Roberto Verdecchia

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 539 citations indexed

About

Roberto Verdecchia is a scholar working on Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Verdecchia has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 539 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Information Systems, 17 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Roberto Verdecchia's work include Software Engineering Research (22 papers), Green IT and Sustainability (11 papers) and Software System Performance and Reliability (11 papers). Roberto Verdecchia is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (22 papers), Green IT and Sustainability (11 papers) and Software System Performance and Reliability (11 papers). Roberto Verdecchia collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and Sweden. Roberto Verdecchia's co-authors include Patricia Lago, June Sallou, Luís Cruz, Breno Miranda, Antonia Bertolino, Ivano Malavolta, Philippe Kruchten, Christof Ebert, Giuseppe Procaccianti and Per Runeson and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, IEEE Software and Journal of Systems and Software.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Verdecchia

35 papers receiving 519 citations

Hit Papers

A systematic review of Green AI 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75 100
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. A systematic review of Green AI
    2023 115 citations Roberto Verdecchia, June Sallou et al. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 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 Verdecchia Netherlands 12 267 157 115 115 96 41 539
Pasquale Salza Italy 13 364 1.4× 124 0.8× 111 1.0× 132 1.1× 138 1.4× 26 617
Adilson Marques da Cunha Brazil 11 207 0.8× 132 0.8× 65 0.6× 163 1.4× 46 0.5× 96 483
Sabrina Ahmad Malaysia 11 199 0.7× 77 0.5× 44 0.4× 111 1.0× 60 0.6× 41 434
Luís Cruz Netherlands 13 174 0.7× 54 0.3× 175 1.5× 137 1.2× 199 2.1× 45 583
Silverio Martínez‐Fernández Spain 14 371 1.4× 127 0.8× 154 1.3× 185 1.6× 40 0.4× 57 660
Christian R. Prause Germany 10 234 0.9× 51 0.3× 95 0.8× 67 0.6× 90 0.9× 34 405
Luca Ardito Italy 14 179 0.7× 94 0.6× 146 1.3× 60 0.5× 236 2.5× 54 523
Jan-Philipp Steghöfer Sweden 14 356 1.3× 145 0.9× 137 1.2× 222 1.9× 28 0.3× 74 634
Káthia Marçal de Oliveira Brazil 14 433 1.6× 139 0.9× 116 1.0× 232 2.0× 29 0.3× 59 668
Giuseppe Lami Italy 12 445 1.7× 196 1.2× 44 0.4× 297 2.6× 35 0.4× 41 614

Countries citing papers authored by Roberto Verdecchia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberto Verdecchia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberto Verdecchia

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alswaitti, Mohammed, Roberto Verdecchia, Grégoire Danoy, Pascal Bouvry, & Johnatan E. Pecero. (2025). Training Green AI Models Using Elite Samples. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing. 1–16. 3 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, et al.. (2025). Microservices testing: A systematic literature review. Information and Software Technology. 188. 107870–107870.
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Verdecchia, Roberto, et al.. (2025). SALLMA: A Software Architecture for LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems. Florence Research (University of Florence). 5–8. 1 indexed citations
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Marini, Niccolò, et al.. (2025). Green AI: Which Programming Language Consumes the Most?. Florence Research (University of Florence). 12–19. 1 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Fernández, Silverio, et al.. (2024). Energy-efficient neural network training through runtime layer freezing, model quantization, and early stopping. Computer Standards & Interfaces. 92. 103906–103906. 10 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, et al.. (2024). CLAIM: a Lightweight Approach to Identify Microservices in Dockerized Environments. Florence Research (University of Florence). 357–362. 1 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Evolution of code technical debt in microservices architectures. Journal of Systems and Software. 222. 112301–112301. 4 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Network Digital Twins: A Systematic Review. IEEE Access. 12. 145400–145416. 6 indexed citations
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Lago, Patricia, et al.. (2024). Threats to Validity in Software Engineering – hypocritical paper section or essential analysis?. VU Research Portal. 314–324. 4 indexed citations
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Lago, Patricia, et al.. (2024). Tactics for Software Energy Efficiency: A Review. VU Research Portal. 115–140. 1 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, et al.. (2023). Threats to validity in software engineering research: A critical reflection. Information and Software Technology. 164. 107329–107329. 18 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, June Sallou, & Luís Cruz. (2023). A systematic review of Green AI. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. 13(4). 115 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lago, Patricia, et al.. (2023). Variability Features: Extending Sustainability Decision Maps via an Industrial Case Study. VU Research Portal. 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto & Patricia Lago. (2022). Tales of Hybrid Teaching in Software Engineering: Lessons Learned and Guidelines. IEEE Transactions on Education. 66(3). 234–243. 3 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, et al.. (2022). Asking about Technical Debt: Characteristics and Automatic Identification of Technical Debt Questions on Stack Overflow. VU Research Portal. 45–56. 6 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, et al.. (2021). Green IT and Green Software. IEEE Software. 38(6). 7–15. 31 indexed citations
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Boer, Remco C. de, Patricia Lago, Roberto Verdecchia, & Philippe Kruchten. (2019). DecidArch V2: An Improved Game to Teach Architecture Design Decision Making. Florence Research (University of Florence). 4 indexed citations
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Miranda, Breno, et al.. (2019). Scalable Approaches for Test Suite Reduction. ISTI Open Portal. 419–429. 35 indexed citations
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Malavolta, Ivano, et al.. (2018). How Maintainability Issues of Android Apps Evolve. VU Research Portal. 334–344. 17 indexed citations
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Verdecchia, Roberto, Ivano Malavolta, & Patricia Lago. (2018). Architectural technical debt identification. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 11–20. 28 indexed citations

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