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Emilio Saccani

Emilio Saccani

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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
4258
World Ranking
7344
National Ranking
246

Emilio Saccani 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 Emilio Saccani sits on this spectrum.

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Emilio Saccani 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 Emilio Saccani sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Emilio Saccani is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy, focusing primarily on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Their research encompasses various subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Emilio Saccani has contributed to the scientific community through multiple publications, frequently appearing in journals such as Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Minerals, Geoscience Frontiers, Journal of the Geological Society, and Lithos.

  • New evidence for Late Cretaceous plume-related seamounts in the Middle East sector of the Neo-Tethys: Constraints from geochemistry, petrology, and mineral chemistry of the magmatic rocks from the western Durkan Complex (Makran Accretionary Prism, SE Iran), 2021, Lithos
  • The Ganj Complex reinterpreted as a Late Cretaceous volcanic arc: Implications for the geodynamic evolution of the North Makran domain (southeast Iran), 2020, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • The western Durkan Complex (Makran Accretionary Prism, SE Iran): A Late Cretaceous tectonically disrupted seamounts chain and its role in controlling deformation style, 2021, Geoscience Frontiers
  • Early Cretaceous Plume-Ridge Interaction Recorded in the Band-e-Zeyarat Ophiolite (North Makran, Iran): New Constraints from Petrological, Mineral Chemistry, and Geochronological Data, 2020, Minerals
  • The Bajgan Complex revealed as a Cretaceous ophiolite-bearing subduction complex: A key to unravel the geodynamics of Makran (southeast Iran), 2021, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Emilio Saccani include Edoardo Barbero, Morteza Delavari, Asghar Dolati, Michèle Marroni, and Luca Pandolfi.

Best Publications

  • A new method of discriminating different types of post-Archean ophiolitic basalts and their tectonic significance using Th-Nb and Ce-Dy-Yb systematics

    Emilio Saccani

  • Mid-ocean ridge and supra-subduction affinities in the Pindos ophiolites (Greece): implications for magma genesis in a forearc setting

    Emilio Saccani;Adonis Photiades

  • Petrological and geochemical constraints on the origin of the Nehbandan ophiolitic complex (eastern Iran): Implication for the evolution of the Sistan Ocean

    Emilio Saccani;Morteza Delavari;Luigi Beccaluva;Sadraddin Amini

  • Geodynamic evolution of ophiolites from Albania and Greece (Dinaric-Hellenic belt): one, two, or more oceanic basins?

    Valerio Bortolotti;Marco Chiari;Michele Marroni;Luca Pandolfi

  • Geochemistry and petrology of the Kermanshah ophiolites (Iran): Implication for the interaction between passive rifting, oceanic accretion, and OIB-type components in the Southern Neo-Tethys Ocean

    Emilio Saccani;Khalil Allahyari;Luigi Beccaluva;Gianluca Bianchini

  • Magma generation and crustal accretion as evidenced by supra-subduction ophiolites of the Albanide–Hellenide Subpelagonian zone

    Luigi Beccaluva;Massimo Coltorti;Emilio Saccani;Franca Siena

  • Petrogenesis and tectono-magmatic significance of basalts and mantle peridotites from the Albanian-Greek ophiolites and sub-ophiolitic mélanges. New constraints for the Triassic-Jurassic evolution of the Neo-Tethys in the Dinaride sector

    Emilio Saccani;Luigi Beccaluva;Adonis Photiades;Ottavia Zeda

  • Geochronology and petrology of the Early Carboniferous Misho Mafic Complex (NW Iran), and implications for the melt evolution of Paleo-Tethyan rifting in Western Cimmeria

    Emilio Saccani;Zohreh Azimzadeh;Yildirim Dilek;Ahmad Jahangiri

  • Interaction between Mid‐Ocean Ridge and Subduction Magmatism in Albanian Ophiolites

    Valerio Bortolotti;M. Marroni;L. Pandolfi;Gianfranco Principi

  • COMPARISON AMONG THE ALBANIAN AND GREEK OPHIOLITES: IN SEARCH OF CONSTRAINTS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE MESOZOIC TETHYS OCEAN

    Valerio Bortolotti;Marco Chiari;Marta Marcucci;Michele Marroni

  • Geology and petrology of ophiolitic sequences in the central Mirdita region (northern Albania)

    V. Bortolotti;A. Kodra;M. Marroni;F. Mustafa

  • Petrogenesis and tectonomagmatic significance of volcanic and subvolcanic rocks in the Albanide–Hellenide ophiolitic mélanges

    Emilio Saccani;Adonis Photiades

  • Mid-ocean ridge and suprasubduction affinities in the ophiolitic belts of Albania

    L. Beccaluva;M. Coltorti;I. Premti;E. Saccani

  • Continental Margin Ophiolites of Neotethys: Remnants of Ancient Ocean-Continent Transition Zone (OCTZ) Lithosphere and their Geochemistry, Mantle Sources and Melt Evolution Patterns

    Emilio Saccani;Yildirim Dilek;Michele Marroni;Luca Pandolfi

  • Petrology and geochemistry of mafic magmatic rocks from the Sarve-Abad ophiolites (Kurdistan region, Iran): Evidence for interaction between MORB-type asthenosphere and OIB-type components in the southern Neo-Tethys Ocean

    Emilio Saccani;Khalil Allahyari;Bahman Rahimzadeh

  • Time-progressive mantle-melt evolution and magma production in a Tethyan marginal sea: A case study of the Albanide-Hellenide ophiolites

    Emilio Saccani;Yildirim Dilek;Adonis Photiades

  • THE PRE-OROGENIC VOLCANO-SEDIMENTARY COVERS OF THE WESTERN TETHYS OCEANIC BASIN: A REVIEW

    Gianfranco Principi;Valerio Bortolotti;Marco Chiari;Luciano Cortesogno

  • THE JURASSIC ASSOCIATION OF BACKARC BASIN OPHIOLITES AND CALC-ALKALINE VOLCANICS IN THE GUEVGUELI COMPLEX (NORTHERN GREECE): IMPLICATION FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE VARDAR ZONE

    Emilio Saccani;Valerio Bortolotti;Michele Marroni;Luca Pandolfi

  • New insights into the geodynamics of Neo-Tethys in the Makran area: Evidence from age and petrology of ophiolites from the Coloured Mélange Complex (SE Iran)

    Emilio Saccani;Morteza Delavari;Asghar Dolati;Michele Marroni

  • Crystal chemistry and petrologic significance of Fe (super 3+) -rich phlogopite from the Tapira carbonatite complex, Brazil

    Maria Franca Brigatti;Luca Medici;Emilio Saccani;Carmela Vaccaro

  • Triassic mid-ocean ridge basalts from the Argolis Peninsula (Greece): New constraints for the early oceanization phases of the Neo-Tethyan Pindos basin

    Emilio Saccani;Elisa Padoa;Adonis Photiades

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Marroni
Michele Marroni University of Pisa
Luca Pandolfi
Luca Pandolfi University of Pisa
Luigi Beccaluva
Luigi Beccaluva University of Ferrara
Massimo Coltorti
Massimo Coltorti University of Ferrara
Franca Siena
Franca Siena University of Ferrara
Yildirim Dilek
Yildirim Dilek Miami University
Sandro Conticelli
Sandro Conticelli University of Florence
Leone Melluso
Leone Melluso University of Naples Federico II
Massimo D'Antonio
Massimo D'Antonio University of Naples Federico II
Shoji Arai
Shoji Arai Kanazawa University

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