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88
Citations
21858
World Ranking
659
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Luca Salvati 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 Luca Salvati sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 635 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luca Salvati 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 Luca Salvati sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Luca Salvati is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and has a significant body of work in environmental science and social sciences, with particular focus on global and planetary change, economics and econometrics, policy management, urban studies, and demography. Their research spans diverse topics, including land use and ecosystem services, urbanization and city planning, conservation and biodiversity, migration and tourism studies, rural development, regional economics, and urban transport and accessibility.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues including Sustainability, Land, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and Scientific Reports.

Recent research papers include:

  • Urbanisation-driven land degradation and socioeconomic challenges in peri-urban areas: Insights from Southern Europe (2022), AMBIO
  • Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics (2020), Air Soil and Water Research
  • Updating the MEDALUS-ESA Framework for Worldwide Land Degradation and Desertification Assessment (2020), Land Degradation and Development
  • Managing floodplains using nature-based solutions to support multiple ecosystem functions and services (2021), Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • The long way to tipperary: City size and worldwide urban population trends, 1950-2030 (2020), Sustainable Cities and Society

Salvati frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Giovanni Quaranta, Gianluca Egidi, Rosanna Salvia, Pavel Cudlín, and Rosa Coluzzi.

In addition to journal publications, Luca Salvati has contributed to book literature, including a work published by River Publishers eBooks titled Homage (and Criticism) to the Mediterranean City in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Beyond urban–rural dichotomy: Exploring socioeconomic and land-use processes of change in Spain (1991–2011)

    Pere Serra;Ana Vera;Antoni Francesc Tulla;Luca Salvati

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  • The impact of land use/land cover changes on land degradation dynamics: a Mediterranean case study.

    S. Bajocco;A. De Angelis;L. Perini;Agostino Maria Silvio Ferrara

  • Pictures from the other side of the fringe: Urban growth and peri-urban agriculture in a post-industrial city (Toulouse, France)

    Isabelle Duvernoy;Ilaria Zambon;Adele Sateriano;Luca Salvati

  • Long-Term Urban Growth and Land Use Efficiency in Southern Europe: Implications for Sustainable Land Management

    Marco Zitti;Carlotta Ferrara;Luigi Perini;Margherita Carlucci

  • Towards sustainable growth? A multi-criteria assessment of (changing) urban forms

    Silvia Pili;Efstathios Grigoriadis;Margherita Carlucci;Matteo Clemente

  • Not only tourism: unravelling suburbanization, second-home expansion and “rural” sprawl in Catalonia, Spain

    Sergi Cuadrado-Ciuraneta;Antoni Durà-Guimerà;Luca Salvati

  • Community resilience and land degradation in forest and shrubland socio-ecological systems: Evidence from Gorgoglione, Basilicata, Italy

    Claire Kelly;Agostino Ferrara;Geoff A. Wilson;Francesco Ripullone

  • Urbanisation-driven land degradation and socioeconomic challenges in peri-urban areas: Insights from Southern Europe

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  • Land sensitivity to desertification across Italy: Past, present, and future

    Luca Salvati;Sofia Bajocco

  • Do spatial patterns of urbanization and land consumption reflect different socioeconomic contexts in Europe

    Luca Salvati;Ilaria Zambon;Francesco Maria Chelli;Pere Serra

  • Soil Matters? A Multivariate Analysis of Socioeconomic Constraints to Urban Expansion in Mediterranean Europe

    Ilaria Zambon;Anna Benedetti;Carlotta Ferrara;Luca Salvati

  • Impacts of air pollution on human and ecosystem health, and implications for the National Emission Ceilings Directive: Insights from Italy.

    A. De Marco;C. Proietti;A. Anav;Luisella Ciancarella

  • A composite index of sustainable development at the local scale: Italy as a case study

    Luca Salvati;Margherita Carlucci

  • Estimating Rapidity of Change in Complex Urban Systems: A Multidimensional, Local-Scale Approach

    Luca Salvati;Pere Serra

  • Revisiting a Hegemonic Concept: Long-term ‘Mediterranean Urbanization’ in Between City Re-polarization and Metropolitan Decline

    Margherita Carlucci;Efstathios Grigoriadis;Kostas Rontos;Luca Salvati

  • Land-use and land degradation processes affecting soil resources: Evidence from a traditional Mediterranean cropland (Greece)

    M. Karamesouti;V. Detsis;A. Kounalaki;P. Vasiliou

  • Integrating resilience with urban sustainability in neglected neighborhoods: Challenges and opportunities of transitioning to decentralized water management in Mexico City

    L. Chelleri;T. Schuetze;L. Salvati

  • Cities as selective land predators? A lesson on urban growth, deregulated planning and sprawl containment.

    Andrea Colantoni;Efstathios Grigoriadis;Adele Sateriano;Giuseppe Venanzoni

  • Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives

    Nieves Fernandez-Anez;Andrey Krasovskiy;Mortimer Müller;Harald Vacik

  • Low-density settlements and land use changes in a Mediterranean urban region

    Luca Salvati;Michele Munafo;Vittorio Gargiulo Morelli;Alberto Sabbi

  • ‘Southern’ Alternatives of Urban Diffusion: Investigating Settlement Characteristics and Socio-Economic Patterns in Three Mediterranean Regions

    Cesare Di Feliciantonio;Luca Salvati

  • Unveiling Urban Sprawl in the Mediterranean Region: Towards a Latent Urban Transformation?

    Luca Salvati;Vittorio Gargiulo Morelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Piermaria Corona
Piermaria Corona The Canadian Real Estate Association
Paolo Ascenzi
Paolo Ascenzi Roma Tre University
Pavel Cudlín
Pavel Cudlín Czech Academy of Sciences
Silvano Fares
Silvano Fares National Research Council (CNR)
Simone Fattorini
Simone Fattorini University of L'Aquila
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino University of Granada
Anna Barbati
Anna Barbati Tuscia University
Luigi Gradoni
Luigi Gradoni Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Coen J. Ritsema
Coen J. Ritsema Wageningen University & Research
Albert Solé-Benet
Albert Solé-Benet Spanish National Research Council

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