Giacomo Sala

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 928 citations indexed

About

Giacomo Sala is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Giacomo Sala has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 928 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 9 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Giacomo Sala's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (21 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (5 papers) and Magnetic Properties and Applications (4 papers). Giacomo Sala is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (21 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (5 papers) and Magnetic Properties and Applications (4 papers). Giacomo Sala collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and Germany. Giacomo Sala's co-authors include Pietro Gambardella, Simone Finizio, Jörg Raabe, Aleš Hrabec, Sina Mayr, Laura J. Heyderman, J. F. Feng, Zhaochu Luo, Charles‐Henri Lambert and Can Onur Avci and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Giacomo Sala

21 papers receiving 914 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. Current-driven magnetic domain-wall logic
    2020 323 citations Zhaochu Luo, Aleš Hrabec et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giacomo Sala Switzerland 13 776 373 328 235 213 23 928
Yangqi Huang China 11 699 0.9× 465 1.2× 259 0.8× 245 1.0× 160 0.8× 19 956
X. S. Wang China 12 742 1.0× 170 0.5× 250 0.8× 392 1.7× 134 0.6× 29 826
Suk Hee Han South Korea 13 733 0.9× 487 1.3× 203 0.6× 199 0.8× 309 1.5× 46 1.0k
Sabpreet Bhatti Singapore 7 551 0.7× 384 1.0× 347 1.1× 161 0.7× 306 1.4× 18 883
A. Solignac France 11 649 0.8× 329 0.9× 376 1.1× 257 1.1× 164 0.8× 35 790
S. Serrano-Guisan Germany 19 705 0.9× 331 0.9× 255 0.8× 228 1.0× 309 1.5× 38 915
OukJae Lee South Korea 13 907 1.2× 425 1.1× 580 1.8× 294 1.3× 377 1.8× 37 1.2k
Huadong Gan Japan 15 822 1.1× 271 0.7× 539 1.6× 186 0.8× 365 1.7× 42 919
Takeshi Saruya Japan 6 773 1.0× 268 0.7× 427 1.3× 213 0.9× 246 1.2× 8 847

Countries citing papers authored by Giacomo Sala

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Fields of papers citing papers by Giacomo Sala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giacomo Sala

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schlitz, Richard, Antonín Baďura, Dominik Kriegner, et al.. (2025). Detecting slow magnetization relaxation via magnetotransport measurements based on the current-reversal method. Physical review. B.. 111(1).
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Sala, Giacomo, et al.. (2025). Competing ordinary and Hanle magnetoresistance in Pt and Ti thin films. Physical review. B.. 111(10). 2 indexed citations
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Ding, Shilei, Paul Noël, Giacomo Sala, et al.. (2025). Generation, transmission, and conversion of orbital torque by an antiferromagnetic insulator. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9239–9239.
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Sala, Giacomo, Maria Teresa Mercaldo, Stefano Gariglio, et al.. (2025). The quantum metric of electrons with spin-momentum locking. Science. 389(6762). 822–825. 3 indexed citations
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Sala, Giacomo, et al.. (2024). Magnetization fluctuations and magnetic after-effect probed via the anomalous Hall effect. Physical Review Research. 6(4). 2 indexed citations
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Lambert, Charles‐Henri, et al.. (2023). Spin–orbit torques and magnetization switching in Gd/Fe multilayers generated by current injection in NiCu alloys. Applied Physics Letters. 123(26). 2 indexed citations
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Sala, Giacomo, Hanchen Wang, William Legrand, & Pietro Gambardella. (2023). Orbital Hanle Magnetoresistance in a 3d Transition Metal. Physical Review Letters. 131(15). 156703–156703. 53 indexed citations
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Sala, Giacomo, et al.. (2023). Deterministic and stochastic aspects of current-induced magnetization reversal in perpendicular nanomagnets. Physical review. B.. 107(21). 4 indexed citations
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Sala, Giacomo, Charles‐Henri Lambert, Simone Finizio, et al.. (2022). Asynchronous current-induced switching of rare-earth and transition-metal sublattices in ferrimagnetic alloys. Nature Materials. 21(6). 640–646. 33 indexed citations
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Sala, Giacomo & Pietro Gambardella. (2022). Giant orbital Hall effect and orbital-to-spin conversion in 3d, 5d, and 4f metallic heterostructures. Physical Review Research. 4(3). 136 indexed citations
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Sala, Giacomo, Charles‐Henri Lambert, Richard Schlitz, et al.. (2022). Time-Dependent Multistate Switching of Topological Antiferromagnetic Order in Mn3Sn. Physical Review Applied. 18(2). 36 indexed citations
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Sala, Giacomo & Pietro Gambardella. (2022). Ferrimagnetic Dynamics Induced by Spin‐Orbit Torques. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9(36). 26 indexed citations
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Křižáková, Viola, Eva Grimaldi, Kévin Garello, et al.. (2021). Interplay of Voltage Control of Magnetic Anisotropy, Spin-Transfer Torque, and Heat in the Spin-Orbit-Torque Switching of Three-Terminal Magnetic Tunnel Junctions. Physical Review Applied. 15(5). 44 indexed citations
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Libonati, Flavia, et al.. (2021). 3D-Printed Architected Materials Inspired by Cubic Bravais Lattices. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 9(7). 3935–3944. 29 indexed citations
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Avci, Can Onur, Charles‐Henri Lambert, Giacomo Sala, & Pietro Gambardella. (2021). Chiral Coupling between Magnetic Layers with Orthogonal Magnetization. Physical Review Letters. 127(16). 167202–167202. 55 indexed citations
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Sala, Giacomo, et al.. (2021). Real-time Hall-effect detection of current-induced magnetization dynamics in ferrimagnets. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Avci, Can Onur, Charles‐Henri Lambert, Giacomo Sala, & Pietro Gambardella. (2021). A two-terminal spin valve device controlled by spin–orbit torques with enhanced giant magnetoresistance. Applied Physics Letters. 119(3). 7 indexed citations
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Luo, Zhaochu, Aleš Hrabec, Giacomo Sala, et al.. (2020). Current-driven magnetic domain-wall logic. Nature. 579(7798). 214–218. 323 indexed citations breakdown →
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DuttaGupta, Samik, A. Kurenkov, Oleg A. Tretiakov, et al.. (2020). Spin-orbit torque switching of an antiferromagnetic metallic heterostructure. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5715–5715. 59 indexed citations
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Albisetti, Edoardo, Daniela Petti, Giacomo Sala, et al.. (2018). Nanoscale spin-wave circuits based on engineered reconfigurable spin-textures. Communications Physics. 1(1). 74 indexed citations

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