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Francesca Benzoni 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 Francesca Benzoni sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 126 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesca Benzoni 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 Francesca Benzoni sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Francesca Benzoni is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work concentrates on coral and marine ecosystems, marine and fisheries research, marine biology and ecology research, marine and coastal plant biology, crustacean biology and ecology, ichthyology and marine biology, and marine animal studies.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Coral Reefs
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Diversity

Francesca Benzoni has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Tullia I. Terraneo
  • Fabio Marchese
  • Mattie Rodrigue
  • Michael L. Berumen
  • Giovanni Chimienti

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Francesca Benzoni include:

  • Towards a rigorous species delimitation framework for scleractinian corals based on RAD sequencing: the case study of Leptastrea from the Indo-Pacific (2020), Coral Reefs
  • Probiotics reshape the coral microbiome in situ without detectable off-target effects in the surrounding environment (2024), Communications Biology
  • Consensus Guidelines for Advancing Coral Holobiont Genome and Specimen Voucher Deposition (2021), Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Bouraké semi-enclosed lagoon (New Caledonia) - a natural laboratory to study the lifelong adaptation of a coral reef ecosystem to extreme environmental conditions (2021), Biogeosciences
  • Seascape genomics reveals candidate molecular targets of heat stress adaptation in three coral species (2021), Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • The Gulf: a young sea in decline.

    Charles Sheppard;Mohsen Al-Husiani;F. Al-Jamali;Faiza Al-Yamani

  • A Holistic Approach to Marine Eco-Systems Biology

    Eric Karsenti;Silvia G. Acinas;Peer Bork;Chris Bowler;Chris Bowler

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

    Danwei Huang;Danwei Huang;Danwei Huang;Francesca Benzoni;Hironobu Fukami;Nancy Knowlton;Nancy Knowlton

  • The new systematics of scleractinia: Integrating molecular and morphological evidence

    Marcelo V. Kitahara;Marcelo V. Kitahara;Hironobu Fukami;Francesca Benzoni;Danwei Huang

  • Use of habitats as surrogates of biodiversity for efficient coral reef conservation planning in Pacific Ocean Islands

    Mayeul Dalleau;Serge Andréfouët;Serge Andréfouët;Colette C.C. Wabnitz;Claude Payri

  • The name game: morpho‐molecular species boundaries in the genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia)

    Francesca Benzoni;Fabrizio Stefani;Michel Pichon;Paolo Galli

  • Debating phylogenetic relationships of the scleractinian Psammocora: molecular and morphological evidences

    Francesca Benzoni;Fabrizio Stefani;Jaroslaw Stolarski;Michel Pichon

  • DNA barcoding reveals the coral "laboratory-rat", Stylophora pistillata encompasses multiple identities

    Shashank Keshavmurthy;Sung Yin Yang;Sung Yin Yang;Ada Alamaru;Yao Yang Chuang;Yao Yang Chuang

  • Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of Cycloseris explanulata and C. wellsi (Scleractinia: Fungiidae): lost mushroom corals find their way home

    Francesca Benzoni;Francesca Benzoni;Roberto Arrigoni;Fabrizio Stefani;Bastian T. Reijnen

  • A phylogeny reconstruction of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) based on molecular and micromorphological criteria, and its ecological implications

    Roberto Arrigoni;Yuko F. Kitano;Jaroslaw Stolarski;Bert W. Hoeksema

  • Comparison of morphological and genetic analyses reveals cryptic divergence and morphological plasticity in Stylophora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia)

    F. Stefani;Francesca Benzoni;S. Y. Yang;M. Pichon

  • Molecular phylogeny of the Robust clade (Faviidae, Mussidae, Merulinidae, and Pectiniidae): An Indian Ocean perspective

    Roberto Arrigoni;Fabrizio Stefani;Fabrizio Stefani;Michel Pichon;Paolo Galli

  • Towards a phylogenetic classification of reef corals: the Indo‐Pacific genera Merulina, Goniastrea and Scapophyllia (Scleractinia, Merulinidae)

    Danwei Huang;Danwei Huang;Danwei Huang;Francesca Benzoni;Roberto Arrigoni;Andrew H. Baird

  • Systematics of the coral genus Craterastrea (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) and description of a new family through combined morphological and molecular analyses

    Francesca Benzoni;Roberto Arrigoni;Fabrizio Stefani;Jarosław Stolarski

  • A Phylogeny of the Family Poritidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) Based on Molecular and Morphological Analyses

    Yuko F. Kitano;Francesca Benzoni;Roberto Arrigoni;Yoshihisa Shirayama

  • Seabirds supply nitrogen to reef-building corals on remote Pacific islets

    Anne Lorrain;Fanny Houlbreque;Francesca Benzoni;Lucie Barjon

  • Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) reshuffled: pervasive non-monophyly at genus level.

    Roberto Arrigoni;Tullia Isotta Terraneo;Paolo Galli;Francesca Benzoni;Francesca Benzoni

  • A multidisciplinary approach to the definition of species boundaries in branching species of the coral genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia)

    Fabrizio Stefani;Francesca Benzoni;Michel Pichon;Carlotta Cancelliere

  • Environmental latitudinal gradients and host‐specificity shape Symbiodiniaceae distribution in Red Sea Porites corals

    Tullia I. Terraneo;Tullia I. Terraneo;Marco Fusi;Marco Fusi;Benjamin C. C. Hume;Roberto Arrigoni

  • Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

    Danwei Huang;Roberto Arrigoni;Roberto Arrigoni;Francesca Benzoni;Hironobu Fukami

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Paolo Galli
Paolo Galli University of Milano-Bicocca
Danwei Huang
Danwei Huang National University of Singapore
Bert W. Hoeksema
Bert W. Hoeksema University of Groningen
Chaolun Allen Chen
Chaolun Allen Chen Academia Sinica
Andrew H. Baird
Andrew H. Baird James Cook University
Claude Payri
Claude Payri Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Charles Sheppard
Charles Sheppard University of Warwick
Anne Lorrain
Anne Lorrain Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Christophe E. Menkès
Christophe E. Menkès Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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