Vittorio Brando

9.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
111 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Vittorio Brando is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Vittorio Brando has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Oceanography, 48 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Vittorio Brando's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (79 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (24 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies (23 papers). Vittorio Brando is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (79 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (24 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies (23 papers). Vittorio Brando collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Italy and United States. Vittorio Brando's co-authors include Arnold G. Dekker, Stuart Phinn, Claudia Giardino, Chris Roelfsema, Janet Anstee, David Blondeau‐Patissier, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Daniel Odermatt, Michael E. Schaepman and Mariano Bresciani and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vittorio Brando

103 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

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.

A review of ocean color remote sensing methods and statistical techniques for the detection, mapping and analysis of phytoplankton blooms in coastal and open oceans

2014 442 citations David Blondeau‐Patissier, Arnold G. Dekker et al. profile →
Review of constituent retrieval in optically deep and complex waters from satellite imagery

2011 403 citations Vittorio Brando et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties

2013 331 citations P. Jeremy Werdell, Bryan A. Franz et al. Applied Optics profile →
Remote sensing of shallow waters – A 50 year retrospective and future directions

2020 238 citations Claudia Giardino, Chris Roelfsema et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vittorio Brando Australia	39	3.8k	2.5k	1.7k	1.2k	1.0k	111	6.0k
Arnold G. Dekker Australia	36	3.4k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	92	5.3k
Kevin Ruddick Belgium	44	5.0k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	129	6.4k
Claudia Giardino Italy	40	2.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	144	5.5k
Nima Pahlevan United States	28	2.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	74	4.8k
Tiit Kutser Estonia	40	4.3k 1.1×	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	2.2k 1.9×	1.7k 1.6×	126	7.1k
Robert Arnone United States	35	4.8k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	812 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	166	5.6k
P. Jeremy Werdell United States	38	5.9k 1.5×	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	106	7.1k
Stéphane Maritorena United States	30	7.3k 1.9×	2.5k 1.0×	2.6k 1.5×	953 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	51	8.2k
Mariano Bresciani Italy	35	2.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	782 0.7×	141	4.0k
Curtiss O. Davis United States	36	3.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	451 0.4×	675 0.6×	123	5.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vittorio Brando

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vittorio Brando. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vittorio Brando 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 Vittorio Brando. Vittorio Brando 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

Zoffoli, María Laura, Vittorio Brando, Gianluca Volpe, et al.. (2025). CIAO: A machine-learning algorithm for mapping Arctic Ocean Chlorophyll-a from space. Science of Remote Sensing. 11. 100212–100212. 1 indexed citations

D’Alimonte, Davide, Tamito Kajiyama, Jaime Pitarch, et al.. (2025). Comparison of correction methods for bidirectional effects in ocean colour remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment. 321. 114606–114606. 3 indexed citations

Marchese, Christian, Emmanuel Boss, Federico Falcini, et al.. (2024). Satellite Data Sharing for Scientific Inter-Group Cooperation Using the Leaflet R Package. Oceanography. 37(3).

Braga, Federica, Daniele Ciani, Simone Colella, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 lockdown effects on a coastal marine environment: Disentangling perception versus reality. The Science of The Total Environment. 817. 153002–153002. 19 indexed citations

Dierssen, Heidi M., Astrid Bracher, Vittorio Brando, Hubert Loisel, & Kevin Ruddick. (2020). Data Needs for Hyperspectral Detection of Algal Diversity Across the Globe. Oceanography. 33(1). 74–79. 30 indexed citations

Baird, Mark E., Thomas Schroeder, Yi Qin, et al.. (2019). Particulate Backscattering Ratio as an Indicator of Changing Particle Composition in Coastal Waters: Observations From Great Barrier Reef Waters. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 124(8). 5485–5502. 18 indexed citations

Volpe, Gianluca, Simone Colella, Vittorio Brando, et al.. (2019). Mediterranean ocean colour Level 3 operational multi-sensor processing. Ocean science. 15(1). 127–146. 59 indexed citations

Bellafiore, Debora, Christian Ferrarin, Federica Braga, et al.. (2019). Coastal mixing in multiple-mouth deltas: A case study in the Po delta, Italy. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 226. 106254–106254. 15 indexed citations

Bellacicco, Marco, Gianluca Volpe, Nathan Briggs, et al.. (2018). Global Distribution of Non‐algal Particles From Ocean Color Data and Implications for Phytoplankton Biomass Detection. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(15). 7672–7682. 26 indexed citations

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Volpe, Gianluca, Davide Dionisi, Vittorio Brando, et al.. (2018). IOPs Continuous Measurements for Ocean Monitoring and Calibration and Validation of Satellite Data. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 16329.

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Braga, Federica, Luca Zaggia, Debora Bellafiore, et al.. (2016). Mapping turbidity patterns in the Po river prodelta using multi-temporal Landsat 8 imagery. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 198. 555–567. 48 indexed citations

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Cherukuru, Nagur, Peter L. Davies, Vittorio Brando, et al.. (2016). Physical oceanographic processes influence bio-optical properties in the Tasman Sea. Journal of Sea Research. 110. 1–7. 9 indexed citations

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Giardino, Claudia, Mariano Bresciani, Francesco Fava, et al.. (2015). Mapping Submerged Habitats and Mangroves of Lampi Island Marine National Park (Myanmar) from in Situ and Satellite Observations. Remote Sensing. 8(1). 2–2. 45 indexed citations

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Brando, Vittorio, Federica Braga, Luca Zaggia, et al.. (2015). High-resolution satellite turbidity and sea surface temperature observations of river plume interactions during a significant flood event. Ocean science. 11(6). 909–920. 81 indexed citations

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Giardino, Claudia, Mariano Bresciani, Ilaria Cazzaniga, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Multi-Resolution Satellite Sensors for Assessing Water Quality and Bottom Depth of Lake Garda. Sensors. 14(12). 24116–24131. 100 indexed citations

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Werdell, P. Jeremy, Bryan A. Franz, Sean W. Bailey, et al.. (2013). Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties. Applied Optics. 52(10). 2019–2019. 331 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brando, Vittorio, et al.. (2012). Adaptive semianalytical inversion of ocean color radiometry in optically complex waters. Applied Optics. 51(15). 2808–2808. 85 indexed citations

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Blondeau‐Patissier, David, Vittorio Brando, Arnold G. Dekker, et al.. (2010). Phytoplankton response to episodic events and long-term trends in the Great Barrier Reef lagoonal waters: towards a regional characterization. European Journal of Pharmacology. 806. 43–51. 1 indexed citations

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Phinn, Stuart, Arnold G. Dekker, Vittorio Brando, & Chris Roelfsema. (2004). Mapping water quality and substrate cover in optically complex coastal and reef waters: an integrated approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 51(1-4). 459–469. 76 indexed citations

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Phinn, Stuart, Arnold G. Dekker, Vittorio Brando, Chris Roelfsema, & Peter Scarth. (2004). MR2 - Remote Sensing for Moreton Bay. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1–220. 1 indexed citations

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