Roberto Danovaro

37.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
407 papers, 22.2k citations indexed

About

Roberto Danovaro is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Danovaro has authored 407 papers receiving a total of 22.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 278 papers in Ecology, 273 papers in Oceanography and 131 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Roberto Danovaro's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (208 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (108 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (91 papers). Roberto Danovaro is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (208 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (108 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (91 papers). Roberto Danovaro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and France. Roberto Danovaro's co-authors include Antonio Dell’Anno, Antonio Pusceddu, Cinzia Corinaldesi, M. Fabiano, Cristina Gambi, Gian Marco Luna, Simonetta Fraschetti, Silvia Bianchelli, Simone Mirto and Norberto Della Croce and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Danovaro

403 papers receiving 21.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem

2010 604 citations Roberto Danovaro, Lisa A. Levin et al. profile →
Exponential Decline of Deep-Sea Ecosystem Functioning Linked to Benthic Biodiversity Loss

2008 517 citations Roberto Danovaro, Cristina Gambi et al. profile →
A Census of Marine Biodiversity Knowledge, Resources, and Future Challenges

2010 453 citations Roberto Danovaro et al. profile →
Impact of mangrove forests degradation on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

2018 288 citations Eugenio Rastelli, Marco Lo Martire et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers

Roberto Danovaro

ECOLO

OCEAN

GPC

J. Emmett Duffy United States

K.R. Clarke United Kingdom

Patricia M. Glibert United States

Michael L. Pace United States

P.M.J. Herman Netherlands

Farooq Azam United States

Helmut Hillebrand Germany

Richard M. Warwick United Kingdom

Anthony J. Richardson Australia

Peter J. Ralph Australia

J. Emmett Duffy United States

Roberto Danovaro

14.9k ×1.1

ECOLO

8.1k ×0.7

OCEAN

10.6k ×1.6

GPC

1.5k ×0.6

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Countries citing papers authored by Roberto Danovaro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberto Danovaro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberto Danovaro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roberto Danovaro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roberto Danovaro 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 Roberto Danovaro. Roberto Danovaro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Varrella, Stefano, Silvia Livi, Cinzia Corinaldesi, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive assessment of non-indigenous species requires the combination of multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding with classical taxonomic identification. Environment International. 199. 109489–109489. 1 indexed citations

Aguzzi, Jacopo, Javier Cuadros, Lewis Dartnell, et al.. (2024). Marine Science Can Contribute to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life. Life. 14(6). 676–676.

Varrella, Stefano, et al.. (2024). Inorganic UV filter-based sunscreens labelled as eco-friendly threaten sea urchin populations. Environmental Pollution. 351. 124093–124093. 5 indexed citations

Fanelli, Emanuela, et al.. (2024). The impact of natural capital loss on blue-tourism economy: The Red Sea case study. Marine Policy. 172. 106507–106507. 4 indexed citations

Varrella, Stefano, Giulio Barone, Cinzia Corinaldesi, et al.. (2024). Fungal Abundance and Diversity in the Mariana Trench, the Deepest Ecosystem on Earth. Journal of Fungi. 10(1). 73–73. 3 indexed citations

Dell’Anno, Antonio, Michael Tangherlini, Marco Candela, et al.. (2024). Resistance to freezing conditions of endemic Antarctic polychaetes is enhanced by cryoprotective proteins produced by their microbiome. Science Advances. 10(25). eadk9117–eadk9117. 2 indexed citations

Danovaro, Roberto, Silvia Bianchelli, Cinzia Corinaldesi, et al.. (2024). Making eco-sustainable floating offshore wind farms: Siting, mitigations, and compensations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 197. 114386–114386. 15 indexed citations

Danovaro, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Microbes as marine habitat formers and ecosystem engineers. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 8(8). 1407–1419. 4 indexed citations

Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Silvia Bianchelli, Marco Candela, et al.. (2023). Microbiome-assisted restoration of degraded marine habitats: a new nature-based solution?. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 8 indexed citations

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Danovaro, Roberto, et al.. (2023). Estimating preferences for Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystem services: A discrete choice experiment. Marine Policy. 151. 105593–105593. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Chris, Jana Verdura, Nadia Papadopoulou, et al.. (2023). A decision-support framework for the restoration of Cystoseira sensu lato forests. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 14 indexed citations

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Varrella, Stefano, Roberto Danovaro, & Cinzia Corinaldesi. (2022). Assessing the eco-compatibility of new generation sunscreen products through a combined microscopic-molecular approach. Environmental Pollution. 314. 120212–120212. 11 indexed citations

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Barone, Giulio, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Eugenio Rastelli, et al.. (2022). Local Environmental Conditions Promote High Turnover Diversity of Benthic Deep-Sea Fungi in the Ross Sea (Antarctica). Journal of Fungi. 8(1). 65–65. 6 indexed citations

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Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Antonio Dell’Anno, Michael Tangherlini, et al.. (2021). Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species. Communications Biology. 4(1). 431–431. 110 indexed citations

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Rastelli, Eugenio, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Antonio Dell’Anno, et al.. (2020). A high biodiversity mitigates the impact of ocean acidification on hard-bottom ecosystems. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2948–2948. 23 indexed citations

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Barone, Giulio, Stefano Varrella, Michael Tangherlini, et al.. (2019). Marine Fungi: Biotechnological Perspectives from Deep-Hypersaline Anoxic Basins. Diversity. 11(7). 113–113. 23 indexed citations

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Corinaldesi, Cinzia, et al.. (2018). Impact of inorganic UV filters contained in sunscreen products on tropical stony corals (Acropora spp.). The Science of The Total Environment. 637-638. 1279–1285. 111 indexed citations

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Rastelli, Eugenio, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Antonio Dell’Anno, et al.. (2017). Transfer of labile organic matter and microbes from the ocean surface to the marine aerosol: an experimental approach. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11475–11475. 87 indexed citations

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Danovaro, Roberto, Massimiliano Molari, Cinzia Corinaldesi, & Antonio Dell’Anno. (2016). Macroecological drivers of archaea and bacteria in benthic deep-sea ecosystems. Science Advances. 2(4). e1500961–e1500961. 49 indexed citations

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Dell’Anno, Antonio, Cinzia Corinaldesi, & Roberto Danovaro. (2015). Virus decomposition provides an important contribution to benthic deep-sea ecosystem functioning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(16). E2014–9. 70 indexed citations

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