Alberto Ferrari

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alberto Ferrari is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Ferrari has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alberto Ferrari's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (9 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers) and High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (4 papers). Alberto Ferrari is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (9 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers) and High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (4 papers). Alberto Ferrari collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Italy. Alberto Ferrari's co-authors include Fritz Körmann, Jörg Neugebauer, Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva, Po‐Yen Tung, Prithiv Thoudden Sukumar, Ye Wei, Stefan Bauer, Zhiming Li, Ruiwen Xie and Ziyuan Rao and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Ferrari

26 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Machine learning–enabled high-entropy alloy discovery
    2022 461 citations Ziyuan Rao, Po‐Yen Tung et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alberto Ferrari Germany 15 702 451 370 160 145 28 1.2k
Amit Sharma India 19 732 1.0× 653 1.4× 220 0.6× 174 1.1× 75 0.5× 81 1.3k
Li’an Zhu China 18 755 1.1× 410 0.9× 389 1.1× 203 1.3× 55 0.4× 69 1.1k
Henrik Larsson Sweden 22 1.1k 1.6× 572 1.3× 533 1.4× 192 1.2× 144 1.0× 81 1.5k
Ruiwen Xie Germany 12 459 0.7× 443 1.0× 177 0.5× 103 0.6× 92 0.6× 34 834
Ziyuan Rao Germany 17 1.3k 1.8× 541 1.2× 696 1.9× 111 0.7× 186 1.3× 35 1.6k
Jianhong Li China 14 385 0.5× 232 0.5× 321 0.9× 262 1.6× 60 0.4× 69 775
Masahiko Demura Japan 22 794 1.1× 893 2.0× 114 0.3× 123 0.8× 98 0.7× 121 1.4k
Bin Ma China 17 439 0.6× 383 0.8× 74 0.2× 126 0.8× 122 0.8× 48 898
Wei Ya China 19 1.0k 1.4× 418 0.9× 358 1.0× 78 0.5× 363 2.5× 47 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alberto Ferrari

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Ferrari

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alberto Ferrari. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alberto Ferrari based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alberto Ferrari. Alberto Ferrari is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Schneider, Mike, et al.. (2023). Effect of stacking fault energy on the thickness and density of annealing twins in recrystallized FCC medium and high-entropy alloys. Scripta Materialia. 240. 115844–115844. 40 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto, Fritz Körmann, Mark Asta, & Jörg Neugebauer. (2023). Simulating short-range order in compositionally complex materials. Nature Computational Science. 3(3). 221–229. 40 indexed citations
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Rao, Ziyuan, Po‐Yen Tung, Ruiwen Xie, et al.. (2022). Machine learning–enabled high-entropy alloy discovery. Science. 378(6615). 78–85. 461 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wagner, Christian, Alberto Ferrari, J. Schreuer, et al.. (2022). Effects of Cr/Ni ratio on physical properties of Cr-Mn-Fe-Co-Ni high-entropy alloys. Acta Materialia. 227. 117693–117693. 84 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto, et al.. (2022). Monte Carlo simulations of surface segregation to discover new hydrogen separation membranes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(6). 2221–2230. 4 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto & Fritz Körmann. (2021). Design of compositionally complex catalysts: Role of surface segregation. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 14. 1830–1836. 7 indexed citations
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Choi, Won Seok, Dae Woong Kim, Gwanghyo Choi, et al.. (2021). Shear band-driven precipitate dispersion for ultrastrong ductile medium-entropy alloys. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4703–4703. 159 indexed citations
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Wagner, Christian, Alberto Ferrari, J. Schreuer, et al.. (2021). Effects of Cr/Ni Ratio on Physical Properties of Cr‑Mn‑Fe‑Co‑Ni High-Entropy Alloys. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Ferrari, Alberto & Fritz Körmann. (2020). Surface segregation in Cr-Mn-Fe-Co-Ni high entropy alloys. Applied Surface Science. 533. 147471–147471. 69 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto, Biswanath Dutta, Yuji Ikeda, et al.. (2020). Frontiers in atomistic simulations of high entropy alloys. Journal of Applied Physics. 128(15). 50 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto, Davide G. Sangiovanni, Jutta Rogal, & Ralf Drautz. (2019). First-principles characterization of reversible martensitic transformations. Physical review. B.. 99(9). 14 indexed citations
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Corva, Manuel, Alberto Ferrari, Matteo Rinaldi, et al.. (2018). Vibrational fingerprint of localized excitons in a two-dimensional metal-organic crystal. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4703–4703. 19 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto, et al.. (2018). Unusual composition dependence of transformation temperatures in Ti-Ta-X shape memory alloys. Physical Review Materials. 2(7). 13 indexed citations
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Yan, Wenjing, L. C. Phillips, Matteo Barbone, et al.. (2016). Long Spin Diffusion Length in Few-Layer Graphene Flakes. Physical Review Letters. 117(14). 147201–147201. 39 indexed citations
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Rortais, Fabien, Simón Oyarzún, Federico Bottegoni, et al.. (2016). Spin transport inp-type germanium. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 28(16). 165801–165801. 26 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto, et al.. (2016). Recognizing Physisorption and Chemisorption in Carbon Nanotubes Gas Sensors by Double Exponential Fitting of the Response. Sensors. 16(5). 731–731. 26 indexed citations
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Isella, Giovanni, Federico Bottegoni, Stefano Cecchi, et al.. (2013). (Invited) Optical Spin Orientation in SiGe Heterostructures. ECS Transactions. 50(9). 831–836. 1 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto, Federico Bottegoni, Stefano Cecchi, Giovanni Isella, & F. Ciccacci. (2013). Optical spin orientation in group-IV heterostructures. Journal of Applied Physics. 113(17). 2 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Alberto & David J. Wilson. (1974). Features controlling the early stages of creep deformation of Waspaloy. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
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Wilson, David J. & Alberto Ferrari. (1974). Notch Sensitivity, Mechanical, and Microstructural Characteristics of TD-NiCr at Elevated Temperatures. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. 96(2). 109–114. 3 indexed citations

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