Vittorio Leone

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Vittorio Leone is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Vittorio Leone has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Vittorio Leone's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (24 papers), Forest ecology and management (5 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (5 papers). Vittorio Leone is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (24 papers), Forest ecology and management (5 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (5 papers). Vittorio Leone collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Portugal and Spain. Vittorio Leone's co-authors include Raffaella Lovreglio, Fantina Tedim, Gavriil Xanthopoulos, Ouahiba Sahar, Antonio Saracino, Sarah McCaffrey, D. X. Viegas, Christophe Bouillon, Jorge de las Heras and Daniel Moya and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Forest Ecology and Management and Archives of Disease in Childhood.

In The Last Decade

Vittorio Leone

39 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Defining Extreme Wildfire Events: Difficulties, Challenges, and Impacts

2018 338 citations Fantina Tedim, Vittorio Leone et al. Fire profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vittorio Leone Italy	17	921	249	232	175	161	39	1.2k
D. Molina Spain	19	936 1.0×	249 1.0×	188 0.8×	205 1.2×	175 1.1×	37	1.1k
Juan Ramón Molina Spain	19	999 1.1×	396 1.6×	204 0.9×	219 1.3×	183 1.1×	58	1.3k
Raffaella Lovreglio Italy	17	613 0.7×	186 0.7×	137 0.6×	194 1.1×	99 0.6×	41	821
Michelle A. Day United States	24	1.3k 1.4×	433 1.7×	228 1.0×	301 1.7×	183 1.1×	53	1.4k
Teresa J. Brennan United States	13	994 1.1×	457 1.8×	314 1.4×	178 1.0×	233 1.4×	18	1.1k
Jesús Martínez‐Fernández Spain	10	807 0.9×	268 1.1×	191 0.8×	237 1.4×	96 0.6×	14	948
Pedro G. Vaz Portugal	14	1.2k 1.3×	542 2.2×	331 1.4×	294 1.7×	116 0.7×	24	1.4k
Hermínio Botelho Portugal	11	873 0.9×	309 1.2×	288 1.2×	150 0.9×	196 1.2×	16	935
Fermín Alcasena Spain	22	1.2k 1.3×	221 0.9×	106 0.5×	376 2.1×	234 1.5×	42	1.3k
Francisco Rodríguez y Silva Spain	18	814 0.9×	211 0.8×	102 0.4×	155 0.9×	177 1.1×	44	899

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vittorio Leone

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

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Leone, Vittorio, et al.. (2025). Rethinking wildfire management policy: Suggestions from firefighters who experienced the 2017 extreme wildfires in Portugal. Forest Policy and Economics. 173. 103453–103453. 1 indexed citations

Leone, Vittorio, et al.. (2023). The 2017 Extreme Wildfires Events in Portugal through the Perceptions of Volunteer and Professional Firefighters. Fire. 6(4). 133–133. 16 indexed citations

Tedim, Fantina, et al.. (2022). Experiences of “Safe Village” and “Safe People” Programs to Enhance Wildfire Risk Reduction and Preparedness in Portugal: Implications for Policy. Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto). 63–63. 1 indexed citations

Tedim, Fantina, Sarah McCaffrey, Vittorio Leone, et al.. (2021). Supporting a shift in wildfire management from fighting fires to thriving with fires: The need for translational wildfire science. Forest Policy and Economics. 131. 102565–102565. 26 indexed citations

Tedim, Fantina & Vittorio Leone. (2020). The Dilemma of Wildfire Definition: What It Reveals and What It Implies. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 3. 23 indexed citations

Sahar, Ouahiba, Rachid Meddour, & Vittorio Leone. (2019). Les causes des incendies de forets : enquête aupres des bergers dans la Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou (Algérie). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

Royé, Dominic, Fantina Tedim, Javier Martín Vide, et al.. (2019). Wildfire burnt area patterns and trends in Western Mediterranean Europe via the application of a concentration index. Land Degradation and Development. 31(3). 311–324. 20 indexed citations

Tedim, Fantina, Vittorio Leone, Malik Amraoui, et al.. (2018). Defining Extreme Wildfire Events: Difficulties, Challenges, and Impacts. Fire. 1(1). 9–9. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

Corona, Piermaria, Davide Ascoli, Anna Barbati, et al.. (2015). Integrated forest management to prevent wildfires under mediterranean environments. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 39(1). 1–22. 92 indexed citations

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Sahar, Ouahiba, Rachid Meddour, Vittorio Leone, & Arezki Derridj. (2015). Motifs des incendies de forêt en Algérie : analyse comparée des dires d'experts de la Protection Civile et des Forestiers par la méthode Delphi. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14-3. 1 indexed citations

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Leone, Vittorio, et al.. (2009). Joint hypermobility and its relationship to musculoskeletal pain in schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 94(8). 627–632. 43 indexed citations

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Moya, Daniel, et al.. (2009). Morphological and anatomical differences in Aleppo pine seeds from serotinous and non-serotinous cones. New Forests. 39(3). 329–341. 20 indexed citations

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Moya, Daniel, Jorge de las Heras, Francisco Ramón López Serrano, & Vittorio Leone. (2008). A post-fire management model to improve Aleppo pine forest resilience. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. I. 311–319. 2 indexed citations

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Lovreglio, Raffaella, et al.. (2008). Applicazione del metodo Delphi per l'analisi delle motivazioni degli incendi: il caso Taranto. L’Italia forestale e montana. 427–447. 6 indexed citations

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Amatulli, Giuseppe, Raffaella Lovreglio, & Vittorio Leone. (2005). ANALISI GEO-STATISTICHE PER LA VALUTAZIONE DELLA DISTRIBUZIONE DEGLI INCENDI NELLO SPAZIO RURALE: APPLICAZIONE DELL’ADAPTIVE KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION AL TERRITORIO DEL PARCO NAZIONALE DEL GARGANO. L’Italia forestale e montana. 60(1). 85–97. 1 indexed citations

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Leone, Vittorio, et al.. (2005). Post-fire regeneration in artificial stands of Pinus halepensis Miller. L’Italia forestale e montana. 60(6). 687–702. 1 indexed citations

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Amatulli, Giuseppe, Raffaella Lovreglio, & Vittorio Leone. (2005). Geo-statistical analysis for pattern evaluation of fire ignition points in rural areas: the adaptive kernel density estimation approach and its implementation in the territory of the Gargano National Park. 60(1). 85–97. 1 indexed citations

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Leone, Vittorio & Raffaella Lovreglio. (2004). Conservation of Mediterranean pine woodlands: scenarios and legislative tools. Plant Ecology. 171(1-2). 221–235. 28 indexed citations

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Leone, Vittorio, Raffaella Lovreglio, Julia Martínez Fernández, & D. X. Viegas. (2002). Forest fires and anthropic influences: a study case (Gargano National Park, Italy).. 244. 14 indexed citations

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Ferrara, Agostino, et al.. (2002). Aspects of forestry in the agri environment. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Basilicata). 385–395. 1 indexed citations

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