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D-Index
55
Citations
10594
World Ranking
1619
National Ranking
43

Carlo Calfapietra publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carlo Calfapietra sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 125 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Carlo Calfapietra D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carlo Calfapietra sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Carlo Calfapietra is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on areas including Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, Environmental Engineering, and Atmospheric Science. Their extensive research portfolio comprises 73 publications within these fields.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Carlo Calfapietra's recent papers have appeared in a variety of journals and venues, featuring research on carbon observation systems, urban trees, and particulate matter. Notable publications include:

  • "Standards and Open Access are the ICOS Pillars Reply to 'Comments on The Integrated Carbon Observation System in Europe'" (2023), published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • "The Integrated Carbon Observation System in Europe" (2021), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Comparing i-Tree Eco Estimates of Particulate Matter Deposition with Leaf and Canopy Measurements in an Urban Mediterranean Holm Oak Forest" (2021), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Species-specific efficiency in PM2.5 removal by urban trees: From leaf measurements to improved modeling estimates" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Optimal stomatal theory predicts CO2 responses of stomatal conductance in both gymnosperm and angiosperm trees" (2022), published in New Phytologist

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include Chiara Baldacchini, Gabriele Guidolotti, Mais Jafari, Federica Larcher, and Martina Ristorini. These collaborations represent a recurrent network within their research.

The scientist has contributed multiple times to prominent publication venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Cities
  • Urban Climate

Besides journal articles, Carlo Calfapietra has published a book titled Advanced Technologies for Sustainable Development of Urban Green Infrastructure (2021) under Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • A framework for assessing and implementing the co-benefits of nature-based solutions in urban areas

    Christopher M. Raymond;Niki Frantzeskaki;Nadja Kabisch;Pam Berry

  • Forest response to elevated CO2 is conserved across a broad range of productivity.

    Richard J. Norby;Evan H. DeLucia;Birgit Gielen;Carlo Calfapietra

  • The Urban Forest and Ecosystem Services: Impacts on Urban Water, Heat, and Pollution Cycles at the Tree, Street, and City Scale

    S. J. Livesley;E. G. McPherson;C. Calfapietra

  • Role of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOC) emitted by urban trees on ozone concentration in cities: a review

    C. Calfapietra;S. Fares;F. Manes;A. Morani

  • Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO2

    Adrien C. Finzi;Richard J. Norby;Carlo Calfapietra;Anne Gallet-Budynek

  • Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential

    Ruediger Grote;Roeland Samson;Rocio Alonso;Jorge Humberto Amorim

  • Elevated CO2 increases tree‐level intrinsic water use efficiency: insights from carbon and oxygen isotope analyses in tree rings across three forest FACE sites

    Giovanna Battipaglia;Giovanna Battipaglia;Matthias Saurer;Paolo Cherubini;Carlo Calfapietra

  • The Integrated Carbon Observation System in Europe

    Jouni Heiskanen;Christian Brümmer;Nina Buchmann;Carlo Calfapietra

  • Urban plant physiology: adaptation-mitigation strategies under permanent stress.

    Carlo Calfapietra;Carlo Calfapietra;Josep Peñuelas;Ülo Niinemets

  • Next generation of elevated [CO2] experiments with crops: a critical investment for feeding the future world

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Claus Beier;Carlo Calfapietra;Reinhart Ceulemans

  • Monoterpene emission and monoterpene synthase activities in the Mediterranean evergreen oak Quercus ilex L. grown at elevated CO2 concentrations

    Francesco Loreto;Robert J. Fischbach;Jörg-Peter Schnitzler;Paolo Ciccioli

  • How to select the best tree planting locations to enhance air pollution removal in the MillionTreesNYC initiative

    Arianna Morani;David J. Nowak;Satoshi Hirabayashi;Carlo Calfapietra

  • Particulate Matter deposition on Quercus ilex leaves in an industrial city of central Italy

    G. Sgrigna;A. Sæbø;S. Gawronski;R. Popek

  • Forests under climate change and air pollution: gaps in understanding and future directions for research

    R. Matyssek;G. Wieser;C. Calfapietra;W. de Vries

  • Production, turnover and mycorrhizal colonization of root systems of three Populus species grown under elevated CO2 (POPFACE).

    Martin Lukac;Carlo Calfapietra;Douglas L. Godbold

  • Woody biomass production during the second rotation of a bio-energy Populus plantation increases in a future high CO2 world

    Marion Liberloo;Carlo Calfapietra;Martin Lukac;Douglas Godbold

  • Volatile organic compounds from Italian vegetation and their interaction with ozone

    Carlo Calfapietra;Silvano Fares;Francesco Loreto

  • Global climate change and tree nutrition: effects of elevated CO2 and temperature

    Martin Lukac;Carlo Calfapietra;Alessandra Lagomarsino;Francesco Loreto

  • Future atmospheric CO2 leads to delayed autumnal senescence

    Gail Taylor;Matthew J. Tallis;Christian P. Giardina;Kevin E. Percy

  • The interplay between ozone and urban vegetation – BVOC emissions, ozone deposition, and tree ecophysiology

    Anne Charlott Fitzky;Hans Sandén;Thomas Karl;Silvano Fares

  • Relationships between air particulate matter capture efficiency and leaf traits in twelve tree species from an Italian urban-industrial environment.

    G. Sgrigna;C. Baldacchini;S. Dreveck;Z. Cheng

  • Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest

    Samson Roeland;Marco Moretti;Jorge Humberto Amorim;Cristina Branquinho

  • Free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) enhances biomass production in a short-rotation poplar plantation.

    C. Calfapietra;Birgit Gielen;A.N.J. Galema;M. Lukac

  • Can fast‐growing plantation trees escape biochemical down‐regulation of photosynthesis when grown throughout their complete production cycle in the open air under elevated carbon dioxide?

    P. A. Davey;H. Olcer;O. Zakhleniuk;C. J. Bernacchi

  • Photosynthetic limitations and volatile and non-volatile isoprenoids in the poikilochlorophyllous resurrection plant Xerophyta humilis during dehydration and rehydration.

    Megan Beckett;Francesco Loreto;Violeta Velikova;Violeta Velikova;Cecilia Brunetti;Cecilia Brunetti

  • Photosynthesis and stomatal conductance responses of poplars to free‐air CO2 enrichment (PopFACE) during the first growth cycle and immediately following coppice

    C. J. Bernacchi;C. J. Bernacchi;C. Calfapietra;P. A. Davey;V. E. Wittig

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinhart Ceulemans
Reinhart Ceulemans University of Antwerp
Silvano Fares
Silvano Fares National Research Council (CNR)
Francesco Loreto
Francesco Loreto University of Naples Federico II
Paolo De Angelis
Paolo De Angelis Tuscia University
Franco Miglietta
Franco Miglietta National Research Council (CNR)
Stephen P. Long
Stephen P. Long University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carl J. Bernacchi
Carl J. Bernacchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Enrico Brugnoli
Enrico Brugnoli National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences

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