M. Francesca Cotrufo

28.9k total citations · 14 hit papers
373 papers, 19.1k citations indexed

About

M. Francesca Cotrufo is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Soil Science and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Francesca Cotrufo has authored 373 papers receiving a total of 19.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 133 papers in Soil Science and 99 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in M. Francesca Cotrufo's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (132 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (85 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (51 papers). M. Francesca Cotrufo is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (132 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (85 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (51 papers). M. Francesca Cotrufo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. M. Francesca Cotrufo's co-authors include Jennifer L. Soong, Michelle L. Haddix, Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Yongfei Bai, Phil Ineson, Emanuele Lugato, Johan Six, Catherine E. Stewart, Marisa De Feo and Alessandro Della Corte and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. Francesca Cotrufo

368 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

Conceptualizing soil... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2019 2015 2019 2022 1998 400 800 1.2k
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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. Conceptualizing soil organic matter into particulate and mineral‐associated forms to address global change in the 21st century
    2019 1.3k citations Jocelyn M. Lavallee, M. Francesca Cotrufo et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  2. Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss
    2015 1.3k citations M. Francesca Cotrufo, Michelle L. Haddix et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  3. Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter
    2019 1.1k citations M. Francesca Cotrufo, Maria Giovanna Ranalli et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  4. Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions
    2022 726 citations M. Francesca Cotrufo et al. profile →
  5. Elevated CO2reduces the nitrogen concentration of plant tissues
    1998 534 citations M. Francesca Cotrufo et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  6. Trends and methodological impacts in soil CO2 efflux partitioning: A metaanalytical review
    2006 529 citations M. Francesca Cotrufo et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  7. Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter
    2021 359 citations Emanuele Lugato, Jocelyn M. Lavallee et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
  8. Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils
    2015 323 citations Pete Smith, M. Francesca Cotrufo et al. SOIL profile →
  9. Soil organic carbon response to global environmental change depends on its distribution between mineral-associated and particulate organic matter: A meta-analysis
    2021 268 citations Katherine S. Rocci, Jocelyn M. Lavallee et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  10. The role of plant input physical-chemical properties, and microbial and soil chemical diversity on the formation of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter
    2022 138 citations M. Francesca Cotrufo, Michelle L. Haddix et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  11. Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems
    2022 112 citations M. Francesca Cotrufo, Steve W. Culman et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. Microbially mediated mechanisms underlie soil carbon accrual by conservation agriculture under decade-long warming
    2024 102 citations M. Francesca Cotrufo et al. Nature Communications profile →
  13. Dual role of silt and clay in the formation and accrual of stabilized soil organic carbon
    2024 54 citations M. Francesca Cotrufo, Chao Liang et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
  14. The ability of soils to aggregate, more than the state of aggregation, promotes protected soil organic matter formation
    2024 53 citations Rebecca Even, M. Francesca Cotrufo profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Francesca Cotrufo Italy 68 9.9k 5.0k 3.7k 3.2k 3.1k 373 19.1k
Richard F. Wright Norway 49 1.8k 0.2× 2.8k 0.6× 699 0.2× 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 203 10.4k
William E. Holmes United States 53 2.1k 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 460 0.1× 928 0.3× 169 12.0k
José M. García‐Ruiz Spain 56 4.3k 0.4× 3.2k 0.6× 578 0.2× 674 0.2× 4.0k 1.3× 273 11.5k
Ying‐Ping Wang China 73 4.0k 0.4× 4.7k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 206 0.1× 11.0k 3.6× 536 21.8k
Xiaoke Wang China 62 2.0k 0.2× 2.3k 0.5× 2.3k 0.6× 148 0.0× 4.6k 1.5× 478 15.2k
Göran I. Ågren Sweden 59 7.1k 0.7× 4.9k 1.0× 3.3k 0.9× 74 0.0× 3.8k 1.2× 182 14.4k
Takayoshi Koike Japan 59 972 0.1× 842 0.2× 4.1k 1.1× 570 0.2× 3.3k 1.1× 462 18.1k
Yanfen Wang China 55 3.5k 0.4× 4.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 99 0.0× 3.7k 1.2× 379 11.6k
Zhian Li China 38 1.6k 0.2× 1.3k 0.3× 1000 0.3× 364 0.1× 788 0.3× 169 4.7k
Lars O. Hedin United States 63 4.8k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 69 0.0× 2.6k 0.8× 167 14.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Even, Rebecca, Megan B. Machmuller, Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Tamara J. Zelikova, & M. Francesca Cotrufo. (2025). Large errors in soil carbon measurements attributed to inconsistent sample processing. SOIL. 11(1). 17–34. 6 indexed citations
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Georgiou, Katerina, Denis A. Angers, M. Francesca Cotrufo, et al.. (2025). Soil Carbon Saturation: What Do We Really Know?. Global Change Biology. 31(5). e70197–e70197. 14 indexed citations
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Lavallee, Jocelyn M., Michelle L. Haddix, Meagan E. Schipanski, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the contribution of MAOM to mineral nitrogen pools under various soil organic matter conditions. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 61(8). 1391–1404. 1 indexed citations
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Rosa, Daniele De, et al.. (2025). Revisiting the soil carbon saturation concept to inform a risk index in European agricultural soils. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2538–2538. 4 indexed citations
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King, Alison E., Joseph P. Amsili, S. Carolina Córdova, et al.. (2024). Constraints on mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon response to regenerative management: carbon inputs and saturation deficit. Soil and Tillage Research. 238. 106008–106008. 9 indexed citations
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Machmuller, Megan B., Laurel Lynch, Samantha Mosier, et al.. (2024). Arctic soil carbon trajectories shaped by plant–microbe interactions. Nature Climate Change. 14(11). 1178–1185. 6 indexed citations
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Cotrufo, M. Francesca, et al.. (2023). Simulating soil C dynamics under intensive agricultural systems and climate change scenarios in the Matopiba region, Brazil. Journal of Environmental Management. 347. 119149–119149. 5 indexed citations
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Rocci, Katherine S., Michael I. Bird, John M. Blair, et al.. (2023). Thirty years of increased precipitation modifies soil organic matter fractions but not bulk soil carbon and nitrogen in a mesic grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 185. 109145–109145. 15 indexed citations
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King, Alison E., et al.. (2023). Restoring particulate and mineral-associated organic carbon through regenerative agriculture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(21). e2217481120–e2217481120. 75 indexed citations
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Even, Rebecca, et al.. (2023). Distinct, direct and climate‐mediated environmental controls on global particulate and mineral‐associated organic carbon storage. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17080–e17080. 67 indexed citations
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Kirschbaum, Miko U. F., Annette Cowie, Josep Peñuelas, et al.. (2023). Is tree planting an effective strategy for climate change mitigation?. The Science of The Total Environment. 909. 168479–168479. 23 indexed citations
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Rocci, Katherine S., Eric W. Seabloom, Elizabeth T. Borer, et al.. (2022). Impacts of nutrient addition on soil carbon and nitrogen stoichiometry and stability in globally-distributed grasslands. Biogeochemistry. 159(3). 353–370. 19 indexed citations
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Lugato, Emanuele, Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Michelle L. Haddix, Panos Panagos, & M. Francesca Cotrufo. (2022). Author Correction: Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter. Nature Geoscience. 15(6). 509–509. 8 indexed citations
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Cotrufo, M. Francesca, Maria Giovanna Ranalli, Michelle L. Haddix, Johan Six, & Emanuele Lugato. (2019). Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter. Nature Geoscience. 12(12). 989–994. 1099 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lynch, Laurel, Megan B. Machmuller, Claudia M. Boot, et al.. (2019). Dissolved Organic Matter Chemistry and Transport Along an Arctic Tundra Hillslope. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 33(1). 47–62. 11 indexed citations
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Perveen, Nazia, Sébastien Barot, Vincent Maire, et al.. (2019). Universality of priming effect: An analysis using thirty five soils with contrasted properties sampled from five continents. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 134. 162–171. 113 indexed citations
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Forte, Amalia, Alessandro Della Corte, Mario Grossi, et al.. (2012). Morphological and molecular characterization of healthy human ascending aorta.. PubMed. 27(1). 103–12. 1 indexed citations
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Cotrufo, M. Francesca, Alessandro Peressotti, Ilaria Del Galdo, & Johan Six. (2001). Assessing the Impact of Land-use on Soil C Sequestration by Means of Soil Organic Matter Fractionation and Stable C Isotopes. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Cotrufo, M. Francesca, et al.. (1994). [Infective endocarditis today; heart surgery in its treatment: how and when].. PubMed. 39(12 Suppl 1). 275–9. 5 indexed citations

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