I am Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media institute of the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK, where I lead the Scholarly Knowledge Mining (SKM) team. My research covers Artificial Intelligence, Information Extraction, Knowledge Graphs, Science of Science, Semantic Web, Research Analytics, and Semantic Publishing. I have authored more than a hundred peer-reviewed publications in top journals and conferences in my research areas, including the Semantic Web Journal, Neurocomputing,...

Keys: Semantic Web, Semantic Publishing, Data Mining, User Modelling, Knowledge Extraction, Ontologies, Scholarly Data.

Motta, E., Osborne, F., Pulici, M., Salatino, A. and Naja, I. (2024) Capturing the Viewpoint Dynamics in the News Domain, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW-24), Amsterdam, Netherlands

Pisu, A., Pompianu, L., Salatino, A., Osborne, F., Riboni, D., Motta, E. and Recupero, D. (2024) Classifying Scientific Topic Relationships with SciBERT, Joint Proc. of Posters, Demos, Workshops, and Tutorials of the 20th Int.l Conf. on Semantic Systems (SEMANTiCS 2024), Amsterdam

Alam, M., Buscaldi, D., Cochez, M., Gesese, G., Osborne, F. and Recupero, D. (2024) Workshop on Deep Learning and Large Language Models for Knowledge Graphs (DL4KG), KDD '24: Proceedings of the 30th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Barcelona, Spain

Cadeddu, A., Chessa, A., Leo, V., Fenu, G., Motta, E., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Salatino, A. and Secchi, L. (2024) Optimizing Tourism Accommodation Offers by Integrating Language Models and Knowledge Graph Technologies, Information, 15

Cadeddu, A., Chessa, A., Leo, V., Fenu, G., Motta, E., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Salatino, A. and Secchi, L. (2024) A comparative analysis of knowledge injection strategies for large language models in the scholarly domain, 133, Elsevier

Zavarella, V., Consoli, S., Recupero, D., Fenu, G., Angioni, S., Buscaldi, D., Dessí, D. and Osborne, F. (2024) Triplétoile: Extraction of knowledge from microblogging text, Heliyon, 10

Lehmann, J., Meloni, A., Motta, E., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Salatino, A.A. and Vahdati, S. (2024) Large Language Models for Scientific Question Answering: An Extensive Analysis of the SciQA Benchmark, ESWC 2024, Hersonissos, Greece

Zavarella, V., Recupero, D., Consoli, S., Fenu, G., Angioni, S., Buscaldi, D., Dessí, D. and Osborne, F. (2024) Knowledge Graphs for Digital Transformation Monitoring in Social Media, 3rd International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Generation from Text (TEXT2KG), Hersonissos, Greece

Angioni, S., Consoli, S., Dessì, D., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Salatino, A. (2024) Exploring Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Discourse in News: An AI-Powered Investigation Through Knowledge Graph Analysis, IEEE Access, 12, pp. 77269-77283

Angioni, S., Consoli, S., Dessì, D., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Salatino, A. (2024) Investigating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Discussions in News: A Knowledge Graph Analysis Empowered by AI, 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Technologies and Deep Learning Models for Scientific, Technical and Legal Data, SemTech4STLD 2024, Hersonissos

Bolanos Burgos, F., Salatino, A., Osborne, F. and Motta, E. (2024) Artificial intelligence for literature reviews: opportunities and challenges, Artificial Intelligence Review, 57, Springer Netherlands

Pisu, A., Pompianu, L., Salatino, A., Osborne, F., Riboni, D., Motta, E. and Recupero, D. (2024) Leveraging Language Models for Generating Ontologies of Research Topics, Text2KG 2024: International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Generation from Text, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece

Aggarwal, T., Salatino, A., Osborne, F. and Motta, E. (2024) Identifying Semantic Relationships Between Research Topics Using Large Language Models in a Zero-Shot Learning Setting, 4th International Workshop on Scientific Knowledge: Representation, Discovery, and Assessment, Sci-K 2024, Baltimore

Tsaneva, S., Dessì, D., Osborne, F. and Sabou, M. (2024) Enhancing Scientific Knowledge Graph Generation Pipelines with LLMs and Human-in-the-Loop, 4th International Workshop on Scientific Knowledge: Representation, Discovery, and Assessment, Sci-K 2024, Baltimore

Leo, V., Fenu, G., Greco, D., Bidotti, N., Platter, P., Motta, E., Nuzzolese, A., Osborne, F. and Recupero, D. (2023) Ontology-Based Generation of Data Platform Assets, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData), Sorrento, Italy

Meloni, A., Angioni, S., Salatino, A., Osborne, F., Birukou, A., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2023) AIDA-Bot 2.0: Enhancing Conversational Agents with Knowledge Graphs for Analysing the Research Landscape The Semantic Web - ISWC 2023, eds. Terry R., et al Payne, 14265, Springer Cham

Cadeddu, A., Chessa, A., Leo, V., Fenu, G., Motta, E., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Salatino, A. and Secchi, L. (2023) Leveraging Knowledge Graphs with Large Language Models for Classification Tasks in the Tourism Domain, Deep Learning for Knowledge Graphs 2023, Athens

Cadeddu, A., Chessa, A., Leo, V., Fenu, G., Motta, E., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Salatino, A. and Secchi, L. (2023) Enhancing Scholarly Understanding: A Comparison of Knowledge Injection Strategies in Large Language Models, Deep Learning for Knowledge Graphs 2023, Athens

Buscaldi, D., Dessí, D., Motta, E., Murgia, M., Osborne, F. and Recupero, D. (2023) Citation prediction by leveraging transformers and natural language processing heuristics, Information Processing & Management, 61, Elsevier

Chessa, A., Fenu, G., Motta, E., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Salatino, A.A. and Secchi, L. (2023) Data-Driven Methodology for Knowledge Graph Generation Within the Tourism Domain, IEEE Access, 11, pp. 67567-67599, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Salatino, A.A., (2023) 3rd International Workshop on Scientific Knowledge Representation, Discovery, and Assessment (Sci-K 2023), WWW '23: The ACM Web Conference 2023, Austin TX USA

Meloni, A., Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2023) Integrating Conversational Agents and Knowledge Graphs Within the Scholarly Domain, IEEE Access, 11, pp. 22468-22489, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Peng, C., Xia, F., Naseriparsa, M. and Osborne, F. (2023) Knowledge Graphs: Opportunities and Challenges, Artificial Intelligence Review, 56, pp. 13071-13102

Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Birukou, A., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2022) Leveraging Knowledge Graph Technologies to Assess Journals and Conferences at Springer Nature, 21st International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2022, Hangzhou, China

Dessí, D., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Buscaldi, D. and Motta, E. (2022) CS-KG: A Large-Scale Knowledge Graph of Research Entities and Claims in Computer Science, ISWC, Online

Dessí, D., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Buscaldi, D. and Motta, E. (2022) SCICERO: A deep learning and NLP approach for generating scientific knowledge graphs in the computer science domain, Knowledge-Based Systems, Elsevier

Manghi, P., Mannocci, A., Osborne, F., Sacharidis, D., Salatino, A.A. and Vergoulis, T. (2022) Sci-K 2022 - International Workshop on Scientific Knowledge: Representation, Discovery, and Assessment, WWW '22: The ACM Web Conference 2022, Lyon, France (Virtual)

Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2022) AIDA: a Knowledge Graph about Research Dynamics in Academia and Industry, Quantitative Science Studies, pp. (In Press)

Manghi, P., Mannocci, A., Osborne, F., Sacharidis, D., Salatino, A.A. and Vergoulis, T. (2022) New Trends in Scientific Knowledge Graphs and Research Impact Assessment, Quantitative Science Studies, pp. 1-5, MIT Press - Journals

Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2022) The AIDA Dashboard: a Web Application for Assessing and Comparing Scientific Conferences, IEEE Access, pp. (In press)

Alam, M., Buscaldi, D., Cochez, M., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Sack, H. (2022) Editorial of the Special Issue on Deep Learning and Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Web Journal, 13, pp. 293-297, IOS Press

Chessa, A., Fenu, G., Motta, E., Recupero, D., Osborne, F., Salatino, A.A. and Secchi, L. (2022) Enriching Data Lakes with Knowledge Graphs, Knowledge Graph Generation from Text Workshop, Creete, Greece

Xia, F., Osborne, F. and Yu, S. (2022) Session details: Theme: Artificial intelligence and agents: KG - knowledge graphs track, 2022 SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, Online

Aggarwal, T., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F. and Motta, E. (2022) R-classify: Extracting research papers' relevant concepts from a controlled vocabulary, Software Impacts, 14

Borrego, A., Dessi, D., Hernandez, I., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Ruiz, D., Buscaldi, D. and Motta, E. (2022) Completing Scientific Facts in Knowledge Graphs of Research Concepts, IEEE Access, pp. (Early Access), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Bongini, P., Osborne, F., Pedrazzoli, A. and Rossolini, M. (2022) A topic modelling analysis of white papers in security token offerings: Which topic matters for funding?, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 184

Meloni, A., Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2021) AIDA-Bot: A Conversational Agent to Explore Scholarly Knowledge Graphs, The International Semantic Web Conference, Online

Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Birukou, A., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2021) Assessing Scientific Conferences through Knowledge Graphs, Proceedings of the ISWC 2021 Posters, Demos and Industry Tracks: From Novel Ideas to Industrial Practice, Virtual, Online

Nayyeri, M., Cil, G., Vahdati, S., Osborne, F., Kravchenko, A., Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Recupero, D., Motta, E. and Lehmann, J. (2021) Link Prediction of Weighted Triples for Knowledge Graph Completion Within the Scholarly Domain, IEEE Access, 9, pp. 116002-116014

Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F. and Motta, E. (2021) CSO Classifier 3.0: a scalable unsupervised method for classifying documents in terms of research topics, International Journal on Digital Libraries, pp. (Early Access)

Danilo, D., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Buscaldi, D. and Motta, E. (2021) Generating knowledge graphs by employing Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques within the scholarly domain, Future Generation Computer Systems, 116, pp. 253-264

Salatino, A.A., Mannocci, A. and Osborne, F. (2021) Detection, Analysis, and Prediction of Research Topics with Scientific Knowledge Graphs Prediction Dynamics of Research Impact, eds. Yannis Manolopoulos,Thanasis Vergoulis, Springer (In press)

Nayyeri, M., Cil, G., Vahdati, S., Osborne, F., Rahman, M., Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Recupero, D., Vassilyeva, N., Motta, E. and Lehmann, J. (2021) Trans4E: Link Prediction on Scholarly Knowledge Graphs, Neurocomputing, pp. (Early Access)

Dessi', D., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Buscaldi, D., Motta, E. and Sack, H. (2020) AI-KG: an Automatically Generated Knowledge Graph of Artificial Intelligence, International Semantic Web Conference 2020, Online

Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2020) The AIDA Dashboard: Analysing Conferences with Semantic Technologies, 19th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2020), Athens (Greece) - Virtual

Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F. and Motta, E. (2020) ResearchFlow: Understanding the Knowledge Flow between Academia and Industry, 22nd International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW 2020), Bolzano (Italy) (Online)

Bellatreche, L., Bentayeb, F., Bieliková, M., Boussaid, O., Catania, B., Ceravolo, P., Demidova, E., Ferrari, M., Lopez, M., Hara, C., Kordić, S., Luković, I., Mannocci, A., Manghi, P., Osborne, F., Papatheodorou, C., Ristić, S., Sacharidis, D., Romero, O., Salatino, A.A., Talens, G., Keulen, M., Vergoulis, T. and Zumer, M. (2020) Databases and Information Systems in the AI Era: Contributions from ADBIS, TPDL and EDA 2020 Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, ADBIS, TPDL and EDA 2020, Lyon, France

Salatino, A.A., Thanapalasingam, T., Mannocci, A., Birukou, A., Osborne, F. and Motta, E. (2020) The Computer Science Ontology: A Comprehensive Automatically-Generated Taxonomy of Research Areas, Data Intelligence, 2, 2, pp. 379-416

Angioni, S., Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Motta, E. (2020) Integrating Knowledge Graphs for Analysing Academia and Industry Dynamics, 1st Workshop on Scientific Knowledge Graphs, Lyon, France

Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F. and Motta, E. (2020) Ontology Extraction and Usage in the Scholarly Knowledge Domain Applications and Practices in Ontology Design, Extraction, and Reasoning, eds. Giuseppe Cota,Marilena Daquino,Gian Luca Pozzato, IOS Press

Alam, M., Buscaldi, D., Cochez, M., Osborne, F., Recupero, D. and Sack, H. (2020) Proceedings of the Workshop on Deep Learning for Knowledge Graphs (DL4KG2020) co-located with the 17th Extended Semantic Web Conference 2020 (ESWC 2020) Proceedings of the Workshop on Deep Learning for Knowledge Graphs (DL4KG2020) co-located with the 17th Extended Semantic Web Conference 2020 (ESWC 2020), eds. Mehwish Alam,Davide Buscaldi,Michael Cochez,Francesco Osborne,Diego Reforgiato Recupero,Harald Sack, 2635, CEUR-WS.org

Kirrane, S., Sabou, M., Fernandez, J., Osborne, F., Robin, C., Buitelaar, P., Motta, E. and Polleres, A. (2020) A decade of Semantic Web research through the lenses of a mixed methods approach A decade of Semantic Web research through the lenses of a mixed methods approach, 11

Gonzalez-Beltran, A., Osborne, F., Peroni, S. and Vahdati, S. (2019) Editorial: Special Issue on Scholarly Data Analysis (Semantics, Analytics, Visualisation) Editorial: Special Issue on Scholarly Data Analysis (Semantics, Analytics, Visualisation), 2, pp. 177-179, IOS Press

Gonzalez-Beltran, A., Osborne, F., Peroni, S. and Vahdati, S. (2019) Special Issue: Scholarly Data Analysis (Semantics, Analytics, Visualisation) Special Issue: Scholarly Data Analysis (Semantics, Analytics, Visualisation), eds. Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran,Francesco Osborne,Silvio Peroni,Sahar Vahdati, 2, IOS Press

Salatino, A.A., Osborne, F., Birukou, A. and Motta, E. (2019) Improving Editorial Workflow and Metadata Quality at Springer Nature, The 18th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2019), Auckland, New Zealand