World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Gianluca Piovesan

Gianluca Piovesan

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
5047
World Ranking
7127
National Ranking
147

Gianluca Piovesan 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 Gianluca Piovesan sits on this spectrum.

37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37 publications 531+

This scientist: 124 publications — 35th percentile

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

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

Gianluca Piovesan 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 Gianluca Piovesan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gianluca Piovesan is affiliated with Tuscia University in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans a broad range of topics including tree-ring climate responses, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, land use and ecosystem services, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, forest ecology and management, and remote sensing and LiDAR applications.

The main subfields of their work comprise global and planetary change, atmospheric science, nature and landscape conservation, insect science, and plant science.

Piovesan's recent publications illustrate the scope of their research. Notable papers include:

  • Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs, 2020, Nature Communications
  • On tree longevity, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Old and ancient trees are life history lottery winners and vital evolutionary resources for long-term adaptive capacity, 2022, Nature Plants
  • Palaeoecological data indicates land-use changes across Europe linked to spatial heterogeneity in mortality during the Black Death pandemic, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Frequent co-authors working with Piovesan include Jordan Palli, Michele Baliva, Alessandro Chiarucci, Francesco Solano, and Scott Mensing.

The scientist's work appears regularly in a variety of publication venues. These include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • Drought‐driven growth reduction in old beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests of the central Apennines, Italy

    Gianluca Piovesan;Franco Biondi;Franco Biondi;Alfredo Di Filippo;Alfredo Alessandrini

  • Masting behaviour in beech: linking reproduction and climatic variation

    Gianluca Piovesan;Jonathan M. Adams

  • Structure, dynamics and dendroecology of an old-growth Fagus forest in the Apennines

    G. Piovesan;A. Di Filippo;A. Alessandrini;F. Biondi

  • Bioclimatology of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in the Eastern Alps: spatial and altitudinal climatic signals identified through a tree‐ring network

    Alfredo Di Filippo;Franco Biondi;Katarina Čufar;Martín De Luis

  • Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs.

    R. J. W. Brienen;L. Caldwell;L. Duchesne;S. Voelker

  • Spatial and altitudinal bioclimatic zones of the Italian peninsula identified from a beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) tree-ring network

    Gianluca Piovesan;Franco Biondi;Mauro Bernabei;Alfredo Di Filippo

  • Climatic factors controlling reproduction and growth of Norway spruce in southern Norway

    Vidar Selås;Gianluca Piovesan;Jonathan M Adams;Mauro Bernabei

  • Plasticity in dendroclimatic response across the distribution range of Aleppo Pine ( Pinus halepensis )

    Martin de Luis;Katarina Čufar;Alfredo Di Filippo;Klemen Novak

  • On tree longevity.

    Gianluca Piovesan;Franco Biondi

  • Climate change and oak growth decline: Dendroecology and stand productivity of a Turkey oak (Quercus cerris L.) old stored coppice in Central Italy

    Alfredo Di Filippo;Alfredo Alessandrini;Franco Biondi;Silvia Blasi

  • A long-term tree ring beech chronology from a high-elevation old-growth forest of Central Italy

    G. Piovesan;M. Bernabei;A. Di Filippo;M. Romagnoli

  • Bioclimate and growth history affect beech lifespan in the Italian Alps and Apennines

    Alfredo Di Filippo;Franco Biondi;Maurizio Maugeri;Bartolomeo Schirone

  • Old and ancient trees are life history lottery winners and vital evolutionary resources for long-term adaptive capacity

    Unknown

  • The longevity of broadleaf deciduous trees in Northern Hemisphere temperate forests: insights from tree-ring series

    Alfredo Di Filippo;Neil Pederson;Michele Baliva;Michele Brunetti

  • Winter North Atlantic oscillation effects on the tree rings of the Italian beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

    Gianluca Piovesan;Bartolomeo Schirone

  • Ancient trees: irreplaceable conservation resource for ecosystem restoration.

    Unknown

  • Population ecology of yew (Taxus baccata L.) in the Central Apennines: spatial patterns and their relevance for conservation strategies

    Gianluca Piovesan;Emanuele Presutti Saba;Franco Biondi;Alfredo Alessandrini

  • Silvicultural and logging impact on soil characteristics in Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Mediterranean coppice

    Rachele Venanzi;Rodolfo Picchio;Gianluca Piovesan

  • 2700 years of Mediterranean environmental change in central Italy: a synthesis of sedimentary and cultural records to interpret past impacts of climate on society

    Scott A. Mensing;Irene Tunno;Leonardo Sagnotti;Fabio Florindo

  • Geographical adaptation prevails over species‐specific determinism in trees’ vulnerability to climate change at Mediterranean rear‐edge forests

    Isabel Dorado-Liñán;Isabel Dorado-Liñán;Isabel Dorado-Liñán;Gianluca Piovesan;Elisabet Martínez-Sancho;Elisabet Martínez-Sancho;Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo

  • Tree size distribution at increasing spatial scales converges to the rotated sigmoid curve in two old-growth beech stands of the Italian Apennines

    Alfredo Alessandrini;Franco Biondi;Alfredo Di Filippo;Emanuele Ziaco

  • Uncertainties in the role of land vegetation in the carbon cycle.

    J.M Adams;G Piovesan

  • Plasticity in dendroclimatic response across the distribution range of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis)

    Stergios Adamopoulos;Elias Milios;Dimitris Doganos;Ioannis Bistinas

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Biondi
Franco Biondi University of Nevada Reno
Fabio Florindo
Fabio Florindo National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Jonathan M. Adams
Jonathan M. Adams Nanjing University
Leonardo Sagnotti
Leonardo Sagnotti National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Emilia Gutiérrez
Emilia Gutiérrez University of Barcelona
Alessandro Chiarucci
Alessandro Chiarucci University of Bologna
Katarina Čufar
Katarina Čufar University of Ljubljana
Martin de Luis
Martin de Luis University of Zaragoza
J. Julio Camarero
J. Julio Camarero Spanish National Research Council
Annette Menzel
Annette Menzel Technical University of Munich

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

If you’re interested in Ecology and Evolution, you may also want to explore related career paths in psychology and counseling. Many of these fields can be studied through flexible online programs designed for working professionals and students seeking affordable options.

For example, if you’re considering a career focused on mental health or investigations, it’s useful to know how much do forensic psychologists make as well as the scope of forensic psychology in environmental and ecological contexts. For those drawn to working with children and youth, there are numerous child psychology masters programs that can complement your background in biological sciences.

Additionally, aspiring counselors can benefit from learning about the most affordable master's in counseling to make their study both accessible and cost-effective. Clinical roles are also in demand for those with an interest in mental health; an clinical psychology degree online offers flexibility for specializing in research or practice.

Exploring these online degrees and career pathways can help you bridge your passion for ecosystems with broader opportunities in psychology, counseling, and human behavior.

Best Scientists Citing Gianluca Piovesan

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles