Simona Arrighi

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 907 citations indexed

About

Simona Arrighi is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Arrighi has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 907 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Archeology, 25 papers in Anthropology and 23 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Simona Arrighi's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers). Simona Arrighi is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (25 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (21 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers). Simona Arrighi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and France. Simona Arrighi's co-authors include Giulia Marciani, Stefano Benazzi, Francesco Boschin, Annamaria Ronchitelli, Matteo Romandini, Gregorio Oxilia, Carla Figus, Federico Lugli, Eugenio Bortolini and Jacopo Crezzini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Simona Arrighi

45 papers receiving 899 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.

Enamel peptides reveal the sex of the Late Antique ‘Lovers of Modena’

2019 281 citations Federico Lugli, Giulia Di Rocco et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Arrighi Italy	16	469	393	334	137	61	46	907
Giulia Marciani Italy	14	415 0.9×	348 0.9×	271 0.8×	119 0.9×	52 0.9×	37	767
Gregorio Oxilia Italy	14	279 0.6×	253 0.6×	294 0.9×	73 0.5×	69 1.1×	33	767
Eugenio Bortolini Italy	14	243 0.5×	227 0.6×	258 0.8×	80 0.6×	134 2.2×	49	830
Emanuela Cristiani Italy	21	741 1.6×	772 2.0×	590 1.8×	101 0.7×	44 0.7×	78	1.1k
Isabelle De Groote United Kingdom	15	424 0.9×	308 0.8×	406 1.2×	53 0.4×	45 0.7×	54	763
Florent Détroit France	15	578 1.2×	375 1.0×	428 1.3×	85 0.6×	147 2.4×	37	902
André Debénath France	20	915 2.0×	706 1.8×	620 1.9×	219 1.6×	38 0.6×	52	1.2k
Federico Lugli Italy	19	318 0.7×	469 1.2×	387 1.2×	202 1.5×	81 1.3×	77	1.3k
Matteo Romandini Italy	22	1.2k 2.5×	1.0k 2.6×	754 2.3×	203 1.5×	77 1.3×	64	1.7k
Francesco Boschin Italy	19	713 1.5×	595 1.5×	510 1.5×	147 1.1×	79 1.3×	67	1.0k

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Marciani, Giulia, Morgan Roussel, Simona Arrighi, et al.. (2025). The Uluzzian and Châtelperronian: No Technological Affinity in a Shared Chronological Framework. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology. 8(1). 3–3. 3 indexed citations

Higham, Thomas, Marine Frouin, Katerina Douka, et al.. (2024). Chronometric data and stratigraphic evidence support discontinuity between Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in the Italian Peninsula. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8016–8016. 13 indexed citations

Falcucci, Armando, Simona Arrighi, Vincenzo Spagnolo, et al.. (2024). A pre-Campanian Ignimbrite techno-cultural shift in the Aurignacian sequence of Grotta di Castelcivita, southern Italy. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 12783–12783. 10 indexed citations

Arrighi, Simona, Francesco Boschin, Jacopo Crezzini, et al.. (2023). Paleogeographic reconstruction of the Tuscan coastal area nearby Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario, Italy) during the Neandertal occupation. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 46–51. 1 indexed citations

Arrighi, Simona, Francesco Boschin, Jacopo Crezzini, et al.. (2023). Back to the Past. The paleogeography as key to understand the Middle Palaeolithic peopling at Grotta dei Santi (Mt Argentario – Tuscany). ACTA IMEKO. 12(3). 1–8. 2 indexed citations

Marciani, Giulia, Simona Arrighi, Vincenzo Spagnolo, et al.. (2022). Less is more! Uluzzian technical behaviour at the cave site of Castelcivita (southern Italy). Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 44. 103494–103494. 13 indexed citations

Badino, Federica, Roberta Pini, Cesare Ravazzi, et al.. (2020). The fast-acting “pulse” of Heinrich Stadial 3 in a mid-latitude boreal ecosystem. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 18031–18031. 10 indexed citations

Sano, Katsuhiro, Simona Arrighi, Chiaramaria Stani, et al.. (2019). The earliest evidence for mechanically delivered projectile weapons in Europe. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(10). 1409–1414. 69 indexed citations

Lugli, Federico, Giulia Di Rocco, Antonino Vazzana, et al.. (2019). Enamel peptides reveal the sex of the Late Antique ‘Lovers of Modena’. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 281 indexed citations breakdown →

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Raneri, Simona, Jacopo Crezzini, Simona Arrighi, et al.. (2018). Measuring Weathering and Nanoparticle Coating Impact on Surface Roughness of Natural Stones. Studies in Conservation. 64(5). 298–309. 3 indexed citations

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Arrighi, Simona, et al.. (2018). The Iceman’s lithic toolkit: Raw material, technology, typology and use. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198292–e0198292. 17 indexed citations

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Martini, Ivan, Simona Arrighi, Giulia Capecchi, et al.. (2018). Cave clastic sediments as a tool for refining the study of human occupation of prehistoric sites: insights from the cave site of La Cala (Cilento, southern Italy). Journal of Quaternary Science. 33(5). 586–596. 22 indexed citations

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Spagnolo, Vincenzo, Daniele Aureli, Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araújo, et al.. (2016). The sea destroys, the sea preserves. New evidence on last Neandertals in Central Italy from Grotta di Cala dei Santi (Grosseto). 56. 168–169. 1 indexed citations

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Moretti, Elena, et al.. (2015). Using 3D Microscopy to Analyze Experimental Cut Marks on Animal Bones Produced with Different Stone Tools. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations

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Ronchitelli, Annamaria, Simona Arrighi, Andrea Atrei, et al.. (2014). When technology joins symbolic behaviour: The Gravettian burials at Grotta Paglicci (Rignano Garganico – Foggia – Southern Italy). Quaternary International. 359-360. 423–441. 24 indexed citations

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Arrighi, Simona, et al.. (2012). Manifestazioni d’arte inedite e analisi tecnologica dell’arte mobiliare di Grotta Paglicci (Rignano Garganico - Foggia). Preistoria alpina. 46(46). 49–58. 7 indexed citations

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Arrighi, Simona, et al.. (2012). Grotta Paglicci (Rignano Garganico, Foggia): analisi sulle materie coloranti. Preistoria alpina. 46(46). 91–92. 7 indexed citations

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Arrighi, Simona, et al.. (2009). Production and use in the Lithic Industry of the Mousterian in Santa Croce (Bisceglie, Italy). Human Evolution. 24(2). 91–106. 14 indexed citations

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Arrighi, Simona, et al.. (2009). Surface Modifications of Flint Tools and Their Functional Meaning. Materials and Manufacturing Processes. 24(9). 922–927. 8 indexed citations

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Arrighi, Simona, et al.. (2007). L'abitato della media età del bronzo di Gorgo del Ciliegio (Sansepolcro, Arezzo). Dati preliminari sul contesto paleoambientale. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 263–276. 3 indexed citations

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