Davide Motta

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Davide Motta is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Davide Motta has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Environmental Engineering and 16 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Davide Motta's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (17 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (13 papers) and Hydrological Forecasting Using AI (7 papers). Davide Motta is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (17 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (13 papers) and Hydrological Forecasting Using AI (7 papers). Davide Motta collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Iran. Davide Motta's co-authors include Ahmad Sharafati, Zaher Mundher Yaseen‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬, Seyed Babak Haji Seyed Asadollah, Marcelo H. García, Jorge D. Abad, Eddy J. Langendoen, Emanuele Focà, Shamsuddin Shahid, Carlo Torti and Eugenia Quirós-Roldán and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Water Resources Research and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Davide Motta

45 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

River water quality index prediction and uncertainty analysis: A comparative study of machine learning models

2020 274 citations Seyed Babak Haji Seyed Asadollah, Ahmad Sharafati et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Davide Motta United States	17	452	403	313	198	193	52	1.2k
Jianhua Wang China	23	637 1.4×	232 0.6×	184 0.6×	173 0.9×	579 3.0×	63	1.4k
Surendra Kumar Mishra India	25	1.5k 3.2×	639 1.6×	231 0.7×	586 3.0×	1.2k 6.3×	81	2.2k
David Helman Israel	26	174 0.4×	435 1.1×	490 1.6×	117 0.6×	785 4.1×	77	2.2k
Ismaïla Diallo United States	25	285 0.6×	98 0.2×	74 0.2×	46 0.2×	1.6k 8.5×	85	2.0k
Ourania Tzoraki Greece	18	465 1.0×	240 0.6×	286 0.9×	130 0.7×	291 1.5×	74	972
Pedro Medeiros Brazil	22	594 1.3×	197 0.5×	338 1.1×	514 2.6×	377 2.0×	58	1.2k
Pascal Breil France	18	435 1.0×	235 0.6×	435 1.4×	125 0.6×	319 1.7×	57	1.0k
Carmen de Jong Germany	14	190 0.4×	53 0.1×	130 0.4×	105 0.5×	213 1.1×	36	631
Narges Kariminejad Iran	16	242 0.5×	321 0.8×	249 0.8×	461 2.3×	694 3.6×	40	1.3k
Ramkrishna Maiti India	18	234 0.5×	385 1.0×	246 0.8×	295 1.5×	502 2.6×	52	1.3k

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Motta, Davide, et al.. (2025). Detection of Pathogenic LeptospiraDNA in Cervicovaginal Mucus of Mares With Reproductive Disorders in a Brazilian Herd. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 60(9). e70125–e70125.

Motta, Davide, et al.. (2024). Understanding the long-term development of an irrigation network using a sinuosity-based automatic classification of waterways. The Holocene. 35(1). 29–43.

Asadollah, Seyed Babak Haji Seyed, Ahmad Sharafati, & Davide Motta. (2024). Satellite-based ensemble intelligent approach for predicting forest fire: a case of the Hyrcanian forest in Iran. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(15). 22830–22846. 5 indexed citations

Motta, Davide, et al.. (2024). Placental abnormalities associated with Leptospira interrogans infection in naturally infected mares. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 138. 105099–105099. 2 indexed citations

Sharafati, Ahmad, et al.. (2023). A novel intelligent approach for predicting meteorological drought based on satellite-based precipitation product: Application of an EMD-DFA-DBN hybrid model. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 211. 107946–107946. 12 indexed citations

Abad, Jorge D., et al.. (2023). Hydrogeomorphology of Asymmetric Meandering Channels: Experiments and Field Evidence. Water Resources Research. 59(7). 8 indexed citations

Motta, Davide, Marcelo H. García, Mayandi Sivaguru, et al.. (2022). Travertine crystal growth ripples record the hydraulic history of ancient Rome’s Anio Novus aqueduct. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 1239–1239. 4 indexed citations

Sharafati, Ahmad, et al.. (2022). Developing a generic relation for predicting sediment pick-up rate using symbolic soft computing techniques. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(7). 18509–18521. 1 indexed citations

Rossetti, Barbara, Marta Colaneri, Giacomo Zanelli, et al.. (2021). Discordant Liver Fibrosis Predictors in Virologically Suppressed People Living with HIV without Hepatitis Virus Infection. Diagnostics. 12(1). 14–14. 3 indexed citations

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Sharafati, Ahmad, et al.. (2021). An efficient strategy for predicting river dissolved oxygen concentration: application of deep recurrent neural network model. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193(12). 798–798. 39 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaofeng, et al.. (2016). Analytical Lagrangian Model of Sediment Oxygen Demand and Reaeration Flux Coevolution in Streams. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 142(7). 6 indexed citations

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Motta, Davide, Emanuele Focà, Paola Nasta, et al.. (2012). Virological effectiveness and CD4+ T-cell increase over early and late courses in HIV infected patients on antiretroviral therapy: focus on HCV and anchor class received. AIDS Research and Therapy. 9(1). 18–18. 10 indexed citations

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Focà, Emanuele, Davide Motta, Marco Borderi, et al.. (2012). Prospective evaluation of bone markers, parathormone and 1,25-(OH)2 vitamin D in HIV-positive patients after the initiation of tenofovir/emtricitabine with atazanavir/ritonavir or efavirenz. BMC Infectious Diseases. 12(1). 38–38. 35 indexed citations

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Focà, Emanuele, Diego Ripamonti, Davide Motta, & Carlo Torti. (2012). Unboosted Atazanavir for Treatment of HIV Infection. Drugs. 72(9). 1161–1173. 15 indexed citations

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Motta, Davide, et al.. (2011). Meander migration in horizontally and vertically heterogeneous floodplains. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Albini, Laura, Bruno Mario Cesana, Davide Motta, et al.. (2011). A Randomized, Pilot Trial to Evaluate Glomerular Filtration Rate by Creatinine or Cystatin C in Naive HIV-Infected Patients After Tenofovir/Emtricitabine in Combination With Atazanavir/Ritonavir or Efavirenz. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 59(1). 18–24. 34 indexed citations

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Torti, Carlo, Mattia Prosperi, Davide Motta, et al.. (2011). Factors influencing the normalization of CD4+ T-cell count, percentage and CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio in HIV-infected patients on long-term suppressive antiretroviral therapy. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 18(5). 449–458. 63 indexed citations

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Motta, Davide, et al.. (2010). Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration, a Technology for Improving Water Quality in Urban Rivers. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Motta, Davide. (2009). A simplified 2D model for long-term meander migration with physically-based bank evolution. AGUFM. 2009. 3 indexed citations

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Motta, Davide, Jorge D. Abad, Xiaofeng Liu, & Marcelo H. García. (2009). Two-Dimensional BOD and DO Water Quality Model for Engineering Applications: The Case of Bubbly Creek in Chicago, Illinois. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009. 123. 1–15. 4 indexed citations

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