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Earth Science 30 9129 8489 383 373 178 3336

Luca Lanci publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Luca Lanci between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Luca Lanci published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 5.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2002. 5 of the 187 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2002. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 5 publications 2002: 20 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 3 publications
1989 2025

187 publications in total across all disciplines

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Luca Lanci: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 1
1996 1
1997 1
1998 1
1999 1
2000 1
2001 5
2002 20
2003 4
2004 6
2005 5
2006 4
2007 6
2008 5
2009 3
2010 7
2011 3
2012 5
2013 8
2014 7
2015 6
2016 7
2017 20
2018 11
2019 13
2020 3
2021 18
2022 4
2023 4
2024 2
2025 3
Total 187
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Luca Lanci 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 Lanci 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, 178–187 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: 178 publications — 54th percentile

54% 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
178–187 414 178
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
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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Luca Lanci 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 Lanci 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, 30 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: 30 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% 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 30
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
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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Overview

Luca Lanci is affiliated with the University of Urbino in Italy and has a scholarly focus spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Their research emphasizes several specialized subfields including Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, Geology, and Atmospheric Science. These areas contribute to a comprehensive understanding of geological and environmental processes.

The scientist's body of work covers a diverse range of main topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Drilling and Well Engineering, and Offshore Engineering and Technologies.

Lanci has contributed to numerous articles published primarily in the venue Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), with 15 publications. Other venues include Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Episodes, PNAS Nexus, and Frontiers in Earth Science, illustrating a presence across interdisciplinary journals in geosciences and environmental research.

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Lanci are:

  • Astronomically forced cycles in Middle Permian fluvial sediments from Karoo Basin (South Africa), 2022, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Insight Into Provenance and Variability of Atmospheric Dust in Antarctic Ice Cores During the Late Pleistocene From Magnetic Measurements, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

Lanci has also been involved in collaborative studies alongside frequent coauthors including Luigi Jovane, Carlos A. Alvarez Zarikian, Montserrat Alonso-García, Juan Carlos Laya, and Dick Kroon, reflecting a network of researchers focused on related geoscientific topics.

Additional notable papers within the broader research field, showing the scope of their domain, include:

  • Proposal for the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Priabonian Stage (Eocene) at the Alano section (Italy), 2020, Episodes
  • Anomalous widespread arid events in Asia over the past 550,000 years, 2023, PNAS Nexus
  • Cyclochronology of the Global Stratotype Section and Point for the Eocene/Oligocene boundary, 2022, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

This profile highlights Lanci's engagement with stratigraphy, paleoclimatology, geomagnetism, and environmental variability using multidisciplinary approaches, often integrating geological, geophysical, and chemical analyses.

Best Publications

  • A case for a comet impact trigger for the Paleocene/Eocene thermal maximum and carbon isotope excursion

    Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent;B. S. Cramer;B. S. Cramer;L. Lanci;L. Lanci;D. Wang

  • The abrupt onset of the modern South Asian Monsoon winds.

    Christian Betzler;Gregor P. Eberli;Dick Kroon;James D. Wright

  • Antarctic Ice Sheet variability across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary climate transition

    Simone Galeotti;Robert DeConto;Timothy Naish;Timothy Naish;Paolo Stocchi

  • The deep-water counterpart of the Messinian Lower Evaporites in the Apennine foredeep: The Fanantello section (Northern Apennines, Italy)

    Vinicio Manzi;Marco Roveri;Rocco Gennari;Adele Bertini

  • Orbital chronology of Early Eocene hyperthermals from the Contessa Road section, central Italy

    Simone Galeotti;Srinath Krishnan;Mark Pagani;Luca Lanci

  • Emergence of Venice during the Pleistocene

    Dennis V Kent;Dennis V Kent;Domenico Rio;Francesco Massari;George Kukla

  • Integrated biomagnetostratigraphy of the Alano section (NE Italy): A proposal for defining the middle-late Eocene boundary

    Claudia Agnini;Eliana Fornaciari;Luca Giusberti;Paolo Grandesso

  • Refinement of Miocene sea level and monsoon events from the sedimentary archive of the Maldives (Indian Ocean)

    C. Betzler;G. P. Eberli;T. Lüdmann;J. Reolid

  • Organic carbon burial following the middle Eocene climatic optimum in the central western Tethys

    D. J. A. Spofforth;C. Agnini;H. Pälike;D. Rio

  • Holocene Critical Zone dynamics in an Alpine catchment inferred from a speleothem multiproxy record: disentangling climate and human influences.

    Eleonora Regattieri;Giovanni Zanchetta;Giovanni Zanchetta;Ilaria Isola;Elena Zanella

  • Upper Permian magnetic stratigraphy of the lower Beaufort Group, Karoo Basin

    L. Lanci;Eric Tohver;A.E. Wilson;S.S. Flint

  • Architectural Styles and Sedimentology of the Fluvial Lower Beaufort Group, Karoo Basin, South Africa

    Andrew Wilson;Stephen Flint;Tobias Payenberg;Eric Tohver

  • Leg 199 summary

    J. Backman;W.H. Busch;H.K. Coxall;K. Faul

  • Meteoric smoke fallout revealed by superparamagnetism in Greenland ice

    L. Lanci;Dennis V. Kent;Dennis V. Kent

  • Sea-level control on facies architecture in the Cenomanian–Coniacian Apulian margin (Western Tethys): A record of glacio-eustatic fluctuations during the Cretaceous greenhouse?

    Simone Galeotti;Giovanni Rusciadelli;Mario Sprovieri;Luca Lanci

  • Evidence for active El Nino Southern Oscillation variability in the Late Miocene greenhouse climate

    Simone Galeotti;Anna von der Heydt;Matthew Huber;David Bice

  • Integrated stratigraphic correlation and improved composite depth scales for ODP Sites 1218 and 1219

    H. Pälike;T. Moore;J. Backman;I. Raffi

  • Magnetostratigraphy of Eocene-Oligocene boundary sections in Italy: No evidence for short subchrons within chrons 12R and 13R

    W. Lowrie;L. Lanci

  • Mineral-magnetic record of Late Quaternary climatic changes in a high Alpine lake

    L Lanci;A.M Hirt;W Lowrie;André F. Lotter

  • Frequency modulation reveals the phasing of orbital eccentricity during Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event II and the Eocene hyperthermals

    Jiří Laurin;Stephen R. Meyers;Simone Galeotti;Luca Lanci

  • Holocene dust in East Antarctica: Provenance and variability in time and space:

    Barbara Delmonte;Holly Winton;Holly Winton;Mélanie Baroni;Giovanni Baccolo

  • Direct evidence for Antarctic Ice-Sheet variability across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary climate transition

    S. Galeotti;R. DeConto;F. Florindo;L. Lanci

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Pälike
Heiko Pälike University of Bremen
Dennis V. Kent
Dennis V. Kent Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Isabella Raffi
Isabella Raffi University of Chieti-Pescara
Theodore C. Moore
Theodore C. Moore University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bridget S. Wade
Bridget S. Wade University College London
Paul A. Wilson
Paul A. Wilson University of Southampton
Aradhna Tripati
Aradhna Tripati University of California, Los Angeles
Richard D. Norris
Richard D. Norris University of California, San Diego
Caroline H. Lear
Caroline H. Lear Cardiff University
David K. Rea
David K. Rea University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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