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Roberta Sessoli

Roberta Sessoli

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Chemistry
Italy
2025

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Female Scientists 113 761 727 14 14 469 61078
Chemistry 115 613 540 15 13 454 62425

Roberta Sessoli publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roberta Sessoli between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roberta Sessoli published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 13.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2006. 19 of the 516 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2006. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 7 publications 1989: 10 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 12 publications 1996: 17 publications 1997: 13 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 24 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 20 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 28 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 6 publications
1987 2025

516 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roberta Sessoli: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 7
1989 10
1990 7
1991 11
1992 5
1993 9
1994 5
1995 12
1996 17
1997 13
1998 9
1999 15
2000 24
2001 15
2002 14
2003 8
2004 20
2005 10
2006 28
2007 11
2008 20
2009 19
2010 12
2011 7
2012 15
2013 15
2014 10
2015 17
2016 16
2017 12
2018 16
2019 13
2020 9
2021 21
2022 25
2023 19
2024 13
2025 6
Total 516
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Roberta Sessoli publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roberta Sessoli sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 441–460 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 454 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270 454
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Roberta Sessoli D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roberta Sessoli sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 114–115 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 115 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79 115
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2019 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Roberta Sessoli is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and specializes in Materials Science, with a research focus spanning multiple related subfields. Their work covers Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's research topics include Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Magnetism in coordination complexes, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, and Electron Spin Resonance Studies.

Recent publications by Roberta Sessoli illustrate a strong presence in high-impact journals. Notable papers include:

  • A Complete Ab Initio View of Orbach and Raman Spin-Lattice Relaxation in a Dysprosium Coordination Compound, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Quantum-coherent nanoscience, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Magnetic Anisotropy Trends along a Full 4f-Series: The fn+7 Effect, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity: An Enabling Technology for Quantum Applications, 2023, Advanced Materials
  • Quantum dynamics of a single molecule magnet on superconducting Pb(111), 2020, Nature Materials

Frequent collaborators in their research include Lorenzo Sorace, Federico Totti, Matteo Mannini, Matteo Briganti, and Fabio Santanni. This network of coauthors reflects sustained collaborative efforts across several projects.

The scientist has published extensively in venues most relevant to their research, including The Cambridge Structural Database, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Chemical Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Nature Communications.

Roberta Sessoli has received recognition through various awards, notably the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2019 and membership in the Academia Europaea since 2018.

Best Publications

  • Magnetic bistability in a metal-ion cluster

    R. Sessoli;D. Gatteschi;D. Gatteschi;A. Caneschi;M. A. Novak

  • Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization and Related Phenomena in Molecular Materials

    Dante Gatteschi;Roberta Sessoli

  • High-spin molecules: [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4]

    Roberta Sessoli;Hui Lien Tsai;Ann R. Schake;Sheyi Wang

  • Macroscopic quantum tunnelling of magnetization in a single crystal of nanomagnets

    L. Thomas;F. Lionti;R. Ballou;D. Gatteschi

  • Quantum Phase Interference and Parity Effects in Magnetic Molecular Clusters

    W. Wernsdorfer;Roberta Sessoli

  • Single-Molecule Magnets

    George Christou;Dante Gatteschi;David N. Hendrickson;Roberta Sessoli

  • Strategies towards single molecule magnets based on lanthanide ions

    Roberta Sessoli;Annie K. Powell

  • Cobalt(II)‐Nitronyl Nitroxide Chains as Molecular Magnetic Nanowires

    Andrea Caneschi;Dante Gatteschi;Nikolia Lalioti;Claudio Sangregorio

  • Magnetic memory of a single-molecule quantum magnet wired to a gold surface.

    Matteo Mannini;Francesco Pineider;Philippe Sainctavit;Chiara Danieli

  • Alternating current susceptibility, high field magnetization, and millimeter band EPR evidence for a ground S = 10 state in [Mn12O12(Ch3COO)16(H2O)4].2CH3COOH.4H2O

    Andrea Caneschi;Dante Gatteschi;Roberta Sessoli;Anne Laure Barra

  • Toward molecular magnets: The metal-radical approach

    Andrea Caneschi;Dante Gatteschi;Roberta Sessoli;Paul Rey

  • Large clusters of metal ions: The transition from molecular to bulk magnets

    Dante Gatteschi;Andrea Caneschi;Luca Pardi;Roberta Sessoli

  • QUANTUM TUNNELING OF THE MAGNETIZATION IN AN IRON CLUSTER NANOMAGNET

    C. Sangregorio;C. Sangregorio;T. Ohm;C. Paulsen;R. Sessoli

  • Dysprosium triangles showing single-molecule magnet behavior of thermally excited spin states

    Jinkui Tang;Ian Hewitt;N. T. Madhu;Guillaume Chastanet

  • Cobalt(II)-Nitronyl Nitroxide Chains as Molecular Magnetic Nanowires The financial support of Italian MURST and CNR and of Brazilian CNPq and FUJB is acknowledged. The support from the European Community through the TMR program 3MD (contract no ERB4061PL97-0197) is also acknowledged.

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  • Quantum tunnelling of the magnetization in a monolayer of oriented single-molecule magnets

    Matteo Mannini;Francesco Pineider;Chiara Danieli;Federico Totti

  • Magnetic Anisotropy in a Dysprosium/DOTA Single‐Molecule Magnet: Beyond Simple Magneto‐Structural Correlations

    Giuseppe Cucinotta;Mauro Perfetti;Javier Luzon;Mael Etienne

  • A Family of Rare-Earth-Based Single Chain Magnets: Playing with Anisotropy

    Kevin Bernot;Lapo Bogani;Andrea Caneschi;Dante Gatteschi

  • Superparamagnetic-like behavior in an octanuclear iron cluster

    A.-L. Barra;P. Debrunner;D. Gatteschi;Ch. E. Schulz

  • Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior of a Tetranuclear Iron(III) Complex. The Origin of Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Iron(III) Clusters

    A. L. Barra;A. Caneschi;Andrea Cornia;F. Fabrizi De Biani

  • Single-Molecule Magnets

    Daniel Ruiz-molina;George Christou;David N. Hendrickson

Frequent Co-Authors

Dante Gatteschi
Dante Gatteschi University of Florence
Andrea Caneschi
Andrea Caneschi University of Florence
Andrea Cornia
Andrea Cornia University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Lorenzo Sorace
Lorenzo Sorace University of Florence
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kevin Bernot
Kevin Bernot University of Rennes
Paul Rey
Paul Rey CEA Grenoble
Anne-Laure Barra
Anne-Laure Barra Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Claudio Sangregorio
Claudio Sangregorio National Research Council (CNR)
Alessandro Vindigni
Alessandro Vindigni Washington University in St. Louis

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