Giovanni Finocchio

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
231 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Finocchio 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, Giovanni Finocchio has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 93 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 84 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Finocchio's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (154 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (65 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (52 papers). Giovanni Finocchio is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (154 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (65 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (52 papers). Giovanni Finocchio collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Giovanni Finocchio's co-authors include Mario Carpentieri, Riccardo Tomasello, B. Azzerboni, L. Torres, E. Martı́nez, Roberto Zivieri, Zhongming Zeng, Giancarlo Consolo, Vito Puliafito and Pedram Khalili Amiri and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Finocchio

217 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A strategy for the design of skyrmion racetrack memories

2014 665 citations Riccardo Tomasello, E. Martı́nez et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Massively parallel probabilistic computing with sparse Ising machines

2022 128 citations Andrea Grimaldi, Mario Carpentieri et al. Nature Electronics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giovanni Finocchio Italy	38	4.3k	2.2k	1.8k	1.7k	902	231	5.9k
Mario Carpentieri Italy	32	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	542 0.6×	162	4.0k
Dieter Suess Austria	34	4.0k 0.9×	783 0.4×	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	802 0.9×	257	4.9k
С. А. Никитов Russia	34	3.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	781 0.5×	774 0.9×	304	4.2k
J. A. Katine United States	53	11.3k 2.6×	5.2k 2.3×	4.6k 2.5×	3.4k 2.0×	1.4k 1.5×	197	12.7k
Fei Gao China	33	3.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	364 0.2×	1.8k 2.0×	200	5.9k
D. Ravelosona France	41	5.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.4×	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	460 0.5×	170	6.7k
Meng Xiao China	43	5.3k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	376 0.2×	1.7k 1.8×	133	7.3k
Baile Zhang Singapore	51	7.0k 1.6×	2.2k 1.0×	3.8k 2.1×	555 0.3×	2.8k 3.1×	204	10.4k
J. Fidler Austria	49	5.5k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	5.5k 3.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 2.0×	315	8.9k
Weisheng Zhao China	62	8.3k 1.9×	9.1k 4.1×	3.0k 1.6×	1.6k 1.0×	975 1.1×	640	14.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Giovanni Finocchio

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanni Finocchio

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Legrand, William, et al.. (2026). On demand laser-induced frequency tuning of coherent magnons in a nanometer-thick magnet at room temperature. Nature Communications. 17(1). 145–145.

Rodrigues, Davi R., et al.. (2025). A design of magnetic tunnel junctions for the deployment of neuromorphic hardware for edge computing. Applied Physics Letters. 126(9).

Katine, J. A., et al.. (2025). An integrated-circuit-based probabilistic computer that uses voltage-controlled magnetic tunnel junctions as its entropy source. Nature Electronics. 8(9). 784–793. 1 indexed citations

Tomasello, Riccardo, et al.. (2025). Spin-wave eigenmodes in nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Physical Review Applied. 23(3). 1 indexed citations

Kechrakos, D., Francesca Garescì, Mario Carpentieri, et al.. (2025). Skyrmions in synthetic antiferromagnet nanorings for electrical signal generation. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 58(11). 115001–115001. 1 indexed citations

Giordano, A., Junta Igarashi, Butsurin Jinnai, et al.. (2024). Nanoscale spin rectifiers for harvesting ambient radiofrequency energy. Nature Electronics. 7(8). 653–661. 6 indexed citations

Hamadeh, A., Davi R. Rodrigues, Vitaliy Lomakin, et al.. (2024). Core Reversal in Vertically Coupled Vortices: Simulation and Experimental Study. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 23. 549–553. 2 indexed citations

Grimaldi, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Random Number Generation Driven by Voltage-Controlled Magnetic Anisotropy and Their use in Probabilistic Computing. 326–330. 3 indexed citations

Rodrigues, Davi R., Vito Puliafito, B. Azzerboni, et al.. (2024). Manipulation of 2D and 3D Magnetic Solitons Under the Influence of DMI Gradients. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 68–79.

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Tu, Huayao, Like Zhang, Wenxing Lv, et al.. (2023). Neural-like population coding based on spin-torque diode. Applied Physics Letters. 122(12). 3 indexed citations

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Carpentieri, Mario, Like Zhang, Bin Fang, et al.. (2023). Nonlinear amplification of microwave signals in spin-torque oscillators. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2183–2183. 9 indexed citations

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Dávila, Noraica, et al.. (2023). Probabilistic computing with voltage-controlled dynamics in magnetic tunnel junctions. Nanotechnology. 34(49). 495203–495203. 20 indexed citations

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Cervino, Gabriele, Marco Cicciù, Luca Fiorillo, & Giovanni Finocchio. (2022). Clinical Applications of the Algorithm “Pipeline Advanced Contrast Enhancement (Pace)” in Dental Radiology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10–10. 2 indexed citations

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Tomasello, Riccardo, A. Giordano, Francesca Garescì, et al.. (2021). Role of magnetic skyrmions for the solution of the shortest path problem. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 532. 167977–167977. 8 indexed citations

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Giordano, A., Andrea Grimaldi, Vito Puliafito, et al.. (2021). Reliability of Neural Networks Based on Spintronic Neurons. IEEE Magnetics Letters. 12. 1–5. 12 indexed citations

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Tomasello, Riccardo, et al.. (2020). Magnetization reversal signatures of hybrid and pure Néel skyrmions in thin film multilayers. APL Materials. 8(11). 12 indexed citations

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Tomasello, Riccardo, S. Tacchi, Giulio Siracusano, et al.. (2018). Observation of Magnetic Radial Vortex Nucleation in a Multilayer Stack with Tunable Anisotropy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7180–7180. 27 indexed citations

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Alejos, Ó., V. Raposo, Luis Sánchez-Tejerina, et al.. (2018). Current-driven domain wall dynamics in ferromagnetic layers synthetically exchange-coupled by a spacer: A micromagnetic study. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 18 indexed citations

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Pacini, Nic, et al.. (2017). Rate of entropy model for irreversible processes in living systems. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9134–9134. 19 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhongming, Giovanni Finocchio, & Hong-Wen Jiang. (2013). Spin transfer nano-oscillators. Nanoscale. 5(6). 2219–2219. 150 indexed citations

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