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Francesco Pirozzi 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 Francesco Pirozzi sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 181 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesco Pirozzi 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 Francesco Pirozzi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

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

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

Overview

Francesco Pirozzi is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a notable focus on Pollution, Building and Construction, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francesco Pirozzi include:

  • Giovanni Esposito
  • Stefano Papirio
  • Silvio Matassa
  • Massimiliano Fabbricino
  • Francesco Di Capua

Some of the recent published papers featuring their work or closely related collaborations are:

  • "High-solid anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: challenges and opportunities" (2020), Applied Energy
  • "Phosphorous removal and recovery from urban wastewater: Current practices and new directions" (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Simultaneous denitrification, phosphorus recovery and low sulfate production in a recirculated pyrite-packed biofilter (RPPB)" (2020), Chemosphere
  • "Upcycling of biowaste carbon and nutrients in line with consumer confidence: the "full gas" route to single cell protein" (2020), Green Chemistry
  • "Bioaugmentation strategy to enhance polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons anaerobic biodegradation in contaminated soils" (2021), Chemosphere

The most common publication venues for Francesco Pirozzi include:

  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Water
  • Environmental Research

Best Publications

  • Pretreatment methods to enhance anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste

    Javkhlan Ariunbaatar;Javkhlan Ariunbaatar;Antonio Panico;Giovanni Esposito;Francesco Pirozzi

  • A review on dark fermentative biohydrogen production from organic biomass: Process parameters and use of by-products

    Anish Ghimire;Anish Ghimire;Luigi Frunzo;Francesco Pirozzi;Eric Trably

  • Electron donors for autotrophic denitrification

    Francesco Di Capua;Francesco Di Capua;Francesco Pirozzi;Piet N.L. Lens;Giovanni Esposito;Giovanni Esposito

  • Anaerobic co-digestion of organic wastes

    G. Esposito;L. Frunzo;A. Giordano;F. Liotta

  • Bio-methane potential tests to measure the biogas production from the digestion and co-digestion of complex organic substrates.

    Giovanni Esposito;Luigi Frunzo;Flavia Liotta;Antonio Panico

  • Role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) production in bioaggregation: application to wastewater treatment

    Zhiji Ding;Isabelle Bourven;Gilles Guibaud;Eric D. van Hullebusch

  • Enhanced anaerobic digestion of food waste by thermal and ozonation pretreatment methods

    Javkhlan Ariunbaatar;Javkhlan Ariunbaatar;Antonio Panico;Luigi Frunzo;Giovanni Esposito

  • Phosphorous removal and recovery from urban wastewater: Current practices and new directions.

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  • High-solid anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: challenges and opportunities

    Francesco Di Capua;Danilo Spasiano;Andrea Giordano;Fabrizio Adani

  • Dark fermentation of complex waste biomass for biohydrogen production by pretreated thermophilic anaerobic digestate.

    Anish Ghimire;Luigi Frunzo;Ludovico Pontoni;Giuseppe d'Antonio

  • Effect of ammoniacal nitrogen on one-stage and two-stage anaerobic digestion of food waste

    Javkhlan Ariunbaatar;Javkhlan Ariunbaatar;Ester Scotto Di Perta;Antonio Panico;Luigi Frunzo

  • Modelling the effect of the OLR and OFMSW particle size on the performances of an anaerobic co-digestion reactor

    Giovanni Esposito;L. Frunzo;A. Panico;F. Pirozzi

  • Continuum and discrete approach in modeling biofilm development and structure: a review

    M R Mattei;L Frunzo;B D'Acunto;Y Pechaud

  • Effect of light intensity and nutrients supply on microalgae cultivated in urban wastewater: Biomass production, lipids accumulation and settleability characteristics.

    F. Iasimone;A. Panico;V. De Felice;F. Fantasma

  • Treatments of asbestos containing wastes.

    D. Spasiano;F. Pirozzi

  • Acid Mine Drainage Treatment in Fluidized-Bed Bioreactors by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria: A Critical Review

    S. Papirio;D. K. Villa-Gomez;G. Esposito;F. Pirozzi

  • Effect of the concentration of essential oil on orange peel waste biomethanization: Preliminary batch results

    Paolo Calabro;Ludovico Pontoni;Isabella Porqueddu;Rosa Greco

  • Production of biohythane from food waste via an integrated system of continuously stirred tank and anaerobic fixed bed reactors.

    Martha Minale Yeshanew;Martha Minale Yeshanew;Luigi Frunzo;Francesco Pirozzi;Piet N. L Lens

  • Effects of operational parameters on dark fermentative hydrogen production from biodegradable complex waste biomass.

    Anish Ghimire;Anish Ghimire;Fabio Sposito;Luigi Frunzo;Eric Trably

  • Enhanced bio-methane production from co-digestion of different organic wastes.

    Giovanni Esposito;Luigi Frunzo;Antonio Panico;Francesco Pirozzi

  • Effect of soil/contamination characteristics and process operational conditions on aminopolycarboxylates enhanced soil washing for heavy metals removal: a review

    Alberto Ferraro;Alberto Ferraro;Alberto Ferraro;Massimiliano Fabbricino;Eric D. van Hullebusch;Giovanni Esposito

Frequent Co-Authors

Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Eric D. van Hullebusch
Eric D. van Hullebusch Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Raffaele Marotta
Raffaele Marotta University of Naples Federico II
Roberto Andreozzi
Roberto Andreozzi University of Naples Federico II
Renaud Escudié
Renaud Escudié University of Montpellier
Eric Trably
Eric Trably INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Angelo Fontana
Angelo Fontana National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Marco Guida
Marco Guida University of Naples Federico II
Giorgio Mannina
Giorgio Mannina University of Palermo
Ernesto Salzano
Ernesto Salzano University of Bologna

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