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Alessandra Polettini

Alessandra Polettini

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
6318
World Ranking
7732
National Ranking
164

Alessandra Polettini 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 Alessandra Polettini sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 164 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Alessandra Polettini 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 Alessandra Polettini sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alessandra Polettini is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, focusing on several interrelated subfields including Biomaterials, Pollution, Building and Construction, Biomedical Engineering, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The primary themes in Polettini's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, microplastics and plastic pollution, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, biofuel production and bioconversion, recycling and waste management techniques, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, and extraction and separation processes.

Recent publications by Alessandra Polettini cover a range of topics related to environmental management and biorefinery processes. Notable papers include:

  • The dairy biorefinery: Integrating treatment processes for cheese whey valorisation, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Organic waste biorefineries: Looking towards implementation, 2020, Waste Management
  • Environmental life cycle assessment of polyhydroxyalkanoates production from cheese whey, 2021, Waste Management
  • Anaerobic biodegradation of disposable PLA-based products: Assessing the correlation with physical, chemical and microstructural properties, 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Anaerobic Biodegradability of Commercial Bioplastic Products: Systematic Bibliographic Analysis and Critical Assessment of the Latest Advances, 2023, Materials

Frequent co-authors who have contributed to various studies with Alessandra Polettini include:

  • Raffaella Pomi
  • Andreina Rossi
  • Tatiana Zonfa
  • Giorgia De Gioannis
  • Aldo Muntoni

Polettini's work appears consistently in several scientific venues with repeated publications in:

  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Chemosphere
  • Waste Management
  • Materials
  • Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy

Best Publications

  • Management of municipal solid waste incineration residues

    T. Sabbas;A. Polettini;R. Pomi;Thomas Astrup

  • A review of dark fermentative hydrogen production from biodegradable municipal waste fractions

    G. De Gioannis;A. Muntoni;A. Muntoni;Alessandra Polettini;Raffaella Pomi

  • Physical and mechanical properties of cement-based products containing incineration bottom ash

    P Filipponi;A Polettini;R Pomi;P Sirini

  • Current status and perspectives of accelerated carbonation processes on municipal waste combustion residues.

    Giulia Costa;Renato Baciocchi;Alessandra Polettini;Raffaella Pomi

  • The leaching behavior of incinerator bottom ash as affected by accelerated ageing.

    Alessandra Polettini;Raffaella Pomi

  • Influence of particle size on the carbonation of stainless steel slag for CO2 storage

    Renato Baciocchi;Giulia Costa;Alessandra Polettini;Raffaella Pomi

  • Carbon sequestration through accelerated carbonation of BOF slag: Influence of particle size characteristics

    A. Polettini;R. Pomi;A. Stramazzo

  • Properties of Portland cement--stabilised MSWI fly ashes.

    A Polettini;R Pomi;P Sirini;F Testa

  • Energy recovery from one- and two-stage anaerobic digestion of food waste

    Giorgia De Gioannis;Aldo Muntoni;Aldo Muntoni;Alessandra Polettini;Raffaella Pomi

  • Optimization of the solidification/stabilization process of MSW fly ash in cementitious matrices.

    T. Mangialardi;A. E. Paolini;A. Polettini;Piero Sirini

  • Thin-film versus slurry-phase carbonation of steel slag: CO2 uptake and effects on mineralogy

    R. Baciocchi;G. Costa;M. Di Gianfilippo;A. Polettini

  • CO2 sequestration through aqueous accelerated carbonation of BOF slag: A factorial study of parameters effects

    Alessandra Polettini;Raffaella Pomi;Alessio Stramazzo

  • Enhanced electrokinetic treatment of marine sediments contaminated by heavy metals and PAHs

    Antonio Colacicco;Giorgia De Gioannis;Aldo Muntoni;Emmanuela Pettinao

  • Carbonation of Stainless Steel Slag as a Process for CO2 Storage and Slag Valorization

    Renato Baciocchi;Giulia Costa;Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo;Alessandra Polettini

  • The dairy biorefinery: Integrating treatment processes for cheese whey valorisation

    Fabiano Asunis;Giorgia De Gioannis;Paolo Dessì;Marco Isipato

  • Biohydrogen production from dark fermentation of cheese whey: Influence of pH

    G. De Gioannis;G. De Gioannis;M. Friargiu;E. Massi;A. Muntoni;A. Muntoni

  • The effects of accelerated carbonation on CO2 uptake and metal release from incineration APC residues

    Renato Baciocchi;Giulia Costa;Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo;Alessandra Polettini

  • Gas–solid carbonation kinetics of Air Pollution Control residues for CO2 storage

    Valentina Prigiobbe;Alessandra Polettini;Renato Baciocchi

  • The effect of operating variables on chelant-assisted remediation of contaminated dredged sediment

    Alessandra Polettini;Raffaella Pomi;Enrico Rolle

  • Accelerated carbonation of different size fractions of bottom ash from RDF incineration.

    Renato Baciocchi;G. Costa;E. Lategano;C. Marini

  • Engineering and environmental properties of thermally treated mixtures containing MSWI fly ash and low-cost additives

    A Polettini;R Pomi;L Trinci;Aldo Muntoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Raffaella Pomi
Raffaella Pomi Sapienza University of Rome
Renato Baciocchi
Renato Baciocchi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup Technical University of Denmark
Aldo Steinfeld
Aldo Steinfeld ETH Zurich
Gianni Andreottola
Gianni Andreottola University of Trento
Colin Hills
Colin Hills University of Greenwich
Ian Vázquez-Rowe
Ian Vázquez-Rowe Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Raffaello Cossu
Raffaello Cossu University of Padua
Aldo R. Boccaccini
Aldo R. Boccaccini University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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