Mario Amato

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Mario Amato is a scholar working on Insect Science, Social Psychology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mario Amato has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Insect Science, 13 papers in Social Psychology and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mario Amato's work include Insect Utilization and Effects (15 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (13 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (9 papers). Mario Amato is often cited by papers focused on Insect Utilization and Effects (15 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (13 papers) and Environmental Sustainability in Business (9 papers). Mario Amato collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Denmark and Finland. Mario Amato's co-authors include Fabio Verneau, Francesco La Barbera, Klaus G. Grunert, Giovanni Sogari, Laura Gasco, Ilaria Biasato, Teresa Del Giudice, Susanne N. Kolle, Adele Coppola and Eugenio Pomarici and has published in prestigious journals such as Nutrients, Frontiers in Plant Science and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Mario Amato

33 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Understanding Westerners’ disgust for the eating of insects: The role of food neophobia and implicit associations

2017 274 citations Francesco La Barbera, Fabio Verneau et al. Food Quality and Preference profile →
The Potential Role of Insects as Feed: A Multi-Perspective Review

2019 265 citations Giovanni Sogari, Mario Amato et al. Animals profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mario Amato Italy	19	910	695	346	258	249	34	1.4k
Fabio Verneau Italy	21	689 0.8×	579 0.8×	564 1.6×	481 1.9×	472 1.9×	60	1.8k
Alessia Lombardi Italy	15	185 0.2×	165 0.2×	402 1.2×	399 1.5×	292 1.2×	36	1.1k
Hanna Schösler Netherlands	12	331 0.4×	288 0.4×	454 1.3×	838 3.2×	401 1.6×	19	2.0k
Mario Veneziani Italy	10	197 0.2×	180 0.3×	174 0.5×	251 1.0×	275 1.1×	24	759
Roberta Moruzzo Italy	17	695 0.8×	515 0.7×	230 0.7×	137 0.5×	235 0.9×	52	1.2k
Mohammed Hussen Alemu Denmark	13	242 0.3×	206 0.3×	178 0.5×	78 0.3×	88 0.4×	24	623
Paul Vantomme Italy	14	1.6k 1.7×	987 1.4×	161 0.5×	113 0.4×	224 0.9×	30	1.9k
M.C.D. Verain Netherlands	17	130 0.1×	145 0.2×	541 1.6×	547 2.1×	414 1.7×	34	1.4k
Sara De Pelsmaeker Belgium	12	165 0.2×	167 0.2×	97 0.3×	453 1.8×	89 0.4×	18	729
Taofic Alabi Belgium	11	1.1k 1.2×	738 1.1×	182 0.5×	145 0.6×	209 0.8×	31	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mario Amato

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Amato, Mario, Adele Coppola, Marilena Furno, & Fabio Verneau. (2025). Gender disparities in agricultural entrepreneurship: evidence from Italy using FADN data. Agricultural and Food Economics. 13(1).

Bentivoglio, Deborah, et al.. (2025). Blockchain adoption in Italian winemaking: insights from a PLS-SEM study. British Food Journal. 127(13). 396–411. 2 indexed citations

Amato, Mario, et al.. (2024). Beyond the Finish Line: Sustainability Hurdles in the EU–Mercosur Free Trade Agreement. Social Sciences. 13(7). 362–362. 2 indexed citations

Amato, Mario, Eugenio Demartini, Anna Gaviglio, Maria Elena Marescotti, & Fabio Verneau. (2023). Consumers’ Preferences for Chicken Fed on Different Processed Animal Proteins: A Best–Worst Analysis in Italy. Nutrients. 15(7). 1800–1800. 4 indexed citations

Demartini, Eugenio, et al.. (2023). Acceptance of alternative meats among different dietarian styles: An explorative analysis in Italy. Food Quality and Preference. 113. 105060–105060. 15 indexed citations

Sogari, Giovanni, et al.. (2023). The future is crawling: Evaluating the potential of insects for food and feed security. Current Research in Food Science. 6. 100504–100504. 34 indexed citations

Amato, Mario, et al.. (2023). Stakeholder Beliefs about Alternative Proteins: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 15(4). 837–837. 9 indexed citations

Amato, Mario, et al.. (2022). The Interaction between Message Sensation Value and Food Neophobia in Communication about Insect-Based Foods: An Experiment with Italian Consumers. Nutrients. 15(1). 191–191. 6 indexed citations

Barbera, Francesco La, et al.. (2022). Social Emotions and Good Provider Norms in Tackling Household Food Waste: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Sustainability. 14(15). 9681–9681. 24 indexed citations

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Viscardi, Sharon, et al.. (2021). VOLATILE PROFILE AND CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY OF NATURAL YOGHURTS ELABORATED WITH CHILEAN NATIVE CULTURES OF ENTEROCOCCUS SP. STRAIN BB3 AND LACTOBACILLUS SP. STRAIN BB6. Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society. 66(3). 5280–5284. 4 indexed citations

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Marescotti, Maria Elena, Mario Amato, Eugenio Demartini, et al.. (2021). The Effect of Verbal and Iconic Messages in the Promotion of High-Quality Mountain Cheese: A Non-Hypothetical BDM Approach. Nutrients. 13(9). 3063–3063. 5 indexed citations

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Amato, Mario, et al.. (2020). New Hope for a “Cursed” Crop? Understanding Stakeholder Attitudes to Plant Molecular Farming With Modified Tobacco in Europe. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 791–791. 1 indexed citations

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Coppola, Adele, Alfonso Scardera, Mario Amato, & Fabio Verneau. (2020). Income Levels and Farm Economic Viability in Italian Farms: An Analysis of FADN Data. Sustainability. 12(12). 4898–4898. 41 indexed citations

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Verneau, Fabio, Yanfeng Zhou, Mario Amato, Klaus G. Grunert, & Francesco La Barbera. (2020). Cross-validation of the entomophagy attitude questionnaire (EAQ): A study in China on eaters and non-eaters. Food Quality and Preference. 87. 104029–104029. 23 indexed citations

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Sogari, Giovanni, et al.. (2019). The Potential Role of Insects as Feed: A Multi-Perspective Review. Animals. 9(4). 119–119. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amato, Mario, et al.. (2019). Understanding beliefs and concerns towards palm oil: Empirical evidence and policy implications. Food Policy. 89. 101785–101785. 19 indexed citations

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Amato, Mario, et al.. (2017). Exploring consumers’ perception and willingness to pay for “Non-Added Sulphite” wines through experimental auctions: A case study in Italy and Spain. Wine Economics and Policy. 6(2). 146–154. 48 indexed citations

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Verneau, Fabio, Francesco La Barbera, Susanne N. Kolle, et al.. (2016). The effect of communication and implicit associations on consuming insects: An experiment in Denmark and Italy. Appetite. 106. 30–36. 210 indexed citations

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Barbera, Francesco La, et al.. (2016). Understanding consumers’ intention and behaviour towards functionalised food. British Food Journal. 118(4). 885–895. 39 indexed citations

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Pomarici, Eugenio, Mario Amato, & Riccardo Vecchio. (2015). Italian wine consumers interest for eco-friendly information on the back label. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 16. 40–46. 5 indexed citations

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