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45
Citations
7056
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6463
National Ranking
125

Giovanni Libralato 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 Giovanni Libralato sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Giovanni Libralato 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 Giovanni Libralato sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Giovanni Libralato is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, focusing on environmental science and related subfields. Their research covers a broad spectrum of environmental concerns, especially those involving pollution and toxicology.

The primary field of study for Libralato is Environmental Science, with notable work in the subfields of:

  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Key topics addressed in Libralato's publications include:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Heavy Metals in Environment

Frequent co-authors associated with Libralato's research are:

  • Marco Guida
  • Giusy Lofrano
  • Antonietta Siciliano
  • Marco Trifuoggi
  • Loredana Manfra

Major publication venues where Libralato's work appears most frequently include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (12 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (9 publications)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (9 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (5 publications)
  • Water (5 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Libralato include:

  • Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment and COVID-19 transmission risk from environmental matrices and surfaces, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Toxicity of rare earth elements: An overview on human health impact, 2022, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Biodegradable polymers: A real opportunity to solve marine plastic pollution?, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The fate of cigarette butts in different environments: Decay rate, chemical changes and ecotoxicity revealed by a 5-years decomposition experiment, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Fabrication, functionalization and performance of doped photocatalysts for dye degradation and mineralization: a review, 2020, Environmental Chemistry Letters

This profile displays Libralato's extensive involvement in environmental issues, ranging from pollution monitoring to the development of sustainable materials and chemical impact studies. The work spans diverse applications and environmental matrices, including studies of persistent viruses, plastic degradation, and photocatalytic processes.

Best Publications

  • To centralise or to decentralise: an overview of the most recent trends in wastewater treatment management.

    Giovanni Libralato;Annamaria Volpi Ghirardini;Francesco Avezzù

  • Polymer functionalized nanocomposites for metals removal from water and wastewater: An overview

    Giusy Lofrano;Maurizio Carotenuto;Giovanni Libralato;Rute F. Domingos

  • Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment and COVID-19 transmission risk from environmental matrices and surfaces.

    Federica Carraturo;Carmela Del Giudice;Michela Morelli;Valeria Cerullo

  • Ecofriendly nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for environmental applications : key issue and consensus recommendations for sustainable and ecosafe nanoremediation

    I. Corsi;M. Winther-Nielsen;R. Sethi;C. Punta

  • Manufactured nanoparticles in the aquatic environment-biochemical responses on freshwater organisms: A critical overview.

    Gonçalo Vale;Kahina Mehennaoui;Sebastien Cambier;Giovanni Libralato

  • A review of toxicity testing protocols and endpoints with Artemia spp

    G. Libralato;E. Prato;L. Migliore;A.M. Cicero

  • Toxicity of rare earth elements: An overview on human health impact

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  • Common Strategies and Technologies for the Ecosafety Assessment and Design of Nanomaterials Entering the Marine Environment

    Ilaria Corsi;Gary N. Cherr;Hunter S. Lenihan;Jerome Labille

  • Ecotoxicity of engineered TiO2 nanoparticles to saltwater organisms: an overview.

    D. Minetto;G. Libralato;A. Volpi Ghirardini

  • Photocatalytic degradation of the antibiotic chloramphenicol and effluent toxicity effects

    Giusy Lofrano;Giusy Lofrano;Giusy Lofrano;Giovanni Libralato;Roberta Adinolfi;Antonietta Siciliano

  • Effects of nanoparticles in species of aquaculture interest

    Kheyrollah Khosravi-Katuli;Ermelinda Prato;Giusy Lofrano;Marco Guida

  • Biodegradable polymers: A real opportunity to solve marine plastic pollution?

    Loredana Manfra;Vincenzo Marengo;Giovanni Libralato;Maria Costantini

  • Saltwater ecotoxicology of Ag, Au, CuO, TiO2, ZnO and C60 engineered nanoparticles: An overview.

    D. Minetto;A. Volpi Ghirardini;G. Libralato

  • In situ remediation of contaminated marinesediment: an overview

    G Lofrano;G Lofrano;G Libralato;G Libralato;D Minetto;S De Gisi

  • Phytotoxicity of ionic, micro- and nano-sized iron in three plant species.

    G. Libralato;A. Costa Devoti;M. Zanella;E. Sabbioni;E. Sabbioni

  • The case of Artemia spp. in nanoecotoxicology

    Giovanni Libralato

  • Comparison between heterogeneous and homogeneous solar driven advanced oxidation processes for urban wastewater treatment: Pharmaceuticals removal and toxicity

    G. Maniakova;K. Kowalska;S. Murgolo;G. Mascolo

  • Advanced oxidation processes for antibiotics removal: A review

    Giusy Lofrano;Roberta Pedrazzani;Giovanni Libralato;Maurizio Carotenuto

  • Embryotoxicity of TiO2 nanoparticles to Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lmk).

    Giovanni Libralato;Diego Minetto;Sara Totaro;Ivan Mičetić

  • The fate of cigarette butts in different environments: Decay rate, chemical changes and ecotoxicity revealed by a 5-years decomposition experiment.

    Giuliano Bonanomi;Giulia Maisto;Anna De Marco;Gaspare Cesarano

  • How toxic is toxic? A proposal for wastewater toxicity hazard assessment.

    Giovanni Libralato;Volpi Ghirardini Annamaria;Avezzù Francesco

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Guida
Marco Guida University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Marcomini
Antonio Marcomini Ca Foscari University of Venice
Süreyya Meriç
Süreyya Meriç Namık Kemal University
Rosa Freitas
Rosa Freitas University of Aveiro
Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Vincenzo Vaiano
Vincenzo Vaiano University of Salerno
Pietro Teatini
Pietro Teatini University of Padua
Adrianna Ianora
Adrianna Ianora Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Margherita Ferrante
Margherita Ferrante University of Catania
Martin Hassellöv
Martin Hassellöv University of Gothenburg

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