Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 2024 and list of influential and most cited researchers in Agriculture and Forestry, Art, Design and Architecture, Business and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Education, Engineering and Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and their 256 sub-branches is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. You can see the most cited and influential researchers in the country and region. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
48,709
Country Rank
1,892
Institution Rank : 1
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Damiano Gianelle](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
remote sensing
carbon fluxes
forest
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,110
10,744
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
60,173
Country Rank
2,326
Institution Rank : 2
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Claudio Donati](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/be/1811067.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,589
6,113
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
87,553
Country Rank
3,467
Institution Rank : 3
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Matthias Scholz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ca/1789917.jpg)
Metagenomics
Nutrition
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,807
6,679
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
92,891
Country Rank
3,700
Institution Rank : 4
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Stefan Martens](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b3/1869430.jpg)
Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,279
5,088
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
94,536
Country Rank
3,775
Institution Rank : 5
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Franco Biasioli](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/27/1803998.jpg)
spettrometria di massa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,126
5,497
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
94,749
Country Rank
3,785
Institution Rank : 6
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Gianfranco Anfora](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Agricultural Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,107
6,332
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
98,454
Country Rank
3,948
Institution Rank : 7
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Ilaria Pertot](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e1/1828202.jpg)
plant pathology
plant protection
biocontrol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,776
6,103
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
101,633
Country Rank
4,095
Institution Rank : 8
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Mickael Malnoy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ac/1809437.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,497
5,046
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
109,142
Country Rank
4,457
Institution Rank : 9
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Flavia Gasperi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7b/1802765.jpg)
sensory science
food science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,921
4,560
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
110,327
Country Rank
4,524
Institution Rank : 10
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Francesca Cagnacci](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3d/1802959.jpg)
Mammal ecology and conservation
Movement Ecology
Widlife diseases
Biotelemetry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,837
5,828
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
119,392
Country Rank
4,954
Institution Rank : 11
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Alessandro Cestaro](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ba/1874263.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Biology
Computer Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,243
3,115
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
128,753
Country Rank
5,400
Institution Rank : 12
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Nico Salmaso](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,699
4,673
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
129,340
Country Rank
5,429
Institution Rank : 13
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Massimo Pindo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/60/1851934.jpg)
Genomics
Genotyping
Molecolar Biology
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,667
3,650
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
134,080
Country Rank
5,667
Institution Rank : 14
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Federica Camin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/1802108.jpg)
IRMS
FOOD TRACEABILITY
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,418
4,515
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
137,472
Country Rank
5,832
Institution Rank : 15
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Azeddine Si Ammour](/pictures/a8/1753327.jpg)
Plant Genomics
Plant Epigenetics
Plant Virology
Gene Regulation
Plant Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,246
2,067
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
140,193
Country Rank
5,966
Institution Rank : 16
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Paolo Fontana](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Biologia computazionale
bioinformatica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,110
2,519
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
141,153
Country Rank
6,018
Institution Rank : 17
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Claudio Ioriatti](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c2/1811102.jpg)
entomologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,065
3,703
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
146,441
Country Rank
6,246
Institution Rank : 18
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Davide Albanese](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/43/1791460.jpg)
statistics
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,823
4,924
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
150,615
Country Rank
6,453
Institution Rank : 19
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Diego Micheletti](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,642
3,078
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
156,688
Country Rank
6,714
Institution Rank : 20
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Michele Dalponte](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a7/1809205.jpg)
remote sensing
lidar
hyperspectral
forestry
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,393
4,430
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
172,699
Country Rank
7,501
Institution Rank : 21
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Omar Rota Stabelli](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/41/1811054.jpg)
Molecular evolution
Phylogenomics
Molecular clocks
Zoology
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,807
3,746
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
183,293
Country Rank
8,017
Institution Rank : 22
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Marco Moretto](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/17/1799302.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,468
2,272
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
190,493
Country Rank
8,370
Institution Rank : 23
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Eugenio Aprea](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Food science
PTR-MS
GC-MS
volatile compounds
Sensory analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,250
2,851
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
206,578
Country Rank
9,115
Institution Rank : 24
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Giulia Malacarne](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,830
1,591
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
206,803
Country Rank
9,124
Institution Rank : 25
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![Italy](/flags/it.png)
![Barbara Marcolla](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Mircometeorology
carbon cycle
climate change ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,824
2,526
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
48,709
Country Ranking
1,892
Institution Ranking
1
Damiano Gianelle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,110
10,744
0.628
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remote sensing
carbon fluxes
forest
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
60,173
Country Ranking
2,326
Institution Ranking
2
Claudio Donati
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,589
6,113
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
87,553
Country Ranking
3,467
Institution Ranking
3
Matthias Scholz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,807
6,679
0.618
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Metagenomics
Nutrition
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
92,891
Country Ranking
3,700
Institution Ranking
4
Stefan Martens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,279
5,088
0.495
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Plant Biology and Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
94,536
Country Ranking
3,775
Institution Ranking
5
Franco Biasioli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,126
5,497
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
94,749
Country Ranking
3,785
Institution Ranking
6
Gianfranco Anfora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,107
6,332
0.626
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Agricultural Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
98,454
Country Ranking
3,948
Institution Ranking
7
Ilaria Pertot
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,776
6,103
0.624
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plant pathology
plant protection
biocontrol
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
101,633
Country Ranking
4,095
Institution Ranking
8
Mickael Malnoy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,497
5,046
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
109,142
Country Ranking
4,457
Institution Ranking
9
Flavia Gasperi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,921
4,560
0.511
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sensory science
food science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
110,327
Country Ranking
4,524
Institution Ranking
10
Francesca Cagnacci
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,837
5,828
0.659
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Mammal ecology and conservation
Movement Ecology
Widlife diseases
Biotelemetry
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
119,392
Country Ranking
4,954
Institution Ranking
11
Alessandro Cestaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,243
3,115
0.378
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Bioinformatics
Biology
Computer Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
128,753
Country Ranking
5,400
Institution Ranking
12
Nico Salmaso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,699
4,673
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
129,340
Country Ranking
5,429
Institution Ranking
13
Massimo Pindo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,667
3,650
0.476
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Genomics
Genotyping
Molecolar Biology
Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
134,080
Country Ranking
5,667
Institution Ranking
14
Federica Camin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,418
4,515
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
137,472
Country Ranking
5,832
Institution Ranking
15
Azeddine Si Ammour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,246
2,067
0.285
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Plant Genomics
Plant Epigenetics
Plant Virology
Gene Regulation
Plant Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
140,193
Country Ranking
5,966
Institution Ranking
16
Paolo Fontana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,110
2,519
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
141,153
Country Ranking
6,018
Institution Ranking
17
Claudio Ioriatti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,065
3,703
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
146,441
Country Ranking
6,246
Institution Ranking
18
Davide Albanese
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,823
4,924
0.722
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statistics
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
150,615
Country Ranking
6,453
Institution Ranking
19
Diego Micheletti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,642
3,078
0.463
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
156,688
Country Ranking
6,714
Institution Ranking
20
Michele Dalponte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,393
4,430
0.693
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remote sensing
lidar
hyperspectral
forestry
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
172,699
Country Ranking
7,501
Institution Ranking
21
Omar Rota Stabelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,807
3,746
0.645
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Molecular evolution
Phylogenomics
Molecular clocks
Zoology
Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
183,293
Country Ranking
8,017
Institution Ranking
22
Marco Moretto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,468
2,272
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
190,493
Country Ranking
8,370
Institution Ranking
23
Eugenio Aprea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,250
2,851
0.543
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Food science
PTR-MS
GC-MS
volatile compounds
Sensory analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
206,578
Country Ranking
9,115
Institution Ranking
24
Giulia Malacarne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,830
1,591
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
206,803
Country Ranking
9,124
Institution Ranking
25
Barbara Marcolla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,824
2,526
0.524
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Mircometeorology
carbon cycle
climate change ecology