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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 83 433 371 35 29 313 23198

Franco Pirajno publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Franco Pirajno between 1979 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Franco Pirajno published across 48 years, from 1979 to 2026, averaging 6.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2009. 5 of the 329 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2009. 1979: 2 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 1 publication 1982: 2 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 14 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 5 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 21 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 4 publications 2026: 1 publication
1979 2026

329 publications in total across all disciplines

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Franco Pirajno: publications per year, 1979 to 2026
Year Publications
1979 2
1980 1
1981 1
1982 2
1983 0
1984 0
1985 2
1986 0
1987 0
1988 1
1989 0
1990 2
1991 1
1992 14
1993 1
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 3
1998 3
1999 2
2000 15
2001 1
2002 5
2003 4
2004 10
2005 13
2006 6
2007 12
2008 11
2009 21
2010 8
2011 11
2012 11
2013 18
2014 19
2015 14
2016 9
2017 19
2018 21
2019 9
2020 9
2021 13
2022 16
2023 5
2024 7
2025 4
2026 1
Total 329
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Franco Pirajno 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 Franco Pirajno 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, 308–317 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: 313 publications — 88th percentile

88% 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
308–317 107 313
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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Franco Pirajno 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 Franco Pirajno 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, 83 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: 83 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 83
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

Franco Pirajno is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their scholarly contributions predominantly span Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional work in Computer Science. Within these broad fields, the scientist's focus includes subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research interests are reflected in several main topics, including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Franco Pirajno include:

  • Yanjing Chen
  • Xiao-Hua Deng
  • Abulimiti Aibai
  • Shen Han
  • Xun Li

Notable publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple papers include:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Gondwana Research
  • Geoscience Frontiers
  • Minerals
  • Lithos

Selected recent papers by Franco Pirajno include:

  • "Cretaceous large-scale metal accumulation triggered by post-subductional large-scale extension, East Asia," 2021, Ore Geology Reviews
  • "Revisiting Phanerozoic evolution of the Qinling Orogen (East Tethys) with perspectives of detrital zircon," 2021, Gondwana Research
  • "Subaerial hot springs and near-surface hydrothermal mineral systems past and present, and possible extraterrestrial analogues," 2020, Geoscience Frontiers
  • "Abiotic anoxic iron oxidation, formation of Archean banded iron formations, and the oxidation of early Earth," 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Types of carbonatites: Geochemistry, genesis and mantle sources," 2021, Lithos

Franco Pirajno has authored a book published by Springer Nature (Netherlands), titled "Geology and Geochemistry of Molybdenum Deposits in the Qinling Orogen, P R China" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems

    Franco Pirajno

  • Major types and time–space distribution of Mesozoic ore deposits in South China and their geodynamic settings

    Mao Jingwen;Cheng Yanbo;Chen Maohong;Franco Pirajno

  • Evidence for early life in Earth’s oldest hydrothermal vent precipitates

    Matthew S. Dodd;Matthew S. Dodd;Dominic Papineau;Dominic Papineau;Tor Grenne;John F. Slack

  • Distinct mantle sources of low-Ti and high-Ti basalts from the western Emeishan large igneous province, SW China: implications for plume–lithosphere interaction

    Long Xiao;Long Xiao;Y.G. Xu;H.J. Mei;Y.F. Zheng

  • Tectonic implications from Re–Os dating of Mesozoic molybdenum deposits in the East Qinling–Dabie orogenic belt

    J.W. Mao;G.Q. Xie;Frank Bierlein;W.J. Qu

  • A tectono-genetic model for porphyry-skarn-stratabound Cu-Au-Mo-Fe and magnetite-apatite deposits along the Middle-Lower Yangtze River Valley, Eastern China

    Jingwen Mao;Guiqing Xie;Chao Duan;Franco Pirajno

  • The association of mafic–ultramafic intrusions and A-type magmatism in the Tian Shan and Altay orogens, NW China: Implications for geodynamic evolution and potential for the discovery of new ore deposits

    Franco Pirajno;Jingwen Mao;Zhaochong Zhang;Zuoheng Zhang

  • A review of the Cu–Ni sulphide deposits in the Chinese Tianshan and Altay orogens (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, NW China): Principal characteristics and ore-forming processes

    Jing Wen Mao;Franco Pirajno;Zuo Heng Zhang;Feng Mei Chai

  • Mesozoic molybdenum deposits in the east Qinling-Dabie orogenic belt: Characteristics and tectonic settings

    J.W. Mao;Franco Pirajno;J.F. Xiang;J.J. Gao

  • Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous granitoid magmatism in Eastern Qinling, central-eastern China: SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages and tectonic implications

    J. W. Mao;G. Q. Xie;F. Pirajno;H. S. Ye

  • Geodynamic settings and tectonic model of skarn gold deposits in China: An overview

    Yan-Jing Chen;Hua-Yong Chen;Khin Zaw;Franco Pirajno

  • The relationship of mantle-derived fluids to gold metallogenesis in the Jiaodong Peninsula: Evidence from D–O–C–S isotope systematics

    Jingwen Mao;Yitian Wang;Houmin Li;Franco Pirajno

  • Mesozoic metallogeny in East China and corresponding geodynamic settings — An introduction to the special issue

    Jingwen Mao;Franco Pirajno;Nigel Cook

  • Epithermal deposits in North Xinjiang, NW China

    Y.J. Chen;Franco Pirajno;Franco Pirajno;G. Wu;J.P. Qi

  • Intraplate magmatism in Central Asia and China and associated metallogeny

    Franco Pirajno;Franco Pirajno;Richard E. Ernst;Alexander S. Borisenko;Alexander S. Borisenko;Geliy Fedoseev;Geliy Fedoseev

  • Isotope geochemistry of the Tieluping silver-lead deposit, Henan, China: A case study of orogenic silver-dominated deposits and related tectonic setting

    Yan-jing Chen;Yan-jing Chen;Franco Pirajno;Ying-hui Sui

  • Compositional polarity of Triassic granitoids in the Qinling Orogen, China: Implication for termination of the northernmost paleo-Tethys

    Nuo Li;Yan-Jing Chen;M. Santosh;Franco Pirajno

  • Distribution of porphyry deposits in the Eurasian continent and their corresponding tectonic settings

    Jingwen Mao;Franco Pirajno;Bernd Lehmann;Maocheng Luo

  • Geodynamics and metallogeny of the central Eurasian porphyry and related epithermal mineral systems: A review

    Reimar Seltmann;T. Mike Porter;Franco Pirajno;Franco Pirajno

  • Geological setting of Earth's oldest fossils in the ca. 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

    Martin J. Van Kranendonk;Pascal Philippot;Kevin Lepot;Simon Bodorkos

  • Warakurna large igneous province: A new Mesoproterozoic large igneous province in west-central Australia

    Michael T.D. Wingate;Franco Pirajno;Paul A. Morris

Frequent Co-Authors

Yan-Jing Chen
Yan-Jing Chen Peking University
Jingwen Mao
Jingwen Mao China University of Geosciences
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Dominic Papineau
Dominic Papineau University College London
Reimar Seltmann
Reimar Seltmann Natural History Museum
Zhaochong Zhang
Zhaochong Zhang China University of Geosciences
David L. Huston
David L. Huston Geoscience Australia
Lianchang Zhang
Lianchang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Long Xiao
Long Xiao China University of Geosciences
Leon Bagas
Leon Bagas University of Western Australia

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