Francesca Mapelli

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
83 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Francesca Mapelli is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Mapelli has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, 32 papers in Pollution and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Mapelli's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (39 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (22 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (16 papers). Francesca Mapelli is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (39 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (22 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (16 papers). Francesca Mapelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia. Francesca Mapelli's co-authors include Sara Borin, Daniele Daffonchio, Ramona Marasco, Eleonora Rolli, Elena Crotti, Lorenzo Vergani, Ameur Chérif, C. Sorlini, Besma Ettoumi and Graziano Zocchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Mapelli

83 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Improved plant resistance to drought is promoted by the root‐associated microbiome as a water stress‐dependent trait

2014 411 citations Eleonora Rolli, Ramona Marasco et al. profile →
A Drought Resistance-Promoting Microbiome Is Selected by Root System under Desert Farming

2012 342 citations Ramona Marasco, Eleonora Rolli et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater using advanced treatments. A review

2022 260 citations Nadia Morin‐Crini, Éric Lichtfouse et al. Environmental Chemistry Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Mapelli Italy	30	1.5k	1.0k	804	726	311	83	3.4k
Pilar Junier Switzerland	33	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	535 0.7×	848 1.2×	174 0.6×	132	3.6k
Kai Feng China	31	958 0.7×	1.6k 1.6×	720 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	161 0.5×	80	3.5k
Erika Kothe Germany	38	2.3k 1.6×	469 0.5×	869 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	709 2.3×	159	5.0k
Michel Aragno Switzerland	35	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	696 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	179 0.6×	89	4.3k
Mary Beth Leigh United States	29	547 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	983 1.2×	703 1.0×	384 1.2×	61	3.3k
Anne Winding Denmark	32	544 0.4×	978 1.0×	648 0.8×	511 0.7×	330 1.1×	66	2.5k
Vivian H. Pellizari Brazil	28	382 0.3×	1.4k 1.4×	636 0.8×	936 1.3×	301 1.0×	88	2.8k
Max Kolton United States	26	968 0.7×	954 0.9×	433 0.5×	377 0.5×	153 0.5×	42	2.8k
Sandra Citterio Italy	31	1.7k 1.2×	423 0.4×	405 0.5×	711 1.0×	407 1.3×	113	3.4k
Tsutomu Hattori Japan	31	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	380 0.5×	786 1.1×	136 0.4×	190	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Mapelli

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Silini, Allaoua, et al.. (2025). Root colonization dynamics of alginate encapsulated rhizobacteria: implications for <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> root growth and durum wheat performance. AIMS Microbiology. 11(1). 87–125. 3 indexed citations

Marasco, Ramona, Grégoire Michoud, Elena Gonella, et al.. (2024). Sorlinia euscelidii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel acetic acid bacterium isolated from the leafhopper Euscelidius variegatus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 74(10). 2 indexed citations

Vergani, Lorenzo, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the interaction of bacteria inoculants with the recipient endophytic community in grapevine micropropagated plants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(2). e0207823–e0207823. 2 indexed citations

Vergani, Lorenzo, Raffaella Sabatino, Andrea Di Cesare, et al.. (2024). Plant species influences the composition of root system microbiome and its antibiotic resistance profile in a constructed wetland receiving primary treated wastewater. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1436122–1436122. 5 indexed citations

Marasco, Ramona, Marco Fusi, Cristina Coscolín, et al.. (2023). Enzyme adaptation to habitat thermal legacy shapes the thermal plasticity of marine microbiomes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1045–1045. 17 indexed citations

Cesare, Andrea Di, Sara Borin, Pedro J. Cabello‐Yeves, et al.. (2022). Zooplankton as a Transitional Host for Escherichia coli in Freshwater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(9). e0252221–e0252221. 5 indexed citations

Barbato, Marta, et al.. (2022). What lies on macroalgal surface: diversity of polysaccharide degraders in culturable epiphytic bacteria. AMB Express. 12(1). 98–98. 10 indexed citations

Morin‐Crini, Nadia, Éric Lichtfouse, Marc Fourmentin, et al.. (2022). Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater using advanced treatments. A review. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 20(2). 1333–1375. 260 indexed citations breakdown →

Mapelli, Francesca, Lorenzo Vergani, Elisa Terzaghi, et al.. (2022). Pollution and edaphic factors shape bacterial community structure and functionality in historically contaminated soils. Microbiological Research. 263. 127144–127144. 8 indexed citations

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Vergani, Lorenzo, Francesca Mapelli, Jáchym Šuman, et al.. (2019). Novel PCB-degrading Rhodococcus strains able to promote plant growth for assisted rhizoremediation of historically polluted soils. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0221253–e0221253. 30 indexed citations

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Mapelli, Francesca, Ramona Marasco, Marco Fusi, et al.. (2018). The stage of soil development modulates rhizosphere effect along a High Arctic desert chronosequence. The ISME Journal. 12(5). 1188–1198. 85 indexed citations

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Terzaghi, Elisa, Elisabetta Zanardini, Cristiana Morosini, et al.. (2017). Rhizoremediation half-lives of PCBs: Role of congener composition, organic carbon forms, bioavailability, microbial activity, plant species and soil conditions, on the prediction of fate and persistence in soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 612. 544–560. 78 indexed citations

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Scoma, Alberto, Marta Barbato, Emma Hernandez‐Sanabria, et al.. (2016). Microbial oil-degradation under mild hydrostatic pressure (10 MPa): which pathways are impacted in piezosensitive hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria?. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 23526–23526. 34 indexed citations

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Amer, Ranya, Francesca Mapelli, Hamada El‐Gendi, et al.. (2015). Bacterial Diversity and Bioremediation Potential of the Highly Contaminated Marine Sediments at El-Max District (Egypt, Mediterranean Sea). BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–17. 17 indexed citations

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Merlino, Giuseppe, Annalisa Balloi, Massimo Marzorati, et al.. (2015). Diverse Reductive Dehalogenases Are Associated with Clostridiales-Enriched Microcosms Dechlorinating 1,2-Dichloroethane. BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–11. 14 indexed citations

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Cabassi, Jacopo, Franco Tassi, Francesca Mapelli, et al.. (2014). Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions in Bio-Activity Volcanic Lakes: Evidences from Hule and Rìo Cuarto (Costa Rica). PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102456–e102456. 18 indexed citations

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Mapelli, Francesca, Ramona Marasco, Eleonora Rolli, et al.. (2013). Potential for Plant Growth Promotion of Rhizobacteria Associated withSalicorniaGrowing in Tunisian Hypersaline Soils. BioMed Research International. 2013. 1–13. 122 indexed citations

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Gorra, Roberta, Gordon Webster, María Martín, et al.. (2012). Dynamic Microbial Community Associated with Iron–Arsenic Co-Precipitation Products from a Groundwater Storage System in Bangladesh. Microbial Ecology. 64(1). 171–186. 37 indexed citations

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Balloi, Annalisa, Eleonora Rolli, Ramona Marasco, et al.. (2010). The role of microorganisms in bioremediation and phytoremediation of polluted and stressed soils.. AGROCHIMICA. 54(6). 353–369. 22 indexed citations

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Mapelli, Francesca, Ramona Marasco, Franco Baldi, et al.. (2010). Bacterial Communities Involved in Soil Formation and Plant Establishment Triggered by Pyrite Bioweathering on Arctic Moraines. Microbial Ecology. 61(2). 438–447. 32 indexed citations

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