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Francesca Barnaba publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Francesca Barnaba between 2000 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Francesca Barnaba published across 27 years, from 2000 to 2026, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2021. 13 of the 116 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2021. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 1 publication 2002: 5 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 4 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 1 publication 2013: 5 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 7 publications 2026: 6 publications
2000 2026

116 publications in total across all disciplines

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Francesca Barnaba: publications per year, 2000 to 2026
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 1
2002 5
2003 2
2004 6
2005 2
2006 2
2007 7
2008 1
2009 4
2010 2
2011 1
2012 1
2013 5
2014 3
2015 3
2016 5
2017 4
2018 5
2019 4
2020 5
2021 11
2022 7
2023 6
2024 10
2025 7
2026 6
Total 116
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Francesca Barnaba 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 Francesca Barnaba sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 81–90 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 89 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361 89
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Francesca Barnaba 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 Francesca Barnaba sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 34 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123 34
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Francesca Barnaba is affiliated with the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, as well as their interactions with air quality and climate phenomena. The work spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

The main fields of study that encompass their research contributions are Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, they have addressed specific topics such as Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Luca Di Liberto, Sara Basart, Monica Campanelli, Stefano Casadio, and Lucia Mona. These coauthors have worked with Francesca Barnaba on multiple projects, reflecting ongoing scientific partnerships.

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

  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • European Review
  • Environment International

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Francesca Barnaba include:

  • "Overview: On the transport and transformation of pollutants in the outflow of major population centres - observational data from the EMeRGe European intensive operational period in summer 2017" (2022), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Multiannual assessment of the desert dust impact on air quality in Italy combining PM10 data with physics-based and geostatistical models" (2022), Environment International
  • "Impact of synoptic meteorological conditions on air quality in three different case studies in Rome, Italy" (2021), Atmospheric Pollution Research
  • "A wide-ranging investigation of the COVID-19 lockdown effects on the atmospheric composition in various Italian urban sites (AER - LOCUS)" (2021), Urban Climate
  • "The impact of cloudiness and cloud type on the atmospheric heating rate of black and brown carbon in the Po Valley" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Aerosol seasonal variability over the Mediterranean region and relative impact of maritime, continental and Saharan dust particles over the basin from MODIS data in the year 2001

    F. Barnaba;G. P. Gobbi

  • Altitude-resolved properties of a Saharan dust event over the Mediterranean

    Gian Paolo Gobbi;Francesca Barnaba;Riccardo Giorgi;Alessandra Santacasa

  • Lidar estimation of tropospheric aerosol extinction, surface area and volume: Maritime and desert-dust cases

    Francesca Barnaba;Gian Paolo Gobbi

  • Estimating the impact of Saharan dust on the year 2001 PM10 record of Rome, Italy

    G.P. Gobbi;F. Barnaba;L. Ammannato

  • Identification of key aerosol populations through their size and composition resolved spectral scattering and absorption

    F. Costabile;F. Barnaba;F. Angelini;G. P. Gobbi

  • Saharan dust particle properties over the central Mediterranean

    A.M. Tafuro;F. Barnaba;F. De Tomasi;M.R. Perrone

  • An important fingerprint of wildfires on the European aerosol load

    F. Barnaba;F. Angelini;G. Curci;G. P. Gobbi

  • The vertical distribution of aerosols, Saharan dust and cirrus clouds in Rome (Italy) in the year 2001

    G. P. Gobbi;F. Barnaba;L. Ammannato

  • WRF-Chem model simulations of a dust outbreak over the central Mediterranean and comparison with multi-sensor desert dust observations

    Umberto Rizza;Francesca Barnaba;Mario Marcello Miglietta;Cristina Mangia

  • Annual cycle in co-located in situ, total-column, and height- resolved aerosol observations in the Po Valley (Italy): Implications for ground-level particulate matter mass concentration estimation from remote sensing

    F. Barnaba;J. P. Putaud;C. Gruening;A. dell'Acqua

  • Transport of Po Valley aerosol pollution to the northwestern Alps – Part 1: Phenomenology

    Henri Diémoz;Francesca Barnaba;Tiziana Magri;Giordano Pession

  • First results of the "Carbonaceous Aerosol in Rome and Environs (CARE)" Experiment : Beyond current standards for PM10

    Francesca Costabile;Honey Alas;Michaela Aufderheide;Pasquale Avino

  • Classifying aerosol particles through the combination of optical and physical-chemical properties: Results from a wintertime campaign in Rome (Italy)

    S. Valentini;F. Barnaba;V. Bernardoni;G. Calzolai

  • Spectral actinic flux in the lower troposphere: measurement and 1-D simulations for cloudless, broken cloud and overcast situations

    A Kylling;AR Webb;R Kift;GP Gobbi

  • Impact of port emissions on EU-regulated and non-regulated air quality indicators: The case of Civitavecchia (Italy)

    Gian Paolo Gobbi;Luca Di Liberto;Francesca Barnaba

  • How much is particulate matter near the ground influenced by upper-level processes within and above the PBL? A summertime case study in Milan (Italy) evidences the distinctive role of nitrate

    G. Curci;L. Ferrero;P. Tuccella;F. Barnaba

  • Sunphotometry of the 2006–2007 aerosol optical/radiative properties at the Himalayan Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (5079 m a.s.l.)

    G. P. Gobbi;F. Angelini;P. Bonasoni;G. P. Verza

  • Satellite AOD conversion into ground PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 over the Po valley (Milan, Italy) exploiting information on aerosol vertical profiles, chemistry, hygroscopicity and meteorology

    L. Ferrero;A. Riccio;B.S. Ferrini;L. D'Angelo

  • Characteristics of brown carbon in the urban Po Valley atmosphere

    Francesca Costabile;Stefania Gilardoni;Francesca Barnaba;Antonio Di Ianni

  • Desert dust contribution to PM10 loads in Italy: Methods and recommendations addressing the relevant European Commission Guidelines in support to the Air Quality Directive 2008/50

    Francesca Barnaba;Andrea Bolignano;Luca Di Liberto;Matteo Morelli

  • Lidar and in situ observations of continental and Saharan aerosol: closure analysis of particles optical and physical properties

    G.P. Gobbi;F. Barnaba;R. Van Dingenen;J.P. Putaud

Frequent Co-Authors

Gian Paolo Gobbi
Gian Paolo Gobbi National Research Council (CNR)
Sara Basart
Sara Basart World Meteorological Organization
Gabriele Curci
Gabriele Curci University of L'Aquila
Lucia Mona
Lucia Mona National Research Council (CNR)
Paola Formenti
Paola Formenti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Maria Cristina Facchini
Maria Cristina Facchini Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Franco Lucarelli
Franco Lucarelli National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Silvia Nava
Silvia Nava National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Oriol Jorba
Oriol Jorba Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Griša Močnik
Griša Močnik Jožef Stefan Institute

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