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Alberto Montanari

Alberto Montanari

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 65 2164 2065 27 27 372 20768

Alberto Montanari publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alberto Montanari between 1976 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alberto Montanari published across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025, averaging 10 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2014. 45 of the 499 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2014. 1976: 1 publication 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 2 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 4 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 24 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 26 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 24 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 24 publications 2014: 39 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 32 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 23 publications 2025: 22 publications
1976 2025

499 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alberto Montanari: publications per year, 1976 to 2025
Year Publications
1976 1
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 1
1982 2
1983 0
1984 3
1985 4
1986 0
1987 2
1988 3
1989 1
1990 2
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 4
1997 3
1998 5
1999 3
2000 5
2001 3
2002 7
2003 7
2004 24
2005 10
2006 26
2007 20
2008 16
2009 22
2010 24
2011 11
2012 21
2013 24
2014 39
2015 24
2016 32
2017 20
2018 13
2019 15
2020 10
2021 10
2022 18
2023 18
2024 23
2025 22
Total 499
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Alberto Montanari publications per year - data summary

  • Alberto Montanari, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Bologna, has 499 publications recorded across 50 years, from 1976 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1976 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2014, with 39 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1976, 1981, 1989 and 1991, with 1 publication each.
  • 10 of the 50 years in the span carry no publications at all (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 12.5 per year counting only the 40 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 91 publications, 18% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1976-1992: 20 publications (1.2 per year); 1993-2009: 155 publications (9.1 per year); 2010-2025: 324 publications (20.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Alberto Montanari publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alberto Montanari sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 371–380 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 372 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52 372
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Alberto Montanari publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Alberto Montanari, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Bologna, records 372 publications - the 92nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 92% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Alberto Montanari, and about 8% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Alberto Montanari ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Alberto Montanari D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alberto Montanari sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119 65
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Alberto Montanari D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Alberto Montanari, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Bologna, records 65 D-Index - the 78th percentile of the discipline.
  • 78% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Alberto Montanari, and about 22% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Alberto Montanari ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2017 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Alberto Montanari is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with substantial contributions in medicine as well. Within environmental science, Montanari has concentrated on the subfields of global and planetary change, water science and technology, and environmental engineering. In medicine, their work extends into surgery and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Montanari's research encompasses several key topics including hydrology and watershed management studies, hydrology and drought analysis, and flood risk assessment and management. Additional topics of interest include climate variability and models, hydrological forecasting using artificial intelligence, orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, and water-energy-food nexus studies.

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include AGU Advances, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Hypertension, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Montanari and associates are:

  • Why the 2022 Po River drought is the worst in the past two centuries, 2023, Science Advances
  • Bluecat: A Local Uncertainty Estimator for Deterministic Simulations and Predictions, 2022, Water Resources Research
  • Megafloods in Europe can be anticipated from observations in hydrologically similar catchments, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • The IAHS Science for Solutions decade, with Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world (HELPING), 2024, Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • Megaprosthesis in Non-Oncologic Settings-A Systematic Review of the Literature, 2023, Journal of Clinical Medicine

Montanari has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include Serena Ceola, Andrea Sambri, Demetris Koutsoyiannis, Michele Fiore, and Massimiliano De Paolis.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Montanari became a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2017 and was made a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

  • A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a review

    M. Hrachowitz;H. H. G. Savenije;G. Blöschl;J. J. Mcdonnell

  • Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods

    Günter Blöschl;Julia Hall;Alberto Viglione;Alberto Viglione;Rui A P Perdigão

  • Changing climate shifts timing of European floods

    Günter Blöschl;Julia Hall;Juraj Parajka;Rui A. P. Perdigão

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • “Panta Rhei—Everything Flows”: Change in hydrology and society—The IAHS Scientific Decade 2013–2022

    A. Montanari;G. Young;H.H.G. Savenije;D.A. Hughes

  • Uncertainty in river discharge observations: a quantitative analysis

    G. Di Baldassarre;A. Montanari

  • Comparison of short-term rainfall prediction models for real-time flood forecasting

    E. Toth;A. Brath;A. Montanari

  • Understanding Flood Regime Changes in Europe: A state of the art assessment

    J Hall;B Arheimer;M Borga;R Brazdil;R Brazdil

  • Global and regional increase of precipitation extremes under global warming.

    Simon Michael Papalexiou;Alberto Montanari

  • Flood fatalities in Africa: From diagnosis to mitigation

    Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Alberto Montanari;Harry Lins;Demetris Koutsoyiannis

  • Assessing the effect on flood frequency of land use change via hydrological simulation (with uncertainty)

    Armando Brath;Alberto Montanari;Greta Moretti

  • Climate change impacts - throwing the dice?

    Günter Blöschl;Alberto Montanari

  • Fractionally differenced ARIMA models applied to hydrologic time series: Identification, estimation, and simulation

    Alberto Montanari;Renzo Rosso;Murad S. Taqqu

  • Statistical analysis of hydroclimatic time series: Uncertainty and insights

    Demetris Koutsoyiannis;Alberto Montanari

  • A stochastic approach for assessing the uncertainty of rainfall‐runoff simulations

    Alberto Montanari;Armando Brath

  • Large-sample hydrology: a need to balance depth with breadth

    H. V. Gupta;C. Perrin;G. Blöschl;A. Montanari

  • Regional flow-duration curves: reliability for ungauged basins

    Attilio Castellarin;Giorgio Galeati;Luigia Brandimarte;Alberto Montanari

  • Large sample behaviors of the generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE) in assessing the uncertainty of rainfall‐runoff simulations

    Alberto Montanari

  • What do we mean by ‘uncertainty’? The need for a consistent wording about uncertainty assessment in hydrology

    Alberto Montanari

  • Water Resources Research in 2013

    Alberto Montanari

  • 'Panta Rhei - Everything Flows': Change in hydrology and society - The IAHS Scientific Decade 2013-2022

    A. Montanari

Frequent Co-Authors

Attilio Castellarin
Attilio Castellarin University of Bologna
Demetris Koutsoyiannis
Demetris Koutsoyiannis National Technical University of Athens
Giuliano Di Baldassarre
Giuliano Di Baldassarre Uppsala University
Francesco Laio
Francesco Laio Polytechnic University of Turin
Alberto Viglione
Alberto Viglione Polytechnic University of Turin
Berit Arheimer
Berit Arheimer Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology
Thorsten Wagener
Thorsten Wagener University of Potsdam

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