2026 Giancarlo Tamburello: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	36	7413	6867	257	248	127	3358

Overview

Giancarlo Tamburello is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on geophysics and global planetary processes.

The scientist's work involves several key subfields, including:

Geophysics
Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Environmental Engineering
Artificial Intelligence

The primary topics addressed in their research include:

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Tamburello has contributed to a number of recent papers in the geosciences, including:

The 2018 unrest phase at La Soufrière of Guadeloupe (French West Indies) andesitic volcano: Scrutiny of a failed but prodromal phreatic eruption (2020) published in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Global thermal spring distribution and relationship to endogenous and exogenous factors (2022) published in Nature Communications
Carbon concentration increases with depth of melting in Earth's upper mantle (2021) published in Nature Geoscience
Mafic magma feeds degassing unrest at Vulcano Island, Italy (2022) published in Communications Earth & Environment
Volcanic CO ₂ tracks the incubation period of basaltic paroxysms (2021) published in Science Advances

They frequently publish in journals such as:

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Frontiers in Earth Science
Nature Communications
Annals of Geophysics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Tamburello's research, with frequent co-authors including:

Giovanni Chiodini
Alessandro Aiuppa
Laura Sandri
Silvia Massaro
Fabio Dioguardi

Best Publications

Unmanned aerial vehicle measurements of volcanic carbon dioxide fluxes

A. J. S. McGonigle;A. Aiuppa;G. Giudice;G. Tamburello

226
Citations
A model of degassing for Stromboli volcano

A. Aiuppa;A. Bertagnini;N. Métrich;R. Moretti

173
Citations
Turmoil at Turrialba Volcano (Costa Rica): Degassing and eruptive processes inferred from high-frequency gas monitoring.

J. Maarten de Moor;J. Maarten de Moor;J. Maarten de Moor;A. Aiuppa;A. Aiuppa;G. Avard;H. Wehrmann

142
Citations
Global-scale control of extensional tectonics on CO 2 earth degassing

Giancarlo Tamburello;Silvia Pondrelli;Giovanni Chiodini;Dmitri Rouwet

128
Citations
First observations of the fumarolic gas output from a restless caldera: Implications for the current period of unrest (2005–2013) at Campi Flegrei

A. Aiuppa;G. Tamburello;R. Di Napoli;C. Cardellini

109
Citations
Protocols for UV camera volcanic SO2 measurements

Euripides P. Kantzas;A.J.S. McGonigle;Giancarlo Tamburello;Alessandro Aiuppa

104
Citations
Hydrogen in the gas plume of an open‐vent volcano, Mount Etna, Italy

A. Aiuppa;A. Aiuppa;H. Shinohara;G. Tamburello;G. Giudice

93
Citations
Passive vs. active degassing modes at an open-vent volcano (Stromboli, Italy)

G. Tamburello;A. Aiuppa;A. Aiuppa;E.P. Kantzas;A.J.S. McGonigle;A.J.S. McGonigle

91
Citations
Mercury fluxes from volcanic and geothermal sources: an update

E. Bagnato;G. Tamburello;G. Avard;M. Martinez-Cruz

85
Citations
First volatile inventory for Gorely volcano, Kamchatka

Alessandro Aiuppa;Alessandro Aiuppa;Gaetano Giudice;Marco Liuzzo;G. Tamburello

77
Citations
A CO2-gas precursor to the March 2015 Villarrica volcano eruption

Alessandro Aiuppa;Marcello Bitetto;Vincenzo Francofonte;Gabriela Velasquez

73
Citations
New ground-based lidar enables volcanic CO2 flux measurements

Alessandro Aiuppa;Alessandro Aiuppa;Luca Fiorani;Simone Santoro;Simone Santoro;Stefano Parracino;Stefano Parracino

72
Citations
Periodic volcanic degassing behavior: The Mount Etna example

G. Tamburello;A. Aiuppa;A. Aiuppa;A. J. S. McGonigle;A. J. S. McGonigle;P. Allard;P. Allard

70
Citations
Ratiocalc: Software for processing data from multicomponent volcanic gas analyzers

Giancarlo Tamburello

70
Citations
Global thermal spring distribution and relationship to endogenous and exogenous factors

Unknown

69
Citations
Escalating CO2 degassing at the Pisciarelli fumarolic system, and implications for the ongoing Campi Flegrei unrest

G. Tamburello;S. Caliro;G. Chiodini;P. De Martino

67
Citations
The 2018 unrest phase at La Soufrière of Guadeloupe (French West Indies) andesitic volcano: Scrutiny of a failed but prodromal phreatic eruption

Roberto Moretti;Jean-Christophe Komorowski;Guillaume Ucciani;Séverine Moune;Séverine Moune

67
Citations
Steam and gas emission rate from La Soufriere volcano, Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles): Implications for the magmatic supply during degassing unrest

Patrick Allard;Alessandro Aiuppa;Alessandro Aiuppa;François Beauducel;Damien Gaudin

66
Citations
Tracking Formation of a Lava Lake From Ground and Space: Masaya Volcano (Nicaragua), 2014–2017

Alessandro Aiuppa;J. Maarten de Moor;Santiago Arellano;Diego Coppola

65
Citations
Intense magmatic degassing through the lake of Copahue volcano, 2013-2014

G. Tamburello;M. Agusto;A. Caselli;F. Tassi

62
Citations
Gas measurements from the Costa Rica-Nicaragua volcanic segment suggest possible along-arc variations in volcanic gas chemistry

A. Aiuppa;A. Aiuppa;P. Robidoux;G. Tamburello;Vladimir Conde

51
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Aiuppa University of Palermo

Andrew J. S. McGonigle University of Sheffield

Gaetano Giudice National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Maurizio Ripepe University of Florence

Giovanni Chiodini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Roberto Moretti University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Franco Tassi University of Florence

Stefano Caliro National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Mike R. James Lancaster University

Carlo Cardellini University of Perugia

External Links

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