Valentina Di Santo

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Valentina Di Santo is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentina Di Santo has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Valentina Di Santo's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (17 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (16 papers) and Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (13 papers). Valentina Di Santo is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (17 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (16 papers) and Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (13 papers). Valentina Di Santo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Valentina Di Santo's co-authors include George Lauder, Dylan K. Wainwright, Wayne A. Bennett, Hilary Bart‐Smith, Joseph Zhu, Christopher P. Kenaley, Phillip S. Lobel, Guoping Feng, Mohammed Mostafizur Rahman and Mu Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Valentina Di Santo

38 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Multi-animal pose estimation, identification and tracking with DeepLabCut

2022 264 citations Jessy Lauer, Mu Zhou et al. Nature Methods profile →
Tuna robotics: A high-frequency experimental platform exploring the performance space of swimming fishes

2019 254 citations Joseph Zhu, Dylan K. Wainwright et al. Science Robotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valentina Di Santo United States	19	513	472	463	229	201	40	1.4k
Matthew J. McHenry United States	27	680 1.3×	834 1.8×	621 1.3×	301 1.3×	202 1.0×	66	2.3k
Erik J. Anderson United States	18	900 1.8×	314 0.7×	294 0.6×	366 1.6×	339 1.7×	34	1.5k
Ian K. Bartol United States	18	427 0.8×	154 0.3×	264 0.6×	159 0.7×	133 0.7×	34	1.0k
Ulrike K. Müller Netherlands	23	1.2k 2.3×	726 1.5×	481 1.0×	271 1.2×	255 1.3×	45	2.2k
Hanno Hildenbrandt Netherlands	24	203 0.4×	401 0.8×	590 1.3×	114 0.5×	208 1.0×	40	1.9k
James A. Strother United States	17	147 0.3×	333 0.7×	300 0.6×	101 0.4×	55 0.3×	30	1.2k
Melina E. Hale United States	29	659 1.3×	826 1.8×	413 0.9×	166 0.7×	75 0.4×	66	2.7k
Brooke E. Flammang United States	19	677 1.3×	503 1.1×	194 0.4×	274 1.2×	170 0.8×	45	1.3k
Emily M. Standen Canada	18	456 0.9×	717 1.5×	370 0.8×	121 0.5×	60 0.3×	41	1.2k
T. L. Daniel United States	23	1.4k 2.7×	253 0.5×	340 0.7×	148 0.6×	245 1.2×	45	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Valentina Di Santo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valentina Di Santo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Valentina Di Santo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Valentina Di Santo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Valentina Di Santo. Valentina Di Santo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Santo, Valentina Di, et al.. (2025). Compensatory sensory mechanisms in naïve blind cavefish navigating novel environments after lateral line ablation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 305. 111863–111863.

Akanyeti, Otar, et al.. (2025). Running on empty: locomotor compensation preserves fish schooling under hypoxia and informs principles for bioinspired swarms. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 20(6). 66014–66014.

Santo, Valentina Di, et al.. (2025). Inherent instability leads to high costs of hovering in near-neutrally buoyant fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(28). e2420015122–e2420015122. 1 indexed citations

Santo, Valentina Di, et al.. (2023). Ontogenetic Plasticity in Shoaling Behavior in a Forage Fish under Warming. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 63(3). 730–741. 6 indexed citations

Han, Pan, et al.. (2023). Vortex dynamics and fin-fin interactions resulting in performance enhancement in fish-like propulsion. Physical Review Fluids. 8(7). 24 indexed citations

Lauer, Jessy, Mu Zhou, Shaokai Ye, et al.. (2022). Multi-animal pose estimation, identification and tracking with DeepLabCut. Nature Methods. 19(4). 496–504. 264 indexed citations breakdown →

Akanyeti, Otar, Valentina Di Santo, Elsa Goerig, et al.. (2022). Fish-inspired segment models for undulatory steady swimming. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 17(4). 46007–46007. 15 indexed citations

Santo, Valentina Di, Elsa Goerig, Dylan K. Wainwright, et al.. (2021). Convergence of undulatory swimming kinematics across a diversity of fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 76 indexed citations

Santo, Valentina Di, et al.. (2020). Robokrill: understanding vortex generation during drag-based metachronal swimming. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Joseph, et al.. (2019). Tuna robotics: A high-frequency experimental platform exploring the performance space of swimming fishes. Science Robotics. 4(34). 254 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Connell, Kyle A., et al.. (2019). A Tale of Two Skates: Comparative Phylogeography of North American Skate Species with Implications for Conservation. Copeia. 107(2). 297–297. 4 indexed citations

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Santo, Valentina Di. (2019). Ocean acidification and warming affect skeletal mineralization in a marine fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1894). 20182187–20182187. 32 indexed citations

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Wen, Li, Ziyu Ren, Valentina Di Santo, et al.. (2018). Understanding Fish Linear Acceleration Using an Undulatory Biorobotic Model with Soft Fluidic Elastomer Actuated Morphing Median Fins. Soft Robotics. 5(4). 375–388. 60 indexed citations

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Santo, Valentina Di, et al.. (2018). Thermal tolerance of the invasive red-bellied pacu and the risk of establishment in the United States. Journal of Thermal Biology. 74. 110–115. 8 indexed citations

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Santo, Valentina Di, Erin L. Blevins, & George Lauder. (2017). Batoid locomotion: effects of speed on pectoral fin deformation in the little skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220(4). 705–712. 40 indexed citations

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Han, Pan, et al.. (2016). Video: Swimming Upstream: Computational Hydrodynamics of Trout Locomotion. 2 indexed citations

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Rossi, Francesca, Britta Gribsholt, Frédéric Gazeau, Valentina Di Santo, & Jack J. Middelburg. (2013). Complex Effects of Ecosystem Engineer Loss on Benthic Ecosystem Response to Detrital Macroalgae. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66650–e66650. 22 indexed citations

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Santo, Valentina Di & Wayne A. Bennett. (2011). Effect of rapid temperature change on resting routine metabolic rates of two benthic elasmobranchs. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 37(4). 929–934. 45 indexed citations

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Wells, Daniel K., et al.. (2009). Automated Image Processing of X-Radiographics of Digestion in Stingrays.. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 69(4). 715–719. 1 indexed citations

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Chiara, Rosario De, Valentina Di Santo, Ugo Erra, & Vittorio Scarano. (2007). Real Positioning in Virtual Environments Using Game Engines. Eurographics. 12 indexed citations

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