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Francisco Javier Sierro

Francisco Javier Sierro

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Earth Science
Spain
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 67 1215 1076 10 10 404 16833

Francisco Javier Sierro publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Francisco Javier Sierro between 1985 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Francisco Javier Sierro published across 42 years, from 1985 to 2026, averaging 11.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2014. 19 of the 466 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2014. 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 5 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 34 publications 2015: 33 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 28 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 18 publications 2026: 1 publication
1985 2026

466 publications in total across all disciplines

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Francisco Javier Sierro: publications per year, 1985 to 2026
Year Publications
1985 2
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 3
1991 0
1992 2
1993 1
1994 0
1995 1
1996 5
1997 4
1998 3
1999 10
2000 7
2001 10
2002 9
2003 14
2004 8
2005 9
2006 10
2007 8
2008 18
2009 9
2010 12
2011 16
2012 26
2013 16
2014 34
2015 33
2016 17
2017 19
2018 26
2019 8
2020 28
2021 16
2022 23
2023 20
2024 20
2025 18
2026 1
Total 466
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Francisco Javier Sierro 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 Francisco Javier Sierro 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, 398–407 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: 404 publications — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 44 404
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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Francisco Javier Sierro 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 Francisco Javier Sierro 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, 67 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: 67 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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
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 67
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Francisco Javier Sierro is affiliated with the University of Salamanca in Spain. Their research primarily falls within the broader field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, accumulating 182 publications. The subfields they focus on include Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass Geology and Paleoclimatology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Geological formations and processes, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

They have contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Some recent papers include the following:

  • "Coccolithophore biodiversity controls carbonate export in the Southern Ocean", 2020, Biogeosciences
  • "Freshening of the Mediterranean Salt Giant: controversies and certainties around the terminal (Upper Gypsum and Lago-Mare) phases of the Messinian Salinity Crisis", 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Late Miocene contourite channel system reveals intermittent overflow behavior", 2020, Geology
  • "Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep-water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system", 2020, Sedimentology
  • "Mediterranean Overflow Over the Last 250 kyr: Freshwater Forcing From the Tropics to the Ice Sheets", 2020, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • José-Abel Flores
  • F. Javier Hernández-Molina
  • F.J. Jiménez-Espejo
  • Antje H L Voelker
  • Bárbara Balestra

Best Publications

  • Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis

    W. Krijgsman;F.J. Hilgen;I. Raffi;F.J. Sierro

  • Dansgaard-Oeschger and Heinrich event imprints in Alboran Sea paleotemperatures

    Isabel Cacho;Joan O Grimalt;Carles Pelejero;Miquel Canals

  • The Messinian Salinity Crisis: Past and future of a great challenge for marine sciences

    Marco Roveri;Rachel Flecker;Wout Krijgsman;Johanna Lofi

  • Abrupt Temperature Changes in the Western Mediterranean over the Past 250,000 Years

    Belen Martrat;Joan O. Grimalt;Constancia López-Martínez;Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho

  • Synchroneity between marine and terrestrial responses to millennial scale climatic variability during the last glacial period in the Mediterranean region

    M. F. Sanchez Goni;I. Cacho;J.-L. Turon;J. Guiot

  • Evidence for enhanced Mediterranean thermohaline circulation during rapid climatic coolings

    Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho;Joan O. Grimalt;Francisco J. Sierro;Nick Shackleton

  • Age refinement of the Messinian salinity crisis onset in the Mediterranean

    Vinicio Manzi;Rocco Gennari;Frits Hilgen;Wout Krijgsman

  • Correlation of late Miocene to early Pliocene sequences between the Mediterranean and North Atlantic

    David A. Hodell;Jason H. Curtis;Francisco J. Sierro;Maureen E. Raymo

  • Depositional history of estuarine infill during the last postglacial transgression (Gulf of Cadiz, Southern Spain)

    Cristino J Dabrio;Cari Zazo;José L Goy;Francisco J Sierro

  • Astrochronology for the Messinian Sorbas basin (SE Spain) and orbital (precessional) forcing for evaporite cyclicity

    W. Krijgsman;A.R. Fortuin;F.J. Hilgen;F.J. Sierro

  • Evolution of the Late Miocene Mediterranean–Atlantic gateways and their impact on regional and global environmental change

    Rachel Flecker;Wout Krijgsman;Walter Capella;Cesar de Castro Martíns

  • Impact of iceberg melting on Mediterranean thermohaline circulation during Heinrich events

    F. J. Sierro;D. A. Hodell;J. H. Curtis;J. A. Flores

  • Geological record and reconstruction of the late Pliocene impact of the Eltanin asteroid in the Southern Ocean

    Rainer Gersonde;F. T. Kyte;U. Bleil;Bernhard Diekmann

  • The Abad composite (SE Spain): a Messinian reference section for the Mediterranean and the APTS

    F.J. Sierro;F.J. Hilgen;W. Krijgsman;J.A. Flores

  • Revised technique for calculation of calcareous nannofossil accumulation rates

    J. A. Flores;F. J. Sierro

  • Links between marine and atmospheric processes oscillating on a millennial time-scale. A multi-proxy study of the last 50,000 yr from the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean Sea)

    Ana Moreno;Isabel Cacho;Isabel Cacho;Miquel Canals;Joan O. Grimalt

  • Holocene climate variability in the western Mediterranean region from a deepwater sediment record

    J. Frigola;A. Moreno;I. Cacho;M. Canals

  • The Messinian Salinity Crisis from mega-deposits to microbiology – A consensus report

    M Roveri;J Anton;M N Cagatay;G J De Lange

  • Onset of Mediterranean outflow into the North Atlantic

    F. Javier Hernández-Molina;Dorrik A. V. Stow;Carlos A. Alvarez-Zarikian;Gary Acton

  • Late Miocene globorotaliid event-stratigraphy and biogeography in the NE-Atlantic and Mediterranean

    F.J. Sierro;J.A. Flores;J. Civis;J.A. Gonza´lez Delgado

Frequent Co-Authors

José-Abel Flores
José-Abel Flores University of Salamanca
Joan O. Grimalt
Joan O. Grimalt Spanish National Research Council
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina
Francisco Javier Hernandéz-Molina Royal Holloway University of London
Isabel Cacho
Isabel Cacho University of Barcelona
Belen Martrat
Belen Martrat Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo
Francisco J Jiménez-Espejo Spanish National Research Council
Lucas Joost Lourens
Lucas Joost Lourens Utrecht University
Rachel Flecker
Rachel Flecker University of Bristol
David A Hodell
David A Hodell University of Cambridge

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