Franco Andreone

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
194 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Franco Andreone is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Andreone has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 77 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 56 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Franco Andreone's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (170 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (56 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (43 papers). Franco Andreone is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (170 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (56 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (43 papers). Franco Andreone collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Portugal. Franco Andreone's co-authors include Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw, David R. Vieites, Jörn Köhler, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, Fabio Maria Guarino, Angelica Crottini, Luca Luiselli, Gennaro Aprea and Gaëtano Odierna and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Franco Andreone

188 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory
    2009 544 citations David R. Vieites, Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero 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
Franco Andreone Italy 27 2.5k 1.1k 966 777 776 194 3.0k
Jörn Köhler Germany 23 2.2k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 955 1.0× 451 0.6× 847 1.1× 119 2.8k
Alan Channing South Africa 19 2.4k 1.0× 915 0.8× 938 1.0× 477 0.6× 788 1.0× 92 2.8k
Mark‐Oliver Rödel Germany 30 2.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 1.1k 1.4× 930 1.2× 207 3.8k
Rafael O. de Sá United States 20 2.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 839 0.9× 380 0.5× 741 1.0× 95 2.9k
Franky Bossuyt Belgium 30 3.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 638 0.8× 1.4k 1.8× 60 4.4k
Ignacio De la Riva Spain 27 2.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 821 1.1× 1.3k 1.6× 132 4.1k
Gabriela Parra‐Olea Mexico 27 1.8k 0.7× 808 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 663 0.9× 670 0.9× 113 2.7k
Jonathan A. Campbell United States 23 3.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 631 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 115 4.1k
Craig Guyer United States 27 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 574 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 470 0.6× 91 2.7k
Fred Kraus United States 31 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 1.6k 2.0× 1.2k 1.6× 204 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Andreone

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All Works

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Vences, Miguel, Franco Andreone, Angelica Crottini, et al.. (2024). Taxonomizing a truly morphologically cryptic complex of dwarf geckos from Madagascar: molecular evidence for new species-level lineages within the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex. Zootaxa. 5468(3). 416–448. 3 indexed citations
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Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Mark D. Scherz, Angelica Crottini, et al.. (2023). Gray versus yellow ventral coloration: Identity, distribution, color polymorphism and molecular relationships of the microhylid frog Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio & Walvoord, 2003. Zootaxa. 5352(2). 221–234. 1 indexed citations
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Monteiro, António T., Franco Andreone, Jeff Dawson, et al.. (2023). Anthropogenic landscape change and amphibian diversity in tropical montane biodiversity hotspots: insights from satellite remote sensing in the Madagascar highlands. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(3). 7219–7242. 2 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Jörn Köhler, Angelica Crottini, et al.. (2023). Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa. 5319(2). 178–198. 1 indexed citations
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Mezzasalma, Marcello, Franco Andreone, Gaëtano Odierna, Fabio Maria Guarino, & Angelica Crottini. (2022). Comparative cytogenetics on eight Malagasy Mantellinae (Anura, Mantellidae) and a synthesis of the karyological data on the subfamily. Comparative Cytogenetics. 16(1). 1–17. 2 indexed citations
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Rancilhac, Loïs, Mark D. Scherz, Michaela Preick, et al.. (2020). Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus). Journal of Natural History. 54(1-4). 87–118. 24 indexed citations
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Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Benedetta Barzaghi, Andrea Melotto, et al.. (2018). N-mixture models reliably estimate the abundance of small vertebrates. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10357–10357. 77 indexed citations
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Rosa, Gonçalo M., et al.. (2016). Mimophis mahfalensis (common big-eyed snake) predation on Furcifer major (giant carpet chameleon) in Isalo, Madagascar. Herpetological Bulletin.
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Guarino, Fabio Maria, Gerardo García, & Franco Andreone. (2014). Huge but moderately long-lived: age structure in the mountain chicken, Leptodactylus fallax, from Montserrat, West Indies. Herpetological Journal. 24(3). 167–173. 10 indexed citations
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Andreone, Franco, Angus I. Carpenter, Angelica Crottini, et al.. (2012). Saving the diverse Malagasy amphibian fauna: where are we four years after implementation of the Sahonagasy Action Plan?. Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository). 9 indexed citations
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Crottini, Angelica, Michela Barbuto, Maurizio Casiraghi, & Franco Andreone. (2011). A rapid amphibian survey at Itremo-Ambatofinandrahana, central Madagascar, with confirmed absence of chytrid fungus and recommendations for future monitoring activities. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 7(2). 346–351. 15 indexed citations
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Vieites, David R., Katharina C. Wollenberg Valero, Franco Andreone, et al.. (2009). Vast underestimation of Madagascar's biodiversity evidenced by an integrative amphibian inventory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(20). 8267–8272. 544 indexed citations breakdown →
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Andreone, Franco, et al.. (2007). Remarkable records of amphibians and reptiles on Madagascar’s central high plateau. Tropical Zoology. 20(1). 19–39. 11 indexed citations
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Andreone, Franco, Gennaro Aprea, Gaëtano Odierna, & Miguel Vences. (2006). A new narrow-mouthed frog of the genus Paradoxophyla (Microhylidae: Scaphiophryninae) from Masoala rainforest, northeastern Madagascar. 1(1). 1000–1014. 6 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Franco Andreone, & Frank Glaw. (2005). A new microhylid frog of the genus Cophyla from a transitional forest in northwestern Madagascar. African Zoology. 40(1). 143–149. 4 indexed citations
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Vences, Miguel, Frank Glaw, Vincenzo Mercurio, & Franco Andreone. (2004). Review of the Malagasy tree snakes of the genus Stenophis. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 40. 161–179. 10 indexed citations
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Denoël, Mathieu & Franco Andreone. (2003). Trophic habits and aquatic microhabitat use in gilled immature, paedomorphic and metamorphic Alpine newts ( Triturus alpestris apuanus ) in a pond in central Italy. Belgian journal of zoology. 133(2). 95–102. 37 indexed citations
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Andreone, Franco, et al.. (2001). Two new chameleons of the genus Calumma from north east Madagascar, with observations on hemipenial morphology in the Calumma furcifer group (Reptilia, Squamata, chamaeleonidae). Herpetological Journal. 11(2). 53–68. 14 indexed citations
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Andreone, Franco, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences, & Denis Vallan. (1998). A NEW MANTIDACTYLUS FROM SOUTH-EASTERN MADAGASCAR, WITH A REVIEW OF MANTIDACTYLUS PERACCAE (RANIDAE: MANTELLINAE). Herpetological Journal. 8(3). 149–159. 12 indexed citations

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