Michele Lancia

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 769 citations indexed

About

Michele Lancia is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Michele Lancia has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 769 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Environmental Engineering, 13 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 8 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Michele Lancia's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (12 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (10 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (7 papers). Michele Lancia is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (12 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (10 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (7 papers). Michele Lancia collaborates with scholars based in China, Italy and United States. Michele Lancia's co-authors include Stefano Viaroli, Chunmiao Zheng, Viviana Ré, Charles B. Andrews, Yingying Yao, Xingxing Kuang, Yong Tian, Bridget R. Scanlon, David N. Lerner and Michele Saroli and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Michele Lancia

33 papers receiving 758 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.

The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle

2024 185 citations Xingxing Kuang, Junguo Liu et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michele Lancia China	14	255	226	176	174	145	34	769
Zhanghua Lou China	17	118 0.5×	250 1.1×	85 0.5×	100 0.6×	153 1.1×	39	837
Nicolas Perdrial United States	18	201 0.8×	84 0.4×	140 0.8×	111 0.6×	78 0.5×	44	920
Michelle M. Lorah United States	14	375 1.5×	92 0.4×	222 1.3×	230 1.3×	98 0.7×	44	1.0k
Kyoochul Ha South Korea	19	457 1.8×	363 1.6×	361 2.1×	114 0.7×	43 0.3×	76	1.1k
Sumant Kumar India	16	329 1.3×	339 1.5×	348 2.0×	115 0.7×	75 0.5×	34	815
James W. Castle United States	19	159 0.6×	121 0.5×	64 0.4×	107 0.6×	219 1.5×	57	986
Giuseppe Sappa Italy	17	441 1.7×	294 1.3×	499 2.8×	264 1.5×	83 0.6×	83	1.1k
Harish Gupta India	13	114 0.4×	289 1.3×	124 0.7×	162 0.9×	29 0.2×	20	726
Alessandro Brovelli Switzerland	20	521 2.0×	167 0.7×	250 1.4×	129 0.7×	167 1.2×	43	1.3k
Fabiano Tomazini da Conceição Brazil	17	68 0.3×	362 1.6×	188 1.1×	186 1.1×	122 0.8×	104	959

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michele Lancia

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Yao, Yingying, Charles B. Andrews, Fanyu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Seeing China's Invisible Groundwater: Advances and Challenges. Water Resources Research. 61(6). 1 indexed citations

Yao, Yingying, Huijun Jin, Taihua Wang, et al.. (2025). Groundwater depletion intensified by irrigation and afforestation in the Yellow River Basin: A spatiotemporal analysis using GRACE and well monitoring data with implications for sustainable management. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 59. 102324–102324. 5 indexed citations

Galluzzi, Massimiliano, Michele Lancia, Chunmiao Zheng, Valter Castelvetro, & Éric Lichtfouse. (2025). Do microplastics affect human immune defenses?. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 24(2). 275–279.

Galluzzi, Massimiliano, Michele Lancia, Chunmiao Zheng, et al.. (2025). Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) nanomechanical characterization of micro- and nanoplastics to support environmental investigations in groundwater. Emerging contaminants. 11(2). 100478–100478. 5 indexed citations

Tian, Yong, et al.. (2024). Integrated Modeling of Flow, Soil Erosion, and Nutrient Dynamics in a Regional Watershed: Assessing Natural and Human‐Induced Impacts. Water Resources Research. 60(9). 4 indexed citations

Kuang, Xingxing, Junguo Liu, Bridget R. Scanlon, et al.. (2024). The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle. Science. 383(6686). eadf0630–eadf0630. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

Viaroli, Stefano, Michele Lancia, Jin‐Yong Lee, et al.. (2024). Limits, challenges, and opportunities of sampling groundwater wells with plastic casings for microplastic investigations. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 174259–174259. 9 indexed citations

Tian, Yong, Michele Lancia, Ji Chen, et al.. (2023). Complex Effects of Tides on Coastal Groundwater Revealed by High‐Resolution Integrated Flow Modeling. Water Resources Research. 59(10). 7 indexed citations

Tian, Yong, Xuejing Wang, Michele Lancia, et al.. (2022). A New Simulation‐Optimization Framework for Estimation of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Based on Hydrodynamic Modeling and Isotopic Data. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 3 indexed citations

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Viaroli, Stefano, Michele Lancia, & Viviana Ré. (2022). Microplastics contamination of groundwater: Current evidence and future perspectives. A review. The Science of The Total Environment. 824. 153851–153851. 167 indexed citations

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Yao, Yingying, Chunmiao Zheng, Charles B. Andrews, et al.. (2021). Role of Groundwater in Sustaining Northern Himalayan Rivers. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(10). 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiachang, Xingxing Kuang, Michele Lancia, Yingying Yao, & Chunmiao Zheng. (2021). Analysis of the groundwater flow system in a high-altitude headwater region under rapid climate warming: Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 36. 100871–100871. 18 indexed citations

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Lancia, Michele, Yong Tian, Stefano Viaroli, et al.. (2021). Hydrogeological Criteria to Improve the Sponge City Strategy of China. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9. 7 indexed citations

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Lancia, Michele, et al.. (2021). Analysis of hydraulic conductivity characteristics of alluvial sequence in North China Plain. Environmental Earth Sciences. 80(17). 5 indexed citations

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Lancia, Michele, Marco Petitta, Chunmiao Zheng, & Michele Saroli. (2020). Hydrogeological insights and modelling for sustainable use of a stressed carbonate aquifer in the Mediterranean area: From passive withdrawals to active management. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 32. 100749–100749. 12 indexed citations

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Lancia, Michele, Chunmiao Zheng, Xin He, et al.. (2020). Hydrogeological constraints and opportunities for “Sponge City” development: Shenzhen, southern China. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 28. 100679–100679. 40 indexed citations

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Saroli, Michele, Michele Lancia, & Marco Petitta. (2019). The geology and hydrogeology of the Cassino plain (central Apennines, Italy): redefining the regional groundwater balance. Hydrogeology Journal. 27(5). 1563–1579. 6 indexed citations

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Lancia, Michele, Chunmiao Zheng, Shuping Yi, David N. Lerner, & Charles B. Andrews. (2018). Analysis of groundwater resources in densely populated urban watersheds with a complex tectonic setting: Shenzhen, southern China. Hydrogeology Journal. 27(1). 183–194. 21 indexed citations

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Saroli, Michele, Michele Lancia, Matteo Albano, et al.. (2017). A hydrogeological conceptual model of the Suio hydrothermal area (central Italy). Hydrogeology Journal. 25(6). 1811–1832. 14 indexed citations

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Falcucci, Emanuela, Michele Saroli, Fabrizio Galadini, et al.. (2016). Active faulting Vs other surface displacing complex geomorphic phenomena. Case studies from a tectonically active area, Abruzzi Region, central Apennines, Italy. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 18. 13187–13187. 1 indexed citations

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