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Italy
2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
71
Citations
17842
World Ranking
916
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Luca Ridolfi is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to several specialized subfields.

The main subfields in which they have published include Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Economics and Econometrics.

The primary topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques

Ridolfi has published papers in a variety of venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Physical Review E
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Water

Among recent papers attributed to their research group or collaborations are:

  • "Reconciling contrasting views on economic complexity" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Measuring economic water scarcity in agriculture: a cross-country empirical investigation" (2020), published in Environmental Science & Policy
  • "Cardiovascular deconditioning during long-term spaceflight through multiscale modeling" (2020), published in npj Microgravity
  • "Compliance with EAT-Lancet dietary guidelines would reduce global water footprint but increase it for 40% of the world population" (2022), published in Nature Food
  • "A review on turbulent and vortical flow analyses via complex networks" (2020), published in Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple joint publications. These include:

  • Stefania Scarsoglio (41 co-authored works)
  • Francesco Laio (25 co-authored works)
  • Andrea Saglietto (12 co-authored works)
  • Matteo Anselmino (12 co-authored works)
  • Marta Tuninetti (11 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Hyporheic flow and transport processes: Mechanisms, models, and biogeochemical implications

    Fulvio Boano;J. W. Harvey;A. Marion;A. I. Packman

  • Plants in water-controlled ecosystems: active role in hydrologic processes and response to water stress: II. Probabilistic soil moisture dynamics

    F. Laio;F. Laio;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;L. Ridolfi;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • The effect of vegetation density on canopy sub-layer turbulence

    D. Poggi;A. Porporato;L. Ridolfi;J. D. Albertson

  • Probabilistic modelling of water balance at a point: the role of climate, soil and vegetation

    I. Rodriguez-Iturbe;A. Porporato;L. Ridolfi;V. Isham

  • Plants in water-controlled ecosystems: active role in hydrologic processes and response to water stress: III. Vegetation water stress

    A. Porporato;A. Porporato;Francesco Laio;Francesco Laio;Luca Ridolfi;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Ecohydrology of water-controlled ecosystems

    A. Porporato;P. D'Odorico;Francesco Laio;Luca Ridolfi

  • Feeding humanity through global food trade

    Paolo D'Odorico;Joel A. Carr;Francesco Laio;Luca Ridolfi

  • On the spatial and temporal links between vegetation, climate, and soil moisture

    I. Rodriguez-Iturbe;P. D'Odorico;A. Porporato;L. Ridolfi

  • Plants in water-controlled ecosystems: active role in hydrologic processes and response to water stress: I. Scope and general outline

    I. Rodriguez-Iturbe;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;F. Laio;F. Laio;L. Ridolfi

  • Mathematical models of vegetation pattern formation in ecohydrology

    Fabio Borgogno;P. D'Odorico;Francesco Laio;Luca Ridolfi

  • A review of nature-based solutions for greywater treatment: Applications, hydraulic design, and environmental benefits.

    Fulvio Boano;Alice Caruso;Elisa Costamagna;Luca Ridolfi

  • Modeling the interactions between river morphodynamics and riparian vegetation

    Carlo Vincenzo Camporeale;Eliana Perucca;Luca Ridolfi;A. M. Gurnell

  • Nonlinear analysis of river flow time sequences

    Amilcare Porporato;Luca Ridolfi

  • Nutrient cycling in bedform induced hyporheic zones

    Laura Bardini;Fulvio Boano;M. B. Cardenas;Roberto Revelli

  • Sinuosity-driven hyporheic exchange in meandering rivers

    Fulvio Boano;Carlo Vincenzo Camporeale;Roberto Revelli;Luca Ridolfi

  • Hierarchy of models for meandering rivers and related morphodynamic processes

    Carlo Vincenzo Camporeale;Paolo Perona;Amilcare Porporato;Luca Ridolfi

  • Significance of the riparian vegetation dynamics on meandering river morphodynamics

    Eliana Perucca;Carlo Vincenzo Camporeale;Luca Ridolfi

  • Biogeochemical zonation due to intrameander hyporheic flow

    Fulvio Boano;Andrea Demaria;Roberto Revelli;Luca Ridolfi

  • Global virtual water trade and the hydrological cycle: Patterns, drivers, and socio-environmental impacts

    Paolo D'Odorico;Joel A. Carr;Carole Dalin;Jampel Dell'Angelo;Jampel Dell'Angelo

  • Preferential states of seasonal soil moisture: The impact of climate fluctuations

    P. D'Odorico;L. Ridolfi;L. Ridolfi;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Bedform-induced hyporheic exchange with unsteady flows

    Fulvio Boano;Roberto Revelli;Luca Ridolfi

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Laio
Francesco Laio Polytechnic University of Turin
Amilcare Porporato
Amilcare Porporato Princeton University
Paolo D'Odorico
Paolo D'Odorico University of California, Berkeley
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University
Orazio Giustolisi
Orazio Giustolisi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Fiorenzo Gaita
Fiorenzo Gaita University of Turin
Gabriel G. Katul
Gabriel G. Katul Duke University
Nicola Bellomo
Nicola Bellomo University of Granada
Johannes G.M. Kuerten
Johannes G.M. Kuerten Eindhoven University of Technology
John D. Albertson
John D. Albertson Cornell University

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