2026 Andrea Morelli: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	35	7463	6909	261	252	160	6916

Overview

Andrea Morelli is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research broadly covers Earth and Planetary Sciences with a strong focus on Geophysics, contributing extensively to the study of seismic waves, earthquake and tectonic processes, high-pressure geophysics, and cryospheric observations.

Their scientific work is distributed across multiple subfields, including:

Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Morelli's main research topics include:

Seismic Waves and Analysis
Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
Cryospheric Studies and Observations
Landslides and Related Hazards
Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Their publication record encompasses papers in several notable venues, including:

Frontiers in Earth Science
Tectonophysics
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
The Astrophysical Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Morelli represent diverse topics and years of publication:

"Slab Geometry and Upper Mantle Flow Patterns in the Central Mediterranean From 3D Anisotropic P-Wave Tomography," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
"VLT/MUSE Observations of SDSS J1029+2623: Toward a High-precision Strong Lensing Model," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
"Does Salinity Variation Increase Synergistic Effects of Triclosan and Carbon Nanotubes on Mytilus galloprovincialis? Responses on Adult Tissues and Sperms," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
"ANTASed - An Updated Sediment Model for Antarctica," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
"Updated Antarctic Crustal Model," 2020, Gondwana Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Alexander García-Aristizábal
Lucia Zaccarelli
Andrea Berbellini
Brandon VanderBeek
Manuele Faccenda

Best Publications

P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine-Mediterranean area

Claudia Piromallo;Andrea Morelli

891
Citations
The Italian CMT dataset from 1977 to the present

S. Pondrelli;S. Salimbeni;G. Ekström;A. Morelli

566
Citations
Anisotropy of the inner core inferred from PKIKP travel times

Andrea Morelli;Adam M. Dziewonski;John H. Woodhouse

495
Citations
Topography of the core–mantle boundary and lateral homogeneity of the liquid core

Andrea Morelli;Adam M. Dziewonski

458
Citations
Subduction and the depth of convection in the Mediterranean mantle

Claudio Faccenna;Laurent Jolivet;Claudia Piromallo;Andrea Morelli

317
Citations
European–Mediterranean regional centroid-moment tensors: 1997–2000

S. Pondrelli;A. Morelli;G. Ekström;S. Mazza

315
Citations
Moment tensor analysis of the Central Italy Earthquake Sequence of September–October 1997

Göran Ekström;Andrea Morelli;Enzo Boschi;Adam M. Dziewonski

235
Citations
EPcrust: a reference crustal model for the European Plate

Irene Molinari;Andrea Morelli

230
Citations
Body wave traveltimes and a spherically symmetric P- and S-wave velocity model

Andrea Morelli;Adam M. Dziewonski

206
Citations
European–Mediterranean Regional Centroid Moment Tensor catalog: Solutions for years 2003 and 2004

S. Pondrelli;S. Salimbeni;A. Morelli;G. Ekström

206
Citations
Imaging the Mediterranean upper mantle by p- wave travel time tomography

C. Piromallo;A. Morelli

164
Citations
Seismological imaging of the Antarctic continental lithosphere: a review

Andrea Morelli;Stefania Danesi

155
Citations
An atlas of Mediterranean seismicity

G. Vannucci;S. Pondrelli;A. Argnani;A. Morelli

154
Citations
European-Mediterranean regional centroid-moment tensor catalog: solutions for years 2001 and 2002

S Pondrelli;A Morelli;G Ekström

149
Citations
Seismic moment tensors of the April 2009, L’Aquila (Central Italy), earthquake sequence

S. Pondrelli;S. Salimbeni;A. Morelli;G. Ekström

143
Citations
European–Mediterranean Regional Centroid Moment Tensor catalog: Solutions for 2005–2008

S. Pondrelli;S. Salimbeni;A. Morelli;G. Ekström

132
Citations
Modelling secondary microseismic noise by normal mode summation

L. Gualtieri;L. Gualtieri;E. Stutzmann;Yann Capdeville;F. Ardhuin

117
Citations
Structure of the upper mantle under the Antarctic Plate from surface wave tomography

S. Danesi;A. Morelli

117
Citations
Seismic deformation in the Mediterranean area estimated by moment tensor summation

S. Pondrelli;A. Morelli;E. Boschi

103
Citations
Seismotectonic re-evaluation of the 1976 Friuli, Italy, seismic sequence

Silvia Pondrelli;Göran Ekström;Andrea Morelli

91
Citations
Recent evolution and seismicity of the Mediterranean region

E. Boschi;E. Mantovani

87
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Enzo Boschi University of Bologna

Göran Ekström Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Martin Schimmel Spanish National Research Council

Eléonore Stutzmann Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Anne Mangeney Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Adam M. Dziewonski Harvard University

Fabrice Ardhuin French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

Claudia Piromallo National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Véronique Farra Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum

External Links

Personal website of Andrea Morelli

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