I am a Researcher in Social Statistics (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato di tipo A, RTD-A) at the Department of Economics and Statistics (DiSES), University of Naples Federico II, where I hold a permanent appointment since 2025.
My scientific activity sits at the intersection of advanced statistical methods, text mining, and data science, with applications spanning the mapping of scientific knowledge, the development of decision-support tools in academic, healthcare, and economic policy contexts. I obtained my PhD in Social Sciences and Statistics (XXXVII Cycle) from the University of Naples Federico II in 2025, with a thesis titled "From Scientific Knowledge Synthesis to Cutting-Edge Discovery: The Innovative Potential of Automatic Text Summarization in Scientific Literature" (Supervisor: Prof. Rosanna Cataldo).
I am a member of the academic spin-off K-Synth and co-author of the software TALL – Text Analysis for ALL, an R package and Shiny application officially released on CRAN with over 3,000 installations. I also contribute to the development of bibliometrix, one of the leading tools for scientometric analysis globally.
With over 41 scientific publications — including papers in Fascia A international journals — and presentations at more than 20 national and international conferences, I am also active in the scientific community as Associate Editor and reviewer for leading indexed journals. I am a member of the Società Italiana di Statistica (SIS) and the Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Computazionale (AILC).
XXXVII Cycle · Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Naples Federico II
Thesis: "From Scientific Knowledge Synthesis to Cutting-Edge Discovery: The Innovative Potential of Automatic Text Summarization in Scientific Literature"
Supervisor: Prof. Rosanna Cataldo
Dept. of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II
Thesis: "Integrazione scolastica delle seconde generazioni: un'analisi multidimensionale" — Statistical Methods for Data Mining
Supervisor: Prof. Cristina Davino
Dept. of Economics, Management and Institutions, University of Naples Federico II
Dept. of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II
PRIN 2022 PNRR — "The value of scientific production for patient care in Academic Health Science Centres" (CUP: E53D23016650001). Development of advanced scientometric indicators for Italian public AHSCs.
Dept. of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padua
PRIN 2022 PNRR — "Reading the Italian Novel at a Distance (1830–1930)". Diachronic and synchronic statistical analyses on Italian literary texts using cluster analysis and topic modeling.
Dept. of Information and Communication, University of Granada, Spain
Research stay with the U-CHASS group (Computational Humanities and Social Sciences), supervised by Prof. Nicolas Robinson-García. Focus on bibliometrics, computational methods, and sociology of science applied to social sciences.
Dept. of Economics, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Progetto competitivo V:ALERE 2019 — "Governare il cambiamento degli Ospedali pubblici Italiani di ricerca e didattica" (PI: Prof. Corrado Cuccurullo). Bibliometric and statistical analysis of governance and scientific production of Italian Academic Medical Centers.
Dept. of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II
MIUR project "PAEC – Piano di orientamento e tutorato per l'area economica". Development of an interactive R/Shiny dashboard for monitoring first-year students' academic careers.
2024
16th International Congress of the Italian Society of Pathology and Oral Medicine (SIPMO), Naples, Oct 2024.
Not-burning vs Burning: what is the diagnosis? A case-control study on diagnostic challenges in chronic orofacial pain (Musella et al., 2024)
2024
16th International Congress SIPMO, Naples, Oct 2024.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder and compulsive personality traits in Burning Mouth Syndrome: a multicentric analysis (Capuano et al., 2024)
2024
16th International Congress SIPMO, Naples, Oct 2024.
Cognitive profile in burning mouth syndrome versus mild cognitive impairment: a comparative study (Canfora et al., 2024)
2022
29° Congresso Nazionale "Digital Dentistry", Bologna, Apr 2022.
Caratteristiche socio-demografiche e profilo psicologico dei pazienti affetti da Lichen Planus orale del Nord e del Centro-Sud Italia (Adamo et al., 2022)