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Giovanni Zanchetta

Giovanni Zanchetta

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Earth Science
Italy
2026

Giovanni Zanchetta 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 Giovanni Zanchetta sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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

Giovanni Zanchetta 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 Giovanni Zanchetta sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Giovanni Zanchetta is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and has a focus in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of works in Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Archeology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology. Their research encompasses numerous aspects of geology and paleoclimatology.

The scientist's principal research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Frequent publication venues for Giovanni Zanchetta encompass:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Quaternary Science
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Boreas
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborations have occurred often with several co-authors, notably:

  • Mónica Bini
  • Biagio Giaccio
  • Ilaria Isola
  • Russell N. Drysdale
  • Bernd Wagner

Some recent papers by Giovanni Zanchetta include:

  • Persistent influence of obliquity on ice age terminations since the Middle Pleistocene transition, 2020, Science
  • Is the deuterium excess in precipitation a reliable tracer of moisture sources and water resources fate in the western Mediterranean? New insights from Apuan Alps (Italy), 2022, Journal of Hydrology
  • Deep drilling reveals massive shifts in evolutionary dynamics after formation of ancient ecosystem, 2020, Science Advances
  • An end to the Last Interglacial highstand before 120 ka: Relative sea-level evidence from Infreschi Cave (Southern Italy), 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Magnesium in subaqueous speleothems as a potential palaeotemperature proxy, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Late Holocene drought responsible for the collapse of Old World civilizations is recorded in an Italian cave flowstone

    Russell Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John Hellstrom;Roland Maas

  • Stable isotope records of Late Quaternary climate and hydrology from Mediterranean lakes : the ISOMED synthesis

    Neil Roberts;M.D. Jones;A. Benkaddour;W. J. Eastwood

  • Age and whole rock–glass compositions of proximal pyroclastics from the major explosive eruptions of Somma-Vesuvius: A review as a tool for distal tephrostratigraphy

    Roberto Santacroce;Raffaello Cioni;Paola Marianelli;Alessandro Sbrana

  • North-south palaeohydrological contrasts in the central Mediterranean during the Holocene: tentative synthesis and working hypotheses

    M. Magny;N. Combourieu-Nebout;J. L. de Beaulieu;V. Bout-Roumazeilles

  • Enhanced rainfall in the Western Mediterranean during deposition of sapropel S1: stalagmite evidence from Corchia cave (Central Italy)

    G Zanchetta;Russell N Drysdale;John Charles Hellstrom;A.E. Fallick

  • Evidence for Obliquity Forcing of Glacial Termination II

    R.N. Drysdale;J. C. Hellstrom;G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;G. Zanchetta;A. E. Fallick

  • Characteristics of May 5–6, 1998 volcaniclastic debris flows in the Sarno area (Campania, southern Italy): relationships to structural damage and hazard zonation

    Giovanni Zanchetta;R. Sulpizio;M. T. Pareschi;F. M. Leoni

  • Most Earth-surface calcites precipitate out of isotopic equilibrium

    Mathieu Daëron;Russell N Drysdale;Marion Peral;Damien Huyghe

  • The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region: an overview

    Monica Bini;Giovanni Zanchetta;Aurel Perşoiu;Rosine Cartier

  • 13C18O clumping in speleothems: Observations from natural caves and precipitation experiments

    Mathieu Daeron;Mathieu Daeron;Weifu Guo;Weifu Guo;John Eiler;Dominique Genty

  • Stalagmite evidence for the onset of the Last Interglacial in southern Europe at 129±1 ka

    Russell N. Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John C. Hellstrom;Anthony E. Fallick

  • Tephrostratigraphy, chronology and climatic events of the Mediterranean basin during the Holocene: an overview

    Giovanni Zanchetta;Roberto Sulpizio;Neil Roberts;Raffaello Cioni

  • U–Pb geochronology of speleothems by MC-ICPMS

    Jon Woodhead;John Hellstrom;Roland Maas;Russell Drysdale

  • Pollen-based paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic change at Lake Ohrid (south-eastern Europe) during the past 500 ka

    Laura Sadori;Andreas Koutsodendris;Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos;Alessia Masi

  • Mediterranean winter rainfall in phase with African monsoons during the past 1.36 million years

    Bernd Wagner;Hendrik Vogel;Alexander Francke;Alexander Francke;Tobias Friedrich

  • A paleoclimate record with tephrochronological age control for the last glacial-interglacial cycle from Lake Ohrid, Albania and Macedonia

    Hendrik Vogel;Bernd Wagner;Giovanni Zanchetta;Roberto Sulpizio

  • Palaeoclimatic implications of the growth history and stable isotope (delta O-18 and delta C-13) geochemistry of a Middle to Late Pleistocene stalagmite from central-western Italy

    Russell N. Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John C. Hellstrom;Anthony E. Fallick

  • The holocene climatic evolution of mediterranean Italy: A review of the continental geological data

    C. Giraudi;M. Magny;G. Zanchetta;R.N. Drysdale

  • Enhanced climate instability in the North Atlantic and southern Europe during the Last Interglacial.

    P. C. Tzedakis;Russell N. Drysdale;Russell N. Drysdale;Vasiliki Margari;Luke C. Skinner

  • Stalagmite evidence for the precise timing of North Atlantic cold events during the early last glacial

    Russell N. Drysdale;Giovanni Zanchetta;John C. Hellstrom;Anthony E. Fallick

  • A 40,000-year record of environmental change from ancient Lake Ohrid (Albania and Macedonia)

    Bernd Wagner;André F. Lotter;Norbert Nowaczyk;Jane M. Reed

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell N. Drysdale
Russell N. Drysdale University of Melbourne
Ilaria Isola
Ilaria Isola National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Roberto Sulpizio
Roberto Sulpizio University of Bari Aldo Moro
Hendrik Vogel
Hendrik Vogel University of Bern
Bernd Wagner
Bernd Wagner University of Cologne
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham
John Hellstrom
John Hellstrom University of Melbourne
Biagio Giaccio
Biagio Giaccio Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering
Laura Sadori
Laura Sadori Sapienza University of Rome
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow

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