Alessandro Piccolo

20.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
291 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Piccolo is a scholar working on Soil Science, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Piccolo has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Soil Science, 101 papers in Plant Science and 69 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Piccolo's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (81 papers), Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (51 papers) and Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques (49 papers). Alessandro Piccolo is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (81 papers), Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (51 papers) and Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques (49 papers). Alessandro Piccolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Russia and Brazil. Alessandro Piccolo's co-authors include Riccardo Spaccini, Pellegrino Conte, Antonio Nebbioso, Pierluigi Mazzei, J.S.C. Mbagwu, Giuseppe Celano, Vincenza Cozzolino, Daniela Šmejkalová, Fábio Lopes Olivares and Serenella Nardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Piccolo

289 papers receiving 14.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

THE SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES

2001 741 citations Alessandro Piccolo profile →
Humic and fulvic acids as biostimulants in horticulture

2015 727 citations Pierluigi Mazzei, Alessandro Piccolo et al. profile →
Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM): a critical review

2012 578 citations Alessandro Piccolo et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alessandro Piccolo Italy	65	5.5k	5.4k	2.9k	2.0k	1.5k	291	14.9k
Caroline A. Masiello United States	44	1.7k 0.3×	5.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	108	12.9k
Pascal Boeckx Belgium	63	3.0k 0.5×	5.7k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	4.5k 2.2×	600 0.4×	428	16.5k
Randy A. Dahlgren United States	73	1.9k 0.3×	3.5k 0.7×	3.6k 1.2×	3.8k 1.8×	1.0k 0.7×	388	17.6k
M. Schnitzer Canada	64	2.8k 0.5×	6.2k 1.2×	3.5k 1.2×	3.7k 1.8×	2.3k 1.5×	299	17.6k
P. Nannipieri Italy	62	5.7k 1.0×	9.9k 1.9×	3.4k 1.1×	5.7k 2.8×	310 0.2×	190	18.4k
Peter Leinweber Germany	52	1.7k 0.3×	4.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	344 0.2×	260	11.0k
Roland Bol Germany	64	3.1k 0.6×	8.4k 1.6×	1.5k 0.5×	4.9k 2.4×	439 0.3×	413	15.7k
Ronald J. Smernik Australia	49	1.5k 0.3×	4.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	268 0.2×	175	10.2k
Carlos Garcı́a Spain	74	5.0k 0.9×	8.9k 1.7×	3.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.5×	147 0.1×	267	15.9k
Andrew R. Zimmerman United States	68	1.6k 0.3×	5.3k 1.0×	5.1k 1.7×	1.8k 0.9×	719 0.5×	152	22.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Piccolo, Alessandro & Μάριος Δρόσος. (2025). The essential role of humified organic matter in preserving soil health. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 12(1). 7 indexed citations

Mazzei, Pierluigi, et al.. (2024). MRI and HR-MAS NMR spectroscopy to correlate structural characteristics and the metabolome of Fiano and Pallagrello grapes with the action of field spray preparation 500 and the soil spatial microvariability. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 11(1). 2 indexed citations

Δρόσος, Μάριος, et al.. (2023). Deriving the Shannon Index from the soil molecular Humeome serves as a descriptor of soil organic matter stability under different cropping systems. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 10(1). 7 indexed citations

Savy, Davide, et al.. (2023). Novel Nanomaterials Made of Humic Substances from Green Composts and Chitosan Exerting Antibacterial Activity. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(26). 9674–9683. 5 indexed citations

Verrillo, Mariavittoria, Angela Michela Immacolata Montone, Davide Savy, et al.. (2023). Humic substances from composted fennel residues control the inflammation induced by Helicobacter pylori infection in AGS cells. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0281631–e0281631. 9 indexed citations

Papale, Maria, Ida Romano, Ilaria Finore, et al.. (2021). Prokaryotic Diversity of the Composting Thermophilic Phase: The Case of Ground Coffee Compost. Microorganisms. 9(2). 218–218. 24 indexed citations

Savy, Davide, Filip Mercl, Vincenza Cozzolino, et al.. (2020). Soil Amendments with Lignocellulosic Residues of Biorefinery Processes Affect Soil Organic Matter Accumulation and Microbial Growth. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(8). 3381–3391. 17 indexed citations

Pota, Giulio, Virginia Venezia, Giuseppe Vitiello, et al.. (2020). Tuning Functional Behavior of Humic Acids through Interactions with Stöber Silica Nanoparticles. Polymers. 12(4). 982–982. 21 indexed citations

Savy, Davide, Yves Brostaux, Vincenza Cozzolino, et al.. (2020). Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship of Humic-Like Biostimulants Derived From Agro-Industrial Byproducts and Energy Crops. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 581–581. 52 indexed citations

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Mazzei, Pierluigi, Vincenza Cozzolino, & Alessandro Piccolo. (2018). High-Resolution Magic-Angle-Spinning NMR and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spectroscopies Distinguish Metabolome and Structural Properties of Maize Seeds from Plants Treated with Different Fertilizers and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 66(11). 2580–2588. 12 indexed citations

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Marra, Roberta, Francesco Vinale, Gaspare Cesarano, et al.. (2018). Biochars from olive mill waste have contrasting effects on plants, fungi and phytoparasitic nematodes. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198728–e0198728. 44 indexed citations

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Savy, Davide, Pierluigi Mazzei, Μάριος Δρόσος, et al.. (2017). Molecular Characterization of Extracts from Biorefinery Wastes and Evaluation of Their Plant Biostimulation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5(10). 9023–9031. 33 indexed citations

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Thonar, Cécile, Vincenza Cozzolino, Dominika Kundel, et al.. (2017). Potential of three microbial bio-effectors to promote maize growth and nutrient acquisition from alternative phosphorous fertilizers in contrasting soils. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 4(1). 50 indexed citations

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Piccolo, Alessandro. (2012). Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils : a multidisciplinary approach to innovative methods. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 21 indexed citations

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Piccolo, Alessandro, et al.. (2011). Co-polymerization of penta-halogenated phenols in humic substances by catalytic oxidation using biomimetic catalysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 19(5). 1485–1493. 14 indexed citations

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Mazzei, Pierluigi & Alessandro Piccolo. (2011). 1H HRMAS-NMR metabolomic to assess quality and traceability of mozzarella cheese from Campania buffalo milk. Food Chemistry. 132(3). 1620–1627. 80 indexed citations

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Piccolo, Alessandro, Riccardo Spaccini, & Daniela Šmejkalová. (2009). Molecular changes occurring during micro-oxygenation of an Aglianico red wine as observed by NMR spectroscopy.. 31(1). 27–33. 1 indexed citations

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Conte, Pellegrino & Alessandro Piccolo. (2007). Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: as a tool to characterize natural organic matter and soil samples. The basic principles. Optica Pura y Aplicada. 40(2). 215–226. 1 indexed citations

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Mbagwu, J.S.C. & Alessandro Piccolo. (2004). Reduction in organic matter fractions and structural stability following cultivation of tropical forests in Ethiopia and Nigeria. International Agrophysics. 18(1). 23–29. 3 indexed citations

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Piccolo, Alessandro, et al.. (1995). Interactions of glyphosate with a humic acid and its iron complex. Annali di Chimica. 85. 31–40. 15 indexed citations

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