2026 Vincenzo Fiorentini: 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	8125	7857	137	133	205	17411

Vincenzo Fiorentini 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 Vincenzo Fiorentini sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 205 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vincenzo Fiorentini 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 Vincenzo Fiorentini sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vincenzo Fiorentini is affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy. Their research resides primarily within the field of Materials Science, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry, General Health Professions, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's recent published papers include:

Efficient thermoelectricity in Sr2Nb2O7 with energy-dependent relaxation times, 2020, Physical Review Materials
Giant thermoelectric figure of merit in multivalley high-complexity-factor LaSO, 2021, Physical Review Materials
A three-order-parameter bistable magnetoelectric multiferroic metal, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
Vanadium-doped HfO$_2$, multiferroic uncompromised, 2025, arXiv (Cornell University)

Fiorentini frequently publishes in venues such as:

Physical Review Materials
arXiv (Cornell University)

The scientist has collaborated with several coauthors, including:

Giulio Casu
Francesco Ricci
Andrea Bosin
Roberta Farris
Diana Dahliah

Their main research topics focus on advanced thermoelectric materials and devices, electronic and structural properties of oxides, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, hermeneutics and narrative identity, aging, elder care and social issues, and health, medicine and society.

Best Publications

Spontaneous polarization and piezoelectric constants of III-V nitrides

Fabio Bernardini;Vincenzo Fiorentini;David Vanderbilt

3953
Citations
Pyroelectric properties of Al(In)GaN/GaN hetero- and quantum well structures

O Ambacher;J Majewski;C Miskys;A Link

1399
Citations
Evidence for nonlinear macroscopic polarization in III-V nitride alloy heterostructures

Vincenzo Fiorentini;Fabio Bernardini;Oliver Ambacher

1044
Citations
Effects of macroscopic polarization in III-V nitride multiple quantum wells

Vincenzo Fiorentini;Vincenzo Fiorentini;Fabio Bernardini;Fabio Della Sala;Aldo Di Carlo

690
Citations
First-principles prediction of structure, energetics, formation enthalpy, elastic constants, polarization, and piezoelectric constants of AlN, GaN, and InN: Comparison of local and gradient-corrected density-functional theory

Agostino Zoroddu;Fabio Bernardini;Paolo Ruggerone;Vincenzo Fiorentini;Vincenzo Fiorentini

622
Citations
MACROSCOPIC POLARIZATION AND BAND OFFSETS AT NITRIDE HETEROJUNCTIONS

Fabio Bernardini;Vincenzo Fiorentini

546
Citations
Nonlinear macroscopic polarization in III-V nitride alloys

Fabio Bernardini;Vincenzo Fiorentini

433
Citations
Extracting convergent surface energies from slab calculations

Vincenzo Fiorentini;M Methfessel

429
Citations
Spontaneous versus Piezoelectric Polarization in III–V Nitrides: Conceptual Aspects and Practical Consequences

Fabio Bernardini;Vincenzo Fiorentini

428
Citations
Free-carrier screening of polarization fields in wurtzite GaN/InGaN laser structures

Fabio Della Sala;Aldo Di Carlo;Paolo Lugli;Fabio Bernardini

389
Citations
Spontaneous vs. piezoelectric polarization in III-V nitrides: conceptual aspects and practical consequences

Fabio Bernardini;Vincenzo Fiorentini

367
Citations
Reconstruction mechanism of fcc transition metal (001) surfaces.

Vincenzo Fiorentini;Michael Methfessel;Matthias Scheffler

325
Citations
Free-carrier screening of polarization fields in wurtzite GaN/InGaN laser structures

F. Della Sala;A. Di Carlo;P. Lugli;F. Bernardini

302
Citations
Polarization-based calculation of the dielectric tensor of polar crystals

Fabio Bernardini;Vincenzo Fiorentini;David Vanderbilt

299
Citations
Accurate calculation of polarization-related quantities in semiconductors

Fabio Bernardini;Vincenzo Fiorentini;Vincenzo Fiorentini;David Vanderbilt

299
Citations
Spontaneous 2-dimensional carrier confinement at the n-type SrTiO3/LaAlO3 interface.

Pietro Delugas;Alessio Filippetti;Vincenzo Fiorentini;Daniel I. Bilc

259
Citations
Electronic and structural properties of GaN by the full-potential linear muffin-tin orbitals method: The role of the d electrons.

Vincenzo Fiorentini;Michael Methfessel;Matthias Scheffler

259
Citations
Theoretical evaluation of zirconia and hafnia as gate oxides for si microelectronics.

Vincenzo Fiorentini;Gianluca Gulleri

208
Citations
Dielectric scaling of the self-energy scissor operator in semiconductors and insulators.

Vincenzo Fiorentini;Alfonso Baldereschi

189
Citations
First-principles calculation of the piezoelectric tensor d⇊ of III–V nitrides

Fabio Bernardini;Vincenzo Fiorentini

185
Citations
Computational Materials Science X

Paolo Ruggerone;Vincenzo Fiorentini;F. Meloni

0
Citations