Cristiana Di Valentin publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Cristiana Di Valentin between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Cristiana Di Valentin published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 9.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2025. 29 of the 252 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

1999 2025

252 publications in total across all disciplines

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Cristiana Di Valentin: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year	Publications
1999	2
2000	3
2001	2
2002	6
2003	8
2004	9
2005	12
2006	14
2007	8
2008	6
2009	7
2010	6
2011	12
2012	5
2013	5
2014	9
2015	16
2016	12
2017	9
2018	9
2019	11
2020	8
2021	16
2022	16
2023	12
2024	12
2025	17
Total	252

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Cristiana Di Valentin 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 Cristiana Di Valentin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

200 400 600 800

50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 190 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
50–69	28
70–89	152
90–109	356
110–129	487
130–149	723
150–169	835
170–189	850
190–209	891	190
210–229	862
230–249	766
250–269	726
270–289	665
290–309	593
310–329	537
330–349	477
350–369	440
370–389	356
390–409	321
410–429	256
430–449	246
450–469	216
470–489	212
490–509	174
510–529	194
530–549	162
550–569	131
570–589	111
590–609	103
610–629	99
630–649	77
650–669	92
670–689	56
690–709	53
710–729	53
730–749	38
750–769	52
770–789	43
790–809	38
810–829	34
830–849	25
850–869	18
870–889	20
890–909	24
910–929	27
930–949	20
950–969	17
970–989	10
990–1,009	16
1,010–1,029	13
1,030–1,049	12
1,050–1,069	9
1,070–1,089	8
1,090–1,109	7
1,110–1,129	9
1,130–1,149	2
1,150–1,162	5
1,163+	100

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Cristiana Di Valentin 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 Cristiana Di Valentin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

200 400 600

40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
40–41	211
42–43	450
44–45	612
46–47	612
48–49	598
50–51	657
52–53	667
54–55	621
56–57	597
58–59	610
60–61	587
62–63	606
64–65	533
66–67	490
68–69	469	68
70–71	378
72–73	421
74–75	359
76–77	323
78–79	299
80–81	230
82–83	210
84–85	195
86–87	203
88–89	175
90–91	175
92–93	142
94–95	121
96–97	117
98–99	107
100–101	88
102–103	85
104–105	68
106–107	62
108–109	57
110–111	45
112–113	49
114–115	50
116–117	34
118–119	38
120–121	37
122–123	29
124–125	28
126–127	24
128–129	33
130–131	28
132–133	21
134–135	20
136–137	23
138–139	17
140–141	12
142–143	17
144–145	21
146–147	13
148–149	11
150–151	14
152–153	13
154–155	9
156–157	10
158–159	7
160–161	4
162–163	4
164	3
165+	98

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Overview

Cristiana Di Valentin is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in materials science, engineering, and energy. Their work spans several specialized fields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's research covers a broad range of topics with notable focus areas including:

Graphene research and applications
Advanced photocatalysis techniques
Molecular junctions and nanostructures
Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
Catalytic processes in materials science
Nanoparticle-based drug delivery
Iron oxide chemistry and applications

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Cristiana Di Valentin are:

"Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal-graphene interfaces," 2021, published in Nature Catalysis
"Copper single-atoms embedded in 2D graphitic carbon nitride for the CO2 reduction," 2021, published in npj 2D Materials and Applications
"Single Atom Catalysts (SAC) trapped in defective and nitrogen-doped graphene supported on metal substrates," 2020, published in Carbon
"Improving the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on Fe₃O₄(001) with Single-Atom Catalysts," 2023, published in ACS Catalysis
"'Inside out' growth method for high-quality nitrogen-doped graphene," 2020, published in Carbon

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

Nanoscale
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Applied Surface Science
Carbon
arXiv (Cornell University)

Cristiana Di Valentin has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, with a notable number of joint publications alongside:

Daniele Perilli
Paulo Siani
Edoardo Donadoni
Aldo Ugolotti
Giulia Frigerio

Best Publications

Visible-light activation of TiO2 photocatalysts: Advances in theory and experiments

Vinodkumar Etacheri;Vinodkumar Etacheri;Cristiana Di Valentin;Jenny Schneider;Detlef Bahnemann;Detlef Bahnemann

1498
Citations
Characterization of paramagnetic species in N-doped TiO2 powders by EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations.

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni;Stefano Livraghi

1202
Citations
N-doped TiO2: Theory and experiment

Cristiana Di Valentin;Emanuele Finazzi;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

1174
Citations
Origin of photoactivity of nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide under visible light.

Stefano Livraghi;Maria Cristina Paganini;Elio Giamello;Annabella Selloni

1060
Citations
Electronic Structure of Defect States in Hydroxylated and Reduced Rutile TiO 2 ( 110 ) Surfaces

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

852
Citations
Theory of Carbon Doping of Titanium Dioxide

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

829
Citations
Reduced and n-Type Doped TiO2: Nature of Ti3+ Species

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

789
Citations
Excess electron states in reduced bulk anatase TiO2: Comparison of standard GGA, GGA+U, and hybrid DFT calculations

Emanuele Finazzi;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

721
Citations
Origin of the different photoactivity of N -doped anatase and rutile TiO 2

Cristiana Di Valentin;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

604
Citations
Theoretical studies on anatase and less common TiO2 phases: bulk, surfaces, and nanomaterials.

Filippo De Angelis;Cristiana Di Valentin;Simona Fantacci;Andrea Vittadini

466
Citations
The Nature of Defects in Fluorine-Doped TiO2

Am Czoska;S Livraghi;M Chiesa;E Giamello

417
Citations
Trends in non-metal doping of anatase TiO2: B, C, N and F

Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

357
Citations
Electronic and Structural Properties of WO3: A Systematic Hybrid DFT Study

Fenggong Wang;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

354
Citations
Bulk and Surface Polarons in Photoexcited Anatase TiO2

Cristiana Di Valentin;Annabella Selloni

313
Citations
Doping of WO3 for Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Hints from Density Functional Theory

Fenggong Wang;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

298
Citations
Paramagnetic Defects in Polycrystalline Zirconia: An EPR and DFT Study

Chiara Gionco;Maria Cristina Paganini;Elio Giamello;Robertson Burgess

243
Citations
Density Functional Theory and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study on the Effect of N−F Codoping of TiO2

C. Di Valentin;E. Finazzi;G. Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

231
Citations
Electronic structure and phase stability of oxide semiconductors: Performance of dielectric-dependent hybrid functional DFT, benchmarked against G W band structure calculations and experiments

Matteo Gerosa;Carlo Enrico Bottani;Lucia Caramella;Giovanni Onida

212
Citations
Boron-Doped Anatase TiO2: Pure and Hybrid DFT Calculations

Emanuele Finazzi;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

212
Citations
Single and Multiple Doping in Graphene Quantum Dots: Unraveling the Origin of Selectivity in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Marco Favaro;Lara Ferrighi;Gianluca Fazio;Luciano Colazzo

208
Citations