2026 Gustau Catalan: 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	63	6038	5843	94	92	177	23900

Gustau Catalan 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 Gustau Catalan sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 177 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gustau Catalan 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 Gustau Catalan sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gustau Catalan is affiliated with the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering with a notable focus on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's work concentrates on several key topics within materials research. These topics include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials, Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies, Multiferroics and related materials, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Gustau Catalan has contributed to a number of recent papers across diverse high-impact venues. Selected papers include:

"Photoflexoelectric effect in halide perovskites," 2020, published in Nature Materials
"Origin of large negative electrocaloric effect in antiferroelectric PbZrO3," 2021, published in Physical Review B
"Temperature-independent giant dielectric response in transitional BaTiO3 thin films," 2020, published in Applied Physics Reviews
"Investigation of The Cellular Response to Bone Fractures: Evidence for Flexoelectricity," 2020, published in Scientific Reports
"Flexophotovoltaic Effect and Above-Band-Gap Photovoltage Induced by Strain Gradients in Halide Perovskites," 2024, published in Physical Review Letters

The scholar's frequent co-authors include Neus Domingo, José Manuel Caicedo, José Santiso, David Pesquera, and Krystian Roleder.

Gustau Catalan regularly publishes in various scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Electronic Materials, Nature Materials, Physical Review B, and Physical Review Letters.

Best Publications

Physics and Applications of Bismuth Ferrite

Gustau Catalan;James F. Scott

4840
Citations
Conduction at domain walls in oxide multiferroics

J. Seidel;L. W. Martin;L. W. Martin;Q. He;Q. Zhan

1566
Citations
Domain wall nanoelectronics

Gustau Catalán;J. Seidel;J. Seidel;J. Seidel;Ramamoorthy Ramesh;Ramamoorthy Ramesh;James F. Scott

1375
Citations
Flexoelectric Effect in Solids

Pavlo Zubko;Gustau Catalan;Alexander K. Tagantsev

1144
Citations
Magnetocapacitance without magnetoelectric coupling

G. Catalan

1029
Citations
Magnetodielectric effect without multiferroic coupling

G. Catalan

947
Citations
Mechanical Writing of Ferroelectric Polarization

Haidong Lu;C.-W. Bark;D. Esque de los Ojos;J. Alcala

835
Citations
Strain-gradient-induced polarization in SrTiO3 single crystals.

P. Zubko;G. Catalan;A. Buckley;P. R. L. Welche

755
Citations
βphase andγ−βmetal-insulator transition in multiferroicBiFeO3

R. Palai;R. S. Katiyar;H. Schmid;P. Tissot

697
Citations
Flexoelectric rotation of polarization in ferroelectric thin films

G. Catalan;A. Lubk;A. H. G. Vlooswijk;E. Snoeck

658
Citations
β phase and γ-β metal-insulator transition in multiferroic BiFeO3

R. Palai;R. Katiyar;Hans Schmid;Paul Tissot

635
Citations
Progress in perovskite nickelate research

G. Catalan

503
Citations
A flexoelectric microelectromechanical system on silicon

Umesh Kumar Bhaskar;Nirupam Banerjee;Amir Abdollahi;Zhe Wang

368
Citations
Fractal Dimension and Size Scaling of Domains in Thin Films of Multiferroic BiFeO 3

G. Catalan;H. Béa;S. Fusil;M. Bibes

349
Citations
The effect of flexoelectricity on the dielectric properties of inhomogeneously strained ferroelectric thin films

G Catalan;LJ Sinnamon;JM Gregg

341
Citations
Electric‐Field Control of the Metal‐Insulator Transition in Ultrathin NdNiO3 Films

Raoul Scherwitzl;Pavlo Zubko;I. Gutierrez Lezama;Shimpei Ono;Shimpei Ono

339
Citations
Enhanced flexoelectric-like response in oxide semiconductors

Jackeline Narvaez;Fabian Vasquez-Sancho;Fabian Vasquez-Sancho;Gustau Catalan;Gustau Catalan

324
Citations
Strain gradients in epitaxial ferroelectrics

G Catalan;Beatriz Noheda;J McAneney;LJ Sinnamon

322
Citations
Relaxor features in ferroelectric superlattices: A Maxwell–Wagner approach

G. Catalan;D. O’Neill;R. M. Bowman;J. M. Gregg

256
Citations
Domains in Ferroelectric Nanodots

A. Schilling;D. Byrne;G. Catalan;Kyle G. Webber

210
Citations