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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 625 7 8 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 16
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 18
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.419
Impact Factor: N/A

Top Publications

  • Obsidians of Pantelleria (Strait of Sicily): A Petrographic, Geochemical and Magnetic Study of Known and New Geological Sources

    Silvio G. Rotolo;Silvio G. Rotolo;Maria Luisa Carapezza;Alessandra Correale;Franco Foresta Martin

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Prehistorical Obsidian Sources in the Island of Lipari (Aeolian Islands)

    Maria Clara Martinelli;Mauro Coltelli;Marco Manni;Letizia Bonizzoni

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Chemical Characterization of Vitreous Finds from Cosenza Cathedral (Calabria – Italy) by the Combined Use of Analytical Techniques

    Donatella Barca;Franca C. Papparella

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Evidencing Human Occupation of a Small Island through Ancient Glass: The Case of Ustica (Palermo, Italy)

    Franco Foresta Martin;Donatella Barca;Ivona Posedi

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Plant Use and Cereal Cultivation Inferred from Integrated Archaeobotanical Analysis of an Ottoman Age Moat Sequence (Szigetvár, Hungary)

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Corrigendum to “Plant Use and Cereal Cultivation Inferred from Integrated Archaeobotanical Analysis of an Ottoman Age Moat Sequence (Szigetvár, Hungary)”

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • The Black Gold That Came from the Sea. Advances in the Studies of Obsidian Sources and Artifacts of the Central Mediterranean Area

    Francesco Italiano;Franco Foresta Martin;Maria Clara Martinelli

    (2020)
    0 Citations
  • The BIAD Standards: Recommendations for Archaeological Data Publication and Insights From the Big Interdisciplinary Archaeological Database

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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