| Animal xenodiversity in Italian inland waters: distribution, modes of arrival, and pathways F Gherardi, S Bertolino, M Bodon, S Casellato, S Cianfanelli, M Ferraguti, ... Biological Invasions 10, 435-454, 2008 | 169 | 2008 |
| New species in the Old World: Europe as a frontier in biodiversity exploration, a test bed for 21st century taxonomy B Fontaine, K Van Achterberg, MA Alonso-Zarazaga, R Araujo, M Asche, ... PLoS One 7 (5), e36881, 2012 | 153 | 2012 |
| Dual stable isotope analysis (δ13C and δ15N) of soil invertebrates and their food sources O Schmidt, JP Curry, J Dyckmans, E Rota, CM Scrimgeour Pedobiologia 48 (2), 171-180, 2004 | 142 | 2004 |
| The European union’s 2010 target: putting rare species in focus B Fontaine, P Bouchet, K Van Achterberg, MA Alonso-Zarazaga, R Araujo, ... Biological conservation 139 (1-2), 167-185, 2007 | 134 | 2007 |
| Earthworms of Turkey P Omodeo, E Rota Italian Journal of Zoology 56 (2), 167-198, 1989 | 110 | 1989 |
| Molecular phylogeny of Enchytraeidae (Annelida, Clitellata) C Erséus, E Rota, L Matamoros, P De Wit Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (2), 849-858, 2010 | 98 | 2010 |
| Simple to sample: vascular plants as surrogate group in a nature reserve E Santi, S Maccherini, D Rocchini, I Bonini, G Brunialti, L Favilli, C Perini, ... Journal for Nature Conservation 18 (1), 2-11, 2010 | 96 | 2010 |
| Italian Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). I E Rota Italian Journal of Zoology 62 (2), 183-231, 1995 | 90 | 1995 |
| Earthworms of Turkey. II. P Omodeo, E Rota Italian Journal of Zoology 58 (2), 171-181, 1991 | 85 | 1991 |
| Plastics everywhere: first evidence of polystyrene fragments inside the common Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus E Bergami, E Rota, T Caruso, G Birarda, L Vaccari, I Corsi Biology Letters 16, 1-6, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0093, 2020 | 83 | 2020 |
| Soil-dwelling polychaetes: enigmatic as ever? Some hints on their phylogenetic relationships as suggested by a maximum parsimony analysis of 18S rRNA gene sequences E Rota, P Martin, C Erséus Contributions to Zoology 70 (3), 127-138, 2001 | 70 | 2001 |
| Earthworm diversity and land evolution in three Mediterranean districts P Omodeo, E Rota Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 59 (supplement 1), 65-83, 2008 | 58 | 2008 |
| The megadrile fauna (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of Maghreb: a biogeographical and ecological characterization: The 7th international symposium on earthworm ecology· Cardiff· Wales … P Omodeo, E Rota, M Baha Pedobiologia 47 (5-6), 458-465, 2003 | 58 | 2003 |
| Macro- and Microplastics in the Antarctic Environment: Ongoing Assessment and Perspectives E Rota, E Bergami, I Corsi, R Bargagli Environments 9 (93), [1-17], Winner of Best Paper Award 2022, 2022 | 52 | 2022 |
| Chemico-physical data on the habitats of rheophile Odonata from Central Italy G Carchini, E Rota Odonatologica 14 (3), 239-245, 1985 | 50 | 1985 |
| A taxonomic study of some Swedish Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta), with descriptions of four new species and notes on the genus Fridericia E Rota, B Healy Journal of Natural History 33 (1), 29-64, 1999 | 48 | 1999 |
| Revision of Cognettia (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae): re-establishment of Chamaedrilus and description of cryptic species in the sphagnetorum complex S Martinsson, E Rota, C Erséus Systematics and Biodiversity 13 (3), 257-277, DOI:10.1080/14772000.2014.9865, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| Morphology and adaptations of Parergodrilus Reisinger and Hrabeiella Pizl & Chalupský, two enigmatic soil‐dwelling annelids E Rota Italian Journal of Zoology 65 (1), 75-84, 1998 | 40 | 1998 |
| Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) of western Anatolia: Taxonomy and faunistics E Rota Italian Journal of Zoology 61 (3), 241-260, 1994 | 40 | 1994 |
| Speciation, genetic divergence and palaeogeography in the Hormogastridae M Cobolli-Sbordoni, E De Matthaeis, A Alonzi, M Mattoccia, P Omodeo, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 24 (12), 1213-1221, 1992 | 39 | 1992 |