Lucia Cavalca

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Lucia Cavalca is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucia Cavalca has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Pollution, 27 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 22 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Lucia Cavalca's work include Arsenic contamination and mitigation (23 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (20 papers) and Chromium effects and bioremediation (18 papers). Lucia Cavalca is often cited by papers focused on Arsenic contamination and mitigation (23 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (20 papers) and Chromium effects and bioremediation (18 papers). Lucia Cavalca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and Brazil. Lucia Cavalca's co-authors include V. Andreoni, E. Dell’Amico, A. Corsini, Sarah Zecchin, Milena Colombo, Henrique Ferreira, P. Zaccheo, Dirk‐Jan Scheffers, Carlos Roberto Polaquini and M. Colombo and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Lucia Cavalca

74 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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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.

Design of Antibacterial Agents: Alkyl Dihydroxybenzoates against Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

2018 421 citations Ana Carolina Nazaré, Carlos Roberto Polaquini et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lucia Cavalca Italy	26	1.1k	711	659	651	528	75	2.8k
Miaomiao Zhang China	38	916 0.8×	558 0.8×	534 0.8×	658 1.0×	399 0.8×	172	3.7k
Haihan Zhang China	36	1.6k 1.4×	393 0.6×	551 0.8×	628 1.0×	552 1.0×	150	3.6k
Xiaomei Su China	38	1.4k 1.3×	268 0.4×	575 0.9×	562 0.9×	800 1.5×	155	3.5k
Hai-Ming Zhao China	36	1.5k 1.4×	469 0.7×	1.4k 2.2×	554 0.9×	425 0.8×	98	3.4k
Yili Liang China	31	646 0.6×	491 0.7×	412 0.6×	413 0.6×	545 1.0×	114	3.0k
Brigitte Borremans Belgium	16	499 0.5×	680 1.0×	347 0.5×	251 0.4×	658 1.2×	24	2.1k
Julien Maillard Switzerland	26	915 0.8×	247 0.3×	367 0.6×	204 0.3×	456 0.9×	73	2.0k
Qian Huang China	36	723 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	217 0.3×	537 0.8×	810 1.5×	147	4.0k
John F. Quensen United States	34	1.7k 1.6×	705 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	379 0.6×	787 1.5×	62	3.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucia Cavalca

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Pedretti, Daniele, et al.. (2024). A Multispecies Reactive Transport Model of Sequential Bioremediation and Pump-and-treat in a Chloroethenes-polluted Aquifer. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 236(1). 1 indexed citations

Toscano, Giuseppe, Gaetano Zuccaro, A. Corsini, Sarah Zecchin, & Lucia Cavalca. (2023). Dark Fermentation of Arundo donax: Characterization of the Anaerobic Microbial Consortium. Energies. 16(4). 1813–1813. 3 indexed citations

Lorenzoni, André S. G., Lucia Cavalca, Mariana Bastos dos Santos, et al.. (2020). Investigating the Modes of Action of the Antimicrobial Chalcones BC1 and T9A. Molecules. 25(20). 4596–4596. 9 indexed citations

Cavalca, Lucia, et al.. (2019). Transcriptomic Analysis of Two Thioalkalivibrio Species Under Arsenite Stress Revealed a Potential Candidate Gene for an Alternative Arsenite Oxidation Pathway. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1514–1514. 13 indexed citations

Cavalca, Lucia, Sarah Zecchin, P. Zaccheo, et al.. (2019). Exploring Biodiversity and Arsenic Metabolism of Microbiota Inhabiting Arsenic-Rich Groundwaters in Northern Italy. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1480–1480. 28 indexed citations

Polaquini, Carlos Roberto, Ana Carolina Nazaré, Guilherme Dilarri, et al.. (2019). Antibacterial activity of 3,3′-dihydroxycurcumin (DHC) is associated with membrane perturbation. Bioorganic Chemistry. 90. 103031–103031. 16 indexed citations

Rago, Laura, Sarah Zecchin, Federica Villa, et al.. (2018). Bioelectrochemical Nitrogen fixation (e-BNF): Electro-stimulation of enriched biofilm communities drives autotrophic nitrogen and carbon fixation. Bioelectrochemistry. 125. 105–115. 32 indexed citations

Zecchin, Sarah, Ralf Mueller, Jana Seifert, et al.. (2017). Rice Paddy Nitrospirae Carry and Express Genes Related to Sulfate Respiration: Proposal of the New Genus “Candidatus Sulfobium”. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(5). 64 indexed citations

Cavalca, Lucia, et al.. (2017). Protein depletion using the arabinose promoter in Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri. Plasmid. 90. 44–52. 9 indexed citations

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Zecchin, Sarah, A. Corsini, María Martín, et al.. (2016). Rhizospheric iron and arsenic bacteria affected by water regime: Implications for metalloid uptake by rice. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 106. 129–137. 42 indexed citations

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Amer, Ranya, Francesca Mapelli, Hamada El‐Gendi, et al.. (2015). Bacterial Diversity and Bioremediation Potential of the Highly Contaminated Marine Sediments at El-Max District (Egypt, Mediterranean Sea). BioMed Research International. 2015. 1–17. 17 indexed citations

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Pigna, Massimo, Antonio Giandonato Caporale, Lucia Cavalca, Alessia Sommella, & A. Violante. (2015). Arsenic in the Soil Environment: Mobility and Phytoavailability. Environmental Engineering Science. 32(7). 551–563. 53 indexed citations

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Toscano, Giuseppe, Lucia Cavalca, Rosalia Scelza, et al.. (2012). Aerobic biodegradation of propylene glycol by soil bacteria. Biodegradation. 24(5). 603–613. 13 indexed citations

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Dell’Amico, E., et al.. (2007). Assessment of bacterial community structure in a long-term copper-polluted ex-vineyard soil. Microbiological Research. 163(6). 671–683. 87 indexed citations

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Baggi, G, et al.. (2004). Chlorophenol removal from soil suspensions: Effects of a specialised microbial inoculum and a degradable analogue. Biodegradation. 15(3). 153–160. 13 indexed citations

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Baggi, G, et al.. (2002). Co-metabolic degradation of mixtures of monochlorophenols by phenol-degrading microorganisms. Annals of Microbiology. 52(2). 133–143. 11 indexed citations

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Cavalca, Lucia, M. Colombo, Simone Larcher, et al.. (2002). Survival and naphthalene-degrading activity of Rhodococcus sp. strain 1BN in soil microcosms. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 92(6). 1058–1065. 18 indexed citations

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Cavalca, Lucia, Pier Francesco Ferrari, & V. Andreoni. (2001). Glenodinium sanguineum March. and the reddening phenomenon of Lake Tovel: biological and environmental aspects*. Annals of Microbiology. 51(2). 159–177. 5 indexed citations

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Andreoni, V., et al.. (2000). Selenite tolerance and accumulation in the Lactobacillus species. Annals of Microbiology. 50(1). 77–88. 43 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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