Massimo Bernardi

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 996 citations indexed

About

Massimo Bernardi is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Bernardi has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 996 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Paleontology, 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 7 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Massimo Bernardi's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (28 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (26 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (9 papers). Massimo Bernardi is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (28 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (26 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (9 papers). Massimo Bernardi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Massimo Bernardi's co-authors include Fabio Massimo Petti, Michael J. Benton, Piero Gianolla, Marco Avanzini, Evelyn Kustatscher, Paolo Mietto, Lucia Mancini, Randall L. Nydam, Tiago R. Simões and Michael W. Caldwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Bernardi

40 papers receiving 968 citations

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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.

Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic)

2020 156 citations Jacopo Dal Corso, Massimo Bernardi et al. Science Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Massimo Bernardi Italy	17	799	231	157	152	152	40	996
Yanhong Pan China	20	949 1.2×	267 1.2×	75 0.5×	175 1.2×	71 0.5×	54	1.2k
Adriana Cecilia Mancuso Argentina	21	1.1k 1.4×	374 1.6×	88 0.6×	170 1.1×	236 1.6×	73	1.3k
Dennis R. Braman Canada	19	839 1.1×	196 0.8×	125 0.8×	291 1.9×	154 1.0×	50	1.1k
Johann Neveling South Africa	23	1.3k 1.6×	427 1.8×	103 0.7×	253 1.7×	210 1.4×	44	1.6k
Baoyu Jiang China	20	744 0.9×	146 0.6×	66 0.4×	176 1.2×	85 0.6×	40	1.1k
Silvio Casadı́o Argentina	23	787 1.0×	236 1.0×	151 1.0×	515 3.4×	247 1.6×	80	1.3k
Min Huh South Korea	20	858 1.1×	380 1.6×	79 0.5×	90 0.6×	178 1.2×	73	1.0k
Ján Schlögl Slovakia	20	583 0.7×	95 0.4×	72 0.5×	298 2.0×	148 1.0×	74	957
Emmanuel Fara France	21	1.2k 1.4×	215 0.9×	73 0.5×	285 1.9×	103 0.7×	66	1.3k
Antoine Bercovici United States	17	689 0.9×	112 0.5×	48 0.3×	281 1.8×	142 0.9×	27	974

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Bernardi

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bernardi, Massimo, et al.. (2024). Forged soft tissues revealed in the oldest fossil reptile from the early Permian of the Alps. Palaeontology. 67(1). 2 indexed citations

Petti, Fabio Massimo, Marco Avanzini, Massimo Bernardi, et al.. (2020). Jurassic tetrapod tracks from Italy. A training ground for generations of researchers. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 2 indexed citations

Mietto, Paolo, Marco Avanzini, Matteo Belvedere, et al.. (2020). Triassic tetrapod ichnofossils from Italy: The state of the art. Florence Research (University of Florence). 7 indexed citations

Corso, Jacopo Dal, Massimo Bernardi, Yadong Sun, et al.. (2020). Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic). Science Advances. 6(38). 156 indexed citations breakdown →

Petti, Fabio Massimo, Heinz Furrer, Edoardo Martinetto, et al.. (2020). Archosauriform footprints in the Lower Triassic of Western Alps and their role in understanding the effects of the Permian-Triassic hyperthermal. PeerJ. 8. e10522–e10522. 6 indexed citations

Kundanati, Lakshminath, Mirco D’Incau, Massimo Bernardi, Paolo Scardi, & Nicola M. Pugno. (2019). A comparative study of the mechanical properties of a dinosaur and crocodile fossil teeth. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 97. 365–374. 9 indexed citations

Simões, Tiago R., Michael W. Caldwell, Mateusz Tałanda, et al.. (2018). X-ray computed microtomography of Megachirella wachtleri. Scientific Data. 5(1). 180244–180244. 3 indexed citations

Bernardi, Massimo, Piero Gianolla, Fabio Massimo Petti, Paolo Mietto, & Michael J. Benton. (2018). Dinosaur diversification linked with the Carnian Pluvial Episode. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1499–1499. 124 indexed citations

Simões, Tiago R., Michael W. Caldwell, Mateusz Tałanda, et al.. (2018). The origin of squamates revealed by a Middle Triassic lizard from the Italian Alps. Nature. 557(7707). 706–709. 166 indexed citations

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Benton, Michael J., Massimo Bernardi, & Cormac M. Kinsella. (2018). The Carnian Pluvial Episode and the origin of dinosaurs. Journal of the Geological Society. 175(6). 1019–1026. 51 indexed citations

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Petti, Fabio Massimo, Massimo Bernardi, Evelyn Kustatscher, et al.. (2017). LATE PERMIAN (LOPINGIAN) TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: A GLOBAL COMPARISON WITH NEW DATA FROM THE LOW LATITUDE BLETTERBACH BIOTA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 3 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Massimo, Fabio Massimo Petti, Evelyn Kustatscher, et al.. (2017). Late Permian (Lopingian) terrestrial ecosystems: A global comparison with new data from the low-latitude Bletterbach Biota. Earth-Science Reviews. 175. 18–43. 68 indexed citations

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Lozar, Francesca, et al.. (2016). "Urban Fossils": a project enabling reflections concerning human impact on planet Earth.. The EGU General Assembly. 18. 1–1. 3 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Massimo, et al.. (2016). A review of the dinosaur track record from Jurassic and Cretaceous shallow marine carbonate depositional environments - Appendix. Figshare. 6 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Massimo, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Jonathan S. Mitchell, & Marcello Ruta. (2016). Phylogenetic Stability, Tree Shape, and Character Compatibility: A Case Study Using Early Tetrapods. Systematic Biology. 65(5). 737–758. 6 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Massimo, Hendrik Klein, Fabio Massimo Petti, & Martín D. Ezcurra. (2015). The Origin and Early Radiation of Archosauriforms: Integrating the Skeletal and Footprint Record. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128449–e0128449. 38 indexed citations

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Renesto, Silvio & Massimo Bernardi. (2013). Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Megachirella wachtleri Renesto et Posenato, 2003 (Reptilia, Diapsida). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 88(2). 197–210. 16 indexed citations

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Cavin, Lionel, Marco Avanzini, Massimo Bernardi, et al.. (2012). New vertebrate trackways from the autochthonous cover of the Aiguilles Rouges Massif and reevaluation of the dinosaur record in the Valais, SW Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 131(2). 317–324. 6 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Massimo & Marco Avanzini. (2011). Asteriacites lumbricalis from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) of Vallarsa (Southern Trentino, NE Italy). 2 indexed citations

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Ronchitelli, Annamaria, L. Abbazzi, Carla Alberta Accorsi, et al.. (1995). The Grotta Grande of Scario (Salerno - Southern Italy): stratigraphy, archaeological finds, pollen and mammals.. 1529–1535. 6 indexed citations

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