Gianni Piazza

907 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 527 citations indexed

About

Gianni Piazza is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianni Piazza has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 527 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 2 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Gianni Piazza's work include Historical and Environmental Studies (6 papers), Italian Social Issues and Migration (5 papers) and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (3 papers). Gianni Piazza is often cited by papers focused on Historical and Environmental Studies (6 papers), Italian Social Issues and Migration (5 papers) and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (3 papers). Gianni Piazza collaborates with scholars based in Italy. Gianni Piazza's co-authors include Donatella della Porta, Francesca Forno, Lorenzo Mosca, Alberta Giorgi and Massimiliano Andretta and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Antipode.

In The Last Decade

Gianni Piazza

20 papers receiving 486 citations

Hit Papers

Partecipazione e Conflitto 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300
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. Partecipazione e Conflitto
    2008 358 citations Francesca Forno, Lorenzo Mosca et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gianni Piazza Italy 9 309 193 73 56 45 23 527
Marcos Ancelovici Canada 9 267 0.9× 150 0.8× 27 0.4× 52 0.9× 32 0.7× 18 471
Marion Orr United States 14 419 1.4× 201 1.0× 54 0.7× 83 1.5× 37 0.8× 34 761
John Krinsky United States 12 312 1.0× 153 0.8× 58 0.8× 71 1.3× 35 0.8× 29 478
Robert M. Fishman United States 12 289 0.9× 278 1.4× 32 0.4× 55 1.0× 17 0.4× 29 526
Donatella Alessandra Della Porta Italy 5 343 1.1× 300 1.6× 118 1.6× 29 0.5× 30 0.7× 10 605
James Brassett United Kingdom 16 344 1.1× 246 1.3× 51 0.7× 19 0.3× 88 2.0× 46 668
Clemente J. Navarro Spain 12 200 0.6× 266 1.4× 108 1.5× 145 2.6× 16 0.4× 80 633
Janette Hartz‐Karp Australia 10 160 0.5× 154 0.8× 182 2.5× 42 0.8× 21 0.5× 20 456
Georgina Blakeley United Kingdom 8 250 0.8× 252 1.3× 20 0.3× 110 2.0× 62 1.4× 22 506
Pablo Policzer Canada 4 248 0.8× 188 1.0× 19 0.3× 49 0.9× 22 0.5× 10 429

Countries citing papers authored by Gianni Piazza

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gianni Piazza

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianni Piazza

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gianni Piazza. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gianni Piazza 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 Gianni Piazza. Gianni Piazza 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
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Porta, Donatella della & Gianni Piazza. (2022). Voices of the Valley, Voices of the Straits. Berghahn Books.
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Piazza, Gianni, et al.. (2020). The protests of migrants in Sicily: Why are there few and only single-issue?. Geopolitics. 27(4). 1284–1307. 1 indexed citations
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Piazza, Gianni, et al.. (2019). LULUs Movements in Multilevel Struggles: A Comparison of Four Movements in Italy. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento). 14(3). 477–513. 8 indexed citations
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Piazza, Gianni. (2013). M. Roccato e T. Mannarini, Non nel mio giardino. Prendere sul serio i movimenti Nimby, 2012. Rassegna italiana di sociologia. 165–166. 1 indexed citations
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Piazza, Gianni. (2011). Contesting Development: Critical Struggles for Social Change. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 40(1). 63–65. 6 indexed citations
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Piazza, Gianni. (2011). Which Models of Democracy? Internal and External Decision-Making Processes of Italian Social Centres in a Comparative Study 2011. 2011(1). 6 indexed citations
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Andretta, Massimiliano & Gianni Piazza. (2010). Le sinistre nel movimento per la giustizia globale: ascesa e declino dell’attivismo transnazionale? Una introduzione. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Giorgi, Alberta, et al.. (2010). Alla Ricerca Dell’Onda. I nuovi conflitti nell'istruzione superiore. 17 indexed citations
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Giorgi, Alberta & Gianni Piazza. (2010). Scienze politiche e sociali, ricerche, auto-inchiesta. Aisberg (University of Bergamo). 7. 46–61. 1 indexed citations
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Porta, Donatella della & Gianni Piazza. (2008). Le ragioni del no: Le campagne contro la TAV in Val di Susa e il Ponte sullo Stretto. Feltrinelli eBooks. 113(5874). 45–7. 24 indexed citations
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Porta, Donatella della & Gianni Piazza. (2008). VOICES OF THE VALLEY, VOICES OF THE STRAITS. Berghahn Books. 22 indexed citations
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Forno, Francesca, et al.. (2008). Partecipazione e Conflitto. 358 indexed citations breakdown →
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Porta, Donatella della & Gianni Piazza. (2007). Local contention, global framing: The protest campaigns against the TAV in Val di Susa and the bridge on the Messina Straits. Environmental Politics. 16(5). 864–882. 33 indexed citations
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Piazza, Gianni, et al.. (2002). I PARLAMENTARI DI FORZA ITALIA: UN GRUPPO A SOSTEGNO DI UNA LEADERSHIP?. Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. 32(3). 425–457. 2 indexed citations

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