Alessandro Portone

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 978 citations indexed

About

Alessandro Portone is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Portone has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 978 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Portone's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (7 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (5 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (2 papers). Alessandro Portone is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (7 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (5 papers) and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (2 papers). Alessandro Portone collaborates with scholars based in Italy and France. Alessandro Portone's co-authors include Francesco Lacquaniti, Andrea d’Avella, Laure Fernandez, Benedetta Cesqui, Marta Russo, Yuri P. Ivanenko, Germana Cappellini, Francesca Sylos‐Labini and Michael J. MacLellan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Portone

8 papers receiving 964 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Control of Fast-Reaching Movements by Muscle Synergy Combinations

2006 539 citations Andrea d’Avella, Alessandro Portone et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alessandro Portone Italy	8	805	743	177	157	127	8	978
Laure Fernandez France	11	839 1.0×	664 0.9×	168 0.9×	188 1.2×	127 1.0×	19	1.1k
Max Berniker United States	13	723 0.9×	717 1.0×	142 0.8×	212 1.4×	79 0.6×	21	1.2k
Nicholas Cothros Canada	8	535 0.7×	426 0.6×	112 0.6×	155 1.0×	75 0.6×	15	729
Mohammad Darainy Canada	13	816 1.0×	403 0.5×	132 0.7×	253 1.6×	102 0.8×	25	1.0k
Tyler Cluff Canada	16	592 0.7×	403 0.5×	245 1.4×	177 1.1×	69 0.5×	37	840
A.A.M. Tax Netherlands	11	759 0.9×	684 0.9×	180 1.0×	97 0.6×	50 0.4×	12	1.2k
Jinsook Roh United States	12	872 1.1×	896 1.2×	171 1.0×	104 0.7×	388 3.1×	32	1.2k
Isaac Kurtzer United States	20	1.6k 2.0×	1.2k 1.6×	414 2.3×	391 2.5×	69 0.5×	42	1.8k
Ioannis Delis United Kingdom	16	548 0.7×	326 0.4×	83 0.5×	175 1.1×	48 0.4×	34	805
Valeriya Gritsenko United States	14	443 0.6×	445 0.6×	149 0.8×	86 0.5×	181 1.4×	27	754

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Portone

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Russo, Marta, et al.. (2014). Dimensionality of joint torques and muscle patterns for reaching. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 8. 24–24. 51 indexed citations

2.

Sylos‐Labini, Francesca, Yuri P. Ivanenko, Germana Cappellini, et al.. (2013). Changes of Gait Kinematics in Different Simulators of Reduced Gravity. Journal of Motor Behavior. 45(6). 495–505. 22 indexed citations

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Cesqui, Benedetta, et al.. (2013). Spatiotemporal characteristics of muscle patterns for ball catching. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 7. 107–107. 30 indexed citations

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Cesqui, Benedetta, Andrea d’Avella, Alessandro Portone, & Francesco Lacquaniti. (2012). Catching a Ball at the Right Time and Place: Individual Factors Matter. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e31770–e31770. 46 indexed citations

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d’Avella, Andrea, Benedetta Cesqui, Alessandro Portone, & Francesco Lacquaniti. (2011). A new ball launching system with controlled flight parameters for catching experiments. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 196(2). 264–275. 9 indexed citations

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d’Avella, Andrea, Alessandro Portone, & Francesco Lacquaniti. (2011). Superposition and modulation of muscle synergies for reaching in response to a change in target location. Journal of Neurophysiology. 106(6). 2796–2812. 83 indexed citations

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d’Avella, Andrea, Laure Fernandez, Alessandro Portone, & Francesco Lacquaniti. (2008). Modulation of Phasic and Tonic Muscle Synergies With Reaching Direction and Speed. Journal of Neurophysiology. 100(3). 1433–1454. 198 indexed citations

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d’Avella, Andrea, Alessandro Portone, Laure Fernandez, & Francesco Lacquaniti. (2006). Control of Fast-Reaching Movements by Muscle Synergy Combinations. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(30). 7791–7810. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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