2026 Erio Tosatti: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	88	1867	1799	16	14	555	27928
Physics	90	2233	2125	118	115	676	30989

Erio Tosatti 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 Erio Tosatti sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 555 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Erio Tosatti 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 Erio Tosatti sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% 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

2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Italy Leader Award
2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his seminal contributions to the theory of solids, such as, the faceting, reconstruction, preroughening and melting of surfaces, and the multishell helical structure of gold nanowires, while also serving as a scientific leader in fostering international physics
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Erio Tosatti is affiliated with the International School for Advanced Studies in Italy. Their research spans multiple domains within physics and materials science, with a primary focus on atomic and molecular physics, mechanics of materials, and condensed matter physics. They have significant contributions related to force microscopy techniques, adhesion and friction phenomena, and nanostructures involving graphene and carbon-based materials.

The scientist's fields of study include:

Physics and Astronomy
Engineering
Materials Science

More specifically, key subfields of expertise are:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Materials Chemistry
Mechanics of Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Central topics featured in their work are:

Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Graphene research and applications
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
High-pressure geophysics and materials

Among recent scientific papers authored under their collaboration, notable publications include:

Relation between interfacial shear and friction force in 2D materials, 2022, Nature Nanotechnology
Colloquium: Sliding and pinning in structurally lubric 2D material interfaces, 2024, Reviews of Modern Physics
Electronically Driven 1D Cooperative Diffusion in a Simple Cubic Crystal, 2021, Physical Review X
Peculiar Atomic Bond Nature in Platinum Monatomic Chains, 2021, Nano Letters
Superconducting Chevrel phase PbMo6S8 from first principles, 2021, Physical Review B

Frequent collaborators identified in the research output comprise:

Andrea Vanossi
Jin Wang
Ali Khosravi
Andrea Silva
Nicola Manini

The venues where this scientist has published repeatedly include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Physical Review Letters
Nanoscale
Physical Review X

Erio Tosatti has been honored with several recognitions such as:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2001, acknowledged for contributions to the theory of solids, including studies of surface phenomena and gold nanowire structures
Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

On the nature of surface roughness with application to contact mechanics, sealing, rubber friction and adhesion.

B N J Persson;O Albohr;U Tartaglino;U Tartaglino;A I Volokitin

1177
Citations
Theory of quantum annealing of an Ising spin glass.

Giuseppe E. Santoro;Roman Martoňák;Erio Tosatti;Erio Tosatti;Roberto Car

787
Citations
Simulation of gold in the glue model

F. Ercolessi;M. Parrinello;E. Tosatti

652
Citations
Melting of small gold particles: Mechanism and size effects.

Furio Ercolessi;Wanda Andreoni;Erio Tosatti

633
Citations
Colloquium : Modeling friction: from nanoscale to mesoscale

Andrea Vanossi;Nicola Manini;Michael Urbakh;Stefano Zapperi

599
Citations
Superionic and Metallic States of Water and Ammonia at Giant Planet Conditions

C. Cavazzoni;G. L. Chiarotti;S. Scandolo;E. Tosatti

593
Citations
Semi-Metal-Insulator Transition of the Hubbard Model in the Honeycomb Lattice

Sandro Sorella;E. Tosatti;E. Tosatti

464
Citations
Au(100) surface reconstruction.

F. Ercolessi;E. Tosatti;M. Parrinello

456
Citations
Optimization using quantum mechanics: quantum annealing through adiabatic evolution

Giuseppe Ernesto Santoro;Giuseppe Ernesto Santoro;Erio Tosatti;Erio Tosatti

437
Citations
Physics of iron at Earth's core conditions

A. Laio;S. Bernard;G. L. Chiarotti;S. Scandolo;S. Scandolo

421
Citations
Magnetic tunnel junctions with ferroelectric barriers: prediction of four resistance States from first principles.

Julian P. Velev;Chun-Gang Duan;J. D. Burton;Alexander Smogunov

392
Citations
Noncrystalline Structures of Ultrathin Unsupported Nanowires

Oğuz Gülseren;Furio Ercolessi;Erio Tosatti;Erio Tosatti

387
Citations
Electrical, structural and magnetic properties of pure and doped 1T-TaS2

P. Fazekas;E. Tosatti

384
Citations
Energy-Dependent State-Density Corrugation of a Graphite Surface as Seen by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

G. Binnig;G. Binnig;H. Fuchs;Ch. Gerber;H. Rohrer

352
Citations
String tension and stability of magic tip-suspended nanowires.

E. Tosatti;E. Tosatti;S. Prestipino;S. Kostlmeier;A. Dal Corso

351
Citations
The effect of surface roughness on the adhesion of elastic solids

B. N. J. Persson;E. Tosatti

350
Citations
Anisotropy of the Optical Constants and the Band Structure of Graphite

D. L. Greenaway;G. Harbeke;F. Bassani;E. Tosatti

346
Citations
“Giant” Raman scattering by adsorbed molecules on metal surfaces

E. Burstein;Y.J. Chen;C.Y. Chen;S. Lundquist

322
Citations
Strongly correlated superconductivity.

M. Capone;M. Fabrizio;M. Fabrizio;C. Castellani;E. Tosatti;E. Tosatti

321
Citations
Voltage-dependent scanning-tunneling microscopy of a crystal surface: Graphite

A. Selloni;P. Carnevali;E. Tosatti;C. D. Chen

308
Citations
Physics of sliding friction

B. N. J. Persson;E. Tosatti

255
Citations