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Talks and Publications 

Talks and Interviews

• My talk at CCS2020 on december 7, 2020, link 

• My talk at  the SISFA conference in Messina (Italy)  on october 3, 2018, link

• My talk at  Trivago Academy in Dusseldorf on may 16, 2018, link

• Intervento a Omnibus su La7 del 6 maggio 2018  link

• Intervista su Rai Radio1 nella trasmissione "Gioco a premier" del 7 maggio 2018,  link

• Intervento in diretta a Radio 3 Scienza “Il caso e la capacità” del 6 marzo 2018,  link

• Intervento in diretta  a  Rai 3 nel programma  Geo del 21 settembre 2017,  link

• My talk at the University of Oslo on the Peter principle and random strategies, Oslo, march 4, 2016

• My talk on the Peter principle at the Swedish Television , broadcasted on May 22, 2015

• "How math can improve politics" Interview live on  BBC radio 4  - Material World , April 19, 2012 - Listen to the interview here -

• Intervista su "Telecamere" Rai3 del 22 gennaio 2012

• Talk given at the London Mathematical Society Durham Symposium on Dynamical Systems and Statistical Mechanics, 3 July-13 July 2006, Durham UK.

• Seminario divulgativo in italiano su Caos e Sistemi Complessi (300 MB in formato avi)

• Pdf of my talk at the debate on Sq Statistics held at ICTP in Trieste the 6th of August 2006

• "Introduction to Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics" by Constantino Tsallis, Springer 2009 The first textbook on nonextensive statistics !

Books

Citations and h-index --- Curriculum Vitae

Recent papers

2019

• "Inequalities, chance and success in sport competitions: simulations vs empirical data",  P. Sobkowicz, R. H. Frank, A. E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda,  2019, submitted.

• "Multi-agent simulation for planning and designing new shared mobility services",G Inturri, M Le Pira, N Giuffrida, M Ignaccolo,Alessandro Pluchino, Andrea Rapisarda, Riccardo D'Angelo- Research in Transportation Economics, 2019

• "Exploring the Role of Interdisciplinarity in Physics: Success, Talent and Luck",  A. Pluchino, G. Burgio, A. Rapisarda, A.E. Biondo, A. Pulvirenti, A. Ferro, T. Giorgino, 2019  submitted. arXiv:1901.03607

• "Exploring the role of talent and luck in getting success", A. Pluchino, A.E. Biondo, A. Rapisarda, Acta Physica Polonica B, vol.12 n.1 (2019) p.17.

• "Acoustic emissions in compression of building materials:q-statistics enables the anticipation of the breakdown point", A. Greco, C. Tsallis, A. Rapisarda, A. Pluchino, G. Fichera, L. Contrafatto,  Preprints 201901.0091.v1 Eur. Phys. Journal Special Topics (2019), in press.

2018

• "Talent vs Luck: the role of randomness in success and failure", A. Pluchino, A.E. Biondo, A. Rapisarda, Advances in Complex Systems 21 (2018) 1850014 New -> Attention Score

• "Modelling surveys effects in political competitions", A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Physica A 503 (2018) 714.

• "A simplified model based on self-organised criticality framework for the seismic assessment of urban areas", A. Greco, A. Pluchino, L. Barbarossa, I. Caliò, F. Martinico, Rapisarda A. (2018).  In: (a cura di): Margani G. Rodonò G. Sapienza V., Proceedings of the Seismic and Energy Renovation for Sustainable Cities International Conference. vol. 1, p. 57-68, MONFALCONE:EdicomEdizioni, ISBN: 978-88-96386-56-9

• "Testing Demand Responsive Shared Transport Services via Agent-Based Simulations", G. Inturri,  N. Giuffrida, M. Ignaccolo, M. Le Pira, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, in "New Trends in Emerging Complex Real Life Problems", Springer (2018).

• "A new integrated methodology for the seismic assessment of urban areas", A. Greco, A. Pluchino, L. Barbarossa, G.Barreca, I. Caliò, F. Martinico, A. Rapisarda, (2018)  submitted. arxiv:1901.04335

2017

• "Finding shared decisions in stakeholder networks: An agent-based approach", M. Le Pira, G. Inturri, M. Ignaccolo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, arXiv:1604.05600 Physica A, 466  (2017),  277–287

• "A multilayer approach for price dynamics in financial markets", A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 226,  (2017) 477–488

• "Funding Agencies Rarely Tend to Risk Their Money", A. Rapisarda, 43 Visions for Complexity. Edited by S. Thurner, World Scientific Publishing (2017) ISBN# 9789813206854, pp. 53-54

• "Informative Contagion Dynamics in a Multilayer Network Model of Financial Markets",  A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Italian Economic Journal 3 (2017) 343 DOI 10.1007/s40797-017-0052-4

• "Exploring demand responsive shared transport services under different vehicle dispatching rules via agent-based simulations", M.Le Pira, N.Giuffrida, G.Inturri, M.Ignaccolo, A.Pluchino, A.Rapisarda,  (2017) submitted

• "A simplified model based on self-organized criticality framework for the seismic assessment of urban areas", A. Greco, A. Pluchino, L. Barbarossa, I. Caliò, F. Martinico, A. Rapisarda, (2017) submitted.

• “The fallacy of representative democracy and the random selection of legislators”, M. Caserta, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, S. Spagano,  (2017) submitted.

2016

• "Perfect information vs random investigation: safety guidelines for a consumer in the jungle of product differentiation", A.E. Biondo, A. Giarlotta, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146389 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146389

• A multilayer model for order book dynamics", A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Journal of Network Theory in Finance, 2 (2016) 37-52

• "Modelling stakeholder participation in transport planning", M. Le Pira, M. Ignaccolo, G. Inturri, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Case Studies on Transport Policy,4 ( 2016) 230-238

• "Order book, financial markets and self-organized criticality", A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Chaos Solitons and Fractals 88 (2016) 196

• "Cosmic background radiation and 'ether-drift' experiments", M. Consoli, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Europhysics Letters 113 (2016) 19001.

2015

• "Modeling financial markets by self-organized criticality", A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Phys. Rev. E 92, 042814 (2015).

• "Simulating opinion dynamics on stakeholders' networks through agent-based modelling for collective transport decisions", M. Le Pira, G. Inturri, M. Ignaccolo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Procedia Comp. Science, 52 (2015) 884-889.

• "Efficient promotion strategies to face the Peter Principle", A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Garofalo, Research in the decision sciences for the service economy. p. 247-264, Pearson Education (2015), ISBN: 9780134052359

2014

• "Micro and Macro Benefits of Random Investments in Financial Markets", A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino,  A. Rapisarda, Contemporary Physics 55 (2014) 318  - online version published on july 10, 2014 - arxiv.org/abs/1405.5805

• "Selective altruism  in  collective games", D.A. Zappalà, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, arXiv:1401.3946v2, Physica A 410 (2014) 496

• "The vacuum as a form of turbulent fluid:Motivations,experiments, implications". M. Consoli, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, S. Tudisco, Physica A 395 (2014) 61

• "Agent-based  simulation of pedestrian behaviour in closed spaces: a museum case study, A. Pluchino, C. Garofalo, G. Inturri, A. Rapisarda, M. Ignaccolo, JASSS (2014) 17 (1) 16

2013

• "Reducing financial avalanches by random investments", A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, D. Helbing, Phys Rev. E 88 (2013) 062814  arXiv:1309.3639

• "L'efficienza del caso", A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Garofalo, S. Spagano, M. Caserta, Le Scienze,  533 Gennaio (2013)  86.

• Return Migration After Brain Drain: A Simulation Approach, A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, JASSS 16 (2013)  11.

• "The beneficial role of random strategies in social and financial systems", A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda,Journal of Statistical Physics 151 (2013) 607.

• "Noise, Synchrony and Correlations at the Edge Of Chaos", A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Tsallis, Phys. Rev E 87 (2013) 022910 arXiv:1206.2152

• "Are random trading strategies more successful than technical ones?, A.E. Biondo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, D. Helbing, (2013) PLOS ONE 8(7): e68344. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068344

2012

• Prompt electrons driving ion acceleration and formation of a two temperatures plasma in nanosecond laser-ablation domain, D. Mascali, S. Tudisco, N. Gambino, A. Pluchino, A. Anzalone, F. Musumeci, A. Rapisarda, A. Spitaleri, arXiv:1112.1235EPL  100 (2012) 45003

2011

• Efficient promotion strategies in hierarchical organizations, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Garofalo, Physica A 390 (2011) 3496

• Accidental politicians: how randomly selected legislators can improve Parliament efficiency, A. Pluchino, C. Garofalo, A. Rapisarda, S. Spagano, M. Caserta,Physica A 390 (2011) 3944. New -> Attention Score

• Basic randomness of nature and ether-drift experiments, M. Consoli, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda,  Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 44 (2011) 1089

• Contrastare gli effetti del Principio di Peter tramite l'adozione di strategie casuali, C. Garofalo, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda,Quaderni di Management  n.52 (2011) p. 8

• Meglio scegliere a caso: come sopravvivere in un mondo complesso adottando strategie casuali, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Garofalo, Psicologia Contemporanea n.228 (2011) p. 58

2010

• The Peter principle revisited: a computational study , A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Garofalo, Physica A 389 (2010) 467doi:10.1016/j.physa.2009.09.045 . The paper has been cited by several web sites already before publication and has won the IG Nobel prize 2010. See here for an updated list New -> Attention Score

Click on the following link for the Java applet with the agent based simulation

• Le insidie del Principio di Peter, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Garofalo, Psicologia contemporanea n.219 pag. 20 maggio-giugno 2010

2009

• 'The impact of real time information on transport network routing through Intelligent Agent-Based simulation' D. Buscema, M. Ignaccolo, G. Inturri, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, C. Santoro, S. Tudisco, 978-1-4244-3878-5/09 (2009) IEEE p.72

• 'Multi agent simulations of pedestrian behavior in closed spatial environments' F. Camillen, S. Caprì, C. Garofalo, M. Ignaccolo, G. Inturri, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, S. Tudisco, 978-1-4244-3878-5/09 (2009) IEEE p.375

• Central Limit Behavior in the Kuramoto model at the 'Edge of Chaos' , G. Miritello, A. Pluchino, A.Rapisarda, Physica A 388 (2009) 4818, doi:10.1016/j.physa.2009.08.023

• Comment on "Ergodicity and Central Limit Theorem in Systems with Long-Range Interactions" by Figueiredo et al, A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis, Europhys. Lett. 85 (2009) 60006

• Phase Transitions and Chaos in Long-Range Models of Coupled Oscillators, G. Miritello, A. Pluchino, A.Rapisarda, Europhys. Lett. 85 (2009) 10007

2008

• "Communities recognition in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem by dynamical clustering algotrithm based on different oscillator systems", A. Pluchino, A.Rapisarda and V. Latora, arxiv:/0806.4276 Eur. Phys. Journal B 65 (2008) 395

• "A closer look at the indications of q-generalized Central Limit Theorem behavior in quasi-stationary states of the HMF model", A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis , Physica A 387(2008) 3121 DOI information: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.01.112

• "Nonergodicity and central limit behavior for systems with long-range interactions", A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, talk presented at the International SPIE conference on Complex Systems, Canberra 5-7 December (2007), arxiv:/0712.2539

2007

• "Nonergodicity and Central Limit Behavior for Long-range Hamiltonians",A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis, Europhysics Letters 80 (2007) 26002.

• "Analysis of self-organized criticality in the OFC model and in real earthquakes" , F. Caruso, A. Pluchino, V. Latora, S. Vinciguerra, A. Rapisarda, Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007) 055101(R)

• "Detecting complex network modularity by dynamical clustering", S. Boccaletti, M. Ivanchenko, A. Pluchino, V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007) 045102 (R)

• "On the non-Boltzmannian nature of quasi-stationary states in long-range interacting systems", C.Tsallis, A. Rapisarda., A. Pluchino, E. P. Borges, Physica A 381 (2007) 143

• "Anomalous diffusion and quasistationarity in the HMF model",A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, AIP Conference proceedings 965 (2007) p. 129. arXiv.0711.1726

• "Self-Organized Criticalty and earthquakes",F. Caruso, A. Pluchino, V. Latora,A. Rapisarda and S. Vinciguerra, AIP Conference proceedings 965 (2007) p. 281. arXiv.0711.1750
• "Modulus identification by a dynamical clustering algorithm based on chaotic Roessler oscillators" ,A. Pluchino, V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Boccaletti, AIP Conference proceedings 965 (2007) p. 323. arXiv.0711.1778

• Comment on "Entropy of classical systems with long-range interactions" by T.M. Rocha Filho et al. PRL 95, 190601 (2005) , A. Rapisarda, A. Pluchino, C. Tsallis, [cond-mat/0506665]

2006

• "Opinion dynamics and synchronization in a network of scientific collaborations" , A. Pluchino, S.Boccaletti, V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Physica A 372 (2006) 316 [Physics/0607210]
• "Effective spin-glass Hamiltonian for the anomalous dynamics of the HMF model", A. Pluchino, V. Latora, and A. Rapisarda, Physica A 370 (2006) 573
• Reply to Comment by Dauxois, Bouchet and Ruffo on "Nonextensive thermodynamics and glassy behavior in Hamiltonian systems" by A. Rapisarda and A. Pluchino, Europhysics News 36 (2005) 202, Europhysics News 37/2 (2006) 10. [cond-mat/0605502]
• "Glassy Dyanamics and Nonextensive effects in the HMF model: the importance of initial conditions", A. Pluchino, A. Rapisarda, Talk presented at the International conference "Complexity and Nonextensivity: New Trends in Statistical Mechanics" - Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics - (14-18 March 2005) Kyoto, Japan. Progress in Theoretical Physics Supplement 162 (2006) 18 [cond-mat/0509031]
• "Metastability in the Hamiltonian Mean Field model and Kuramoto model" A. Pluchino,A. Rapisarda, PHYSICA A 365 (2006) 184
• "Compromise and Synchronization in Opinion Dynamics" A. Pluchino, V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Eur. Phys. J. B 50 (2006) 169
• "Olami-Feder-Christensen model on different networks" F. Caruso, A. Pluchino,V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and B. Tadic, Eur. Phys. J. B 50 (2006) 243
• "Multifractal Analysis of Mt. S.Helens Seismicity as a Tool for Identifying Eruptive Activity ", Filippo Caruso, Sergio Vinciguerra, Vito Latora, Andrea Rapisarda, Stephen Malone, Fractals 14 (2006) 179-186 [physics/0311049]

2005

• "Nonextensive thermodynamics and Glassy behaviour in Hamiltonian systems", A. Rapisarda and A. Pluchino, Europhysics News 36 (2005) 202.
• "Metastability and anomalous behavior in the HMF Model: connections to nonextensive thermodynamics and glassy dynamics", A. Pluchino, V. Latora, and A. Rapisarda, Talk presented at the International conference "Complexity, Metastability and Nonextensivity", 20-26 July 2004, Erice, Sicily. The Sciences and Culture Series- Physics, C. Beck, G. Benedek, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis eds., World Scientific (2005) p.102 , [cond-mat/0507005].
• "The Olami-Feder-Christensen model on a small-world topology" F. Caruso, V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and B. Tadic, paper presented at the International conference "Complexity, Metastability and Nonextensivity", 20-26 July 2004, Erice, Sicily. The Sciences and Culture Series- Physics, C. Beck, G. Benedek, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis eds., World Scientific (2005) p.355, [cond-mat/0507643]
• "Vector Opinion Dynamics in a bounded confidence consensus model", S. Fortunato, A. Pluchino, V. Latora, and A. Rapisarda, Int. Jour. Mod. Phys. C 16 (2005) 1535 [physics/0504017].
• "Changing Opinions in a Changing World: a New Perspective in Sociophysics ", A. Pluchino, V. Latora, and A. Rapisarda, Int. Jour. Mod. Phys. C 16 (2005) 515, [cond-mat/0410217].
• "A Monte Carlo investigation of the Hamiltonian Mean Field model ", A. Pluchino, G. Andronico and A. Rapisarda, Physica A 349 (2005) 143 [cond-mat/0409768]
• "Environmental atmospheric turbulence at Florence airport", S. Rizzo and A. Rapisarda, 8th Experimental Chaos Conference,14-17 June 2004, Florence, ITALY, AIP Conference proceedings Vol. 742 , p.176 , [cond-mat/0406684]

2004

• "Dynamical anomalies and the role of initial conditions in the HMF model ", A. Pluchino,V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Physica A 338 (2004) 60
• "Glassy dynamics in the HMF model ", A. Pluchino,V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Physica A 340 (2004) 187
•  "Non-Poisson distribution of the time distances between two consecutive clusters of earthquakes”, L. Palatella, P. Allegrini, L. Fronzoni, P. Grigolini, V. Latora, .M. Mega, , A. Rapisarda, S. Vinciguerra, Physica A 338 (2004) 201.
• "Glassy phase in the Hamiltonian Mean Field model ", A. Pluchino,V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Physical Review E 69 (2004) 056113.
•  "Error and attack tolerance of complex networks", P. Crucitti, V. Latora, M. Marchiori, A. Rapisarda, Physica A 340 (2004) 388.
• "Detection of invisible and crucial events: from seismic fluctuations to the war against terrorism”, P. Allegrini, L. Fronzoni, P. Grigolini, V. Latora, .M. Mega, L. Palatella, A. Rapisarda, S. Vinciguerra, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 20 (2004) 77.
• "Reply to comment [physics/0307134] by A. Helmstetter and D. Sornette", M.S. Mega, P. Allegrini, P.Grigolini,V. Latora, L. Palatella, A. Rapisarda, S. Vinciguerra, [cond-mat/0309350]. Physical Review Letters 92 (2004) 129802.
• "Metastable states, anomalous distributions and correlations in the HMF model ", A. Pluchino,V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Physica D 193 (2004) 315.
• "Nonextensive effects in Hamiltonian systems” , A. Rapisarda and V. Latora, Chapter of the volume: "Nonextensive Entropy interdisciplinary applications , M. Gell-Mann and C. Tsallis Eds., Oxford University Press (2004)
• "Dynamics and Thermodynamics of a model with long-range interactions", A. Pluchino,V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 16 (2004) 245.

2003

• "Revisiting disorder and Tsallis statistics ", V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and A. Robledo, Science 300 (2003) 250
• "Power law time distributions of large earthquakes", M.S. Mega, P. Allegrini, P.Grigolini,V. Latora, L. Palatella, A. Rapisarda, S. Vinciguerra, Physical Review Letters, 90 (2003) 188501. .
• “Efficiency of Scale-Free Networks: Error and Attack Tolerance", P. Crucitti, V. Latora, M. Marchiori, A. Rapisarda, Physica A 320 (2003) 622.

2002

• "Nonextensivity: from low-dimensional maps to Hamiltonian systems", C. Tsallis, A. Rapisarda, V. Latora and F. Baldovin, Chapter of the volume: ``Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long Range Interactions'', T. Dauxois, S. Ruffo, E. Arimondo, M. WilkensEds., Lecture Notes in Physics Vol. 602, Springer (2002) [cond-mat/0209168].
• "The Hamiltonian Mean Field Model: from Dynamics to Statistical Mechanics and back”, T. Dauxois, V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, S. Ruffo and A. Torcini, Chapter of the volume: ``Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Systems with Long Range Interactions'', T. Dauxois, S. Ruffo, E. Arimondo, M. Wilkens Eds., Lecture Notes in Physics Vol. 602, Springer (2002) [cond-mat/0208456].
• Comment on "Negative specific heat for a cluster of 147 Sodium atoms" by Schmidt et al, C. Tsallis, B.J.C. Cabral, A. Rapisarda, V. Latora, [cond-mat/0112266].
• "Negative specific heat in out-of-equilibrium nonextensive systems”, A. Rapisarda and V. Latora, proceedings of the International Workshop on Multifragmentation, IWM 2001, Catania LNS November 28-December 1 2001, p.130.[nucl-th/0202075]

• "Nonextensive Thermodynamics and Physical Applications”, Edited by G.Kaniadakis, M. Lissia and A. Rapisarda, special issue ofPhysica A 305, (2002) .

• "Fingerprints of nonextensive thermodynamics in a long-range Hamiltonian system”, V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis,Physica A 305 (2002) 129.

• "Time evolution of themodynamic entropy for conservative and dissipative maps”, M. Baranger,V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 13 (2002) 471.
• "Dynamical Quasi-Stationary States in a system with long-range forces", V. Latora, A. Rapisarda, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 13 (2002) 401.

2001

• "Non-Gaussian equilibium in a long-range Hamiltonian system”, V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis, Phys. Rev. E 64 (2001) 056134.
• "Caos e complessita': il nucleo come laboratorio ideale", A. Rapisarda, INFN Notizie 6 (2001) 23.
• "Physics with the Chimera detectoralt LNS in Catania: the REVERSE experiment", A. Pagano, ...., A. Rapisarda,..et al. , Nucl. Phys. A 681 (2001) 331.
• "MIcroscopic dynamics of a phse transition: equilibrium vs out-of-equilibrium regime ", V. Latora and A. Rapisarda, Nucl. Phys. A 681 (2001) 406.

2000

• "Chaos in the thermodynamic limit", V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Ruffo, Progr. Theor. Phys. Suppl. 139 (2000) 204.
• "Generalization to nonextensive systems of the rate of entropy increase: The case of the logistic map", V. Latora, M. Baranger,A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis, Phys. Lett. A 273 (2000) 97
• "Chaotic dynamics and superdiffusion in a Hamiltonian systems with many degrees of freedom", V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Ruffo, Physica A 280 (2000) 81

1999

• Superdiffusion and out-of-equilibrium chaotic dynamics with many degrees of freedom", V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Ruffo, Physical Review Letters, 83 (1999) 2104
• "Chaos and Statistical Mechanics in the Hamiltonian Mean Field Model", V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Ruffo, Physica D 131 (1999) 38

1998

• "A fractal approach to the temporal distribution of microseismicity at the low eastern flank of Mt. Etna during 1989-1994", V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Vinciguerra, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 109 (1998) 115.
• "One-body dissipation and chaotic dynamics in a classical simulation of a nuclear gas", M. Baldo, G.F. Burgio, A. Rapisarda and P. Schuck, Physical Review C 58, (1998) 2821.
• "Generalized Entropy and Temperature in Nuclear Multifragmentation", A. Atalmi, M. Baldo, G.F. Burgio and A. Rapisarda, Physical Review C 58 (1998) 2238.
• "Lyapunov instability of a system with long-range forces", V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Ruffo, Physical Review Letters 80 (1998) 692.

1997

• "New universal aspects of diffusion in strongly chaotic systems", M. Robnik, J. Dobnikar, A. Rapisarda, T. Prosen and M. Petkovsek, Journal of Physics A: Math. Gen. 30 (1997) L803.

1996

• "Universal features in the nuclear multifragmentation phase transitions", A. Atalmi, M. Baldo, G.F. Burgio and A. Rapisarda, Proceedings of the 1st CRIS conference, Aci Castello (Italy), may 1996, World Scientific (1996).
• "Dynamical chaos and critical behavior in Vlasov simulations of nuclear multifragmentation", A. Atalmi, M. Baldo, G.F. Burgio and A. Rapisarda, Proceedings of the XXXIV International winter meeting Bormio (1996), ed. I. Iori.
• "Chaos vs. linear instability: a fractal analysis characterization", A. Atalmi, M. Baldo, G.F. Burgio and A. Rapisarda, Physical Review C 53 (1996) 2556.

1995

• "Universal behavior of Lyapunov exponents in unstable systems", A. Bonasera, V. Latora and A. Rapisarda, Physical Review Letters 75 (1995) 3434.
• "Chaoticity in vibrating nuclear billiards", G.F. Burgio, M. Baldo, A. Rapisarda and P. Schuck, Physical Review C 52 (1995) 2475.
• "Beyond linear response theory in multifragmentation", M. Baldo, G.F.Burgio and A. Rapisarda, Nuclear Physics A 583 (1995) 343.
• "Dynamics of fragment formation in the nuclear spinodal region", M. Baldo, G.F.Burgio and A. Rapisarda, Physical Review C 51, (1995) 198.

1994

• "Non-linear mean field dynamics in the nuclear spinodal zone", G.F.Burgio, M. Baldo and A. Rapisarda, Phys. Lett. B321, 307 (1994).
• "Cross section fluctuations and chaoticity in heavy-ion dynamics", A. Rapisarda, Conference Proceedings vol.38 "Perspectives in Heavy-ion Physics", p. 211, eds. M. Di Toro and E. Migneco, Editrice Compositori Bologna (1993).

1993

• "Chaotic scattering in heavy-ion reactions", M. Baldo, E.G. Lanza and A. Rapisarda, Chaos 3, (1993) 691.
• "Transfer reactions below the Coulomb barrier", D.R. Napoli, H. Moreno Gonzalez, G. Pollarolo, A.M. Stefanini, S. Beghini, B. Million, G. Montagnoli, M. Narayanasamy, G. Prete, A. Rapisarda, F. Scarlassara, G.F. Segato, C. Signorini, F. Soramel, P. Spolaore, Zi Chang Li, Nuclear Physics A 553, (1993) 731c.
• "Revealing intermittency in nuclear multifragmentation with 4pi detectors", M. Baldo, A. Causa and A. Rapisarda, Physical Review C 48, (1993) 2520.
• "Sub-barrier transfer reactions of 32S + 64Ni", D.R.Napoli, A.M.Stefanini, H.Moreno Gonzalez, B.Million, G.Prete, P.Spolaore, M. Narayanasamy, Zi Chang Li, S.Beghini, G.Montagnoli, F.Scarlassara, G.F.Segato, C.Signorini, F.Soramel, G.Pollarolo and A. Rapisarda, Nuclear Physics A 559, (1993) 443.

1992

• "Chaos in heavy-ion dynamics at low energy ", M. Baldo, E.G. Lanza and A. Rapisarda, Nuclear Physics A 545, (1992) 467c.
• "Fluctuating excitation functions in heavy-ion collisions as evidence of quantum chaos", M. Baldo and A. Rapisarda, Physics Letters B 284, (1992) 205.
• "Quantum analog of classical chaos in heavy-ion collisions", M. Baldo and A. Rapisarda, Physics Letters B 279, (1992) 10.

1991

• "Coexistence of regular and chaotic scattering in heavy-ion collisions", A. Rapisarda and M. Baldo, Physical Review Letters 66, (1991) 2581.