Marco Moretti

16.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
229 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Marco Moretti is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Moretti has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 79 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 66 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Marco Moretti's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (77 papers), Plant and animal studies (65 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (39 papers). Marco Moretti is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (77 papers), Plant and animal studies (65 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (39 papers). Marco Moretti collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and France. Marco Moretti's co-authors include Martin К. Obrist, Pierre Legendre, Miquel De Cáceres, Carlo Ricotta, Francesco de Bello, Peter Duelli, Thomas Sattler, Sandra Lavorel, Matty P. Berg and David Frey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Marco Moretti

210 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

Improving indicator species analysis by combining groups ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2011 2016 2017 2022 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Improving indicator species analysis by combining groups of sites
    2010 1.0k citations Marco Moretti et al. profile →
  2. CWM and Rao’s quadratic diversity: a unified framework for functional ecology
    2011 441 citations Marco Moretti et al. profile →
  3. Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits
    2016 310 citations Marco Moretti, Joaquín Hortal et al. profile →
  4. Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects
    2017 251 citations Joaquín Hortal, Matty P. Berg et al. profile →
  5. Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions
    2022 130 citations Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky, Myla F. J. Aronson et al. Urban Ecosystems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marco Moretti Switzerland 49 3.7k 3.1k 2.8k 2.8k 1.6k 229 9.6k
Béla Tóthmérész Hungary 52 4.0k 1.1× 2.0k 0.6× 3.7k 1.3× 1.6k 0.6× 2.2k 1.3× 256 8.6k
Gerry P. Quinn Australia 9 3.6k 1.0× 2.8k 0.9× 5.4k 1.9× 3.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 18 11.4k
Jari Oksanen Finland 39 3.6k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 4.7k 1.6× 1.6k 0.5× 2.4k 1.5× 108 10.6k
Fakhri A. Bazzaz United States 25 3.5k 1.0× 2.8k 0.9× 3.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.6× 2.9k 1.8× 39 8.8k
Peter J. Morin United States 46 2.9k 0.8× 2.8k 0.9× 4.9k 1.7× 2.4k 0.8× 905 0.6× 112 10.4k
Philip H. Warren United Kingdom 51 2.6k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 3.2k 1.1× 4.3k 1.5× 2.4k 1.5× 116 10.6k
K.R. Clarke United Kingdom 40 4.6k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 9.5k 3.3× 5.8k 2.1× 1.3k 0.8× 77 17.5k
Bruce McCune United States 42 5.2k 1.4× 5.5k 1.7× 4.6k 1.6× 2.9k 1.0× 4.2k 2.6× 222 12.5k
R. Harrington United Kingdom 57 2.0k 0.5× 3.8k 1.2× 2.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.6× 3.5k 2.1× 222 13.0k
William K. Cornwell Australia 50 7.8k 2.1× 5.6k 1.8× 5.3k 1.8× 3.7k 1.3× 3.8k 2.3× 154 16.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Marco Moretti

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marco Moretti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Moretti

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marco Moretti. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marco Moretti 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 Marco Moretti. Marco Moretti 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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Moretti, Marco, et al.. (2024). The urban in ecology: a quantitative textual analysis of the scientific literature over a century. Urban Ecosystems. 27(6). 2531–2542.
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Martínez‐Núñez, Carlos, Martin M. Goßner, Felix Neff, et al.. (2024). Land‐use change in the past 40 years explains shifts in arthropod community traits. Journal of Animal Ecology. 93(5). 540–553. 6 indexed citations
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Branquinho, Cristina, Lauri Laanisto, Piotr Tryjanowski, et al.. (2024). Urban Green Connectivity Assessment: A Comparative Study of Datasets in European Cities. Remote Sensing. 16(5). 771–771.
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Cook, Lauren M., Marco Moretti, Peleg Kremer, et al.. (2024). Towards the intentional multifunctionality of urban green infrastructure: a paradox of choice?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 29 indexed citations
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Menditto, Vincenzo G., Marco Moretti, L Babini, et al.. (2023). Minor head injury in anticoagulated patients: Outcomes and analysis of clinical predictors. A prospective study. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 76. 105–110. 2 indexed citations
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Chiron, François, Romain Lorrillière, Carmen Bessa‐Gomes, et al.. (2023). How do urban green space designs shape avian communities? Testing the area–heterogeneity trade-off. Landscape and Urban Planning. 242. 104954–104954. 17 indexed citations
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Wuyts, Karen, Wenke Smets, Sarah Lebeer, et al.. (2022). Phyllosphere bacterial communities in urban green areas throughout Europe relate to urban intensity. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 98(10). 8 indexed citations
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Rega‐Brodsky, Christine C., Myla F. J. Aronson, Max R. Piana, et al.. (2022). Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions. Urban Ecosystems. 25(4). 1083–1096. 130 indexed citations breakdown →
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Farina, Antonio, Matteo Gastaldi, Alessandro Barilaro, et al.. (2022). Leptomeningeal Gadolinium Enhancement in Autoimmune GFAP Astrocytopathy. Neurology. 98(17). 720–722. 3 indexed citations
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Casanelles‐Abella, Joan, Alexander Keller, Stefanie Müller, et al.. (2022). Wild bee larval food composition in five European cities. Ecology. 103(9). e3740–e3740. 2 indexed citations
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Andrew, Nigel R., Matty P. Berg, Alva Curtsdotter, et al.. (2022). A trait‐based framework for dung beetle functional ecology. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(1). 44–65. 32 indexed citations
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Kotze, D. Johan, Elizabeth Lowe, J. Scott MacIvor, et al.. (2022). Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment. Urban Ecosystems. 25(6). 1589–1609. 46 indexed citations
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Munoz, François, et al.. (2021). Designing sampling protocols for plant-pollinator interactions - timing, meteorology, flowering variations and failed captures matter. Botany Letters. 168(3). 324–332. 3 indexed citations
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Casanelles‐Abella, Joan, Stefanie Müller, Alexander Keller, et al.. (2021). How wild bees find a way in European cities: Pollen metabarcoding unravels multiple feeding strategies and their effects on distribution patterns in four wild bee species. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(2). 457–470. 34 indexed citations
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Hegetschweiler, K. Tessa, Christoph Fischer, Marco Moretti, & Marcel Hunziker. (2020). Integrating data from National Forest Inventories into socio-cultural forest monitoring – a new approach. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 35(5-6). 274–285. 14 indexed citations
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Cassin, Matteo, Piero Cappelletti, Francesca Veneziani, et al.. (2018). Il tempo di risposta del Laboratorio (turnaround time, TAT) per la troponina (cTn). Raccomandazione del GdS MM SIPMeL. La Rivista Italiana della Medicina di Laboratorio - Italian Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 14(2). 105–121. 7 indexed citations
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Galli, G., Marco Moretti, Francesca Veneziani, et al.. (2018). La IV indagine del GdS MM SIPMeL: i marcatori miocardici di “necrosi” in Italia. La Rivista Italiana della Medicina di Laboratorio - Italian Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 14(2). 87–96. 10 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Nina, Marco Moretti, Miguel N. Bugalho, et al.. (2017). Understanding biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships in urban areas: A comprehensive literature review. Ecosystem Services. 27. 161–171. 144 indexed citations
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Obrist, Martin К., et al.. (2014). Arthropod diversity in pristine vs. managed beech forests in Transcarpathia (Western Ukraine). Global Ecology and Conservation. 3. 72–82. 11 indexed citations
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Caserini, Stefano, et al.. (2008). Emission inventory of airport activities in Lombardy (Italy): methodologies and results. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha).

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