Isabella Gandolfi

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Isabella Gandolfi is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabella Gandolfi has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Isabella Gandolfi's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers), Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure (10 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (10 papers). Isabella Gandolfi is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (16 papers), Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure (10 papers) and Polar Research and Ecology (10 papers). Isabella Gandolfi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Isabella Gandolfi's co-authors include Andrea Franzetti, Giuseppina Bestetti, İbrahim M. Banat, Thomas J. Smyth, Roberto Ambrosini, Letizia Fracchia, Maria Giovanna Martinotti, Roger Marchant, Valentina Bertolini and Elena Innocente and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Isabella Gandolfi

46 papers receiving 2.8k 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
Isabella Gandolfi Italy 28 1.2k 780 720 627 330 47 2.9k
Esmaeil Shahsavari Australia 29 1.2k 1.0× 603 0.8× 401 0.6× 433 0.7× 426 1.3× 81 2.4k
Giuseppina Bestetti Italy 36 2.2k 1.8× 1.2k 1.5× 1.2k 1.7× 692 1.1× 556 1.7× 98 4.3k
Anne‐Marie Delort France 29 1.1k 0.9× 590 0.8× 371 0.5× 474 0.8× 238 0.7× 72 2.9k
Darren M. Reynolds United Kingdom 25 549 0.5× 702 0.9× 361 0.5× 527 0.8× 471 1.4× 57 3.5k
Jonathan D. Van Hamme Canada 25 2.2k 1.8× 781 1.0× 981 1.4× 665 1.1× 464 1.4× 69 3.9k
Anyi Hu China 39 1.9k 1.6× 649 0.8× 933 1.3× 1.5k 2.4× 402 1.2× 154 4.4k
Alice C. Layton United States 28 1.4k 1.2× 857 1.1× 720 1.0× 884 1.4× 140 0.4× 67 3.6k
Ramesh Goel United States 30 1.7k 1.4× 836 1.1× 446 0.6× 835 1.3× 335 1.0× 114 3.4k
Helmut Brandl Switzerland 30 918 0.8× 465 0.6× 957 1.3× 381 0.6× 1.1k 3.5× 68 4.2k
Walter P. Mac Cormack Argentina 28 823 0.7× 407 0.5× 519 0.7× 889 1.4× 145 0.4× 95 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Isabella Gandolfi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Isabella Gandolfi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabella Gandolfi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Isabella Gandolfi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Isabella Gandolfi 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 Isabella Gandolfi. Isabella Gandolfi 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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Comolli, Roberto, et al.. (2025). Soil De-Sealing and Recycled Aggregates Application: One Year of Monitoring. Soil Systems. 9(4). 128–128.
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Tatangelo, Valeria, et al.. (2024). Anaerobic valorization of sewage sludge pretreated through hydrothermal carbonization: Volatile fatty acids and biomethane production. Bioresource Technology. 412. 131279–131279. 7 indexed citations
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Gandolfi, Isabella, Claudia Canedoli, Stefano Covino, et al.. (2024). Microbiomes of urban trees: unveiling contributions to atmospheric pollution mitigation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1470376–1470376. 2 indexed citations
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Nava, Veronica, Barbara Leoni, Monica M. Arienzo, et al.. (2024). Plastic pollution affects ecosystem processes including community structure and functional traits in large rivers. Water Research. 259. 121849–121849. 13 indexed citations
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Franzetti, Andrea, Francesca Pittino, Isabella Gandolfi, et al.. (2020). Early ecological succession patterns of bacterial, fungal and plant communities along a chronosequence in a recently deglaciated area of the Italian Alps. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96(10). 39 indexed citations
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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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Pittino, Francesca, Roberto Ambrosini, Roberto Sergio Azzoni, et al.. (2018). Post-Depositional Biodegradation Processes of Pollutants on Glacier Surfaces. Condensed Matter. 3(3). 24–24. 13 indexed citations
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Pittino, Francesca, Isabella Gandolfi, Roberto Sergio Azzoni, et al.. (2018). Bacterial communities of cryoconite holes of a temperate alpine glacier show both seasonal trends and year-to-year variability. Annals of Glaciology. 59(77). 1–9. 48 indexed citations
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Ambrosini, Roberto, Mario Caffi, Manuela Caprioli, et al.. (2018). Ecological features of feather microbiota in breeding common swifts. Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 30(6). 569–581. 7 indexed citations
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Federici, Ermanno, Chiara Petroselli, Beatrice Moroni, et al.. (2018). Airborne bacteria and persistent organic pollutants associated with an intense Saharan dust event in the Central Mediterranean. The Science of The Total Environment. 645. 401–410. 45 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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Franzetti, Andrea, Isabella Gandolfi, Giuseppina Bestetti, et al.. (2017). Potential sources of bacteria colonizing the cryoconite of an Alpine glacier. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0174786–e0174786. 40 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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Ferrentino, Roberta, Michela Langone, Isabella Gandolfi, et al.. (2016). Shift in microbial community structure of anaerobic side-stream reactor in response to changes to anaerobic solid retention time and sludge interchange ratio. Bioresource Technology. 221. 588–597. 39 indexed citations
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Ambrosini, Roberto, Isabella Gandolfi, Giuseppina Bestetti, et al.. (2016). Diversity and Assembling Processes of Bacterial Communities in Cryoconite Holes of a Karakoram Glacier. Microbial Ecology. 73(4). 827–837. 27 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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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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Gandolfi, Isabella, et al.. (2009). Influence of compost amendment on microbial community and ecotoxicity of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils. Bioresource Technology. 101(2). 568–575. 80 indexed citations
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