Università del Salento is a prestigious public university established in 1955 in Italy. It is represented by 450 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Natural Sciences (96 scientists), Social Sciences and Humanities (96 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (88 scientists).

Total 450 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Letizia Lusito
Hydrological Modelling
Climate analysis
Statistics
Programming
Oceanography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
56
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Francesco Tornabene
Theory of Shells Plates Arches & Beams
Generalized Differential Quadrature
FEM SFEM WFEM IGA SFIGA WFIGA
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
56
0.718
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Giuseppe Gigli
nanotechnology
physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
53
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Alfonso Maffezzoli
Composite materials
polymers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
40
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Cecilia Bucci
Molecular and cellular biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
40
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Piero Lionello
regional climate
extreme events
synoptic climatology
climate dynamics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
45
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
P Davide Cozzoli
colloidal nanocrystals
materials science
photocatalysis
photovoltaics
optoelectronics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
28
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Stefano Piraino
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
38
0.745
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Sergio Rossi
Marine biology
Ecology
Benthos
Cnidarians
Zoology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Ross Rinaldi|Rosaria Rinaldi
Material Physics
Nanomedicine
Nanotechnologies
Nanoscienze
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
29
0.580
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Adriana Giangrande
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Francesco Paolo Fanizzi
Inorganic
bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
NMR spectroscopy
metabolomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
30
0.638
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Giustina Secund
Open Innovation
Digital Transformation
Academic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial competence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Pasquale Cavaliere
Metallurgy
Engineering
Materials Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
34
0.756
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Giuseppe Mele
Chemistry
Chimica
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Rossana Dimitri
Fracture Mechanics
Debonding
Contact Mechanics
Isogeometric Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Massimiliano Cardinale
Agricultural Microbiology
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Wine Microbiology
Plant Microbiology
Endophytes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Fabrizio Durante
Copulas
Dependence Modeling
Machine Learning
Compound Events
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
26
0.605
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Gianluigi Guido
marketing
consumer behavior
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cosimino Malitesta
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensors
Biomimetic sensors
Molecularly imprinted polymers
XPS
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
İgnazio Ciufolini
General Relativity and Its Tests
Gravitational Physics
Space Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
17
0.405
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Michele Maffia
Cellular and Molecular Physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
28
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Giuseppe Grassi
Complex Systems
Nonlinear Dynamics
Artificial Intelligence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Mariaenrica Frigione
Polymers
Composites
Materials for Construction and Cultural Heritage
Durability of Materials
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Letizia Lusito
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
56
0.500
Hydrological Modelling
Climate analysis
Statistics
Programming
Oceanography
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Francesco Tornabene
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
56
0.718
Theory of Shells Plates Arches & Beams
Generalized Differential Quadrature
FEM SFEM WFEM IGA SFIGA WFIGA
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Giuseppe Gigli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
53
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alfonso Maffezzoli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
40
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Cecilia Bucci
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
40
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Piero Lionello
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
45
0.818
regional climate
extreme events
synoptic climatology
climate dynamics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
P Davide Cozzoli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
28
0.538
colloidal nanocrystals
materials science
photocatalysis
photovoltaics
optoelectronics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stefano Piraino
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
38
0.745
Marine Zoology
Marine Biodiversity
Marine Ecology
Evolution
Systematics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sergio Rossi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andrea Tinelli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
36
0.720
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ross Rinaldi|Rosaria Rinaldi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
29
0.580
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Adriana Giangrande
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
Zoology
marine biology
marine ecology
taxonomy
biodiversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Francesco Paolo Fanizzi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
30
0.638
Inorganic
bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
pharmaceutical chemistry
NMR spectroscopy
metabolomics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Giustina Secund
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
Open Innovation
Digital Transformation
Academic Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial competence
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pasquale Cavaliere
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
34
0.756
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Giuseppe Mele
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rossana Dimitri
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
Fracture Mechanics
Debonding
Contact Mechanics
Isogeometric Analysis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Massimiliano Cardinale
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
Agricultural Microbiology
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria
Wine Microbiology
Plant Microbiology
Endophytes
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fabrizio Durante
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
26
0.605
Copulas
Dependence Modeling
Machine Learning
Compound Events
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gianluigi Guido
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
33
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cosimino Malitesta
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
29
0.690
Analytical Chemistry
Biosensors
Biomimetic sensors
Molecularly imprinted polymers
XPS
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
İgnazio Ciufolini
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
17
0.405
General Relativity and Its Tests
Gravitational Physics
Space Physics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Michele Maffia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
28
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Giuseppe Grassi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
Complex Systems
Nonlinear Dynamics
Artificial Intelligence
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mariaenrica Frigione
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675
Polymers
Composites
Materials for Construction and Cultural Heritage
Durability of Materials