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Monica Montefalcone

Monica Montefalcone

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
6490
World Ranking
4509
National Ranking
83

Monica Montefalcone publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Monica Montefalcone sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 142 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Monica Montefalcone D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Monica Montefalcone sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Monica Montefalcone is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy, with a research focus primarily in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work notably spans several subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Biotechnology.

Their research topics cover diverse aspects of marine and coastal ecosystems with a concentration on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Coastal and Marine Management, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Monica Montefalcone include:

  • Diversity
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Environments

Monica Montefalcone has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably:

  • Annalisa Azzola (29 joint publications)
  • Carlo Nike Bianchi (26 joint publications)
  • Carla Morri (25 joint publications)
  • Alice Oprandi (22 joint publications)
  • Núria Teixidó (8 joint publications)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Effects of a severe storm on seagrass meadows, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A review of the classification systems for marine benthic habitats and the new updated Barcelona Convention classification for the Mediterranean, 2021, Marine Environmental Research
  • Spatially Explicit Seagrass Extent Mapping Across the Entire Mediterranean, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea

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  • Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows

    Carmen B de los Santos;Dorte Krause-Jensen;Teresa Alcoverro;Núria Marba

  • Ecosystem health assessment using the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica: A review

    Monica Montefalcone

  • The value of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: A natural capital assessment

    Paolo Vassallo;Chiara Paoli;Alessio Rovere;Monica Montefalcone

  • Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

    Joaquim Garrabou;Daniel Gómez-Gras;Jean Baptiste Ledoux;Cristina Linares

  • Human influence on seagrass habitat fragmentation in NW Mediterranean Sea

    Monica Montefalcone;Valeriano Parravicini;Matteo Vacchi;Giancarlo Albertelli

  • Understanding relationships between conflicting human uses and coastal ecosystems status: A geospatial modeling approach

    V. Parravicini;A. Rovere;P. Vassallo;F. Micheli

  • Climate change and Mediterranean seagrass meadows: a synopsis for environmental managers

    G. Pergent;Hocein Bazairi;C. N. Bianchi;Charles F. Boudouresque

  • Biogeomorphology of the Mediterranean Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows

    Matteo Vacchi;Giovanni De Falco;Simone Simeone;Monica Montefalcone

  • Towards a framework for assessment and management of cumulative human impacts on marine food webs

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern;Loic N. Michel;Sylvie Gobert

  • Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences

    Alec P. Christie;David Abecasis;Mehdi Adjeroud;Juan C. Alonso

  • Ecological Change, Sliding Baselines and the Importance of Historical Data: Lessons from Combing Observational and Quantitative Data on a Temperate Reef Over 70 Years

    Giulia Gatti;Carlo Nike Bianchi;Valeriano Parravicini;Alessio Rovere;Alessio Rovere

  • BACI design reveals the decline of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica induced by anchoring.

    Monica Montefalcone;Mariachiara Chiantore;Alessio Lanzone;Carla Morri

  • Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

    Stelios Katsanevakis;Dimitris Poursanidis;Razy Hoffman;Jamila Rizgalla

  • Substitution and phase shift within the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows of NW Mediterranean Sea.

    M. Montefalcone;C. Morri;A. Peirano;G.C. Albertelli

  • A tale of two invaders: divergent spreading kinetics of the alien green algae Caulerpa taxifolia and Caulerpa cylindracea

    Monica Montefalcone;Carla Morri;Valeriano Parravicini;Carlo Nike Bianchi

  • Coralligenous reefs state along anthropized coasts: Application and validation of the COARSE index, based on a rapid visual assessment (RVA) approach

    Giulia Gatti;Giulia Gatti;C. N. Bianchi;C. Morri;M. Montefalcone

  • Legal protection is not enough: Posidonia oceanica meadows in marine protected areas are not healthier than those in unprotected areas of the northwest Mediterranean Sea

    Monica Montefalcone;Giancarlo Albertelli;Carla Morri;Valeriano Parravicini

  • Effects of climate, invasive species and anthropogenic impacts on the growth of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile in Liguria (NW Mediterranean Sea)

    Andrea Peirano;Valentina Damasso;Monica Montefalcone;Carla Morri

  • Anchoring damage on Posidonia oceanica meadow cover: A case study in Prelo cove (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean)

    M. Montefalcone;R. Lasagna;C. N. Bianchi;C. Morri

  • Urban seagrass: Status of Posidonia oceanica facing the Genoa city waterfront (Italy) and implications for management

    Monica Montefalcone;Giancarlo Albertelli;Carla Morri;Carlo Nike Bianchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Nike Bianchi
Carlo Nike Bianchi Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Carla Morri
Carla Morri University of Genoa
Giancarlo Albertelli
Giancarlo Albertelli University of Genoa
Valeriano Parravicini
Valeriano Parravicini University of Perpignan
Matteo Vacchi
Matteo Vacchi University of Pisa
Alessio Rovere
Alessio Rovere University of Bremen
Giorgio Bavestrello
Giorgio Bavestrello University of Genoa
Luigi Piazzi
Luigi Piazzi University of Sassari
Oscar Serrano
Oscar Serrano Edith Cowan University
Fiorenza Micheli
Fiorenza Micheli Stanford University

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