Franco Salerno

4.7k total citations
86 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Franco Salerno is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Salerno has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 20 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Franco Salerno's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (33 papers), Climate change and permafrost (27 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers). Franco Salerno is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (33 papers), Climate change and permafrost (27 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers). Franco Salerno collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Nepal and United States. Franco Salerno's co-authors include Gianni Tartari, Gaetano Viviano, Sudeep Thakuri, Nicolas Guyennon, Emanuela Chiara Manfredi, Emanuele Romano, Claudio Smiraglia, Michele Freppaz, Nicola Colombo and Stefano Polesello and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Franco Salerno

84 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franco Salerno Italy 34 1.7k 845 658 408 350 86 3.4k
Fernando Miralles‐Wilhelm United States 35 559 0.3× 1.5k 1.8× 750 1.1× 660 1.6× 130 0.4× 91 3.7k
Wim Thiery Belgium 37 1.5k 0.9× 3.1k 3.7× 1.2k 1.7× 566 1.4× 53 0.2× 131 5.0k
Daniel E. Horton United States 27 1.9k 1.2× 2.1k 2.5× 248 0.4× 256 0.6× 96 0.3× 63 3.5k
Liqiao Tian China 28 429 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 742 1.1× 564 1.4× 32 0.1× 100 3.0k
Gianni Tartari Italy 29 1.6k 1.0× 823 1.0× 588 0.9× 320 0.8× 8 0.0× 59 3.0k
A. B. Shrestha Nepal 41 5.0k 3.0× 3.8k 4.5× 2.6k 3.9× 645 1.6× 38 0.1× 99 8.4k
Matthias Mengel Germany 20 882 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 187 0.3× 131 0.3× 42 0.1× 38 2.4k
Ninglian Wang China 36 3.3k 2.0× 1.7k 2.0× 584 0.9× 378 0.9× 9 0.0× 253 4.9k
Gaofeng Zhu China 35 1.0k 0.6× 2.4k 2.8× 1.1k 1.7× 1.2k 3.0× 56 0.2× 104 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Salerno

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franco Salerno

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Salerno

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shaw, Thomas E., Evan Miles, Michael McCarthy, et al.. (2025). Mountain glaciers recouple to atmospheric warming over the twenty-first century. Nature Climate Change. 15(11). 1212–1218.
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Colombo, Nicola, Stefano Brighenti, Danilo Godone, et al.. (2025). Permafrost thaw affects the chemistry of mountain ponds. Environmental Research Letters. 20(9). 94007–94007. 1 indexed citations
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Colombo, Nicola, Nicolas Guyennon, Mauro Valt, et al.. (2023). Unprecedented snow-drought conditions in the Italian Alps during the early 2020s. Environmental Research Letters. 18(7). 74014–74014. 24 indexed citations
4.
Salerno, Franco. (2023). The Greta Thunberg Effect on Climate Equity: A Worldwide Google Trend Analysis. Sustainability. 15(7). 6233–6233. 1 indexed citations
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Cappelli, Francesca, Alberto Sala, Igor Fochi, et al.. (2022). Suspect screening of wastewaters to trace anti-COVID-19 drugs: Potential adverse effects on aquatic environment. The Science of The Total Environment. 824. 153756–153756. 41 indexed citations
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Tartari, Gianni, Diego Copetti, Andrea Franzetti, et al.. (2021). Manganese-mediated hydrochemistry and microbiology in a meromictic subalpine lake (Lake Idro, Northern Italy) - A biogeochemical approach. The Science of The Total Environment. 795. 148743–148743. 8 indexed citations
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Salerno, Franco, Gaetano Viviano, & Gianni Tartari. (2018). Urbanization and climate change impacts on surface water quality: Enhancing the resilience by reducing impervious surfaces. Water Research. 144. 491–502. 188 indexed citations
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Copetti, Diego, Gianni Tartari, Lucia Valsecchi, et al.. (2018). Phosphorus content in a deep river sediment core as a tracer of long-term (1962–2011) anthropogenic impacts: A lesson from the Milan metropolitan area. The Science of The Total Environment. 646. 37–48. 23 indexed citations
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Soncini, Andrea, Daniele Bocchiola, Gabriele Confortola, et al.. (2016). Future hydrological regimes and glacier cover in the Everest region: The case study of the upper Dudh Koshi basin. The Science of The Total Environment. 565. 1084–1101. 62 indexed citations
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Salerno, Franco, Sudeep Thakuri, Nicolas Guyennon, Gaetano Viviano, & Gianni Tartari. (2016). Glacier melting and precipitation trends detected by surface areachanges in Himalayan ponds. ˜The œcryosphere. 10(4). 1433–1448. 37 indexed citations
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Douglas, James S., Matthias Huss, Darrel A. Swift, Julie Jones, & Franco Salerno. (2016). Incorporating Distributed Debris Thickness in a Glacio-Hydrological Model: Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal. 7 indexed citations
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Giardino, Marco, Nicola Colombo, Simona Fratianni, et al.. (2015). Chemical and physical characterisation of water in an alpine permafrost area (Col d'Olen LTER site, Italian NW-Alps). The EGU General Assembly. 17. 13744–13744. 1 indexed citations
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Salerno, Franco, Nicolas Guyennon, Sudeep Thakuri, et al.. (2015). Weak precipitation, warm winters and springs impact glaciers of south slopes of Mt. Everest (central Himalaya) in the last 2 decades (1994–2013). ˜The œcryosphere. 9(3). 1229–1247. 173 indexed citations
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Viviano, Gaetano, Franco Salerno, Emanuela Chiara Manfredi, et al.. (2014). Surrogate measures for providing high frequency estimates of total phosphorus concentrations in urban watersheds. Water Research. 64. 265–277. 59 indexed citations
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Salerno, Franco, Gaetano Viviano, Sudeep Thakuri, et al.. (2014). High alpine ponds shift upwards as average temperatures increase: A case study of the Ortles–Cevedale mountain group (Southern Alps, Italy) over the last 50years. Global and Planetary Change. 120. 81–91. 51 indexed citations
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Salerno, Franco, Gaetano Viviano, Emanuela Chiara Manfredi, et al.. (2014). Total phosphorus reference condition for subalpine lakes: A comparison among traditional methods and a new process-based watershed approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 145. 94–105. 23 indexed citations
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Thakuri, Sudeep, Franco Salerno, Claudio Smiraglia, et al.. (2014). Tracing glacier changes since the 1960s on the south slope of Mt. Everest (central Southern Himalaya) using optical satellite imagery. ˜The œcryosphere. 8(4). 1297–1315. 103 indexed citations
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Thakuri, Sudeep, Franco Salerno, Nicolas Guyennon, et al.. (2013). Glacier response to climate trend and climate variability in Mt. Everest region (Nepal). AGUSM. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Salerno, Franco, et al.. (2013). Multiple Carrying Capacities from a management-oriented perspective to operationalize sustainable tourism in protected areas. Journal of Environmental Management. 128. 116–125. 124 indexed citations
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Guyennon, Nicolas, Emanuele Romano, Ivan Portoghese, et al.. (2013). Benefits from using combined dynamical-statistical downscaling approaches – lessons from a case study in the Mediterranean region. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(2). 705–720. 35 indexed citations

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