Eleonora Scalco

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 873 citations indexed

About

Eleonora Scalco is a scholar working on Oceanography, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eleonora Scalco has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 873 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Oceanography, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Eleonora Scalco's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (7 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). Eleonora Scalco is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (12 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (7 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). Eleonora Scalco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Germany. Eleonora Scalco's co-authors include Adriana Zingone, Daniele Iudicone, Chris Bowler, Colomban de Vargas, Patrick Wincker, Flora Vincent, Lucie Bittner, Shruti Malviya, Stéphane Audic and Alaguraj Veluchamy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The ISME Journal.

In The Last Decade

Eleonora Scalco

12 papers receiving 854 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Insights into global diatom distribution and diversity in the world’s ocean
    2016 532 citations Shruti Malviya, Eleonora Scalco et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eleonora Scalco Italy 10 444 427 320 249 223 15 873
Isabella Percopo Italy 12 517 1.2× 380 0.9× 237 0.7× 297 1.2× 249 1.1× 18 797
Christopher S. Lobban Guam 18 422 1.0× 492 1.2× 372 1.2× 102 0.4× 500 2.2× 72 956
Shruti Malviya France 7 424 1.0× 514 1.2× 396 1.2× 87 0.3× 225 1.0× 8 950
Colleen A. Durkin United States 16 745 1.7× 602 1.4× 397 1.2× 113 0.5× 319 1.4× 26 1.2k
Inés Sunesen Argentina 14 449 1.0× 225 0.5× 128 0.4× 362 1.5× 227 1.0× 50 727
Jelena Godrijan Croatia 20 595 1.3× 322 0.8× 130 0.4× 284 1.1× 101 0.5× 43 836
Marija Gligora Udovič Croatia 15 243 0.5× 388 0.9× 128 0.4× 297 1.2× 171 0.8× 55 688
Sara J. Bender United States 9 359 0.8× 429 1.0× 284 0.9× 99 0.4× 151 0.7× 10 696
David U. Hernández‐Becerril Mexico 22 883 2.0× 526 1.2× 287 0.9× 573 2.3× 469 2.1× 104 1.3k
Murielle M. LeGresley Canada 11 371 0.8× 382 0.9× 219 0.7× 251 1.0× 56 0.3× 15 627

Countries citing papers authored by Eleonora Scalco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eleonora Scalco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Eleonora Scalco. 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 Eleonora Scalco. The network helps show where Eleonora Scalco may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eleonora Scalco

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Scalco, Eleonora, Inès Barrenechea Angeles, Roberta Piredda, et al.. (2025). Diatom distribution and long-term survival in a heavily polluted sediment core from the Bay of Bagnoli (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). Mediterranean Marine Science. 26(1). 40–54.
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Karlusich, Juan José Pierella, Lucie Zinger, Nicolas Henry, et al.. (2025). Patterns and drivers of diatom diversity and abundance in the global ocean. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3452–3452. 5 indexed citations
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Scalco, Eleonora, Adriana Zingone, Sébastien Colin, et al.. (2023). Diverse eukaryotic phytoplankton from around the Marquesas Islands documented by combined microscopy and molecular techniques. Protist. 174(4). 125965–125965. 3 indexed citations
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Karlusich, Juan José Pierella, Éric Pelletier, Lucie Zinger, et al.. (2022). A robust approach to estimate relative phytoplankton cell abundances from metagenomes. Molecular Ecology Resources. 23(1). 16–40. 37 indexed citations
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Caputi, Luigi, Roberta Piredda, Paul Frémont, et al.. (2020). Large scale patterns of marine diatom richness: Drivers and trends in a changing ocean. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29(11). 1915–1928. 38 indexed citations
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Vincent, Flora, Sébastien Colin, Sarah Romac, et al.. (2018). The epibiotic life of the cosmopolitan diatom Fragilariopsis doliolus on heterotrophic ciliates in the open ocean. The ISME Journal. 12(4). 1094–1108. 22 indexed citations
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Malviya, Shruti, Eleonora Scalco, Stéphane Audic, et al.. (2016). Insights into global diatom distribution and diversity in the world’s ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(11). E1516–25. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scalco, Eleonora, Alberto Amato, Maria Immacolata Ferrante, & Marina Montresor. (2015). The sexual phase of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata: cytological and time-lapse cinematography characterization. PROTOPLASMA. 253(6). 1421–1431. 17 indexed citations
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Escalera, Laura, Giovanna Benvenuto, Eleonora Scalco, Adriana Zingone, & Marina Montresor. (2014). Ultrastructural Features of the Benthic Dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata (Dinophyceae). Protist. 165(3). 260–274. 33 indexed citations
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Scalco, Eleonora, et al.. (2014). The dynamics of sexual phase in the marine diatom Pseudo‐nitzschia multistriata (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology. 50(5). 817–828. 28 indexed citations
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Scalco, Eleonora, et al.. (2013). Genetic characterization and life cycle of the diatomFragilariopsis kerguelensis. European Journal of Phycology. 48(4). 411–426. 12 indexed citations
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Scalco, Eleonora, Christοphe Brunet, Francesca Marino, et al.. (2012). Growth and toxicity responses of Mediterranean Ostreopsis cf. ovata to seasonal irradiance and temperature conditions. Harmful Algae. 17. 25–34. 61 indexed citations
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