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Raffaello Cossu

Raffaello Cossu

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
6654
World Ranking
8046
National Ranking
169

Raffaello Cossu publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raffaello Cossu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 171 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Raffaello Cossu D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Raffaello Cossu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Raffaello Cossu is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and focuses primarily on Environmental Science. Their body of work spans several subfields, including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction, Water Science and Technology, Geography, Planning and Development, and Strategy and Management.

Their research interests encompass multiple topics, especially in the areas of municipal solid waste management, recycling and waste management techniques, landfill environmental impact studies, global socioeconomic and cultural dynamics, recycled aggregate concrete performance, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, and membrane separation technologies.

Among the frequent coauthors with whom they have collaborated are Valentina Grossule, Maria Cristina Lavagnolo, Luca Alibardi, Alice Strazzabosco, and Jianguo Liu.

The scientist has published extensively in a range of venues, with the most frequent publication outlets including Detritus, Renewable Energy, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Water Process Engineering, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent publications include:

  • WHAT ABOUT RESIDUES FROM CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ROLE OF LANDFILLING?, 2020, Detritus
  • Biomass to biofuels: Challenges and opportunities, 2020, Renewable Energy
  • FIRST WORLDWIDE REGULATION ON SUSTAINABLE LANDFILLING: GUIDELINES OF THE LOMBARDY REGION (ITALY), 2020, Detritus
  • Characterisation and anaerobic digestion of fat, oil and grease (FOG) waste from wastewater treatment plants, 2025, Journal of Environmental Management
  • The failure of geometry: time for gears!, 2020, Detritus

Best Publications

  • Food waste generation and industrial uses: A review.

    Francesca Girotto;Luca Alibardi;Raffaello Cossu

  • Electrochemical Treatment of Landfill Leachate: Oxidation at Ti/PbO2 and Ti/SnO2 Anodes

    Raffaello Cossu;Anna M. Polcaro;Maria C. Lavagnolo;Michele Mascia

  • Effects of carbohydrate, protein and lipid content of organic waste on hydrogen production and fermentation products

    Luca Alibardi;Raffaello Cossu

  • Composition variability of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste and effects on hydrogen and methane production potentials

    Luca Alibardi;Raffaello Cossu

  • Urban mining: Concepts, terminology, challenges.

    Raffaello Cossu;Ian D Williams

  • Sanitary landfilling : process, technology and environmental impact

    Thomas H. Christensen;Raffaello Cossu;Rainer Stegmann

  • Landfilling of waste : leachate

    Thomas H. Christensen;R. Cossu;R. Stegmann

  • The PAF model: an integrated approach for landfill sustainability.

    Raffaello Cossu;Roberto Raga;Davide Rossetti

  • Chemical and biological characteristics of landfill leachate.

    G. Andreottola;P. Cannas;T.H. Christensen;R. Cossu

  • Test methods for assessing the biological stability of biodegradable waste

    Raffaello Cossu;Roberto Raga

  • Landfilling of waste : biogas

    Thomas H. Christensen;Raffaello Cossu;R. Stegmann

  • Automotive shredder residue (ASR) management: An overview.

    Raffaello Cossu;T. Lai

  • Electrochemical oxidation of stabilized landfill leachate on DSA electrodes.

    Elisabetta Turro;Apostolos Giannis;Raffaello Cossu;Evangelos Gidarakos

  • Effect of aerobic pre-treatment on hydrogen and methane production in a two-stage anaerobic digestion process using food waste with different compositions

    Razieh Rafieenia;Francesca Girotto;Wei Peng;Raffaello Cossu

  • Use of digestate from a decentralized on-farm biogas plant as fertilizer in soils: An ecotoxicological study for future indicators in risk and life cycle assessment.

    Alberto Pivato;Stefano Vanin;Roberto Raga;Maria Cristina Lavagnolo

  • Reprint of: Electrochemical oxidation of stabilized landfill leachate on DSA electrodes.

    Elisabetta Turro;Apostolos Giannis;Raffaello Cossu;Evangelos Gidarakos

  • Biogas production enhancement using semi-aerobic pre-aeration in a hybrid bioreactor landfill

    Raffaello Cossu;Luca Morello;Roberto Raga;Giulia Cerminara

  • Anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment at ambient temperature

    Luca Alibardi;Nicoletta Bernava;Raffaello Cossu;Alessandro Spagni

  • Bacillus sp. strains to produce bio-hydrogen from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste

    A.T. Shah;A.T. Shah;L. Favaro;L. Alibardi;L. Cagnin

  • Removal of municipal solid waste COD and NH4–N by phyto-reduction: A laboratory–scale comparison of terrestrial and aquatic species at different organic loads

    Raffaello Cossu;Ketil Haarstad;M.Cristina Lavagnolo;Paolo Littarru

  • Pre-treatment of tannery sludge for sustainable landfilling

    Luca Alibardi;Raffaello Cossu

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Højlund Christensen
Thomas Højlund Christensen Technical University of Denmark
Gianni Andreottola
Gianni Andreottola University of Trento
Dionissios Mantzavinos
Dionissios Mantzavinos University of Patras
Anders Lagerkvist
Anders Lagerkvist Luleå University of Technology
Marco Ragazzi
Marco Ragazzi University of Trento
Ian Williams
Ian Williams University of Southampton
Peter Kjeldsen
Peter Kjeldsen Technical University of Denmark
Alessandra Polettini
Alessandra Polettini Sapienza University of Rome
Michela Schiavon
Michela Schiavon University of Padua

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