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83
Citations
23198
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433
National Ranking
35

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.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 313 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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