Luca Lucentini

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Luca Lucentini is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Lucentini has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 17 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 16 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Luca Lucentini's work include Marine Toxins and Detection Methods (15 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (13 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers). Luca Lucentini is often cited by papers focused on Marine Toxins and Detection Methods (15 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (13 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers). Luca Lucentini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Ireland and Armenia. Luca Lucentini's co-authors include Giuseppina La Rosa, Elisabetta Suffredini, Lucia Bonadonna, R. Draisci, Giusy Bonanno Ferraro, Carolina Veneri, Pamela Mancini, M. Iaconelli, Luigi Giannetti and Emanuele Ferretti 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

Luca Lucentini

72 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewaters in Italy

2020 534 citations Giuseppina La Rosa, M. Iaconelli et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luca Lucentini Italy	28	1.2k	632	604	597	287	74	2.8k
Noorsaadah Abd Rahman Malaysia	39	489 0.4×	1.2k 1.8×	78 0.1×	416 0.7×	471 1.6×	193	4.9k
Stefano Polesello Italy	32	347 0.3×	111 0.2×	798 1.3×	379 0.6×	1.3k 4.6×	91	2.8k
José M. Vega Spain	41	145 0.1×	1.6k 2.5×	255 0.4×	123 0.2×	171 0.6×	144	5.0k
Sarit Kaserzon Australia	31	263 0.2×	230 0.4×	766 1.3×	390 0.7×	1.2k 4.2×	89	2.9k
Carles Borrego Spain	42	439 0.4×	1.6k 2.6×	635 1.1×	456 0.8×	696 2.4×	115	5.8k
Ross Norris Australia	24	198 0.2×	259 0.4×	956 1.6×	101 0.2×	329 1.1×	79	2.5k
Simon V. Avery United Kingdom	39	208 0.2×	2.1k 3.3×	135 0.2×	343 0.6×	674 2.3×	112	4.8k
Chongle Pan United States	36	141 0.1×	2.5k 3.9×	254 0.4×	602 1.0×	67 0.2×	99	3.8k
Darrell P. Chandler United States	26	247 0.2×	1.2k 1.9×	237 0.4×	511 0.9×	114 0.4×	72	2.5k
Huimin Xu China	37	110 0.1×	2.5k 3.9×	242 0.4×	190 0.3×	125 0.4×	258	4.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Lucentini

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Ingelido, Anna Maria, Annalisa Abballe, Elena Dellatte, et al.. (2025). Human exposure to PFASs in a contaminated area: associations between water and serum levels. Chemosphere. 385. 144575–144575. 1 indexed citations

Veneri, Carolina, Giusy Bonanno Ferraro, Donatella Congiu, et al.. (2025). Wastewater-Based Surveillance of Human Adenoviruses in Italy: Quantification by Digital PCR and Molecular Typing via Nanopore Amplicon Sequencing. Viruses. 17(6). 791–791. 1 indexed citations

Massimi, Lorenzo, et al.. (2025). Optimizing the growth conditions of the fern Pteris vittata maximizes its ability to phytoextract arsenic from drinking water in multiple cycles. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 40. 104629–104629.

Mattei, Daniela, et al.. (2024). Microplastic in Drinking Water: A Pilot Study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 31–45. 14 indexed citations

Ferraro, Giusy Bonanno, David Brandtner, Pamela Mancini, et al.. (2024). Characterisation of microbial communities and quantification of antibiotic resistance genes in Italian wastewater treatment plants using 16S rRNA sequencing and digital PCR. The Science of The Total Environment. 933. 173217–173217. 15 indexed citations

Maida, Carmelo Massimo, Fabio Tramuto, Anna Giammanco, et al.. (2023). Wastewater-Based Epidemiology as a Tool to Detect SARS-CoV-2 Circulation at the Community Level: Findings from a One-Year Wastewater Investigation Conducted in Sicily, Italy. Pathogens. 12(6). 748–748. 8 indexed citations

Giglio, Osvalda De, Giusy Diella, Marco Lopuzzo, et al.. (2021). Management of Microbiological Contamination of the Water Network of a Newly Built Hospital Pavilion. Pathogens. 10(1). 75–75. 8 indexed citations

Rosa, Giuseppina La, David Brandtner, Pamela Mancini, et al.. (2021). Key SARS-CoV-2 Mutations of Alpha, Gamma, and Eta Variants Detected in Urban Wastewaters in Italy by Long-Read Amplicon Sequencing Based on Nanopore Technology. Water. 13(18). 2503–2503. 25 indexed citations

Giglio, Osvalda De, Francesco Triggiano, Francesca Apollonio, et al.. (2021). Potential Use of Untreated Wastewater for Assessing COVID-19 Trends in Southern Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(19). 10278–10278. 9 indexed citations

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Veschetti, Enrico, et al.. (2021). Advanced Drinking Groundwater As Phytofiltration by the Hyperaccumulating Fern Pteris vittata. Water. 13(16). 2187–2187. 14 indexed citations

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Ferraro, Giusy Bonanno, Carolina Veneri, Pamela Mancini, et al.. (2021). A State-of-the-Art Scoping Review on SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage Focusing on the Potential of Wastewater Surveillance for the Monitoring of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Food and Environmental Virology. 14(4). 315–354. 52 indexed citations

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Rosa, Giuseppina La, Pamela Mancini, Giusy Bonanno Ferraro, et al.. (2021). Rapid screening for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in clinical and environmental samples using nested RT-PCR assays targeting key mutations of the spike protein. Water Research. 197. 117104–117104. 80 indexed citations

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Federigi, Ileana, Lucia Bonadonna, Giusy Bonanno Ferraro, et al.. (2020). Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment as support for bathing waters profiling. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 157. 111318–111318. 16 indexed citations

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Rosa, Giuseppina La, Pamela Mancini, Giusy Bonanno Ferraro, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating in northern Italy since December 2019: Evidence from environmental monitoring. The Science of The Total Environment. 750. 141711–141711. 226 indexed citations

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Giglio, Osvalda De, Giuseppina Caggiano, Francesco Bagordo, et al.. (2017). Enteric Viruses and Fecal Bacteria Indicators to Assess Groundwater Quality and Suitability for Irrigation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14(6). 558–558. 37 indexed citations

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Valsecchi, Sara, Riccardo Crebelli, Stefano Polesello, et al.. (2016). Deriving environmental quality standards for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and related short chain perfluorinated alkyl acids. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 323(Pt A). 84–98. 92 indexed citations

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Lucentini, Luca, et al.. (2015). Presence of Epsilon HCH Together with Four Other HCH Isomers in Drinking Water, Groundwater and Soil in a Former Lindane Production Site. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 95(1). 108–115. 8 indexed citations

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Veschetti, Enrico, et al.. (2009). Metal migration from drinking-water distribution systems: experimental evidences useful for innovative management models in hygiene and sanitary control.. 1 indexed citations

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Draisci, R., Luca Palleschi, Luigi Giannetti, et al.. (1999). New approach to the direct detection of known and new diarrhoeic shellfish toxins in mussels and phytoplankton by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 847(1-2). 213–221. 50 indexed citations

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Mencarelli, Fabio, Luca Lucentini, Riccardo Massantini, & Rinaldo Botondi. (1993). Short exposures of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) to high carbon dioxide and low oxygen at low temperature prevent postharvest grey mold (Botrytis cinerea Pers.). 123(2). 128–132. 1 indexed citations

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