Francesca Malfatti

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Francesca Malfatti is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Malfatti has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Ecology, 27 papers in Oceanography and 17 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Francesca Malfatti's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (21 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (17 papers). Francesca Malfatti is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (24 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (21 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (17 papers). Francesca Malfatti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and China. Francesca Malfatti's co-authors include Farooq Azam, Kimberly A. Prather, Farooq Azam, Christopher Lee, Ty Samo, Steven Smriga, Paola Del Negro, Camille M. Sultana, Douglas H. Bartlett and Mitchell V. Santander and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Malfatti

49 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Microbial structuring of marine ecosystems

2007 1.2k citations Farooq Azam, Francesca Malfatti profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Malfatti Italy	22	1.6k	1.1k	665	428	406	53	2.6k
Fabien Joux France	29	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	702 1.1×	254 0.6×	222 0.5×	64	2.8k
Wade H. Jeffrey United States	34	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	817 1.2×	225 0.5×	279 0.7×	83	3.2k
Aud Larsen Norway	32	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	655 1.0×	309 0.7×	304 0.7×	82	3.0k
Kay D. Bidle United States	36	2.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.6×	1.3k 2.0×	362 0.8×	224 0.6×	79	4.3k
Nianzhi Jiao China	33	1.9k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	829 1.2×	192 0.4×	213 0.5×	116	3.0k
Danny Ionescu Germany	25	1.2k 0.8×	635 0.6×	710 1.1×	169 0.4×	408 1.0×	59	2.7k
Francesc Peters Spain	31	1.9k 1.2×	2.3k 2.0×	622 0.9×	344 0.8×	426 1.0×	78	3.5k
Runar Thyrhaug Norway	23	1.5k 1.0×	835 0.7×	361 0.5×	200 0.5×	186 0.5×	29	2.2k
Glen A. Tarran United Kingdom	36	2.6k 1.6×	2.9k 2.5×	1.0k 1.6×	278 0.6×	467 1.2×	97	4.1k
John A. E. Gibson Australia	36	2.3k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	818 1.2×	1.0k 2.4×	268 0.7×	122	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Malfatti

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Malfatti

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Michaud, Jennifer M., Nicholas Stevens, Michael J. Meehan, et al.. (2024). Possible Missing Sources of Atmospheric Glyoxal Part II: Oxidation of Toluene Derived from the Primary Production of Marine Microorganisms. Metabolites. 14(11). 631–631.

Sultana, Camille M., Christopher Lee, Jessica L. Axson, et al.. (2024). Possible Missing Sources of Atmospheric Glyoxal Part I: Phospholipid Oxidation from Marine Algae. Metabolites. 14(11). 639–639. 1 indexed citations

Dinasquet, Julie, Francesca Malfatti, Christopher T. Lee, et al.. (2024). Size-Dependent Nascent Sea Spray Aerosol Bounce Fractions and Estimated Viscosity: The Role of Divalent Cation Enrichment, Surface Tension, and the Kelvin Effect. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(44). 19666–19678. 3 indexed citations

Malfatti, Francesca, et al.. (2023). Ecological Effect of Differently Treated Wooden Materials on Microalgal Biofilm Formation in the Grado Lagoon (Northern Adriatic Sea). Microorganisms. 11(9). 2196–2196. 1 indexed citations

Santander, Mitchell V., Francesca Malfatti, Matthew A. Pendergraft, et al.. (2023). Bacterial Control of Marine Humic‐Like Substance Production, Composition, Size, and Transfer to Sea Spray Aerosols During Phytoplankton Blooms. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(4). 2 indexed citations

Hill, Thomas C. J., Francesca Malfatti, Christina S. McCluskey, et al.. (2023). Resolving the controls over the production and emission of ice-nucleating particles in sea spray. Environmental Science Atmospheres. 3(6). 970–990. 6 indexed citations

Saidi, Amira, Elisa Banchi, Viviana Fonti, et al.. (2023). Microbial dynamics in shallow CO2 seeps system off Panarea Island (Italy). Marine Biology. 170(8). 5 indexed citations

Malfatti, Francesca, et al.. (2022). Exergy and exergy cost analysis of biochemical networks in living systems far from equilibrium. 1 indexed citations

Crocker, Daniel R., Kathryn J. Mayer, Jon S. Sauer, et al.. (2022). Anthropogenic and Biogenic Contributions to the Organic Composition of Coastal Submicron Sea Spray Aerosol. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(23). 16633–16642. 12 indexed citations

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Novak, Gordon A., Jon S. Sauer, Alexia N. Moore, et al.. (2022). Marine gas-phase sulfur emissions during an induced phytoplankton bloom. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(2). 1601–1613. 28 indexed citations

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Crocker, Daniel R., Grant B. Deane, Mitchell V. Santander, et al.. (2022). Biologically Induced Changes in the Partitioning of Submicron Particulates Between Bulk Seawater and the Sea Surface Microlayer. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(2). 3 indexed citations

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Or, Victor W., Daniel R. Crocker, Hansol D. Lee, et al.. (2021). Size-Dependent Morphology, Composition, Phase State, and Water Uptake of Nascent Submicrometer Sea Spray Aerosols during a Phytoplankton Bloom. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 6(1). 116–130. 20 indexed citations

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Novak, Gordon A., Jon S. Sauer, Alexia N. Moore, et al.. (2021). Marine gas-phase sulfur emissions during an induced phytoplankton bloom. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yanyan, Francesca Malfatti, Tianling Zheng, et al.. (2021). Ectohydrolytic enzyme activities of bacteria associated with Orbicella annularis coral. Coral Reefs. 40(6). 1899–1913.

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Jayarathne, Thilina, Matthew A. Pendergraft, Mitchell V. Santander, et al.. (2020). Marine Bacteria Affect Saccharide Enrichment in Sea Spray Aerosol during a Phytoplankton Bloom. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 4(9). 1638–1649. 31 indexed citations

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Manna, Vincenzo, Francesca Malfatti, Elisa Banchi, et al.. (2020). Prokaryotic Response to Phytodetritus-Derived Organic Material in Epi- and Mesopelagic Antarctic Waters. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 1242–1242. 9 indexed citations

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Weinbauer, Markus G., Benjamin Guinot, Christophe Migon, Francesca Malfatti, & Xavier Mari. (2017). Skyfall—neglected roles of volcano ash and black carbon rich aerosols for microbial plankton in the ocean. Journal of Plankton Research. 39(2). 187–198. 23 indexed citations

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McDonald, Karlie S., Valentina Turk, Patricija Mozetič, et al.. (2017). Integrated network models for predicting ecological thresholds: Microbial – carbon interactions in coastal marine systems. Environmental Modelling & Software. 91. 156–167. 4 indexed citations

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Fuhrman, Jed A., Stéphane Pesant, Antonio Fernàndez-Guerra, et al.. (2016). EMOSE (2017) Inter-Comparison of Marine Plankton Metagenomic Analysis Methods. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints).

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Beardsley, Christine, Shaun M. Moss, Francesca Malfatti, & Farooq Azam. (2011). Quantitative role of shrimp fecal bacteria in organic matter fluxes in a recirculating shrimp aquaculture system. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 77(1). 134–145. 38 indexed citations

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