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Giovanni Zanchetta

Giovanni Zanchetta

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Earth Science
Italy
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 68 1176 1042 11 10 360 13278

Giovanni Zanchetta publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Giovanni Zanchetta between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Giovanni Zanchetta published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 10.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2013. 33 of the 417 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2013. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 21 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 23 publications 2013: 31 publications 2014: 22 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 17 publications
1986 2025

417 publications in total across all disciplines

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Giovanni Zanchetta: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 1
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 2
1996 2
1997 0
1998 1
1999 3
2000 9
2001 6
2002 2
2003 5
2004 7
2005 8
2006 8
2007 8
2008 17
2009 21
2010 28
2011 21
2012 23
2013 31
2014 22
2015 23
2016 15
2017 17
2018 22
2019 19
2020 17
2021 18
2022 10
2023 15
2024 16
2025 17
Total 417
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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.

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, 358–367 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: 360 publications — 92nd percentile

92% 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
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60 360
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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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.

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, 68 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: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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 68
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
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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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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