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Francisco Javier Sierro

Francisco Javier Sierro

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Earth Science
Spain
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
67
Citations
16833
World Ranking
1215
National Ranking
10

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.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 404 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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