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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
110
Citations
39076
World Ranking
900
National Ranking
21

Physics

D-Index
110
Citations
38306
World Ranking
1177
National Ranking
62

Catia Petta publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Catia Petta sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 285 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Catia Petta D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Catia Petta sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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

  • Performance of the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Technical design report for the upgrade of the ALICE inner tracking system

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • The ALICE collaboration

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Bedangadas Mohanty
Bedangadas Mohanty National Institute of Science Education and Research
M. D. Azmi
M. D. Azmi Aligarh Muslim University
Jovan Milosevic
Jovan Milosevic University of Belgrade
Peter Braun-Munzinger
Peter Braun-Munzinger GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Matthias Richter
Matthias Richter Ruhr University Bochum
Sergey Voloshin
Sergey Voloshin Wayne State University
Jon Christopher Wikne
Jon Christopher Wikne University of Oslo
Svein Lindal
Svein Lindal University of Oslo
Trine Spedstad Tveter
Trine Spedstad Tveter University of Oslo
C. Roy
C. Roy Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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