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Riccardo Guarino

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Riccardo Guarino is a vegetation ecologist, working at the University of Palermo since 2008. His research focuses on the flora, plant geography and vegetation of the Mediterranean region. His most relevant research and professional experiences are related to:

  • Involvement of local communities to develop initiatives and raise awareness relating to flora, vegetation, natural heritage
  • Human impact assessment on natural vegetation
  • Green infrastructures for biodiversity
  • Landscape change assessments, inferential analysis, gradient analysis and systems ecology
  • Multimedia archives and interactive identification tools for the flora of Italy
  • Syntaxonomical surveys, essays on the effectiveness and reliability of environmental and bioclimatic indicators

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  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 4.6
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 5.0
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.850
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.258

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 4
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 121

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 678,364
    Altmetric mentions: 241