Davide Castelvecchi

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
258 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Davide Castelvecchi is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Davide Castelvecchi has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 30 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Davide Castelvecchi's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (20 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (15 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (14 papers). Davide Castelvecchi is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (20 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (15 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (14 papers). Davide Castelvecchi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and United Kingdom. Davide Castelvecchi's co-authors include Emma Stoye, Elizabeth Gibney, Heidi Ledford, Alexandra Witze, Richard Van Noorden, Katharine Sanderson, Flora Graham, Matthew Warren, Jeff Tollefson and Ewen Callaway and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Scientific American and Nature Reviews Physics.

In The Last Decade

Davide Castelvecchi

203 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Davide Castelvecchi United States	17	790	345	237	235	214	258	2.6k
Lucas Baker United States	5	2.6k 3.2×	775 2.2×	71 0.3×	74 0.3×	115 0.5×	9	5.1k
Jin Liu China	33	1.1k 1.4×	816 2.4×	36 0.2×	173 0.7×	130 0.6×	487	5.0k
Yutian Chen China	13	2.8k 3.5×	826 2.4×	71 0.3×	75 0.3×	118 0.6×	57	5.5k
Matthew Lai United Kingdom	5	3.7k 4.7×	999 2.9×	102 0.4×	110 0.5×	149 0.7×	8	7.1k
Elizabeth Gibney Denmark	21	301 0.4×	173 0.5×	83 0.4×	156 0.7×	49 0.2×	243	1.6k
Kevin Swersky United States	14	1.9k 2.5×	513 1.5×	40 0.2×	82 0.3×	95 0.4×	27	4.6k
Pengcheng Jiao China	29	411 0.5×	342 1.0×	222 0.9×	59 0.3×	40 0.2×	153	3.8k
Shakir Mohamed United Kingdom	18	2.0k 2.6×	217 0.6×	54 0.2×	25 0.1×	123 0.6×	53	4.7k
Kang Hao Cheong Singapore	38	1.1k 1.5×	84 0.2×	37 0.2×	112 0.5×	202 0.9×	190	4.2k
Heimo Müller Austria	25	1.2k 1.5×	145 0.4×	661 2.8×	27 0.1×	407 1.9×	97	3.5k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Castelvecchi, Davide, et al.. (2025). Chemistry Nobel for scientists who developed massively porous ‘super sponge’ materials. Nature. 646(8085). 522–523. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2025). Preprint site arXiv is banning computer-science reviews: here’s why. Nature.

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2025). Microsoft claims quantum-computing breakthrough — but some physicists are sceptical. Nature. 638(8052). 872–872. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2025). Is dark energy getting weaker? Fresh data bolster shock finding. Nature. 639(8056). 849–849. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2024). ‘Quantum internet’ demonstration in cities is most advanced yet. Nature. 629(8013). 734–735. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2024). ‘Best view ever’: observatory will map Big Bang’s afterglow in new detail. Nature. 628(8006). 14–15. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2024). DeepMind AI solves geometry problems at star-student level. Nature.

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2024). Researchers built an ‘AI Scientist’ — what can it do?. Nature. 633(8029). 266–266. 5 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2024). Five new ways to catch gravitational waves — and the secrets they’ll reveal. Nature. 631(8019). 20–23.

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Castelvecchi, Davide, Ewen Callaway, & Diana Kwon. (2024). AI comes to the Nobels: double win sparks debate about scientific fields. Nature. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2024). This robot grows like a vine — and could help navigate disaster zones. Nature. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2023). Jupiter mission will be first to orbit moon of another planet. Nature. 616(7957). 420–421.

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2023). Underdog technologies gain ground in quantum-computing race. Nature. 614(7948). 400–401. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2023). ‘Mind-blowing’ IBM chip speeds up AI. Nature. 623(7985). 17–17. 2 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2023). Quantum-computing approach uses single molecules as qubits for first time. Nature. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2023). Are telescopes on the Moon doomed before they’ve even been built?. Nature. 615(7952). 383–384. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2022). ‘Mathematics is an unknown land’: meet Fields Medal winner Maryna Viazovska. Nature. 607(7920). 649–649. 1 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2019). Machine learning leads mathematicians to unsolvable problem. Nature. 565(7739). 277–277. 3 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2017). How to hunt for a black hole with a telescope the size of Earth. Nature. 543(7646). 478–480. 6 indexed citations

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Castelvecchi, Davide. (2016). Controversial dark-matter claim faces ultimate test. Nature. 532(7597). 14–15.

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