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D-Index
64
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13794
World Ranking
1877
National Ranking
18

Antonio Dell'Anno publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonio Dell'Anno sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 211 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Antonio Dell'Anno D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonio Dell'Anno sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 78th percentile

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

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Overview

Antonio Dell'Anno is affiliated with Marche Polytechnic University in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a total of 103 publications in environmental science and 37 in earth and planetary sciences.

Their work spans several specialized subfields, including ecology, oceanography, pollution, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and molecular biology. Dell'Anno's main research topics cover microbial community ecology and physiology, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, marine and coastal plant biology, protist diversity and phylogeny, as well as marine and offshore engineering studies.

Their recent scientific contributions include papers such as:

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species (2021, Communications Biology)
  • Bacteria, Fungi and Microalgae for the Bioremediation of Marine Sediments Contaminated by Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Omics Era (2021, Microorganisms)
  • Highly Contaminated Marine Sediments Can Host Rare Bacterial Taxa Potentially Useful for Bioremediation (2021, Frontiers in Microbiology)

Dell'Anno has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Cinzia Corinaldesi
  • Roberto Danovaro
  • Michael Tangherlini
  • Eugenio Rastelli
  • Marco Lo Martire

Their research has been published extensively in several scientific venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • Exponential Decline of Deep-Sea Ecosystem Functioning Linked to Benthic Biodiversity Loss

    Roberto Danovaro;Cristina Gambi;Antonio Dell'Anno;Cinzia Corinaldesi

  • Major viral impact on the functioning of benthic deep-sea ecosystems.

    Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Dell'Anno;Cinzia Corinaldesi;Mirko Magagnini

  • Marine viruses and global climate change

    Roberto Danovaro;Cinzia Corinaldesi;Antonio Dell'Anno;Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Assessing the trophic state and eutrophication of coastal marine systems: a new approach based on the biochemical composition of sediment organic matter

    A. Dell’Anno;M. L. Mei;Antonio Pusceddu;R. Danovaro

  • Extracellular DNA plays a key role in deep-sea ecosystem functioning.

    Antonio Dell'Anno;Roberto Danovaro

  • Simultaneous Recovery of Extracellular and Intracellular DNA Suitable for Molecular Studies from Marine Sediments

    Cinzia Corinaldesi;Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Dell'Anno

  • The first metazoa living in permanently anoxic conditions

    Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Dell'Anno;Antonio Pusceddu;Cristina Gambi

  • Quantity and bioavailability of sediment organic matter as signatures of benthic trophic status

    Antonio Pusceddu;Antonio Dell’Anno;Mauro Fabiano;Roberto Danovaro

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

    Roberto Danovaro;Emanuela Fanelli;Jacopo Aguzzi;David Billett

  • Comparison of Two Fingerprinting Techniques, Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis, for Determination of Bacterial Diversity in Aquatic Environments

    R. Danovaro;G. M. Luna;A. Dell'Anno;B. Pietrangeli

  • The deep-sea under global change

    Roberto Danovaro;Cinzia Corinaldesi;Antonio Dell’Anno;Paul V.R. Snelgrove

  • Determination of Virus Abundance in Marine Sediments

    R. Danovaro;A. Dell'Anno;A. Trucco;M. Serresi

  • Implementing and innovating marine monitoring approaches for assessing marine environmental status

    Roberto Danovaro;Laura Carugati;Marco Berzano;Abigail E. Cahill;Abigail E. Cahill

  • Biodiversity response to climate change in a warm deep sea

    Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Dell'Anno;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Damage and degradation rates of extracellular DNA in marine sediments: implications for the preservation of gene sequences.

    C. Corinaldesi;F. Beolchini;A. Dell’Anno

  • Marine Microbial-Derived Molecules and Their Potential Use in Cosmeceutical and Cosmetic Products

    Cinzia Corinaldesi;Giulio Barone;Francesca Marcellini;Antonio Dell’Anno

  • Degradation and turnover of extracellular DNA in marine sediments: ecological and methodological considerations.

    Antonio Dell'Anno;Cinzia Corinaldesi

  • DNA extraction procedure: a critical issue for bacterial diversity assessment in marine sediments

    Gian Marco Luna;A. Dell’Anno;R. Danovaro

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods.

    J. Pawlowski;J. Pawlowski;K. Bruce;K. Panksep;K. Panksep;F.I. Aguirre

  • Deep-sea ecosystem response to climate changes: the eastern Mediterranean case study

    Roberto Danovaro;Antonio Dell'Anno;Mauro Fabiano;Antonio Pusceddu

  • Higher abundance of bacteria than of viruses in deep Mediterranean sediments.

    Roberto Danovaro;Elena Manini;Antonio Dell'Anno

  • Nucleic Acid (DNA, RNA) Quantification and RNA/DNA Ratio Determination in Marine Sediments: Comparison of Spectrophotometric, Fluorometric, and HighPerformance Liquid Chromatography Methods and Estimation of Detrital DNA

    A. Dell’Anno;M. Fabiano;G. C. A. Duineveld;A. Kok

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Cinzia Corinaldesi
Cinzia Corinaldesi Marche Polytechnic University
Antonio Pusceddu
Antonio Pusceddu University of Cagliari
Mauro Fabiano
Mauro Fabiano University of Genoa
Francesca Beolchini
Francesca Beolchini Marche Polytechnic University
Cristina Gambi
Cristina Gambi Marche Polytechnic University
Miquel Canals
Miquel Canals University of Barcelona
Anna Sanchez-Vidal
Anna Sanchez-Vidal University of Barcelona
Laurenz Thomsen
Laurenz Thomsen Jacobs University
Anastasios Tselepides
Anastasios Tselepides University of Piraeus

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