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Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

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Ecology and Evolution
Italy
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
63
Citations
13013
World Ranking
1980
National Ranking
20

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi 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 Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 190 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi 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 Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi 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: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and focuses their research predominantly within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main topics of study include marine and coastal plant biology, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, marine and coastal ecosystems, species distribution and climate change, and ecosystem dynamics and resilience.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Benedetti-Cecchi encompass:

  • Luca Rindi
  • Fabio Bulleri
  • Iacopo Bertocci
  • Caterina Mintrone
  • Elena Maggi

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Nature Communications
  • Biological Conservation
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers by Benedetti-Cecchi and colleagues include:

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment (2021) published in Biological Conservation
  • Modeling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management (2020) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns (2021) published in Advances in Marine Biology
  • Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Rocky shores as tractable test systems for experimental ecology (2020) published in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Marine reserves: size and age do matter

    Joachim Claudet;Craig W. Osenberg;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Paolo Domenici

  • Predicting the consequences of anthropogenic disturbance: large-scale effects of loss of canopy algae on rocky shores

    L. Benedetti-Cecchi;F. Pannacciulli;F. Bulleri;P. S. Moschella

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes

    Patricia Miloslavich;Nicholas J. Bax;Nicholas J. Bax;Samantha E. Simmons;Eduardo Klein

  • Marine reserves: fish life history and ecological traits matter.

    J Claudet;J Claudet;C W Osenberg;P Domenici;F Badalamenti

  • Patterns of distribution of marine assemblages from rocky shores: evidence of relevant scales of variation

    Simonetta Fraschetti;Antonio Terlizzi;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

  • A continental scale evaluation of the role of limpet grazing on rocky shores

    Ross A. Coleman;Ross A. Coleman;Ross A. Coleman;Antony J. Underwood;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Per Åberg

  • Effectiveness of European Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs: Do they accomplish the expected effects on populations, communities and ecosystems?

    Jose Antonio Garcia-Charton;Angel Perez Perez-Ruzafa;Concepcion Marcos;Joachim Claudet

  • The importance of the variance around the mean effect size of ecological processes

    Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

  • The influence of canopy algae on vertical patterns of distribution of low-shore assemblages on rocky coasts in the northwest Mediterranean

    Fabio Bulleri;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Stefano Acunto;Francesco Cinelli

  • Grazing by the sea urchins Arbacia lixula L. and Paracentrotus lividus Lam. in the Northwest Mediterranean

    Fabio Bulleri;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Francesco Cinelli

  • CASCADING HUMAN IMPACTS, MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, AND THE STRUCTURE OF MEDITERRANEAN REEF ASSEMBLAGES

    Fiorenza Micheli;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Silvia Gambaccini;Iacopo Bertocci

  • Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae

    J. Emmett Duffy;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Joaquin Trinanes;Joaquin Trinanes;Joaquin Trinanes;Frank E. Muller-Karger

  • Mediterranean Bioconstructions Along the Italian Coast

    Gianmarco Ingrosso;Marco Abbiati;Fabio Badalamenti;Giorgio Bavestrello

  • Multivariate and univariate asymmetrical analyses in environmental impact assessment: a case study of Mediterranean subtidal sessile assemblages

    Antonio Terlizzi;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Stanislao Bevilacqua;Simonetta Fraschetti

  • Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the 'Protection Paradox'

    Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Robert S.C. Cooke;Murray I. Duncan;Murray I. Duncan;Murray I. Duncan;Graham J. Edgar

  • Beyond competition: incorporating positive interactions between species to predict ecosystem invasibility.

    Fabio Bulleri;John F Bruno;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

  • Spatial and temporal variability in the distribution of algae and invertebrates on rocky shores in the northwest Mediterranean

    Massimo Menconi;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Francesco Cinelli

  • TEMPORAL VARIANCE REVERSES THE IMPACT OF HIGH MEAN INTENSITY OF STRESS IN CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERIMENTS

    Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Iacopo Bertocci;Stefano Vaselli;Elena Maggi

  • Hard coastal-defence structures as habitats for native and exotic rocky-bottom species

    Stefano Vaselli;Fabio Bulleri;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

  • The seaweed Caulerpa racemosa on Mediterranean rocky reefs: from passenger to driver of ecological change

    Fabio Bulleri;David Balata;Iacopo Bertocci;Iacopo Bertocci;Laura Tamburello

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabio Bulleri
Fabio Bulleri University of Pisa
Iacopo Bertocci
Iacopo Bertocci University of Pisa
Francesco Cinelli
Francesco Cinelli University of Pisa
Simonetta Fraschetti
Simonetta Fraschetti University of Naples Federico II
Patricia Miloslavich
Patricia Miloslavich University of Tasmania
Tasman P. Crowe
Tasman P. Crowe University College Dublin
Jonne Kotta
Jonne Kotta University of Tartu
Fabio Badalamenti
Fabio Badalamenti National Research Council (CNR)
Gil Rilov
Gil Rilov Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Joachim Claudet
Joachim Claudet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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