Giorgio Testa

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Giorgio Testa is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Giorgio Testa has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 29 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Giorgio Testa's work include Bioenergy crop production and management (32 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (17 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers). Giorgio Testa is often cited by papers focused on Bioenergy crop production and management (32 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (17 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers). Giorgio Testa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Greece and United States. Giorgio Testa's co-authors include Salvatore L. Cosentino, Danilo Scordia, Fabio Gresta, V. Copani, Cristina Patanè, Stefano Amaducci, Hongyan Guo, Fanghua Liu, Emanuele Sanzone and Ezio Riggi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Ecology and Phytochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Giorgio Testa

64 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Dry matter and qualitative characteristics of alfalfa as ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
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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. Dry matter and qualitative characteristics of alfalfa as affected by harvest times and soil water content
    2011 358 citations Giorgio Testa, Fabio Gresta et al. European Journal of Agronomy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giorgio Testa Italy 21 797 715 418 307 205 67 1.8k
John Finnan Ireland 26 688 0.9× 580 0.8× 604 1.4× 222 0.7× 92 0.4× 87 1.8k
Lorenzo Barbanti Italy 26 1.2k 1.5× 514 0.7× 445 1.1× 94 0.3× 370 1.8× 80 2.3k
Cristina Patanè Italy 29 2.0k 2.5× 594 0.8× 413 1.0× 426 1.4× 651 3.2× 95 2.8k
Werther Guidi Nissim Italy 23 470 0.6× 511 0.7× 212 0.5× 199 0.6× 115 0.6× 75 1.4k
Nunzio Fiorentino Italy 26 815 1.0× 252 0.4× 256 0.6× 81 0.3× 489 2.4× 60 1.9k
Martín Leonardo Battaglia United States 26 2.3k 2.9× 766 1.1× 306 0.7× 194 0.6× 807 3.9× 71 3.6k
Shannon L. Osborne United States 28 1.1k 1.4× 942 1.3× 240 0.6× 151 0.5× 1.3k 6.1× 85 2.5k
Russ W. Gesch United States 38 2.4k 3.0× 928 1.3× 397 0.9× 479 1.6× 622 3.0× 136 3.6k
Kashif Akhtar China 21 958 1.2× 403 0.6× 100 0.2× 116 0.4× 924 4.5× 53 2.1k
Frank G. Dohleman United States 22 1.4k 1.8× 1.9k 2.7× 1.7k 4.0× 549 1.8× 210 1.0× 29 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Giorgio Testa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giorgio Testa

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All Works

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Cosentino, Salvatore L., et al.. (2025). Improving biomethane production from giant reed: effect of agronomic strategies and fungal pretreatment under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions. Italian Journal of Agronomy. 20(1). 100032–100032. 2 indexed citations
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Testa, Giorgio, Ana Luísa Almaça da Cruz Fernando, Danilo Scordia, et al.. (2024). Harnessing Lignocellulosic Crops for Phytomanagement of Contaminated Soils: A Multi-Country Study. Plants. 13(19). 2671–2671. 4 indexed citations
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Testa, Giorgio, et al.. (2023). A biorefinery model for the production of oil and biomethane using castor plants. GCB Bioenergy. 15(11). 1339–1354. 3 indexed citations
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Barré, Philippe, V. Copani, Liv Østrem, et al.. (2022). Induction and potential role of summer dormancy to enhance persistence of perennial grasses under warmer climates. Journal of Ecology. 110(6). 1283–1295. 9 indexed citations
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Scordia, Danilo, Salvatore L. Cosentino, M. Mantineo, Giorgio Testa, & Cristina Patanè. (2021). Nitrogen Balance in a Sweet Sorghum Crop in a Mediterranean Environment. Agronomy. 11(7). 1292–1292. 4 indexed citations
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Scordia, Danilo, Giuseppina Marina D’Agosta, M. Mantineo, Giorgio Testa, & Salvatore L. Cosentino. (2021). Life Cycle Assessment of Biomass Production from Lignocellulosic Perennial Grasses under Changing Soil Nitrogen and Water Content in the Mediterranean Area. Agronomy. 11(5). 988–988. 4 indexed citations
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Patanè, Cristina, et al.. (2020). Physiological and Agronomic Responses of Processing Tomatoes to Deficit Irrigation at Critical Stages in a Semi-Arid Environment. Agronomy. 10(6). 800–800. 15 indexed citations
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Sicilia, Angelo, et al.. (2020). Transcriptional response of giant reed (Arundo donax L.) low ecotype to long-term salt stress by unigene-based RNAseq. Phytochemistry. 177. 112436–112436. 26 indexed citations
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Sicilia, Angelo, et al.. (2019). RNASeq analysis of giant cane reveals the leaf transcriptome dynamics under long-term salt stress. BMC Plant Biology. 19(1). 355–355. 51 indexed citations
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Cosentino, Salvatore L., Emanuele Sanzone, Giorgio Testa, et al.. (2018). Does post‐anthesis heat stress affect plant phenology, physiology, grain yield and protein content of durum wheat in a semi‐arid Mediterranean environment?. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 205(3). 309–323. 20 indexed citations
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Patanè, Cristina, Danilo Scordia, Giorgio Testa, & Salvatore L. Cosentino. (2016). Physiological screening for drought tolerance in Mediterranean long-storage tomato. Plant Science. 249. 25–34. 67 indexed citations
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Cosentino, Salvatore L., Danilo Scordia, Emanuele Sanzone, Giorgio Testa, & V. Copani. (2014). Response of giant reed (Arundo donax L.) to nitrogen fertilization and soil water availability in semi-arid Mediterranean environment. European Journal of Agronomy. 60. 22–32. 90 indexed citations
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Cosentino, Salvatore L., C. Porqueddu, V. Copani, et al.. (2014). European grasslands overview: Mediterranean region.. 41–56. 10 indexed citations
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Scordia, Danilo, Salvatore L. Cosentino, V. Copani, Giorgio Testa, & Thomas W. Jeffries. (2013). Produzione di bioetanolo di seconda generazione dalla canna comune (Arundo donax L.). Italian Journal of Agronomy. 8. 25–33. 1 indexed citations
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Cosentino, Salvatore L., V. Copani, Giorgio Testa, & Danilo Scordia. (2013). Long-term effects of agronomic practices on soil organic carbon and crop productivity in the internal hills of Sicily. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3 indexed citations
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Cazzato, Eugenio, Salvatore L. Cosentino, Fabio Gresta, et al.. (2009). Performance of perennial tropical grasses in different Mediterranean environments in southern Italy. Tropical grasslands. 43(3). 129–138. 7 indexed citations

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