Salvatore Piro

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Salvatore Piro is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Space and Planetary Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Salvatore Piro has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ocean Engineering, 37 papers in Geophysics and 13 papers in Space and Planetary Science. Recurrent topics in Salvatore Piro's work include Geophysical Methods and Applications (45 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (27 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (26 papers). Salvatore Piro is often cited by papers focused on Geophysical Methods and Applications (45 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (27 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (26 papers). Salvatore Piro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Salvatore Piro's co-authors include Dean Goodman, Yasushi Nishimura, Paolo Mauriello, Luciana Orlando, Fabio Cammarano, Luigi Sambuelli, E. Cardarelli, Vincent Gaffney, H. D. Patterson and Alberto Godio and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, National Science Review and Geophysical Prospecting.

In The Last Decade

Salvatore Piro

62 papers receiving 971 citations

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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.

GPR Remote Sensing in Archaeology

2013 216 citations Dean Goodman, Salvatore Piro profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Salvatore Piro Italy	18	849	665	212	114	112	67	1.0k
Dean Goodman United States	14	1.0k 1.2×	811 1.2×	203 1.0×	97 0.9×	100 0.9×	39	1.2k
Alois Hinterleitner Austria	13	389 0.5×	283 0.4×	197 0.9×	82 0.7×	90 0.8×	55	572
Pier Matteo Barone Italy	12	291 0.3×	186 0.3×	91 0.4×	52 0.5×	50 0.4×	68	478
Raffaele Martorana Italy	18	495 0.6×	600 0.9×	57 0.3×	85 0.7×	26 0.2×	77	752
Oriol Caselles Spain	13	344 0.4×	376 0.6×	39 0.2×	103 0.9×	26 0.2×	37	780
Giuseppe Scardozzi Italy	10	137 0.2×	101 0.2×	148 0.7×	103 0.9×	86 0.8×	55	340
M. Bavusi Italy	13	206 0.2×	162 0.2×	25 0.1×	15 0.1×	27 0.2×	26	365
Marcello Ciminale Italy	10	141 0.2×	128 0.2×	155 0.7×	94 0.8×	53 0.5×	32	345
Maksim Bano France	19	633 0.7×	682 1.0×	12 0.1×	15 0.1×	12 0.1×	60	886
Massimo Coli Italy	13	94 0.1×	300 0.5×	32 0.2×	75 0.7×	41 0.4×	83	759

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Salvatore Piro

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Barbagallo, Francesco, et al.. (2026). Assessment of N/L ratio and subclinical atherosclerosis in FH subjects with or without LDLR mutation. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 10(3). bvag001–bvag001.

Piro, Salvatore, Raffaele Persico, & Neil Linford. (2019). Innovation in Near-Surface Geophysics. Instrumentation, Application, and Data Processing Methods. ISPC Open Portal. 7382. 11 indexed citations

Piro, Salvatore, et al.. (2018). High resolution GPR investigation combining different frequencies. The survey of Circus Maximus (Roma, Italy).. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2432. 1 indexed citations

Piro, Salvatore, et al.. (2018). High resolution GPR surveys to investigate the archaeological site of Norba (Norma, Italy). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2427. 1 indexed citations

Piro, Salvatore, et al.. (2017). GPR Investigation to map the sub-soil of the St. John Lateran Basilica (Rome, Italy). Florence Research (University of Florence). 58. 431–444. 4 indexed citations

Piro, Salvatore, et al.. (2017). An application of integration approaches for archaeo‐geophysical data: Case study from Aizanoi. Archaeological Prospection. 25(1). 33–44. 11 indexed citations

Matera, Loredana, Raffaele Persico, Edoardo Geraldi, Maria Sileo, & Salvatore Piro. (2016). GPR and IRT tests in two historical buildings in Gravina in Puglia. Geoscientific instrumentation, methods and data systems. 5(2). 541–550. 5 indexed citations

Piro, Salvatore, et al.. (2016). Investigating the urban archaeological sites using Ground Penetrating Radar. The cases of Palatino Hill and St John Lateran Basilica (Roma, Italy). ACTA IMEKO. 5(2). 80–80. 2 indexed citations

Crespi, Mattia, et al.. (2011). Integration of SAR data, optical satellite images and GPR investigations for archaeological site detection. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 1 indexed citations

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Piro, Salvatore, et al.. (2011). Integrated Geophysical and Archaeological Investigations of Aquinum in Frosinone, Italy. Archaeological Prospection. 18(2). 127–138. 11 indexed citations

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Piro, Salvatore & Dean Goodman. (2009). Integrated GPR and archaeological investigations to characterise the Palatino’s area and Coliseum Valley (Forum, Roma, Italy). ArchéoSciences. 33 (suppl.). 233–235. 2 indexed citations

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Piro, Salvatore, Luigi Sambuelli, Alberto Godio, & Riccardo Taormina. (2007). Beyond image analysis in processing archaeomagnetic geophysical data: case studies of chamber tombs with dromos. Near Surface Geophysics. 5(6). 405–414. 19 indexed citations

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Campana, Stefano, et al.. (2006). From Space to Place: the Aiali project (Tuscany-Italy). Use Siena air (University of Siena). 1. 131–136.

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Piro, Salvatore, Luigi Sambuelli, & Alberto Godio. (2005). 2D and 3D data processing of archaeo-magnetic data. PORTO Publications Open Repository TOrino (Politecnico di Torino).

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Goodman, Dean, Salvatore Piro, Yasushi Nishimura, H. D. Patterson, & Vincent Gaffney. (2004). Discovery of a 1st Century AD Roman Amphitheater and Other Structures at the Forum Novum by GPR. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 9(1). 35–41. 26 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Vincent, H. D. Patterson, Salvatore Piro, Dean Goodman, & Yasushi Nishimura. (2004). Multimethodological approach to study and characterize Forum Novum (Vescovio, central Italy). Archaeological Prospection. 11(4). 201–212. 41 indexed citations

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Gaffney, Vincent, H. D. Patterson, Paul Roberts, et al.. (2001). Forum Novum–Vescovio: Studying urbanism in the Tiber valley. Journal of Roman Archaeology. 14. 58–79. 11 indexed citations

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Piro, Salvatore, et al.. (1998). Position and spatial orientation of magnetic bodies from archaeological magnetic surveys. Annals of Geophysics. 41(3). 9 indexed citations

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Orlando, Luciana, et al.. (1996). Location of Archaeological Structures using GPR Method: Three-dimensional Data Acquisition and Radar Signal Processing. Archaeological Prospection. 3(1). 13–23. 55 indexed citations

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Orlando, Luciana, et al.. (1987). Location of sub-surface geoelectric anomalies for archaeological work: A comparison between experimental arrays and interpretation using numerical methods. Geoexploration. 24(3). 227–237. 12 indexed citations

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