Simona Bussotti

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Simona Bussotti is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Bussotti has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 29 papers in Ecology and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Simona Bussotti's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (29 papers), Marine and fisheries research (21 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (13 papers). Simona Bussotti is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (29 papers), Marine and fisheries research (21 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (13 papers). Simona Bussotti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Spain. Simona Bussotti's co-authors include Paolo Guidetti, Ferdinando Boero, Antonio Franco, Antonio Terlizzi, Simonetta Fraschetti, Genuario Belmonte, Carlo Nike Bianchi, María Cristina Gambi, Augusto Navone and Pieraugusto Panzalis and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Simona Bussotti

38 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Fish mitigate trophic depletion in marine cave ecosystems

2018 257 citations Simona Bussotti, Antonio Franco et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Bussotti Italy	22	990	901	487	190	180	41	1.5k
Andrew W. Bruckner United States	25	1.5k 1.6×	884 1.0×	695 1.4×	236 1.2×	128 0.7×	64	1.9k
Rolf P. M. Bak Netherlands	24	1.8k 1.8×	887 1.0×	1.2k 2.5×	217 1.1×	93 0.5×	36	2.0k
Cynthia Hunter United States	17	1.6k 1.6×	904 1.0×	1.1k 2.4×	190 1.0×	54 0.3×	32	1.9k
M. Omori Japan	15	861 0.9×	641 0.7×	597 1.2×	252 1.3×	41 0.2×	27	1.3k
Giovanni Santangelo Italy	25	1.3k 1.3×	986 1.1×	703 1.4×	209 1.1×	58 0.3×	64	1.6k
Luigi Musco Italy	26	980 1.0×	791 0.9×	1.1k 2.3×	82 0.4×	75 0.4×	99	2.1k
Christophe Lejeusne France	18	981 1.0×	874 1.0×	597 1.2×	148 0.8×	38 0.2×	35	1.7k
Bradford E. Brown United States	14	1.5k 1.5×	741 0.8×	912 1.9×	241 1.3×	103 0.6×	35	1.8k
Alexander M. Kerr Guam	22	933 0.9×	488 0.5×	499 1.0×	192 1.0×	51 0.3×	47	1.5k
Takashi Nakamura Japan	24	1.7k 1.7×	775 0.9×	1.2k 2.5×	124 0.7×	70 0.4×	105	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Simona Bussotti

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Bussotti

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bussotti, Simona, et al.. (2025). A systematic review of fishing impacts on the trophic level of fish populations and assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12. 1 indexed citations

Rossi, Francesca, Lucia Di Iorio, Antonio Calò, et al.. (2023). Marine Noise Effects on Juvenile Sparid Fish Change among Species and Developmental Stages. Diversity. 15(1). 92–92. 3 indexed citations

Guidetti, Paolo, Piero Addis, Fabrizio Atzori, et al.. (2019). Assessing the potential of marine Natura 2000 sites to produce ecosystem‐wide effects in rocky reefs: A case study from Sardinia Island (Italy). Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29(4). 537–545. 11 indexed citations

Bussotti, Simona, Antonio Franco, Carlo Nike Bianchi, et al.. (2018). Fish mitigate trophic depletion in marine cave ecosystems. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9193–9193. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

Thibaut, Thierry, Aurélie Blanfuné, Charles F. Boudouresque, et al.. (2017). An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of Mediterranean algae-dominated shallow rocky reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 117(1-2). 311–329. 48 indexed citations

Bussotti, Simona, Antonio Franco, Patrice Francour, & Paolo Guidetti. (2015). Fish Assemblages of Mediterranean Marine Caves. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122632–e0122632. 22 indexed citations

Guidetti, Paolo, Simona Bussotti, & Marcelo Kovačić. (2013). First record of the large-scaled goby, Thorogobius Macrolepis (Pisces, Gobiidae), in italian seas. Università del Salento. 29. 41–45. 6 indexed citations

Mesa, Gabriele La, Paolo Guidetti, Simona Bussotti, et al.. (2012). Rocky reef fish assemblages at six Mediterranean marine protected areas: broad-scale patterns in assemblage structure, species richness and composition. Italian Journal of Zoology. 80(1). 90–103. 6 indexed citations

Bussotti, Simona & Paolo Guidetti. (2010). Timing and habitat preferences for settlement of juvenile fishes in the Marine Protected Area of Torre Guaceto (south-eastern Italy, Adriatic Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology. 78(2). 243–254. 30 indexed citations

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Franco, Antonio, Simona Bussotti, Augusto Navone, Pieraugusto Panzalis, & Paolo Guidetti. (2009). Evaluating effects of total and partial restrictions to fishing on Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 387. 275–285. 97 indexed citations

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Guidetti, Paolo, et al.. (2008). Differences in escape response of fish in protected and fished Mediterranean rocky reefs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(3). 625–627. 25 indexed citations

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Bussotti, Simona & Paolo Guidetti. (2008). Do Mediterranean fish assemblages associated with marine caves and rocky cliffs differ?. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 81(1). 65–73. 32 indexed citations

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Bussotti, Simona, et al.. (2006). La piccola pesca presso l'area marina protetta di torre Guaceto: indicazioni per la gestione. 298–299. 2 indexed citations

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Fraschetti, Simonetta, et al.. (2004). Conservation of Mediterranean seascapes: analyses of existing protection schemes. Marine Environmental Research. 59(4). 309–332. 61 indexed citations

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Guidetti, Paolo, Simona Bussotti, & Ferdinando Boero. (2004). Evaluating the effects of protection on fish predators and sea urchins in shallow artificial rocky habitats: a case study in the northern Adriatic Sea. Marine Environmental Research. 59(4). 333–348. 63 indexed citations

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Guidetti, Paolo & Simona Bussotti. (2002). Effects of seagrass canopy removal on fish in shallow Mediterranean seagrass ( Cymodocea nodosa and Zostera noltii ) meadows: a local-scale approach. Marine Biology. 140(3). 445–453. 37 indexed citations

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Guidetti, Paolo, Simona Bussotti, María Cristina Gambi, & Maurizio Lorenti. (1997). Invertebrate borers in Posidonia oceanica scales: relationship between their distribution and lepidochronological parameters. Aquatic Botany. 58(2). 151–164. 24 indexed citations

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Carli, A., Simona Bussotti, Gian Luigi Mariottini, & Luigi Robbiano. (1996). Toxicity of jellyfish and sea-anemone venoms on cultured V79 cells. Toxicon. 34(4). 496–500. 24 indexed citations

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Boyer, M., et al.. (1996). Notes on the flowering and fruiting of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile beds in the Ligurian Sea (north-western Mediterranean). CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 21–29. 9 indexed citations

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Mariottini, Gian Luigi, Simona Bussotti, & A. Carli. (1993). Cytotoxic effects produced on a continuous cell line by the nematocyst venom ofAnemonia sulcata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). I. Cytotechnology. 11(S1). S158–S159. 8 indexed citations

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