0 Total Publications 29 indexed
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0 Citations Scopus, 2026

Research Areas

Bibliometrics & Scientometrics

Development and application of quantitative methods for the analysis of scientific literature, including science mapping, citation analysis, and performance indicators for research institutions.

Text Mining & NLP

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of textual corpora using statistical approaches: topic modeling, thematic evolution, automatic summarization, and knowledge extraction from scientific literature.

Academic Health Centers

Evaluation of the scientific productivity, governance, and healthcare performance of Italian public Academic Medical Centers (AHSCs) using bibliometric and statistical indicators.

Statistical Methods

Development and application of advanced statistical and data science methods — from multivariate analysis to machine learning — in social, educational, and health research contexts.

Scientific Publications

Working Papers & Preprints

2026
PreprintarXiv

Rethinking Thematic Evolution in Science Mapping: An Integrated Framework for Longitudinal Analysis

Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., Misuraca, M., Spano, M.

Pre-print available in arXiv. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2603.06436

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2025
Preprint

Semantic Pathways to Knowledge: Analyzing Scientific Texts Beyond Metrics

D'Aniello, L., Robinson-Garcia, N., Aria, M., & Cuccurullo, C.

Pre-print available in arXiv:2407.1864

2025
Under Review

ThemeScope: A quantitative thematic analysis for depicting social representations in digital arenas

Misuraca, M., Spano, M., D'Aniello, L.

Journal of Information Science · SAGE Publications (under review)

2025
Accepted

Synthetizing Knowledge: An Integrated Approach for Extracting Relevant Content from Scientific Literature

Aria, M., Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., Misuraca, M. & Spano, M.

Tesi e Temi (accepted)

2026
Under Review

Understanding the Dual Nature of AI in Management Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

Ariante, I., Aria, M., D'Aniello, L.

Management Decision (under review)

Articles in International Scientific Journals

* Fascia A, Area 13 STAT-03/B
2026
JournalSoftware

TALL: Text analysis for all — an interactive R-shiny application for exploring, modeling, and visualizing textual data

Aria, M., Spano, M., D'Aniello, L., Cuccurullo, C., Misuraca, C., Spano, M.

SoftwareX · Elsevier · DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2026.102590

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2025
Journal

Inside the Fire. Exploring the Impact of Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep Disturbances on Pain Perception in Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study of 200 Patients

Argiuolo, A., Canfora, F., Muzii, B., D'Antonio, C., D'Auria, D., Giudice, A., Musella, G., D'Aniello, L., … & Adamo, D.

Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine · Wiley · DOI: 10.1111/jop.70026

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2025
Journal

Cross-Cultural Differences and Clinical Presentations in Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study of Italian and Romanian Outpatient Settings

Ionescu, C. G., Musella, G., Canfora, F., D'Antonio, C., Memé, L., Leuci, S., …, D'Aniello, L., …, & Adamo, D.

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(16), 5805 · MDPI · DOI: 10.3390/jcm14165805

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2025
Journal

Vortioxetine versus SSRI/SNRI with pregabalin augmentation in treatment-resistant burning mouth syndrome: a prospective clinical trial

Adamo, D., Canfora, F., Pecoraro, G., Leuci, S., Coppola, N., Narenzi, G., …, D'Aniello, L., Mignogna, M.D., & Albert, U.

Current Neuropharmacology, 23(7), 800–819 · Bentham Science · DOI: 10.2174/1570159X22999240729103717

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2025
Journal

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and traits in patients with burning mouth syndrome: a cross-sectional multicentric analysis

Pellegrini, L., Canfora, F., Ottaviani, G., D'Antonio, C., Rupel, K., Mignogna, M. D., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., Albert, U. & Adamo, D.

Clinical Oral Investigations, 29(4), 1–16 · Springer · DOI: 10.1007/s00784-025-06293-6

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2025
Journal

Oral Dysaesthetic and Perceptual Dysaesthesia, a Distinct Subset of Chronic Orofacial Pain Without Burning Symptoms: A Case–Control Study

Musella, G., Canfora, F., Caponio, V. C. A., Vardas, E., Kouri, M., Nikitakis, N., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., Lo Muzio, L., Mignogna, D.M., & Adamo, D.

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 52(5), 651–666 · Wiley · DOI: 10.1111/joor.13945

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2024
Journal* Fascia A

Comparative science mapping: a novel conceptual structure analysis with metadata

* Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., Cuccurullo, C., Misuraca, M. & Spano, M.

Scientometrics, 129(11), 7055–7081 · Springer · DOI: 10.1007/s11192-024-05161-6

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2024
Journal* Fascia A

Mapping the evolution of gender dysphoria research: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis

* Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., Grassia, M. G., Marino, M., Mazza, R., & Stavolo, A.

Quality & Quantity, 58, 5351–5375 · Springer · DOI: 10.1007/s11135-024-01902-0

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2024
Journal

Unveiling the Lernen effect in the scientific literature domain: Navigating quality amidst the artificial intelligence-driven deluge

D'Aniello, L.

Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, 53(6), 331–333 · Wiley · Invited Editorial · DOI: 10.1111/jop.13569

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2024
Journal

Gender differences in pain perception among burning mouth syndrome patients: a cross-sectional study of 242 men and 242 women

Adamo, D., Canfora, F., Leuci, S., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., Mignogna, D.M., & Adamo, D.

Scientific Reports, 14, 3340 · Nature Portfolio · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53074-4

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2024
Journal

COVID-19 impact on post-traumatic stress symptoms in burning mouth syndrome: a multicentric study

Ottaviani, G., Canfora, F., Leuci, S., Coppola, N., Pecoraro, G., Rupel, K., Bogdan Preda, M. T., Vello, V., Umberto, A., Gasparro, R., Gobbo, M., Guarda-Nardini, L., Giudice, A., Calabria, E., Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., …

Oral diseases · Wiley · DOI: 10.1111/odi.14915

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2024
Journal

The global distribution of special needs dentistry across dental school curricula

Scepanovic, T., Mati, S., Ming, A. L., Yeo, P. Y., Nguyen, D., Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., … & Celentano, A.

Special Care in Dentistry, 44(4), 1191–1210 · Wiley · DOI: 10.1111/scd.1297

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2024
Journal

Evaluating global research trends in special needs dentistry: a systematic bibliometrix analysis

Senthilvadevel, N., Ky, J., Ng, M., Zhao, T., Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., … & Celentano, A.

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 10(3) · Wiley · DOI: 10.1002/cre2.896

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2023
Journal* Fascia A

Balancing tourism and conservation: analysing the sustainability of tourism in the city of Naples through citizen perspectives

* Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., Della Corte, V. & Pagliara, F.

Quality & Quantity · Springer · DOI: 10.1007/s11135-023-01774-w

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2023
Journal

Planning the future of rail in the post-COVID era

Pagliara, F., Aria, M., Castelluccio, A., Targaglia, M., & D'Aniello, L.

Transportation Planning and Technology, 1–26 · Taylor & Francis · DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2023.2263440

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2023
Journal

Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Multicentric Case-Control Italian Study

Adamo, D., Ottaviani, G., Canfora, F., Leuci, S., Coppola, N., Pecoraro, G., Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., … & Mignogna, M.D.

Depression and Anxiety · Wiley · DOI: 10.1155/2023/6666741

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2023
Journal

Salivary Complaints in Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Cross Sectional Study on 500 Patients

Canfora, F., Calabria, E., Spagnuolo, G., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., & Adamo, D.

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(17), 5561 · MDPI · DOI: 10.3390/jcm12175561

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2023
Journal

Burning mouth syndrome: Analysis of diagnostic delay in 500 patients

Adamo, D., Calabria, E., Canfora, F., Coppola, N., Pecoraro, G., D'Aniello, L., Aria, M., Mignogna, M. D. & Leuci, S.

Oral Diseases, 30(3), 1543–1554 · Wiley · DOI: 10.1111/odi.14553

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2023
Journal

Anxiety and depression in keratotic oral lichen planus: a multicentric study from the SIPMO

Adamo, D., Calabria, E., Canfora, F., Coppola, N., Leuci, S., Mignogna, M., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L. & Mignogna, M. D.

Clinical Oral Investigations, 1–13 · Springer · DOI: 10.1007/s00784-023-04909-3

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2023
Journal

Burning Mouth Syndrome and Hypertension: Prevalence, Gender Differences and Association with Pain and Psycho-Social Characteristics — A Case Control Study

Adamo, D., Canfora, F., Elena, C., Coppola, N., Sansone, M., Spagnuolo, G., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., Mignogna, M.D. & Leuci, S.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2040 · MDPI · DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20032040

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2023
Journal

Prevalence of hypertension and correlation with mental health in women with burning mouth syndrome: a case-control study

Canfora, F., Calabria E., Pecoraro G., Leuci S., Coppola N., Mazzaccara C., Spirito F., Aria M., D'Aniello L., Mignogna MD & Adamo D.

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine · Frontiers · DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.969148

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2022
Journal

Academic Health Centers' configurations, scientific productivity, and impact: insights from the Italian setting

D'Aniello, L., Spano, M., Cuccurullo, C., & Aria, M.

Health Policy, 126, 1317–1323 · Elsevier · DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.09.007

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2022
Journal* Fascia A

Thematic Analysis as a New Culturomic Tool: The Social Media Coverage on COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

* Aria M., Cuccurullo C., D'Aniello L., Misuraca M., Spano M.

Sustainability, 14(6), 3643 · MDPI · DOI: 10.3390/su14063643

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2022
Journal

Where do you live? North versus Central-South differences in relation to Italian patients with oral lichen planus: a cross-sectional study from the SIPMO

Adamo, D., Canfora, F., Coppola, N., Leuci, S., Lo Muzio, L., Spirito, F., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L. & Mignogna, M. D.

BMC Oral Health, 22(1), 1–16 · Springer · DOI: 10.1186/s12903-022-02181-7

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2022
Journal

The use of self-report questionnaires in an analysis of the multidimensional aspects of pain and quality of life in patients with burning mouth syndrome

Canfora, F., Calabria, E., Pecoraro, G., D'Aniello, L., Aria, M., Marenzi, G., … & Adamo, D.

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 49(9), 890–914 · Wiley · DOI: 10.1111/joor.13343

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2022
Journal

White matter hyperintensities in Burning Mouth Syndrome assessed according to the Age-Related White Matter Changes scale

Adamo, D., Canfora, F., Calabria, E., Coppola, N., Leuci, S., Pecoraro, G., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L., & Mignogna, M.

Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 14 · Frontiers · DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.923720

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2021
Journal

Burning Fog: Cognitive Impairment in Burning Mouth Syndrome

Canfora, F., Calabria, E., Cuocolo, R., Ugga, L., Buono, G., Marenzi, G., …, Aria, M., D'Aniello, L. & Adamo, D.

Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 14 · Frontiers · DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.727417

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Books & Monographs

2023
Book

Leading Change in Academic Health Science Centers

Cuccurullo, C., Aria, M., Spano, M., & D'Aniello, L.

Zaccaria · ISBN: 9788899594213 · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15193956

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Conference Proceedings

2025
Proceedings

Keyword-enhanced summarization from scientific literature through an integrated approach

Aria, M., Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello L., Misuraca, M. & Spano M.

In Measuring and Interpreting World Changes with Statistics, Data Science and AI — Book of short papers of the ASA Rome Conference. Supplement to Volume 37/2 (pp 37-42). DOI: 10.26398/asaproc.0076

2025
Proceedings

From Data Collection to Knowledge in Health: Turning Scientific Production into Practical Decision-Making Tools

Aria, M., Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L. & Spano M.

In Book of Short Papers 2025 Conference of the 12th Scientific Meeting of the Statistics for the Evaluation and Quality of Services Group of the Italian Statistical Society. ISBN: 978-88-5495-849-4.

2024
Proceedings

Extracting knowledge from scientific literature with an integrated Text Summarization approach

D'Aniello, L., Aria, M., Cuccurullo, C., Misuraca, M., & Spano M.

In A. Dister, D. Longrée (eds.), Mots competes textes déchiffrés (JADT24) Presses Universitaires De Louvain Vol.1 pp. 239-248. ISBN:978-2-39061-471-5

2024
Proceedings

TALL: A new Shiny app for Text Analysis

Aria, M., Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., Misuraca, M., & Spano M.

In A. Pollice, P. Mariani (eds.) Methodological and Applied Statistics and Demography III (SIS 2024) (pp. 64-70). Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-031-64430-6. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64331-3

2024
Proceedings

Breaking Barriers with TALL: A Text Analysis Shiny app for ALL

Aria, M., Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., & Spano M.

In A. Dister, D. Longrée (eds.), Mots competes textes déchiffrés (JADT24) Presses Universitaires De Louvain Vol.1 pp. 39-48. ISBN:978-2-39061-471-5.

2023
Proceedings

Naples and tourism sustainability: A survey of citizens' perceptions

Aria, M., Pagliara, F., D'Aniello, L., & Della Corte, V.

In IES 2023-Statistical Methods for Evaluation and Quality (T3) BOOK OF SHORT PAPERS. Edizioni Il Viandante. ISBN: 979-12-803-3369-8.

2023
Proceedings

TAll: a new Shiny app of Text Analysis for all

Aria, M., Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., Misuraca, M., Spano, M.

In Proceedings of the 9th Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics (CLiC-it 2023), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 3596, pp. 476-479. ISBN: 979-12-550-0084-6.

2022
Proceedings

Mapping evolutionary paths of a society: the longitudinal analysis of the Italian Economia Aziendale

Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., & Pizzo, M.

In 51st Scientific Meeting Of The Italian Statistical Society — SIS 2022 Book of Short Papers (pp. 786-792). Pearson. ISBN 9788891932310.

2022
Proceedings

Text Summarization of a scientific document: a comparison of extractive unsupervised methods

Aria, M., Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., Misuraca, M., & Spano, M.

In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Statistical Analysis of Textual Data (Vol. 1, pp. 67–73). VADISTAT Press/Edizioni Erranti. ISBN: 979-12-80153-30-2.

2022
Proceedings

Twenty Years of Random Forest: preliminary results of systematic literature review

Aria M., Gnasso A. and D'Aniello L.

In 10th International Conference IES 2022 (pp. 225-230). PKE-Professional Knowledge Empowerment srl. ISBN 978-88-94593-35-8.

2022
Proceedings

Thematic evolution of Academic Medical Centers' research: a focus on Italian public-owned AOUs in metropolitan areas

Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., Aria, M., Spano, M.

In 10th International Conference IES 2022 (pp. 69-72). PKE-Professional Knowledge Empowerment srl. ISBN 978-88-94593-35-8.

2021
Proceedings

Measuring the impact of healthcare indicators on academic medical centers' scientific production

Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., Aria, M., Spano, M.

In B. Bartaccini, L. Fabbris, A. Petrucci (eds.), ASA 2021 Statistics and Information Systems for Policy Evaluation. Firenze University Press. DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-461-8.

2021
Proceedings

Thematic atlas of Italian oncological research: the analysis of public IRCCS

Cuccurullo, C., D'Aniello, L., Spano, M.

In B. Bartaccini, L. Fabbris, A. Petrucci (eds.), ASA 2021 Statistics and Information Systems for Policy Evaluation. Firenze University Press. DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-304-8.

Research Projects

PRIN 2022 2023 – 2026

SciK-Health: Mapping Scientific Knowledge about Health for Decision-Making

Development of advanced scientometric indicators for the analysis and valorisation of scientific production of Italian public hospital research centers (AHSCs). Codice: 2022825Y5E, E53D2300611006.

PRIN 2022 PNRR 2023 – 2026

The Value of Scientific Production for Patient Care in Academic Health Science Centres

Systematic collection of bibliometric data and normalized indicators measuring research impact of Italian public AHSCs. Codice: P2022RF38Y, E53D23016650001.

PRIN 2022 PNRR 2025 – 2026

Reading the Italian Novel at a Distance (1830–1930)

Diachronic and synchronic statistical analyses on a large Italian literary corpus: cluster analysis, topic modeling, and development of a dedicated R analytical package. Codice: 2022JAYFJH, C53D23010300006.

V:ALERE 2019 2020 – 2021

Leading Change in AMC: Governing the Change of Italian Public Research and Teaching Hospitals

Bibliometric and statistical analysis of governance and scientific production of Italian Academic Medical Centers (AMCs), contributing to the mapping of their scientific output and performance in public health.