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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1

soil chemistry and biochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
218
0.715
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

crop protection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
123
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Soil quality
Plant diseases
Soilborne pathogens
SOM
Compost
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
139
0.903
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Agricultural and environmental microbiology: soil ecology
biofertilization and bioremediation
biomass valorization for bioenergy
biochemicals and composting.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
74
0.771
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Food microbiology
human microbiome
metagenomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
86
0.945
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Machine learning
Metagenomics
Microbiome
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
71
0.922
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Scienza del suolo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
48
0.649
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Agricultural Economics
Economics
Consumer behaviour
behavioral economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
53
0.736
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Forest ecology Fire ecology Mediterranean forests
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
45
0.652
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

Plant genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
54
0.844
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

agricultural chemistry
soil ecology
fertility
plant nutrition
soil organic matter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
54
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Consumer behavior in Postmodern Society
Sustainable Food Chain
Organic Agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Soil chemistry
humic substances
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Metabolomics
Food chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
53
0.883
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Agricultural economics and Policy
risk management
climate change
market volatility
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Plant polyploidy
Plant epigenetics
Crop Wild Relatives
Potato
Grapevine genomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
51
0.864
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Plant Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
50
0.893
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

bioinformatics
genomics
transcriptomics
population genomics
molecular breeding
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
47
0.855
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Systematic botany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

Plant genetics and breeding. Genomics. QTL. Tomato. Fruit quality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
35
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Hydrology
soil physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
34
0.810
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Entomologia agraria e forestale
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
28
0.757
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Plant Molecular Systematic
DNA barconding
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
19
0.528
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Plant diseases - Soilborne pathogens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
32
0.941
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
24
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

Plant Genomics and Breeding
Crop quality and Fruit ripening
Antioxidants and Bioactive compounds
Drought
Genomic plasticity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
24
0.828
Alessandro Piccolo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
305
218
0.715
Matteo Lorito
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
123
0.750
Giuliano Bonanomi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
139
0.903
Soil quality
Plant diseases
Soilborne pathogens
SOM
Compost
Olimpia Pepe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
74
0.771
Agricultural and environmental microbiology: soil ecology
biofertilization and bioremediation
biomass valorization for bioenergy
biochemicals and composting.
Francesca De Filippis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
86
0.945
Food microbiology
human microbiome
metagenomics
Edoardo Pasolli
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
71
0.922
Machine learning
Metagenomics
Microbiome
Maria Rao
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
48
0.649
Luigi Cembalo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
53
0.736
Agricultural Economics
Economics
Consumer behaviour
behavioral economics
Antonio Saracino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
45
0.652
Forest ecology Fire ecology Mediterranean forests
Maria Ercolano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
54
0.844
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Vincenza Cozzolino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
54
0.857
agricultural chemistry
soil ecology
fertility
plant nutrition
soil organic matter
Gianni Cicia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
Consumer behavior in Postmodern Society
Sustainable Food Chain
Organic Agriculture
Pierluigi Mazzei
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
53
0.883
Soil chemistry
humic substances
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Metabolomics
Food chemistry
Fabian Capitanio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617
Agricultural economics and Policy
risk management
climate change
market volatility
Riccardo Aversano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
51
0.864
Plant polyploidy
Plant epigenetics
Crop Wild Relatives
Potato
Grapevine genomics
Maria Manuela Rigano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
50
0.893
Nunzio D Agostino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
47
0.855
bioinformatics
genomics
transcriptomics
population genomics
molecular breeding
Riccardo Motti
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
32
0.744
Silvana Grandillo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
35
0.833
Plant genetics and breeding. Genomics. QTL. Tomato. Fruit quality
Paolo Nasta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
34
0.810
Hydrology
soil physics
Antoniopietro Garonna
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
28
0.757
Olga De Castro
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
19
0.528
Plant Molecular Systematic
DNA barconding
Gaspare Cesarano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
32
0.941
Plant diseases - Soilborne pathogens
Chiara Cirillo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
24
0.800
Antonio Di Matteo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
24
0.828
Plant Genomics and Breeding
Crop quality and Fruit ripening
Antioxidants and Bioactive compounds
Drought
Genomic plasticity