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Materials Science

D-Index
65
Citations
12612
World Ranking
5727
National Ranking
90

Chemistry

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65
Citations
12568
World Ranking
7804
National Ranking
237

Toribio F. Otero publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Toribio F. Otero sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 355 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Toribio F. Otero D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Toribio F. Otero sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Toribio F. Otero is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Cartagena in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant focus on several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Bioengineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics within their research include conducting polymers and applications, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, analytical chemistry and sensors, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, electrochemical analysis and applications, and dielectric materials and actuators.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Toribio F. Otero cover various aspects of these research interests. Notable publications include:

  • "Improving the onset potential and Tafel slope determination of earth-abundant water oxidation electrocatalysts," 2021, Electrochimica Acta
  • "Concept of an artificial muscle design on polypyrrole nanofiber scaffolds," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Towards artificial proprioception from artificial muscles constituted by self-sensing multi-step electrochemical macromolecular motors," 2020, Electrochimica Acta
  • "Role of polyethylene oxide content in polypyrrole linear actuators," 2020, Materials Today Communications
  • "Enhancing the electrocatalytic activity and stability of Prussian blue analogues by increasing their electroactive sites through the introduction of Au nanoparticles," 2021, Nanoscale

Toribio F. Otero frequently collaborates with several researchers including Rudolf Kiefer, Quoc Bao Le, Roger Sanchis-Gual, Eugenio Coronado, and Mihaela Beregoi.

The main publishing venues for their work encompass:

  • Electrochimica Acta
  • Synthetic Metals
  • Polymers
  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • Nanoscale

Best Publications

  • Electrochemomechanical properties from a bilayer: polypyrrole / non-conducting and flexible material — artificial muscle

    T.F. Otero;E. Angulo;J. Rodríguez;C. Santamaría

  • Biomimetic electrochemistry from conducting polymers. A review: Artificial muscles, smart membranes, smart drug delivery and computer/neuron interfaces

    T.F. Otero;J.G. Martinez;J. Arias-Pardilla

  • Artificial Muscles with Tactile Sensitivity

    Toribio Fernandez Otero;Maria Teresa Cortes

  • Soft and wet conducting polymers for artificial muscles.

    Toribio F. Otero;Jose M. Sansieña

  • Reinterpretation of Polypyrrole Electrochemistry after Consideration of Conformational Relaxation Processes

    Toribio F. Otero;Hans-Jürgen Grande;Javier Rodríguez

  • Artificial muscles from bilayer structures

    T.F. Otero;J. Rodriguez;E. Angulo;C. Santamaria

  • Bilayer dimensions and movement in artificial muscles

    T.F. Otero;J.M. Sansiñena

  • A new model for electrochemical oxidation of polypyrrole under conformational relaxation control

    T.F. Otero;H. Grande;J. Rodríguez

  • Fabrication of conductive electrospun silk fibroin scaffolds by coating with polypyrrole for biomedical applications.

    Salvador Aznar-Cervantes;Maria I. Roca;Jose G. Martinez;Luis Meseguer-Olmo

  • Comparative Study of Conducting Polymers by the ESCR Model

    T. F. Otero;I. Boyano

  • Artificial muscles based on conducting polymers

    T.F. Otero;J.M. Sansiñena

  • Electrochemical control of the morphology, adherence, appearance and growth of polypyrrole films

    T.F. Otero;E. De Larreta

  • A solid state artificial muscle based on polypyrrole and a solid polymeric electrolyte working in air

    J. M. Sansiñena;V. Olazábal;T. F. Otero;C. N. Polo da Fonseca

  • Biomimetic Conducting Polymers: Synthesis, Materials, Properties, Functions, and Devices

    Toribio F. Otero

  • A sensing muscle

    T.F. Otero;M.T. Cortés

  • Sensing characteristics of a conducting polymer/hydrogel hybrid microfiber artificial muscle

    Yahya A. Ismail;Jose G. Martínez;Ahmad S. Al Harrasi;Seon J. Kim

  • Electrochemical generation of polythiophene films on platinum electrodes

    T.F. Otero;E. de Larreta-Azelain

  • Soft, wet, and reactive polymers. Sensing artificial muscles and conformational energy

    Toribio F. Otero

  • Role of Conformational Relaxation on the Voltammetric Behavior of Polypyrrole. Experiments and Mathematical Model

    T. F. Otero;H. Grande;J. Rodriguez

  • Artificial muscle: movement and position control

    T. F. Otero;M. T. Cortes

Frequent Co-Authors

Enric Brillas
Enric Brillas University of Barcelona
Shaoan Cheng
Shaoan Cheng Zhejiang University
Gregory A. Sotzing
Gregory A. Sotzing University of Connecticut
Kinji Asaka
Kinji Asaka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Eugenio Coronado
Eugenio Coronado University of Valencia
Manuel Marquez
Manuel Marquez Arizona State University
Gholamreza Anbarjafari
Gholamreza Anbarjafari University of Tartu
José L. Segura
José L. Segura Complutense University of Madrid
Félix Zamora
Félix Zamora Autonomous University of Madrid
Jadranka Travas-Sejdic
Jadranka Travas-Sejdic University of Auckland

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