Piero Conforti

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 998 citations indexed

About

Piero Conforti is a scholar working on General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Piero Conforti has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 998 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 10 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Piero Conforti's work include Global trade and economics (14 papers), Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets (9 papers) and Agricultural Economics and Policy (6 papers). Piero Conforti is often cited by papers focused on Global trade and economics (14 papers), Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets (9 papers) and Agricultural Economics and Policy (6 papers). Piero Conforti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and France. Piero Conforti's co-authors include Barbara Burlingame, A. Meybeck, S. Dernini, Elliot M. Berry, Mario Giampietro, A. Sarris, D. Hallam, George Rapsomanikis, José Rosero Moncayo and Amleto D’Amicis and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and Public Health Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Piero Conforti

29 papers receiving 888 citations

Hit Papers

Food security and sustainability: can one exist without t... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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. Food security and sustainability: can one exist without the other?
    2015 276 citations Elliot M. Berry, S. Dernini et al. Public Health Nutrition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Piero Conforti Italy 13 274 228 176 161 152 37 998
Marijke Kuiper Netherlands 17 235 0.9× 151 0.7× 134 0.8× 125 0.8× 184 1.2× 40 815
Chantal Le Mouël France 12 323 1.2× 339 1.5× 164 0.9× 135 0.8× 233 1.5× 43 1.1k
Xavier Irz Finland 17 297 1.1× 408 1.8× 151 0.9× 85 0.5× 342 2.3× 58 1.3k
Assem Abu Hatab Sweden 16 72 0.3× 298 1.3× 124 0.7× 131 0.8× 96 0.6× 48 934
Rajul Pandya‐Lorch United States 16 120 0.4× 205 0.9× 58 0.3× 238 1.5× 287 1.9× 76 1.3k
Martin von Lampe France 9 334 1.2× 307 1.3× 48 0.3× 150 0.9× 172 1.1× 20 1.1k
Edward C. Jaenicke United States 17 88 0.3× 182 0.8× 209 1.2× 220 1.4× 104 0.7× 67 940
George Philippidis Spain 19 154 0.6× 323 1.4× 172 1.0× 194 1.2× 292 1.9× 74 1.2k
Vincent Gitz France 19 274 1.0× 198 0.9× 79 0.4× 187 1.2× 129 0.8× 53 1.2k
Amanda Palazzo Austria 18 249 0.9× 224 1.0× 71 0.4× 130 0.8× 164 1.1× 37 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Piero Conforti

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Fields of papers citing papers by Piero Conforti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Piero Conforti. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Piero Conforti. The network helps show where Piero Conforti may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piero Conforti

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Piero Conforti. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Piero Conforti 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 Piero Conforti. Piero Conforti 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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Meyfroidt, Patrick, et al.. (2023). Balancing the trade-offs between land productivity, labor productivity and labor intensity. AMBIO. 52(10). 1618–1634. 19 indexed citations
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Tubiello, Francesco N., Kevin Karl, Alessandro Flammini, et al.. (2022). Pre- and post-production processes increasingly dominate greenhouse gas emissions from agri-food systems. Earth system science data. 14(4). 1795–1809. 113 indexed citations
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Tubiello, Francesco N., Kevin Karl, Alessandro Flammini, et al.. (2021). Pre- and post-production processes along supply chains increasingly dominate GHG emissions from agri-food systems globally and in most countries. 17 indexed citations
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Fabi, Carola, et al.. (2020). Improving data on food losses and waste: From theory to practice. Food Policy. 98. 101934–101934. 58 indexed citations
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Berry, Elliot M., S. Dernini, Barbara Burlingame, A. Meybeck, & Piero Conforti. (2015). Food security and sustainability: can one exist without the other?. Public Health Nutrition. 18(13). 2293–2302. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Msangi, Siwa, Mark W. Rosegrant, & Piero Conforti. (2011). World agriculture in a dynamically changing environment: IFPRI's long-term outlook for food and agriculture.. 26(5-6). 57–93. 6 indexed citations
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Conforti, Piero. (2011). Looking ahead in world food and agriculture : perspectives to 2050. 123 indexed citations
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Alexandratos, N. & Piero Conforti. (2011). World food and agriculture to 2030/2050 revisited. Highlights and views four years later.. 11–56. 5 indexed citations
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Conforti, Piero, et al.. (2010). Risk management and finance along value chains of Small Island Developing States. Evidence from the Caribbean and the Pacific. Food Policy. 35(6). 565–575. 29 indexed citations
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Conforti, Piero, et al.. (2007). Trade and food security policy analysis: a practical guide.. 289–339. 2 indexed citations
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Conforti, Piero, et al.. (2007). Agricultural trade policy and food security in the Caribbean: structural issues, multilateral negotiations and competitiveness.. 14 indexed citations
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Conforti, Piero, et al.. (2007). Addressing trade preferences and their erosion in the Caribbean.. 107–121.
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Conforti, Piero, et al.. (2007). Sugar trade in the Caribbean.. 177–189. 1 indexed citations
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Sarris, A., Piero Conforti, Amresh Prakash, & D. Hallam. (2006). The use of futures and options to insure wheat import price risks by low-income food deficit countries.. 304–355. 3 indexed citations
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Antimiani, Alessandro, Piero Conforti, & Luca Salvatici. (2005). Alternative Scenarios and Strategic Interactions Between Developed and Developing Countries in the Agricultural Trade Negotiations of the Doha Round: A Reappraisal. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 4 indexed citations
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Antimiani, Alessandro, Piero Conforti, & Luca Salvatici. (2004). The effective rate of protection of European agrifood sector. Cell. 112(4). 407–21. 2 indexed citations
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Conforti, Piero & Luca Salvatici. (2004). Agricultural Trade Liberalization in the Doha Round. Alternative Scenarios and Strategic Interactions between Developed and Developing countries. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 12 indexed citations
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Conforti, Piero & Amleto D’Amicis. (2000). What is the cost of a healthy diet in terms of achieving RDAs?. Public Health Nutrition. 3(3). 367–373. 29 indexed citations
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Conforti, Piero & Mario Giampietro. (1997). Fossil energy use in agriculture: an international comparison. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 65(3). 231–243. 95 indexed citations

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