World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
6892
World Ranking
5237
National Ranking
1960

Giacomo Corti 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 Giacomo Corti sits on this spectrum.

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: 556 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 publications 603+

This scientist: 207 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Giacomo Corti 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 Giacomo Corti sits on this spectrum.

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: 181 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: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Giacomo Corti is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with extensive contributions in associated subfields such as Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, landslides and related hazards, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, as well as high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Giacomo Corti are:

  • Large-to Local-Scale Control of Pre-Existing Structures on Continental Rifting: Examples From the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa (2022), Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Normal fault reactivation during multiphase extension: Analogue models and application to the Turkana depression, East Africa (2021), Tectonophysics
  • Exploring the Interactions Between Rift Propagation and Inherited Crustal Fabrics Through Experimental Modeling (2020), Tectonics
  • Structural Analysis of the Western Afar Margin, East Africa: Evidence for Multiphase Rotational Rifting (2020), Tectonics
  • Earthquake Rupture Forecasts for the MPS19 Seismic Hazard Model of Italy (2021), Annals of Geophysics

Frequent collaborators include Derek Keir, Daniele Maestrelli, Federico Sani, Marco Bonini, and Ameha Muluneh. Their collaboration ranges over numerous publications reflecting a strong network of co-authorship in geosciences research.

Publication venues where Giacomo Corti has frequently contributed include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Tectonics
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Tectonophysics
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)

The scholar has produced a significant number of works mainly situated in Geophysics within Earth and Planetary Sciences, totaling 97 publications in the field overall. The distribution of their research reflects broad engagement with tectonic and geological phenomena, emphasizing both observational studies and experimental modeling.

Best Publications

  • Continental rift evolution: From rift initiation to incipient break-up in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

    Giacomo Corti

  • Analogue modelling of continental extension: a review focused on the relations between the patterns of deformation and the presence of magma

    Giacomo Corti;Marco Bonini;Sandro Conticelli;Fabrizio Innocenti

  • Evolution of the Main Ethiopian Rift in the frame of Afar and Kenya rifts propagation

    Marco Bonini;Giacomo Corti;Fabrizio Innocenti;Piero Manetti

  • Tectonic inheritance and continental rift architecture: Numerical and analogue models of the East African Rift system

    Giacomo Corti;Jolante van Wijk;Jolante van Wijk;Sierd Cloetingh;Chris K. Morley

  • Evolution and characteristics of continental rifting: Analog modeling-inspired view and comparison with examples from the East African Rift System

    Giacomo Corti

  • Control of rift obliquity on the evolution and segmentation of the main Ethiopian rift

    Giacomo Corti

  • Recent and active tectonics of the external zone of the Northern Apennines (Italy)

    Mario Boccaletti;Giacomo Corti;Luca Martelli

  • Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments

    Guido Schreurs;Susanne J.H. Buiter;David Boutelier;Giacomo Corti

  • Evolution, pattern, and partitioning of deformation during oblique continental rifting: Inferences from lithospheric‐scale centrifuge models

    Andrea Agostini;Giacomo Corti;Antonio Zeoli;Genene Mulugeta

  • Fault architecture in the Main Ethiopian Rift and comparison with experimental models: Implications for rift evolution and Nubia–Somalia kinematics

    Andrea Agostini;Marco Bonini;Giacomo Corti;Federico Sani

  • Controls of inherited lithospheric heterogeneity on rift linkage: Numerical and analog models of interaction between the Kenyan and Ethiopian rifts across the Turkana depression

    Sascha Brune;Giacomo Corti;Giorgio Ranalli

  • Coexisting geodynamic processes in the Sicily Channel

    Giacomo Corti;Marco Cuffaro;Carlo Doglioni;Fabrizio Innocenti

  • Active strike-slip faulting in El Salvador, Central America

    Giacomo Corti;Eugenio Carminati;Francesco Mazzarini;Marvyn Oziel Garcia

  • Slip re-orientation in oblique rifts

    Melody Philippon;Melody Philippon;E. Willingshofer;D. Sokoutis;D. Sokoutis;G. Corti

  • Continental rift architecture and patterns of magma migration: A dynamic analysis based on centrifuge models

    Giacomo Corti;Marco Bonini;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Fabrizio Innocenti

  • Obliquity along plate boundaries

    Mélody Philippon;Giacomo Corti

  • Transition from continental break-up to punctiform seafloor spreading: How fast, symmetric and magmatic

    Giacomo Corti;Jolante Van Wijk;Jolante Van Wijk;Marco Bonini;Dimitrios Sokoutis

  • Distribution of Quaternary deformation in the central Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa

    Andrea Agostini;Andrea Agostini;Marco Bonini;Giacomo Corti;Federico Sani

  • Re-orientation of the extension direction and pure extensional faulting at oblique rift margins: Comparison between the Main Ethiopian Rift and laboratory experiments

    Giacomo Corti;Melody Philippon;Federico Sani;Derek Keir

  • Lithospheric-scale structures from the perspective of analogue continental collision.

    Dimitrios Sokoutis;Jean-Pierre Burg;Marco Bonini;Giacomo Corti

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Bonini
Marco Bonini National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Federico Sani
Federico Sani University of Florence
Derek Keir
Derek Keir University of Florence
Dimitrios Sokoutis
Dimitrios Sokoutis Utrecht University
Luca Ferrari
Luca Ferrari National Autonomous University of Mexico
Piero Manetti
Piero Manetti University of Florence
Francesco Mazzarini
Francesco Mazzarini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Fabrizio Innocenti
Fabrizio Innocenti University of Pisa
Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Sascha Brune
Sascha Brune Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Studying Earth Science in the USA opens multiple career opportunities, but many students and professionals also explore complementary fields through online education. For example, veterans interested in expanding their skill set might find a veteran friendly online Spanish degree beneficial for roles requiring bilingual communication in environmental consulting or research.

Creative individuals might consider a master of fine arts online to combine scientific knowledge with artistic expression, useful for ecological visualization or science communication careers.

For those inclined toward management, pursuing an online masters degree in human resource management can help transition into leadership roles within environmental agencies or private organizations.

It’s also important to recognize flexible options such as online degrees for seniors, which offer opportunities for lifelong learning and career advancement regardless of age. These pathways ensure inclusivity and continuous professional growth in Earth Science-related fields.

Best Scientists Citing Giacomo Corti

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles