Citation h-index: 6

Here is a list of selected scientific publications:

Ferrari, E., and Cavallo, E. (2013). Operator’s perception of comfort in two tractor cabs, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 19(1): 3-18, ASABE ISSN 1074-7583
Ferrari, E., Spinelli, R., and Cavallo, E. (2012). Mechanized CTL technology among Italian loggers. Results of a survey, FORMEC 2012: Forest Engineering - Concer, Knowledge and Accountability in Today’s Environment. October 8 – 12, 2012 Dubrovnik (Cavtat) – Croatia.
Ferrari, E., Cavallo, E. (2012). Agricultural Tractors Cabin Evaluation From Users’ Perspective, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Europe Chapter, October 10-12, 2012, Toulouse, France
Ferrari, E., Cavallo, E. (2012). Operator-Machine Interaction: Ergonomic Evaluation of a Vineyard Teleoperated Machine, International Conference of Agricultural Engineering CIGR-AgEng2012, (Spain), 8-12 July 2012, ISBN – 10: 84-615-9928-4; ISBN – 13: 978-84-615-9928-
Robins, B., Dautenhahn, K., Ferrari E., Kronreif, G., Prazak-Aram, B., Marti P., Iacono, I., Gelderblom, G., Tanja, B., Caprino, F., Laudanna, E. (2012) Scenarios of Robot Assisted Play for Children with Cognitive and Physical Disabilities, Interaction Studies, 13:2, 189-234. DOI 10.1075/is.13.2.03rob, ISSN 1572-0373/ E-ISSN 1572/0381 John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Ferrari, E., Cavallo, E., Magagnotti, N., Spinelli, R. (2012). Attitudes towards mechanized CTL technology among logging contractors in Northern Italy, Vol. 27 (8), pp. 800-806, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.693192
Ferrari E., Cavallo E. (2012). Usability study of a vineyard teleoperation compost spreader, WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 5019-5026, ISSN 1051-9815, e-ISSN 1875-9270 , DOI10.3233/WOR-2012-0047-5019
Ferrari E., Cavallo E. (2011). Postazione di lavoro nelle trattrici agricole e percezione del comfort, Rivista Italiana di Ergonomia, FCM snc, Marcallo con Casone (Mi), 4/5, pp. 50-64.

Ferrari E., Cavallo E. (2011). Issues in New Technology Adoption in Agriculture: a Survey Among Italian Tractor’s Users, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment “HAICTA 2011”, September 8-11, 2011, Skiathos Island, Greece, PP. 121-128, ISBN: 978-960-89024-2-8.

Ferrari E., Cavallo E. (2010). Experimental assessment of safety and comfort of operator’s workplace using subjective and objective measurements on two models of tractor, Proceedings of the International Conference on Agricultural Engineering “AgEng 2010”, 6-8 settembre 2010, Clermont-Ferrand, Francia, ref133, 1- 11, ISBN 978-2-85362-684-9.

Ferrari, E., Cavallo, E. (2010). Valutazioni soggettive del livello di comfort della postazione di lavoro di due trattrici agricole, IX congresso nazionale Società Italiana di Ergonomia, In: Ergonomia: valore sociale e sostenibilità. Roma, 27-29 ottobre 2010, p. 361-366, ISBN: 9788861345409.

Ferrari, E., Robins, B., and Dautenhahn K. (2010). "Does it work?” A methodological framework to evaluate the effectiveness of a robotic toy for children with special needs, 19th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4244-7991-7, doi: 10.1109/ROMAN.2010.5598734.
Robins, B., Ferrari E. et all. (2010). Human-centred design methods: Developing scenarios for robot assisted play informed by user panels and field trials, Int. J. of Human Computer Interaction, 68, pp. 873-898, ISSN: 1044-7318.
Wainer, J., Ferrari, E., Dautenhahn, K., Robins B. (2010). The effectiveness of using a robotics class to foster collaboration among groups of children with autism in an exploratory study. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 14, 5, 445-455.
Kose-Bagci, H., Ferrari, E., Dautenhahn, K., Nehaniv, C.L. (2009). Effects of Embodiment and Gestures on Social Interaction in Drumming Games with a Humanoid Robot, Advanced Robotics (RSJ), 23, 14, 1951-1996
Ferrari, E., Robins, B., and Dautenhahn K. (2009). Therapeutic and educational objectives in Robot Assisted Play for children with autism, 18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2009, 108-114, Sep. 27 - Oct. 2, 2009, Toyama International Conference Center, Japan.
Ferrari, E., Robins, B., and Dautenhahn K. (2009). Robot as a Social Mediator - a Play Scenario Implementation with Children with Autism, 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC’09 3-5 June, Como, Italy.
Robins, B., Ferrari, E., and Dautenhahn K. (2008). Developing Scenarios for Robot Assisted Play, Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2008, 180-186, 1-3 August, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Robins, B., Ferrari, E., and Dautenhahn K. (2008). Investigating Play Scenarios for Robot-Assisted Play for Children with Autism, Proceedings of the 3nd Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ACM, 11-12 March 2008, Amsterdam.
Besio, S., Dini, S., Ferrari, E. and Robins, B. (2007). Critical Factors Involved in Using Interactive Robots for Play Activities of Children with Disabilities. in Assistive Technology research Series Challenges for Assistive Technology - AAATE 07 (Ed.s) Gorka Eizmendi, José Miguel Azkoitia, Gerald Craddock, pp. 505-509, ISBN 978-1-58603-791-8
Robins, B., Otero, N., Ferrari, E. and Dautenhahn, K. (2007). Eliciting Requirements for a Robotic Toy for Children with Autism - Results from User Panels. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2007, 26-29 August 2007, Jeju island, Korea.

Re, A., Montagna, S., Ferrari E. (2006). Improving Risk Management in Complex Systems: from Reliability to Collective Competence. In R.N.  Pikaar, E.A.P. Konongsveld & P.J.M. Settels (Eds), Meeting Diversity in Ergonomics, 2107-2112, Elsevier

Ferrari E., Casucci, M., Montagna, S., Re, A. (2006). Enhancing User Centred Design Methodology Interactive Television Services for Older People. In Pikaar,  Konongsveld & Settels (Eds), Meeting Diversity in Ergonomics, 2959-2965, Elsevier.

Re, A., Montagna, S., Ferrari E., Borroni, R. (2005). Risk management in clinical practice: a study of a surgical team. Proceedings of the HEPS 2005 - International Conference, 30 March/2 April 2005, Florence, Italy.