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Gianluca Esposito

Gianluca Esposito

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
7851
World Ranking
5989
National Ranking
107

Gianluca Esposito publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluca Esposito sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 317 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

Gianluca Esposito D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianluca Esposito sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gianluca Esposito is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on psychology, with a concentration on clinical psychology, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology and education. Their research topics cover areas such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, family and disability support research, attachment and relationship dynamics, functional brain connectivity studies, action observation and synchronization, and early childhood education and development.

Esposito has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • Behavioral Sciences

Some of the recent research papers affiliated with this author include:

  • Social Media Usage and Development of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: A Review, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Nature in virtual reality improves mood and reduces stress: evidence from young adults and senior citizens, 2021, Virtual Reality
  • Vertical greenery buffers against stress: Evidence from psychophysiological responses in virtual reality, 2021, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Assessing problematic use of social media: where do we stand and what can be improved?, 2022, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • Fitspiration on social media: Body-image and other psychopathological risks among young adults. A narrative review, 2021, Emerging Trends in Drugs Addictions and Health

Frequent co-authors in Esposito's research include Alessandro Carollo, Andrea Bizzego, Giulio Gabrieli, Marc H. Bornstein, and Michelle Jin Yee Neoh.

Best Publications

  • Alexithymia and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Complex Relationship.

    Jessie Poquérusse;Luigi Pastore;Sara Dellantonio;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito

  • Parenting Stress Undermines Mother-Child Brain-to-Brain Synchrony: A Hyperscanning Study.

    A. Azhari;W. Q. Leck;G. Gabrieli;A. Bizzego

  • An exploration of symmetry in early autism spectrum disorders: Analysis of lying

    Gianluca Esposito;Paola Venuti;Sandra Maestro;Filippo Muratori

  • Analysis of unsupported gait in toddlers with autism.

    Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito;Paola Venuti;Fabio Apicella;Filippo Muratori

  • Infant Calming Responses during Maternal Carrying in Humans and Mice

    Gianluca Esposito;Sachine Yoshida;Ryuko Ohnishi;Yousuke Tsuneoka

  • Species-specific response to human infant faces in the premotor cortex.

    Andrea Caria;Simona de Falco;Paola Venuti;Sangkyun Lee

  • Social Media Usage and Development of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: A Review.

    Ilaria Cataldo;Ilaria Cataldo;Bruno Lepri;Michelle Jin Yee Neoh;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito

  • Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry

    Marc H Bornstein;Diane L Putnick;Paola Rigo;Paola Rigo;Paola Rigo;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito

  • Collaborative Puzzle Game: a tabletop interactive game for fostering collaboration in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

    A. Battocchi;F. Pianesi;D. Tomasini;M. Zancanaro

  • Continuity and Stability in Development

    Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito

  • Analysis of toddlers' gait after six months of independent walking to identify autism: a preliminary study.

    Gianluca Esposito;Paola Venuti

  • Distinct preoptic-BST nuclei dissociate paternal and infanticidal behavior in mice

    Yousuke Tsuneoka;Yousuke Tsuneoka;Kenichi Tokita;Chihiro Yoshihara;Taiju Amano;Taiju Amano

  • Nature in virtual reality improves mood and reduces stress: evidence from young adults and senior citizens.

    Sarah Hian May Chan;Lin Qiu;Gianluca Esposito;Ky Phong Mai

  • A Novel Way to Measure and Predict Development: A Heuristic Approach to Facilitate the Early Detection of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

    Peter B . Marschik;Peter B . Marschik;Florian B. Pokorny;Florian B. Pokorny;Robert Peharz;Dajie Zhang

  • Comparative Analysis of Crying in Children With Autism, Developmental Delays, and Typical Development

    Gianluca Esposito;Paola Venuti

  • Collaborative puzzle game: a tabletop interface for fostering collaborative skills in children with autism spectrum disorders

    Alberto Battocchi;Ayelet Ben‐Sasson;Gianluca Esposito;Eynat Gal

  • Baby, You Light-Up My Face: Culture-General Physiological Responses to Infants and Culture-Specific Cognitive Judgements of Adults

    Gianluca Esposito;Jun Nakazawa;Shota Ogawa;Rita Stival

  • Sex differences in directional brain responses to infant hunger cries.

    Nicola De Pisapia;Marc H. Bornstein;Paola Rigo;Gianluca Esposito

  • Examining cross-cultural differences in autism spectrum disorder: A multinational comparison from Greece, Italy, Japan, Poland, and the United States

    J. L. Matson;M. Matheis;C. O. Burns;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito

  • A Review of Oxytocin and Arginine-Vasopressin Receptors and Their Modulation of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Ilaria Cataldo;Atiqah Azhari;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito

  • Fathers' play with their Down Syndrome children.

    S. De Falco;G. Esposito;P. Venuti;M. H. Bornstein

  • Differential brain responses to cries of infants with autistic disorder and typical development: An fMRI study

    Paola Venuti;Andrea Caria;Andrea Caria;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito;Nicola De Pisapia

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc H. Bornstein
Marc H. Bornstein National Institutes of Health
Paola Venuti
Paola Venuti University of Trento
Peter B. Marschik
Peter B. Marschik University of Göttingen
Sven Bölte
Sven Bölte Karolinska Institute
Jessica L. Borelli
Jessica L. Borelli University of California, Irvine
Luise Poustka
Luise Poustka University of Göttingen
Tadafumi Kato
Tadafumi Kato Juntendo University
Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine University of Pennsylvania
Jeff Sigafoos
Jeff Sigafoos Victoria University of Wellington
Massimiliano Zampini
Massimiliano Zampini University of Trento

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