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Francesca Pacor 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 Francesca Pacor sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 250 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Francesca Pacor 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 Francesca Pacor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Francesca Pacor is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research spans key areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a focused expertise in Geophysics and Civil and Structural Engineering. Their work also touches on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics cover seismic performance and analysis, seismic waves and analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, structural health monitoring techniques, landslides and related hazards, earthquake detection and analysis, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Frequent co-authors include Giovanni Lanzano, Sara Sgobba, Chiara Felicetta, Daniele Spallarossa, and Leonardo Colavitti.

Significant recent publications include:

  • Checking the site categorization criteria and amplification factors of the 2021 draft of Eurocode 8 Part 1-1, 2021, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • Ground motion models for the new seismic hazard model of Italy (MPS19): selection for active shallow crustal regions and subduction zones, 2020, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
  • NESS2.0: An Updated Version of the Worldwide Dataset for Calibrating and Adjusting Ground-Motion Models in Near Source, 2021, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Methodology to identify the reference rock sites in regions of medium-to-high seismicity: an application in Central Italy, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • Empirical Evidence of Frequency-Dependent Directivity Effects From Small-To-Moderate Normal Fault Earthquakes in Central Italy, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Francesca Pacor's work regularly appears in scientific journals such as Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Seismological Research Letters, and Geophysical Journal International.

Best Publications

  • Ground motion prediction equations derived from the Italian strong motion database

    D. Bindi;F. Pacor;L. Luzi;R. Puglia

  • Pan-European ground-motion prediction equations for the average horizontal component of PGA, PGV, and 5 %-damped PSA at spectral periods up to 3.0 s using the RESORCE dataset

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  • ITACA (ITalian ACcelerometric Archive): A Web Portal for the Dissemination of Italian Strong-motion Data

    Lucia Luzi;Salomon Hailemikael;Dino Bindi;Francesca Pacor

  • Overview of the Italian strong Motion database ITACA 1.0

    Francesca Pacor;Roberto Paolucci;Lucia Luzi;Fabio Sabetta

  • Proposal for a soil classification based on parameters alternative or complementary to Vs ,30

    L. Luzi;R. Puglia;F. Pacor;M. R. Gallipoli

  • Pan-European ground-motion prediction equations for the average horizontal component of PGA, PGV, and 5 %-damped PSA at spectral periods up to 3.0 s using the RESORCE dataset

    D. Bindi;M. Massa;L. Luzi;G. Ameri

  • The Engineering Strong‐Motion Database: A Platform to Access Pan‐European Accelerometric Data

    Lucia Luzi;Rodolfo Puglia;Emiliano Russo;Maria D'Amico

  • S-wave site-response estimates using horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios

    R. R. Castro;M. Mucciarelli;F. Pacor;C. Petrungaro

  • Horizontal and vertical ground motion prediction equations derived from the Italian Accelerometric Archive (ITACA)

    D. Bindi;L. Luzi;M. Massa;F. Pacor

  • The 6 April 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila (Central Italy) Earthquake: Strong-motion Observations

    Gabriele Ameri;Marco Massa;Dino Bindi;Ezio D'Alema

  • Record Processing in ITACA, the New Italian Strong-Motion Database

    R. Paolucci;F. Pacor;R. Puglia;G. Ameri

  • Earthquake Disaster Scenario Prediction and Loss Modelling for Urban Areas

    R. Spence;E. So;G. Ameri;A. Akinci

  • Site Amplifications Observed in the Gubbio Basin, Central Italy: Hints for Lateral Propagation Effects

    D. Bindi;S. Parolai;F. Cara;G. Di Giulio

  • The pan-European Engineering Strong Motion (ESM) flatfile: compilation criteria and data statistics

    Giovanni Lanzano;Sara Sgobba;Lucia Luzi;Rodolfo Puglia

  • A Revised Ground‐Motion Prediction Model for Shallow Crustal Earthquakes in Italy

    Giovanni Lanzano;Lucia Luzi;Francesca Pacor;Chiara Felicetta

  • Comparisons among the five ground-motion models developed using RESORCE for the prediction of response spectral accelerations due to earthquakes in Europe and the Middle East

    John Douglas;Sinan Akkar;Gabriele Ameri;Pierre Yves Bard

  • S wave attenuation and site effects in the region of Friuli, Italy

    Raúl R. Castro;Francesca Pacor;Alfio Sala;Carmine Petrungaro

  • Spectral models for ground motion prediction in the L'Aquila region (central Italy): evidence for stress-drop dependence on magnitude and depth

    Francesca Pacor;Daniele Spallarossa;A. Oth;Lucia Luzi

  • The Mw 6.3, 2009 L’Aquila earthquake: source, path and site effects from spectral analysis of strong motion data

    D. Bindi;F. Pacor;L. Luzi;M. Massa

  • Building damage scenarios based on exploitation of Housner intensity derived from finite faults ground motion simulations

    Leonardo Chiauzzi;Angelo Masi;Marco Mucciarelli;Marco Vona

  • Between-event and between-station variability observed in the Fourier and response spectra domains: comparison with seismological models

    D. Bindi;D. Spallarossa;F. Pacor

  • The Central Italy Seismic Sequence between August and December 2016: Analysis of Strong‐Motion Observations

    Lucia Luzi;Francesca Pacor;Rodolfo Puglia;Giovanni Lanzano

  • Empirical site-specific response-spectra correction factors for the Gubbio basin (central Italy)

    S. Parolai;F. Cara;D. Bindi;F. Pacor

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia Luzi
Lucia Luzi National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Dino Bindi
Dino Bindi University of Potsdam
Roberto Paolucci
Roberto Paolucci Polytechnic University of Milan
Marco Mucciarelli
Marco Mucciarelli University of Basilicata
Massimo Cocco
Massimo Cocco National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Daniele Spallarossa
Daniele Spallarossa University of Genoa
Iunio Iervolino
Iunio Iervolino University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Rovelli
Antonio Rovelli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Matteo Picozzi
Matteo Picozzi University of Naples Federico II
Dario Albarello
Dario Albarello University of Siena

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