2026 Alfonso Pierantonio: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	34	12207	11851	419	415	230	4786

Overview

Alfonso Pierantonio is affiliated with the University of L'Aquila in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of computer science, with a focus on software engineering. Their research spans several subfields including software, information systems, computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, and management information systems.

The scientist's work emphasizes key topics such as:

Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques
Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
Software System Performance and Reliability
Software Engineering Research
Business Process Modeling and Analysis
Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
Scientific Computing and Data Management

Alfonso Pierantonio has published numerous papers in various venues, with a notable presence in "Software & Systems Modeling" where they have published 12 papers. Other frequent publication venues include "arXiv (Cornell University)" with 9 papers, the "2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion (MODELS-C)" with 4 papers, "The Journal of Object Technology" with 4 papers, and the "Journal of Computer Languages" with 3 papers.

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist are:

Grand challenges in model-driven engineering: an analysis of the state of the research, 2020, Software & Systems Modeling
Low-code development and model-driven engineering: Two sides of the same coin?, 2022, Software & Systems Modeling
Low-code Engineering for Internet of things: A state of research, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
What Is the Future of Modeling?, 2021, IEEE Software
Convolutional neural networks for enhanced classification mechanisms of metamodels, 2020, Journal of Systems and Software

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Davide Di Ruscio
Juri Di Rocco
Ludovico Iovino
Felicien Ihirwe
Antonio Bucchiarone

The main academic discipline of Alfonso Pierantonio is computer science with a publication record totaling 98 works. Their research contributions span foundational and applied aspects of software, including extended topics such as business process modeling and service-oriented architectures, indicating an interdisciplinary approach bridging technical methods with information systems and network communications.

Best Publications

Automating Co-evolution in Model-Driven Engineering

A. Cicchetti;D. Di Ruscio;R. Eramo;A. Pierantonio

373
Citations
Different models for model matching: An analysis of approaches to support model differencing

Dimitrios S. Kolovos;Davide Di Ruscio;Alfonso Pierantonio;Richard F. Paige

273
Citations
A Metamodel Independent Approach to Difference Representation

Antonio Cicchetti;Davide Di Ruscio;Alfonso Pierantonio

224
Citations
JTL: a bidirectional and change propagating transformation language

Antonio Cicchetti;Davide Di Ruscio;Romina Eramo;Alfonso Pierantonio

223
Citations
Supporting the understanding and comparison of low-code development platforms

Apurvanand Sahay;Arsene Indamutsa;Davide Di Ruscio;Alfonso Pierantonio

221
Citations
Low-code development and model-driven engineering: Two sides of the same coin?

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192
Citations
Grand challenges in model-driven engineering: an analysis of the state of the research

Antonio Bucchiarone;Jordi Cabot;Richard F. Paige;Richard F. Paige;Alfonso Pierantonio

176
Citations
MDEForge: an Extensible Web-Based Modeling Platform.

Francesco Basciani;Juri Di Rocco;Davide Di Ruscio;Amleto Di Salle

105
Citations
Managing Model Conflicts in Distributed Development

Antonio Cicchetti;Davide Ruscio;Alfonso Pierantonio

104
Citations
Managing Dependent Changes in Coupled Evolution

Antonio Cicchetti;Davide Ruscio;Alfonso Pierantonio

101
Citations
Extending AMMA for Supporting Dynamic Semantics Specifications of DSLs

Davide Di Ruscio;Frédéric Jouault;Ivan Kurtev;Jean Bézivin

100
Citations
Collaborative Repositories in Model-Driven Engineering

Juri Di Rocco;Davide Di Ruscio;Ludovico Iovino;Alfonso Pierantonio

93
Citations
Montages Specifications of Realistic Programming Languages.

Philipp W. Kutter;Alfonso Pierantonio

91
Citations
On the Impact Significance of Metamodel Evolution in MDE

Ludovico Iovino;Alfonso Pierantonio;Ivano Malavolta

90
Citations
What is needed for managing co-evolution in MDE?

Davide Di Ruscio;Ludovico Iovino;Alfonso Pierantonio

84
Citations
Automated co-evolution of GMF editor models

Davide Di Ruscio;Ralf Lämmel;Alfonso Pierantonio

75
Citations
Model transformations

Davide Di Ruscio;Romina Eramo;Alfonso Pierantonio

70
Citations
Multi-view approaches for software and system modelling: a systematic literature review

Antonio Cicchetti;Federico Ciccozzi;Alfonso Pierantonio

69
Citations
Developing next generation ADLs through MDE techniques

Davide Di Ruscio;Ivano Malavolta;Henry Muccini;Patrizio Pelliccione

68
Citations
Low-code engineering for internet of things: a state of research

Felicien Ihirwe;Davide Di Ruscio;Silvia Mazzini;Pierluigi Pierini

67
Citations
Mechanisms for leveraging models at runtime in self-adaptive software

Amel Bennaceur;Giordano Tamburrelli;Thomas Vogel

64
Citations
Digging into UML models to remove performance antipatterns

Vittorio Cortellessa;Antinisca Di Marco;Romina Eramo;Alfonso Pierantonio

58
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Vallecillo University of Malaga

Richard F. Paige McMaster University

Jeff Gray University of Alabama

Henry Muccini University of L'Aquila

Juan de Lara Autonomous University of Madrid

Jean Bézivin University of Nantes

Manuel Wimmer Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Ralf Lämmel Facebook (United States)

Esther Guerra Autonomous University of Madrid

Gerti Kappel TU Wien

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