Piero Toscano

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
86 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Piero Toscano is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Piero Toscano has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Environmental Engineering, 35 papers in Plant Science and 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Piero Toscano's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (25 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (16 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (15 papers). Piero Toscano is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (25 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (16 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (15 papers). Piero Toscano collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Taiwan. Piero Toscano's co-authors include Alessandro Matese, Beniamino Gioli, Salvatore Filippo Di Gennaro, Alessandro Zaldei, Paola Battilani, Francesco Primo Vaccari, Marco Camardo Leggieri, Lorenzo Genesio, Riccardo Dainelli and Carlo Brera and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Piero Toscano

82 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Intercomparison of UAV, Aircraft and Satellite Remote Sensing Platforms for Precision Viticulture

2015 499 citations Alessandro Matese, Piero Toscano et al. Remote Sensing profile →
Aflatoxin B1 contamination in maize in Europe increases due to climate change

2016 477 citations Paola Battilani, Piero Toscano et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Changing climate, shifting mycotoxins: A comprehensive review of climate change impact on mycotoxin contamination

2024 72 citations Marco Camardo Leggieri, Piero Toscano et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Piero Toscano Italy	32	1.5k	1.2k	1.0k	905	492	86	3.4k
Alessandro Matese Italy	33	1.8k 1.2×	1.8k 1.5×	1.9k 1.8×	892 1.0×	196 0.4×	78	3.8k
Francesco Primo Vaccari Italy	35	1.7k 1.1×	791 0.6×	913 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	214 0.4×	88	4.7k
Bin Ma China	39	1.5k 1.0×	632 0.5×	2.2k 2.1×	277 0.3×	645 1.3×	214	6.7k
Mário Cunha Portugal	30	1.4k 0.9×	410 0.3×	956 0.9×	910 1.0×	206 0.4×	139	2.9k
Jian Wang China	40	1.1k 0.7×	224 0.2×	829 0.8×	954 1.1×	276 0.6×	278	5.1k
Aitazaz A. Farooque Canada	30	1.0k 0.7×	989 0.8×	506 0.5×	660 0.7×	101 0.2×	221	3.5k
Salvatore Filippo Di Gennaro Italy	31	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.8×	705 0.8×	103 0.2×	62	3.5k
Lorenzo Genesio Italy	31	1.2k 0.8×	706 0.6×	931 0.9×	689 0.8×	93 0.2×	65	3.6k
Aditya Singh United States	31	1.1k 0.7×	573 0.5×	1.6k 1.6×	839 0.9×	120 0.2×	141	3.3k
Alessandro Zaldei Italy	25	894 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	773 0.7×	989 1.1×	422 0.9×	75	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Piero Toscano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piero Toscano

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Candiani, Gabriele, et al.. (2024). Towards crop traits estimation from hyperspectral data: evaluation of neural network models trained with real multi-site data or synthetic RTM simulations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 39. 475–484. 1 indexed citations

Castaldi, Fabio, et al.. (2024). A geospatial approach for evaluating impact and potentiality of conservation farming for soil health improvement at regional and farm scale. Soil and Tillage Research. 244. 106212–106212. 4 indexed citations

Brilli, Lorenzo, Piero Toscano, Federico Carotenuto, et al.. (2024). Long-term investigation of methane and carbon dioxide emissions in two Italian landfills. Heliyon. 10(8). e29356–e29356. 2 indexed citations

Gennaro, Salvatore Filippo Di, et al.. (2023). Missing Plant Detection in Vineyards Using UAV Angled RGB Imagery Acquired in Dormant Period. Drones. 7(6). 349–349. 10 indexed citations

Sousa, Joaquim J., Piero Toscano, Alessandro Matese, et al.. (2022). UAV-Based Hyperspectral Monitoring Using Push-Broom and Snapshot Sensors: A Multisite Assessment for Precision Viticulture Applications. Sensors. 22(17). 6574–6574. 36 indexed citations

Manco, Antonio, P. Ciccioli, Daniela Famulari, et al.. (2022). Real-time air concentrations and turbulent fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over historic closed landfills to assess their potential environmental impact. Environmental Pollution. 309. 119748–119748. 8 indexed citations

Toscano, Piero, Annamaria Castrignanò, Salvatore Filippo Di Gennaro, et al.. (2019). A Precision Agriculture Approach for Durum Wheat Yield Assessment Using Remote Sensing Data and Yield Mapping. Agronomy. 9(8). 437–437. 67 indexed citations

Gennaro, Salvatore Filippo Di, et al.. (2019). A Low-Cost and Unsupervised Image Recognition Methodology for Yield Estimation in a Vineyard. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 559–559. 58 indexed citations

Carriero, Giulia, Luisa Neri, Daniela Famulari, et al.. (2018). Composition and emission of VOC from biogas produced by illegally managed waste landfills in Giugliano (Campania, Italy) and potential impact on the local population. The Science of The Total Environment. 640-641. 377–386. 42 indexed citations

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Gualtieri, Giovanni, et al.. (2018). Forecasting PM10 hourly concentrations in northern Italy: Insights on models performance and PM10 drivers through self-organizing maps. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 9(6). 1204–1213. 30 indexed citations

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Tyagi, Bhishma, Vincenzo Magliulo, Sandro Finardi, et al.. (2018). Performance Analysis of Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization Schemes in WRF Modeling Set Up over Southern Italy. Atmosphere. 9(7). 272–272. 34 indexed citations

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Carotenuto, Federico, Salvatore Filippo Di Gennaro, Beniamino Gioli, et al.. (2018). Development of Low-Cost Air Quality Stations for Next Generation Monitoring Networks: Calibration and Validation of PM2.5 and PM10 Sensors. Sensors. 18(9). 2843–2843. 93 indexed citations

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Gennaro, Salvatore Filippo Di, Fulvia Rizza, Franz‐W. Badeck, et al.. (2017). UAV-based high-throughput phenotyping to discriminate barley vigour with visible and near-infrared vegetation indices. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 39(15-16). 5330–5344. 39 indexed citations

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Verma, Manish, Joshua B. Fisher, Kaniska Mallick, et al.. (2016). Global Surface Net-Radiation at 5 km from MODIS Terra. Remote Sensing. 8(9). 739–739. 35 indexed citations

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Filippis, Tiziana De, et al.. (2016). The Crop Risk Zones Monitoring System for resilience to drought in the Sahel. EGUGA. 2 indexed citations

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Battilani, Paola, Piero Toscano, H.J. van der Fels‐Klerx, et al.. (2016). Aflatoxin B1 contamination in maize in Europe increases due to climate change. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24328–24328. 477 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zaldei, Alessandro, Carolina Vagnoli, Sara Di Lonardo, et al.. (2015). AIRQino, a low-cost air quality mobile platform. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6158. 3 indexed citations

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Gualtieri, Giovanni, Piero Toscano, Alfonso Crisci, et al.. (2015). Influence of road traffic, residential heating and meteorological conditions on PM10 concentrations during air pollution critical episodes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(23). 19027–19038. 28 indexed citations

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Verma, Manish, M. A. Friedl, Andrew D. Richardson, et al.. (2014). Remote sensing of annual terrestrial gross primary productivity from MODIS: an assessment using the FLUXNET La Thuile data set. Biogeosciences. 11(8). 2185–2200. 69 indexed citations

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Toscano, Piero, Beniamino Gioli, Stefano Dugheri, et al.. (2011). Locating industrial VOC sources with aircraft observations. Environmental Pollution. 159(5). 1174–1182. 25 indexed citations

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