2026 Jani Kotakoski: 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	56	8135	7868	36	35	194	16377

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16377

Overview

Jani Kotakoski is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and specializes in materials science and engineering. Their research contributions primarily focus on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and atomic and molecular physics, with substantial work in computational mechanics and surfaces, coatings, and films.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Their subfields of study reflect a focus on:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Computational Mechanics

Kotakoski's research topics encompass a broad range of advanced materials, particularly:

Graphene research and applications
2D Materials and Applications
Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Semiconductor materials and devices
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites

Notable recent publications include:

Toward Exotic Layered Materials: 2D Cuprous Iodide, 2021, Advanced Materials
Atomic-Level Structural Engineering of Graphene on a Mesoscopic Scale, 2021, Nano Letters
Carbon Nano-onions: Potassium Intercalation and Reductive Covalent Functionalization, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Creation of Single Vacancies in hBN with Electron Irradiation, 2023, Small
Highly efficient bilateral doping of single-walled carbon nanotubes, 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Kotakoski frequently publishes in venues including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Microscopy and Microanalysis
2D Materials
Advanced Functional Materials
ACS Nano

They collaborate regularly with several researchers, with frequent coauthors being:

Clemens Mangler
Toma Susi
Kimmo Mustonen
Alberto Trentino
Manuel Längle

Best Publications

Structural defects in graphene

Florian Banhart;Jani Kotakoski;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov;Arkady V. Krasheninnikov

3664
Citations
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides under electron irradiation: defect production and doping.

Hannu-Pekka Komsa;Jani Kotakoski;Jani Kotakoski;Simon Kurasch;Ossi Lehtinen

1272
Citations
From point defects in graphene to two-dimensional amorphous carbon.

J. Kotakoski;A. V. Krasheninnikov;A. V. Krasheninnikov;U. Kaiser;J. C. Meyer

857
Citations
Accurate measurement of electron beam induced displacement cross sections for single-layer graphene.

Jannik C. Meyer;Jannik C. Meyer;Franz Eder;Simon Kurasch;Viera Skakalova;Viera Skakalova

549
Citations
Confined linear carbon chains as a route to bulk carbyne.

Lei Shi;Philip Rohringer;Kazu Suenaga;Yoshiko Niimi

477
Citations
Effects of ion bombardment on a two-dimensional target: Atomistic simulations of graphene irradiation

O. Lehtinen;J. Kotakoski;A. V. Krasheninnikov;A. V. Krasheninnikov;A. Tolvanen

428
Citations
High-Performance Hybrid Electronic Devices from Layered PtSe2 Films Grown at Low Temperature.

Chanyoung Yim;Kangho Lee;Niall McEvoy;Maria O’Brien

387
Citations
Direct imaging of a two-dimensional silica glass on graphene.

Pinshane Y. Huang;Simon Kurasch;Anchal Srivastava;Anchal Srivastava;Viera Skakalova;Viera Skakalova

361
Citations
Electron knock-on damage in hexagonal boron nitride monolayers

Jani Kotakoski;Chuanhong H. Jin;Chuanhong H. Jin;Ossi Juhani Lehtinen;Kazu Suenaga

343
Citations
Novel High Pressure Structures of Polymeric Nitrogen

Yanming Ma;Yanming Ma;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Zhenwei Li;Yu Xie

336
Citations
Stone-Wales-type transformations in carbon nanostructures driven by electron irradiation

Jani Kotakoski;Jannik C. Meyer;Simon Kurasch;David Santos-Cottin

316
Citations
Confined linear carbon chains: A route to bulk carbyne

Lei Shi;Philip Rohringer;Kazu Suenaga;Yoshiko Niimi

306
Citations
Energetics, structure, and long-range interaction of vacancy-type defects in carbon nanotubes: Atomistic simulations

J. Kotakoski;A. V. Krasheninnikov;A. V. Krasheninnikov;K. Nordlund

245
Citations
Raman characterization of platinum diselenide thin films

Maria O’Brien;Niall McEvoy;Carlo Motta;Jian-Yao Zheng

236
Citations
Atom-by-atom observation of grain boundary migration in graphene.

Simon Kurasch;Jani Kotakoski;Jani Kotakoski;Ossi Lehtinen;Viera Skákalová

192
Citations
Manipulating low-dimensional materials down to the level of single atoms with electron irradiation

Toma Susi;Jannik C. Meyer;Jani Kotakoski

191
Citations
Mechanical properties of polycrystalline graphene based on a realistic atomistic model

Jani Kotakoski;Jannik C. Meyer

187
Citations
Charge transport in polycrystalline graphene: challenges and opportunities.

Aron W. Cummings;Dinh Loc Duong;Van Luan Nguyen;Dinh Van Tuan

183
Citations
Cutting and controlled modification of graphene with ion beams.

O Lehtinen;J Kotakoski;A V Krasheninnikov;A V Krasheninnikov;J Keinonen

180
Citations
Silicon–Carbon Bond Inversions Driven by 60-keV Electrons in Graphene

Toma Susi;Jani Kotakoski;Jani Kotakoski;Demie Kepaptsoglou;Clemens Mangler

169
Citations