What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Agriculture
- Ecosystem
- Statistics
His primary areas of study are Soil science, Soil water, Soil map, Soil carbon and Hydrology.
He has included themes like Environmental resource management and Ecosystem services in his Soil science study.
His Agriculture research extends to the thematically linked field of Soil water.
The Soil map study combines topics in areas such as Soil classification and Soil management.
His work deals with themes such as Kyoto Protocol, Soil fertility and Topsoil, which intersect with Soil carbon.
His study in Hydrology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Sedimentation and Water resource management.
His most cited work include:
- Harmonized World Soil Database (version 1.2) (655 citations)
- The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations sustainable development goals (626 citations)
- Heavy metals in agricultural soils of the European Union with implications for food safety (519 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Luca Montanarella focuses on Environmental resource management, Soil science, Soil carbon, Soil water and Environmental protection.
His Environmental resource management study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Environmental planning, Land use and Ecosystem services.
The various areas that he examines in his Soil science study include Hydrology, Total organic carbon, Physical geography and Universal Soil Loss Equation.
His Soil carbon research integrates issues from Soil organic matter and Soil map.
His study looks at the relationship between Soil water and fields such as Agriculture, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
His Environmental protection research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Soil biodiversity, Climate change and Land degradation.
He most often published in these fields:
- Environmental resource management (18.45%)
- Soil science (17.48%)
- Soil carbon (17.48%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Soil carbon (17.48%)
- Environmental protection (15.53%)
- Environmental planning (11.17%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Soil carbon, Environmental protection, Environmental planning, Land degradation and Soil water.
His Soil carbon study necessitates a more in-depth grasp of Soil science.
His Environmental protection study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Agriculture, Land use, land-use change and forestry and Sewage.
His studies in Environmental planning integrate themes in fields like Soil resources, Soil management, Ecosystem services and Sustainable development.
His research on Land degradation also deals with topics like
- Soil conservation, which have a strong connection to Erosion, Land cover and Soil retrogression and degradation,
- Biodiversity together with Soil microbiology, Environmental resource management, Agricultural land and Urban sprawl.
His Soil water research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Climate change and Precipitation.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Summary for policymakers of the assessment report on land degradation and restoration of the Intergovernmental Science- Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (131 citations)
- Copper distribution in European topsoils: An assessment based on LUCAS soil survey. (84 citations)
- Cost of agricultural productivity loss due to soil erosion in the European Union: From direct cost evaluation approaches to the use of macroeconomic models (74 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Agriculture
- Statistics
- Ecosystem
Luca Montanarella mostly deals with Land degradation, Biodiversity, Environmental planning, Ecosystem services and Environmental protection.
His Land degradation research includes elements of Water resource management and Soil retrogression and degradation.
His work carried out in the field of Biodiversity brings together such families of science as Soil biodiversity, Species richness and Biome.
The concepts of his Environmental planning study are interwoven with issues in Sustainable management, Sustainable development, Soil resources, Legislature and Soil management.
His study looks at the intersection of Environmental protection and topics like Sewage with Soil contamination, Soil water and Agriculture.
His Soil water research focuses on Soil carbon in particular.
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