Donatella Spano

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Donatella Spano is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Donatella Spano has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 51 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Donatella Spano's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (58 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (34 papers) and Horticultural and Viticultural Research (16 papers). Donatella Spano is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (58 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (34 papers) and Horticultural and Viticultural Research (16 papers). Donatella Spano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Donatella Spano's co-authors include Richard L. Snyder, Pierpaolo Duce, Carla Cesaraccio, Michele Salis, N. Mancosu, Bachisio Arca, Costantino Sirca, Alan A. Ager, Kyaw Tha Paw U and Serena Marras and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Donatella Spano

146 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Water Scarcity and Future Challenges for Food Production 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Water Scarcity and Future Challenges for Food Production
    2015 494 citations N. Mancosu, Richard L. Snyder et al. Water profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donatella Spano Italy 36 2.8k 1.3k 879 712 683 152 4.7k
Antonio Trabucco Italy 31 1.7k 0.6× 682 0.5× 1.0k 1.2× 416 0.6× 407 0.6× 69 4.4k
Xiaoyuan Geng Canada 18 1.4k 0.5× 661 0.5× 1.5k 1.7× 1.5k 2.1× 906 1.3× 35 4.3k
Xining Zhao China 44 1.8k 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 591 0.7× 574 0.8× 1.8k 2.6× 169 4.8k
Sibyll Schaphoff Germany 39 3.4k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 1.4k 1.6× 764 1.1× 782 1.1× 80 6.9k
G. Fischer Austria 20 2.2k 0.8× 787 0.6× 636 0.7× 461 0.6× 491 0.7× 47 5.0k
Farzin Shabani Australia 33 1.4k 0.5× 698 0.5× 793 0.9× 525 0.7× 250 0.4× 92 3.9k
Shaoqiang Wang China 40 3.0k 1.1× 617 0.5× 1.8k 2.1× 1.0k 1.5× 1.0k 1.5× 172 5.1k
Pierpaolo Duce Italy 29 1.8k 0.6× 919 0.7× 755 0.9× 484 0.7× 316 0.5× 110 3.0k
Marco Moriondo Italy 38 2.3k 0.8× 2.8k 2.1× 1.2k 1.4× 565 0.8× 617 0.9× 131 5.5k
Pierluigi Calanca Switzerland 35 2.4k 0.8× 963 0.7× 832 0.9× 526 0.7× 683 1.0× 111 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Donatella Spano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donatella Spano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Donatella Spano. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Donatella Spano. The network helps show where Donatella Spano may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donatella Spano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Donatella Spano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Donatella Spano 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 Donatella Spano. Donatella Spano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spano, Donatella, Richard L. Snyder, Diana Rechid, et al.. (2025). The phenological phases of early and mid-late budbreak olive cultivars in a changing future climate over the Euro-Mediterranean region. European Journal of Agronomy. 168. 127658–127658. 1 indexed citations
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Zomer, Robert J., et al.. (2024). CMIP6-based global estimates of future aridity index and potential evapotranspiration for 2021-2060. Open Research Europe. 4. 157–157. 3 indexed citations
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Spano, Donatella, et al.. (2023). Contrasting patterns and interpretations between a fire spread simulator and a machine learning model when mapping burn probabilities: A case study for Mediterranean areas. Environmental Modelling & Software. 163. 105685–105685. 4 indexed citations
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Spano, Donatella, Richard L. Snyder, Maurizio Mulas, et al.. (2023). Modeling Phenological Phases across Olive Cultivars in the Mediterranean. Plants. 12(18). 3181–3181. 7 indexed citations
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Mereu, Valentina, et al.. (2023). A Systematic Review of Analytical and Modelling Tools to Assess Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation on Coffee Agrosystems. Sustainability. 15(19). 14582–14582. 6 indexed citations
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Zomer, Robert J., Jianbo Yang, Donatella Spano, & Antonio Trabucco. (2023). Irrecoverable carbon in mountains and the global mitigation potential of agroforestry and increased tree cover in mountain agricultural systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 0–0. 1 indexed citations
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Chami, Daniel El, et al.. (2022). A Systematic Review on the Impacts of Climate Change on Coffee Agrosystems. Plants. 12(1). 102–102. 49 indexed citations
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Cascio, Mauro Lo, et al.. (2022). Plant-Based Methodologies and Approaches for Estimating Plant Water Status of Mediterranean Tree Species: A Semi-Systematic Review. Agronomy. 12(9). 2127–2127. 17 indexed citations
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Garau, Giovanni, Lourdes Morillas, Javier Roales, et al.. (2019). Effect of monospecific and mixed Mediterranean tree plantations on soil microbial community and biochemical functioning. Applied Soil Ecology. 140. 78–88. 44 indexed citations
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Salis, Michele, Peter R. Robichaud, Alan A. Ager, et al.. (2019). Coupling wildfire spread and erosion models to quantify post-fire erosion before and after fuel treatments. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 28(9). 687–703. 22 indexed citations
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Mancosu, N., et al.. (2015). Water Scarcity and Future Challenges for Food Production. Water. 7(3). 975–992. 494 indexed citations breakdown →
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Snyder, Richard L., Serena Marras, & Donatella Spano. (2013). Climate Change Impact on Evapotranspiration, Heat Stress and Chill Requirements. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 3 indexed citations
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Salis, Michele, Alan A. Ager, Bachisio Arca, et al.. (2012). Assessing exposure of human and ecological values to wildfire in Sardinia, Italy. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 22(4). 549–565. 115 indexed citations
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Mancosu, N., et al.. (2011). Irrigation Management Strategies: a way to improve Water Productivity. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Salis, Michele, Bachisio Arca, Valentina Bacciu, et al.. (2010). Application of wildfire spread and behavior models to assess fire probability and severity in the Mediterranean region. EGUGA. 12991. 2 indexed citations
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Spano, Donatella, et al.. (2006). Effects of warmer and drier climate conditions on plant composition and biomass production in a Mediterranean shrubland community. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Spano, Donatella. (2006). Response of some phenological garden species to inter-annual weather variability. 1 indexed citations
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Mulas, Maurizio, et al.. (2000). Quality parameters of myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) fruit for liqueur production.. 29(169). 494–498. 6 indexed citations
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Duce, Pierpaolo, et al.. (1996). Colorimetric Technique for Evaluating Leaf Stress Status : An Example for Water Stress.. Advances in Horticultural Science. 1000–1006. 1 indexed citations
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Mulas, Maurizio, et al.. (1992). Rooting of Opuntia ficus-indica Mill. young cladodes.. Advances in Horticultural Science. 1000–1003. 5 indexed citations

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