Andrea Gianico

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Andrea Gianico is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Pollution and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrea Gianico has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Building and Construction, 22 papers in Pollution and 18 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Andrea Gianico's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (40 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers). Andrea Gianico is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (40 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (17 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers). Andrea Gianico collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Australia. Andrea Gianico's co-authors include Camilla Maria Braguglia, Agata Gallipoli, G. Mininni, Pamela Pagliaccia, Daniele Montecchio, Simona Rossetti, Barbara Tonanzi, Maria Cristina Gagliano, Simona Crognale and Carlo Pastore and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Water Research and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Andrea Gianico

52 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Anaerobic bioconversion of food waste into energy: A crit... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Anaerobic bioconversion of food waste into energy: A critical review
    2017 320 citations Camilla Maria Braguglia, Agata Gallipoli et al. Bioresource Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andrea Gianico Italy 25 1.1k 518 458 440 422 52 1.7k
Jordi Palatsi Spain 19 1.3k 1.2× 625 1.2× 441 1.0× 514 1.2× 421 1.0× 27 1.8k
Chunlan Mao China 13 1.3k 1.2× 390 0.8× 646 1.4× 422 1.0× 363 0.9× 22 1.9k
Agata Gallipoli Italy 22 770 0.7× 377 0.7× 430 0.9× 271 0.6× 293 0.7× 46 1.4k
Kazutaka Umetsu Japan 25 829 0.8× 432 0.8× 396 0.9× 372 0.8× 366 0.9× 103 1.8k
B. Rincón Spain 25 1.2k 1.1× 353 0.7× 667 1.5× 393 0.9× 354 0.8× 51 1.9k
Audrey Battimelli France 14 1.4k 1.3× 671 1.3× 610 1.3× 648 1.5× 562 1.3× 25 2.0k
M.S. Romero-Güiza Spain 19 1.4k 1.3× 466 0.9× 596 1.3× 521 1.2× 591 1.4× 22 2.0k
Andrés Donoso‐Bravo Chile 25 1.4k 1.3× 624 1.2× 742 1.6× 594 1.4× 363 0.9× 71 2.1k
Jonathan T.E. Lee Singapore 20 904 0.9× 286 0.6× 486 1.1× 276 0.6× 409 1.0× 29 1.8k
Jun Yin China 23 961 0.9× 577 1.1× 632 1.4× 332 0.8× 396 0.9× 78 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrea Gianico

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrea Gianico

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrea Gianico

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andrea Gianico. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andrea Gianico based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andrea Gianico. Andrea Gianico is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Angelini, S., et al.. (2025). The strategic role of a mild hydrothermal pretreatment in enhancing anaerobic degradation of commercial bio-based compostable plastics associated to food waste. Journal of Environmental Management. 381. 125332–125332. 1 indexed citations
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Gallipoli, Agata, Andrea Gianico, S. Angelini, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive review on criticalness and innovative insights to advance the development of sludge co-fermentation towards short chain volatile fatty acids. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 118916–118916. 1 indexed citations
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Tonanzi, Barbara, Agata Gallipoli, Alessandro Frugis, et al.. (2024). Bio-based production of medium-chain carboxylic acids from food waste and sludge without chemical addition: The pivotal role of mix ratio and pretreatment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 436. 140560–140560. 15 indexed citations
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Crognale, Simona, Camilla Maria Braguglia, Agata Gallipoli, et al.. (2023). Ecology of food waste chain-elongating microbiome. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 11. 1157243–1157243. 20 indexed citations
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Lorini, Laura, et al.. (2022). Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production by Mixed Microbial Cultures in Sequencing Batch Reactors Operated Under Different Feeding Conditions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Braguglia, Camilla Maria, Simona Crognale, Agata Gallipoli, et al.. (2022). Biorefining food waste through the anaerobic conversion of endogenous lactate into caproate: A fragile balance between microbial substrate utilization and product inhibition. Waste Management. 150. 328–338. 19 indexed citations
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Amalfitano, Stefano, et al.. (2020). Investigating the influences of quorum quenching and nutrient conditions on activated sludge flocs at a short-time scale. Chemosphere. 248. 125917–125917. 14 indexed citations
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Gallipoli, Agata, Camilla Maria Braguglia, Andrea Gianico, Daniele Montecchio, & Pamela Pagliaccia. (2019). Kitchen waste valorization through a mild-temperature pretreatment to enhance biogas production and fermentability: Kinetics study in mesophilic and thermophilic regimen. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 89. 167–179. 51 indexed citations
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Montecchio, Daniele, Sergi Astals, Agata Gallipoli, et al.. (2019). Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge: ADM1 modelling and microbial analysis to gain insights into the two substrates’ synergistic effects. Waste Management. 97. 27–37. 43 indexed citations
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Pagliaccia, Pamela, Agata Gallipoli, Andrea Gianico, et al.. (2019). Variability of food waste chemical composition: Impact of thermal pre-treatment on lignocellulosic matrix and anaerobic biodegradability. Journal of Environmental Management. 236. 100–107. 50 indexed citations
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Braguglia, Camilla Maria, Agata Gallipoli, Andrea Gianico, & Pamela Pagliaccia. (2017). Anaerobic bioconversion of food waste into energy: A critical review. Bioresource Technology. 248(Pt A). 37–56. 320 indexed citations breakdown →
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Braguglia, Camilla Maria, Giuseppe Bagnuolo, Andrea Gianico, et al.. (2015). Preliminary results of lab-scale investigations of products of incomplete combustion during incineration of primary and mixed digested sludge. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(5). 4585–4593. 9 indexed citations
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Braguglia, Camilla Maria, Anja Coors, Agata Gallipoli, et al.. (2014). Quality assessment of digested sludges produced by advanced stabilization processes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(10). 7216–7235. 29 indexed citations
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Levantesi, Caterina, Claudia Beimfohr, Anicet R. Blanch, et al.. (2014). Hygienization performances of innovative sludge treatment solutions to assure safe land spreading. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(10). 7237–7247. 27 indexed citations
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Gagliano, Maria Cristina, Camilla Maria Braguglia, Agata Gallipoli, Andrea Gianico, & Simona Rossetti. (2014). Microbial diversity in innovative mesophilic/thermophilic temperature-phased anaerobic digestion of sludge. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(10). 7339–7348. 37 indexed citations
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Gallipoli, Agata, Andrea Gianico, Maria Cristina Gagliano, & Camilla Maria Braguglia. (2014). Potential of high-frequency ultrasounds to improve sludge anaerobic conversion and surfactants removal at different food/inoculum ratio. Bioresource Technology. 159. 207–214. 31 indexed citations
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Gianico, Andrea, Camilla Maria Braguglia, G. Máscolo, & G. Mininni. (2013). Partitioning of nutrients and micropollutants along the sludge treatment line: a case study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 20(9). 6256–6265. 28 indexed citations
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Gianico, Andrea, et al.. (2013). Reduced temperature hydrolysis at 134°C before thermophilic anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge at increasing organic load. Bioresource Technology. 143. 96–103. 60 indexed citations
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Braguglia, Camilla Maria, Andrea Gianico, & G. Mininni. (2011). Laboratory-scale ultrasound pre-treated digestion of sludge: Heat and energy balance. Bioresource Technology. 102(16). 7567–7573. 62 indexed citations
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Braguglia, Camilla Maria, Andrea Gianico, & G. Mininni. (2010). Comparison between ozone and ultrasound disintegration on sludge anaerobic digestion. Journal of Environmental Management. 95. S139–S143. 100 indexed citations

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