Massimo Totaro

3.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
44 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Massimo Totaro is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Totaro has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Massimo Totaro's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (10 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (9 papers). Massimo Totaro is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (18 papers), Soft Robotics and Applications (10 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (9 papers). Massimo Totaro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Massimo Totaro's co-authors include Lucia Beccai, Barbara Mazzolai, Hongbo Wang, Robert F. Shepherd, Sanlin S. Robinson, Bryan Peele, Shuo Li, Chris Larson, Alessio Mondini and Virgilio Mattoli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Totaro

41 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing

2016 1.2k citations Chris Larson, Bryan Peele et al. Science profile →
Toward Perceptive Soft Robots: Progress and Challenges

2018 593 citations Hongbo Wang, Massimo Totaro et al. profile →
Flexible Three‐Axial Force Sensor for Soft and Highly Sensitive Artificial Touch

2014 414 citations Massimo Totaro, Alessio Mondini et al. Advanced Materials profile →
3D Printing Materials for Soft Robotics

2020 265 citations Ela Sachyani Keneth, Alexander Kamyshny et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Massimo Totaro Italy	16	2.6k	776	730	633	522	44	3.1k
Yiğit Mengüç United States	28	3.7k 1.4×	769 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	698 1.1×	677 1.3×	67	4.5k
Rebecca Kramer‐Bottiglio United States	27	2.6k 1.0×	565 0.7×	1.5k 2.0×	401 0.6×	506 1.0×	98	3.3k
Bryan Peele United States	9	1.6k 0.6×	418 0.5×	481 0.7×	516 0.8×	348 0.7×	11	1.9k
Philipp Rothemund United States	23	3.1k 1.2×	384 0.5×	1.6k 2.2×	686 1.1×	482 0.9×	33	3.8k
Mahmoud Tavakoli Portugal	35	2.8k 1.1×	707 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	632 1.0×	786 1.5×	112	3.6k
Lucia Beccai Italy	34	4.5k 1.7×	1.7k 2.2×	1.2k 1.7×	864 1.4×	981 1.9×	112	5.6k
Huichan Zhao China	26	3.7k 1.4×	563 0.7×	1.6k 2.1×	316 0.5×	349 0.7×	72	4.3k
Eric J. Markvicka United States	17	2.5k 1.0×	513 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	773 1.2×	631 1.2×	40	3.1k
Choon Chiang Foo Singapore	27	2.9k 1.1×	303 0.4×	1.4k 1.9×	762 1.2×	373 0.7×	37	4.0k
Dylan Shah United States	17	1.4k 0.6×	381 0.5×	715 1.0×	265 0.4×	280 0.5×	33	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Totaro

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20 of 20 papers shown

Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2025). From Spheroids to Tumor-on-a-Chip for Cancer Modeling and Therapeutic Testing. Micromachines. 16(12). 1343–1343.

Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2025). A customizable micropatterned platform for osteosarcoma spheroid generation, imaging, and drug screening. Biomaterials Advances. 177. 214419–214419.

Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2024). A Novel Microfluidic Platform for Personalized Anticancer Drug Screening Through Image Analysis. Micromachines. 15(12). 1521–1521. 2 indexed citations

Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2024). A Comparative Study on Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms in Basalt and Glass Fibre Reinforced Composites. Procedia Structural Integrity. 66. 205–211. 2 indexed citations

Rizzi, Francesco, et al.. (2023). Modeling and development of an auxetic foam-based multimodal capacitive strain gauge. Smart Materials and Structures. 32(2). 25013–25013. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Hongbo, et al.. (2021). Sensing Deformation in Vacuum Driven Foam-Based Actuator via Inductive Method. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 8. 742885–742885. 5 indexed citations

Keneth, Ela Sachyani, Alexander Kamyshny, Massimo Totaro, Lucia Beccai, & Shlomo Magdassi. (2020). 3D Printing Materials for Soft Robotics. Advanced Materials. 33(19). e2003387–e2003387. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2019). Mechanical Sensing for Lower Limb Soft Exoskeletons: Recent Progress and Challenges. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1170. 69–85. 3 indexed citations

Totaro, Massimo, Beatrice Casini, Paola Valentini, et al.. (2017). Evaluation and control of microbial and chemical contamination in dialysis water plants of Italian nephrology wards. Journal of Hospital Infection. 97(2). 169–174. 14 indexed citations

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Totaro, Massimo, Paola Valentini, Anna Laura Costa, et al.. (2017). Rate of Legionella pneumophila colonization in hospital hot water network after time flow taps installation. Journal of Hospital Infection. 98(1). 60–63. 22 indexed citations

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Totaro, Massimo, Alessio Mondini, Andrea Bellacicca, Paolo Milani, & Lucia Beccai. (2017). Integrated Simultaneous Detection of Tactile and Bending Cues for Soft Robotics. Soft Robotics. 4(4). 400–410. 42 indexed citations

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Casini, Beatrice, Angelo Baggiani, Massimo Totaro, et al.. (2017). Detection of viable but non-culturable legionella in hospital water network following monochloramine disinfection. Journal of Hospital Infection. 98(1). 46–52. 44 indexed citations

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Sadeghi, Alì, Alessio Mondini, Emanuela Del Dottore, et al.. (2016). A plant-inspired robot with soft differential bending capabilities. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 12(1). 15001–15001. 64 indexed citations

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Casini, Beatrice, Maria Luisa Cristina, Massimo Totaro, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of a modified cleaning procedure in the prevention of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clonal spread in a burn intensive care unit using a high-sensitivity luminometer. Journal of Hospital Infection. 95(1). 46–52. 15 indexed citations

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Larson, Chris, Bryan Peele, Shuo Li, et al.. (2016). Highly stretchable electroluminescent skin for optical signaling and tactile sensing. Science. 351(6277). 1071–1074. 1218 indexed citations breakdown →

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Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2015). Revealing bending and force in a soft body through a plant root inspired approach. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 8788–8788. 45 indexed citations

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Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2014). Sensors: Flexible Three‐Axial Force Sensor for Soft and Highly Sensitive Artificial Touch (Adv. Mater. 17/2014). Advanced Materials. 26(17). 2610–2610. 4 indexed citations

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Pennelli, Giovanni, et al.. (2012). Correlation between Surface Stress and Apparent Young’s Modulus of Top-Down Silicon Nanowires. ACS Nano. 6(12). 10727–10734. 14 indexed citations

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Totaro, Massimo, Paolo Bruschi, & Giovanni Pennelli. (2012). Top down fabricated silicon nanowire networks for thermoelectric applications. Microelectronic Engineering. 97. 157–161. 18 indexed citations

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Totaro, Massimo, Paolo Marconcini, Demetrio Logoteta, Massimo Macucci, & Robert S. Whitney. (2010). Effect of imperfections on the tunneling enhancement phenomenon in symmetric double quantum dots. Journal of Applied Physics. 107(4). 6 indexed citations

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