2026 Catia Petta: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	110	900	860	21	21	287	39076
Physics	110	1177	1114	62	61	285	38306

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Current National Ranking

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Best Female Scientists

110

900

860

287

39076

Physics

110

1177

1114

285

38306

Best Female Scientists

D-Index

110

Citations

39076

World Ranking

900

National Ranking

Physics

D-Index

110

Citations

38306

World Ranking

1177

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Catia Petta is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy and focuses research primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several subfields, including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse set of areas related to particle physics and detection technologies. Main topics include:

Particle Detector Development and Performance
Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

The scholar has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers published in various scientific journals and conference proceedings. Notable publications include:

"Multiparametric approach to the assessment of muon tomographic results for the inspection of a full-scale container" (2021) in The European Physical Journal Plus
"Search for inelastic boosted dark matter with the ICARUS detector at the Gran Sasso Underground National Laboratory" (2025) in Physical Review D
"Search for Inelastic Boosted Dark Matter with the ICARUS Detector at the Gran Sasso Underground National Laboratory" (2024) on arXiv (Cornell University)
"Characterization of Hamamatsu S13161-3050AE-08 SiPM (8 × 8) array at different temperatures with CAEN DT5202" (2023) in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
"A flexible and efficient microscopic simulation of multiple GEM chamber based on Garfield++" (2020) in Journal of Physics Conference Series

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this researcher include:

Vincenzo Bellini
H. Carranza
Bruce Brown
S. Blanchard
S. Chakraborty

Publications frequently appear in venues such as:

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
The European Physical Journal Plus
Physical Review D
Journal of Physics Conference Series
arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

Elliptic Flow of Charged Particles in Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

K. Aamodt;B. Abelev;A. Abrahantes Quintana;D. Adamová

1421
Citations
Performance of the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC

Betty Bezverkhny Abelev;Luke David Hanratty;Marco Esposito;Edmundo Javier Garcia-Solis

1060
Citations
Suppression of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in central Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV

K. Aamodt;A. Abrahantes Quintana;D. Adamová;A. M. Adare

1045
Citations
Higher harmonic anisotropic flow measurements of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

K. Aamodt;B. Abelev;A. Abrahantes Quintana;D. Adamová

1033
Citations
Centrality Dependence of the Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

K. Aamodt;A. Abrahantes Quintana;D. Adamová;A. M. Adare

809
Citations
Enhanced production of multi-strange hadrons in high-multiplicity proton-proton collisions

Jaroslav Adam;Dagmar Adamová;Madan M. Aggarwal;Gianluca Aglieri Rinella

783
Citations
Charged-particle multiplicity measurement in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV with ALICE at LHC

K. Aamodt;N. Abel;U. Abeysekara;A. Abrahantes Quintana

766
Citations
Centrality dependence of pi, K, and p production in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

B. Abelev;J. Adam;D. Adamová;A. M. Adare

764
Citations
Long-range angular correlations of pi, K and p in p-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

B. Abelev;J. Adam;D. Adamová;A. M. Adare

559
Citations
Centrality dependence of charged particle production at large transverse momentum in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

Johan Alme;Hege Austrheim Erdal;Håvard Helstrup;Kristin Fanebust Hetland

551
Citations
Measurement of inelastic, single- and double-diffraction cross sections in proton--proton collisions at the LHC with ALICE

Johan Alme;Johan Alme;Hege Austrheim Erdal;Hege Austrheim Erdal;Håvard Helstrup;Håvard Helstrup;Kristin Fanebust Hetland;Kristin Fanebust Hetland

546
Citations
Centrality determination of Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV with ALICE

B. Abelev;J. Adam;D. Adamová;A. M. Adare

542
Citations
Technical design report for the upgrade of the ALICE inner tracking system

B. Abelev;J. Adam;D. Adamová;M. M. Aggarwal

533
Citations
Harmonic decomposition of two particle angular correlations in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

K. Aamodt;B. Abelev;A. Abrahantes Quintana;D. Adamová

460
Citations
Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Central Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

K. Aamodt;B. Abelev;A. Abrahantes Quintana;D. Adamová

445
Citations
Rapidity and transverse momentum dependence of inclusive J/Ψ production in pp collisions at s=7 TeV

K. Aamodt;A. Abrahantes Quintana;D. Adamová;A. M. Adare

435
Citations
Measurement of charm production at central rapidity in proton-proton collisions at √s = 2.76 TeV

B. Abelev;J. Adam;D. Adamová;A. M. Adare

427
Citations
Production of charged pions, kaons and protons at large transverse momenta in pp and Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV

B. Abelev;J. Adam;D. Adamová;M.M. Aggarwal

426
Citations
Alignment of the ALICE Inner Tracking System with cosmic-ray tracks

K. Aamodt;N. Abel;U. Abeysekara;A. Abrahantes Quintana

342
Citations
The ALICE collaboration

K. Aamodt;N. Abel;U. Abeysekara;A. Abrahantes Quintana

74
Citations