Giovanni Comelli

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
209 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Comelli is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanni Comelli has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 136 papers in Materials Chemistry and 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Comelli's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (112 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (75 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (43 papers). Giovanni Comelli is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (112 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (75 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (43 papers). Giovanni Comelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Giovanni Comelli's co-authors include R. Rosei, Cristina Africh, Alessandro Baraldi, Friedrich Esch, Silvano Lizzit, G. Paolucci, Paolo Fornasiero, Erik Vesselli, Carlo Dri and Tiziano Montini and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Comelli

209 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Electron Localization Det... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2012 400 800 1.2k
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. Electron Localization Determines Defect Formation on Ceria Substrates
    2005 1.3k citations Cristina Africh, Giovanni Comelli et al. Science profile →
  2. Controlling on-surface polymerization by hierarchical and substrate-directed growth
    2012 458 citations Carlo Dri, Cristina Africh et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Giovanni Comelli 5.5k 2.8k 1.9k 1.7k 1.1k 209 7.3k
R. Rosei 4.5k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 899 0.8× 188 7.1k
Alessandro Baraldi 4.8k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 746 0.7× 199 6.1k
Steven L. Bernasek 4.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.9× 3.2k 1.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 196 7.8k
John L. Gland 4.8k 0.9× 3.5k 1.3× 2.2k 1.2× 2.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 173 7.5k
Silvano Lizzit 5.9k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 2.5k 1.3× 719 0.4× 703 0.6× 244 7.6k
H. Kuhlenbeck 4.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 978 0.9× 134 6.3k
Yoshitada Morikawa 4.9k 0.9× 3.2k 1.2× 3.1k 1.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.7× 249 8.3k
G. Ertl 4.2k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 39 7.1k
Brian E. Hayden 3.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 1.8k 1.6× 149 5.5k
Peter A. Crozier 4.4k 0.8× 1.0k 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 1.5k 1.3× 269 7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Giovanni Comelli

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Fields of papers citing papers by Giovanni Comelli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanni Comelli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Giovanni Comelli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Giovanni Comelli 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 Giovanni Comelli. Giovanni Comelli 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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Perilli, Daniele, Mirco Panighel, Matuš Stredansky, et al.. (2025). CO Adsorption on a Single‐Atom Catalyst Stably Embedded in Graphene. Angewandte Chemie. 137(11). 2 indexed citations
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Giorgio, C. Di, Cinzia Cepek, Iulia Cojocariu, et al.. (2025). Two-dimensional diboron trioxide crystal composed by boroxol groups. Science. 390(6768). 95–99. 1 indexed citations
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Perilli, Daniele, Mirco Panighel, Matuš Stredansky, et al.. (2025). CO Adsorption on a Single‐Atom Catalyst Stably Embedded in Graphene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(11). e202421757–e202421757. 6 indexed citations
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Corva, Manuel, Zhijing Feng, Tomáš Škála, et al.. (2025). Excellent self-assembly properties of Iron Phthalocyanines on alumina for locally ordered single-atom catalysts. ArTS Archivio della ricerca di Trieste (University of Trieste https://www.units.it/). 23. 100259–100259. 1 indexed citations
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Perilli, Daniele, Mirco Panighel, Anu Baby, et al.. (2024). A novel synthesis route with large-scale sublattice asymmetry in boron doped graphene on Ni(111). Surfaces and Interfaces. 51. 104700–104700. 4 indexed citations
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Panighel, Mirco, et al.. (2024). Exceptionally Stable Cobalt Nanoclusters on Functionalized Graphene. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(8). 4 indexed citations
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Perilli, Daniele, Mirco Panighel, Alexander Markevich, et al.. (2024). Scalable bottom-up synthesis of Co-Ni–doped graphene. Science Advances. 10(45). eado8956–eado8956. 5 indexed citations
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Panighel, Mirco, et al.. (2023). 1D selective confinement and diffusion of metal atoms on graphene. Carbon. 215. 118486–118486. 3 indexed citations
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Panighel, Mirco, et al.. (2022). Carbide coating on nickel to enhance the stability of supported metal nanoclusters. Nanoscale. 14(9). 3589–3598. 6 indexed citations
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Carnevali, Virginia, Daniele Perilli, Alberto Lodi Rizzini, et al.. (2021). Tuning graphene doping by carbon monoxide intercalation at the Ni(111) interface. Carbon. 176. 253–261. 16 indexed citations
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Feng, Zhijing, et al.. (2020). Binary Conformational Switches in a Porphyrin Chain: Tautomerization and Stereoisomerization. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(21). 11376–11382. 7 indexed citations
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Perilli, Daniele, Mirco Panighel, Hongsheng Liu, et al.. (2020). Mechanism of CO Intercalation through the Graphene/Ni(111) Interface and Effect of Doping. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(20). 8887–8892. 14 indexed citations
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Perilli, Daniele, Mirco Panighel, Cinzia Cepek, et al.. (2020). “Inside out” growth method for high-quality nitrogen-doped graphene. Carbon. 171. 704–710. 24 indexed citations
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Feng, Zhijing, Carlo Dri, A. Goldoni, et al.. (2019). Bifunctional Behavior of a Porphyrin in Hydrogen-Bonded Donor–Acceptor Molecular Chains on a Gold Surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(12). 7088–7096. 4 indexed citations
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Carnevali, Virginia, Laerte L. Patera, Matteo Jugovac, et al.. (2019). Doping of epitaxial graphene by direct incorporation of nickel adatoms. Nanoscale. 11(21). 10358–10364. 24 indexed citations
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Stredansky, Matuš, Zhijing Feng, Roberto Costantini, et al.. (2019). On-surface trapping of alkali atoms by crown ethers in ultra high vacuum. Nanoscale Advances. 1(5). 1721–1725. 7 indexed citations
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Patera, Laerte L., Federico Bianchini, Cristina Africh, et al.. (2018). Real-time imaging of adatom-promoted graphene growth on nickel. Science. 359(6381). 1243–1246. 150 indexed citations
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Stredansky, Matuš, Alessandro Sala, Roberto Costantini, et al.. (2018). On-surface synthesis of a 2D boroxine framework: a route to a novel 2D material?. Chemical Communications. 54(32). 3971–3973. 45 indexed citations
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Corva, Manuel, Zhijing Feng, Giovanni Comelli, et al.. (2018). Substrate- to Laterally-Driven Self-Assembly Steered by Cu Nanoclusters: The Case of FePcs on an Ultrathin Alumina Film. ACS Nano. 12(11). 10755–10763. 8 indexed citations
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Vesselli, Erik, Michele Rizzi, Sara Furlan, et al.. (2017). Tunability of the CO adsorption energy on a Ni/Cu surface: Site change and coverage effects. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 146(22). 224707–224707. 4 indexed citations

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