Gaia Francini

544 total citations
9 papers, 398 citations indexed

About

Gaia Francini is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaia Francini has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 398 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Gaia Francini's work include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (5 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (4 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (3 papers). Gaia Francini is often cited by papers focused on Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (5 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (4 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (3 papers). Gaia Francini collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Russia. Gaia Francini's co-authors include Nan Hui, Heikki Setälä, Ari Jumpponen, D. Johan Kotze, John Allen, Xinxin Liu, Martin Romantschuk, Rauni Strömmer, Minna K. Männistö and Minna‐Maarit Kytöviita and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Pollution and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gaia Francini

8 papers receiving 395 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gaia Francini Finland	8	136	130	114	105	90	9	398
A. Pellegrino Italy	11	79 0.6×	122 0.9×	90 0.8×	54 0.5×	202 2.2×	14	408
Gang Fu China	10	110 0.8×	74 0.6×	107 0.9×	76 0.7×	47 0.5×	19	342
John Allen Finland	6	99 0.7×	61 0.5×	55 0.5×	118 1.1×	57 0.6×	9	300
Hengfang Wang China	12	59 0.4×	128 1.0×	141 1.2×	44 0.4×	106 1.2×	30	388
Tian Feng China	13	230 1.7×	214 1.6×	152 1.3×	40 0.4×	72 0.8×	29	540
Lewis J. Deacon United Kingdom	9	20 0.1×	145 1.1×	117 1.0×	113 1.1×	130 1.4×	10	447
M. N. Maslov Russia	11	48 0.4×	161 1.2×	100 0.9×	21 0.2×	163 1.8×	28	379
Jianxiong Liao China	12	130 1.0×	253 1.9×	51 0.4×	18 0.2×	38 0.4×	40	430
Francesca Vannucchi Italy	9	60 0.4×	120 0.9×	29 0.3×	99 0.9×	49 0.5×	33	277

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gaia Francini

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9 of 9 papers shown

Kytöviita, Minna‐Maarit & Gaia Francini. (2025). Plasticity in colonization and mycorrhizal benefit in the common Arctic species Avenella flexuosa in response to grazing. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 57(1).

Francini, Gaia, Nan Hui, Ari Jumpponen, D. Johan Kotze, & Heikki Setälä. (2021). Vegetation type and age matter: How to optimize the provision of ecosystem services in urban parks. Urban forestry & urban greening. 66. 127392–127392. 17 indexed citations

Francini, Gaia, Nan Hui, Ari Jumpponen, et al.. (2017). Soil biota in boreal urban greenspace: Responses to plant type and age. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 118. 145–155. 41 indexed citations

Setälä, Heikki, Gaia Francini, John Allen, et al.. (2017). Urban parks provide ecosystem services by retaining metals and nutrients in soils. Environmental Pollution. 231(Pt 1). 451–461. 61 indexed citations

Hui, Nan, Ari Jumpponen, Gaia Francini, et al.. (2017). Soil microbial communities are shaped by vegetation type and park age in cities under cold climate. Environmental Microbiology. 19(3). 1281–1295. 125 indexed citations

Hui, Nan, Xinxin Liu, D. Johan Kotze, et al.. (2017). Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Urban Parks Are Similar to Those in Natural Forests but Shaped by Vegetation and Park Age. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(23). 33 indexed citations

Setälä, Heikki, et al.. (2016). Vegetation Type and Age Drive Changes in Soil Properties, Nitrogen, and Carbon Sequestration in Urban Parks under Cold Climate. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4. 90 indexed citations

Francini, Gaia, et al.. (2014). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community divergence within a common host plant in two different soils in a subarctic Aeolian sand area. Mycorrhiza. 24(7). 539–550. 9 indexed citations

Francini, Gaia, Mira Liiri, Minna K. Männistö, Sari Stark, & Minna‐Maarit Kytöviita. (2014). Response to reindeer grazing removal depends on soil characteristics in low Arctic meadows. Applied Soil Ecology. 76. 14–25. 22 indexed citations

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