Massimo Vidale

1.4k total citations
64 papers, 328 citations indexed

About

Massimo Vidale is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Vidale has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 328 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Archeology, 25 papers in Anthropology and 21 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Massimo Vidale's work include Eurasian Exchange Networks (21 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers) and Ancient Near East History (18 papers). Massimo Vidale is often cited by papers focused on Eurasian Exchange Networks (21 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers) and Ancient Near East History (18 papers). Massimo Vidale collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Iran. Massimo Vidale's co-authors include Luca M. Olivieri, Luca Bondioli, David W. Frayer, Lara Maritan, Giuseppe Guida, Roberto Macchiarelli, M. Rossi, Andrea Cucina, Alfredo Coppa and Maurizio Tosi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Vidale

54 papers receiving 296 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Massimo Vidale Italy 10 187 142 92 36 36 64 328
Caterina Canovaro Italy 9 176 0.9× 160 1.1× 56 0.6× 69 1.9× 40 1.1× 21 316
Thomas R. Fenn United States 8 150 0.8× 123 0.9× 91 1.0× 70 1.9× 53 1.5× 19 319
В. И. Молодин Russia 10 198 1.1× 191 1.3× 120 1.3× 25 0.7× 22 0.6× 115 349
Brandi L. MacDonald United States 11 166 0.9× 217 1.5× 200 2.2× 58 1.6× 43 1.2× 47 355
Dánae Fiore Argentina 10 161 0.9× 206 1.5× 208 2.3× 104 2.9× 50 1.4× 58 363
Robert J. Hoard United States 8 112 0.6× 202 1.4× 160 1.7× 39 1.1× 42 1.2× 22 321
Justine Bayley United Kingdom 9 195 1.0× 112 0.8× 67 0.7× 39 1.1× 51 1.4× 25 335
Martin Bartelheim Germany 7 239 1.3× 267 1.9× 96 1.0× 117 3.3× 24 0.7× 18 450
Philip P. Betancourt United States 12 471 2.5× 207 1.5× 84 0.9× 39 1.1× 34 0.9× 56 587
Rodrigo de Balbín Behrmann Spain 12 368 2.0× 166 1.2× 153 1.7× 16 0.4× 42 1.2× 85 484

Countries citing papers authored by Massimo Vidale

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Fields of papers citing papers by Massimo Vidale

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Vidale

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Massimo Vidale. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Massimo Vidale 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 Vidale. Massimo Vidale 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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Sartori, Luisa, et al.. (2025). Neural plasticity in early potters: Shape analysis and TMS-EEG co-registration trace the rise of a new motor skill. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0316545–e0316545. 1 indexed citations
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Re, Alessandro, Alessandro Borghi, Massimo Vidale, et al.. (2025). Study of compositional and luminescence properties of calcite in lapis lazuli for provenance investigations of archaeological findings. The European Physical Journal Plus. 140(2).
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Vidale, Massimo, et al.. (2025). Study on stone beads from the Rabat cemetery in Uzbekistan. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17(4).
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Carlo, Eugenio De, et al.. (2024). A Bronze Age lip-paint from southeastern Iran. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 2670–2670. 1 indexed citations
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Pérez-Monserrat, Elena Mercedes, et al.. (2023). Production Technologies and Provenance of Ceramic Materials from the Earliest Foundry of Pre-Roman Padua, NE Italy. Heritage. 6(3). 2956–2977. 5 indexed citations
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Angelini, Ivana & Massimo Vidale. (2020). The Bronze age amber industry in northern Italy in light of high-resolution 3D imaging. ArchéoSciences. 44-2. 237–249.
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Vidale, Massimo, et al.. (2018). Eating Molluscs at Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy), 1700 BC. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 9. 3 indexed citations
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Vidale, Massimo. (2017). Protohistory of the vara. Exploring the Proto-Indo-Iranian Background of an Early Mytheme of the Iranian Plateau. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 45(1). 27–57. 2 indexed citations
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Jones, Richard, et al.. (2016). The Riace bronzes: recent work on the clay cores. IRIS UNIMORE (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). 1 indexed citations
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Vidale, Massimo, et al.. (2015). De-constructing Terracotta Female Figurines: a Chalcolithic Case-study. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). VI(1/2015). 7–17. 4 indexed citations
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Vidale, Massimo & Roberto Micheli. (2014). The Function of a Chlorite Hand-Bag of the Halil Rud Civilization as Inferred from its Wear Traces. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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Vidale, Massimo. (2006). Entering the Jambil Valley: two enigmatic stones from Panr. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 1 indexed citations
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Olivieri, Luca M., et al.. (2006). Archaeology and settlement history in a test area of the Swat Valley: Preliminary report on the AMSV Project (1st phase). Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 56. 73–150. 12 indexed citations
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Coppa, Alfredo, Luca Bondioli, Andrea Cucina, et al.. (2006). Early Neolithic tradition of dentistry. Nature. 440(7085). 755–756. 46 indexed citations
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Olivieri, Luca M. & Massimo Vidale. (2005). Analytical Recognition or Visual māyā? A Cup-marked Megalith in the Kandak Valley (Swat, Pakistan). 55. 445–463.
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Lugli, Francesca & Massimo Vidale. (1996). Making and using ceramics: on the role of technical events in the generation of functional types. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 353. 5 indexed citations
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Vidale, Massimo. (1995). Early Beadmakers of the Indus Tradition: the Manufacturing Sequence of Talc Beads at Mehrgarh in the 5th Millennium B.C.. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 4 indexed citations

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