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![Alberto Bemporad](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6d/1873643.jpg)
control systems
model predictive control
automotive control
quadratic programming
nonlinear system identification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,493
16,566
0.381
![Pietro Pietrini](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/1854462.jpg)
Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Psychology
Forensic Psychiatry
Imaging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,463
7,518
0.264
![Michela Del Vicario](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5e/1809055.jpg)
Social Contagion
Opinion Dynamics
Network Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,704
5,620
0.838
![Marco Paggi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/38/1799325.jpg)
Interface problems
Coupled problems
Photovoltaics durability
Fracture Mechanics
Contact Mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,728
5,103
0.660
![Ana Lucía Schmidt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/96/1767320.jpg)
social media mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,862
4,752
0.977
![Emiliano Ricciardi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/18/1793778.jpg)
neuroimaging
perception
cognitive neuroscience
psychophysiology
sensory deprivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,557
4,343
0.575
![Massimo Riccaboni](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ea/1851948.jpg)
economics of innovation
applied economics
machine learning
innovation
networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,523
3,797
0.399
![Mario Zanon](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/58/1801002.jpg)
Model Predictive Control
Optimal Control
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,005
3,231
0.807
![Tiziano Squartini](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/34/5726122.jpg)
Complex Networks Theory
Statistical Physics
Econophysics
Sociophysics
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,155
2,845
0.685
![Rocco De Nicola](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5a/1856782.jpg)
Concurrency Theory
Programming Languages
Formal Methods
Distributed Systems
Cybersecurity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,414
2,481
0.217
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Luca Cecchetti](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c6/1796744.jpg)
social neuroscience
affective neuroscience
emotion
fMRI
MRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,452
2,075
0.846
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Giulio Bernardi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/29/1806729.jpg)
neuroscience
sleep
plasticity
dreams
EEG
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,432
1,983
0.815
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Giacomo Handjaras](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3c/1805137.jpg)
Neuroscience
fMRI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,214
1,831
0.827
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Fabio Saracco](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0d/1801810.jpg)
Entropy
Economic Complexity
Complex Networks
String Theory
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,570
0.886
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Michelangelo Puliga](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5c/1809118.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
1,486
0.616
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Fabio Pinelli](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/10/1801772.jpg)
Data mining
spatio-temporal data mining
Machine Learning
intelligent transportation systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,263
1,412
0.331
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Giorgio Gnecco](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/11/907917.jpg)
Machine Learning
Actuarial and Financial Sciences
Economics
Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,196
1,404
0.639
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Massimo Minervini](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b1/1851894.jpg)
Computer vision
machine learning
data compression
precision agriculture
plant phenotyping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
1,172
0.701
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Alessandro Pigoni](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e3/1874506.jpg)
Psychiatry
Brain Imaging
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,207
1,120
0.928
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Mirco Tribastone](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c6/1809605.jpg)
Software Performance Engineering
Concurrency Theory
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,658
1,098
0.413
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Ünal Seven](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a7/1871699.jpg)
Macroeconomics
Development Economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Financial Frictions
Firm Dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
960
0.879
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Rossana Mastrandrea](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c6/1857210.jpg)
Complex Networks
Brain
Economics
Epidemics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,171
892
0.762
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Davide Bottari](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/99/1791501.jpg)
Experience Dependent Plasticity
Sensory Deprivation
Recovery of Sensory Functions
Electrophysiology
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
891
0.602
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Armando Rungi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
international economics
industrial organization
corporate finance
microeconometrics
machine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
876
0.632
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Lorenzo Casini](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9d/1796413.jpg)
Cultural Heritage Law
Sports Law
Global Administrative Law
Comparative Law
Public Administration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
810
0.511
Alberto Bemporad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,493
16,566
0.381
control systems
model predictive control
automotive control
quadratic programming
nonlinear system identification
Pietro Pietrini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,463
7,518
0.264
Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Psychology
Forensic Psychiatry
Imaging
Michela Del Vicario
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,704
5,620
0.838
Social Contagion
Opinion Dynamics
Network Science
Marco Paggi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,728
5,103
0.660
Interface problems
Coupled problems
Photovoltaics durability
Fracture Mechanics
Contact Mechanics
Ana Lucía Schmidt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,862
4,752
0.977
Emiliano Ricciardi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,557
4,343
0.575
neuroimaging
perception
cognitive neuroscience
psychophysiology
sensory deprivation
Massimo Riccaboni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,523
3,797
0.399
economics of innovation
applied economics
machine learning
innovation
networks
Mario Zanon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,005
3,231
0.807
Tiziano Squartini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,155
2,845
0.685
Complex Networks Theory
Statistical Physics
Econophysics
Sociophysics
Data Science
Rocco De Nicola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,414
2,481
0.217
Concurrency Theory
Programming Languages
Formal Methods
Distributed Systems
Cybersecurity
Luca Cecchetti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,452
2,075
0.846
Giulio Bernardi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,432
1,983
0.815
neuroscience
sleep
plasticity
dreams
EEG
Giacomo Handjaras
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,214
1,831
0.827
Fabio Saracco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,773
1,570
0.886
Entropy
Economic Complexity
Complex Networks
String Theory
Cosmology
Michelangelo Puliga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,413
1,486
0.616
Fabio Pinelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,263
1,412
0.331
Data mining
spatio-temporal data mining
Machine Learning
intelligent transportation systems
Giorgio Gnecco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,196
1,404
0.639
Machine Learning
Actuarial and Financial Sciences
Economics
Engineering
Massimo Minervini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,672
1,172
0.701
Computer vision
machine learning
data compression
precision agriculture
plant phenotyping
Alessandro Pigoni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,207
1,120
0.928
Psychiatry
Brain Imaging
Machine Learning
Mirco Tribastone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,658
1,098
0.413
Software Performance Engineering
Concurrency Theory
Computational Biology
Ünal Seven
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,092
960
0.879
Macroeconomics
Development Economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Financial Frictions
Firm Dynamics
Rossana Mastrandrea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,171
892
0.762
Complex Networks
Brain
Economics
Epidemics
Davide Bottari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,480
891
0.602
Experience Dependent Plasticity
Sensory Deprivation
Recovery of Sensory Functions
Electrophysiology
Development
Armando Rungi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,386
876
0.632
international economics
industrial organization
corporate finance
microeconometrics
machine
Lorenzo Casini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,585
810
0.511
Cultural Heritage Law
Sports Law
Global Administrative Law
Comparative Law
Public Administration