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Stefano Cannicci

Stefano Cannicci

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
9395
World Ranking
4394
National Ranking
98

Stefano Cannicci 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 Stefano Cannicci sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 200 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefano Cannicci 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 Stefano Cannicci 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

Stefano Cannicci is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology. This work spans several subfields, including pollution, global and planetary change, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and molecular biology.

Cannicci's research extensively covers topics related to coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and microplastics and plastic pollution. Other main topics include coral and marine ecosystems studies, crustacean biology and ecology, recycling and waste management techniques, species distribution and climate change, and marine and coastal plant biology.

The scientist has contributed to a variety of publications in notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Ecological Indicators.

Among recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Cannicci are:

  • A functional analysis reveals extremely low redundancy in global mangrove invertebrate fauna, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now, 2020, Current Biology
  • Mangroves as unique but understudied traps for anthropogenic marine debris: A review of present information and the way forward, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Fate and Effects of Macro- and Microplastics in Coastal Wetlands, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Reconciling nature, people and policy in the mangrove social-ecological system through the adaptive cycle heuristic, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Cannicci collaborates frequently with several other researchers, including Sara Fratini, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Christelle Not, Lyle Dennis Vorsatz, and Alessio Iannucci, reflecting a network of consistent scientific partnership.

Best Publications

  • A World Without Mangroves

    Norman C. Duke;Jan-Olaf Meynecke;Sabine Dittmann;Aaron M. Ellison

  • Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: a reassessment

    Shing Yip Lee;Jurgenne H. Primavera;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Karen McKee

  • Faunal impact on vegetation structure and ecosystem function in mangrove forests: A review

    Stefano Cannicci;Damien Burrows;Sara Fratini;Thomas J. Smith

  • Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now

    Daniel A. Friess;Daniel A. Friess;Erik S. Yando;Guilherme M.O. Abuchahla;Janine B. Adams

  • Human-impacted mangroves in Gazi (Kenya): predicting future vegetation based on retrospective remote sensing, social surveys, and tree distribution

    F. Dahdouh-Guebas;I. Van Pottelbergh;J. G. Kairo;S. Cannicci

  • Quantifying the density of mangrove crabs: Ocypodidae and Grapsidae

    M. W. Skov;M. Vannini;J. P. Shunula;R. G. Hartnoll

  • Effects of urban wastewater on crab and mollusc assemblages in equatorial and subtropical mangroves of East Africa

    Stefano Cannicci;Fabrizio Bartolini;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Sara Fratini

  • FEEDING HABITS OF NON-OCYPODID CRABS FROM TWO MANGROVE FORESTS IN KENYA

    Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Maddalena Giuggioli;Agrey Oluoch;Marco Vannini

  • Spatial variations in macrobenthic fauna recolonisation in a tropical mangrove bay

    Jared Bosire;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;James Gitundu Kairo;Stefano Cannicci

  • Mangroves as unique but understudied traps for anthropogenic marine debris: A review of present information and the way forward.

    Ying Y. Luo;Christelle Not;Stefano Cannicci;Stefano Cannicci

  • Mangrove carbon sink. Do burrowing crabs contribute to sediment carbon storage? Evidence from a Kenyan mangrove system

    Anna Andreetta;Marco Fusi;Irene Cameldi;Filippo Cimò

  • Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification

    C. D. Schubart;S. Cannicci;M. Vannini;S. Fratini

  • Natural diet and feeding habits of Thalamita crenata (Decapoda, Portunidae)

    Stefano Cannicci;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Dyane Anyona;Marco Vannini

  • Homing behaviour and possible cognitive maps in crustacean decapods

    Marco Vannini;Stefano Cannicci

  • Are fiddler crabs potentially useful ecosystem engineers in mangrove wastewater wetlands

    Gil Penha-Lopes;Gil Penha-Lopes;Fabrizio Bartolini;Samwel Limbu;Stefano Cannicci

  • An exploratory study on grapsid crab zonation in Kenyan mangroves

    Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Marc Verneirt;Stefano Cannicci;James Gitundu Kairo

  • Comparative study of the disjunct zonation pattern of the grey mangrove Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. in Gazi Bay (Kenya)

    F. Dahdouh-Guebas;R. De Bondt;P.D. Abeysinghe;J.G. Kairo

  • Feeding Habits And Natural Diet of the Intertidal Crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus: Opportunistic Browser or Selective Feeder?

    S. Cannicci;M. Gomei;B. Boddi;M. Vannini

  • Marching to a different drummer: crabs synchronize reproduction to a 14‐month lunar‐tidal cycle

    Martin W. Skov;Richard G. Hartnoll;Renison K. Ruwa;Jude P. Shunula

  • Terebralia palustris (Gastropoda; Potamididae) in a Kenyan mangal: Size structure, distribution and impact on the consumption of leaf litter

    S. Fratini;V. Vigiani;M. Vannini;S. Cannicci

Frequent Co-Authors

Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Université Libre de Bruxelles
Marco Vannini
Marco Vannini University of Florence
Nico Koedam
Nico Koedam Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Christoph D. Schubart
Christoph D. Schubart University of Regensburg
José Realino de Paula
José Realino de Paula Universidade Federal de Goiás
James G. Kairo
James G. Kairo Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Uta Berger
Uta Berger TU Dresden
Christopher D. McQuaid
Christopher D. McQuaid Rhodes University
Shing Yip Lee
Shing Yip Lee Chinese University of Hong Kong
Daniel A. Friess
Daniel A. Friess Tulane University

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