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Isabella Premoli Silva

Isabella Premoli Silva

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
8219
World Ranking
4420
National Ranking
109

Isabella Premoli Silva 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 Isabella Premoli Silva sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 200 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Isabella Premoli Silva 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 Isabella Premoli Silva sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Isabella Premoli Silva is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has a research profile rooted in engineering with a strong focus on ocean engineering. Their scholarly contributions extend to mechanical engineering, atmospheric science, paleontology, and geophysics. The main areas of their work include drilling and well engineering, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, oil and gas production techniques, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils.

Recent publications reflect a wide interdisciplinary approach. Notable papers include:

  • Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy), 2020, Episodes
  • BOUNDARY CONDITIONS OF ATLANTIC EOCENE OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONES, 2020, RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
  • MIDDLE EOCENE IN THE ALPINE RETROFORELAND BASIN (NORTHERN ITALY): SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF A "MESO-ALPINE" ARC-TRENCH SYSTEM IN THE ALPS, 2023, RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
  • ODP Leg 144, Hole 873A - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • DSDP Leg 89, Hole 586C - Well Logging Data, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent collaboration has been an aspect of their research, with common co-authors including Janet A. Haggerty, James G. Ogg, David K. Watkins, Paul N. Pearson, and Frank R. Rack. These collaborators have contributed to multiple joint publications.

The primary publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
  • Episodes
  • Journal of Micropalaeontology

Isabella Premoli Silva's research primarily intersects engineering and geology, emphasizing drilling and well engineering practices. The integration of paleontological and stratigraphic methods is evidenced by contributions to geological and paleoclimatology studies.

Best Publications

  • Cretaceous planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and evolutionary trends from the Bottaccione Section, Gubbio, Italy

    Isabella. Premoli Silva;William V. Sliter

  • Cretaceous paleoceanography: Evidence from planktonic foraminiferal evolution

    Isabella Premoli Silva;William V. Sliter

  • Rapid diversification of planktonic foraminifera in the tropical Pacific (ODP Site 865) during the late Paleocene thermal maximum

    D. Clay Kelly;Timothy J. Bralower;James C. Zachos;Isabella Premoli Silva

  • Upper Cretaceous–Paleocene magnetic stratigraphy at Gubbio, Italy V. Type section for the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene geomagnetic reversal time scale

    Walter Alvarez;Michael A. Arthur;Alfred G. Fischer;William Lowrie

  • Integrated stratigraphy of the Cismon Apticore (southern Alps, Italy); a reference section for the Barremian-Aptian interval at low latitudes

    Elisabetta Erba;James E. T. Channell;Michele Claps;Charles Jones

  • Late Paleocene to Eocene paleoceanography of the equatorial Pacific Ocean: Stable isotopes recorded at Ocean Drilling Program Site 865, Allison Guyot

    Timothy J. Bralower;James C. Zachos;Ellen Thomas;Matthew Parrow

  • Similarities between planktonic and larger foraminiferal evolutionary trends through Paleogene paleoceanographic changes

    Pamela Hallock;Isabella Premoli Silva;Anne Boersma

  • Atlantic Eocene planktonic foraminiferal paleohydrographic indicators and stable isotope paleoceanography

    Anne Boersma;Isabella Premoli Silva;N. J. Shackleton

  • Paleogene magnetic stratigraphy in Umbrian pelagic carbonate rocks: The Contessa sections, Gubbio

    William Lowrie;Walter Alvarez;Giovanni Napoleone;Katharina Perch-Nielsen

  • Revised Upper Albian – Maastrichtian planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and magneto-stratigraphy of the classical Tethyan Gubbio section (Italy)

    Rodolfo Coccioni;Isabella Premoli Silva

  • Biotic changes in Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events of the Tethys

    Isabella Premoli Silva;Elisabetta Erba;Giovanni Salvini;Cecilia Locatelli

  • Episodes of high productivity and cooling in the early Aptian Alpine Tethys

    Peter A. Hochuli;Alessio P. Menegatti;Helmut Weissert;Angelo Riva

  • Palaeoceanographic significance of the Tethyan ‘Livello Selli’ (Early Aptian) from the Hybla Formation, northwestern Sicily: biostratigraphy and high-resolution chemostratigraphic records

    Adriana Bellanca;Elisabetta Erba;Rodolfo Neri;Isabella Premoli Silva

  • Orbitally induced limestone/marlstone rhythms in the Albian—Cenomanian Cismon section (Venetian region, northern Italy): Sedimentology, calcareous and siliceous plankton distribution, elemental and isotope geochemistry

    A. Bellanca;M. Claps;E. Erba;D. Masetti

  • Toward an orbital chronology for the early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE1a, ~ 120 Ma)

    Yong Xiang Li;Timothy J. Bralower;Isabel P. Montañez;David A. Osleger

  • Paleoenvironmental signals and changes in surface fertilityin Mid Cretaceous Corg-Rich pelagic facies of the Fucoid Marls (Central Italy)

    Isabella Premoli Silvá;Elisabetta Erba;Maria Emilia Tornaghi

  • Decision on the Eocene-Oligocene boundary stratotype

    Isabella Premoli Silva;D Graham Jenkins

  • Paleocene planktonic foraminiferal biogeography and the paleooceanography of the Atlantic Ocean

    Anne Boersma;Isabella Premoli Silva

  • Identification of the base of the lower-to-middle Campanian Globotruncana ventricosa Zone: Comments on reliability and global correlations

    Maria Rose Petrizzo;Francesca Falzoni;Isabella Premoli Silva

  • Franciscan Complex limestone deposited at 17° South paleolatitude

    Walter Alvarez;Dennis V. Kent;Isabella Premoli Silva;Richard A. Schweickert

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia Spezzaferri
Silvia Spezzaferri University of Fribourg
Elisabetta Erba
Elisabetta Erba University of Milan
Rodolfo Coccioni
Rodolfo Coccioni University of Urbino
Timothy J. Bralower
Timothy J. Bralower Pennsylvania State University
Paul Nicholas Pearson
Paul Nicholas Pearson Cardiff University
James C. Zachos
James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz
Simonetta Monechi
Simonetta Monechi University of Florence
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London
Timothy D. Herbert
Timothy D. Herbert Brown University
Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez University of California, Berkeley

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