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62
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27903
World Ranking
2011
National Ranking
22

Giorgio Matteucci 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 Giorgio Matteucci sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 229 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Giorgio Matteucci 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 Giorgio Matteucci sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Giorgio Matteucci is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and focuses on research in environmental science, specifically related to terrestrial ecosystems and forest ecology. Their work explores various aspects of plant water relations, carbon dynamics, and the responses of forest ecosystems to environmental changes.

Their recent publications include:

  • The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function (2021, Nature)
  • Forest production efficiency increases with growth temperature (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Unravelling resilience mechanisms in forests: role of non-structural carbohydrates in responding to extreme weather events (2021, Tree Physiology)
  • The PROFOUND Database for evaluating vegetation models and simulating climate impacts on European forests (2020, Earth System Science Data)
  • Accuracy, realism and general applicability of European forest models (2022, Global Change Biology)

The main fields of study associated with their research include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, their subfields of study are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology

The topics central to their research work include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Plant Responses to Elevated CO2
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy

Giorgio Matteucci has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Alessio Collalti, Ettore D'Andrea, Andreas Ibrom, Andrea Scartazza, and Alessandro Cescatti.

The venues where this scientist publishes most often include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Tree Physiology

Best Publications

  • Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003

    Ph. Ciais;M. Reichstein;N. Viovy;A. Granier

  • On the Separation of Net Ecosystem Exchange into Assimilation and Ecosystem Respiration: Review and Improved Algorithm

    Markus Reichstein;Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;Dario Papale

  • Respiration as the main determinant of carbon balance in European forests

    R. Valentini;G. Matteucci;A. J. Dolman;E.-D. Schulze

  • Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

    I.A. Janssens;W. Dieleman;S. Luyssaert;J.-A. Subke

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation

    B.E Law;E Falge;L Gu;D.D Baldocchi

  • Productivity overshadows temperature in determining soil and ecosystem respiration across European forests

    I. A. Janssens;H. Lankreijer;G. Matteucci;A. S. Kowalski

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • In situ estimation of net CO2 assimilation, photosynthetic electron flow and photorespiration in Turkey oak (Q. cerris L.) leaves: diurnal cycles under different levels of water supply

    R. Valentini;D. Epron;P. De Angelis;G. Matteucci

  • Reduction Of Ecosystem Productivity And Respiration During The European Summer 2003 Climate Anomaly: A Joint Flux Tower, Remote Sensing And Modelling Analysis

    M. Reichstein;M. Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;D. Papale;R. Valentini

  • Tree mineral nutrition is deteriorating in Europe.

    Mathieu Jonard;Alfred Fürst;Arne Verstraeten;Anne Thimonier

  • The European carbon balance. Part 3: forests

    Sebsatiaan Luyssaert;Philippe Ciais;SL Piao;E-D Schulze

  • Intercomparison of MODIS albedo retrievals and in situ measurements across the global FLUXNET network

    Alessandro Cescatti;Barbara Marcolla;Suresh K. Santhana Vannan;Jerry Yun Pan

  • Seasonal net carbon dioxide exchange of a beech forest with the atmosphere

    R. Valentini;P. Angelis;G. Matteucci;R. Monaco

  • Estimation of leaf area index with the Li-Cor LAI 2000 in deciduous forests

    Andrea Cutini;Giorgio Matteucci;Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza

  • Quality control of CarboEurope flux data. Part 1: Coupling footprint analyses with flux data quality assessment to evaluate sites in forest ecosystems

    Mathias Göckede;Mathias Göckede;Thomas Foken;Marc Aubinet;Mika Aurela

  • Assessment of climate change effects on mountain ecosystems through a cross-site analysis in the Alps and Apennines.

    M. Rogora;L. Frate;M. L. Carranza;M. Freppaz

  • The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function

    Mirco Migliavacca;Talie Musavi;Miguel D. Mahecha;Jacob A. Nelson

  • Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

    Chuixiang Yi;Daniel Ricciuto;Runze Li;John Wolbeck

  • Evaluation of six process‐based forest growth models using eddy‐covariance measurements of CO2 and H2O fluxes at six forest sites in Europe

    K. Kramer;I. Leinonen;H. H. Bartelink;P. Berbigier

  • Functional traits and local environment predict vegetation responses to disturbance: a pan‐European multi‐site experiment

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Alan Gray;Adam J. Vanbergen;Laurent Bergès

  • Conclusions In Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Energy of European Forests

    R. Valentini;G. Matteucci;A.J. Dolman;D. Schulze

Frequent Co-Authors

Riccardo Valentini
Riccardo Valentini Tuscia University
Leonardo Montagnani
Leonardo Montagnani Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Timo Vesala
Timo Vesala University of Helsinki
Kim Pilegaard
Kim Pilegaard Technical University of Denmark
Eddy Moors
Eddy Moors Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dario Papale
Dario Papale Tuscia University
Denis Loustau
Denis Loustau International Sleep Products Association
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

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