Roberto Di Pietro

11.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
241 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Roberto Di Pietro is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Di Pietro has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 99 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 77 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Roberto Di Pietro's work include Security in Wireless Sensor Networks (67 papers), Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (41 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (33 papers). Roberto Di Pietro is often cited by papers focused on Security in Wireless Sensor Networks (67 papers), Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (41 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (33 papers). Roberto Di Pietro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Qatar and Spain. Roberto Di Pietro's co-authors include Luigi V. Mancini, Gene Tsudik, Angelo Spognardi, Flavio Lombardi, Alessandro Mei, Mauro Conti, Savio Sciancalepore, Giuseppe Ateniese, Gabriele Oligeri and Stefano Cresci and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Di Pietro

227 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Scalable and efficient provable data possession 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2014 2015 2020 200 400 600
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.

  1. Scalable and efficient provable data possession
    2008 698 citations Roberto Di Pietro, Luigi V. Mancini et al. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) profile →
  2. Smart health: A context-aware health paradigm within smart cities
    2014 392 citations Mauro Conti, Roberto Di Pietro et al. profile →
  3. Fame for sale: Efficient detection of fake Twitter followers
    2015 279 citations Stefano Cresci, Roberto Di Pietro et al. profile →
  4. Vessels Cybersecurity: Issues, Challenges, and the Road Ahead
    2020 61 citations Maurantonio Caprolu, Roberto Di Pietro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roberto Di Pietro Italy 41 3.7k 3.0k 2.6k 868 858 241 6.8k
Xuyun Zhang China 48 3.3k 0.9× 3.3k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 442 0.5× 420 0.5× 211 7.2k
John C. S. Lui Hong Kong 50 7.2k 2.0× 2.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 903 1.0× 657 0.8× 467 9.8k
Xiapu Luo Hong Kong 44 3.5k 1.0× 4.7k 1.6× 2.9k 1.1× 2.6k 3.0× 575 0.7× 357 8.1k
Pradip Kumar Sharma United Kingdom 36 2.6k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 533 0.6× 198 0.2× 134 5.2k
Kai Hwang United States 37 3.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 440 0.5× 481 0.6× 142 5.8k
Hai-Tao Zheng China 43 2.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 3.1k 1.2× 786 0.9× 541 0.6× 252 7.1k
Wanlei Zhou Australia 54 5.0k 1.4× 2.7k 0.9× 5.1k 1.9× 2.1k 2.4× 1.1k 1.3× 457 9.7k
J. D. Tygar United States 38 6.4k 1.7× 3.4k 1.1× 4.3k 1.7× 2.4k 2.8× 946 1.1× 98 10.7k
Jianliang Xu Hong Kong 44 3.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.7× 407 0.5× 353 6.0k
Dan S. Wallach United States 34 2.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.5× 586 0.7× 104 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Roberto Di Pietro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberto Di Pietro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberto Di Pietro

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guerra-Manzanares, Alejandro, Maurantonio Caprolu, & Roberto Di Pietro. (2025). A comprehensive review on machine learning-based VPN detection: Scenarios, methods, and open challenges. Computer Science Review. 58. 100781–100781. 1 indexed citations
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Caprolu, Maurantonio, et al.. (2025). Early Detection of DDoS Attacks via Online Social Networks Analysis. 1–11.
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Cresci, Stefano, Kai‐Cheng Yang, Angelo Spognardi, et al.. (2025). Demystifying Misconceptions in Social Bots Research. Social Science Computer Review.
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Fernandez, Javier Hernandez, et al.. (2024). Physical Layer Security in Power Line Communications. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Zebo, et al.. (2023). A Survey and Comparison of Post-Quantum and Quantum Blockchains. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 26(2). 967–1002. 39 indexed citations
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Tedeschi, Pietro, Gabriele Oligeri, & Roberto Di Pietro. (2022). Localization of a Power-Modulated Jammer. Sensors. 22(2). 646–646. 3 indexed citations
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Raponi, Simone, et al.. (2022). Fake News Propagation: A Review of Epidemic Models, Datasets, and Insights. ACM Transactions on the Web. 16(3). 1–34. 36 indexed citations
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Oligeri, Gabriele, Savio Sciancalepore, Simone Raponi, & Roberto Di Pietro. (2022). PAST-AI: Physical-Layer Authentication of Satellite Transmitters via Deep Learning. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 18. 274–289. 65 indexed citations
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Caprolu, Maurantonio, Simone Raponi, Gabriele Oligeri, & Roberto Di Pietro. (2021). Cryptomining makes noise: Detecting cryptojacking via Machine Learning. Computer Communications. 171. 126–139. 49 indexed citations
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Caprolu, Maurantonio, et al.. (2020). Foundations, Properties, and Security Applications of Puzzles. ACM Computing Surveys. 53(4). 1–38. 21 indexed citations
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Caprolu, Maurantonio, Simone Raponi, & Roberto Di Pietro. (2019). FORTRESS: An Efficient and Distributed Firewall for Stateful Data Plane SDN. Security and Communication Networks. 2019. 1–16. 20 indexed citations
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Caprolu, Maurantonio, Simone Raponi, Gabriele Oligeri, & Roberto Di Pietro. (2019). Crypto Mining Makes Noise.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Pietro, Roberto Di & Gabriele Oligeri. (2015). Freedom of speech: thwarting jammers via a probabilistic approach. 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Conti, Mauro, Lei Zhang, Sankardas Roy, et al.. (2009). Privacy‐preserving robust data aggregation in wireless sensor networks. Security and Communication Networks. 2(2). 195–213. 39 indexed citations
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Colantonio, Alessandro, et al.. (2008). A cost-driven approach to role engineering. Iris (Roma Tre University). 2129–2136. 49 indexed citations
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Conti, Mauro, Roberto Di Pietro, Luigi V. Mancini, & Angelo Spognardi. (2007). FastRIPP: RFID Privacy Preserving protocol with Forward Secrecy and Fast Resynchronisation. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 3126. 52–57. 9 indexed citations
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Mancini, Luigi V. & Roberto Di Pietro. (2003). SECURITY AND PRIVACY ISSUES. Communications of the ACM. 46(9). 75–79. 25 indexed citations
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Pietro, Roberto Di, et al.. (2003). Formal specification for fast automatic IDS training. Lecture notes in computer science. 2629. 191–204. 3 indexed citations

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