2026 Nicola Leone: 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	61	3102	3011	54	53	318	13628

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Italy Leader Award
2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Nicola Leone is affiliated with the University of Calabria in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Computer Science, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence. Their research spans multiple subfields and topics, reflecting a diverse and interdisciplinary approach.

Leone's main fields of study include:

Computer Science

Their work is concentrated in the following subfields:

Artificial Intelligence
General Health Professions
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Philosophy
Computer Networks and Communications

Key research topics covered by Nicola Leone include:

Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
Semantic Web and Ontologies
Formal Methods in Verification
Natural Language Processing Techniques
AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity

Nicola Leone's publication record highlights several papers in notable venues, including:

"Proceedings 36th International Conference on Logic Programming (Technical Communications)", 2020, Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
"Neuro-Symbolic AI for Compliance Checking of Electrical Control Panels", 2023, Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
"Expert consensus document on artificial intelligence of the Italian Society of Cardiology", 2025, Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine
"ASP-Based Declarative Reasoning in Data-Intensive Enterprise and IoT Applications", 2023, Algorithms
"A logic-based decision support system for the diagnosis of headache disorders according to the ICHD-3 international classification", 2020, Theory and Practice of Logic Programming

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

Archive of Doctoral Theses and Digital Collections (University of Calabria)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Nicola Leone has collaborated with various researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

Francesco Ricca
Marco Maratea
Kristian Reale
Francesco Calimeri
Simona Perri

In recognition of their academic contributions, Nicola Leone was made a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

The DLV system for knowledge representation and reasoning

Nicola Leone;Gerald Pfeifer;Wolfgang Faber;Thomas Eiter

1561
Citations
A comparison of structural CSP decomposition methods

Georg Gottlob;Nicola Leone;Francesco Scarcello

572
Citations
ProbView: a flexible probabilistic database system

Laks V. S. Lakshmanan;Nicola Leone;Robert Ross;V. S. Subrahmanian

473
Citations
Hypertree Decompositions and Tractable Queries

Georg Gottlob;Nicola Leone;Francesco Scarcello

464
Citations
Disjunctive Stable Models

Nicola Leone;Pasquale Rullo;Francesco Scarcello

293
Citations
Recursive Aggregates in Disjunctive Logic Programs: Semantics and Complexity

Wolfgang Faber;Nicola Leone;Gerald Pfeifer

289
Citations
Semantics and complexity of recursive aggregates in answer set programming

Wolfgang Faber;Gerald Pfeifer;Nicola Leone

282
Citations
The KR system dlv: progress report, comparisons and benchmarks

Thomas Eiter;Nicola Leone;Cristinel Mateis;Gerald Pfeifer

276
Citations
The complexity of acyclic conjunctive queries

Georg Gottlob;Nicola Leone;Francesco Scarcello

274
Citations
Logic programming and knowledge representation—The A-Prolog perspective

Michael Gelfond;Nicola Leone

269
Citations
A Deductive System for Non-Monotonic Reasoning

Thomas Eiter;Nicola Leone;Cristinel Mateis;Gerald Pfeifer

258
Citations
Declarative problem-solving using the DLV system

Thomas Eiter;Wolfgang Faber;Nicola Leone;Gerald Pfeifer

251
Citations
Applications of Answer Set Programming

Esra Erdem;Michael Gelfond;Nicola Leone

250
Citations
Enhancing Disjunctive Datalog by constraints

F. Buccafurri;N. Leone;P. Rullo

242
Citations
Robbers, marshals, and guards: game theoretic and logical characterizations of hypertree width

Georg Gottlob;Nicola Leone;Francesco Scarcello

194
Citations
Robbers, marshals, and guards: game theoretic and logical characterizations of hypertree width

Georg Gottlob;Nicola Leone;Francesco Scarcello

189
Citations
A logic programming approach to knowledge-state planning, II: the DLV k system

Thomas Eiter;Wolfgang Faber;Nicola Leone;Gerald Pfeifer

180
Citations
Abduction from logic program: semantics and complexity

Thomas Eiter;Georg Gottlob;Nicola Leone

175
Citations
ASP-Core-2 Input Language Format

Francesco Calimeri;Wolfgang Faber;Martin Gebser;Giovambattista Ianni

161
Citations
Computable Functions in ASP: Theory and Implementation

Francesco Calimeri;Susanna Cozza;Giovambattista Ianni;Nicola Leone

158
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Faber University of Klagenfurt

Thomas Eiter TU Wien

Georg Gottlob University of Calabria

Domenico Saccà University of Calabria

Axel Polleres Vienna University of Economics and Business

Michael Gelfond Texas Tech University

Christoph Koch École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Torsten Schaub University of Potsdam

Helmut Veith TU Wien

Martin Gebser University of Klagenfurt

External Links

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