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Massimo Zancanaro

Massimo Zancanaro

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
40
Citations
5927
World Ranking
7383
National Ranking
261

Massimo Zancanaro publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Massimo Zancanaro sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 218 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Massimo Zancanaro D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Massimo Zancanaro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Massimo Zancanaro is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy and has a research focus primarily within computer science. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including human-computer interaction, sociology and political science, artificial intelligence, software, and social psychology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics such as virtual reality applications and impacts, spreadsheets and end-user computing, educational games and gamification, AI in service interactions, innovative approaches in technology and social development, technology adoption and user behaviour, as well as digital marketing and social media.

Massimo Zancanaro's recent published papers include:

  • "Comprehension, apprehension, and acceptance: Understanding the influence of literacy and anxiety on acceptance of artificial Intelligence" (2024, Technology in Society)
  • "Teachers' Perspective on Artificial Intelligence Education: an Initial Investigation" (2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts)
  • "How does digital technology impact on the co-production of local services? Evidence from a childcare experience" (2020, Public Money & Management)
  • "Comic-based Digital Storytelling for Content and Language Integrated Learning" (2021, Educational Media International)
  • "A Human-AI interaction paradigm and its application to rhinocytology" (2024, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Massimo Zancanaro include:

  • Gianluca Schiavo
  • Barbara Treccani
  • Giuseppe Desolda
  • Margherita Andrao
  • Fabiana Vernero

They have contributed multiple publications to venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Technology in Society
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Public Money & Management

Best Publications

  • Useful, Social and Enjoyable: Mobile Phone Adoption by Older People

    Mario Conci;Fabio Pianesi;Massimo Zancanaro

  • Adaptive, intelligent presentation of information for the museum visitor in PEACH

    Oliviero Stock;Massimo Zancanaro;Paolo Busetta;Charles Callaway

  • User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization

    Geert-Jan Houben;Gord McCalla;Fabio Pianesi;Massimo Zancanaro

  • A visitor's guide in an active museum: Presentations, communications, and reflection

    Tsvi Kuflik;Oliviero Stock;Massimo Zancanaro;Ariel Gorfinkel

  • Multimodal recognition of personality traits in social interactions

    Fabio Pianesi;Nadia Mana;Alessandro Cappelletti;Bruno Lepri

  • Enhancing social communication of children with high-functioning autism through a co-located interface

    Eynat Gal;Nirit Bauminger;Dina Goren-Bar;Fabio Pianesi

  • Increasing social engagement in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder using collaborative technologies in the school environment:

    Nirit Bauminger-Zviely;Sigal Eden;Massimo Zancanaro;Patrice L Weiss

  • The museum visit: generating seamless personalized presentations on multiple devices

    C. Rocchi;O. Stock;M. Zancanaro;M. Kruppa

  • Designing Wearable Systems for Sports: A Review of Trends and Opportunities in Human–Computer Interaction

    Eleonora Mencarini;Amon Rapp;Lia Tirabeni;Massimo Zancanaro

  • 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

  • Using the influence model to recognize functional roles in meetings

    Wen Dong;Bruno Lepri;Alessandro Cappelletti;Alex Sandy Pentland

  • Analyzing Museum Visitors' Behavior Patterns

    Massimo Zancanaro;Tsvi Kuflik;Zvi Boger;Dina Goren-Bar

  • Automatic detection of group functional roles in face to face interactions

    Massimo Zancanaro;Bruno Lepri;Fabio Pianesi

  • Dimensions of collaboration on a tabletop interface for children with autism spectrum disorder

    Leonardo Giusti;Massimo Zancanaro;Eynat Gal;Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss

  • 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

  • Peach - Intelligent Interfaces For Museum Visits

    Oliviero Stock;Massimo Zancanaro;Peach

  • An exploratory study of a touch-based gestural interface for elderly

    Chiara Leonardi;Adriano Albertini;Fabio Pianesi;Massimo Zancanaro

  • Technical Note Hypernavigation in the physical space: adapting presentations to the user and to the situational context

    Elena Not;Daniela Petrelli;Marcello Sarini;Oliviero Stock

  • Designing a familiar technology for elderly people

    Chiara Leonardi;Claudio Mennecozzi;Elena Not;Fabio Pianesi

  • Knocking on elders' door: investigating the functional and emotional geography of their domestic space

    Chiara Leonardi;Claudio Mennecozzi;Elena Not;Fabio Pianesi

  • Multimodal intelligent information presentation

    Oliviero Stock;Massimo Zancanaro

  • The influence of personality factors on visitor attitudes towards adaptivity dimensions for mobile museum guides

    Dina Goren-Bar;Ilenia Graziola;Fabio Pianesi;Massimo Zancanaro

  • Modelling and Adapting to Context

    Daniela Petrelli;Elena Not;Massimo Zancanaro;Carlo Strapparava

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliviero Stock
Oliviero Stock Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Fabio Pianesi
Fabio Pianesi Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Tsvi Kuflik
Tsvi Kuflik University of Haifa
Bruno Lepri
Bruno Lepri Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Carlo Strapparava
Carlo Strapparava Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Daniela Petrelli
Daniela Petrelli Polytechnic University of Milan
Antonella De Angeli
Antonella De Angeli Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Angelo Susi
Angelo Susi Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Mark S. Marshall
Mark S. Marshall Indiana University
Paola Venuti
Paola Venuti University of Trento

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