Francesca Raffini

718 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 399 citations indexed

About

Francesca Raffini is a scholar working on Ecology, Geometry and Topology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Raffini has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 399 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Ecology, 4 papers in Geometry and Topology and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Francesca Raffini's work include Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (4 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (4 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (2 papers). Francesca Raffini is often cited by papers focused on Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (4 papers), Morphological variations and asymmetry (4 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (2 papers). Francesca Raffini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United Kingdom. Francesca Raffini's co-authors include Giorgio Bertorelle, Luciano Bosso, Axel Meyer, Danilo Russo, Chiara Bortoluzzi, Cock van Oosterhout, Emiliano Trucchi, Mirte Bosse, Alessio Iannucci and Hernán E. Morales and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Reviews Genetics, Molecular Ecology and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Raffini

11 papers receiving 397 citations

Hit Papers

Genetic load: genomic estimates and applications in non-m... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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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.

  1. Genetic load: genomic estimates and applications in non-model animals
    2022 142 citations Giorgio Bertorelle, Francesca Raffini et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Raffini Italy 9 157 147 112 74 66 12 399
Enrique Rodríguez‐Serrano Chile 14 123 0.8× 235 1.6× 109 1.0× 186 2.5× 69 1.0× 34 473
David A. Beamer United States 12 210 1.3× 120 0.8× 173 1.5× 116 1.6× 89 1.3× 32 455
Madlen Stange Switzerland 8 181 1.2× 74 0.5× 39 0.3× 77 1.0× 64 1.0× 12 353
István Sas Romania 9 204 1.3× 174 1.2× 140 1.3× 143 1.9× 63 1.0× 37 470
Jessica M. da Silva South Africa 14 122 0.8× 157 1.1× 105 0.9× 156 2.1× 90 1.4× 29 482
Álvaro Barragán Ecuador 14 92 0.6× 95 0.6× 100 0.9× 154 2.1× 89 1.3× 26 386
Vinh Le Underwood United States 5 239 1.5× 160 1.1× 162 1.4× 87 1.2× 80 1.2× 6 398
Thiago Santos Brazil 8 75 0.5× 129 0.9× 145 1.3× 126 1.7× 133 2.0× 17 357
Amy K. Stockman United States 7 279 1.8× 114 0.8× 174 1.6× 134 1.8× 85 1.3× 7 462
Eva V. Bärmann Germany 10 186 1.2× 240 1.6× 57 0.5× 122 1.6× 28 0.4× 21 498

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Raffini

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Raffini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Raffini

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Raffini, Francesca, Kerstin Johannesson, Rui Faria, et al.. (2025). Phenotypic Divergence and Genomic Architecture Between Parallel Ecotypes at Two Different Points on the Speciation Continuum in a Marine Snail. Molecular Ecology. 34(21). e70025–e70025.
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Bosso, Luciano, et al.. (2025). Geoportals in marine spatial planning: state of the art and future perspectives. Ocean & Coastal Management. 266. 107688–107688. 2 indexed citations
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Bosso, Luciano, Sonia Smeraldo, Maria Luisa Chiusano, et al.. (2023). Integrating citizen science and spatial ecology to inform management and conservation of the Italian seahorses. Ecological Informatics. 79. 102402–102402. 49 indexed citations
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Bertorelle, Giorgio, Francesca Raffini, Mirte Bosse, et al.. (2022). Genetic load: genomic estimates and applications in non-model animals. Nature Reviews Genetics. 23(8). 492–503. 142 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bosso, Luciano, Sonia Smeraldo, Danilo Russo, et al.. (2022). The rise and fall of an alien: why the successful colonizer Littorina saxatilis failed to invade the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Invasions. 24(10). 3169–3187. 57 indexed citations
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Raffini, Francesca, Ralf Schneider, Paolo Franchini, Andreas F. Kautt, & Axel Meyer. (2019). Diving into divergence: Differentiation in swimming performances, physiology and gene expression between locally‐adapted sympatric cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology. 29(7). 1219–1234. 9 indexed citations
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Raffini, Francesca, Carmelo Fruciano, & Axel Meyer. (2018). Gene(s) and individual feeding behavior: Exploring eco‐evolutionary dynamics underlying left‐right asymmetry in the scale‐eating cichlid fishPerissodus microlepis. Ecology and Evolution. 8(11). 5495–5507. 2 indexed citations
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Raffini, Francesca, Carmelo Fruciano, & Axel Meyer. (2018). Morphological and genetic correlates in the left–right asymmetric scale-eating cichlid fish of Lake Tanganyika. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 124(1). 67–84. 13 indexed citations
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Fruciano, Carmelo, Paolo Franchini, Francesca Raffini, Shaohua Fan, & Axel Meyer. (2016). Are sympatrically speciating Midas cichlid fish special? Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the closely related species Archocentrus centrarchus. Ecology and Evolution. 6(12). 4102–4114. 16 indexed citations
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Raffini, Francesca, Carmelo Fruciano, Paolo Franchini, & Axel Meyer. (2016). Towards understanding the genetic basis of mouth asymmetry in the scale‐eating cichlidPerissodus microlepis. Molecular Ecology. 26(1). 77–91. 23 indexed citations

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