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Francesco Quatraro

Francesco Quatraro

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
38
Citations
5944
World Ranking
2553
National Ranking
57

Francesco Quatraro publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco Quatraro sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 208 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Francesco Quatraro D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco Quatraro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Francesco Quatraro is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has a research portfolio spanning economics, econometrics, finance, business, management, and accounting. Their publications cover a range of topics with a strong focus on regional economics, spatial analysis, sustainable supply chain management, and economic growth.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Within these fields, subfields of research emphasize:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Business and International Management
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Key research topics addressed in their work feature:

  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Economic and Technological Innovation

Their frequent publication venues show a primary presence in journals related to economic geography and innovation, including:

  • Spatial Economic Analysis
  • Economics of Innovation and New Technology
  • Regional Studies
  • Industrial and Corporate Change
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Francesco Quatraro has also contributed to book publications with the National Institute for Public Policy Analysis, including titles such as:

  • Heterogeneity of green expenditure, firms' performances and wages: Italian evidence on circular economy, resource-saving and energy efficiency investments (2022)
  • Technological externalities and wages: new evidence from Italian provinces (2022)

Among their frequent co-authors are the following researchers, each collaborating on numerous occasions:

  • Maria Abreu
  • Luisa Corrado
  • Daniel Felsenstein
  • Franz Fuerst
  • Vassilis Monastiriotis

Representative recent papers authored by or involving Francesco Quatraro include:

  • Three pillars of sustainability in the wake of COVID-19: A systematic review and future research agenda for sustainable development (2021), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Two decades of research on waste management in the circular economy: Insights from bibliometric, text mining, and content analyses (2021), Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Biomass and organic waste potentials towards implementing circular bioeconomy platforms: A systematic bibliometric analysis (2022), Fuel
  • Biofuel supply chain management in the circular economy transition: An inclusive knowledge map of the field (2022), Chemosphere
  • Knowledge complexity and the mechanisms of knowledge generation and exploitation: The European evidence (2020), Research Policy

Best Publications

  • Green Technologies and Environmental Productivity: A Cross-sectoral Analysis of Direct and Indirect Effects in Italian Regions

    Claudia Ghisetti;Francesco Quatraro

  • Firm age and performance

    Alex Coad;Jacob Rubæk Holm;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro

  • Knowledge Coherence, Variety and economic Growth: Manufacturing Evidence from Italian Regions

    Francesco Quatraro

  • Knowledge Coherence, Variety and economic Growth: Manufacturing Evidence from Italian Regions

    Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro

  • Recombinant Knowledge and Growth: The Case of ICTs

    Cristiano Antonelli;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro

  • Two decades of research on waste management in the circular economy: Insights from bibliometric, text mining, and content analyses

    Meisam Ranjbari;Meisam Ranjbari;Michael Saidani;Zahra Shams Esfandabadi;Wanxi Peng

  • Regional Branching and Key Enabling Technologies: Evidence from European Patent Data.

    Sandro Montresor;Francesco Quatraro

  • Productivity Growth and Pecuniary Knowledge Externalities: An Empirical Analysis of Agglomeration Economies in European Regions

    Cristiano Antonelli;Pier Paolo Patrucco;Francesco Quatraro

  • High Growth Firms and Technological Knowledge: Do gazelles follow exploration or exploitation strategies?

    Alessandra Colombelli;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro

  • The emergence of new technology-based sectors in European regions: A proximity-based analysis of nanotechnology

    Alessandra Colombelli;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro

  • Green technologies and Smart Specialisation Strategies: a European patent-based analysis of the intertwining of technological relatedness and key enabling technologies

    Sandro Montresor;Francesco Quatraro

  • The emergence of new technology-based sectors in European regions: : A proximity-based analysis of nanotechnology

    Alessandra Colombelli;Alessandra Colombelli;Alessandra Colombelli;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro

  • Green start-ups and local knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies

    Alessandra Colombelli;Alessandra Colombelli;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro

  • The Knowledge Base Evolution in Biotechnology: A Social Network Analysis

    Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro;Pier Paolo Saviotti

  • The knowledge-base evolution in biotechnology: A social network analysis

    Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro;Pier Paolo Saviotti

  • Beyond inducement in climate change: Does environmental performance spur environmental technologies? A regional analysis of cross-sectoral differences

    Claudia Ghisetti;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro

  • Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries

    Francesco Quatraro;Marco Vivarelli

  • Recombinant Knowledge and Growth: The Case of ICTs

    Cristiano Antonelli;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro

  • Properties of knowledge base and firm survival: Evidence from a sample of French manufacturing firms

    Alessandra Colombelli;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro

  • Properties of knowledge base and firm survival: Evidence from a sample of French manufacturing firms ☆

    Alessandra Colombelli;Alessandra Colombelli;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro

  • Innovation, structural change and productivity growth. Evidence from Italian regions, 1980-2003

    Francesco Quatraro

  • The Diffusion of Regional Innovation Capabilities: Evidence from Italian Patent Data

    Francesco Quatraro

  • The antecedents of green technologies: The role of team-level recombinant capabilities

    Gianluca Orsatti;Francesco Quatraro;Michele Pezzoni

  • Academic Inventors and the Antecedents of Green Technologies. A Regional Analysis of Italian Patent Data

    Francesco Quatraro;Alessandra Scandura

  • New firm formation and regional knowledge production modes: Italian evidence

    Alessandra Colombelli;Alessandra Colombelli;Alessandra Colombelli;Francesco Quatraro;Francesco Quatraro

  • Eco-innovation and Firm Growth: Do Green Gazelles Run Faster? Microeconometric Evidence from a Sample of European Firms. WWWforEurope Working Paper No. 88

    Alessandra Colombelli;Jackie Krafft;Francesco Quatraro

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristiano Antonelli
Cristiano Antonelli University of Turin
Julie Le Gallo
Julie Le Gallo Institut Agro, France
Philip McCann
Philip McCann University of Manchester
Franz Fuerst
Franz Fuerst University of Cambridge
Sandro Montresor
Sandro Montresor University of Trento
Marco Vivarelli
Marco Vivarelli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Bernard Fingleton
Bernard Fingleton University of Cambridge
Harry Garretsen
Harry Garretsen University of Groningen
Mortaza Aghbashlo
Mortaza Aghbashlo University of Tehran
Meisam Tabatabaei
Meisam Tabatabaei Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran

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