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Fabrizio Frontalini

Fabrizio Frontalini

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
40
Citations
5552
World Ranking
5880
National Ranking
173

Fabrizio Frontalini publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fabrizio Frontalini sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 241 publications — 76th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Fabrizio Frontalini D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fabrizio Frontalini is affiliated with the University of Urbino in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a substantial output of publications in these fields. Research subfields include Ecology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their scientific work covers several main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Frequent publication venues for Frontalini's research include:

  • Marine Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Frontalini are:

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Mid-Cretaceous marine Os isotope evidence for heterogeneous cause of oceanic anoxic events, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Indicative value of benthic foraminifera for biomonitoring: Assignment to ecological groups of sensitivity to total organic carbon of species from European intertidal areas and transitional waters, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Determining the style and provenance of magmatic activity during the Early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE 1a), 2021, Global and Planetary Change
  • Marine Os isotopic evidence for multiple volcanic episodes during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frontalini frequently collaborates with coauthors including Rodolfo Coccioni, Maria Virgínia Alves Martins, Fabio Francescangeli, Vincent M. P. Bouchet, and Luigi Jovane.

Best Publications

  • Benthic foraminifera for heavy metal pollution monitoring: A case study from the central Adriatic Sea coast of Italy

    F. Frontalini;R. Coccioni

  • Benthic foraminifera as bioindicators of pollution: A review of Italian research over the last three decades

    Fabrizio Frontalini;Rodolfo Coccioni

  • Benthic foraminifera as bio-indicators of trace element pollution in the heavily contaminated Santa Gilla lagoon (Cagliari, Italy).

    Fabrizio Frontalini;Carla Buosi;Stefania Da Pelo;Rodolfo Coccioni

  • 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

  • Benthic foraminifera and trace element distribution: A case-study from the heavily polluted lagoon of Venice (Italy)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Fabrizio Frontalini;Andrea Marsili;Davide Mana

  • Meiofauna as a Tool for Marine Ecosystem Biomonitoring

    Maria Balsamo;Federica Semprucci;Fabrizio Frontalini;Rodolfo Coccioni

  • Assessment of the health quality of Ria de Aveiro (Portugal): heavy metals and benthic foraminifera.

    Virgínia A. Martins;Fabrizio Frontalini;Keila M. Tramonte;Rubens C.L. Figueira

  • Response of benthic foraminifera to organic matter quantity and quality and bioavailable concentrations of metals in Aveiro Lagoon (Portugal).

    Maria Virgínia Alves Martins;Frederico Silva;Lazaro L. M. Laut;Fabrizio Frontalini

  • The Dan-C2 hyperthermal event at Gubbio (Italy): Global implications, environmental effects, and cause(s)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Fabrizio Frontalini;Giuseppe Bancalà;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Meiofauna of the Adriatic Sea: present knowledge and future perspectives.

    M. Balsamo;G. Albertelli;V. U. Ceccherelli;R. Coccioni

  • An integrated stratigraphic record of the Palaeocene-lower Eocene at Gubbio (Italy): new insights into the early Palaeogene hyperthermals and carbon isotope excursions

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Giuseppe Bancalà;Rita Catanzarit;Eliana Fornaciari

  • Environmental Quality Assessment of Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia) Using Living Foraminifera Assemblages and a Multiproxy Approach.

    Maria Virgínia Alves Martins;Noureddine Zaaboub;Lotfi Aleya;Fabrizio Frontalini

  • Mid-Cretaceous marine Os isotope evidence for heterogeneous cause of oceanic anoxic events

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  • Multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding survey to assess the environmental impact of three offshore gas platforms in the North Adriatic Sea (Italy).

    Tristan Cordier;Fabrizio Frontalini;Kristina Cermakova;Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil

  • Benthic foraminifera to assess Ecological Quality Statuses in Italian transitional waters

    Vincent M.P. Bouchet;Eric Goberville;Fabrizio Frontalini

  • Benthic foraminiferal assemblages and trace element contents from the lagoons of Orbetello and Lesina.

    Fabrizio Frontalini;Rodolfo Coccioni;Carla Bucci

  • Assessing the effect of mercury pollution on cultured benthic foraminifera community using morphological and eDNA metabarcoding approaches.

    Fabrizio Frontalini;Mattia Greco;Letizia Di Bella;Franck Lejzerowicz

  • Meiobenthos and free-living nematodes as tools for biomonitoring environments affected by riverine impact

    F. Semprucci;F. Frontalini;C. Sbrocca;E. Armynot du Châtelet

  • Indicative value of benthic foraminifera for biomonitoring: Assignment to ecological groups of sensitivity to total organic carbon of species from European intertidal areas and transitional waters.

    Vincent M.P. Bouchet;Fabrizio Frontalini;Fabio Francescangeli;Pierre-Guy Sauriau

  • Carbon cycle instability and orbital forcing during the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum.

    Martino Giorgioni;Martino Giorgioni;Luigi Jovane;Eric S. Rego;Daniel Rodelli

  • Organic matter quantity and quality, metals availability and foraminiferal assemblages as environmental proxy applied to the Bizerte Lagoon (Tunisia)

    Maria Virgínia Alves Martins;Maria Virgínia Alves Martins;Mohamed Amine Helali;Noureddine Zaaboub;Imen Boukef-BenOmrane

  • The nematode assemblage of a coastal lagoon (Lake Varano, southern Italy): ecology and biodiversity patterns

    Federica Semprucci;Maria Balsamo;Fabrizio Frontalini

  • On the quantitative distribution and community structure of the meio and macrofaunal communities in the coastal area of the Central Adriatic Sea (Italy)

    Fabrizio Frontalini;Federica Semprucci;Rodolfo Coccioni;Maria Balsamo

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodolfo Coccioni
Rodolfo Coccioni University of Urbino
Luigi Jovane
Luigi Jovane Universidade de São Paulo
Fernando Rocha
Fernando Rocha University of Aveiro
Michael A. Kaminski
Michael A. Kaminski King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Ricardo I.F. Trindade
Ricardo I.F. Trindade Universidade de São Paulo
Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira
Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira Universidade de São Paulo
Maria Balsamo
Maria Balsamo University of Urbino
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
João Alveirinho Dias
João Alveirinho Dias University of Algarve
Joan M. Bernhard
Joan M. Bernhard Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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