Francesco Solano

525 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 333 citations indexed

About

Francesco Solano is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Insect Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Solano has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 333 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 6 papers in Insect Science and 4 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Francesco Solano's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers). Francesco Solano is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers), Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (3 papers). Francesco Solano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Montenegro. Francesco Solano's co-authors include Giuseppe Modica, Salvatore Di Fazio, Salvatore Praticò, Gianluca Piovesan, Roberto Mercurio, Carmelo Riccardo Fichera, Luigi Laudari, Francesco Barreca, Scott Mensing and Alessandro Chiarucci and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecological Applications and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Solano

14 papers receiving 327 citations

Hit Papers

Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest H... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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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. Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest Habitats in Google Earth Engine Based on Seasonal Sentinel-2 Time-Series and Input Image Composition Optimisation
    2021 161 citations Salvatore Praticò, Francesco Solano et al. Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesco Solano Italy 8 210 165 119 58 46 15 333
Lukas Blickensdörfer Germany 5 208 1.0× 108 0.7× 96 0.8× 69 1.2× 78 1.7× 7 338
Enping Yan China 10 210 1.0× 118 0.7× 146 1.2× 27 0.5× 66 1.4× 28 325
Zalán Tobak Hungary 11 121 0.6× 134 0.8× 162 1.4× 50 0.9× 66 1.4× 30 363
Marco A. Peña Chile 10 221 1.1× 134 0.8× 189 1.6× 59 1.0× 95 2.1× 26 378
Lili Lin China 11 243 1.2× 149 0.9× 281 2.4× 52 0.9× 45 1.0× 40 467
Vahid Nasiri Iran 9 223 1.1× 200 1.2× 157 1.3× 28 0.5× 71 1.5× 15 407
Yaotong Cai China 10 321 1.5× 291 1.8× 139 1.2× 56 1.0× 125 2.7× 20 480
Elnaz Neinavaz Netherlands 7 178 0.8× 133 0.8× 146 1.2× 81 1.4× 53 1.2× 16 310
Nikhil Lele India 12 218 1.0× 252 1.5× 56 0.5× 35 0.6× 38 0.8× 34 391
Biyao Zhang China 13 227 1.1× 123 0.7× 103 0.9× 80 1.4× 26 0.6× 28 383

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesco Solano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Solano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francesco Solano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francesco Solano 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 Francesco Solano. Francesco Solano 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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Solano, Francesco, Michele Baliva, Daniele Canestrelli, et al.. (2025). Mediterranean strictly protected forests are cooler. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 375. 110858–110858.
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Baliva, Michele, Franco Biondi, Lucio Calcagnile, et al.. (2023). The Longevity of Fruit Trees in Basilicata (Southern Italy): Implications for Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation. Land. 12(3). 550–550. 8 indexed citations
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Mensing, Scott, et al.. (2023). Rewilding is Restoring Mediterranean Mountain Forest Ecosystems. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 104(1). 2 indexed citations
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Praticò, Salvatore, Francesco Solano, Salvatore Di Fazio, & Giuseppe Modica. (2022). A Multitemporal Fragmentation-Based Approach for a Dynamics Analysis of Agricultural Terraced Systems: The Case Study of Costa Viola Landscape (Southern Italy). Land. 11(4). 482–482. 2 indexed citations
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Mensing, Scott, et al.. (2022). Historical ecology identifies long‐term rewilding strategy for conservingMediterranean mountain forests in southItaly. Ecological Applications. 33(2). e2758–e2758. 11 indexed citations
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Solano, Francesco, et al.. (2022). Unveiling the complex canopy spatial structure of a Mediterranean old-growth beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest from UAV observations. Ecological Indicators. 138. 108807–108807. 9 indexed citations
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Praticò, Salvatore, Francesco Solano, Salvatore Di Fazio, & Giuseppe Modica. (2021). Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest Habitats in Google Earth Engine Based on Seasonal Sentinel-2 Time-Series and Input Image Composition Optimisation. Remote Sensing. 13(4). 586–586. 161 indexed citations breakdown →
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Solano, Francesco, Salvatore Praticò, Gianluca Piovesan, et al.. (2021). Characterizing historical transformation trajectories of the forest landscape in Rome's metropolitan area (Italy) for effective planning of sustainability goals. Land Degradation and Development. 32(16). 4708–4726. 19 indexed citations
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Solano, Francesco, Salvatore Di Fazio, & Giuseppe Modica. (2019). A methodology based on GEOBIA and WorldView-3 imagery to derive vegetation indices at tree crown detail in olive orchards. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 83. 101912–101912. 59 indexed citations
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Modica, Giuseppe, Francesco Solano, Salvatore Di Fazio, et al.. (2016). Using Landsat 8 imagery in detecting cork oak (Quercus suber L.) woodlands: a case study in Calabria (Italy). Journal of Agricultural Engineering. 47(4). 205–205. 27 indexed citations
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Modica, Giuseppe, et al.. (2015). An index for the assessment of degraded Mediterranean forest ecosystems. Forest Systems. 24(3). e037–e037. 23 indexed citations
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Solano, Francesco, et al.. (2014). Evolutionary dynamics of birch (Betula aetnensis Rafin) coppices on the Mount Etna (Sicily). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(2). 52–64. 4 indexed citations
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Mercurio, Roberto, et al.. (2014). Dinamiche evolutive in boschi cedui di betulla (Betula aetnensis Rafin) nel Monte Etna (Sicilia). 2 indexed citations
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Bagnato, Silvio, et al.. (2012). Basic knowledge for forest restoration: the Pomieri forest case study (Madonie regional park, Sicily). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 8–19. 5 indexed citations

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