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Francesca Gherardi

Francesca Gherardi

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Ecology and Evolution
Italy
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
13681
World Ranking
1629
National Ranking
12

Francesca Gherardi 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 Gherardi sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 256 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesca Gherardi 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 Gherardi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Francesca Gherardi was affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research primarily focused on the study and conservation of cultural heritage materials, with a significant emphasis on natural stone and glass artifacts.

The scientist's work covered various topics, including:

  • Building materials and conservation
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Conservation Techniques and Studies
  • Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

Gherardi published extensively in the fields of Arts and Humanities as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing to subfields such as Archaeology, Earth-Surface Processes, Conservation, Biomaterials, and Paleontology.

Frequent publication venues included:

  • Heritage
  • RILEM Technical Letters
  • Studies in Conservation
  • Journal of Archaeological Science
  • Journal of Physics Photonics

Their notable recent papers included:

  • "Advances in the application of nanomaterials for natural stone conservation" (2022, RILEM Technical Letters)
  • "Application of Nanolimes for the Consolidation of Limestone from the Medieval Bishop's Palace, Lincoln, UK" (2020, Studies in Conservation)
  • "Phosphatic crusts as macroscopic and microscopic proxies for identifying archaeological animal penning areas" (2025, Journal of Archaeological Science)
  • "Compositional and Morphological Investigations of Roman Glass from Cremation Deposits at Birdoswald Fort on Hadrian's Wall, UK" (2022, Heritage)
  • "Unravelling the role of iron and manganese oxides in colouring Late Antique glass by micro-XANES and micro-XRF spectroscopies" (2024, Journal of Physics Photonics)

The scientist collaborated frequently with colleagues including P. Maravelaki-Kalaitzaki, Belinda Colston, Matthew Canti, Jorge Otero, and Ronald Blakeley, indicating a collaborative approach to research.

In addition to articles, Francesca Gherardi authored a book titled Conserving Stone Heritage, which was published in 2022 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe

    Petr Pysek;Vojtech Jarosík;Philip E Hulme;Ingolf Kühn

  • Socioeconomic legacy yields an invasion debt

    Franz Essl;Stefan Dullinger;Wolfgang Rabitsch;Philip E. Hulme

  • Crayfish invading Europe: the case study of Procambarus clarkii

    Francesca Gherardi

  • Managing invasive crayfish: is there a hope?

    Francesca Gherardi;Laura Aquiloni;Javier Diéguez-Uribeondo;Elena Tricarico

  • Global Introductions of Crayfishes: Evaluating the Impact of Species Invasions on Ecosystem Services

    David M. Lodge;Andrew Deines;Francesca Gherardi;Darren C.J. Yeo

  • Multiple drivers of decline in the global status of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidea)

    Nadia I. Richman;Nadia I. Richman;Monika Böhm;Susan B. Adams;Fernando Alvarez

  • Crayfish in Europe as alien species : how to make the best of a bad situation?

    Francesca Gherardi;D. M. Holdich

  • The top 27 animal alien species introduced into Europe for aquaculture and related activities

    D. Savini;A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi;A. Marchini;E. Tricarico

  • Invasive crayfish in Europe: the impact of Procambarus clarkii on the littoral community of a Mediterranean lake

    Francesca Gherardi;Patrizia Acquistapace

  • Biological invaders are threats to human health: an overview

    G. Mazza;E. Tricarico;P. Genovesi;F. Gherardi

  • Biological invaders in inland waters : profiles, distribution and threats

    Francesca Gherardi

  • Invasive alien Crustacea: dispersal, establishment, impact and control

    Bernd Hänfling;François Edwards;Francesca Gherardi

  • Feeding and burrowing ecology of two East African mangrove crabs

    F. Micheli;F. Gherardi;M. Vannini

  • Understanding the impact of invasive crayfish

    Francesca Gherardi

  • The Invasion of the Alien Crayfish Procambarus Clarkii in Europe, with Particular Reference to Italy

    Silvia Barbaresi;Francesca Gherardi

  • Animal xenodiversity in Italian inland waters: distribution, modes of arrival, and pathways

    Francesca Gherardi;Sandro Bertolino;Marco Bodon;Sandra Casellato

  • Phylogeography of the threatened crayfish (genus Austropotamobius) in Italy: implications for its taxonomy and conservation.

    Simone Fratini;S. Zaccara;S. Barbaresi;F. Grandjean

  • Agonism and interference competition in freshwater decapods

    Astra Cioni;Francesca Gherardi

  • Invasive crayfish: activity patterns of Procambarus clarkii in the rice fields of the Lower Guadalquivir (Spain)

    Francesca Gherardi;Silvia Barbaresi

  • Calibration of FI-ISK, an invasiveness screening tool for nonnative freshwater invertebrates.

    Elena Tricarico;Lorenzo Vilizzi;Francesca Gherardi;Gordon H. Copp;Gordon H. Copp

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Tricarico
Elena Tricarico University of Florence
Marco Vannini
Marco Vannini University of Florence
Catherine Souty-Grosset
Catherine Souty-Grosset University of Poitiers
Brian A. Hazlett
Brian A. Hazlett University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
D. M. Holdich
D. M. Holdich University of Nottingham
Giuliana Parisi
Giuliana Parisi University of Florence
Gordon H. Copp
Gordon H. Copp Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Frédéric Grandjean
Frédéric Grandjean Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Piero Genovesi
Piero Genovesi Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
Leopold Füreder
Leopold Füreder University of Innsbruck

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