Nicola Pirrone

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
181 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Nicola Pirrone is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Pirrone has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 36 papers in Atmospheric Science and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Nicola Pirrone's work include Mercury impact and mitigation studies (124 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (79 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (55 papers). Nicola Pirrone is often cited by papers focused on Mercury impact and mitigation studies (124 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (79 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (55 papers). Nicola Pirrone collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Slovenia. Nicola Pirrone's co-authors include Robert P. Mason, Francesca Sprovieri, Charles T. Driscoll, Hing Man Chan, Daniel J. Jacob, Sergio Cinnirella, Ian M. Hedgecock, Xinbin Feng, Józef M. Pacyna and Gerald J. Keeler and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Pirrone

177 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mercury as a Global Pollutant: Sources, Pathways, and Eff... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2013 2010 2007 500 1000 1.5k
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. Mercury as a Global Pollutant: Sources, Pathways, and Effects
    2013 1.9k citations Robert P. Mason, Nicola Pirrone et al. profile →
  2. Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere from anthropogenic and natural sources
    2010 1.2k citations Nicola Pirrone, Sergio Cinnirella et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
  3. A Synthesis of Progress and Uncertainties in Attributing the Sources of Mercury in Deposition
    2007 670 citations Ralf Ebinghaus, Xinbin Feng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicola Pirrone Italy 44 8.6k 2.2k 1.9k 1.0k 733 181 9.9k
Jong Seong Khim South Korea 50 5.3k 0.6× 3.5k 1.6× 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 634 0.9× 320 9.6k
Thorjørn Larssen Norway 40 3.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 797 0.4× 1.1k 1.1× 495 0.7× 101 6.2k
John Munthe Sweden 43 6.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 738 0.7× 474 0.6× 105 7.3k
Frank A. P. C. Gobas Canada 55 9.3k 1.1× 4.0k 1.8× 1.8k 1.0× 946 0.9× 443 0.6× 164 11.8k
Jordi Dachs Spain 65 7.9k 0.9× 3.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 4.2k 4.1× 1.8k 2.4× 214 11.6k
W. H. Schroeder Canada 43 6.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 961 0.5× 1.6k 1.5× 918 1.3× 96 7.2k
J. Albaigés Spain 61 5.9k 0.7× 3.8k 1.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.6× 217 10.0k
Nicholas S. Fisher United States 63 6.4k 0.7× 4.3k 1.9× 2.7k 1.4× 428 0.4× 2.0k 2.7× 207 11.6k
Richard Sempéré France 44 2.6k 0.3× 2.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 1.5× 916 1.2× 124 7.0k
Robert P. Mason United States 74 18.3k 2.1× 6.4k 2.9× 5.6k 2.9× 853 0.8× 763 1.0× 218 20.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicola Pirrone

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicola Pirrone

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bencardino, Mariantonia, Maria Martino, Francesco D’Amore, et al.. (2025). Establishing a national network for atmospheric mercury monitoring: preliminary spatial and temporal insights from Italy. Atmospheric Environment. 361. 121477–121477.
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Magand, Olivier, Attilio Naccarato, Maria Martino, et al.. (2023). Seven-year monitoring of mercury in wet precipitation and atmosphere at the Amsterdam Island GMOS station. Heliyon. 9(3). e14608–e14608. 6 indexed citations
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Senatore, Alfonso, Mariantonia Bencardino, Francesco D’Amore, et al.. (2020). Multiscale assessment of the impact on air quality of an intense wildfire season in southern Italy. The Science of The Total Environment. 761. 143271–143271. 19 indexed citations
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Naccarato, Attilio, Francesco Cavaliere, Rosangela Elliani, et al.. (2020). Agrochemical treatments as a source of heavy metals and rare earth elements in agricultural soils and bioaccumulation in ground beetles. The Science of The Total Environment. 749. 141438–141438. 74 indexed citations
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Song, Shaojie, Hélène Angot, Noelle E. Selin, et al.. (2018). Understanding mercury oxidation and air–snow exchange on the East Antarctic Plateau: a modeling study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(21). 15825–15840. 21 indexed citations
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Gencarelli, Christian N., Johannes Bieser, Francesco Carbone, et al.. (2017). Sensitivity model study of regional mercury dispersion in the atmosphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(1). 627–643. 16 indexed citations
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Carbone, Francesco, Attilio Naccarato, Francesco De Simone, et al.. (2017). The Superstatistical Nature and Interoccurrence Time of Atmospheric Mercury Concentration Fluctuations. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(2). 764–774. 7 indexed citations
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Macagnano, Antonella, Emiliano Zampetti, Andrea Bearzotti, et al.. (2017). A smart nanofibrous material for adsorbing and detecting elemental mercury in air. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(11). 6883–6893. 6 indexed citations
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Pacyna, Józef M., Oleg Travnikov, Francesco De Simone, et al.. (2016). Current and future levels of mercury atmospheric pollution on a global scale. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(19). 12495–12511. 163 indexed citations
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Weigelt, Andreas, F. Šlemr, Ralf Ebinghaus, et al.. (2016). Mercury emissions of a coal-fired power plant in Germany. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(21). 13653–13668. 13 indexed citations
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Angot, Hélène, Olivier Magand, Detlev Helmig, et al.. (2016). New insights into the atmospheric mercury cycling in central Antarctica andimplications on a continental scale. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(13). 8249–8264. 37 indexed citations
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Weigelt, Andreas, Ralf Ebinghaus, Nicola Pirrone, et al.. (2016). Tropospheric mercury vertical profiles between 500 and 10 000 m in central Europe. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(6). 4135–4146. 18 indexed citations
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Gårdfeldt, Katarina, Ingvar Wängberg, Bruno Jourdain, et al.. (2013). Mercury depletion events over Antarctic and Arctic oceans. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Dommergue, Aurélien, Francesca Sprovieri, Nicola Pirrone, et al.. (2010). Overview of mercury measurements in the Antarctic troposphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(7). 3309–3319. 80 indexed citations
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Pirrone, Nicola, Sergio Cinnirella, Xinbin Feng, et al.. (2010). Global mercury emissions to the atmosphere from anthropogenic and natural sources. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(13). 5951–5964. 1167 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sprovieri, Francesca, Nicola Pirrone, Ralf Ebinghaus, H. H. Kock, & Aurélien Dommergue. (2010). A review of worldwide atmospheric mercury measurements. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(17). 8245–8265. 191 indexed citations
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Sprovieri, Francesca, Nicola Pirrone, Ralf Ebinghaus, H. H. Kock, & Aurélien Dommergue. (2010). Worldwide atmospheric mercury measurements: a review and synthesis of spatial and temporal trends. 2 indexed citations
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Sprovieri, Francesca, Ian M. Hedgecock, & Nicola Pirrone. (2010). An investigation of the origins of reactive gaseous mercury in the Mediterranean marine boundary layer. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(8). 3985–3997. 64 indexed citations
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Cossa, Daniel, Bernard Averty, & Nicola Pirrone. (2009). The origin of methylmercury in open Mediterranean waters. Limnology and Oceanography. 54(3). 837–844. 196 indexed citations

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