Adolfo Piperno

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 861 citations indexed

About

Adolfo Piperno is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Adolfo Piperno has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 861 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 16 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 3 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Adolfo Piperno's work include Logic, programming, and type systems (15 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (10 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (6 papers). Adolfo Piperno is often cited by papers focused on Logic, programming, and type systems (15 papers), Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (10 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (6 papers). Adolfo Piperno collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Australia. Adolfo Piperno's co-authors include Brendan D. McKay, Ugo de’Liguoro, Pierluigi Crescenzi, Giuseppe Di Battista, Mariangiola Dezani-Ciancaglini, Paolo Penna, Ivano Salvo, Enrico Tronci, Emanuele Cigna and N. Scuderi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, SIAM Journal on Computing and Theoretical Computer Science.

In The Last Decade

Adolfo Piperno

20 papers receiving 811 citations

Hit Papers

Practical graph isomorphism, II 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
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. Practical graph isomorphism, II
    2013 682 citations Brendan D. McKay, Adolfo Piperno Journal of Symbolic Computation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Adolfo Piperno Italy 8 360 318 150 127 118 23 861
Ömer Eğecioǧlu United States 18 271 0.8× 289 0.9× 122 0.8× 256 2.0× 113 1.0× 111 1.1k
Josef Leydold Austria 17 303 0.8× 239 0.8× 109 0.7× 116 0.9× 78 0.7× 54 955
Ravindran Kannan United States 14 336 0.9× 330 1.0× 131 0.9× 93 0.7× 71 0.6× 28 848
Roman Smolensky United States 10 765 2.1× 649 2.0× 65 0.4× 180 1.4× 167 1.4× 17 1.2k
Yuri Rabinovich Israel 14 631 1.8× 265 0.8× 172 1.1× 325 2.6× 82 0.7× 38 1.2k
Konstantin Makarychev United States 18 553 1.5× 349 1.1× 106 0.7× 427 3.4× 99 0.8× 68 1.2k
Ravi B. Boppana United States 13 744 2.1× 532 1.7× 48 0.3× 216 1.7× 117 1.0× 26 1.1k
Virginia Vassilevska Williams United States 18 853 2.4× 472 1.5× 152 1.0× 403 3.2× 75 0.6× 71 1.3k
Luisa Gargano Italy 17 412 1.1× 405 1.3× 102 0.7× 547 4.3× 244 2.1× 88 1.1k
Jacobo Torán Germany 15 721 2.0× 516 1.6× 82 0.5× 153 1.2× 60 0.5× 56 989

Countries citing papers authored by Adolfo Piperno

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adolfo Piperno

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adolfo Piperno

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McKay, Brendan D. & Adolfo Piperno. (2013). Practical graph isomorphism, II. Journal of Symbolic Computation. 60. 94–112. 682 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cigna, Emanuele, et al.. (2012). Metatypical carcinoma of the head: a review of 312 cases.. PubMed. 16(14). 1915–8. 4 indexed citations
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Gradilone, Angela, Paola Gazzaniga, Diego Ribuffo, et al.. (2012). Prognostic significance of tyrosinase expression in sentinel lymph node biopsy for ultra-thin, thin, and thick melanomas.. PubMed. 16(10). 1367–76. 7 indexed citations
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Dezani-Ciancaglini, Mariangiola, Stefano Guerrini, & Adolfo Piperno. (2009). Bohm's Theorem. 1–15.
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Piperno, Adolfo. (2008). Search Space Contraction in Canonical Labeling of Graphs (Preliminary Version). arXiv (Cornell University). 10 indexed citations
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Piperno, Adolfo, et al.. (2003). Some computational properties of intersection types. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 109–118. 5 indexed citations
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Böhm, Corrado & Adolfo Piperno. (2003). Characterizing X-separability and one-side invertibility in lambda - beta - Omega -calculus. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 91–101. 1 indexed citations
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Piperno, Adolfo. (2002). Normalization and extensionality. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 32. 300–310.
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Piperno, Adolfo, et al.. (2002). Type inference and extensionality. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 196–205. 2 indexed citations
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Piperno, Adolfo. (1999). An algebraic view of the Böhm-out technique. Theoretical Computer Science. 212(1-2). 233–246. 2 indexed citations
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Crescenzi, Pierluigi, Paolo Penna, & Adolfo Piperno. (1998). Linear area upward drawings of AVL trees. Computational Geometry. 9(1-2). 25–42. 8 indexed citations
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Dezani-Ciancaglini, Mariangiola, Ugo de’Liguoro, & Adolfo Piperno. (1998). A Filter Model for Concurrent $\lambda$-Calculus. SIAM Journal on Computing. 27(5). 1376–1419. 30 indexed citations
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Dezani-Ciancaglini, Mariangiola, Ugo de’Liguoro, & Adolfo Piperno. (1996). Filter models for conjunctive-disjunctive λ-calculi. Theoretical Computer Science. 170(1-2). 83–128. 8 indexed citations
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de’Liguoro, Ugo & Adolfo Piperno. (1995). Nondeterministic Extensions of Untyped λ-Calculus. Information and Computation. 122(2). 149–177. 23 indexed citations
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Böhm, Corrado, Adolfo Piperno, & Stefano Guerrini. (1994). Lambda-Definition of Function(al)s by Normal Forms. 135–149. 4 indexed citations
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Dezani-Ciancaglini, Mariangiola, Ugo de’Liguoro, & Adolfo Piperno. (1994). Fully Abstract Semantics for Concurrent Lambda-calculus. 16–35. 6 indexed citations
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de’Liguoro, Ugo & Adolfo Piperno. (1992). Must Preorder in Non-Deterministic Untyped Lambda-Calculus. 203–220. 5 indexed citations
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Crescenzi, Pierluigi, Giuseppe Di Battista, & Adolfo Piperno. (1992). A note on optimal area algorithms for upward drawings of binary trees. Computational Geometry. 2(4). 187–200. 49 indexed citations
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Piperno, Adolfo & Enrico Tronci. (1990). REGULAR SYSTEMS OF EQUATIONS IN λ-CALCULUS. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science. 1(3). 325–339. 5 indexed citations
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Piperno, Adolfo. (1989). Abstraction problems in combinatory logic: A compositive approach. Theoretical Computer Science. 66(1). 27–43. 3 indexed citations

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