphe Clérac;Olivier Roubeau;Etienne Harté

  • Switchable Fe/Co Prussian blue networks and molecular analogues.

    David Aguilà;Yoann Prado;Evangelia S. Koumousi;Corine Mathonière

  • Single-molecule magnet engineering: building-block approaches.

    Kasper Steen Pedersen;Kasper Steen Pedersen;Jesper Bendix;Rodolphe Clerac

  • A bell-shaped Mn11Gd2 single-molecule magnet.

    Valeriu M. Mereacre;Ayuk M. Ako;Rodolphe Clerac;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer

  • A dimeric manganese(III) tetradentate schiff base complex as a single-molecule magnet.

    Hitoshi Miyasaka;Rodolphe Clérac;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer;Lollita Lecren

  • Pentanuclear Dysprosium Hydroxy Cluster Showing Single-Molecule-Magnet Behavior

    Michael T. Gamer;Yanhua Lan;Peter W. Roesky;Annie K. Powell

  • Trinuclear Heterobimetallic Ni2Ln complexes [L2Ni2Ln][ClO4] (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er; LH3 = (S)P[N(Me)N═CH−C6H3-2-OH-3-OMe]3): From Simple Paramagnetic Complexes to Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Balasubramanian Murugesa Pandian;Ramamoorthy Boomishankar;Alexander Steiner

  • Two-dimensional networks based on Mn4 complex linked by dicyanamide anion: from single-molecule magnet to classical magnet behavior.

    Hitoshi Miyasaka;Kazuya Nakata;Lollita Lecren;Claude Coulon

  • Heterometallic [Mn5-Ln4] single-molecule magnets with high anisotropy barriers.

    Valeriu Mereacre;Ayuk M. Ako;Rodolphe Clérac;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer

  • A [Mn18Dy] SMM resulting from the targeted replacement of the central MnII in the S = 83/2 [Mn19]-aggregate with DyIII

    Ayuk M. Ako;Valeriu Mereacre;Rodolphe Clérac;Rodolphe Clérac;Wolfgang Wernsdorfer

  • A promising new route towards single-molecule magnets based on the oxalate ligand.

    Gong-Feng Xu;Gong-Feng Xu;Qing-Lun Wang;Patrick Gamez;Yue Ma

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetism of Heterobimetallic Trinuclear Complexes {[L2Co2Ln][X]} [Ln = Eu, X = Cl; Ln = Tb, Dy, Ho, X = NO3; LH3 = (S)P[N(Me)N═CH−C6H3-2-OH-3-OMe]3]: A 3d−4f Family of Single-Molecule Magnets

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Balasubramanian Murugesa Pandian;Jagadese J. Vittal;Rodolphe Clérac

  • An S = 6 Cyanide-Bridged Octanuclear FeIII4NiII4 Complex that Exhibits Slow Relaxation of the Magnetization

    Dongfeng Li;Sean Parkin;Guangbin Wang;Gordon T. Yee

  • Reversible Thermally and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Cyano‐Bridged {Fe2Co2} Square Complex

    Yuanzhu Zhang;Dongfeng Li;Dongfeng Li;Dongfeng Li;Rodolphe Clérac;Rodolphe Clérac;Marguerite Kalisz;Marguerite Kalisz

  • Controlled association of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) into coordination networks: towards a new generation of magnetic materials

    Ie-Rang Jeon;Rodolphe Clérac

Frequent Co-Authors

Corine Mathonière
Corine Mathonière Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Annie K. Powell
Annie K. Powell Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christopher E. Anson
Christopher E. Anson Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hitoshi Miyasaka
Hitoshi Miyasaka Tohoku University
Yangguang Li
Yangguang Li Northeast Normal University
Stefanie Dehnen
Stefanie Dehnen Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kim R. Dunbar
Kim R. Dunbar Texas A&M University
Olivier Roubeau
Olivier Roubeau Universidad de Zaragoza
Joulia Larionova
Joulia Larionova University of Montpellier

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