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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 6976 6463 231 224 101 4379

Franca Siena publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Franca Siena between 1981 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Franca Siena published across 44 years, from 1981 to 2024, averaging 2.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 9 publications in 2010. 1 of the 103 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 9. Peak 9 publications in 2010. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 4 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 6 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 3 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 2 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 0 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication
1981 2024

103 publications in total across all disciplines

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Franca Siena: publications per year, 1981 to 2024
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 1
1983 1
1984 1
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 4
1990 4
1991 2
1992 2
1993 3
1994 3
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 2
1999 5
2000 1
2001 4
2002 7
2003 1
2004 6
2005 7
2006 3
2007 6
2008 5
2009 6
2010 9
2011 5
2012 1
2013 3
2014 0
2015 1
2016 2
2017 2
2018 2
2019 0
2020 1
2021 0
2022 0
2023 0
2024 1
Total 103
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 98–107 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 101 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404 101
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 37 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366 37
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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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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