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Irene Petrosillo

Irene Petrosillo

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
4566
World Ranking
9171
National Ranking
208

Irene Petrosillo 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 Irene Petrosillo sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 82 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Irene Petrosillo 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 Irene Petrosillo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Irene Petrosillo is affiliated with the University of Salento in Italy, focusing on research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, Plant Science, and Environmental Engineering.

Their scholarly contributions often explore topics related to land use, ecosystem services, and soil dynamics. Key research themes include Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, and Soil erosion and sediment transport.

Recent publications by Irene Petrosillo include:

  • Renewable energy consumption, environmental degradation and economic growth: the greener the richer?, 2022, Ecological Indicators
  • Soil carbon dynamics in Indian Himalayan intensified organic rice-based cropping sequences, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Soil carbon dynamics under organic farming: Impact of tillage and cropping diversity, 2023, Ecological Indicators
  • Analysis of soil erosion characteristics in small watershed of the loess tableland Plateau of China, 2022, Ecological Indicators
  • The environmental impact of agriculture: An instrument to support public policy, 2023, Ecological Indicators

Throughout their career, Petrosillo has frequently published in several scientific journals, with the most publications appearing in Ecological Indicators. Other important venues include Land, Sustainability, Frontiers in Environmental Science, and the Journal of Environmental Management.

  • Ecological Indicators
  • Land
  • Sustainability
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Petrosillo has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, among them Donatella Valente, María Victoria Marinelli, Erica Maria Lovello, Subhash Babu, and Giovanni Zurlini. These collaborations have contributed to multiple published works, shaping a consistent focus on environmental and soil science topics.

  • Donatella Valente
  • María Victoria Marinelli
  • Erica Maria Lovello
  • Subhash Babu
  • Giovanni Zurlini

Best Publications

  • Tourist perception of recreational environment and management in a marine protected area

    I. Petrosillo;G. Zurlini;M.E. Corlianò;N. Zaccarelli

  • Ecosystem services - Bridging ecology, economy and social sciences

    Benjamin Burkhard;Irene Petrosillo;Robert Costanza

  • Modelling socio-ecological tourism-based systems for sustainability

    Deborah Lacitignola;I. Petrosillo;M. Cataldi;G. Zurlini

  • People perception of landscape change effects on ecosystem services in small Mediterranean islands: A combination of subjective and objective assessments

    Roberta Aretano;Irene Petrosillo;Nicola Zaccarelli;Teodoro Semeraro

  • Climate change adaptation in the western-Himalayas: Household level perspectives on impacts and barriers

    Rajiv Pandey;Praveen Kumar;Kelli M. Archie;Ajay K. Gupta

  • Indicating fragility of socio-ecological tourism-based systems

    I. Petrosillo;G. Zurlini;E. Grato;N. Zaccarelli

  • Mapping socio-environmental vulnerability to climate change in different altitude zones in the Indian Himalayas

    Ajay K. Gupta;Mridula Negi;Subrata Nandy;Manoj Kumar

  • Informing landscape planning and design for sustaining ecosystem services from existing spatial patterns and knowledge

    K. Bruce Jones;Giovanni Zurlini;Felix Kienast;Irene Petrosillo

  • Disturbance patterns in a socio-ecological system at multiple scales

    G. Zurlini;Kurt H. Riitters;N. Zaccarelli;I. Petrosillo

  • The use of subjective indicators to assess how natural and social capital support residents’ quality of life in a small volcanic island

    Irene Petrosillo;Robert Costanza;Roberta Aretano;Nicola Zaccarelli

  • Mapping ecological vulnerability to fire for effective conservation management of natural protected areas

    Roberta Aretano;Teodoro Semeraro;Irene Petrosillo;Antonella De Marco

  • Scales, strategies and actions for effective energy planning: A review

    Maria Rita Pasimeni;Irene Petrosillo;Roberta Aretano;Teodoro Semeraro

  • The effectiveness of different conservation policies on the security of natural capital

    Irene Petrosillo;Nicola Zaccarelli;Teodoro Semeraro;Giovanni Zurlini

  • Order and disorder in ecological time-series: Introducing normalized spectral entropy

    Nicola Zaccarelli;Bai-Lian Li;Irene Petrosillo;Giovanni Zurlini

  • Highlighting order and disorder in social–ecological landscapes to foster adaptive capacity and sustainability

    Giovanni Zurlini;Irene Petrosillo;K. Bruce Jones;Nicola Zaccarelli

  • Soil carbon dynamics in Indian Himalayan intensified organic rice-based cropping sequences

    Subhash Babu;Raghavendra Singh;R.K. Avasthe;Gulab Singh Yadav

  • EMAS in local authorities: Suitable indicators in adopting environmental management systems

    Irene Petrosillo;Antonella De Marco;Serena Botta;Claudio Comoglio

  • Multi-scale vulnerability of natural capital in a panarchy of social–ecological landscapes

    Irene Petrosillo;Nicola Zaccarelli;Giovanni Zurlini

  • The interplay between urban mitigation and adaptation strategies to face climate change in two European countries

    Maria Rita Pasimeni;Donatella Valente;Giovanni Zurlini;Irene Petrosillo

  • A constructed treatment wetland as an opportunity to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services.

    Teodoro Semeraro;Cosimo Giannuzzi;Leonardo Beccarisi;Roberta Aretano

  • Patterns of disturbance at multiple scales in real and simulated landscapes

    Giovanni Zurlini;Kurt H. Riitters;Nicola Zaccarelli;Irene Petrosillo

  • Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security

    Irene Petrosillo;Felix Müller;K. Bruce Jones;Giovanni Zurlini

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Zurlini
Giovanni Zurlini University of Salento
Bai-Lian Li
Bai-Lian Li University of California, Riverside
K. Bruce Jones
K. Bruce Jones Desert Research Institute
Kurt H. Riitters
Kurt H. Riitters United States Department of Agriculture
Felix Müller
Felix Müller Kiel University
Christian Mulder
Christian Mulder University of Catania
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London
Benjamin Burkhard
Benjamin Burkhard University of Hannover
Gulab Singh Yadav
Gulab Singh Yadav Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Subhash Babu
Subhash Babu Indian Agricultural Research Institute

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