Piero Nicolini

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Piero Nicolini is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Piero Nicolini has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 45 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 45 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Piero Nicolini's work include Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (44 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (42 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (42 papers). Piero Nicolini is often cited by papers focused on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (44 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (42 papers) and Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories (42 papers). Piero Nicolini collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United States. Piero Nicolini's co-authors include Euro Spallucci, Anais Smailagic, Leonardo Modesto, Jonas Mureika, Stefano Ansoldi, J. W. Moffat, B. J. Carr, Marcus Bleicher, Michael F. Wondrak and Robert B. Mann and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Letters B, Physical Review A and Journal of High Energy Physics.

In The Last Decade

Piero Nicolini

56 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Noncommutative geometry inspired Schwarzschild black hole 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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. Noncommutative geometry inspired Schwarzschild black hole
    2005 575 citations Piero Nicolini, Anais Smailagic et al. Physics Letters B profile →
  2. NONCOMMUTATIVE BLACK HOLES, THE FINAL APPEAL TO QUANTUM GRAVITY: A REVIEW
    2009 405 citations Piero Nicolini profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Piero Nicolini Germany 26 2.5k 2.5k 2.0k 419 68 57 2.8k
Mokhtar Hassaı̈ne Chile 24 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 848 0.4× 223 0.5× 71 1.0× 73 1.9k
Mir Faizal Canada 30 2.2k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.0× 496 1.2× 44 0.6× 137 2.6k
Ahmed Farag Ali Egypt 25 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 632 1.5× 33 0.5× 62 2.4k
Óscar J. C. Dias United Kingdom 33 2.8k 1.1× 2.9k 1.2× 641 0.3× 328 0.8× 84 1.2× 83 3.1k
R. Casana Brazil 22 1.2k 0.5× 929 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 352 0.8× 56 0.8× 76 1.4k
Simon F. Ross United Kingdom 27 2.6k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 377 0.9× 115 1.7× 78 2.7k
Anais Smailagic Italy 16 1.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 345 0.8× 51 0.8× 49 2.0k
Eloy Ayón–Beato Mexico 17 2.4k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 783 0.4× 253 0.6× 49 0.7× 55 2.7k
Matthew Mewes United States 21 2.5k 1.0× 1.7k 0.7× 2.6k 1.3× 561 1.3× 71 1.0× 30 3.0k
Rabin Banerjee India 23 1.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 498 1.2× 62 0.9× 88 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Piero Nicolini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piero Nicolini

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Piero Nicolini. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Piero Nicolini 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 Piero Nicolini. Piero Nicolini 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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Carr, B. J., Jonas Mureika, & Piero Nicolini. (2024). Reconciling microscopic and macroscopic tests of the Compton–Schwarzschild correspondence. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 33(11). 1 indexed citations
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Gaete, Patricio & Piero Nicolini. (2022). Finite electrodynamics from T-duality. Physics Letters B. 829. 137100–137100. 12 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero, Euro Spallucci, & Michael F. Wondrak. (2019). Quantum corrected black holes from string T-duality. Physics Letters B. 797. 134888–134888. 66 indexed citations
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Casadio, Roberto, Piero Nicolini, & Roldão da Rocha. (2018). Generalised uncertainty principle Hawking fermions from minimally geometric deformed black holes. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 35(18). 185001–185001. 42 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero. (2018). Planckian charged black holes in ultraviolet self-complete quantum gravity. Physics Letters B. 778. 88–93. 13 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero, Anais Smailagic, & Euro Spallucci. (2017). Reply to arXiv:1704.08516 "A note on singular and non-singular black holes". arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Frassino, Antonia M., et al.. (2016). Geometric Model of Black Hole Quantum N-portrait, Extradimensions and Thermodynamics. Entropy. 18(5). 181–181. 21 indexed citations
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Isi, M., Jonas Mureika, & Piero Nicolini. (2014). Self-completeness and the generalized uncertainty principle. 2014. 6 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero & Douglas Singleton. (2014). Connecting horizon pixels and interior voxels of a black hole. Physics Letters B. 738. 213–217. 3 indexed citations
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Isi, M., Jonas Mureika, & Piero Nicolini. (2013). Self-Completeness and the Generalized Uncertainty Principle. 25 indexed citations
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Torrieri, Giorgio, et al.. (2012). . Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement. 5(3). 897–897. 6 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero, et al.. (2011). Neutrino oscillations as a novel probe for a minimal length. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 28(23). 235019–235019. 37 indexed citations
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Mureika, Jonas & Piero Nicolini. (2011). Aspects of noncommutative (1+1)-dimensional black holes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 84(4). 28 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero, et al.. (2011). Hausdorff dimension of a particle path in a quantum manifold. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 83(2). 14 indexed citations
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Modesto, Leonardo, J. W. Moffat, & Piero Nicolini. (2010). Black holes in an ultraviolet complete quantum gravity. Physics Letters B. 695(1-4). 397–400. 118 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero & Euro Spallucci. (2010). Un-spectral dimension and quantum spacetime phases. Physics Letters B. 695(1-4). 290–293. 25 indexed citations
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Modesto, Leonardo & Piero Nicolini. (2009). The microstructure of a quantum universe. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero & Euro Spallucci. (2009). Noncommutative geometry-inspired dirty black holes. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 27(1). 15010–15010. 121 indexed citations
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Spallucci, Euro, Anais Smailagic, & Piero Nicolini. (2008). Pair creation by higher dimensional, regular, charged, micro black holes. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Nicolini, Piero, Anais Smailagic, & Euro Spallucci. (2005). The Fate of Radiating Black Holes in Noncommutative Geometry. CERN Bulletin. 637. 11. 12 indexed citations

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