Massimo Colonna

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 784 citations indexed

About

Massimo Colonna is a scholar working on Transportation, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Colonna has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 784 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Transportation, 4 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Massimo Colonna's work include Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (6 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (3 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (3 papers). Massimo Colonna is often cited by papers focused on Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (6 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (3 papers) and Data-Driven Disease Surveillance (3 papers). Massimo Colonna collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Israel. Massimo Colonna's co-authors include Carlo Ratti, Francesco Calabrese, Carlo Pietro Campobasso, Francesco Introna, Marco Mamei, Daniela Marchetti, Andrea Marzullo, Alessandro Dell’Erba, Annalisa Addante and E. Vacca and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems and Journal of Organometallic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Colonna

22 papers receiving 750 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.

  1. Real-Time Urban Monitoring Using Cell Phones: A Case Study in Rome
    2010 459 citations Francesco Calabrese, Massimo Colonna et al. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Massimo Colonna Italy 11 410 124 90 87 73 23 784
Sheng Hu China 16 280 0.7× 98 0.8× 200 2.2× 2 0.0× 28 0.4× 37 746
Takayuki Akiyama Japan 15 22 0.1× 13 0.1× 12 0.1× 14 0.2× 97 1.3× 72 642
Mohammad Reza Malek Iran 12 82 0.2× 39 0.3× 25 0.3× 16 0.2× 3 0.0× 63 433
Éric Fleury France 16 219 0.5× 60 0.5× 14 0.2× 1 0.0× 16 0.2× 37 902
Paolo Cintia Italy 11 117 0.3× 32 0.3× 21 0.2× 2 0.0× 15 0.2× 22 689
Najem Moussa Morocco 16 156 0.4× 105 0.8× 46 0.5× 20 0.3× 62 699
Gen Li China 12 92 0.2× 100 0.8× 6 0.1× 13 0.1× 13 0.2× 68 462
Vincent Vincent Indonesia 13 11 0.0× 15 0.1× 34 0.4× 13 0.1× 31 0.4× 110 619
Xin Xiao China 18 50 0.1× 26 0.2× 31 0.3× 40 0.5× 103 834
Dianbo Liu United States 14 12 0.0× 21 0.2× 72 0.8× 3 0.0× 27 0.4× 33 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Massimo Colonna

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Fields of papers citing papers by Massimo Colonna

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Colonna

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Massimo Colonna. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Massimo Colonna 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 Massimo Colonna. Massimo Colonna 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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Mamei, Marco & Massimo Colonna. (2018). Analysis of tourist classification from cellular network data. Journal of Location Based Services. 12(1). 19–39. 8 indexed citations
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Mamei, Marco, et al.. (2016). Automatic identification of relevant places from cellular network data. Pervasive and Mobile Computing. 31. 147–158. 11 indexed citations
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Campobasso, Carlo Pietro, et al.. (2012). β-App immunoreactivity as diagnostic tool of Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI). Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine. 20(2). 89–94. 4 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Laura, Marco Mamei, & Massimo Colonna. (2012). Discovering events in the city via mobile network analysis. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. 5(3). 265–277. 15 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Laura, Marco Mamei, & Massimo Colonna. (2012). People get together on special events: Discovering happenings in the city via cell network analysis. IRIS UNIMORE (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). 223–228. 8 indexed citations
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Campobasso, Carlo Pietro, et al.. (2012). An immunohistochemical study of pulmonary surfactant apoprotein A (SP-A) in forensic autopsy materials. Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine. 20(1). 1–12. 10 indexed citations
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Campobasso, Carlo Pietro, et al.. (2010). Cross‐Cultural Comparison of Two Serial Sexual Murder Series in Italy and the United States. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 55(4). 1111–1115. 12 indexed citations
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Calabrese, Francesco, et al.. (2010). Real-Time Urban Monitoring Using Cell Phones: A Case Study in Rome. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 12(1). 141–151. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Campobasso, Carlo Pietro, et al.. (2009). A serial killer of elderly women: Analysis of a multi-victim homicide investigation. Forensic Science International. 185(1-3). e7–e11. 16 indexed citations
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Campobasso, Carlo Pietro, Daniela Marchetti, Francesco Introna, & Massimo Colonna. (2009). Postmortem Artifacts Made by Ants and the Effect of Ant Activity on Decompositional Rates. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 30(1). 84–87. 72 indexed citations
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Campobasso, Carlo Pietro, et al.. (2008). Sudden Cardiac Death and Myocardial Ischemia Indicators. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 29(2). 154–161. 69 indexed citations
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Vella, Giancarlo Di, et al.. (2007). Rupture of the spleen or splenic vessels (splenic emergency syndrome) in late pregnancy: A report of two autopsy cases. Forensic Science International. 176(2-3). e1–e5. 17 indexed citations
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Munitz, Ariel, Massimo Colonna, & Francesca Levi‐Schaffer. (2003). 2B4 (CD244) is expressed and functional on human peripheral blood eosinophils. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 111(2). S259–S259. 1 indexed citations
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Colonna, Massimo, et al.. (1989). Sudden cardiac death in young people.. PubMed. 39(1). 203–4. 1 indexed citations
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Cagiano, R., et al.. (1986). Ultrasonic vocalization in rodents: biological aspects and effects of benzodiazepines in some experimental situations.. PubMed. 42. 87–92. 7 indexed citations
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Colonna, Massimo, et al.. (1986). Computer-Aided Skull/Face Superimposition. American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology. 7(3). 201–211. 40 indexed citations
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Colonna, Massimo, et al.. (1984). Computer-aided skull-face superimposition by analytical procedures.. PubMed. 34. 139–49. 1 indexed citations
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Colonna, Massimo, V Pesce Delfino, & Francesco Introna. (1980). [Identification by superimposition of the skull on face photography using television: experimental application of a new method].. PubMed. 56(22). 2271–7. 2 indexed citations
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Pollice, L & Massimo Colonna. (1973). Hepatic Cholangiohamartomas (Von Meyenburg Complexes). Tumori Journal. 59(6). 437–447. 1 indexed citations

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