Stefano Scali

1.9k total citations
92 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Stefano Scali is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Scali has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 56 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 28 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stefano Scali's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (72 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (47 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (27 papers). Stefano Scali is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (72 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (47 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (27 papers). Stefano Scali collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Portugal. Stefano Scali's co-authors include Roberto Sacchi, Marco Mangiacotti, Marco A. L. Zuffi, Augusto Gentilli, Paolo Galeotti, Mauro Fasola, Fabio Pupin, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Daniele Pellitteri‐Rosa and Diego Rubolini and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Scali

83 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefano Scali Italy 22 852 766 439 345 223 92 1.3k
Marco A. L. Zuffi Italy 21 793 0.9× 600 0.8× 419 1.0× 277 0.8× 407 1.8× 124 1.3k
Katleen Huyghe Belgium 21 979 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 350 0.8× 184 0.5× 262 1.2× 38 1.5k
Ariel Rodríguez Germany 16 1.0k 1.2× 617 0.8× 307 0.7× 436 1.3× 414 1.9× 43 1.4k
Panayiotis Pafilis Greece 26 1.2k 1.4× 967 1.3× 681 1.6× 707 2.0× 502 2.3× 109 1.9k
Angelica Crottini Portugal 19 843 1.0× 418 0.5× 324 0.7× 417 1.2× 370 1.7× 112 1.3k
Francisco Ferri‐Yáñez Spain 13 359 0.4× 384 0.5× 594 1.4× 506 1.5× 214 1.0× 20 1.0k
Rory S. Telemeco United States 18 724 0.8× 603 0.8× 655 1.5× 362 1.0× 202 0.9× 32 1.2k
Félix B. Cruz Argentina 23 1.3k 1.6× 911 1.2× 611 1.4× 721 2.1× 200 0.9× 71 1.7k
Steven J. Beaupré United States 24 976 1.1× 601 0.8× 793 1.8× 207 0.6× 180 0.8× 43 1.4k
Cristian Simón Abdala Argentina 21 1.0k 1.2× 615 0.8× 241 0.5× 607 1.8× 224 1.0× 86 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Scali

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefano Scali

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Scali

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

All Works

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Mangiacotti, Marco, et al.. (2025). Evolutionary History and Climatic Correlates of Hypermelanism in Viperidae. Ecology and Evolution. 15(4). e71305–e71305. 1 indexed citations
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Mangiacotti, Marco, et al.. (2025). A comparative phylogenetic approach for the evolution of melanism in elapid snakes supports the Bogert's rule. Journal of Zoology. 326(3). 289–297.
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Mangiacotti, Marco, et al.. (2025). Modelling amphibian road crossing points in a dynamic environment. Journal of Applied Ecology. 62(6). 1449–1462. 1 indexed citations
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Sacchi, Roberto, et al.. (2024). Variability in personalities at sex, population, and taxon-levels in two European lacertid lizards. Amphibia-Reptilia. 45(3). 303–318.
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Lucek, Kay, Marco A. L. Zuffi, Marcello Mezzasalma, et al.. (2023). Extensive gene flow suggests lack of reproductive barriers between the two subspecies of the green whip snake, Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata: Colubridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 141(1). 133–147. 1 indexed citations
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Mangiacotti, Marco, Simon Baeckens, Marco Fumagalli, et al.. (2023). Protein–lipid Association in Lizard Chemical Signals. Integrative Organismal Biology. 5(1). obad016–obad016. 5 indexed citations
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Mangiacotti, Marco, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary history drives the geographical distribution of dorsal patterns in the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis). Amphibia-Reptilia. 44(2). 193–211. 4 indexed citations
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Mangiacotti, Marco, Simon Baeckens, Marco Fumagalli, et al.. (2023). Sexual selection and proteinaceous diversity in the femoral gland secretions of lacertid lizards. Institutional Repository University of Antwerp (University of Antwerp).
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Zuffi, Marco A. L., et al.. (2022). The Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus campestris, unexpected presence on Gorgona Island (Tuscan Archipelago). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(2). 135–145. 4 indexed citations
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Mangiacotti, Marco, Simon Baeckens, Stefano Scali, et al.. (2021). Evolutionary and biogeographical support for species-specific proteins in lizard chemical signals. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 134(4). 912–928. 9 indexed citations
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Sacchi, Roberto, et al.. (2021). Colour variation of the Maltese wall lizards (Podarcis filfolensis) at population and individual levels in the Linosa island. RENDICONTI LINCEI. 32(3). 565–575. 1 indexed citations
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Scali, Stefano, Marco Mangiacotti, Roberto Sacchi, et al.. (2021). Close encounters of the three morphs: Does color affect aggression in a polymorphic lizard?. Aggressive Behavior. 47(4). 430–438. 6 indexed citations
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Zuffi, Marco A. L., et al.. (2020). Population size and density in two European pond turtle populations of central Italy. Amphibia-Reptilia. 41(4). 461–467. 3 indexed citations
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Mangiacotti, Marco, José Martı́n, Pílar López, et al.. (2020). Proteins from femoral gland secretions of male rock lizards Iberolacerta cyreni allow self—but not individual—recognition of unfamiliar males. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74(6). 13 indexed citations
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Scali, Stefano, et al.. (2020). I love my ecotone: Habitat selection by the western green lizard ( Lacerta bilineata). Herpetology notes. 13. 1027–1033.
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Mangiacotti, Marco, et al.. (2020). Morph-specific seasonal variation of aggressive behaviour in a polymorphic lizard species. PeerJ. 8. e10268–e10268. 13 indexed citations
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Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Mattia Falaschi, Marco Mangiacotti, et al.. (2020). Eco-geographical determinants of the evolution of ornamentation in vipers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130(2). 345–358. 15 indexed citations

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