Alberto Ballerio

488 total citations
29 papers, 175 citations indexed

About

Alberto Ballerio is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Ballerio has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 175 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Paleontology, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Alberto Ballerio's work include Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (23 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (18 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Alberto Ballerio is often cited by papers focused on Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography (23 papers), Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (18 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Alberto Ballerio collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Brazil and United States. Alberto Ballerio's co-authors include Vasily V. Grebennikov, Clarke H. Scholtz, Federico C. Ocampo, Frank‐Thorsten Krell, Dirk Ahrens, Thomas Wesener‍, Marianne Espeland, Bernhard A. Huber, Jonas Eberle and Shane T. Ahyong and has published in prestigious journals such as Zootaxa, Communications Biology and Systematic Entomology.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Ballerio

26 papers receiving 154 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alberto Ballerio Italy 7 123 96 42 42 31 29 175
Borislav Guéorguiev Bulgaria 7 110 0.9× 50 0.5× 44 1.0× 51 1.2× 48 1.5× 48 172
Maxwell V. L. Barclay United Kingdom 8 152 1.2× 61 0.6× 72 1.7× 71 1.7× 63 2.0× 41 225
Sônia A. Casari Brazil 9 214 1.7× 86 0.9× 91 2.2× 87 2.1× 55 1.8× 57 265
Paschoal Coelho Grossi Brazil 8 169 1.4× 140 1.5× 48 1.1× 55 1.3× 82 2.6× 80 253
Alexey K. Tishechkin United States 10 191 1.6× 78 0.8× 105 2.5× 118 2.8× 100 3.2× 47 295
José M. Salgado Spain 3 99 0.8× 93 1.0× 55 1.3× 53 1.3× 20 0.6× 9 163
J. O. Westwood Canada 6 61 0.5× 22 0.2× 44 1.0× 32 0.8× 25 0.8× 20 156
Оttó Merkl Hungary 7 231 1.9× 93 1.0× 128 3.0× 40 1.0× 112 3.6× 66 305
Johann Christian Fabricius 2 117 1.0× 21 0.2× 52 1.2× 56 1.3× 44 1.4× 3 163
Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero Mexico 9 245 2.0× 105 1.1× 188 4.5× 79 1.9× 72 2.3× 44 314

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Ballerio

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lü, Yuanyuan, Alberto Ballerio, Shuo Wang, et al.. (2022). The evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae. Communications Biology. 5(1). 777–777. 9 indexed citations
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Ahrens, Dirk, Shane T. Ahyong, Alberto Ballerio, et al.. (2021). Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses? - A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021). Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Ahrens, Dirk, Shane T. Ahyong, Alberto Ballerio, et al.. (2021). Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021). Zootaxa. 5027(2). 151–159. 40 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto, et al.. (2020). Notes on the Chinese fauna of Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae), with description of a new species of Eusphaeropeltis Gestro, 1898. Zootaxa. 4851(1). zootaxa.4851.1.9–zootaxa.4851.1.9. 3 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto, Frank‐Thorsten Krell, Aleš Bezděk, et al.. (2018). Case 3768 – Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by giving it precedence over Hybosorus pinguis Westwood, 1845, Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845 and Hybosoruscarolinus LeConte, 1847. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 75(1). 152–152. 3 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto, et al.. (2017). Remarks on some Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) in Dominican amber. Zootaxa. 4286(1). 2 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto & Vasily V. Grebennikov. (2016). Rolling into a ball: phylogeny of the Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) inferred from adult morphology and origin of a unique body enrollment coaptation in terrestrial arthropods. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 74(1). 23–52. 19 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto. (2013). Revision of the Australian Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae). ZooKeys. 339(339). 67–91. 1 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto. (2012). Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of the specific name of Scarabaeus fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Aphodius fimetarius; Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEIDAE) by designation of a neotype (Case 3579) 5. The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. 69(3). 2 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto, Bruce D. Gill, & Vasily V. Grebennikov. (2011). Illustrated overview and identification key to Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) with description of four new species. Zootaxa. 2892(1). 5 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto & Giuseppe M. Carpaneto. (2009). Two new records of ceratocanthinae from northeastern Argentina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, Hybosoridae). Neotropical Entomology. 38(1). 149–151. 1 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto. (2009). Unusual Morphology in a New Genus and Species of Ceratocanthinae from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 63(1). 44–53. 4 indexed citations
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Krell, Frank‐Thorsten, Alberto Ballerio, Andrew B. T. Smith, & Paolo Audisio. (2006). Gnorimus Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1828 and Osmoderma Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Serville, 1828 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of the generic names. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 63(3). 177–183. 5 indexed citations
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Grebennikov, Vasily V., Alberto Ballerio, Federico C. Ocampo, & Clarke H. Scholtz. (2004). Larvae of Ceratocanthidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): study of morphology, phylogenetic analysis and evidence of paraphyly of Hybosoridae. Systematic Entomology. 29(4). 524–543. 23 indexed citations
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Audisio, Paolo, et al.. (2003). Osmoderma eremita s.l. in Europa meridionale: stato delle conoscenze e problemi di conservazione (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae).. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 57–60. 7 indexed citations
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Grebennikov, Vasily V., Alberto Ballerio, & Clarke H. Scholtz. (2002). Larva and pupa of Cyphopisthes descarpentriesi Paulian (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ceratocanthidae) and their phylogenetic implications. Australian Journal of Entomology. 41(4). 367–374. 10 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto. (2000). Revision of the genus Ebbrittoniella Martinez (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ceratocanthidae). Revue suisse de zoologie. 107. 259–275. 5 indexed citations
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Ballerio, Alberto. (2000). A new genus and species of Ceratocanthidae from Tanzania (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). African Zoology. 35(1). 131–137. 8 indexed citations

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