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Franca Siena 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 Franca Siena sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 101 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Franca Siena 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 Franca Siena sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Franca Siena is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy and works primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research focuses on subfields including Ocean Engineering, Geophysics, Pollution, and Mechanical Engineering.

The main topics of their scientific work cover Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Franca Siena has authored publications in several venues. Frequent publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Pollution Bulletin, Lithos, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Plume-related Paranà-Etendeka igneous province: An evolution from plateau to continental rifting and breakup, 2020, Lithos
  • Occurrence of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in key species of anthozoans in Mediterranean Sea, 2024, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • ODP Leg 131, Hole 808B - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 131, Hole 808B - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ODP Leg 131, Hole 808C - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Franca Siena include Asahiko Taira, Ian Ashley Hill, John V. Firth, llrich Berner, and Warner Brückmann.

Best Publications

  • Carbonatite Metasomatism of the Oceanic Upper Mantle: Evidence from Clinopyroxenes and Glasses in Ultramafic Xenoliths of Grande Comore, Indian Ocean

    M. Coltorti;C. Bonadiman;R. W. Hinton;F. Siena

  • Existence of Different Peridotite Types and of a Layered Igneous Complex in the Ivrea Zone of the Western Alps

    G. Rivalenti;G. Garuti;A. Rossi;F. Siena

  • Continental Flood Basalts and Mantle Plumes: a Case Study of the Northern Ethiopian Plateau

    Luigi Beccaluva;Gianluca Bianchini;Gianluca Bianchini;Claudio Natali;Franca Siena

  • Sediment deformation and hydrogeology of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Synthesis of shipboard results of ODP Leg 131

    A. Taira;I. Hill;J. Firth;U. Berner

  • Tethyan vs. Cordilleran ophiolites: a reappraisal of distinctive tectono-magmatic features of supra-subduction complexes in relation to the subduction mode

    Luigi Beccaluva;Massimo Coltorti;Giuseppe Giunta;Franca Siena

  • Amphibole genesis via metasomatic reaction with clinopyroxene in mantle xenoliths from Victoria Land, Antarctica

    Massimo Coltorti;Luigi Beccaluva;Costanza Bonadiman;Barbara Faccini

  • Kimberlite-like Metasomatism and 'Garnet Signature' in Spinel-peridotite Xenoliths from Sal, Cape Verde Archipelago: Relics of a Subcontinental Mantle Domain within the Atlantic Oceanic Lithosphere?

    C. Bonadiman;L. Beccaluva;M. Coltorti;F. Siena

  • Coexisting anorogenic and subduction-related metasomatism in mantle xenoliths from the Betic Cordillera (southern Spain)

    Luigi Beccaluva;Gianluca Bianchini;Costanza Bonadiman;Franca Siena

  • Glasses in mantle xenoliths as geochemical indicators of metasomatic agents

    Massimo Coltorti;Luigi Beccaluva;Costanza Bonadiman;Leonardo Salvini

  • 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

  • Nephelinitic to Tholeiitic Magma Generation in a Transtensional Tectonic Setting: an Integrated Model for the Iblean Volcanism, Sicily

    L. Beccaluva;F. Siena;M. Coltorti;A. Di Grande

  • Fractional Crystallization and Liquid Immiscibility Processes in the Alkaline-Carbonatite Complex of Juquiá (São Paulo, Brazil)

    L. Beccaluva;M. Barbieri;H. Born;P. Brotzu

  • Petrogenesis and evolution of Mt. Vulture alkaline volcanism (Southern Italy)

    L. Beccaluva;M. Coltorti;P. Di Girolamo;L. Melluso

  • Evidence of diverse depletion and metasomatic events in harzburgite–lherzolite mantle xenoliths from the Iberian plate (Olot, NE Spain): Implications for lithosphere accretionary processes

    Gianluca Bianchini;Luigi Beccaluva;Costanza Bonadiman;Geoff Nowell

  • Post-collisional and intraplate Cenozoic volcanism in the rifted Apennines/Adriatic domain

    G. Bianchini;L. Beccaluva;F. Siena

  • Differentiation of partial melts in the mantle: Evidence from the Balmuccia peridotite, Italy

    S. Sinigoi;P. Comin-Chiaramonti;G. Demarchi;F. Siena

  • Depletion Events, Nature of Metasomatizing Agent and Timing of Enrichment Processes in Lithospheric Mantle Xenoliths from the Veneto Volcanic Province

    L. Beccaluva;C. Bonadiman;M. Coltorti;L. Salvini

  • The southern margin of the Caribbean Plate in Venezuela: tectono-magmatic setting of the ophiolitic units and kinematic evolution

    Giuseppe Giunta;Luigi Beccaluva;Massimo Coltorti;Franca Siena

  • Intracratonic asthenosphere upwelling and lithosphere rejuvenation beneath the Hoggar swell (Algeria): Evidence from HIMU metasomatised lherzolite mantle xenoliths

    L. Beccaluva;A. Azzouni-Sekkal;A. Benhallou;G. Bianchini

  • Multistage evolution of the European lithospheric mantle: new evidence from Sardinian peridotite xenoliths

    Luigi Beccaluva;Gianluca Bianchini;Massimo Coltorti;William Timothy Perkins

  • The layered series of the Ivrea-Verbano igneous complex, we tern Alps, Italy

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Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Beccaluva
Luigi Beccaluva University of Ferrara
Massimo Coltorti
Massimo Coltorti University of Ferrara
Gianluca Bianchini
Gianluca Bianchini University of Ferrara
Michel Grégoire
Michel Grégoire Paul Sabatier University
Finlay M. Stuart
Finlay M. Stuart University of Glasgow
Rob M. Ellam
Rob M. Ellam Tianjin University
Theodoros Ntaflos
Theodoros Ntaflos University of Vienna
Emilio Saccani
Emilio Saccani University of Ferrara
Marjorie Wilson
Marjorie Wilson University of Leeds
Brian G. J. Upton
Brian G. J. Upton University of Edinburgh

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