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Researcher · Sapienza University of Rome · Italy

Valeria Di Castro

Valeria Di Castro publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, on topics such as Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,632,970
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#188,119
of 242,206
Works
71
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
24.9
h-index
21
i10-index 37Top 16% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Valeria Di Castro

What does Valeria Di Castro research?

Valeria Di Castro's work is mostly in Materials Science (32%), Engineering (25%), Physics and Astronomy (14%).

Physical Sciences: 55 works · 77.6% of their workMaterials Science: 23 works · 32.4% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 13 works · 18.1% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 10 works · 14.3% of their workEngineering: 18 works · 25.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 works · 20.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 5.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 works · 14.3% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 works · 14.3% of their workChemistry: 4 works · 5.7% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 4 works · 5.7% of their workEverything else: 16 works · 22.4% of their workTHEIR WORKValeria Di Castro71works
Physical Sciences78%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science2332.4%
    2. Engineering1825.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1014.3%
    4. Chemistry45.7%
  2. Everything else1622.4%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering20% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry18% of their works
  3. 3Surfaces, Coatings and Films14% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics14% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Valeria Di Castro's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Molecular Electronics, Self-Assembled Monolayers, Quantum Size Effects, Superconductivity and Nanostructures.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Scanning Electron Microscopy281 topic
  2. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy281 topic
  3. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy252 topics
  4. Molecular Electronics241 topic
  5. Self-Assembled Monolayers241 topic
  6. Quantum Size Effects181 topic
  7. Superconductivity181 topic
  8. Nanostructures152 topics
  9. Catalysis142 topics
  10. Atomic Layer Deposition111 topic
  11. High-k Dielectrics111 topic
  12. Ion Beam81 topic
  13. Surface Analysis81 topic
  14. Density Functional Theory71 topic
  15. Dispersion Correction71 topic
  16. Nanoparticles71 topic
  17. Oxidation71 topic
  18. Self-Assembly71 topic
  19. Surface71 topic

Where does Valeria Di Castro work?

Valeria Di Castro's main affiliation in the publication record is Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Valeria Di Castro have?

OpenAlex counts 71 works and 1,767 citations for Valeria Di Castro, an h-index of 21, ranking #5,632,970 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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