Alessio Pignalberi

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Alessio Pignalberi is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessio Pignalberi has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 52 papers in Geophysics and 37 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alessio Pignalberi's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (70 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (52 papers) and GNSS positioning and interference (37 papers). Alessio Pignalberi is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (70 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (52 papers) and GNSS positioning and interference (37 papers). Alessio Pignalberi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Alessio Pignalberi's co-authors include Michael Pezzopane, Roberta Tozzi, Vladimír Truhlík, R. Rizzi, Paola De Michelis, D. Bilitza, B. W. Reinisch, David Altadill, Igino Coco and M. Pietrella and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Alessio Pignalberi

63 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

The International Reference Ionosphere Model: A Review an... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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. The International Reference Ionosphere Model: A Review and Description of an Ionospheric Benchmark
    2022 211 citations D. Bilitza, Michael Pezzopane et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessio Pignalberi Italy 18 969 613 546 212 188 71 1.0k
Volker Wilken Germany 17 916 0.9× 448 0.7× 581 1.1× 166 0.8× 244 1.3× 35 969
Dalia Burešová Czechia 23 1.4k 1.4× 911 1.5× 568 1.0× 301 1.4× 157 0.8× 87 1.4k
Young‐Sil Kwak South Korea 18 1.1k 1.1× 482 0.8× 335 0.6× 331 1.6× 163 0.9× 114 1.1k
V. Paznukhov United States 16 971 1.0× 567 0.9× 572 1.0× 132 0.6× 147 0.8× 32 1.0k
E.O. Oyeyemi Nigeria 19 880 0.9× 530 0.9× 429 0.8× 214 1.0× 178 0.9× 60 920
A. Paul India 18 708 0.7× 357 0.6× 444 0.8× 102 0.5× 248 1.3× 75 776
M. Pietrella Italy 15 635 0.7× 363 0.6× 384 0.7× 144 0.7× 133 0.7× 58 690
Yongqiang Hao China 17 809 0.8× 464 0.8× 294 0.5× 141 0.7× 135 0.7× 94 920
C. M. Denardini Brazil 22 1.5k 1.5× 743 1.2× 530 1.0× 351 1.7× 179 1.0× 117 1.5k
B. Zolesi Italy 19 1.1k 1.1× 511 0.8× 647 1.2× 252 1.2× 303 1.6× 100 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alessio Pignalberi

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Alessio Pignalberi's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Alessio Pignalberi with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Alessio Pignalberi more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Alessio Pignalberi

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alessio Pignalberi. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alessio Pignalberi. The network helps show where Alessio Pignalberi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessio Pignalberi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alessio Pignalberi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alessio Pignalberi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alessio Pignalberi. Alessio Pignalberi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Pietrella, M., et al.. (2025). Simulation of climatological maps of F2-layer basic maximum usable frequency and corresponding skip distance over the European region. Advances in Space Research. 76(7). 3800–3814. 1 indexed citations
2.
Pignalberi, Alessio, B. Nava, Fabricio S. Prol, et al.. (2025). Improving the NeQuick Model in the Plasmasphere Through Radio Occultation and POD TEC Observations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–19. 1 indexed citations
3.
Prol, Fabricio S., Alessio Pignalberi, & Artem Smirnov. (2025). New formulation for the topside ionosphere and plasmasphere based on NeQuick. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate. 15. 48–48.
4.
Pignalberi, Alessio, B. Nava, M. Pietrella, et al.. (2024). Ionospheric equivalent slab thickness ingestion into the NeQuick model. Annals of Geophysics. 66(5). PA528–PA528. 2 indexed citations
5.
Michelis, Paola De, Giuseppe Consolini, Tommaso Alberti, et al.. (2024). Investigating Equatorial Plasma Depletions through CSES-01 Satellite Data. Atmosphere. 15(7). 868–868. 2 indexed citations
6.
Pignalberi, Alessio, Fabio Giannattasio, Vladimír Truhlík, et al.. (2024). Investigating the Main Features of the Correlation Between Electron Density and Temperature in the Topside Ionosphere Through Swarm Satellites Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(3). 5 indexed citations
7.
Michelis, Paola De, et al.. (2023). GPS Loss of Lock Events and Their Dependence on the Interplanetary Magnetic Field Orientation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(7). 1 indexed citations
8.
Pignalberi, Alessio, Michael Pezzopane, Tommaso Alberti, et al.. (2023). Modeling the Topside Ionosphere Effective Scale Height through In Situ Electron Density Observations by Low-Earth-Orbit Satellites. Universe. 9(6). 280–280. 4 indexed citations
9.
Tozzi, Roberta, Paola De Michelis, Giuseppe Consolini, et al.. (2023). Polar Cap Patches Scaling Properties: Insights from Swarm Data. Remote Sensing. 15(17). 4320–4320.
10.
Bilitza, D., Michael Pezzopane, Vladimír Truhlík, et al.. (2022). The International Reference Ionosphere Model: A Review and Description of an Ionospheric Benchmark. Reviews of Geophysics. 60(4). 211 indexed citations breakdown →
11.
Michelis, Paola De, Giuseppe Consolini, Alessio Pignalberi, et al.. (2022). Ionospheric Turbulence: A Challenge for GPS Loss of Lock Understanding. Space Weather. 20(7). 11 indexed citations
12.
Giannattasio, Fabio, Alessio Pignalberi, Paola De Michelis, et al.. (2022). Parallel Electrical Conductivity at Low and Middle Latitudes in the Topside Ionosphere Derived from CSES-01 Measurements. Remote Sensing. 14(20). 5079–5079. 1 indexed citations
13.
Pezzopane, Michael, Alessio Pignalberi, Paola De Michelis, et al.. (2022). On the Best Settings to Calculate Ionospheric Irregularity Indices From the In Situ Plasma Parameters of CSES-01. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 15. 4058–4071. 4 indexed citations
14.
Michelis, Paola De, Giuseppe Consolini, Roberta Tozzi, et al.. (2021). Ionospheric Turbulence and the Equatorial Plasma Density Irregularities: Scaling Features and RODI. Remote Sensing. 13(4). 759–759. 12 indexed citations
15.
Pignalberi, Alessio, Igino Coco, Fabio Giannattasio, et al.. (2021). A New Ionospheric Index to Investigate Electron Temperature Small-Scale Variations in the Topside Ionosphere. Universe. 7(8). 290–290. 5 indexed citations
16.
Giannattasio, Fabio, Alessio Pignalberi, Paola De Michelis, et al.. (2021). Dependence of Parallel Electrical Conductivity in the Topside Ionosphere on Solar and Geomagnetic Activity. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(6). 8 indexed citations
17.
Michelis, Paola De, Alessio Pignalberi, Giuseppe Consolini, et al.. (2020). On the 2015 St. Patrick's Storm Turbulent State of the Ionosphere: Hints From the Swarm Mission. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(8). 28 indexed citations
18.
Piersanti, Mirko, Paola De Michelis, D. Del Moro, et al.. (2020). From the Sun to the Earth: August 25, 2018 geomagnetic storm effects.
19.
Piersanti, Mirko, Paola De Michelis, D. Del Moro, et al.. (2020). From the Sun to Earth: effects of the 25 August 2018 geomagnetic storm. Annales Geophysicae. 38(3). 703–724. 53 indexed citations
20.
Pezzopane, Michael, Mirko Piersanti, Claudio Cesaroni, et al.. (2019). On some features characterizing the plasmasphere–magnetosphere–ionosphere system during the geomagnetic storm of 27 May 2017. Earth Planets and Space. 71(1). 77–77. 20 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Volker Wilken Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dalia Burešová Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Young‐Sil Kwak Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by V. Paznukhov Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by E.O. Oyeyemi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by A. Paul Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by M. Pietrella Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yongqiang Hao Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by C. M. Denardini Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by B. Zolesi
Rankless by CCL
2026