World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 36 9122 8746 206 202 131 5436

Marina Manca publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Marina Manca between 1979 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Marina Manca published across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025, averaging 3.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2011. 4 of the 144 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2011. 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 6 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 3 publications
1979 2025

144 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Marina Manca: publications per year, 1979 to 2025
Year Publications
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 1
1986 1
1987 2
1988 2
1989 0
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 2
1994 2
1995 2
1996 0
1997 4
1998 2
1999 4
2000 6
2001 0
2002 3
2003 0
2004 5
2005 2
2006 6
2007 7
2008 5
2009 4
2010 4
2011 13
2012 5
2013 7
2014 9
2015 3
2016 10
2017 2
2018 6
2019 3
2020 2
2021 1
2022 6
2023 7
2024 1
2025 3
Total 144
Download as CSV

Marina Manca publications per year - data summary

  • Marina Manca, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR, has 144 publications recorded across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1979 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2011, with 13 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1979, 1985, 1986, 1990 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 11 of the 47 years in the span carry no publications at all (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 3.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 4.0 per year counting only the 36 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 18 publications, 13% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1979-1994: 12 publications (0.8 per year); 1995-2010: 54 publications (3.4 per year); 2011-2025: 78 publications (5.2 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Marina Manca 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 Marina Manca sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 131–140 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 131 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View publications distribution as a table
Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544 131
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
Download as CSV

Marina Manca publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Marina Manca, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR, records 131 publications - the 31st percentile of the discipline.
  • 31% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Marina Manca, and about 69% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Marina Manca ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Marina Manca 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 Marina Manca sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 36 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206 36
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
Download as CSV

Marina Manca D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Marina Manca, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR, records 36 D-Index - the 7th percentile of the discipline.
  • 7% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Marina Manca, and about 93% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Marina Manca ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Marina Manca is affiliated with the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR in Italy. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on the subfields of Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics covered in their work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, and the impact of Toxic Organic Pollutants.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Causal networks of phytoplankton diversity and biomass are modulated by environmental context, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Climate warming restructures an aquatic food web over 28 years, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Ten Rules for the Management of Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury During Pregnancy: An Expert Viewpoint, 2022, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Seasonal and plurennial changes of POPs repository in freshwater zooplankton: A 10-year study in the large deep subalpine Lake Maggiore (Italy), 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Metabarcoding to monitor the crustacean zooplankton of a lake improves when using a reference DNA library from local samples, 2023, Journal of Limnology

Marina Manca frequently publishes in journals such as Water, Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Limnology, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Roberta Piscia
  • Rossana Caroni
  • Roberta Bettinetti
  • Ginevra Boldrocchi
  • Michela Rogora

Best Publications

  • Lake responses to reduced nutrient loading - an analysis of contemporary long-term data from 35 case studies

    Erik Jeppesen;Martin Søndergaard;Jens Peder Jensen;Karl E. Havens

  • Assembly mechanisms determining high species turnover in aquatic communities over regional and continental scales

    Duarte S. Viana;Jordi Figuerola;K. Schwenk;M. Manca

  • Ecological thresholds in European alpine lakes

    Jordi Catalan;M. Grazia Barbieri;Frederic Bartumeus;Peter Bitušík

  • Factors influencing species richness in lacustrine zooplankton

    Anders Hobæk;Marina Manca;Tom Andersen

  • Cladocera: Predators and prey

    R. de Bernardi;G. Giussani;M. Manca

  • Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers

    Brian Moss;Daniel Hering;Andy J. Green;Ahmed Aidoud

  • Major changes in trophic dynamics in large, deep sub-alpine Lake Maggiore from 1940s to 2002: a high resolution comparative palaeo-neolimnological study

    Marina Manca;Barbara Torretta;Patrizia Comoli;Susanne L. Amsinck

  • Invasion genetics of the Eurasian spiny waterflea: evidence for bottlenecks and gene flow using microsatellites

    Robert I. Colautti;Marina Manca;Markku Viljanen;Henk A. M. Ketelaars

  • Organisms' response in a chronically polluted lake supports hypothesized link between stress and size

    Antonella Cattaneo;Alessandra Asioli;Patrizia Comoli;Marina Manca

  • Response of rotifer functional groups to changing trophic state and crustacean community

    Ulrike Obertegger;Marina Manca

  • Spatial, environmental and anthropogenic effects on the taxon composition of hybridizing Daphnia.

    Barbara Keller;Justyna Wolinska;Marina Manca;Piet Spaak

  • Consequences of pelagic food‐web changes during a long‐term lake oligotrophication process

    M. Manca;D. Ruggiu

  • Causal networks of phytoplankton diversity and biomass are modulated by environmental context

    Unknown

  • Eutrophication-like response to climate warming: an analysis of Lago Maggiore (N. Italy) zooplankton in contrasting years

    Anna Visconti;Marina Manca;Riccardo De Bernardi

  • Phytoplankton and zooplankton associations in a set of Alpine high altitude lakes: geographic distribution and ecology

    M. Tolotti;M. Manca;N. Angeli;G. Morabito

  • Records of environmental and climatic changes during the late Holocene from Svalbard: palaeolimnology of Kongressvatnet

    Piero Guilizzoni;Aldo Marchetto;Andrea Lami;Achim Brauer

  • Reticulate evolution of the Daphnia pulex complex as revealed by nuclear markers.

    Roland Vergilino;Silvia Markova;Silvia Markova;Marc Ventura;Marc Ventura;Marina Manca

  • Response of the Invertebrate Predator Bythotrephes to a Climate-Linked Increase in the Duration of a Refuge from Fish Predation

    Marina Manca;William R. DeMott

  • Ecological effects of multiple stressors on a deep lake (Lago Maggiore, Italy) integrating neo and palaeolimnological approaches

    Piero Guilizzoni;Suzanne N. Levine;Marina Manca;Aldo Marchetto

  • Shifts in phenology of Bythotrephes longimanus and its modern success in Lake Maggiore as a result of changes in climate and trophy

    Marina M. Manca;Magda Portogallo;Meghan E. Brown

  • Biomass estimates of freshwater zooplankton from length-carbon regression equations

    Marina Manca;Patrizia Comoli

  • High-resolution paleolimnology opens new management perspectives for lakes adaptation to climate warming

    Marie-Elodie Perga;Victor Frossard;Jean-Philippe Jenny;Benjamin Alric

  • The decline of

    Marina Manca;Claudio Ramoni;Patrizia Comoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Aldo Marchetto
Aldo Marchetto National Research Council (CNR)
Andrea Lami
Andrea Lami National Research Council (CNR)
Nico Salmaso
Nico Salmaso Fondazione Edmund Mach
Diego Fontaneto
Diego Fontaneto Water Research Institute
Alberto Basset
Alberto Basset University of Salento
Piet Spaak
Piet Spaak Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Norman D. Yan
Norman D. Yan York University
Vivienne J. Jones
Vivienne J. Jones University College London

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Studying Environmental Sciences opens up diverse career opportunities that often intersect with other critical disciplines. For those interested in understanding Earth's physical processes, enrolling in a geology degree online can provide essential knowledge about natural resources, climate change, and hazard assessment.

Additionally, expertise in spatial data analysis is crucial for environmental planning and management. Programs identified as the best gis programs enable students to master Geographic Information Systems, which are invaluable for mapping and monitoring environmental changes.

Career growth in environmental policy and administration often benefits from public service knowledge. Pursuing one of the online mpa degrees offers skills in governance, leadership, and public management tailored to sustainability initiatives.

Finally, understanding societal behaviors is key to implementing effective environmental strategies. A bachelors degree in sociology online can equip students with the ability to analyze social structures and promote environmental justice.

Best Scientists Citing Marina Manca

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles