2026 Isabella Raffi: 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	56	2365	2145	37	34	297	14442

Isabella Raffi 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 Raffi sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 510+

This scientist: 297 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Isabella Raffi 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 Raffi sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Isabella Raffi is affiliated with the University of Chieti-Pescara in Italy and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geophysics, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research focuses extensively on topics such as Drilling and Well Engineering, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological formations and processes, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Isabella Raffi's publications include recent papers such as:

Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy), 2020, published in Episodes
Segmentation of the Apenninic Margin of the Tyrrhenian Back-Arc Basin Forced by the Subduction of an Inherited Transform System, 2021, published in Tectonics
The Monte San Nicola section (Sicily) revisited: A potential unit-stratotype of the Gelasian Stage, 2022, published in Quaternary Science Reviews
Neogene-Quaternary Mediterranean calcareous nannofossil biozonation and biochronology: A review, 2023, published in Stratigraphy
High-resolution climate variability across the Piacenzian/Gelasian boundary in the Monte San Nicola section (Sicily, Italy), 2023, published in Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors in their body of work include:

Nicholas J Shackleton
Teresa King Hagelberg
David Schneider
Jean-Pierre Valet
Steven A. Hovan

The publication venues where Isabella Raffi most often appears include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
Episodes
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Quaternary Science Reviews

Best Publications

Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis

W. Krijgsman;F.J. Hilgen;I. Raffi;F.J. Sierro

2141
Citations
Rapid acidification of the ocean during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum.

James C. Zachos;Ursula Röhl;Stephen A. Schellenberg;Appy Sluijs

1382
Citations
Late Neogene chronology: New perspectives in high-resolution stratigraphy

William A. Berggren;F. J. Hilgen;C. G. Langereis;Dennis V. Kent

718
Citations
Astronomical pacing of late Palaeocene to early Eocene global warming events

Lucas J. Lourens;Appy Sluijs;Dick Kroon;James C. Zachos

677
Citations
A review of calcareous nannofossil astrobiochronology encompassing the past 25 million years

Isabella Raffi;Jan Backman;Eliana Fornaciari;Heiko Pälike

611
Citations
Pliocene-Pleistocene Calcareous Nannofossil Distribution Patterns in the Western Mediterranean

D. Rio;I. Raffi;G. Villa

528
Citations
Direct stratigraphic dating of India-Asia collision onset at the Selandian (middle Paleocene, 59 ± 1 Ma)

Xiumian Hu;Eduardo Garzanti;Ted Moore;Isabella Raffi

466
Citations
Biozonation and biochronology of Paleogene calcareous nannofossils from low and middle latitudes

Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari;Isabella Raffi;Rita Catanzariti

452
Citations
A Cenozoic record of the equatorial Pacific carbonate compensation depth

Heiko Pälike;Mitchell W. Lyle;Hiroshi Nishi;Isabella Raffi

390
Citations
Biozonation and biochronology of Miocene through Pleistocene calcareous nannofossils from low and middle latitudes

Jan Backman;Isabella Raffi;Domenico Rio;Eliana Fornaciari

385
Citations
Astronomical calibration of the Paleocene time

Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Isabella Raffi;Eliana Fornaciari

345
Citations
On the duration of magnetochrons C24r and C25n and the timing of early Eocene global warming events: Implications from the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 208 Walvis Ridge depth transect

Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Jacques Laskar;Isabella Raffi

301
Citations
Chronology of the pleistocene oxygen isotope record: 0–1.88 m.y. B.P

Douglas F. Williams;Robert C. Thunell;Eric Tappa;Domenico Rio

290
Citations
Late Neogene sedimentation patterns in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean

J. W. Farrell;I. Raffi;T. R. Janecek;D. W. Murray

249
Citations
Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical tuning of the Serravallian and lower Tortonian at Monte dei Corvi (Middle–Upper Miocene, northern Italy)

F.J. Hilgen;H. Abdul Aziz;W. Krijgsman;I. Raffi

189
Citations
Long-period orbital control on middle Miocene global cooling: Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical tuning of the Blue Clay Formation on Malta

H. A. Abels;F. J. Hilgen;W. Krijgsman;R. W. Kruk

178
Citations
Integrated stratigraphy and astronomical calibration of the Serravallian/Tortonian boundary section at Monte Gibliscemi (Sicily, Italy)

F.J. Hilgen;W. Krijgsman;I. Raffi;E. Turco

173
Citations
Astronomical calibration of the Ypresian timescale: implications for seafloor spreading rates and the chaotic behavior of the solar system?

Thomas Westerhold;Ursula Röhl;Thomas Frederichs;Claudia Agnini

172
Citations
Astronomical calibration age for the Oligocene-Miocene boundary

Nicholas J. Shackleton;Michael A. Hall;Isabella Raffi;Lisa Tauxe

172
Citations
The Neogene Period

Unknown

164
Citations
Pleistocene through Miocene calcareous nannofossils from eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (Leg 138)

I. Raffi;J.-A. Flores

162
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Pälike University of Bremen

Thomas Westerhold University of Bremen

James C. Zachos University of California, Santa Cruz

Roy H Wilkens University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant

Eliana Fornaciari University of Padua

Lucas Joost Lourens Utrecht University

Mitchell W Lyle Oregon State University

Frederik J Hilgen Utrecht University

Bridget S. Wade University College London

Dick Kroon University of Edinburgh

External Links

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