Farini Alessandro

Professional Profile: Research Director (Employee)
Activity field: Research
Main office/laboratory: Firenze – Sede Arcetri
Office phone number: 055-2308222
Laboratory phone number: 055-2308315
E-mail:
Personal Web page: YES

ResearcherID: K-7520-2012OrcidID: 0000-0003-4088-7622ScopusID: 9839976300
Primary activity: At the National Institute of Optics of the CNR, the ViOLa Laboratory focuses its research on human vision, exploring its optical, perceptual, and applied aspects. Its areas of expertise range from lighting technology and ophthalmic optics to color perception and related fields.
The lab carries out both fundamental research projects aimed at understanding the core mechanisms of vision, and applied activities, often in collaboration with industry partners, designed to generate tangible outcomes in the industrial sector.
ViOLa is also actively involved in educational and outreach initiatives, contributing to the dissemination of knowledge in the field of visual optics.

Main experiences acquired: Research in psychophysics, visual optics, ophthalmic optics, lighting. Project management.

Others Funded Projects in which he/she participates:
IT – Solare Termodinamico con accumulo Solido

Publications, Research Results, now, in INO’s database are: 22
  –   Papers JCR/ISI Journals, are: 22
  –   Books or Chapters, are: 17
  –   Papers in Journals not indexed JCR/ISI, are: 17
  –   Conference proceedings, are: 5
  –   Abstract, are: 5

Bibliometric indices are calculated USING ONLY THE INO DATABASE and the number of citations from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) is updated at 2025-07-06
  –   maximum number of citations for an article: 89
  –   maximum impact factor (IF) for a journal when an article is published: 3.623
  –   H-INDEX: 6   G-INDEX: 13   HC-INDEX (contemporary): 3 
  –   List of TopTen papers in citations  –   List of TopTen journals in Impact Factor