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57
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9401
World Ranking
2760
National Ranking
36

Gabriele Procaccini 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 Gabriele Procaccini sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 183 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gabriele Procaccini 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 Gabriele Procaccini sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gabriele Procaccini is affiliated with the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Italy. Their work spans multiple domains within marine and environmental sciences, with a particular focus on marine and coastal plant biology and ecosystem dynamics.

The scientist's primary fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these areas, they have concentrated on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The core topics of their research cover diverse aspects of marine biology and ecosystems. Key topics addressed by their work include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Procaccini has published numerous papers in several reputable scientific journals. Some of their recent contributions are:

  • "Phenotypic plasticity under rapid global changes: The intrinsic force for future seagrasses survival," 2021, Evolutionary Applications
  • "The Tropical Seagrass Halophila stipulacea: Reviewing What We Know From Its Native and Invasive Habitats, Alongside Identifying Knowledge Gaps," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Seagrasses in an era of ocean warming: a review," 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Stress Memory in Seagrasses: First Insight Into the Effects of Thermal Priming and the Role of Epigenetic Modifications," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Sugars dominate the seagrass rhizosphere," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution

The journals in which they frequently publish include:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Lázaro Marín-Guirao
  • Miriam Ruocco
  • Emanuela Dattolo
  • Jessica Pazzaglia
  • Hung Manh Nguyen

Best Publications

  • The genome of the seagrass Zostera marina reveals angiosperm adaptation to the sea

    Jeanine L. Olsen;Pierre Rouzé;Bram Verhelst;Yao-Cheng Lin

  • North Atlantic phylogeography and large‐scale population differentiation of the seagrass Zostera marina L.

    Jeanine L. Olsen;Wytze T. Stam;James A. Coyer;Thorsten B. H. Reusch

  • Assessing Genetic Diversity in Clonal Organisms: Low Diversity or Low Resolution? Combining Power and Cost Efficiency in Selecting Markers

    Sophie Arnaud-Haond;Filipe Alberto;Sara Teixeira;Gabriele Procaccini

  • Intraspecific diversity in Scrippsiella trochoidea (Dinopbyceae): evidence for cryptic species

    Marina Montresor;Silvia Sgrosso;Gabriele Procaccini;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra

  • Contribution of genetics and genomics to seagrass biology and conservation

    Gabriele Procaccini;Jeanine L. Olsen;Thorsten B. H. Reusch

  • Vicariance patterns in the Mediterranean Sea: East-west cleavage and low dispersal in the endemic seagrass Posidonia oceanica

    Sophie Arnaud‐Haond;Marianna Migliaccio;Elena Diaz‐Almela;Sara Teixeira

  • Bipolar distribution of the cyst-forming dinoflagellate Polarella glacialis

    Marina Montresor;C Lovejoy;Luisa Orsini;Gabriele Procaccini

  • Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata (Bacillariophyceae) from the Gulf of Naples: morphology, toxin analysis and phylogenetic relationships with other Pseudo-nitzschia species

    Luisa Orsini;Diana Sarno;Gabriele Procaccini;Roberto Poletti

  • Multiple rDNA ITS-types within the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) and their relative abundances across a spring bloom in the Gulf of Naples

    Luisa Orsini;Gabriele Procaccini;Diana Sarno;Marina Montresor

  • Phylogeography of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta) reveals cryptic diversity

    Nikos Andreakis;Gabriele Procaccini;Christine Maggs;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra

  • Seagrass evolution, ecology and conservation: A genetic perspective

    Michelle Waycott;Gabriele Procaccini;Donald H. Les;Thorsten B. H. Reusch

  • Evolution of the Nitric Oxide Synthase Family in Metazoans

    Nikos Andreakis;Salvatore D’Aniello;Ricard Albalat;Francesco Paolo Patti

  • POLARELLA GLACIALIS, GEN. NOV., SP. NOV. (DINOPHYCEAE): SUESSIACEAE ARE STILL ALIVE!

    Marina Montresor;Gabriele Procaccini;Diane K. Stoecker

  • Population genetics of dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii throughout its biogeographic range

    J. A. Coyer;O. E. Diekmann;Ester Serrão;G. Procaccini

  • Assessment of genetic diversity of seagrass populations using DNA fingerprinting: Implications for population stability and management

    Randall S. Alberte;Gregory K. Suba;Gabriele Procaccini;Richard C. Zimmerman

  • Physiological and molecular evidence of differential short-term heat tolerance in Mediterranean seagrasses.

    Lazaro Marín-Guirao;Juan M. Ruiz;Emanuela Dattolo;Rocio Garcia-Munoz

  • Harnessing positive species interactions as a tool against climate-driven loss of coastal biodiversity

    Fabio Bulleri;Britas Klemens Eriksson;Ana Queirós;Laura Airoldi

  • Genetic structure in the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica: disentangling past vicariance events from contemporary patterns of gene flow

    I A Serra;A M Innocenti;G Di Maida;S Calvo

  • High genetic diversity and connectivity in the polyploid invasive seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis (Bonnemaisoniales) in the Mediterranean, explored with microsatellite alleles and multilocus genotypes

    Nikos Andreakis;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra;Gabriele Procaccini

  • Asparagopsis taxiformis and Asparagopsis armata (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta): genetic and morphological identification of Mediterranean populations

    Nikos Andreakis;Gabriele Procaccini;Wiebe Hcf Kooistra

Frequent Co-Authors

Lázaro Marín-Guirao
Lázaro Marín-Guirao Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Thorsten B.H. Reusch
Thorsten B.H. Reusch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Jeanine L. Olsen
Jeanine L. Olsen University of Groningen
Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra
Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Marina Montresor
Marina Montresor Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Ester A. Serrão
Ester A. Serrão University of Algarve
Adrianna Ianora
Adrianna Ianora Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Mats Björk
Mats Björk Stockholm University
Juan M. Ruiz
Juan M. Ruiz University of Granada
Yves Van de Peer
Yves Van de Peer Ghent University

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