Simona Castaldi

10.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Simona Castaldi is a scholar working on Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Castaldi has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Soil Science, 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 23 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Simona Castaldi's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (32 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (15 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (10 papers). Simona Castaldi is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (32 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (15 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (10 papers). Simona Castaldi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Russia and France. Simona Castaldi's co-authors include Riccardo Valentini, F. Miglietta, Flora Angela Rutigliano, Silvia Baronti, Francesco Primo Vaccari, Rossana Marzaioli, Lorenzo Genesio, Flavio Fornasier, Emanuele Lugato and Keith A. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Simona Castaldi

70 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

  1. Biochar as a strategy to sequester carbon and increase yield in durum wheat
    2011 361 citations Francesco Primo Vaccari, Silvia Baronti 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
Simona Castaldi Italy 32 1.4k 914 781 591 373 73 2.9k
Klaus Lorenz United States 26 1.9k 1.3× 780 0.9× 852 1.1× 496 0.8× 405 1.1× 49 3.5k
Flora Angela Rutigliano Italy 26 1.4k 1.0× 553 0.6× 642 0.8× 615 1.0× 268 0.7× 54 2.5k
Zhanguo Bai Netherlands 16 1.9k 1.3× 777 0.9× 919 1.2× 692 1.2× 357 1.0× 42 3.7k
Shuwei Liu China 34 1.9k 1.3× 662 0.7× 751 1.0× 724 1.2× 746 2.0× 98 3.4k
Jianwei Li United States 26 1.8k 1.3× 365 0.4× 885 1.1× 678 1.1× 596 1.6× 69 2.8k
Takashi Kosaki Japan 31 1.5k 1.1× 392 0.4× 504 0.6× 695 1.2× 534 1.4× 160 3.0k
Yue Li China 40 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.8× 1.4k 2.4× 388 1.0× 192 5.2k
Chih‐Yu Chiu Taiwan 30 1.0k 0.7× 294 0.3× 1.2k 1.5× 562 1.0× 525 1.4× 113 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Simona Castaldi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simona Castaldi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Simona Castaldi. 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 Simona Castaldi. The network helps show where Simona Castaldi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Castaldi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simona Castaldi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simona Castaldi 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 Simona Castaldi. Simona Castaldi 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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Grilli, Eleonora, R. D’Ascoli, Micòl Mastrocicco, et al.. (2025). Soil quality under rotational and conventional grazing in Mediterranean areas at desertification risk. Journal of Environmental Management. 373. 123822–123822.
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Valentini, Riccardo, et al.. (2025). Advancing carbon monitoring technologies in forests and woody crops: a review for carbon farming. Environmental Research Letters. 20(9). 93001–93001. 1 indexed citations
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Marzaioli, Rossana, E. Coppola, Lucio Zaccariello, et al.. (2025). Enhancing soil health with hydrochar: Improvements in chemical and biological properties. Journal of Environmental Management. 385. 125659–125659. 1 indexed citations
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Martin, Stephen James, et al.. (2023). LIFE Climate Smart Chefs; qualitative insights for a sustainable food service. European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2).
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Pacheco-Solana, Arturo, et al.. (2023). Effects of wildfire on growth, transpiration and hydraulic properties of Pinus pinaster Aiton forest. Dendrochronologia. 79. 126086–126086. 16 indexed citations
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Battipaglia, Giovanna, Rossana Marzaioli, Sandro Strumia, et al.. (2023). Hydrochar Application Improves Growth and Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency of Populus alba, Especially during Hot Season. Forests. 14(4). 658–658. 5 indexed citations
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Grilli, Eleonora, S. C. P. Carvalho, Tommaso Chiti, et al.. (2021). Critical range of soil organic carbon in southern Europe lands under desertification risk. Journal of Environmental Management. 287. 112285–112285. 30 indexed citations
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Antonelli, Marta, Simona Castaldi, & Riccardo Valentini. (2020). Climate Change and Food. 36–44. 2 indexed citations
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Paola, Arianna Di, Luca Caporaso, Francesco Di Paola, et al.. (2018). The expansion of wheat thermal suitability of Russia in response to climate change. Land Use Policy. 78. 70–77. 23 indexed citations
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Innangi, Michele, R. D’Ascoli, Primo Proietti, et al.. (2017). Effects of olive pomace amendment on soil enzyme activities. Applied Soil Ecology. 119. 242–249. 44 indexed citations
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Sabbatini, Simone, Nicola Arriga, T. Bertolini, et al.. (2016). Greenhouse gas balance of cropland conversion to bioenergy poplar short-rotation coppice. Biogeosciences. 13(1). 95–113. 30 indexed citations
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Sabbatini, Simone, Nicola Arriga, T. Bertolini, et al.. (2015). Greenhouse gas balance of cropland conversion to bioenergy poplar short rotation coppice. 2 indexed citations
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Bertolini, T., Stefano Materia, Silvio Gualdi, et al.. (2014). Seasonal trends of dry and bulk concentration of nitrogen compounds over a rain forest in Ghana. Biogeosciences. 11(11). 3069–3081. 6 indexed citations
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Gundersen, Per, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Giorgio Alberti, et al.. (2012). The response of methane and nitrous oxide fluxes to forest change in Europe. Biogeosciences. 9(10). 3999–4012. 72 indexed citations
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Gundersen, Per, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Giorgio Alberti, et al.. (2012). The greenhouse gas exchange responses of methane and nitrous oxide to forest change in Europe. 5 indexed citations
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Castaldi, Simona, Silvia Baronti, Fulvio Esposito, et al.. (2011). Impact of biochar application to a Mediterranean wheat crop on soil microbial activity and greenhouse gas fluxes. Chemosphere. 85(9). 1464–1471. 266 indexed citations
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Laini, Alex, Marco Bartoli, Simona Castaldi, et al.. (2011). Greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4and N2O) in lowland springs within an agricultural impacted watershed (Po River Plain, northern Italy). Chemistry and Ecology. 27(2). 177–187. 51 indexed citations
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Castaldi, Simona, et al.. (2010). CO 2 , CH 4 and N 2 O fluxes from soil of a burned grassland in Central Africa. Biogeosciences. 7(11). 3459–3471. 51 indexed citations
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Castaldi, Simona, et al.. (2006). The methane sink associated to soils of natural and agricultural ecosystems in Italy. Chemosphere. 66(4). 723–729. 23 indexed citations

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