Luigi Maffei

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Luigi Maffei is a scholar working on Speech and Hearing, Cognitive Neuroscience and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Luigi Maffei has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Speech and Hearing, 37 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 23 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Luigi Maffei's work include Noise Effects and Management (64 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (30 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (23 papers). Luigi Maffei is often cited by papers focused on Noise Effects and Management (64 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (30 papers) and Urban Green Space and Health (23 papers). Luigi Maffei collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Portugal. Luigi Maffei's co-authors include Massimiliano Masullo, Gennaro Ruggiero, Virginia Puyana‐Romero, Francesco Aletta, Giovanni Brambilla, Tina Iachini, Aniello Pascale, Francesco Ruotolo, Vincenzo Paolo Senese and Maria Di Gabriele and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Luigi Maffei

98 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment
    2016 315 citations Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta 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
Luigi Maffei Italy 25 1.1k 697 688 304 286 110 1.9k
Massimiliano Masullo Italy 23 668 0.6× 484 0.7× 375 0.5× 220 0.7× 164 0.6× 92 1.4k
Joo Young Hong South Korea 22 1.6k 1.4× 873 1.3× 839 1.2× 367 1.2× 341 1.2× 57 1.9k
Tin Oberman United Kingdom 21 1.1k 0.9× 511 0.7× 668 1.0× 212 0.7× 243 0.8× 68 1.3k
Pyoung Jik Lee United Kingdom 25 1.6k 1.4× 579 0.8× 886 1.3× 271 0.9× 575 2.0× 78 2.0k
Bert De Coensel Belgium 26 1.7k 1.4× 722 1.0× 867 1.3× 281 0.9× 532 1.9× 124 2.2k
Francesco Aletta United Kingdom 36 3.2k 2.8× 1.6k 2.3× 2.0k 2.9× 569 1.9× 746 2.6× 162 3.9k
Arianna Astolfi Italy 27 1.3k 1.1× 221 0.3× 1.1k 1.6× 145 0.5× 427 1.5× 189 2.3k
Timothy Van Renterghem Belgium 30 2.0k 1.8× 1.3k 1.8× 707 1.0× 1.1k 3.6× 969 3.4× 154 3.1k
Qi Meng China 19 646 0.6× 404 0.6× 330 0.5× 188 0.6× 106 0.4× 66 1.0k
Maarten Hornikx Netherlands 20 700 0.6× 284 0.4× 388 0.6× 372 1.2× 620 2.2× 110 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Luigi Maffei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luigi Maffei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luigi Maffei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luigi Maffei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luigi Maffei 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 Luigi Maffei. Luigi Maffei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Masullo, Massimiliano, et al.. (2025). Tuning the taste: How acoustic environments and cultural differences moderate the taste and mouthfeel of orange juice. Applied Acoustics. 240. 110921–110921.
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Rosato, Antonio, et al.. (2024). Influence of Building Electric Demands on Performance of a Vertical Axis Micro Wind Turbine in Italy: Energy, Environmental and Economic Numerical Assessment. Journal Européen des Systèmes Automatisés. 57(6). 1639–1647. 1 indexed citations
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Ruotolo, Francesco, Mariachiara Rapuano, Massimiliano Masullo, et al.. (2023). Well-being and multisensory urban parks at different ages: The role of interoception and audiovisual perception. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 93. 102219–102219. 24 indexed citations
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Rapuano, Mariachiara, Maria Sarno, Francesco Ruotolo, et al.. (2023). Emotional Reactions to Different Indoor Solutions: The Role of Age. Buildings. 13(7). 1737–1737. 4 indexed citations
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Masullo, Massimiliano, et al.. (2023). Urban Park Lighting Quality Perception: An Immersive Virtual Reality Experiment. Sustainability. 15(3). 2069–2069. 20 indexed citations
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Maffei, Luigi, et al.. (2023). Road traffic noise informational masking with water sound sequences: From laboratory simulation to field study. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153(3_supplement). A233–A233.
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Arpaïa, Pasquale, et al.. (2023). Electroencephalographic-based wearable instrumentation to monitor the executive functions during gait: a feasibility study. ACTA IMEKO. 12(2). 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Maffei, Luigi, et al.. (2023). Exploring the restorative benefits of work in smart working structures on vacations in small villages. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1232318–1232318. 2 indexed citations
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Maffei, Luigi, et al.. (2023). Assessment of Sighted and Visually Impaired Users to the Physical and Perceptual Dimensions of an Oasis Settlement Urban Park. Sustainability. 15(8). 7014–7014. 10 indexed citations
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Maffei, Luigi, et al.. (2021). Physical and perceptual dimensions of open urban spaces in Biskra, Algeria. NOISE-CON proceedings. 263(3). 3160–3166. 5 indexed citations
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Masullo, Massimiliano, Luigi Maffei, Tina Iachini, et al.. (2021). A questionnaire investigating the emotional salience of sounds. Applied Acoustics. 182. 108281–108281. 28 indexed citations
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Scorpio, Michelangelo, Massimiliano Masullo, Giovanni Ciampi, et al.. (2020). Virtual Reality for Smart Urban Lighting Design: Review, Applications and Opportunities. Energies. 13(15). 3809–3809. 49 indexed citations
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Iachini, Tina, Luigi Maffei, Massimiliano Masullo, et al.. (2018). The experience of virtual reality: are individual differences in mental imagery associated with sense of presence?. Cognitive Processing. 20(3). 291–298. 62 indexed citations
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Ciampi, Giovanni, Antonio Rosato, Sergio Sibilio, et al.. (2018). Thermal Performance of an Electric-Driven Smart Window: Experiments in a Full-Scale Test Room and Simulation Model. Syracuse University Libraries (Syracuse University). 835–840. 1 indexed citations
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Aletta, Francesco, et al.. (2016). Effetti di diverse azioni di mitigazione del traffico urbano sui livelli di rumore ambientale - Effects of different urban traffic mitigation actions on cities' noise levels. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Maffei, Luigi, et al.. (2011). Potentialities of the immersive virtual reality in environmental noise annoyance studies. 1. 2 indexed citations
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Iannace, Gino, et al.. (1999). Steady-state air-flow and acoustic measurement of the resistivity of loose granular materials. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 106(3). 1416–1419. 13 indexed citations

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