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Domenico Giardini

Domenico Giardini

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Earth Science
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
102
Citations
30717
World Ranking
122
National Ranking
2

Domenico Giardini publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Domenico Giardini sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 588 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Domenico Giardini D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Domenico Giardini sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 102 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Domenico Giardini is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy. Their research contributions span a broad range of topics within geophysics and planetary exploration, particularly centered on seismic studies and planetary interiors.

The scientist's work extensively covers the following main fields of study:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy

Their subfields of specialization include:

  • Geophysics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ocean Engineering

The main topics addressed in Domenico Giardini's research are:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Several recent papers exemplify their contributions to planetary seismology and Mars exploration. Notable publications include:

  • "The seismicity of Mars," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Constraints on the shallow elastic and anelastic structure of Mars from InSight seismic data," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Seismic detection of the martian core," 2021, Science
  • "The atmosphere of Mars as observed by InSight," 2020, Nature Geoscience

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Simon C. Stähler
  • Philippe Lognonné
  • John Clinton
  • W. B. Banerdt
  • Savas Ceylan

Publication venues where Domenico Giardini has frequently contributed comprise:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Geophysical Journal International

Domenico Giardini has also been recognized by election as a Member of the Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Sub-Femto-g Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results

    M. Armano;H. Audley;G. Auger;J. T. Baird

  • The 2013 European Seismic Hazard Model: key components and results

    Jochen Woessner;Danciu Laurentiu;Domenico Giardini;Helen Crowley

  • A theoretical investigation of average H/V ratios

    Donat Fäh;Fortunat Kind;Domenico Giardini

  • Inferring upper-mantle temperatures from seismic velocities

    Fabio Cammarano;Saskia Goes;Pierre Vacher;Domenico Giardini

  • Earthquakes Induced by the Stimulation of an Enhanced Geothermal System below Basel (Switzerland)

    Nicholas Deichmann;Domenico Giardini

  • The SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue (SHEEC) 1000–1899

    M. Stucchi;A. Rovida;A. A. Gomez Capera;P. Alexandre

  • Evidence for inner core anisotropy from free oscillations

    John H. Woodhouse;Domenico Giardini;Xiang-Dong Li

  • The GSHAP Global Seismic Hazard Map

    D. Giardini;G. Grünthal;K. M. Shedlock;P. Zhang

  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars

    W. Bruce Banerdt;Suzanne E. Smrekar;Don Banfield;Domenico Giardini

  • Joint Inversion of InSAR, GPS, Teleseismic, and Strong-Motion Data for the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Earthquake Slip: Application to the 1999 İzmit Mainshock

    B. Delouis;D. Giardini;P. Lundgren;J. Salichon

  • SEIS: Insight’s Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure of Mars

    P. Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;D. Giardini;W. T. Pike

  • Episodic Back-arc extension during restricted mantle convection in the Central Mediterranean

    Claudio Faccenna;Francesca Funiciello;Francesca Funiciello;Domenico Giardini;Pio Lucente

  • Tomographic constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the Italian region

    Francesco Pio Lucente;Claudio Chiarabba;Giovanni B. Cimini;Domenico Giardini

  • Inversion of local S-wave velocity structures from average H/V ratios, and their use for the estimation of site-effects

    Donat Fäh;Fortunat Kind;Domenico Giardini

  • The dynamics of back‐arc extension: an experimental approach to the opening of the Tyrrhenian Sea

    Claudio Faccenna;Philippe Davy;Jean-Pierre Brun;Renato Funiciello

  • Geothermal quake risks must be faced

    Domenico Giardini

  • Prehistoric earthquake history revealed by lacustrine slump deposits

    Michael Schnellmann;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Domenico Giardini;Judith A. McKenzie

  • A recent tectonic reorganization in the south-central Mediterranean

    S. Goes;D. Giardini;S. Jenny;C. Hollenstein

  • Dynamics of retreating slabs : 2. Insights from three-dimensional laboratory experiments

    Francesca Funiciello;Claudio Faccenna;Domenico Giardini;Klaus Regenauer-Lieb

  • Constraints on the shallow elastic and anelastic structure of Mars from InSight seismic data

    Philippe Lognonné;Philippe Lognonné;W. B. Banerdt;W. T. Pike;Domenico Giardini

  • Global seismicity of 1982: centroid-moment tensor solutions for 308 earthquakes

    A.M. Dziewonski;A. Friedman;D. Giardini;J.H. Woodhouse

Frequent Co-Authors

John Clinton
John Clinton ETH Zurich
Amir Khan
Amir Khan ETH Zurich
Philippe Lognonné
Philippe Lognonné Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Stefan Wiemer
Stefan Wiemer Swiss Seismological Service
Raphaël F. Garcia
Raphaël F. Garcia National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space
Maren Böse
Maren Böse ETH Zurich
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Taichi Kawamura
Taichi Kawamura Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Donat Fäh
Donat Fäh Swiss Seismological Service

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