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Gentile Francesco Ficetola

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Ecology and Evolution
Italy
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
77
Citations
22017
World Ranking
955
National Ranking
8

Gentile Francesco Ficetola 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 Gentile Francesco Ficetola sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 432 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gentile Francesco Ficetola 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 Gentile Francesco Ficetola sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Gentile Francesco Ficetola is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with extensive contributions in related subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work encompasses various main topics, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

Recent papers by Gentile Francesco Ficetola include:

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • How genomics can help biodiversity conservation, 2023, Trends in Genetics
  • The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations, 2021, Quaternary
  • Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion, 2020, Nature Sustainability

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Raoul Manenti
  • Mattia Falaschi
  • Benedetta Barzaghi
  • Andrea Melotto
  • Alessia Guerrieri

Publication venues where Gentile Francesco Ficetola has contributed significantly include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biological Conservation

Best Publications

  • Species detection using environmental DNA from water samples.

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Claude Miaud;François Pompanon;Pierre Taberlet

  • Replication levels, false presences and the estimation of the presence/absence from eDNA metabarcoding data.

    Gentile F. Ficetola;Johan Pansu;Aurélie Bonin;Eric Coissac

  • Prediction and validation of the potential global distribution of a problematic alien invasive species — the American bullfrog

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Wilfried Thuiller;Claude Miaud

  • Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Martin Clarke;Robert J. Smith;Rachel E. Sykes

  • Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe

    Neftali Sillero;João Campos;Anna Bonardi;Claudia Corti

  • An In silico approach for the evaluation of DNA barcodes

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Eric Coissac;Stéphanie Zundel;Tiayyba Riaz

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Brazilian montane rainforest expansion induced by Heinrich Stadial 1 event

    Jorge L. D. Pinaya;Francisco W. Cruz;Gregorio C. T. Ceccantini;Pedro L. P. Correa

  • Amphibians in a human-dominated landscape: the community structure is related to habitat features and isolation

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Fiorenza De Bernardi

  • DNA metabarcoding-Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions.

    Lucie Zinger;Aurélie Bonin;Inger G. Alsos;Miklós Bálint

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • How to limit false positives in environmental DNA and metabarcoding

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Pierre Taberlet;Pierre Taberlet;Eric Coissac;Eric Coissac

  • Ancient plant DNA in lake sediments

    Laura Parducci;Keith D. Bennett;Keith D. Bennett;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Inger Greve Alsos

  • The good, the bad and the ugly of COVID-19 lockdown effects on wildlife conservation: Insights from the first European locked down country

    Raoul Manenti;Emiliano Mori;Viola Di Canio;Silvia Mercurio

  • Population genetics reveals origin and number of founders in a biological invasion.

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Aurelie Bonin;Claude Miaud

  • Global determinants of zoogeographical boundaries

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Florent Mazel;Florent Mazel;Wilfried Thuiller

  • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity : Overview and Recommendations

    Eric Capo;Charline Giguet-Covex;Alexandra Rouillard;Kevin Nota

  • Proactive conservation to prevent habitat losses to agricultural expansion

    David R. Williams;David R. Williams;Michael Clark;Graeme M. Buchanan;G. Francesco Ficetola;G. Francesco Ficetola

  • Ecological thresholds: an assessment of methods to identify abrupt changes in species-habitat relationships

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Mathieu Denoël

  • Habitat availability for amphibians and extinction threat: a global analysis

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Carlo Rondinini;Anna Bonardi;Daniele Baisero

  • From introduction to the establishment of alien species: bioclimatic differences between presence and reproduction localities in the slider turtle

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Wilfried Thuiller;Emilio Padoa-Schioppa

  • Knowing the past to predict the future: Land-use change and the distribution of invasive bullfrogs

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Maiorano;Alessandra Falcucci;Nicolas Dendoncker

Frequent Co-Authors

Raoul Manenti
Raoul Manenti University of Milan
Emilio Padoa-Schioppa
Emilio Padoa-Schioppa University of Milano-Bicocca
Mathieu Denoël
Mathieu Denoël University of Liège
Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
Wilfried Thuiller
Wilfried Thuiller Grenoble Alpes University
Ludovic Gielly
Ludovic Gielly Grenoble Alpes University
Douglas W. Yu
Douglas W. Yu University of East Anglia
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Jérôme Poulenard
Jérôme Poulenard Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Claude Miaud
Claude Miaud University of Montpellier

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