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Luca Ferrari 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 Luca Ferrari sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 291 publications — 85th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Luca Ferrari 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 Luca Ferrari sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Luca Ferrari is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial concentration in Geophysics. Additional subfields they have contributed to include Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The work of Luca Ferrari spans several key topics within their domain. These include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America

Their publication record shows research published in diverse scientific journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Geology Review
  • Geothermics
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Among their recent published papers are:

  • The Cretaceous-Eocene Mexican Magmatic Arc: Conceptual framework from geochemical and geochronological data of plutonic rocks, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Early Miocene arc volcanism in the Mexico City Basin: Inception of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, 2020, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Deciphering origins and pathways of low-enthalpy geothermal waters in the unconventional geothermal system of Juchipila graben (Central Mexico), 2021, Geothermics
  • Subsurface structure of the Mazatlán basin, southeastern Gulf of California, Mexico, from seismic reflection and well data, 2022, Tectonophysics
  • Evaluation of cut alfalfa moisture content and operative conditions by hyperspectral imaging combined with chemometric tools: In-field application, 2022, Biosystems Engineering

Luca Ferrari has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Gilles Lévresse (6 collaborations)
  • Teresa Orozco-Esquivel (3 collaborations)
  • Andrea Billarent-Cedillo (3 collaborations)
  • Claudio Inguaggiato (3 collaborations)
  • Margarita López-Martínez (2 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • The dynamic history of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Mexico subduction zone

    Luca Ferrari;Teresa Orozco-Esquivel;Vlad Manea;Marina Manea

  • Importance of gravitational spreading in the tectonic and volcanic evolution of Mount Etna

    A. Borgia;Luca Ferrari;G. Pasquarè

  • Space-time patterns of Cenozoic arc volcanism in central Mexico: From the Sierra Madre Occidental to the Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Luca Ferrari;Margarita López-Martínez;Gerardo Aguirre-Díaz;Gerardo Carrasco-Núñez

  • Slab detachment control on mafic volcanic pulse and mantle heterogeneity in central Mexico

    Luca Ferrari

  • Carbon nanotubes/titanium dioxide (CNTs/TiO2) nanocomposites prepared by conventional and novel surfactant wrapping sol–gel methods exhibiting enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Unknown

  • Large igneous provinces and silicic large igneous provinces: Progress in our understanding over the last 25 years

    Scott E. Bryan;Luca Ferrari

  • Igneous petrogenesis of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Arturo Gómez-Tuena;Ma. Teresa Orozco-Esquivel;Luca Ferrari

  • Magmatism and tectonics of the Sierra Madre Occidental and its relation with the evolution of the western margin of North America

    Luca Ferrari;Martin Valencia-Moreno;Scott Bryan

  • Ignimbrite flare‐up and deformation in the southern Sierra Madre Occidental, western Mexico: Implications for the late subduction history of the Farallon plate

    Luca Ferrari;Margarita López-Martínez;José Rosas-Elguera

  • Variation of Cenozoic extension and volcanism across the southern Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic province, Mexico

    Ángel F. Nieto-Samaniego;Luca Ferrari;Susana A. Alaniz-Alvarez;Guillermo Labarthe-Hernández

  • Late Miocene volcanism and intra-arc tectonics during the early development of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

    Luca Ferrari;Sandro Conticelli;Gloria Vaggelli;Chiara M Petrone

  • Continental boundaries of the Jalisco block and their influence in the Pliocene-Quaternary kinematics of western Mexico

    José Rosas-Elguera;Luca Ferrari;Victor Hugo Garduño-Monroy;Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi

  • Late Miocene to Quaternary extension at the northern boundary of the Jalisco Block, western Mexico: The Tepic-Zacoalco Rift revised

    Luca Ferrari;José Rosas-Elguera

  • Reduction of titanium and other metal oxides using electrodeoxidation

    Unknown

  • Generation of oceanic-island basalt type volcanism in the western Trans-Mexican volcanic belt by slab rollback, asthenosphere infiltration, and variable flux melting

    Luca Ferrari;Chiara M. Petrone;Lorella Francalanci

  • Geology, geochronology and tectonic setting of late Cenozoic volcanism along the southwestern Gulf of Mexico: The Eastern Alkaline Province revisited

    Luca Ferrari;Takahiro Tagami;Mugihiko Eguchi;Ma. Teresa Orozco-Esquivel

  • A review of the geodynamic evolution of flat slab subduction in Mexico, Peru, and Chile

    V.C. Manea;M. Manea;L. Ferrari;T. Orozco-Esquivel

  • New Insights into Crustal Contributions to Large-volume Rhyolite Generation in the Mid-Tertiary Sierra Madre Occidental Province, Mexico, Revealed by U–Pb Geochronology

    Scott E. Bryan;Luca Ferrari;Peter William Reiners;Charlotte M Allen

  • Geology of the western Mexican Volcanic Belt and adjacent Sierra Madre Occidental and Jalisco Block

    Luca Ferrari;Giorgio Pasquaré;Saul Venegas-Salgado;Francisco Romero-Rios

  • Landslides triggered by earthquakes and their relations with faults and mountain slope geometry: an example from Ecuador

    Alessandro Tibaldi;Luca Ferrari;Giorgio Pasquarè

  • Kinetic analysis of a Cu-based oxygen carrier: Relevance of temperature and oxygen partial pressure on reduction and oxidation reactions rates in Chemical Looping with Oxygen�…

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Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Bonini
Marco Bonini National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Giacomo Corti
Giacomo Corti National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Scott E. Bryan
Scott E. Bryan Queensland University of Technology
Margarita López-Martínez
Margarita López-Martínez Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada
Alessandro Tibaldi
Alessandro Tibaldi University of Milano-Bicocca
Piero Manetti
Piero Manetti University of Florence
Valentina Bollati
Valentina Bollati University of Milan
Luigi Augusto Solari
Luigi Augusto Solari National Autonomous University of Mexico
Sandro Conticelli
Sandro Conticelli University of Florence
Peter Lonsdale
Peter Lonsdale University of California, San Diego

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