Alessandro Rigolon

7.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
83 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Rigolon is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Rigolon has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Rigolon's work include Urban Green Space and Health (69 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (24 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (22 papers). Alessandro Rigolon is often cited by papers focused on Urban Green Space and Health (69 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (24 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (22 papers). Alessandro Rigolon collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Alessandro Rigolon's co-authors include Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Jeremy Németh, Olivia McAnirlin, Viniece Jennings, Hyun‐Seo Yoon, Seunguk Shin, Kangjae Lee, Marco Helbich, Lincoln R. Larson and Lauren E. Mullenbach and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Rigolon

80 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

A complex landscape of inequity in access to urban parks: A literature review

2016 637 citations Alessandro Rigolon Landscape and Urban Planning profile →
Psychological impacts from COVID-19 among university students: Risk factors across seven states in the United States

2021 600 citations Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Lincoln R. Larson et al. profile →
Green Space and Health Equity: A Systematic Review on the Potential of Green Space to Reduce Health Disparities

2021 321 citations Alessandro Rigolon, Matthew H.E.M. Browning et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →
Inequities in the quality of urban park systems: An environmental justice investigation of cities in the United States

2018 314 citations Alessandro Rigolon, Matthew H.E.M. Browning et al. Landscape and Urban Planning profile →
Access to Urban Green Space in Cities of the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

2018 279 citations Alessandro Rigolon, Matthew H.E.M. Browning et al. profile →
Where greenspace matters most: A systematic review of urbanicity, greenspace, and physical health

2021 173 citations Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Alessandro Rigolon et al. Landscape and Urban Planning profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alessandro Rigolon United States	32	3.4k	1.7k	977	900	862	83	4.9k
Matthew H.E.M. Browning United States	41	4.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	887 0.9×	546 0.6×	748 0.9×	151	6.4k
James J. Connolly United States	38	2.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	959 1.0×	470 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	99	5.1k
Catharine Ward Thompson United Kingdom	38	4.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	947 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.2×	90	6.0k
A.E. van den Berg Netherlands	28	4.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	410 0.5×	907 1.1×	54	5.6k
Michelle C. Kondo United States	32	2.2k 0.6×	876 0.5×	452 0.5×	471 0.5×	883 1.0×	85	3.9k
Andrew T. Kaczynski United States	39	3.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	507 0.5×	3.2k 3.6×	969 1.1×	176	7.1k
Jenny Veitch Australia	40	2.5k 0.7×	615 0.4×	424 0.4×	2.1k 2.3×	923 1.1×	141	5.3k
Margarita Triguero‐Mas Spain	40	6.6k 2.0×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	971 1.1×	71	8.0k
Stephanie Williamson United States	30	2.4k 0.7×	612 0.4×	576 0.6×	1.9k 2.1×	562 0.7×	84	4.2k
Sarah Foster Australia	38	2.6k 0.8×	624 0.4×	321 0.3×	3.0k 3.4×	1.0k 1.2×	134	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandro Rigolon

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rigolon, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Different pathways to greening in gentrifying communities: Power, transformative projects, and the green gentrification cycle. Cities. 166. 106268–106268.

Spotswood, Erica N., Myla F. J. Aronson, Erin E. Beller, et al.. (2025). Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening. People and Nature. 7(11). 2622–2658. 1 indexed citations

Collins, Timothy W., et al.. (2025). Comparing methods for measuring park access and equity using US census microdata in metropolitan Miami. Applied Geography. 178. 103579–103579. 1 indexed citations

Collins, Timothy W., et al.. (2025). Park inequities between and within racial/ethnic groups in the conterminous United States: A micro-scale, individual-level analysis. Urban forestry & urban greening. 113. 129031–129031.

Rigolon, Alessandro, Yuan Cheng, Jon Christensen, et al.. (2024). Advancing green space equity via policy change: A scoping review and research agenda. Environmental Science & Policy. 157. 103765–103765. 16 indexed citations

Rigolon, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Riding transit to parks in Utah: Motivations, constraints, negotiations, and policy recommendations. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 133. 104297–104297. 1 indexed citations

Rigolon, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Does gentrification precede and follow greening? Evidence about the green gentrification cycle in Los Angeles and Chicago. Landscape and Urban Planning. 248. 105095–105095. 9 indexed citations

Rigolon, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Climate adaptation strategies for active transportation: Barriers and facilitators in U.S. cities. Sustainable Cities and Society. 117. 105956–105956. 3 indexed citations

Yeager, Ray, Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Betsy Breyer, et al.. (2023). Greenness and equity: Complex connections between intra-neighborhood contexts and residential tree planting implementation. Environment International. 176. 107955–107955. 12 indexed citations

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Browning, Matthew H.E.M., Timothy Beatley, J. Aaron Hipp, et al.. (2023). Quantifying Nature: Introducing NatureScore^TM and NatureDose^TM as Health Analysis and Promotion Tools. American Journal of Health Promotion. 38(1). 126–134. 9 indexed citations

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Klompmaker, Jochem O., Jaime E. Hart, Matthew H.E.M. Browning, et al.. (2023). Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multiple Measures of Blue and Green Spaces in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives. 131(1). 17007–17007. 66 indexed citations

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Rigolon, Alessandro, et al.. (2022). Do sex and gender modify the association between green space and physical health? A systematic review. Environmental Research. 209. 112869–112869. 85 indexed citations

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Browning, Matthew H.E.M., Alessandro Rigolon, S. Scott Ogletree, et al.. (2022). The PAD-US-AR dataset: Measuring accessible and recreational parks in the contiguous United States. Scientific Data. 9(1). 773–773. 9 indexed citations

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Sharaievska, Iryna, Olivia McAnirlin, Matthew H.E.M. Browning, et al.. (2022). Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Social Experience: A Cross-Sectional Qualitative Study across Seven Universities in the U.S.. SCHOLE A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education. 39(1). 1–17. 3 indexed citations

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Curtis, David S., Alessandro Rigolon, Dorothy L. Schmalz, & Barbara B. Brown. (2021). Policy and Environmental Predictors of Park Visits During the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Getting Out While Staying in. Environment and Behavior. 54(2). 487–515. 46 indexed citations

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Larson, Lincoln R., Lauren E. Mullenbach, Matthew H.E.M. Browning, et al.. (2021). Greenspace and park use associated with less emotional distress among college students in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Environmental Research. 204(Pt D). 112367–112367. 89 indexed citations

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Rigolon, Alessandro, Matthew H.E.M. Browning, Olivia McAnirlin, & Hyun‐Seo Yoon. (2021). Green Space and Health Equity: A Systematic Review on the Potential of Green Space to Reduce Health Disparities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(5). 2563–2563. 321 indexed citations breakdown →

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Curtis, David S., et al.. (2020). Getting out while staying in: Park use decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially where park availability was low. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

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Browning, Matthew H.E.M. & Alessandro Rigolon. (2019). School Green Space and Its Impact on Academic Performance: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(3). 429–429. 181 indexed citations

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Rigolon, Alessandro. (2012). A greener future: The active role of place in enhancing ecoliteracy in children. 29(3). 181–203. 10 indexed citations

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