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102
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Elvira Fortunato 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 Elvira Fortunato sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 941 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elvira Fortunato 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 Elvira Fortunato sits on this spectrum.

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

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2016 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Elvira Fortunato is affiliated with Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics addressed in Fortunato's work include:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • ZnO Doping and Properties
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors

Frequent coauthors in Fortunato's research collaborations are:

  • Rodrigo Martins
  • Daniela Nunes
  • Hugo Águas
  • Pedro Barquinha
  • Ana Pimentel

Fortunato's publications have appeared often in the following venues:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Nanomaterials
  • Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces

Some recent published papers include:

  • Solution Combustion Synthesis: Towards a Sustainable Approach for Metal Oxides, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Laser-Induced Graphene from Paper for Mechanical Sensing, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Recent Progress in Solution-Based Metal Oxide Resistive Switching Devices, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Green economy and waste management: An inevitable plan for materials science, 2022, Progress in Natural Science Materials International
  • Laser-Induced Graphene on Paper toward Efficient Fabrication of Flexible, Planar Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing, 2021, Advanced Materials Interfaces

Elvira Fortunato has been recognized as a member of prominent scientific organizations, including:

  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2018
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2016

Best Publications

  • Oxide Semiconductor Thin‐Film Transistors: A Review of Recent Advances

    Elvira Maria Correia Fortunato;Pedro Miguel Cândido Barquinha;Rodrigo Ferrão de Paiva Martins

  • Wide-bandgap high-mobility ZnO thin-film transistors produced at room temperature

    Elvira Maria Correia Fortunato;Pedro Miguel Cândido Barquinha;Ana Cláudia Madeira Botas Gomes Pimentel;Alexandra Gonçalves

  • Transparent Conducting Oxides for Photovoltaics

    Elvira Fortunato;David Ginley;Hideo Hosono;David C. Paine

  • Fully Transparent ZnO Thin‐Film Transistor Produced at Room Temperature

    Elvira Maria Correia Fortunato;Pedro Miguel Cândido Barquinha;Ana Cláudia Madeira Botas Gomes Pimentel;Alexandra Gonçalves

  • Effect of different dopant elements on the properties of ZnO thin films

    P Nunes;E Fortunato;P Tonello;F Braz Fernandes

  • Recent advances in ZnO transparent thin film transistors

    E. Fortunato;P. Barquinha;A. Pimentel;A. Gonçalves

  • Influence of the deposition pressure on the properties of transparent and conductive ZnO: Ga thin-film produced by r.f. sputtering at room temperature

    V. Assunção;E. Fortunato;A. Marques;H. Águas

  • Transparent p-type SnOx thin film transistors produced by reactive rf magnetron sputtering followed by low temperature annealing

    Elvira Fortunato;Raquel Barros;Pedro Barquinha;Vitor Figueiredo

  • Laser-Induced Graphene Strain Sensors Produced by Ultraviolet Irradiation of Polyimide

    Alexandre F. Carvalho;António J. S. Fernandes;Cátia Leitão;Jonas Deuermeier

  • Al-doped ZnO thin films by sol–gel method

    V Musat;B Teixeira;E Fortunato;R.C.C Monteiro

  • The 2016 oxide electronic materials and oxide interfaces roadmap

    M. Lorenz;M. S. Ramachandra Rao;T. Venkatesan;E. Fortunato

  • High-Performance Flexible Hybrid Field-Effect Transistors Based on Cellulose Fiber Paper

    E. Fortunato;N. Correia;P. Barquinha;L. Pereira

  • Metal oxide nanostructures for sensor applications

    D Nunes;A Pimentel;A Gonçalves;S Pereira

  • Toward High-Performance Amorphous GIZO TFTs

    P. Barquinha;L. Pereira;G. Gonçalves;R. Martins

  • Towards Oxide Electronics: a Roadmap

    M. Coll;J. Fontcuberta;M. Althammer;M. Bibes

  • Effect of post-annealing on the properties of copper oxide thin films obtained from the oxidation of evaporated metallic copper

    V. Figueiredo;E. Elangovan;G. Gonçalves;P. Barquinha

  • A low cost, safe, disposable, rapid and self-sustainable paper-based platform for diagnostic testing: lab-on-paper

    Mafalda Nascimento Costa;Bruno Veigas;Jorge M. Jacob;David S. Santos

  • Nanocrystalline cellulose applied simultaneously as the gate dielectric and the substrate in flexible field effect transistors

    D Gaspar;S N Fernandes;A G de Oliveira;J G Fernandes

  • Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Technology With and On Paper

    Rodrigo Martins;Arokia Nathan;Raquel Barros;Luís Pereira

  • Influence of the semiconductor thickness on the electrical properties of transparent TFTs based on indium zinc oxide

    P. Barquinha;A. Pimentel;A. Marques;L. Pereira

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodrigo Martins
Rodrigo Martins Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Luís Pereira
Luís Pereira Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Isabel Ferreira
Isabel Ferreira University of Porto
Pedro Barquinha
Pedro Barquinha Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Paula M. Vilarinho
Paula M. Vilarinho University of Aveiro
Fukai Shan
Fukai Shan Qingdao University
Eduardo Alves
Eduardo Alves Instituto Superior Técnico
V. de Zea Bermudez
V. de Zea Bermudez University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Luís D. Carlos
Luís D. Carlos University of Aveiro
Maria A.M. Reis
Maria A.M. Reis Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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