Matteo Mossio

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Matteo Mossio is a scholar working on History and Philosophy of Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Matteo Mossio has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in History and Philosophy of Science, 10 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Matteo Mossio's work include Philosophy and History of Science (12 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (10 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (8 papers). Matteo Mossio is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (12 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (10 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (8 papers). Matteo Mossio collaborates with scholars based in France, Spain and United States. Matteo Mossio's co-authors include Álvaro Moreno, Maël Montévil, Cristián Alejandro, Alvaro Moreno Bergareche, Leonardo Bich, Giuseppe Longo, Kepa Ruiz‐Mirazo, Arnaud Pocheville, Dario Taraborelli and Ana M. Soto and has published in prestigious journals such as Vision Research, Journal of Theoretical Biology and Frontiers in Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Matteo Mossio

28 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

An Organizational Account of Biological Functions 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 50 100 150 200
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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. An Organizational Account of Biological Functions
    2009 209 citations Matteo Mossio, Cristián Alejandro et al. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matteo Mossio France 17 431 396 381 374 278 28 1.3k
Álvaro Moreno Spain 23 463 1.1× 562 1.4× 449 1.2× 656 1.8× 380 1.4× 67 1.8k
Claus Emmeche Denmark 19 318 0.7× 189 0.5× 178 0.5× 360 1.0× 230 0.8× 50 1.1k
Jesper Hoffmeyer Denmark 16 236 0.5× 221 0.6× 168 0.4× 418 1.1× 179 0.6× 38 1.0k
Karola Stotz Australia 19 336 0.8× 240 0.6× 246 0.6× 93 0.2× 177 0.6× 29 1.0k
William C. Wimsatt United States 15 584 1.4× 192 0.5× 216 0.6× 144 0.4× 378 1.4× 33 1.4k
Alan C. Love United States 24 546 1.3× 91 0.2× 457 1.2× 141 0.4× 218 0.8× 81 1.5k
Marcello Barbieri Italy 23 167 0.4× 180 0.5× 923 2.4× 601 1.6× 117 0.4× 68 1.7k
Adele Abrahamsen United States 11 613 1.4× 367 0.9× 313 0.8× 82 0.2× 100 0.4× 26 1.3k
Daniel J. Nicholson United Kingdom 13 225 0.5× 117 0.3× 220 0.6× 147 0.4× 258 0.9× 26 869
Sandra D. Mitchell United States 19 570 1.3× 146 0.4× 206 0.5× 90 0.2× 376 1.4× 37 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matteo Mossio

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matteo Mossio

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matteo Mossio. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matteo Mossio 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 Matteo Mossio. Matteo Mossio 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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Mossio, Matteo, et al.. (2023). What is Agency? A View from Autonomy Theory. Biological Theory. 19(1). 11–15. 10 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo. (2023). Organization in Biology. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 6 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, et al.. (2022). The genotype–phenotype distinction: from Mendelian genetics to 21st century biology. Genetica. 150(3-4). 223–234. 4 indexed citations
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Montévil, Maël & Matteo Mossio. (2020). The Identity of Organisms in Scientific Practice: Integrating Historical and Relational Conceptions. Frontiers in Physiology. 11. 611–611. 9 indexed citations
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Bich, Leonardo, Matteo Mossio, & Ana M. Soto. (2020). Glycemia Regulation: From Feedback Loops to Organizational Closure. Frontiers in Physiology. 11. 69–69. 30 indexed citations
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Longo, Giuseppe & Matteo Mossio. (2020). Geocentrism vs genocentrism: theories without metaphors, metaphors without theories. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 45(3). 380–405. 5 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, et al.. (2019). Conserving Functions across Generations: Heredity in Light of Biological Organization. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 73(1). 249–278. 13 indexed citations
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Montévil, Maël, Matteo Mossio, Arnaud Pocheville, & Giuseppe Longo. (2016). Theoretical principles for biology: Variation. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 122(1). 36–50. 56 indexed citations
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Soto, Ana M., Giuseppe Longo, Maël Montévil, et al.. (2016). Toward a theory of organisms: Three founding principles in search of a useful integration. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 122(1). 77–82. 39 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo & Cristián Alejandro. (2016). Functions, Organization and Etiology: A Reply to Artiga and Martinez. Acta Biotheoretica. 64(3). 263–275. 17 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, Maël Montévil, & Giuseppe Longo. (2016). Theoretical principles for biology: Organization. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 122(1). 24–35. 66 indexed citations
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Bergareche, Alvaro Moreno & Matteo Mossio. (2015). Biological Autonomy. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 192 indexed citations
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Montévil, Maël & Matteo Mossio. (2015). Biological organisation as closure of constraints. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 372. 179–191. 155 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, Leonardo Bich, & Álvaro Moreno. (2013). Emergence, Closure and Inter-level Causation in Biological Systems. Erkenntnis. 78(S2). 153–178. 33 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, Cristián Alejandro, & Álvaro Moreno. (2010). Fonctions : normativité, téléologie et organisation. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 159–173. 3 indexed citations
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Alejandro, Cristián, Matteo Mossio, & Álvaro Moreno. (2010). La dimensión teleológica del concepto de función biológica desde la perspectiva organizacional. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 29(3). 31–56. 1 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, Manuel Vidal, & Alain Berthoz. (2008). Traveled distances: New insights into the role of optic flow. Vision Research. 48(2). 289–303. 19 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo & Dario Taraborelli. (2008). Action-dependent perceptual invariants: From ecological to sensorimotor approaches. Consciousness and Cognition. 17(4). 1324–1340. 31 indexed citations
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Taraborelli, Dario & Matteo Mossio. (2008). On the relation between the enactive and the sensorimotor approach to perception. Consciousness and Cognition. 17(4). 1343–1344. 9 indexed citations
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Mossio, Matteo, G. Longo, & John Stewart. (2008). A computable expression of closure to efficient causation. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 257(3). 489–498. 31 indexed citations

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