Franco Zappa

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
251 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Franco Zappa is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Biophysics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Zappa has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 211 papers in Instrumentation, 114 papers in Biophysics and 92 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Franco Zappa's work include Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (211 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (104 papers) and Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (61 papers). Franco Zappa is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (211 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (104 papers) and Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (61 papers). Franco Zappa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Franco Zappa's co-authors include S. Cova, Alberto Tosi, Simone Tisa, Massimo Ghioni, Federica Villa, Andrea L. Lacaita, Carlo Samori, Alberto Dalla Mora, Danilo Bronzi and Ivan Rech and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Franco Zappa

244 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Avalanche photodiodes and... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Avalanche photodiodes and quenching circuits for single-photon detection
    1996 784 citations Franco Zappa et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Franco Zappa 5.2k 2.9k 2.7k 1.5k 1.4k 251 7.2k
Alberto Tosi 3.5k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 233 5.7k
Gerald S. Buller 4.2k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 407 0.3× 1.5k 1.0× 257 7.6k
Federica Villa 1.9k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 597 0.4× 821 0.6× 165 3.4k
Simone Tisa 1.8k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 811 0.3× 456 0.3× 432 0.3× 88 2.4k
David Stoppa 2.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 447 0.3× 539 0.4× 159 3.2k
Juha Kostamovaara 2.1k 0.4× 476 0.2× 4.0k 1.5× 186 0.1× 1.8k 1.3× 359 5.5k
Claudio Bruschini 1.2k 0.2× 903 0.3× 659 0.2× 417 0.3× 512 0.4× 147 2.2k
P.-A. Besse 736 0.1× 477 0.2× 2.4k 0.9× 324 0.2× 471 0.3× 88 3.3k
R.S. Popović 413 0.1× 316 0.1× 2.8k 1.0× 319 0.2× 855 0.6× 141 4.0k
Francesco Marsili 758 0.1× 274 0.1× 1.8k 0.7× 171 0.1× 577 0.4× 105 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franco Zappa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Zappa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franco Zappa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franco Zappa 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 Franco Zappa. Franco Zappa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Valente, J., Carlo Zucchetti, Roberto Bergamaschini, et al.. (2024). Near‐Infrared Light Trapping and Avalanche Multiplication in Silicon Epitaxial Microcrystals. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(14). 1 indexed citations
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Villa, Federica, et al.. (2023). Non-line-of-sight snapshots and background mapping with an active corner camera. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3677–3677. 10 indexed citations
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Portaluppi, Davide, et al.. (2022). Multi-Channel FPGA Time-to-Digital Converter With 10 ps Bin and 40 ps FWHM. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 71. 1–9. 18 indexed citations
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Zappa, Franco, et al.. (2022). Single-Shot Pulsed-LiDAR SPAD Sensor with on-chip Peak Detection for Background Rejection. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 28(5: Lidars and Photonic Radars). 1–10. 12 indexed citations
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Zappa, Franco, et al.. (2021). Range-Finding SPAD Array With Smart Laser-Spot Tracking and TDC Sharing for Background Suppression. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 26–37. 12 indexed citations
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Villa, Federica, et al.. (2021). Spot Tracking and TDC Sharing in SPAD Arrays for TOF LiDAR. Sensors. 21(9). 2936–2936. 10 indexed citations
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Villa, Federica, et al.. (2021). SPADs and SiPMs Arrays for Long-Range High-Speed Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). Sensors. 21(11). 3839–3839. 112 indexed citations
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Zappa, Franco, et al.. (2021). Statistical Modelling of SPADs for Time-of-Flight LiDAR. Sensors. 21(13). 4481–4481. 28 indexed citations
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Villa, Federica, et al.. (2021). Multi-Channel SPAD Chip for Silicon Photonics With Multi-Photon CoIncidence Detection. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 28(3). 1–7. 9 indexed citations
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Madonini, Francesca, et al.. (2021). Single Photon Avalanche Diode Arrays for Quantum Imaging and Microscopy. Advanced Quantum Technologies. 4(7). 34 indexed citations
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Buttafava, Mauro, Federica Villa, Marco Castello, et al.. (2020). SPAD-based asynchronous-readout array detectors for image-scanning microscopy. CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 40 indexed citations
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Marcon, Marco, et al.. (2020). Biometric Signals Estimation Using Single Photon Camera and Deep Learning. Sensors. 20(21). 6102–6102. 8 indexed citations
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Conca, Enrico, Mauro Buttafava, Federica Villa, et al.. (2020). Large-Area, Fast-Gated Digital SiPM With Integrated TDC for Portable and Wearable Time-Domain NIRS. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 55(11). 3097–3111. 25 indexed citations
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Sieno, Laura Di, Enrico Conca, Mauro Buttafava, et al.. (2020). Time-domain diffuse optics with 8.6  mm2 fast-gated SiPM for extreme light harvesting. Optics Letters. 46(2). 424–424. 5 indexed citations
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Lussana, Rudi, et al.. (2020). Single-Photon Detectors Modeling and Selection Criteria for High-Background LiDAR. IEEE Sensors Journal. 20(13). 7021–7032. 20 indexed citations
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Ruggeri, Alessandro, et al.. (2020). High Detection Rate Fast-Gated CMOS Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Module. IEEE photonics journal. 12(5). 1–12. 9 indexed citations
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Lagarto, João L., Caterina Credi, Federica Villa, et al.. (2019). Multispectral Depth-Resolved Fluorescence Lifetime Spectroscopy Using SPAD Array Detectors and Fiber Probes. Sensors. 19(12). 2678–2678. 9 indexed citations
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Sanzaro, Mirko, et al.. (2018). 0.16 µm–BCD Silicon Photomultipliers with Sharp Timing Response and Reduced Correlated Noise. Sensors. 18(11). 3763–3763. 6 indexed citations
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Sanzaro, Mirko, et al.. (2017). Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes in a 0.16 μm BCD Technology With Sharp Timing Response and Red-Enhanced Sensitivity. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 24(2). 1–9. 65 indexed citations
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Shin, Dongeek, Feihu Xu, Dheera Venkatraman, et al.. (2016). Photon-efficient imaging with a single-photon camera. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12046–12046. 208 indexed citations

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