Joseph M. Romano

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Joseph M. Romano is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph M. Romano has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Joseph M. Romano's work include Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (8 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (8 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (6 papers). Joseph M. Romano is often cited by papers focused on Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (8 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (8 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (6 papers). Joseph M. Romano collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Germany. Joseph M. Romano's co-authors include Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Robert J. Webster, Noah J. Cowan, Günter Niemeyer, Sachin Chitta, Kaijen Hsiao, Peter R. Wurman, Kei Okada, Kris Hauser and Kostas E. Bekris and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Journal of Medicine, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

In The Last Decade

Joseph M. Romano

21 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mechanics of Precurved-Tube Continuum Robots

2008 388 citations Robert J. Webster, Joseph M. Romano et al. IEEE Transactions on Robotics profile →
Analysis and Observations From the First Amazon Picking Challenge

2016 288 citations Nikolaus Correll, Kostas E. Bekris et al. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph M. Romano United States	16	890	708	512	475	248	22	1.6k
Ralph Hollis United States	24	809 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	449 0.9×	817 1.7×	292 1.2×	111	2.3k
Manuel Ferré Spain	20	495 0.6×	491 0.7×	266 0.5×	687 1.4×	221 0.9×	138	1.5k
Caihua Xiong China	31	1.8k 2.0×	953 1.3×	324 0.6×	619 1.3×	118 0.5×	177	2.9k
Fanny Ficuciello Italy	25	1.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	324 0.6×	608 1.3×	129 0.5×	90	2.0k
Juan Antonio Corrales Ramón Spain	16	949 1.1×	810 1.1×	480 0.9×	287 0.6×	125 0.5×	58	1.6k
Marco Gabiccini Italy	25	885 1.0×	995 1.4×	448 0.9×	874 1.8×	116 0.5×	77	2.0k
Tucker Hermans United States	22	536 0.6×	624 0.9×	248 0.5×	171 0.4×	78 0.3×	53	1.3k
Makoto Shimojo Japan	21	1.0k 1.1×	703 1.0×	393 0.8×	353 0.7×	89 0.4×	128	1.4k
Myron Diftler United States	18	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	180 0.4×	488 1.0×	137 0.6×	45	2.0k
Wenzhen Yuan United States	20	1.7k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	1.6k 3.1×	334 0.7×	364 1.5×	46	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph M. Romano

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All Works

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Romano, Joseph M., et al.. (2025). Antimicrobial Activity of Gels Supplemented With Nanoparticles as Intracanal Medication in Endodontics: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of In Vitro, In Vivo, and RCT Studies. Journal of Nanotechnology. 2025(1).

Wurman, Peter R. & Joseph M. Romano. (2016). Amazon Picking Challenge 2015. AI Magazine. 37(2). 97–98. 12 indexed citations

Correll, Nikolaus, Kostas E. Bekris, Dmitry Berenson, et al.. (2016). Analysis and Observations From the First Amazon Picking Challenge. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 15(1). 172–188. 288 indexed citations breakdown →

Wurman, Peter R. & Joseph M. Romano. (2015). The Amazon Picking Challenge 2015 [Competitions]. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 22(3). 10–12. 21 indexed citations

Romano, Joseph M. & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. (2014). Methods for robotic tool-mediated haptic surface recognition. 49–56. 38 indexed citations

Romano, Joseph M., Ján Brindza, & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. (2013). ROS open-source audio recognizer: ROAR environmental sound detection tools for robot programming. Autonomous Robots. 34(3). 207–215. 13 indexed citations

Culbertson, Heather, Joseph M. Romano, Pablo Castillo, Max Mintz, & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. (2012). Refined methods for creating realistic haptic virtual textures from tool-mediated contact acceleration data. 385–391. 45 indexed citations

Romano, Joseph M., et al.. (2011). Planning Manipulation and Grasping Tasks With a Redundant Arm. 1111–1119. 1 indexed citations

Romano, Joseph M. & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. (2011). Creating Realistic Virtual Textures from Contact Acceleration Data. IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 5(2). 109–119. 167 indexed citations

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Romano, Joseph M., Kaijen Hsiao, Günter Niemeyer, Sachin Chitta, & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. (2011). Human-Inspired Robotic Grasp Control With Tactile Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 27(6). 1067–1079. 294 indexed citations

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Rucker, D. Caleb, et al.. (2010). Visual sensing of continuum robot shape using self-organizing maps. 4591–4596. 60 indexed citations

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Winfree, Kyle N., et al.. (2010). Control of a high fidelity ungrounded torque feedback device: The iTorqU 2.1. 1347–1352. 15 indexed citations

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Romano, Joseph M., Takashi Yoshioka, & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. (2010). Automatic filter design for synthesis of haptic textures from recorded acceleration data. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 1815–1821. 46 indexed citations

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Romano, Joseph M. & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. (2009). The AirWand: Design and characterization of a large-workspace haptic device. 17 indexed citations

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Romano, Joseph M., Alla Safonova, & Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. (2008). Real-Time Graphic and Haptic Simulation of Deformable Tissue Puncture. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 4 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert J., Joseph M. Romano, & Noah J. Cowan. (2008). Kinematics and calibration of active cannulas. 3888–3895. 33 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert J., Joseph M. Romano, & Noah J. Cowan. (2008). Mechanics of Precurved-Tube Continuum Robots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 25(1). 67–78. 388 indexed citations breakdown →

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Romano, Joseph M., Robert J. Webster, & Allison M. Okamura. (2007). Teleoperation of Steerable Needles. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings. 934–939. 39 indexed citations

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Yu, Victor L., et al.. (1982). Disseminated listeriosis presenting as acute hepatitis. The American Journal of Medicine. 73(5). 773–777. 33 indexed citations

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Romano, Joseph M., et al.. (1981). In vitro activity, efficacy, and pharmacology of moxalactam, a new beta-lactam antibiotic. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 20(5). 642–647. 8 indexed citations

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