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Pierluigi Viaroli

Pierluigi Viaroli

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
56
Citations
8265
World Ranking
2884
National Ranking
41

Pierluigi Viaroli 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 Pierluigi Viaroli sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 194 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pierluigi Viaroli 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 Pierluigi Viaroli sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Community shifts, alternative stable states, biogeochemical controls and feedbacks in eutrophic coastal lagoons: a brief overview

    Pierluigi Viaroli;Marco Bartoli;Gianmarco Giordani;Mariachiara Naldi

  • Impact of clam and mussel farming on benthic metabolism and nitrogen cycling, with emphasis on nitrate reduction pathways

    Daniele Nizzoli;David Thomas Welsh;Elisa Anna Fano;Pierluigi Viaroli

  • Impact of Tapes philippinarum farming on nutrient dynamics and benthic respiration in the Sacca di Goro

    Marco Bartoli;Daniele Nizzoli;Pierluigi Viaroli;Edoardo Turolla

  • Denitrification, nitrogen fixation, community primary productivity and inorganic-N and oxygen fluxes in an intertidal Zostera noltii meadow

    David T. Welsh;Marco Bartoli;Daniele Nizzoli;Giuseppe Castaldelli

  • Macrophyte communities and their impact on benthic fluxes of oxygen, sulphide and nutrients in shallow eutrophic environments

    Pierluigi Viaroli;Marco Bartoli;Cristina Bondavalli;Robert R. Christian

  • Eutrophication in transitional waters: an overview

    José-Manuel Zaldívar;Pierluigi Viaroli;Alice Newton;Rutger De Wit

  • Typology in Mediterranean transitional waters: new challenges and perspectives

    A. Basset;L. Sabetta;A. Fonnesu;D. Mouillot

  • Iron, sulphur and phosphorus cycling in the rhizosphere sediments of a eutrophic Ruppia cirrhosa meadow (Valle Smarlacca, Italy)

    Roberta Azzoni;Gianmarco Giordani;Marco Bartoli;David T Welsh

  • Protocol handbook for NICE - Nitrogen Cycling in Estuaries: a project under the EU research programme: Marine Science and Technology (MAST III)

    T. Dalsgaard;L. P. Nielsen;V. Brotas;P. Viaroli

  • Effect of organic enrichment and thermal regime on denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) in hypolimnetic sediments of two lowland lakes.

    Daniele Nizzoli;Elisa Carraro;Valentina Nigro;Pierluigi Viaroli

  • ROBUST: The ROle of BUffering capacities in STabilising coastal lagoon ecosystems

    R. De Wit;L.J. Stal;B.A. Lomstein;R.A. Herbert

  • Decomposition of four macrophytes in wetland sediments: Organic matter and nutrient decay and associated benthic processes

    Daniele Longhi;Marco Bartoli;Pierluigi Viaroli

  • Influence of hydrological connectivity of riverine wetlands on nitrogen removal via denitrification

    E. Racchetti;Marco Bartoli;E. Soana;D. Longhi

  • Nitrate uptake and storage in the seaweed Ulva rigida C. Agardh in relation to nitrate availability and thallus nitrate content in a eutrophic coastal lagoon (Sacca di Goro, Po River Delta, Italy)

    Mariachiara Naldi;Pierluigi Viaroli

  • Simple tools for assessing water quality and trophic status in transitional water ecosystems

    G. Giordani;J.M. Zaldívar;P. Viaroli

  • Implications for oxygen, nutrient fluxes and denitrification rates during the early stage of sediment colonisation by the polychaete Nereis spp. in four estuaries

    Daniele Nizzoli;Marco Bartoli;Martin Cooper;David Thomas Welsh

  • Macrophyte communities and their impact on benthic fluxes of oxygen, sulphide and nutrients in shallow eutrophic environments

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  • Impacts of mussel (mytilus galloprovincialis) farming on oxygen consumption and nutrient recycling in a eutrophic coastal lagoon

    Daniele Nizzoli;David Thomas Welsh;Marco Bartoli;Pierluigi Viaroli

  • Growth of the seaweed Ulva rigida C. Agardh in relation to biomass densities, internal nutrient pools and external nutrient supply in the Sacca di Goro lagoon (Northern Italy)

    Pierluigi Viaroli;Mariachiara Naldi;Cristina Bondavalli;Silvano Bencivelli

  • Space and time variations of watershed N and P budgets and their relationships with reactive N and P loadings in a heavily impacted river basin (Po river, Northern Italy).

    Pierluigi Viaroli;Elisa Soana;Silvano Pecora;Alex Laini

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Bartoli
Marco Bartoli University of Parma
David T. Welsh
David T. Welsh Griffith University
Raffaella Balestrini
Raffaella Balestrini National Research Council (CNR)
Antonio Pusceddu
Antonio Pusceddu University of Cagliari
Lars Peter Nielsen
Lars Peter Nielsen Aarhus University
Mariano Bresciani
Mariano Bresciani Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera Miguel Hernandez University
Lucas J. Stal
Lucas J. Stal University of Amsterdam
G. Giordani
G. Giordani University of Parma

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