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Nicola Masini publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicola Masini sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 273 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Nicola Masini D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nicola Masini is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research spans several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Arts and Humanities, with a significant focus on Archaeological Research and Protection as well as 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage. These topics reflect a cross-disciplinary approach that integrates conservation techniques with advanced methods for cultural heritage analysis.

The main fields of study covered by Nicola Masini include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities

Within these broader fields, Masini's work addresses subfields such as:

  • Geology
  • Space and Planetary Science
  • Conservation
  • Archeology
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

The scholar's principal research topics further specify their focus areas in:

  • Archaeological Research and Protection
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Conservation Techniques and Studies
  • Archaeology and Ancient Environmental Studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
  • Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation

Nicola Masini has published extensively in journals with repeated appearances in:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Sustainability
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • Heritage
  • Sensors

Recent published works by Nicola Masini include:

  • "Multitemporal 2016-2018 Sentinel-2 Data Enhancement for Landscape Archaeology: The Case Study of the Foggia Province, Southern Italy" (2020) in Remote Sensing
  • "Google Earth Engine as Multi-Sensor Open-Source Tool for Supporting the Preservation of Archaeological Areas: The Case Study of Flood and Fire Mapping in Metaponto, Italy" (2021) in Sensors
  • "SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean Area" (2020) in Remote Sensing
  • "The role of imaging radar in cultural heritage: From technologies to applications" (2022) in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • "Pattern Recognition Approach and LiDAR for the Analysis and Mapping of Archaeological Looting: Application to an Etruscan Site" (2022) in Remote Sensing

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors across their publications. Notable collaborators include:

  • Rosa Lasaponara
  • Nicodemo Abate
  • Maria Sileo
  • Antonio Minervino Amodio
  • Maria Danese

Best Publications

  • Airborne and spaceborne remote sensing for archaeological and cultural heritage applications: A review of the century (1907–2017)

    Lei Luo;Xinyuan Wang;Huadong Guo;Rosa Lasaponara

  • Detection of archaeological crop marks by using satellite QuickBird multispectral imagery

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite remote sensing in archaeology: past, present and future perspectives

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite Remote Sensing: A New Tool for Archaeology

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • An overview of satellite synthetic aperture radar remote sensing in archaeology: From site detection to monitoring

    Fulong Chen;Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite Remote Sensing

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Persistent scatterer interferometry processing of COSMO-SkyMed StripMap HIMAGE time series to depict deformation of the historic centre of Rome, Italy.

    Francesca Cigna;Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini;Pietro Milillo

  • Identification of archaeological buried remains based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from Quickbird satellite data

    R. Lasaponara;N. Masini

  • Google Earth as a Powerful Tool for Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Applications: A Review

    Lei Luo;Xinyuan Wang;Huadong Guo;Rosa Lasaponara

  • Some examples of GPR prospecting for monitoring of the monumental heritage

    Nicola Masini;Raffaele Persico;Enzo Rizzo

  • Investigating archaeological looting using satellite images and GEORADAR: the experience in Lambayeque in North Peru

    Rosa Lasaponara;Giovanni Leucci;Nicola Masini;Raffaele Persico

  • Towards an operative use of remote sensing for exploring the past using satellite data: The case study of Hierapolis (Turkey)

    Rosa Lasaponara;Giovanni Leucci;Nicola Masini;Raffaele Persico

  • Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar in Archaeology and Cultural Landscape: An Overview

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Flights into the past: full-waveform airborne laser scanning data for archaeological investigation

    R. Lasaponara;R. Coluzzi;N. Masini

  • GPR and sonic tomography for structural restoration: the case of the cathedral of Tricarico

    G Leucci;N Masini;R Persico;F Soldovieri

  • Investigating the spectral capability of QuickBird data to detect archaeological remains buried under vegetated and not vegetated areas

    Nicola Masini;Rosa Lasaponara

  • On the potential of QuickBird data for archaeological prospection

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Amplitude Change Detection with ENVISAT ASAR to Image the Cultural Landscape of the Nasca Region, Peru

    Francesca Cigna;Deodato Tapete;Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Remote sensing techniques for reconstructing a vast Neolithic settlement in Southern Italy

    Danilo Gallo;Marcello Ciminale;Helmut Becker;Nicola Masini

  • A multiscale approach for reconstructing archaeological landscapes: Applications in Northern Apulia (Italy)

    Marcello Ciminale;Danilo Gallo;Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Medieval Archaeology Under the Canopy with LiDAR. The (Re)Discovery of a Medieval Fortified Settlement in Southern Italy

    Nicola Masini;Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi;Marilisa Biscione;Vincenzo Fundone

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosa Lasaponara
Rosa Lasaponara National Research Council (CNR)
Enzo Rizzo
Enzo Rizzo University of Ferrara
Francesco Soldovieri
Francesco Soldovieri National Research Council (CNR)
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis Cyprus University of Technology
Huadong Guo
Huadong Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marco Mucciarelli
Marco Mucciarelli University of Basilicata
Vincenzo Lapenna
Vincenzo Lapenna National Research Council (CNR)
Ilaria Catapano
Ilaria Catapano National Research Council (CNR)
Silas Michaelides
Silas Michaelides Cyprus University of Technology
Michael Eineder
Michael Eineder German Aerospace Center

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