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David Cappelletti

David Cappelletti

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
8860
World Ranking
11379
National Ranking
363

David Cappelletti publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Cappelletti sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 194 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

David Cappelletti D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Cappelletti is affiliated with the University of Perugia in Italy, focusing on research within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their primary fields of study include environmental science with 69 publications and earth and planetary sciences with 45 publications.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, primarily atmospheric science with 41 publications, global and planetary change with 27, health, toxicology, and mutagenesis with 18, pollution with 9, and atomic and molecular physics and optics with 7 publications.

The main topics covered in Cappelletti's research include atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, which is addressed in 42 publications. Other key topics are atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics (26 publications), air quality and health impacts (16 publications), atmospheric aerosols and clouds (16 publications), heavy metals in the environment (14 publications), cryospheric studies and observations (14 publications), and geology and paleoclimatology research (12 publications).

Recent peer-reviewed papers of note include:

  • Differing Mechanisms of New Particle Formation at Two Arctic Sites, 2020, published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Individual Particle Characteristics, Optical Properties and Evolution of an Extreme Long-Range Transported Biomass Burning Event in the European Arctic (Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Islands), 2020, published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Potential Source Contribution Function Analysis of High Latitude Dust Sources over the Arctic: Preliminary Results and Prospects, 2021, published in Atmosphere
  • Investigation on the Sources and Impact of Trace Elements in the Annual Snowpack and the Firn in the Hansbreen (Southwest Spitsbergen), 2021, published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Ice-nucleating particle concentration measurements from Ny-Ålesund during the Arctic spring-summer in 2018, 2021, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Frequent co-authors with whom Cappelletti has collaborated include Roberta Selvaggi, Chiara Petroselli, Beatrice Moroni, Stefano Crocchianti, and Andrea Spolaor.

Publication venues where Cappelletti consistently publishes include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 11 publications, Atmosphere and The Science of The Total Environment each with 4, Environmental Science and Pollution Research with 3, and Atmospheric Environment also with 3 publications.

Best Publications

  • Generalized correlations in terms of polarizability for van der Waals interaction potential parameter calculations

    Roberto Cambi;David Cappelletti;Giorgio Liuti;Fernando Pirani

  • Beyond the Lennard-Jones model: a simple and accurate potential function probed by high resolution scattering data useful for molecular dynamics simulations.

    Fernando Pirani;Simona Brizi;Luiz F. Roncaratti;Piergiorgio Casavecchia

  • Atom–bond pairwise additive representation for intermolecular potential energy surfaces

    F. Pirani;M. Albertı́;A. Castro;M. Moix Teixidor

  • Differing Mechanisms of New Particle Formation at Two Arctic Sites

    Lisa J. Beck;Nina Sarnela;Heikki Junninen;Heikki Junninen;Clara J. M. Hoppe

  • Molecular Beam Scattering of Aligned Oxygen Molecules. The Nature of the Bond in the O2−O2 Dimer

    Vincenzo Aquilanti;Daniela Ascenzi;Massimiliano Bartolomei;David Cappelletti

  • Velocity dependence of collisional alignment of oxygen molecules in gaseous expansions

    Vincenzo Aquilanti;D Ascenzi;David Michele Cappelletti;Fernando Pirani

  • Spatial and seasonal variability of carbonaceous aerosol across Italy

    Silvia Sandrini;Sandro Fuzzi;Andrea Piazzalunga;Paolo Prati

  • Experimental benchmarks and phenomenology of interatomic forces: open-shell and electronic anisotropy effects

    Fernando Pirani;Glauciete S. Maciel;David Cappelletti;Vincenzo Aquilanti

  • Range, strength and anisotropy of intermolecular forces in atom–molecule systems: an atom–bond pairwise additivity approach

    Fernando Pirani;David Cappelletti;Giorgio Liuti

  • Molecular beam studies of weak interactions of open-shell atoms : the ground and lowest excited states of rare-gas chlorides

    Vincenzo Aquilanti;David Cappelletti;Vincent Lorent;Emilio Luzzatti

  • Heavy metals bioaccumulation in selected tissues of red swamp crayfish: An easy tool for monitoring environmental contamination levels

    Enzo Goretti;Matteo Pallottini;Maria Isabella Ricciarini;Roberta Selvaggi

  • Heavy metal bioaccumulation in honey bee matrix, an indicator to assess the contamination level in terrestrial environments.

    E. Goretti;M. Pallottini;R. Rossi;G. La Porta

  • Orienting and aligning molecules for stereochemistry and photodynamics

    Vincenzo Aquilanti;Massimiliano Bartolomei;Fernando Pirani;David Cappelletti

  • The N2–N2 system: An experimental potential energy surface and calculated rotovibrational levels of the molecular nitrogen dimer

    V. Aquilanti;M. Bartolomei;D. Cappelletti;E. Carmona-Novillo

  • Generalization to ion—neutral systems of the polarizability correlations for interaction potential parameters

    David Cappelletti;Giorgio Liuti;Fernando Pirani

  • Quantum interference scattering of aligned molecules: Bonding in O-4 and role of spin coupling

    Vincenzo Aquilanti;Daniela Ascenzi;Massimiliano Bartolomei;David Cappelletti

  • Revealing Charge-Transfer Effects in Gas-Phase Water Chemistry

    David Cappelletti;Enrico Ronca;Leonardo Belpassi;Francesco Tarantelli

  • Glory-scattering measurement of water-noble-gas interactions: the birth of the hydrogen bond.

    Vincenzo Aquilanti;Elena Cornicchi;Marc Moix Teixidor;Nadja Saendig

  • Impact of black carbon aerosol over Italian basin valleys: high resolution measurements along vertical profiles, radiative forcing and heating rate

    L. Ferrero;M. Castelli;B.S. Ferrini;M. Moscatelli

  • Scattering of aligned molecules. The potential energy surfaces for the Kr-O2 and Xe-O2 systems

    Vincenzo Aquilanti;Daniela Ascenzi;David Cappelletti;Miguel de Castro

  • MAGNETIC ANALYSIS OF SUPERSONIC BEAMS OF ATOMIC OXYGEN, NITROGEN, AND CHLORINE GENERATED FROM A RADIO-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE

    Michele Alagia;Vincenzo Aquilanti;Daniela Ascenzi;Nadia Balucani

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Pirani
Fernando Pirani University of Perugia
Vincenzo Aquilanti
Vincenzo Aquilanti University of Perugia
Francesco Tarantelli
Francesco Tarantelli University of Perugia
Rita Traversi
Rita Traversi University of Florence
Roberto Udisti
Roberto Udisti University of Florence
Giuseppe Sangiorgi
Giuseppe Sangiorgi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Silvia Becagli
Silvia Becagli University of Florence
Mirko Severi
Mirko Severi University of Florence
Franco Lucarelli
Franco Lucarelli National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Griša Močnik
Griša Močnik Jožef Stefan Institute

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