Stefano Rozzi

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Stefano Rozzi is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Rozzi has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 32 papers in Social Psychology and 10 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Stefano Rozzi's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (31 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (22 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (16 papers). Stefano Rozzi is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (31 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (22 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (16 papers). Stefano Rozzi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Stefano Rozzi's co-authors include Leonardo Fogassi, Pier Francesco Ferrari, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Giuseppe Luppino, Marzio Gerbella, Elena Borra, Fabian Chersi, Benno Gesierich, Abdelouahed Belmalih and Roberta Calzavara and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and Physiological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Rozzi

51 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Parietal Lobe: From Action Organization to Intention Understanding

2005 1.4k citations Leonardo Fogassi, Pier Francesco Ferrari et al. profile →
Cortical Mechanisms Underlying the Organization of Goal-Directed Actions and Mirror Neuron-Based Action Understanding

2014 351 citations Giacomo Rizzolatti, Stefano Rozzi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefano Rozzi Italy	32	4.3k	3.3k	804	716	514	53	5.2k
Angelo Maravita Italy	39	4.3k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	395 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	569 1.1×	112	5.8k
Jody C. Culham Canada	49	7.9k 1.8×	2.8k 0.8×	661 0.8×	834 1.2×	714 1.4×	140	8.6k
Eliot Hazeltine United States	34	4.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 1.3×	680 0.9×	565 1.1×	105	5.5k
Eiichi Naito Japan	32	3.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	558 0.7×	482 0.7×	905 1.8×	102	4.7k
Lindsay M. Oberman United States	34	3.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	779 1.0×	522 0.7×	1.2k 2.4×	80	4.8k
Daniel E. Glaser United Kingdom	13	3.4k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1000 1.4×	134 0.3×	15	4.6k
Yves Rossetti France	64	9.7k 2.3×	1.9k 0.6×	806 1.0×	757 1.1×	1.1k 2.1×	245	11.2k
Ricarda I. Schubotz Germany	38	4.9k 1.2×	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	256 0.5×	129	5.8k
Ulrike Halsband Germany	37	3.2k 0.7×	858 0.3×	669 0.8×	430 0.6×	449 0.9×	68	4.2k
Hiroshi Imamizu Japan	35	4.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	417 0.5×	325 0.5×	1.1k 2.2×	93	5.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Rozzi

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Gerbella, Marzio, et al.. (2025). Encoding of visual stimuli and behavioral goals in distinct anatomical areas of monkey ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. PLoS Biology. 23(8). e3003041–e3003041.

Errante, Antonino, et al.. (2024). Shared body representation constraints in human and non-human primates behavior. Cortex. 181. 179–193. 1 indexed citations

Rozzi, Stefano, et al.. (2021). Visual response of ventrolateral prefrontal neurons and their behavior-related modulation. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 10118–10118. 5 indexed citations

Simone, Luciano, et al.. (2017). Action observation activates neurons of the monkey ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44378–44378. 33 indexed citations

Rozzi, Stefano & Leonardo Fogassi. (2017). Neural Coding for Action Execution and Action Observation in the Prefrontal Cortex and Its Role in the Organization of Socially Driven Behavior. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11. 492–492. 16 indexed citations

Borra, Elena, Marzio Gerbella, Stefano Rozzi, & Giuseppe Luppino. (2017). The macaque lateral grasping network: A neural substrate for generating purposeful hand actions. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 75. 65–90. 97 indexed citations

Ferrari, Pier Francesco, et al.. (2017). Two different mirror neuron networks: The sensorimotor (hand) and limbic (face) pathways. Neuroscience. 358. 300–315. 67 indexed citations

Bruni, Stefania, Marzio Gerbella, Luca Bonini, et al.. (2017). Cortical and subcortical connections of parietal and premotor nodes of the monkey hand mirror neuron network. Brain Structure and Function. 223(4). 1713–1729. 58 indexed citations

Jezzini, Ahmad, Stefano Rozzi, Elena Borra, et al.. (2015). A shared neural network for emotional expression and perception: an anatomical study in the macaque monkey. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 9. 243–243. 48 indexed citations

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Borra, Elena, Marzio Gerbella, Stefano Rozzi, & Giuseppe Luppino. (2013). Projections from Caudal Ventrolateral Prefrontal Areas to Brainstem Preoculomotor Structures and to Basal Ganglia and Cerebellar Oculomotor Loops in the Macaque. Cerebral Cortex. 25(3). 748–764. 24 indexed citations

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Gerbella, Marzio, et al.. (2013). Amygdalar connections of the macaque areas 45A and 45B. Brain Structure and Function. 219(3). 831–842. 17 indexed citations

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Maranesi, Monica, Francesca Rodà, Luca Bonini, et al.. (2012). Anatomo‐functional organization of the ventral primary motor and premotor cortex in the macaque monkey. European Journal of Neuroscience. 36(10). 3376–3387. 55 indexed citations

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Nelissen, Koen, Elena Borra, Marzio Gerbella, et al.. (2011). Action Observation Circuits in the Macaque Monkey Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(10). 3743–3756. 171 indexed citations

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Ferrari, Pier Francesco, Francesca Rodà, Monica Maranesi, et al.. (2011). Neurons Controlling Voluntary Vocalization in the Macaque Ventral Premotor Cortex. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e26822–e26822. 117 indexed citations

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Borra, Elena, Abdelouahed Belmalih, Marzio Gerbella, Stefano Rozzi, & Giuseppe Luppino. (2010). Projections of the hand field of the macaque ventral premotor area F5 to the brainstem and spinal cord. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 518(13). 2570–2591. 79 indexed citations

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Bonini, Luca, et al.. (2009). Ventral Premotor and Inferior Parietal Cortices Make Distinct Contribution to Action Organization and Intention Understanding. Cerebral Cortex. 20(6). 1372–1385. 204 indexed citations

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Rozzi, Stefano, Pier Francesco Ferrari, Luca Bonini, Giacomo Rizzolatti, & Leonardo Fogassi. (2008). Functional organization of inferior parietal lobule convexity in the macaque monkey: electrophysiological characterization of motor, sensory and mirror responses and their correlation with cytoarchitectonic areas. European Journal of Neuroscience. 28(8). 1569–1588. 272 indexed citations

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Belmalih, Abdelouahed, Roberta Calzavara, Marzio Gerbella, et al.. (2007). Cortical Connections of the Macaque Anterior Intraparietal (AIP) Area. Cerebral Cortex. 18(5). 1094–1111. 327 indexed citations

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Gerbella, Marzio, Abdelouahed Belmalih, Elena Borra, Stefano Rozzi, & Giuseppe Luppino. (2007). Multimodal architectonic subdivision of the caudal ventrolateral prefrontal cortex of the macaque monkey. Brain Structure and Function. 212(3-4). 269–301. 53 indexed citations

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Rizzolatti, Giacomo, Pier Francesco Ferrari, Stefano Rozzi, & Leonardo Fogassi. (2006). The Inferior Parietal Lobule: Where Action Becomes Perception. Novartis Foundation symposium. 270. 129–145. 59 indexed citations

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