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Marina Montresor publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marina Montresor sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 160 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Marina Montresor D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marina Montresor sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Marina Montresor is affiliated with the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in ecology, oceanography, biomaterials, molecular biology, and environmental chemistry.

Montresor's main research topics include marine and coastal ecosystems, microbial community ecology and physiology, diatoms and algae research, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, protist diversity and phylogeny, marine toxins and detection methods, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Frequent publication venues for Montresor's work include Harmful Algae, Marine Ecology, Marine Environmental Research, Mediterranean Marine Science, and Scientific Reports.

  • Toxic marine microalgae and noxious blooms in the Mediterranean Sea: A contribution to the Global HAB Status Report (2020, Harmful Algae)
  • Virus-induced spore formation as a defense mechanism in marine diatoms (2020, New Phytologist)
  • Assessing the ecological quality status of the highly polluted Bagnoli area (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) using foraminiferal eDNA metabarcoding (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Encapsulated in sediments: eDNA deciphers the ecosystem history of one of the most polluted European marine sites (2023, Environment International)
  • Temporal changes of genetic structure and diversity in a marine diatom genus discovered via metabarcoding (2022, Environmental DNA)

Collaborations are an important aspect of Montresor's research activity. Frequent co-authors include Maria Immacolata Ferrante, Diana Sarno, Adriana Zingone, Francesca Margiotta, and Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra.

Best Publications

  • The Protist Ribosomal Reference database (PR2): a catalog of unicellular eukaryote Small Sub-Unit rRNA sequences with curated taxonomy

    Laure Guillou;Dipankar Bachar;Stéphane Audic;David Bass

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • The globally distributed genus Alexandrium: multifaceted roles in marine ecosystems and impacts on human health.

    Donald M. Anderson;Tilman J. Alpermann;Allan D. Cembella;Yves Collos

  • Plankton in the open Mediterranean Sea: a review

    I. Siokou-Frangou;U. Christaki;U. Christaki;U. Christaki;M. G. Mazzocchi;M. Montresor

  • Reproductive isolation among sympatric cryptic species in marine diatoms.

    Alberto Amato;Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra;Jung Hee Levialdi Ghiron;David G. Mann

  • Deep carbon export from a Southern Ocean iron-fertilized diatom bloom

    Victor Smetacek;Victor Smetacek;Christine Klaas;Volker H. Strass;Philipp Assmy;Philipp Assmy

  • Formal Revision of the Alexandrium tamarense Species Complex (Dinophyceae) Taxonomy: The Introduction of Five Species with Emphasis on Molecular-based (rDNA) Classification

    Uwe John;R. Wayne Litaker;Marina Montresor;Shauna Murray

  • Seasonal patterns in plankton communities in a pluriannual time series at a coastal Mediterranean site (Gulf of Naples): an attempt to discern recurrences and trends

    M. Ribera;F. Conversano;F. Corato;P. Licandro

  • Thick-shelled, grazer-protected diatoms decouple ocean carbon and silicon cycles in the iron-limited Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

    Philipp Assmy;Philipp Assmy;Victor Smetacek;Victor Smetacek;Marina Montresor;Christine Klaas

  • Diversity and temporal patterns of planktonic protist assemblages at a Mediterranean Long Term Ecological Research site

    R Piredda;M. P Tomasino;M. P Tomasino;Anna Maria D'Erchia;Anna Maria D'Erchia;C Manzari

  • Dinoflagellate cyst production at a coastal Mediterranean site

    M. Montresor;A. Zingone;D. Sarno

  • Intraspecific diversity in Scrippsiella trochoidea (Dinopbyceae): evidence for cryptic species

    Marina Montresor;Silvia Sgrosso;Gabriele Procaccini;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra

  • Bipolar distribution of the cyst-forming dinoflagellate Polarella glacialis

    Marina Montresor;C Lovejoy;Luisa Orsini;Gabriele Procaccini

  • Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata (Bacillariophyceae) from the Gulf of Naples: morphology, toxin analysis and phylogenetic relationships with other Pseudo-nitzschia species

    Luisa Orsini;Diana Sarno;Gabriele Procaccini;Roberto Poletti

  • Life cycle, size reduction patterns, and ultrastructure of the pennate planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae)

    Alberto Amato;Luisa Orsini;Domenico D'Alelio;Marina Montresor

  • Multiple rDNA ITS-types within the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae) and their relative abundances across a spring bloom in the Gulf of Naples

    Luisa Orsini;Gabriele Procaccini;Diana Sarno;Marina Montresor

  • POLARELLA GLACIALIS, GEN. NOV., SP. NOV. (DINOPHYCEAE): SUESSIACEAE ARE STILL ALIVE!

    Marina Montresor;Gabriele Procaccini;Diane K. Stoecker

  • Morphology, phylogeny, and sexual cycle of Pseudo-nitzschia mannii sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae): a pseudo-cryptic species within the P. pseudodelicatissima complex

    Alberto Amato;Marina Montresor

  • The time for sex: A biennial life cycle in a marine planktonic diatom

    Domenico D'Alelio;Maurizio Ribera d'Alcalà;Laurent Dubroca;Diana Sarn

  • Finding a partner in the ocean: molecular and evolutionary bases of the response to sexual cues in a planktonic diatom.

    Swaraj Basu;Shrikant Patil;Daniel Mapleson;Monia Teresa Russo

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriana Zingone
Adriana Zingone Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra
Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Gabriele Procaccini
Gabriele Procaccini Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Carina B. Lange
Carina B. Lange University of Concepción
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
Uwe John
Uwe John Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Christopher J. Gobler
Christopher J. Gobler Stony Brook University
Daniel Vaulot
Daniel Vaulot Station Biologique De Roscoff
Edna Granéli
Edna Granéli Linnaeus University

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