Giuseppina Bestetti

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Giuseppina Bestetti is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Giuseppina Bestetti has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Pollution, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 20 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Giuseppina Bestetti's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (44 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (23 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers). Giuseppina Bestetti is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (44 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (23 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (17 papers). Giuseppina Bestetti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Iran. Giuseppina Bestetti's co-authors include Andrea Franzetti, Isabella Gandolfi, Thomas J. Smyth, İbrahim M. Banat, Letizia Fracchia, Roger Marchant, Maria Giovanna Martinotti, Roberto Ambrosini, Patrizia Di Gennaro and Valentina Bertolini and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Giuseppina Bestetti

98 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial biosurfactants production, applications and fut... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 250 500 750 1000
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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. Microbial biosurfactants production, applications and future potential
    2010 1.0k citations İbrahim M. Banat, Andrea Franzetti et al. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giuseppina Bestetti Italy 36 2.2k 1.2k 1.2k 692 556 98 4.3k
Andrea Franzetti Italy 41 2.7k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.7× 686 1.2× 153 5.7k
Surajit Das India 53 1.8k 0.8× 1.8k 1.4× 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 843 1.5× 214 7.4k
Gosse Schraa Netherlands 36 2.9k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 810 1.2× 1.3k 2.3× 70 5.7k
Raj Boopathy United States 39 2.3k 1.1× 699 0.6× 835 0.7× 402 0.6× 970 1.7× 136 4.6k
Marc Viñas Spain 40 2.2k 1.0× 639 0.5× 715 0.6× 769 1.1× 471 0.8× 101 4.1k
Richard Villemur Canada 43 2.4k 1.1× 2.0k 1.6× 918 0.8× 1.3k 1.9× 568 1.0× 133 5.5k
Josef Winter Germany 42 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 555 0.5× 688 1.0× 1.1k 1.9× 136 5.2k
Wolfgang Dott Germany 34 1.1k 0.5× 820 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 463 0.7× 454 0.8× 95 3.4k
Isabella Gandolfi Italy 28 1.2k 0.6× 720 0.6× 780 0.7× 627 0.9× 330 0.6× 47 2.9k
Ke Xu China 43 2.2k 1.0× 764 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 450 0.7× 626 1.1× 169 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Giuseppina Bestetti

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Fields of papers citing papers by Giuseppina Bestetti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giuseppina Bestetti

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Giuseppina Bestetti. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Giuseppina Bestetti 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 Giuseppina Bestetti. Giuseppina Bestetti 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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Franzetti, Andrea, Isabella Gandolfi, Giuseppina Bestetti, et al.. (2019). Plant-microorganisms interaction promotes removal of air pollutants in Milan (Italy) urban area. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 384. 121021–121021. 37 indexed citations
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Ambrosini, Roberto, Claudia Ferrario, Francesca Pittino, et al.. (2017). Microbial degradation on glacier surface is the missing piece of environmental fate of pesticides in cold areas. EGUGA. 6142. 1 indexed citations
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Ferrario, Claudia, Francesca Pittino, Isabella Gandolfi, et al.. (2017). Bacteria contribute to pesticide degradation in cryoconite holes in an Alpine glacier. Environmental Pollution. 230. 919–926. 34 indexed citations
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Franzetti, Andrea, Isabella Gandolfi, Giuseppina Bestetti, et al.. (2016). Light-dependent microbial metabolisms drive carbon fluxes on glacier surfaces. The ISME Journal. 10(12). 2984–2988. 47 indexed citations
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Gandolfi, Isabella, Claudia Canedoli, Panagiotis Gkorezis, et al.. (2016). Diversity and hydrocarbon-degrading potential of epiphytic microbial communities on Platanus x acerifolia leaves in an urban area. Environmental Pollution. 220(Pt A). 650–658. 35 indexed citations
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Daghio, Matteo, Valeria Tatangelo, Andrea Franzetti, et al.. (2015). Hydrocarbon degrading microbial communities in bench scale aerobic biobarriers for gasoline contaminated groundwater treatment. Chemosphere. 130. 34–39. 36 indexed citations
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Gandolfi, Isabella, Andrea Franzetti, Valentina Bertolini, Eleonora Gaspari, & Giuseppina Bestetti. (2011). Antibiotic resistance in bacteria associated with coarse atmospheric particulate matter in an urban area. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 110(6). 1612–1620. 25 indexed citations
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Gennaro, Patrizia Di, et al.. (2010). Identification and characterization of genes involved in naphthalene degradation in Rhodococcus opacus R7. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 87(1). 297–308. 34 indexed citations
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Banat, İbrahim M., Andrea Franzetti, Isabella Gandolfi, et al.. (2010). Microbial biosurfactants production, applications and future potential. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 87(2). 427–444. 1001 indexed citations breakdown →
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Franzetti, Andrea, Isabella Gandolfi, Eleonora Gaspari, Roberto Ambrosini, & Giuseppina Bestetti. (2010). Seasonal variability of bacteria in fine and coarse urban air particulate matter. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 90(2). 745–753. 111 indexed citations
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Gennaro, Patrizia Di, et al.. (2009). Dynamic changes in bacterial community structure and in naphthalene dioxygenase expression in vermicompost-amended PAH-contaminated soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 172(2-3). 1464–1469. 34 indexed citations
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Franzetti, Andrea, et al.. (2008). Surface-active compounds and their role in the access to hydrocarbons in Gordonia strains. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 63(2). 238–248. 75 indexed citations
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Papacchini, Maddalena, et al.. (2005). Diversity of naphthalene-degrading bacteria from a petroleum contaminated soil. Annals of Microbiology. 55(4). 237–242. 20 indexed citations
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Gennaro, Patrizia Di, Paula A. Conforti, Marina Lasagni, et al.. (2005). Dioxygenation of naphthalene by Pseudomonas fluorescens N3 dioxygenase: Optimization of the process parameters. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 93(3). 511–518. 15 indexed citations
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Gennaro, Patrizia Di, et al.. (2004). A new methodology for decontamination of dental instruments by an ultrasonic cleaner based on Sweep System Technology. Annals of Microbiology. 54(2). 233–243. 2 indexed citations
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Gennaro, Patrizia Di, Elena Collina, Andrea Franzetti, et al.. (2004). Bioremediation of Diethylhexyl Phthalate Contaminated Soil:  A Feasibility Study in Slurry- and Solid-Phase Reactors. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(1). 325–330. 45 indexed citations
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Collina, Elena, Giuseppina Bestetti, Patrizia Di Gennaro, et al.. (2004). Naphthalene biodegradation kinetics in an aerobic slurry-phase bioreactor. Environment International. 31(2). 167–171. 41 indexed citations
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Cavalca, Lucia, Patrizia Di Gennaro, Milena Colombo, et al.. (2000). Distribution of catabolic pathways in some hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from a subsurface polluted soil. Research in Microbiology. 151(10). 877–887. 42 indexed citations
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Andreoni, V. & Giuseppina Bestetti. (1988). Ferulic acid degradation encoded by a catabolic plasmid. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 53(3-4). 129–132. 11 indexed citations
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Bestetti, Giuseppina, et al.. (1985). Extrachromosomal elements in Pseudomonas strains degrading phenylpropanoid compounds. 35. 25–30. 3 indexed citations

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