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Margherita Ferrante

Margherita Ferrante

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
62
Citations
12650
World Ranking
2636
National Ranking
34

Margherita Ferrante 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 Margherita Ferrante sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 320 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Margherita Ferrante 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 Margherita Ferrante sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Margherita Ferrante is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of environmental science and medicine, with specific attention to health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, pollution, molecular biology, infectious diseases, and oncology.

The main topics covered in their work include microplastics and plastic pollution, air quality and health impacts, mercury impact and mitigation studies, recycling and waste management techniques, heavy metals in the environment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and heavy metal exposure and toxicity.

Frequent publication venues for Ferrante's research are:

  • Environmental Research
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • European Journal of Public Health

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Ferrante include:

  • "Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risks assessment for the general population" (2020, Environmental Research)
  • "The role of air pollution (PM and NO2) in COVID-19 spread and lethality: A systematic review" (2020, Environmental Research)
  • "Long-term survival and cure fraction estimates for childhood cancer in Europe (EUROCARE-6): results from a population-based study" (2022, The Lancet Oncology)
  • "Embryotoxicity of polystyrene microplastics in zebrafish Danio rerio" (2021, Environmental Research)
  • "Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) for Microplastic Removal: A Systematic Review" (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

Among frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Gea Oliveri Conti
  • Maria Fiore
  • Pietro Zuccarello
  • Chiara Copat
  • Antonio Cristaldi

Ferrante's research outputs span topics of environmental risk assessment, pollution and its health effects, and treatment and mitigation strategies addressing contamination and toxic exposures. Their work contributes to understanding how environmental factors affect public health and disease outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Micro- and nano-plastics in edible fruit and vegetables. The first diet risks assessment for the general population.

    Gea Oliveri Conti;Margherita Ferrante;Mohamed Banni;Claudia Favara

  • Phytoremediation of contaminated soils by heavy metals and PAHs. A brief review

    Antonio Cristaldi;Gea Oliveri Conti;Eun Hea Jho;Pietro Zuccarello

  • The role of air pollution (PM and NO2) in COVID-19 spread and lethality: A systematic review.

    Chiara Copat;Antonio Cristaldi;Maria Fiore;Alfina Grasso

  • Heavy metals concentrations in fish and shellfish from eastern Mediterranean Sea: consumption advisories.

    Chiara Copat;Giovani Arena;Maria Fiore;Caterina Ledda

  • Exposure to microplastics (<10 μm) associated to plastic bottles mineral water consumption: The first quantitative study

    P. Zuccarello;M. Ferrante;A. Cristaldi;C. Copat

  • Heavy Metals Concentrations in Fish from Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) and Evaluation of Possible Health Risks to Consumers

    Chiara Copat;Francesca Bella;Marine Castaing;Roberto Fallico

  • Metals and neurodegenerative diseases. A systematic review.

    Calogero Edoardo Cicero;Giovanni Mostile;Rosario Vasta;Venerando Rapisarda

  • Mortality and morbidity due to exposure to outdoor air pollution in Mashhad metropolis, Iran. The AirQ model approach

    Mohammad Miri;Zahra Derakhshan;Ahmad Allahabadi;Ehsan Ahmadi

  • Embryotoxicity of polystyrene microplastics in zebrafish Daniorerio.

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  • Role of Emerging Environmental Risk Factors in Thyroid Cancer: A Brief Review.

    Maria Fiore;Gea Oliveri Conti;Rosario Caltabiano;Antonino Buffone

  • Evaluation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) attributed to atmospheric O3, NO2, and SO2 using Air Q Model (2011-2012 year).

    Mohammad Ghanbari Ghozikali;Behzad Heibati;Kazem Naddafi;Itai Kloog

  • A review of AirQ Models and their applications for forecasting the air pollution health outcomes

    Gea Oliveri Conti;Behzad Heibati;Itai Kloog;Maria Fiore

  • Spatial variation and probabilistic risk assessment of exposure to fluoride in drinking water.

    Reza Ali Fallahzadeh;Mohammad Miri;Mahmoud Taghavi;Abdolmajid Gholizadeh

  • Health risk assessment of environmental selenium: Emerging evidence and challenges (Review)

    Marco Vinceti;Tommaso Filippini;Silvia Cilloni;Annalisa Bargellini

  • The need for a reassessment of the safe upper limit of selenium in drinking water.

    Marco Vinceti;Catherine M. Crespi;Francesca Bonvicini;Francesca Bonvicini;Carlotta Malagoli

  • Healthy Design and Urban Planning Strategies, Actions, and Policy to Achieve Salutogenic Cities

    Stefano Capolongo;Andrea Rebecchi;Marco Dettori;Letizia Appolloni

  • Health impacts quantification of ambient air pollutants using AirQ model approach in Hamadan, Iran.

    Farshad Bahrami Asl;Mostafa Leili;Yaser Vaziri;Soheila Salahshour Arian

  • Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) for Microplastic Removal: A Systematic Review.

    Antonio Cristaldi;Maria Fiore;Pietro Zuccarello;Gea Oliveri Conti

  • Sometimes Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Cannot Find Their Way Back to the High Seas: A Multidisciplinary Study on a Mass Stranding

    Sandro Mazzariol;Giovanni Di Guardo;Antonio Petrella;Letizia Marsili

  • Trace elements in seafood from the Mediterranean sea: An exposure risk assessment.

    Chiara Copat;Alfina Grasso;Maria Fiore;Antonio Cristaldi

  • Systematic review and health risk assessment of arsenic and lead in the fished shrimps from the Persian gulf

    Yadolah Fakhri;Anoushiravan Mohseni-Bandpei;Gea Oliveri Conti;Margherita Ferrante

  • Cohort study of electronic cigarette use: effectiveness and safety at 24 months

    Lamberto Manzoli;Maria Elena Flacco;Margherita Ferrante;Carlo La Vecchia

Frequent Co-Authors

Amin Mousavi Khaneghah
Amin Mousavi Khaneghah ITMO University
Alessandra Nicoletti
Alessandra Nicoletti University of Catania
Giovanni Li Volti
Giovanni Li Volti University of Catania
Philip K. Hopke
Philip K. Hopke Clarkson University
Giovanni Libralato
Giovanni Libralato University of Naples Federico II
Julia Kzhyshkowska
Julia Kzhyshkowska Heidelberg University
Bernhard Michalke
Bernhard Michalke Helmholtz Zentrum München
Sabina Sieri
Sabina Sieri National Institutes of Health
Vittorio Krogh
Vittorio Krogh Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

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