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Paolo Tarolli

Paolo Tarolli

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
57
Citations
11056
World Ranking
2279
National Ranking
34

Paolo Tarolli publications per year

2006: 3 publications 2007: 1 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 21 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 33 publications 2018: 35 publications 2019: 31 publications 2020: 37 publications 2021: 37 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 34 publications 2024: 28 publications 2025: 33 publications 2026: 2 publications
2006 2026

427 publications in total across all disciplines

Paolo Tarolli publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paolo Tarolli sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 295 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Paolo Tarolli D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paolo Tarolli sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paolo Tarolli is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and specializes in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses primarily on several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and aspects related to Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Their work covers a range of main topics within these fields, such as:

  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Tarolli has contributed articles to various scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • CATENA
  • International Soil and Water Conservation Research
  • iScience
  • Geography and sustainability
  • Land Degradation and Development

Significant recent publications include:

  • Soil salinization in agriculture: Mitigation and adaptation strategies combining nature-based solutions and bioengineering, 2024, iScience
  • Agriculture in Hilly and Mountainous Landscapes: Threats, Monitoring and Sustainable Management, 2020, Geography and sustainability

Tarolli frequently collaborates with several co-authors, among the most notable are:

  • Eugenio Straffelini
  • Sara Cucchiaro
  • Antony G. Brown
  • Daniel Fallu
  • Anton Pijl

Their research topics often address issues related to landscape and environmental management, focusing on processes impacting soil and water resources. This includes work on soil erosion modeling, sediment transport, and the application of remote sensing technologies like LiDAR to monitor environmental changes. Their studies also involve the assessment and mitigation of natural hazards such as landslides and flooding, linking these to land use and ecosystem service management.

Overall, Paolo Tarolli's academic contributions span interdisciplinary fields that integrate environmental science with agricultural and engineering perspectives, promoting understanding of complex natural processes and their sustainable management within various landscapes.

Best Publications

  • High-resolution topography for understanding Earth surface processes: Opportunities and challenges

    Paolo Tarolli

  • Terraced landscapes: From an old best practice to a potential hazard for soil degradation due to land abandonment

    Paolo Tarolli;Federico Preti;Nunzio Romano

  • The immediate effectiveness of barley straw mulch in reducing soil erodibility and surface runoff generation in Mediterranean vineyards

    Massimo Prosdocimi;Antonio Jordán;Paolo Tarolli;Saskia Keesstra

  • Mulching practices for reducing soil water erosion: A review

    Massimo Prosdocimi;Paolo Tarolli;Artemi Cerdà

  • Soil water erosion on Mediterranean vineyards: A review

    Massimo Prosdocimi;Artemi Cerdà;Paolo Tarolli

  • The effectiveness of airborne LiDAR data in the recognition of channel-bed morphology

    Marco Cavalli;Paolo Tarolli;Lorenzo Marchi;Giancarlo Dalla Fontana

  • Human topographic signatures and derived geomorphic processes across landscapes

    Paolo Tarolli;Giulia Sofia

  • The Geomorphology of The Anthropocene: Emergence, Status and Implications

    Antony G. Brown;Stephen Tooth;Joanna E. Bullard;David S. G. Thomas

  • Geomorphic features extraction from high-resolution topography: landslide crowns and bank erosion

    Paolo Tarolli;Giulia Sofia;Giancarlo Dalla Fontana

  • Hillslope-to-valley transition morphology: new opportunities from high resolution DTMs.

    Paolo Tarolli;Giancarlo Dalla Fontana

  • Suitability of LiDAR point density and derived landform curvature maps for channel network extraction

    Francesco Pirotti;Paolo Tarolli

  • The Role of Gender in Preparedness and Response Behaviors towards Flood Risk in Serbia

    Vladimir M Cvetković;Giulia Roder;Adem Öcal;Paolo Tarolli

  • A New Method for Determination of Most Likely Landslide Initiation Points and the Evaluation of Digital Terrain Model Scale in Terrain Stability Mapping

    P. Tarolli;David G. Tarboton

  • Review article: the use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) for natural hazards monitoring and management

    Daniele Giordan;Yuichi Hayakawa;Francesco Nex;Fabio Remondino

  • Testing space-scale methodologies for automatic geomorphic feature extraction from LiDAR in a complex mountainous landscape

    Paola Passalacqua;Paolo Tarolli;Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

  • Flood dynamics in urbanised landscapes: 100 years of climate and humans’ interaction

    G. Sofia;G. Roder;G. Dalla Fontana;P. Tarolli

  • Vineyards in Terraced Landscapes: New Opportunities from Lidar Data

    Paolo Tarolli;Giulia Sofia;Simone Calligaro;Massimo Prosdocimi

  • Analysis of flash flood regimes in the North-Western and South-Eastern Mediterranean regions

    P. Tarolli;M. Borga;E. Morin;G. Delrieu

  • Understanding earth surface processes from remotely sensed digital terrain models

    Paolo Tarolli;J Ramon Arrowsmith;Enrique R. Vivoni

  • Agriculture in Hilly and Mountainous Landscapes: Threats, Monitoring and Sustainable Management

    Paolo Tarolli;Eugenio Straffelini

  • Open-pit mining geomorphic feature characterisation

    Jianping Chen;Ke Li;Kuo-Jen Chang;Giulia Sofia

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Borga
Marco Borga University of Padua
Marco Cavalli
Marco Cavalli National Research Council (CNR)
Artemi Cerdà
Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia
Antony G. Brown
Antony G. Brown University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange University of Rhode Island
Daniele Penna
Daniele Penna University of Florence
Kristof Van Oost
Kristof Van Oost Université Catholique de Louvain
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Antonio Jordán
Antonio Jordán University of Seville
Mark G. Macklin
Mark G. Macklin University of Lincoln

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