Erio Tosatti publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Erio Tosatti between 1968 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Erio Tosatti published across 58 years, from 1968 to 2025, averaging 12.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2008. 18 of the 714 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20 25

1968 2025

714 publications in total across all disciplines

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Erio Tosatti: publications per year, 1968 to 2025
Year	Publications
1968	1
1969	1
1970	4
1971	1
1972	4
1973	2
1974	7
1975	4
1976	7
1977	10
1978	5
1979	13
1980	5
1981	8
1982	5
1983	5
1984	5
1985	11
1986	9
1987	15
1988	23
1989	10
1990	14
1991	22
1992	15
1993	14
1994	16
1995	13
1996	13
1997	20
1998	14
1999	14
2000	27
2001	14
2002	17
2003	15
2004	17
2005	19
2006	18
2007	17
2008	28
2009	18
2010	13
2011	11
2012	17
2013	16
2014	23
2015	19
2016	21
2017	19
2018	18
2019	6
2020	5
2021	10
2022	8
2023	10
2024	9
2025	9
Total	714

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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.

No. of scientists

200 400 600 800

50–69 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.

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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
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	555
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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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.

No. of scientists

200 400 600

40–41 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.

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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
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	88
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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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