2026 Paolo D'Odorico: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	98	421	397	189	173	441	31241

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Paolo D'Odorico is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with notable contributions to global and planetary change, water science and technology, ocean engineering, ecology, and sociology and political science.

Their main topics of work include:

Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Water resources management and optimization
Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Water Governance and Infrastructure
Climate change impacts on agriculture
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
Zoonotic diseases and public health

Paolo D'Odorico has authored several recent scientific papers, including:

"Global agricultural economic water scarcity," 2020, Science Advances
"Observed increasing water constraint on vegetation growth over the last three decades," 2021, Nature Communications
"The global value of water in agriculture," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Dryland productivity under a changing climate," 2022, Nature Climate Change
"Global food self-sufficiency in the 21st century under sustainable intensification of agriculture," 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Paolo D'Odorico include:

Maria Cristina Rulli
Lorenzo Rosa
Davide Danilo Chiarelli
Jampel Dell'Angelo
Chengyi Tu

Publication venues where Paolo D'Odorico frequently publishes are:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Reviews of Geophysics
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Nature Communications
Environmental Research Letters

Among the awards received, Paolo D'Odorico was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2016.

Best Publications

Global desertification: Drivers and feedbacks

Paolo D’Odorico;Abinash Bhattachan;Kyle F. Davis;Sujith Ravi

1080
Citations
Global land and water grabbing

Maria Cristina Rulli;Antonio Saviori;Paolo D’Odorico

756
Citations
The Global Food-Energy-Water Nexus

Paolo D'Odorico;Kyle Frankel Davis;Lorenzo Rosa;Joel A. Carr

695
Citations
Global agricultural economic water scarcity

Lorenzo Rosa;Davide Danilo Chiarelli;Maria Cristina Rulli;Jampel Dell’Angelo;Jampel Dell’Angelo

678
Citations
Ecohydrology of water-controlled ecosystems

A. Porporato;P. D'Odorico;Francesco Laio;Luca Ridolfi

605
Citations
Observed increasing water constraint on vegetation growth over the last three decades.

Wenzhe Jiao;Lixin Wang;William K. Smith;Qing Chang

579
Citations
Feeding humanity through global food trade

Paolo D'Odorico;Joel A. Carr;Francesco Laio;Luca Ridolfi

511
Citations
Land degradation in drylands: Interactions among hydrologic-aeolian erosion and vegetation dynamics

Sujith Ravi;David D. Breshears;Travis E. Huxman;Paolo D'Odorico

491
Citations
Meeting future food demand with current agricultural resources

Kyle F. Davis;Jessica A. Gephart;Kyle A. Emery;Allison M. Leach

481
Citations
Elements of physical hydrology

George M. Hornberger;Patricia L Wiberg;Jeffrey Peter Raffensperger;Paolo D'Odorico

479
Citations
A synthetic review of feedbacks and drivers of shrub encroachment in arid grasslands

Paolo D'Odorico;Paolo D'Odorico;Gregory S. Okin;Brandon T. Bestelmeyer

465
Citations
On the spatial and temporal links between vegetation, climate, and soil moisture

I. Rodriguez-Iturbe;P. D'Odorico;A. Porporato;L. Ridolfi

454
Citations
On soil moisture–vegetation feedbacks and their possible effects on the dynamics of dryland ecosystems

Paolo D'Odorico;Kelly Caylor;Gregory S. Okin;Todd M. Scanlon

429
Citations
Increased food production and reduced water use through optimized crop distribution

Kyle Frankel Davis;Kyle Frankel Davis;Kyle Frankel Davis;Maria Cristina Rulli;Antonio Seveso;Paolo D’Odorico;Paolo D’Odorico

396
Citations
Mathematical models of vegetation pattern formation in ecohydrology

Fabio Borgogno;P. D'Odorico;Francesco Laio;Luca Ridolfi

387
Citations
The water-land-food nexus of first-generation biofuels.

Maria Cristina Rulli;Davide Bellomi;Andrea Cazzoli;Giulia De Carolis

365
Citations
Robustness of variance and autocorrelation as indicators of critical slowing down

Vasilis Dakos;Egbert H. van Nes;Paolo D'Odorico;Marten Scheffer

353
Citations
AEOLIAN PROCESSES AND THE BIOSPHERE

Sujith Ravi;Paolo D'Odorico;David D. Breshears;Jason P. Field

352
Citations
Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances

Lixin Wang;Lixin Wang;P. D'Odorico;J. P. Evans;D. J. Eldridge

341
Citations
The Tragedy of the Grabbed Commons: Coercion and Dispossession in the Global Land Rush

Jampel Dell’Angelo;Paolo D’Odorico;Paolo D’Odorico;Maria Cristina Rulli;Philippe Marchand

324
Citations
Hydrologic controls on soil carbon and nitrogen cycles. I. Modeling scheme

Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato;P. D'Odorico;F. Laio;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

307
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Luca Ridolfi Polytechnic University of Turin

Francesco Laio Polytechnic University of Turin

Maria Cristina Rulli Polytechnic University of Milan

Gregory S. Okin University of California, Los Angeles

Amilcare Porporato Princeton University

Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University

Lixin Wang Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico

Kelly K. Caylor University of California, Santa Barbara

Todd M. Scanlon University of Virginia

External Links

Personal website of Paolo D'Odorico

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