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Materials Science

D-Index
97
Citations
39979
World Ranking
1196
National Ranking
1

Chemistry

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97
Citations
40123
World Ranking
1446
National Ranking
5

Yusuf Yagci 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 Yusuf Yagci sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 791 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yusuf Yagci 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 Yusuf Yagci sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 91st percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Turkey Leader Award

Overview

Yusuf Yagci was affiliated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. Their research focused primarily on chemistry and materials science, with significant contributions to organic chemistry, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, mechanical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work covered a variety of main research topics, including:

  • Photopolymerization techniques and applications
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Synthesis and properties of polymers
  • Epoxy Resin Curing Processes
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

Yagci contributed frequently to scientific literature published in journals such as:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Macromolecular Rapid Communications
  • Macromolecules
  • European Polymer Journal
  • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Their recent peer-reviewed papers included:

  • "Photoinduced Controlled/Living Polymerizations," 2022, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Visible light photoinitiating systems by charge transfer complexes: Photochemistry without dyes," 2020, published in Progress in Polymer Science
  • "The Next 100 Years of Polymer Science," 2020, published in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
  • "Advanced Thermosets from Sulfur and Renewable Benzoxazine and Ionones via Inverse Vulcanization," 2020, published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • "Phenacyl Phenothiazinium Salt as a New Broad-Wavelength-Absorbing Photoinitiator for Cationic and Free Radical Polymerizations," 2021, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators of Yusuf Yagci included:

  • Kerem Kaya
  • Barış Kışkan
  • Hüseyin Cem Kılıçlar
  • Görkem Yılmaz
  • Azra Kocaarslan

Best Publications

  • Photoinitiated Polymerization: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Yusuf Yagci;Steffen Jockusch;Nicholas J. Turro

  • Polybenzoxazines-New high performance thermosetting resins : Synthesis and properties

    N.N. Ghosh;B. Kiskan;Y. Yagci

  • Polymers from triglyceride oils

    F. Seniha Güner;Yusuf Yağcı;A. Tuncer Erciyes

  • Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions for Macromolecular Syntheses

    Sajjad Dadashi-Silab;Sean Doran;Yusuf Yagci;Yusuf Yagci

  • Photomediated controlled radical polymerization

    Xiangcheng Pan;Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen;Joachim Laun;Thomas Junkers;Thomas Junkers

  • Recent advancement on polybenzoxazine—A newly developed high performance thermoset

    Yusuf Yagci;Baris Kiskan;Narendra Nath Ghosh

  • Light‐Induced Click Reactions

    Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen;Yusuf Yagci;Yusuf Yagci

  • Telechelic polymers by living and controlled/living polymerization methods

    Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen;Muhammet U. Kahveci;Yusuf Yagci

  • Mechanistic transformations involving living and controlled/living polymerization methods

    Yusuf Yagci;M. Atilla Tasdelen

  • Anthracene−Maleimide-Based Diels−Alder “Click Chemistry” as a Novel Route to Graft Copolymers

    B. Gacal;H. Durmaz;M. A. Tasdelen;G. Hizal

  • Externally stimulated initiator systems for cationic polymerization

    Yusuf Yağci;Ivo Reetz

  • Influence of Type of Initiation on Thiol–Ene “Click” Chemistry

    Mustafa Uygun;Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen;Yusuf Yagci

  • Photoinduced Controlled Radical Polymerization

    Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen;Mustafa Uygun;Yusuf Yagci

  • Polybenzoxazine‐based composites as high‐performance materials

    Baris Kiskan;Narendra Nath Ghosh;Yusuf Yagci

  • 2-Mercaptothioxanthone as a Novel Photoinitiator for Free Radical Polymerization

    Lerzan Cokbaglan;Nergis Arsu;Yusuf Yagci;Steffen Jockusch

  • One-Component Bimolecular Photoinitiating Systems, 2†

    Meral Aydin;Nergis Arsu;Yusuf Yagci

  • Thioxanthone-Anthracene: A New Photoinitiator for Free Radical Polymerization in the Presence of Oxygen

    Demet Karaca Balta;Nergis Arsu;Yusuf Yagci;Steffen Jockusch

  • Shining a light on an adaptable photoinitiator: advances in photopolymerizations initiated by thioxanthones

    Sajjad Dadashi-Silab;Cansu Aydogan;Yusuf Yagci;Yusuf Yagci

  • Mechanistic Study of Photoinitiated Free Radical Polymerization Using Thioxanthone Thioacetic Acid as One-Component Type II Photoinitiator

    Meral Aydin;Nergis Arsu;Yusuf Yagci;Steffen Jockusch

  • Photoinduced Controlled Radical Polymerization in Methanol

    Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen;Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen;Mustafa Uygun;Yusuf Yagci

  • Handbook of Radical Vinyl Polymerization

    Munmaya K. Mishra;Yusuf Yagci

Frequent Co-Authors

Baris Kiskan
Baris Kiskan Istanbul Technical University
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen
Mehmet Atilla Tasdelen Yalova University
Levent Toppare
Levent Toppare Middle East Technical University
Suna Timur
Suna Timur Ege University
Marco Sangermano
Marco Sangermano Polytechnic University of Turin
Mohamed M. Chehimi
Mohamed M. Chehimi Université Paris Cité
Steffen Jockusch
Steffen Jockusch Bowling Green State University
Tamer Uyar
Tamer Uyar Cornell University
Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University
Emo Chiellini
Emo Chiellini University of Pisa

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