Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :51
Italy
Eugenia Polizzi Di Sorrentino
Social dynamics
cooperation
social norms
decision making
comparative social behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
906
421
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Italy
Gloria Sabbatini
Animal cognition
Animal behaviour
Primatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
820
356
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Italy
Nicola Di Stefano
Aesthetics
Music
Philosophy of Perception
Philosophical Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
706
601
0.851
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Italy
Giorgia Lodi
Distributed Systems
Semantic Web
Linked Data
Cloud Computing
Cooperative Information Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
696
210
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Italy
Vieri Giuliano Santucci
Cognitive Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Open-ended Learning
Cognitive Science
Intrinsic Motivations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
694
549
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Italy
Emilio Cartoni
Computational Neuroscience
Open ended learning
Developmental Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
693
558
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
Italy
Graziano Tisato
Speech
Talking Faces
Dialects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
102
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Italy
Valentina Focaroli
Developmental Psychology
baby led weaning
motor and cognitive development
Deficit Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
578
291
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Italy
Alessio Di Renzo
LIS
Sordità
Bilinguismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
556
323
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Italy
Rita D'Amico
personal relationships
gender differences in academia
emotions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
97
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Italy
Monica Di Fiore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
520
514
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Italy
Mariacristina Picchio
Early Childhood Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
245
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Italy
Camilla Pagani
social psychology
cognitive psychology
complexity theory
cross-cultural relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
145
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Italy
Fernando Wario Vázquez
computer vision
computational ethology
deep learning
machine learning
swarm intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402
276
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Italy
Francesca Fracasso
Human-Robot interaction
Interactive intelligent systems
Experimental Psychophysiology
Cognitive Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372
336
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Italy
Elena Tomasuolo
Psicologia
Psicoterapia
Psicolinguistica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
185
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Italy
Vincenzo Galatà
Phonetics
Second Language Acquisition
Speech Development
Speaker Recognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
155
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Italy
Daniela Onofrio
psicologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
144
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Italy
Giulio Bernardi
Artificial Intelligence
Planning and Execution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
134
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Italy
Beste Ozcan
AI
Transitional Wearable Companion (TWC)
social robotics
social-emotional interaction
wearable
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
169
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Italy
Federico Da Rold
Embodied Cognition
Situated Cognition
Artificial Life
Evolutionary Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
158
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Italy
Giovanni Granato
Computational Neuropsychology/Psychiatry
Consciousness
Executive Functions
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
165
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Italy
Giancarlo Petrosino
Evolutionary Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
57
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Italy
Barbara Pennacchi
Italian Sign Language
SignWriting
LIS
Lingua Italiana dei Segni
bilinguismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
47
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Italy
Carmelo Fabio Longo
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Architectures
Natural Language Processing
Semantic Web
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
138
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
713,431
Italy
29,116
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Eugenia Polizzi Di Sorrentino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
906
421
0.465
Social dynamics
cooperation
social norms
decision making
comparative social behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
749,308
Italy
30,144
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Gloria Sabbatini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
820
356
0.434
Animal cognition
Animal behaviour
Primatology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
801,214
Italy
31,504
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Nicola Di Stefano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
706
601
0.851
Aesthetics
Music
Philosophy of Perception
Philosophical Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
806,520
Italy
31,636
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Giorgia Lodi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
696
210
0.302
Distributed Systems
Semantic Web
Linked Data
Cloud Computing
Cooperative Information Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
807,202
Italy
31,655
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Vieri Giuliano Santucci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
694
549
0.791
Cognitive Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Open-ended Learning
Cognitive Science
Intrinsic Motivations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
807,675
Italy
31,671
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Emilio Cartoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
693
558
0.805
Computational Neuroscience
Open ended learning
Developmental Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,532
Italy
31,705
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Graziano Tisato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
692
102
0.147
Speech
Talking Faces
Dialects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
867,695
Italy
33,164
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Valentina Focaroli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
578
291
0.503
Developmental Psychology
baby led weaning
motor and cognitive development
Deficit Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,874
Italy
33,450
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Alessio Di Renzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
556
323
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
883,516
Italy
33,536
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Rita D'Amico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
97
0.176
personal relationships
gender differences in academia
emotions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
900,776
Italy
33,943
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Monica Di Fiore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
520
514
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
908,063
Italy
34,162
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Mariacristina Picchio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
245
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
928,493
Italy
34,794
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Camilla Pagani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
145
0.299
social psychology
cognitive psychology
complexity theory
cross-cultural relations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,003,654
Italy
37,039
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Fernando Wario Vázquez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
402
276
0.687
computer vision
computational ethology
deep learning
machine learning
swarm intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,034,171
Italy
37,934
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Francesca Fracasso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
372
336
0.903
Human-Robot interaction
Interactive intelligent systems
Experimental Psychophysiology
Cognitive Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,059,872
Italy
38,700
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Elena Tomasuolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
349
185
0.530
Psicologia
Psicoterapia
Psicolinguistica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,142,798
Italy
41,018
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Vincenzo Galatà
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
284
155
0.546
Phonetics
Second Language Acquisition
Speech Development
Speaker Recognition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,270,395
Italy
44,339
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Daniela Onofrio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
209
144
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,274,467
Italy
44,434
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Giulio Bernardi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
134
0.647
Artificial Intelligence
Planning and Execution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,296,972
Italy
44,993
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Beste Ozcan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
196
169
0.862
AI
Transitional Wearable Companion (TWC)
social robotics
social-emotional interaction
wearable
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,337,517
Italy
46,007
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Federico Da Rold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
158
0.888
Embodied Cognition
Situated Cognition
Artificial Life
Evolutionary Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,368,695
Italy
46,772
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Giovanni Granato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
165
1.000
Computational Neuropsychology/Psychiatry
Consciousness
Executive Functions
Machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,376,086
Italy
46,940
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Giancarlo Petrosino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
57
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,392,028
Italy
47,302
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Barbara Pennacchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
47
0.299
Italian Sign Language
SignWriting
LIS
Lingua Italiana dei Segni
bilinguismo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,444,111
Italy
48,487
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Carmelo Fabio Longo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
138
1.000
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Architectures
Natural Language Processing
Semantic Web