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Giacomo Grassi 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 Giacomo Grassi sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 141 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Giacomo Grassi 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 Giacomo Grassi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Giacomo Grassi is affiliated with the Joint Research Centre in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change. Their research also spans Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics, Atmospheric Science, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Giacomo Grassi has frequently published in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data
  • Nature
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Carbon Balance and Management

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Global Carbon Budget 2023, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2022, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2021, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Land-based measures to mitigate climate change: Potential and feasibility by country, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Abrupt increase in harvested forest area over Europe after 2015, 2020, Nature

Research collaboration appears to be an integral part of Giacomo Grassi's scientific activity, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Julia Pongratz
  • Philippe Ciais
  • Thomas Gasser
  • R. A. Houghton
  • Roberto Pilli

Best Publications

  • Stomatal, mesophyll conductance and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis as affected by drought and leaf ontogeny in ash and oak trees

    Giacomo Grassi;Federico Magnani

  • Evidence for Soil Water Control on Carbon and Water Dynamics in European Forests during the Extremely Dry Year: 2003

    A. Granier;M. Reichstein;N. Bréda;I.A. Janssens

  • The key role of forests in meeting climate targets requires science for credible mitigation

    Giacomo Grassi;Jo House;Frank Dentener;Sandro Federici

  • First signs of carbon sink saturation in European forest biomass

    Gert-Jan Nabuurs;Marcus Lindner;Pieter J. Verkerk;Katja Gunia

  • Land-based measures to mitigate climate change: Potential and feasibility by country.

    Stephanie Roe;Charlotte Streck;Robert Beach;Jonah Busch

  • Which practices co‐deliver food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat land degradation and desertification?

    Pete Smith;Katherine Calvin;Johnson Nkem;Donovan Campbell

  • Abrupt increase in harvested forest area over Europe after 2015

    Guido Ceccherini;Gregory Duveiller;Giacomo Grassi;Guido Lemoine

  • Fire in the Air: Biomass Burning Impacts in a Changing Climate

    Melita Keywood;Maria Kanakidou;Andreas Stohl;Frank Dentener

  • Photosynthesis–nitrogen relationships: interpretation of different patterns between Pseudotsuga menziesii and Populus × euroamericana in a mini-stand experiment

    Francesco Ripullone;Giacomo Grassi;Marco Lauteri;Marco Borghetti

  • Reconciling global-model estimates and country reporting of anthropogenic forest CO2 sinks

    Giacomo Grassi;Jo House;Werner A. Kurz;Alessandro Cescatti

  • Variation in nitrogen supply changes water-use efficiency of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Populus x euroamericana; a comparison of three approaches to determine water-use efficiency.

    Francesco Ripullone;Marco Lauteri;Giacomo Grassi;Mariana Amato

  • Vegetation-based climate mitigation in a warmer and greener World

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  • Foliar morphological and physiological plasticity in Picea abies and Abies alba saplings along a natural light gradient.

    Giacomo Grassi;Umberto Bagnaresi

  • The European carbon balance. Part 4: integration of carbon and other trace-gas fluxes

    E. D. Schulze;P. Ciais;S. Luyssaert;M. Schrumpf

  • Seasonal and interannual variability of photosynthetic capacity in relation to leaf nitrogen in a deciduous forest plantation in northern Italy.

    Giacomo Grassi;Elisa Vicinelli;Francesca Ponti;Lucia Cantoni

  • Critical adjustment of land mitigation pathways for assessing countries’ climate progress

    Giacomo Grassi;Elke Stehfest;Joeri Rogelj;Joeri Rogelj;Detlef van Vuuren;Detlef van Vuuren

  • An incentive mechanism for reducing emissions from conversion of intact and non-intact forests

    Danilo Mollicone;Frederic Achard;Sandro Federici;Hugh D. Eva

  • Combined effects of nanoplastics and copper on the freshwater alga Raphidocelis subcapitata

    A. Bellingeri;E. Bergami;G. Grassi;C. Faleri

  • Applying the conservativeness principle to REDD to deal with the uncertainties of the estimates

    Giacomo Grassi;Suvi Monni;Sandro Federici;Frederic Achard

  • Comparative ecotoxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles in natural seawater and reconstituted seawater using the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis

    L Manfra;A Rotini;E Bergami;G Grassi

  • A sourcebook of methods and procedures for monitoring and reporting anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and removals associated with deforestation, gains and losses of carbon stocks in forests remaining forests, and forestation.: GOFC-GOLD Report version COP18-1

    Frederic Achard;Sandra Brown;Michael Brady;Ruth DeFries

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilaria Corsi
Ilaria Corsi University of Siena
Werner A. Kurz
Werner A. Kurz Natural Resources Canada
Alessandro Cescatti
Alessandro Cescatti European Union
Julia Pongratz
Julia Pongratz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gert-Jan Nabuurs
Gert-Jan Nabuurs Wageningen University & Research
Francesco N. Tubiello
Francesco N. Tubiello Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Glen P. Peters
Glen P. Peters Center for International Climate and Environmental Research
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Greet Janssens-Maenhout
Greet Janssens-Maenhout European Commission
Frédéric Achard
Frédéric Achard Joint Research Centre

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