--- title: "Massimo Stella · University of Trento — author profile and papers" description: "Massimo Stella, University of Trento: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2014–2016), h-index 27 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/massimo-stella/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/massimo-stella/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Massimo Stella # Massimo Stella Massimo Stella has 2 papers in our library, in 2014–2016, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Markus Brede](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/markus-brede/). 2 papers in our library · 2014–2016 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5074066409) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1810-9699) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87680571) · [**h-index 27**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5074066409) · [154 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5074066409) · [2,376 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5074066409&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/massimo-stella/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 11 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/massimo-stella/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5401](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/55/#star-5401) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Massimo+Stella) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Massimo+Stella) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Massimo+Stella) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Massimo+Stella) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Trento** Trento · Italy 2023–2026 · 63 papersEmployment since 2023*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-trento/) · [🎓**University of Exeter** Exeter · United Kingdom 2020–2023 · 26 papersEmployment 2020–2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-exeter/) · [🎓**University of Southampton** Southampton · United Kingdom 2014–2020 · 23 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-southampton/) · [🔬**Fondazione Bruno Kessler** Trento · Italy 2017–2021 · 11 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/fondazione-bruno-kessler/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Concepts, shelves and topics Of its works in our library: the number of works on each and its rating among them. 📚 Shelves 10 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Cultural Studies · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/cultural-studies/) · [Physics and Astronomy · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/physics-and-astronomy/) · [Social Sciences · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Statistical and Nonlinear Physics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/physics-and-astronomy/statistical-and-nonlinear-physics/) · [Economics and Econometrics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/economics-econometrics-and-finance/economics-and-econometrics/) · [Economics, Econometrics and Finance · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/economics-econometrics-and-finance/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2016** 1 paper Massimo Stella's papers of 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stella-2016-mental-lexicon-growth-modelling-reveals/) · [**2014** 1 paper Massimo Stella's papers of 2014](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stella-2014-patterns-english-language-phonological-networks/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Patterns in the English Language: Phonological Networks, Percolation and Assembly Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stella-2014-patterns-english-language-phonological-networks/)** *(2014 · 38 citations)* The paper asks which properties of the English phonological network (PN) reflect how real vocabularies are organised, and which simply follow from how such networks are built. 2. **[Mental Lexicon Growth Modelling Reveals the Multiplexity of the English Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stella-2016-mental-lexicon-growth-modelling-reveals/)** *(2016 · 10 citations)* The authors ask whether the order in which children acquire English words is better explained by one kind of word relation or by several kinds together. ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. [**Patterns in the English Language: Phonological Networks, Percolation and Assembly Models arXiv:1410.4445**Massimo Stella, Markus Brede*2014 · 38 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stella-2014-patterns-english-language-phonological-networks/) 2. **[The "LLM World of Words" English free association norms generated by large language models ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01330) arXiv:2412.01330 · no summary yet**Katherine Abramski et al.*2024 · 16 citations* 3. **[Mental Lexicon Growth Modelling Reveals the Multiplexity of the English Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/stella-2016-mental-lexicon-growth-modelling-reveals/) [Studies in computational intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/studies-in-computational-intelligence/)**Massimo Stella, Markus Brede*2016 · 10 citations* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Markus Brede](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/markus-brede/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Studies in computational intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/studies-in-computational-intelligence/): [Studies in computational intelligence 2016](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/studies-in-computational-intelligence/2016/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 11 times (of the 141,840 papers whose bibliographies we read); [2 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/massimo-stella/cited-by/). Updated 24 October 2026