Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky is an Ad Honorem Research Professor Scientist at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC (National Research Council of Spain), belonging to the Hybrid, Biohybrid and Porous Nanostructured Materials team at the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) (http://www.icmm.csic.es/phbhmg/). Graduate in Chemistry at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, in 1970; Docteur ès Sciences, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) in 1974, and Doctor en Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense, (Madrid) in 1979. Founder and First Director of several Departments at the CSIC including the last one, “New Architectures in Materials Chemistry Department”, created in 2010 at the ICMM-CSIC. Professor Ruiz-Hitzky, chemist and nanotechnologist is working on a strong interdisciplinary approach, at the interface of fundamental research and industrial, environmental and biomedical applications. He is author or co-author of more than 300 publications and 20 patents (some of them transferred to industry for commercialization), mainly related to the following research topics: Nanostructured Functional Materials; Hybrid, Biohybrid, Intercalation Compounds & Nanocomposites; Layered and Porous Inorganic Solids. He has large experience in all the fields related to Chemistry of silica-based solids such as clay minerals and particularly on sepiolite. His contribution is reflected by his international ranking by Clarivate/WoS with an H-index about 60 (searching by "Ruiz-Hitzky E* OR Ruizhitzky E*"). Part of his research has been published in top journals of high impact factor (IF) like Nature (IF= 38.6), Chem. Soc. Rev. (IF=24.9), Progr. Polym. Sci. (IF= 26.4), Angew. Chemie (IF= 13.7), Adv. Mater. (IF=14.8), Adv. Funct. Mater. (IF=9.8), etc. Editor of the book entitled "Bio-inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials" (ISBN: 978-3-527-31718-9, Dec. 2007, Wiley). He was invited to write several book chapters by prestigious publishers including Wiley, Elsevier, Springer and American Scientific, being Guest Editor of Special Issues including top journals such as Advanced Materials ("Materials Science in Madrid", 2011), Progress in Polymer Science ("Progress in Bionanocomposites: From green plastics to biomedical applications", 2013) and Advanced Functional Materials (Functional Hybrid Materials, 2018). He was in 2011 Invited Professor at the Collège de France, Paris (France) participating with several conferences in the seminar on Chimie des Matériaux Hybrides chaired by Professor Clément Sanchez (http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/clement-sanchez/guestlecturer-2011-10-11-17h00.htm). Senior Fellow at the National Laboratory of Nanotechnology, CNPEM Campinas (Brazil) in 2015, Invited Speaker at the Waseda University (Tokyo) in 2012 and 2014, and Invited Lecturer at the MIT, Cambridge (MA, USA), in 2017. He has been Member of the Direction Committee of the Inorganic Chemistry Specialized Group (GEQI) at the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ), Vice-President and President of the Spanish Clay Society, Member of the Direction Committee of the ICMM-CSIC. Organizer and General Chair of several international conferences such as the Euchem Conference on Chemical Reactivity in Nanoporous Solids, (Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, 1999); the 5th Materials Discussions of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (Madrid, 2002); the American-Japanese-Spanish Trilateral Meeting on Clay Minerals (Madrid & Seville, 2010); the 4th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials (Sitges, Spain, 2015). Co-Organizer of several Symposia related to Polymer-Clay Materials within the Annual Meetings of The American Chemical Society (PMSE-ACS) in 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2021. Co-Organizer of the Clay-based bionanocomposites: a meeting point of life and the mineral world Session at the 16 International Clay Conference (Granada, Spain, 2017).Co-organizer of the Clay Minerals in Healthcare Applications symposium, organiz
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Evolution over the last 10 years of activity
Aggregated career metrics
387
Total documents
1.94
Normalized Impact
79
Highly Cited Papers (10%)
25.58
International Collab. (%)
Most cited publications
Main coauthors
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Dimensions One by One
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Activity
952
/1000
Reflects an author's research output.
Impact
806
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Excellence
789
/1000
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
Leadership
953
/1000
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
Cooperation
691
/1000
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
Openness
724
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
Community Support
308
/1000
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
Community Recognition
0
/1000
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
Transference
419
/1000
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
Fundraising
0
/1000
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
All indicators
Performance
Activity
Reflects an author's research output.
| Documents | 387 | Count of all document types. |
|---|---|---|
| Docs/Year | 7.9 | Average of documents published by author per year. |
| Citable docs | 350 | Count of journal articles, proceeding papers and reviews. |
| Journal Articles | 335 | Documents published as articles in scientific journals usually peer-reviewed. |
| Conferences | 4 | Original article reporting data presented at a conference or symposium. |
| Reviews | 11 | Review papers authored by the researcher. |
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
| Theses | 0 | Document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings |
| Books | 1 | A whole monograph or the entire book. |
| Book Chapters | 0 | Complete chapter in a book or book series volume where the item is identified as a chapter by a heading or section indicator. |
| Datasets | 1 | Number of dataset where the author have contributed to the creation. |
| Editorials | 2 | Papers where the author contributed editorial content. |
| Reports | 0 | Research reports or white papers authored. |
| Grants | 0 | Research projects funded through external grants awarded to the author. |
| Pre-Prints | 9 | Number of publications freely available in pre-print format. |
| Clinical Trials | N/A | Number of clinical trials where the author has participated. |
| Other types | 0 | Other type of documents. |
Impact
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citations | 14598 | Total number of citations to all the publications attributed to the author (all types). |
|---|---|---|
| Self Citations | 2046 | Citations where the author references their own previous work. |
| Self Citation Rate | 14.016 | Percentage of self-citations in the author's total citation count. |
| Non Self Citation Rate | 85.984 | Percentage of citations received from sources that are not self-citations. |
| Hot Citations | 336 | Total number of citations recieved in the last 6 months. |
| Citations/Document | 37.72 | Average of citations recieved per document. |
| % Not Cited | 0.0 | Percentage of documents with no citations recieved. |
| Relative Citation Index | 1.942 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and discipline. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| Journal Relative Citation Index | 1.547 | Item oriented indicator consisting of the quotient between the number of citations to a given work and the average number of citations to works of the same type, year and journal. An author's RCI corresponds to the average of the values of his/her publications. |
| H Index | 63 | Maximum value of h such that the given author has published at least h papers that have each been cited at least h times. |
| G Index | 108 | Maximum value of g such that the given author has published at least g papers that have each been cited at least g^2 times. |
| i10 Index | 223 | Number of documents with at least 10 citations recieved. |
Excellence
Reflects an author's academic visibility and the exceptional quality and influence of their most highly cited works.
| Citation Score | 0.602 | Ratio between 0 and 1 being 0 corresponding to the citation percentile being 0 the 0th and 1 the 100th. |
|---|---|---|
| Citation Normalized Percentile | 0.605 | Citation percentile normalized to 1 (0 worst, 1 best) of the position in citations rankin within the field. Provided by OpenAlex. |
| Higly Cited Papers (top 10%) | 79 | Count of publications falling on or above the 90th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Higly Cited Papers | 2.041 | Quotient between the real number of Highly Cited Papers (HCP) and expected number of HCP's that is the 10% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 1%) | 8 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Relative Outstanding Papers | 2.067 | Quotient between the real number of Outstanding Papers (OP) and expected number of OP's that is the 1% of total documents. |
| Outstanding Papers (top 0.1%) | 0 | Count of publications falling on or above the 99.9th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
| Hot Papers | 8 | Using only the citations recieved in the last 6 months: documents falling on or above the 99th citation percentile in the cohort of publications of the same type, year and discipline. |
Interaction within community
Leadership
Reflects an author's efforts and commitment in leading research initiatives.
| Docs Leadership | 324 | Number of documents lead by the author. |
|---|---|---|
| % Leadership | 83.72 | Percentage of documents lead by the author. |
| Docs International Leadership | 72 | Number of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| % International Leadership | 18.6 | Percentage of documents in international collaboration lead by the author. |
| Principal Investigator | 0 | Number of times where the author served as the lead researcher in a project. |
| Associations Founded | 0 | Number of associations founded by the author. |
| Societies Founded | 0 | Number of scientific or professional societies established by the author. |
| Foundations Founded | 0 | Number of research-related foundations established by the author. |
| Councils | 0 | Number of councils founded by author. |
Cooperation
Reflects a researcher's ability to navigate and thrive in varied academic and research environments, highlighting adaptability, resourcefulness, and the capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships across the spectrum of their career.
| Authors/Paper | 4.66 | Average number of authors per document. |
|---|---|---|
| % Highly Authored Papers | 0.0 | Percentage of documents with 25 or more authors. |
| Countries/Paper | 0.99 | Average number of different countries in the author's affiliation line per document. |
| Docs International Collaboration | 99 | Number of documents reporting two or more different countries in the author's affiliation line. |
| % International Collaboration | 25.58 | Percentage of documents reporting two or more diffetent countries in the author's affiliation line. |
Community Support
Reflects an author's contributions to the academic community beyond their own research.
| Peer Review Counts | 6 | Number of times the author peer-reviewed publications. |
|---|---|---|
| Society Membership | 0 | Number of societies of wich the author is a member. |
| Society Memberships | 0 | Memberships held by the author in scientific or professional societies. |
| Editorial Board Memberships | 0 | Number of journals where the author has been member of editorial board. |
| Panelists | 0 | Number of times the author have been a panelist in the European Research Council (ERC) calls. |
Community Recognition
Reflects the academic community's acknowledgment and appreciation of an author's contributions.
| Distinctions | 0 | Number of times the author have recieved a distinction for its career. |
|---|---|---|
| Invitations | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks, professorships, expositions or demonstrations. |
| Talks | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to talks. |
| Professorships | 0 | Number of times the author has been invited to professorhips. |
| Commissioned Reports | 0 | Commissioned reports done by the author. |
Interaction with society
Openness
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research freely accessible and open to the public.
| Open Access Documents | 73 | Number of documents in Open Access mode. |
|---|---|---|
| % Open Access Documents | 18.86 | Percentage of documents in Open Access mode. |
| Open Access Gold | 14 | Number of documents published in an OA journal that is indexed by the DOAJ. |
| Open Access Green | 24 | Toll-access on the publisher landing page, but there is a free copy in an OA repository. |
| Open Access Hybrid | 15 | Free under an open license in a toll-access journal. |
| Open Access Bronze | 15 | Free to read on the publisher landing page, but without any identifiable license. |
| Open Access Closed | 314 | Non Open Access documents. |
Transference
Reflects an author's commitment to making their research a practical application and real-world impact of an author's research.
| Patents | 0 | Intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. |
|---|---|---|
| Advisory Boards | 0 | Number of advisory boards of which the author is member. |
| Companies | 0 | Number of companies created or founded by the author. |
Fundraising
Reflects an author's ability in securing project funding from major global entities, showcasing your ability to drive research initiatives forward.
| Funding Counts | 0 | Number of activities reported as funding recieved. |
|---|---|---|
| ERC Grantees | 0 | Researchers awarded grants from the European Research Council. |