Publications
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Healthcare studies
Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. & Orsini, J. (2025). An Integrated and Flexible Review Framework to Evaluate the Evolution and Barriers of Digital-Twin Technologies in Industrial and Healthcare Domains. Global Journal of Flexible System Management.
Available at GJFSM
Circular Economy studies
D’Adamo, I., De Meester, S., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi, M., & Lunadei, D. (2026). From Awareness to Action: Consumer Behaviour, Attitudes and Business Strategy in Sustainable and Circular Electronic Devices. Business Strategy and the Environment. Available at KJM
Becchi, B., D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi, M., Grosso, C., & Trusiani, C. (2026). Integrating knowledge management and digital product passports to foster sustainable and collaborative ecosystems. Journal of Knowledge Management, 1-28. Available at KJM
D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi, M., Paris A. (2025). Evaluating sustainability in Europe with composite indicators. Discover Sustainability.
Available at DS
Waste Management studies
D’Adamo, I., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. et al. (2024). A Flexible and Sustainable Analysis of Waste Efficiency at the European Level. Global Journal of Flexible System Management.
Available at GJFSM
Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. & Simar, L. (2024). Viable eco-efficiency targets for waste collection communities. Sci Rep 14, 15038.
Available at SCI REP
D’Adamo I., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi M. & Rossi E.N. (2024). Driving EU sustainability: Promoting the circular economy through municipal waste efficiency. Sustainable Production and Consumption 50, 462-474.
Available at SUS PROD
Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. & Simar, L. (2024). Impact of a regulatory target and external factors on the waste efficiency of Italian municipalities. Waste Management & Research 0734242X241262698.
Available at WM&R
Electricity market studies
D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Fabbi, F., & Gastaldi, M. (2026). A policy-oriented framework for assessing the economic sustainability of industrial photovoltaic investments. Sustainable Production and Consumption. In Press.
Full text available at Sus Prod
D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Fabbi, F., Gastaldi, M., & Kalogirou, S. (2026). Economic assessment of battery energy storage in industrial applications: Policy support and self-consumption effects. Energy, 141335.
Full text available at Energy
D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi, M., & Scarcelli, M. (2026). Towards SDG 7: A Quantitative Sustainability Framework for Evaluating PV+ BES Systems in the Low-Carbon Transition. IEEE Engineering Management Review.
Full text available at IEEE
D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Fabbi, F., Gastaldi, M., Uricchio, A. F., Energy policy and citizens’ perceptions: The role of PV+BES systems in driving a sustainable energy transition. Energy Policy.
Full text (open access) available at Energy Policy
D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi, M., Maccalini, A. M., (2025). Green restaurants: An economic assessment of solar photovoltaics and energy storage systems. Energy Nexus.
Full text (open access) available at Energy Nexus
D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi, M., Ozturk I. & Terzi di Bergamo U. (2025). Exploring the economic feasibility of offshore wind energy for sustainable development. Energy Reports.
Full text (open access) available at Energy Reports
Antonini, G., D’Adamo, I., Di Leo, S., Gastaldi, M., & Scarcelli, M. (2025). Advancing Sustainable Development Through Integrated Photovoltaic and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Commercial Buildings: A Strategic, Economic, and Environmental Perspective. Sustainable Development.
Full text (open access) available at SD
Di Leo, S., Chicca, M., Daraio, C., Guerrini, A., & Scarcella, S. (2024). A robust benchmarking of direct margin in Italy’s energy retail markets. Utilities Policy, 86, 101701.
Available at UP
Di Leo, S., Chicca, M., Daraio, C., Guerrini, A., & Scarcella, S. (2022). A Framework for the Analysis of the Sustainability of the Energy Retail Market. Sustainability, 14(12), 7320.
Full text (open access) available at Sustainability
Higher education studies (Universities)
Avenali, A., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., & Wolszczak-Derlacz J., The role of the non-academic staff heterogeneity in the performance of European universities. Journal of Productivity Analysis , 65, 32 (2026).
Available at JPA
Di Leo, S., Avenali, A., Daraio, C. et al. (2024). Climbing university rankings under resources constraints: a combined approach integrating DEA and directed Louvain community detection. Annals Oper Res
Available at ANOR
Avenali, A., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., & Wolszczak-Derlacz, J. (2024). Heterogeneity of national accounting systems, world-class universities and financial resources: What are the links?. Journal of Informetrics, 18(2), 101502.
Full text (open access) available at JOI
Machine Learning Tool presented in the article available at ARWU Estimator
Bruni, R., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Ghamiloo, O., & Bianchi, G. (2023). An integrated dataset providing a landscape of the Italian Universities. Data in Brief, 48, 109163.
Full text (open access) available at DIB
Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Iazzolino, G., & Laise, D. (2023). DEA, balanced scorecard and intellectual capital including the gender dimension: A comprehensive list of indicators. International Transactions in Operational Research.
Full text (open access) available at ITOR
Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. & Leydesdorff, L. A heuristic approach based on Leiden rankings to identify outliers: evidence from Italian universities in the European landscape. Scientometrics 128, 483–510 (2023).
Full text (open access) available at Scientometrics
Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., & Scannapieco, M. (2022). Accounting for quality in data integration systems: a completeness-aware integration approach. Scientometrics, 127(3), 1465-1490.
Full text (open access) available at Scientometrics
Daraio, C., Iazzolino, G., Laise, D., Coniglio, I. M., & Di Leo, S. (2022). Meta-choices in ranking knowledge-based organizations. Management Decision, 60(4), 995-1016.
Full text (open access) available at MD
Methodological Articles
Daraio C., Di Leo S., F. Ferazzoli (2025). Pitfalls, benefits, and comparative analysis of artificial intelligence ChatBots in the systematic review process. International Transactions in Operational Research
Full text available at ITOR
Daraio C., Di Leo S., L. Simar (2025). Conical Free Disposal Hull estimators of directional distances and Luenberger productivity indices for general technologies. European Journal of Operational Research
Full text available at EJOR
Bruni R., Daraio C., Di Leo S.(2024). Flexible Techniques to Detect Typical Hidden Errors in Large Longitudinal Datasets. Symmetry 16(5):529.
Full text (open access) available at Symmetry
Avenali, A., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Matteucci, G., & Nepomuceno, T. (2023). Systematic reviews as a metaknowledge tool: caveats and a review of available options. International Transactions in Operational Research.
Full text (open access) available at ITOR
Datasets
Bruni, R., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S., Ghamiloo, O., & Bianchi, G. (2023). A multiperspective view of the Italian Universities. Mendeley Data, 48, 109163.
Dataset available at Mendeley Data
Bruni, R., Daraio, C., Di Leo, S. (2024), “A detection tool for longitudinal data specific errors applied to the case of European universities”, Mendeley Data.
Dataset available at Mendeley Data
Phd Thesis
Di Leo, S. (2024), Performance evaluation of public services with nonparametric frontiers.
Full text (Under emargo) available at IRIS
Working papers
Contribution in University Course book
Realization of Chapter 23 and Chapter 24 and support for the correction of the other chapters for the book Daraio C, Lopresto L. (2023), I nobel per l’economia (1969-2022).