Valerio Faraoni

14.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
187 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Valerio Faraoni is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Valerio Faraoni has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 146 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 20 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Valerio Faraoni's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (168 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (144 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (41 papers). Valerio Faraoni is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (168 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (144 papers) and Relativity and Gravitational Theory (41 papers). Valerio Faraoni collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Italy and Belgium. Valerio Faraoni's co-authors include Thomas P. Sotiriou, Salvatore Capozzıello, Shin’ichi Nojiri, Sergei D. Odintsov, Audrey Jacques, Andrea Giusti, E. Gunzig, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Sebastiano Sonego and F. I. Cooperstock and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Valerio Faraoni

181 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

f(R)theories of gravity 2004 2026 2011 2018 2010 2004 2010 2011 2022 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. f(R)theories of gravity
    2010 2.8k citations Thomas P. Sotiriou, Valerio Faraoni Reviews of Modern Physics profile →
  2. Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity
    2004 485 citations Valerio Faraoni profile →
  3. Beyond Einstein Gravity: A Survey of Gravitational Theories for Cosmology and Astrophysics
    2010 403 citations Valerio Faraoni et al. profile →
  4. Dark Energy: Theory and Observations
    2011 311 citations Valerio Faraoni profile →
  5. From nonextensive statistics and black hole entropy to the holographic dark universe
    2022 121 citations Valerio Faraoni et al. Physical review. D profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Valerio Faraoni Canada 44 9.4k 8.1k 1.2k 976 384 187 9.7k
Misao Sasaki Japan 56 11.4k 1.2× 8.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 997 1.0× 699 1.8× 272 11.8k
Alberto Nicolis United States 30 5.0k 0.5× 4.5k 0.6× 986 0.8× 318 0.3× 508 1.3× 55 5.6k
M. Sharif Pakistan 45 9.8k 1.0× 8.0k 1.0× 912 0.8× 1.6k 1.7× 227 0.6× 657 10.2k
Rong-Gen Cai China 53 8.5k 0.9× 7.6k 0.9× 2.7k 2.2× 276 0.3× 835 2.2× 155 8.9k
Paolo Pani Italy 60 10.3k 1.1× 6.7k 0.8× 681 0.6× 631 0.6× 752 2.0× 181 10.7k
Eric Poisson Canada 42 7.9k 0.8× 4.8k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 656 0.7× 802 2.1× 111 8.4k
Jun’ichi Yokoyama Japan 43 5.6k 0.6× 4.5k 0.6× 363 0.3× 574 0.6× 254 0.7× 169 5.8k
Tanmay Vachaspati United States 38 4.3k 0.5× 4.1k 0.5× 694 0.6× 241 0.2× 986 2.6× 198 5.6k
Alexander Yu. Kamenshchik Russia 29 4.7k 0.5× 4.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 279 0.3× 424 1.1× 164 5.0k
Justin Khoury United States 43 9.1k 1.0× 7.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 650 0.7× 983 2.6× 106 9.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Valerio Faraoni

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Fields of papers citing papers by Valerio Faraoni

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valerio Faraoni

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Faraoni, Valerio, et al.. (2023). Effective fluid mixture of tensor-multi-scalar gravity. The European Physical Journal Plus. 138(5). 8 indexed citations
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Farrah, D., M. Zevin, G. Tarlé, et al.. (2023). Observational Evidence for Cosmological Coupling of Black Holes and its Implications for an Astrophysical Source of Dark Energy. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 944(2). L31–L31. 70 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio, et al.. (2023). More on the first-order thermodynamics of scalar-tensor and Horndeski gravity. The European Physical Journal C. 83(6). 521–521. 11 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio, et al.. (2022). Friedmann-Lema\^itre-Robertson-Walker cosmology through the lens of gravitoelectromagnetism. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio, Andrea Giusti, & Andrea Mentrelli. (2021). New approach to the thermodynamics of scalar-tensor gravity. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 24 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio, et al.. (2021). Analogies between Logistic Equation and Relativistic Cosmology. Symmetry. 13(4). 704–704. 1 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio. (2020). Natural phenomena described by the same equation. European Journal of Physics. 41(5). 54002–54002. 2 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio. (2020). Lagrangian formulation, a general relativity analogue, and a symmetry of the Vialov equation of glaciology. The European Physical Journal Plus. 135(11).
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Faraoni, Valerio. (2019). Modelling the shapes of glaciers: an introduction. European Journal of Physics. 40(2). 25802–25802. 1 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio. (2019). Massive Spin Zero Fields in Cosmology and the Tail-Free Property. Symmetry. 11(1). 36–36. 1 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio, et al.. (2018). Imperfect fluid description of modified gravities. Physical review. D. 98(8). 44 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio, et al.. (2017). Foliation dependence of black hole apparent horizons in spherical symmetry. Physical review. D. 95(2). 38 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio, et al.. (2017). New inhomogeneous universes in scalar-tensor and f(R) gravity. Physical review. D. 96(4). 17 indexed citations
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Gao, Changjun, Xuelei Chen, You-Gen Shen, & Valerio Faraoni. (2011). 宇宙におけるブラックホール: 一般化されたLemaitre‐Tolman‐Bondi解. Physical Review D. 84(10). 1–104047. 3 indexed citations
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Sotiriou, Thomas P. & Valerio Faraoni. (2010). f(R)theories of gravity. Reviews of Modern Physics. 82(1). 451–497. 2782 indexed citations breakdown →
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Faraoni, Valerio, et al.. (1999). Einstein Frame or Jordan Frame?. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 38(1). 217–225. 134 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio. (1998). MULTIPLE IMAGING BY GRAVITATIONAL WAVES. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 7(3). 409–429. 7 indexed citations
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Faraoni, Valerio. (1997). Does the non-minimal coupling of the scalar field improve or destroy inflation ?. CERN Bulletin. 3 indexed citations
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Bayın, Selçuk Ş., F. I. Cooperstock, & Valerio Faraoni. (1994). A singularity-free cosmological model with a conformally coupled scalar field. The Astrophysical Journal. 428. 439–439. 19 indexed citations

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