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Researcher · Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes · Italy

Franco Ferrara

Franco Ferrara publishes mostly in Ecology, Oceanography and Paleontology, on topics such as Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,963,280
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#224,237
of 242,206
Works
38
Citations
161
Citations per work
4.2
h-index
6
i10-index 4Top 86% in Ecology
Franco Ferrara

What does Franco Ferrara research?

Franco Ferrara's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (29%), Environmental Science (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 17 works · 43.9% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 works · 28.6% of their workOceanography: 5 works · 14.3% of their workPaleontology: 5 works · 14.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 6 works · 15.3% of their workEcology: 6 works · 15.3% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 33.7% of their workLife Sciences: 7 works · 19.3% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 works · 12.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 works · 12.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 works · 7.1% of their workGenetics: 3 works · 7.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 3.1% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 works · 3.1% of their workIndustrial relations: 1 works · 3.1% of their workTHEIR WORKFranco Ferrara38works
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences44%Social Sciences3%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1128.6%
    2. Environmental Science615.3%
  2. Everything else1333.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences512.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology37.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting13.1%
  1. 1Ecology15% of their works
  2. 2Oceanography14% of their works
  3. 3Paleontology14% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics12% of their works
  5. 5Genetics7% of their works
  6. 6Industrial relations3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Franco Ferrara's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biogeography, Ecology, Invasive Species, Evolution, Subterranean, Ecosystem Functioning, Marine Biodiversity and Cryptic Diversity.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Biogeography183 topics
  2. Ecology172 topics
  3. Invasive Species162 topics
  4. Evolution141 topic
  5. Subterranean141 topic
  6. Ecosystem Functioning121 topic
  7. Marine Biodiversity121 topic
  8. Cryptic Diversity102 topics
  9. DNA Barcoding102 topics
  10. Ecosystem Engineering91 topic
  11. Freshwater Mussels91 topic
  12. Earthworms71 topic
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis71 topic
  14. Collembola31 topic
  15. Digital Economy31 topic
  16. Diversity31 topic
  17. Genomics31 topic
  18. Labor Relations31 topic
  19. Social Insects31 topic
  20. Spider Phylogenomics31 topic
  21. Taxonomic Revision31 topic

Where does Franco Ferrara work?

Franco Ferrara's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Franco Ferrara have?

OpenAlex counts 38 works and 161 citations for Franco Ferrara, an h-index of 6, ranking #6,963,280 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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