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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 36 7228 6685 243 235 179 4985

Luigi Ferranti publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Luigi Ferranti between 1993 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Luigi Ferranti published across 34 years, from 1993 to 2026, averaging 6.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2021. 8 of the 209 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2021. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 7 publications 2026: 1 publication
1993 2026

209 publications in total across all disciplines

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Luigi Ferranti: publications per year, 1993 to 2026
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 2
1995 1
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 3
2002 2
2003 2
2004 3
2005 6
2006 7
2007 5
2008 5
2009 7
2010 8
2011 8
2012 9
2013 8
2014 15
2015 11
2016 15
2017 13
2018 7
2019 7
2020 14
2021 19
2022 6
2023 4
2024 10
2025 7
2026 1
Total 209
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Luigi Ferranti 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 Luigi Ferranti 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: 179 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
178–187 414 179
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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Luigi Ferranti 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 Luigi Ferranti 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, 36 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: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% 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 36
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

Luigi Ferranti is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. The research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics and related subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Archeology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work spans several key research topics, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis

Luigi Ferranti has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Journal of Maps
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Space Science Reviews
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Luigi Ferranti reflect contributions to planetary and earth science disciplines. Some of these are:

  • "SIMBIO-SYS: Scientific Cameras and Spectrometer for the BepiColombo Mission," 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • "Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury's Surface and Composition," 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • "Fault systems in the offshore sector of the Campi Flegrei caldera (southern Italy): Implications for nested caldera structure, resurgent dome, and volcano-tectonic evolution," 2022, Journal of Structural Geology
  • "Integrated on-land-offshore stratigraphy of the Campi Flegrei caldera: New insights into the volcano-tectonic evolution in the last 15 kyr," 2021, Basin Research
  • "Late Quaternary coastal uplift of southwestern Sicily, central Mediterranean sea," 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent collaborators of Luigi Ferranti include Carmelo Monaco, P. Palumbo, Valentina Galluzzi, L. Guzzetta, and Marco Sacchi. The number of coauthored works with these collaborators ranges from five to eight publications, showing ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Markers of the last interglacial sea-level high stand along the coast of Italy: Tectonic implications

    Luigi Ferranti;Fabrizio Antonioli;Barbara Mauz;Alessandro Amorosi

  • Sea level change along the Italian coast during the Holocene and projections for the future

    Kurt Lambeck;Kurt Lambeck;Fabrizio Antonioli;Marco Anzidei;Luigi Ferranti

  • Holocene relative sea-level changes and vertical movements along the Italian and Istrian coastlines

    Fabrizio Antonioli;Luigi Ferranti;Alessandro Fontana;Alessandro Amorosi

  • Late Pleistocene to Holocene record of changing uplift rates in southern Calabria and northeastern Sicily (southern Italy, Central Mediterranean Sea)

    Fabrizio Antonioli;Luigi Ferranti;Kurt Lambeck;Steve Kershaw

  • Active fragmentation of Adria, the north African promontory, central Mediterranean orogen

    J.S. Oldow;L. Ferranti;D.S. Lewis;J.K. Campbell

  • GPS velocity and strain fields in Sicily and southern Calabria, Italy: updated geodetic constraints on tectonic block interaction in the central Mediterranean

    Mimmo Palano;Luigi Ferranti;Carmelo Monaco;Mario Mattia

  • Tidal notches in Mediterranean Sea: a comprehensive analysis

    Fabrizio Antonioli;Valeria Lo Presti;Valeria Lo Presti;Alessio Rovere;Alessio Rovere;Luigi Ferranti

  • Radiocarbon dating of active faulting in the Agri high valley, southern Italy

    Salvatore Ivo Giano;Laura Maschio;Marisa Alessio;Luigi Ferranti

  • Active extension in Val d'Agri area, Southern Apennines, Italy: implications for the geometry of the seismogenic belt

    L. Maschio;L. Ferranti;P. Burrato

  • Active transpression in the northern Calabria Apennines, southern Italy

    L. Ferranti;E. Santoro;M.E. Mazzella;C. Monaco

  • The contribution of regional uplift and coseismic slip to the vertical crustal motion in the Messina Straits, southern Italy: Evidence from raised Late Holocene shorelines

    Luigi Ferranti;Carmelo Monaco;Fabrizio Antonioli;Laura Maschio

  • Large-scale longitudinal extension in the southern Apennines contractional belt, Italy

    John S. Oldow;Bruno D'Argenio;Luigi Ferranti;Gerardo Pappone

  • Active faults and induced seismicity in the Val d’Agri area (Southern Apennines, Italy)

    L. Valoroso;L. Improta;L. Chiaraluce;R. Di Stefano

  • Pre-Quaternary orogen-parallel extension in the Southern Apennine belt, Italy

    L. Ferranti;J.S. Oldow;M. Sacchi

  • Detecting young, slow‐slipping active faults by geologic and multidisciplinary high‐resolution geophysical investigations: A case study from the Apennine seismic belt, Italy.

    L. Improta;L. Ferranti;P. M. De Martini;S. Piscitelli

  • Holocene activity of the Scilla Fault, southern Calabria; insights from coastal morphological and structural investigations

    L. Ferranti;C. Monaco;D. Morelli;F. Antonioli

  • Active deformation in southern Italy, Sicily and southern Sardinia from GPS velocities of the Peri-Tyrrhenian Geodetic Array (PTGA)

    Luigi Ferranti;John S. Oldow;Bruno D'argenio;Raimondo Catalano

  • The timescale and spatial extent of vertical tectonic motions in Italy: insights from relative sea-level changes studies

    Luigi Ferranti;Fabrizio Antonioli;Marco Anzidei;Carmelo Monaco

  • Timing of the emergence of the Europe–Sicily bridge (40–17 cal ka BP) and its implications for the spread of modern humans

    Fabrizio Antonioli;Valeria Lo Presti;Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli;Laura Bonfiglio

  • Rates of geodetic deformation across active faults in southern Italy

    Luigi Ferranti;Mimmo Palano;Flavio Cannavò;Maria Enrica Mazzella

  • Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury’s Surface and Composition

    David A. Rothery;Matteo Massironi;Giulia Alemanno;Oceane Barraud

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmelo Monaco
Carmelo Monaco University of Catania
Fabrizio Antonioli
Fabrizio Antonioli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Pierfrancesco Burrato
Pierfrancesco Burrato National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Matteo Massironi
Matteo Massironi University of Padua
John S. Oldow
John S. Oldow Western Washington University
Giuseppe Mastronuzzi
Giuseppe Mastronuzzi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Marco Anzidei
Marco Anzidei National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Kurt Lambeck
Kurt Lambeck Australian National University
David A. Rothery
David A. Rothery The Open University
Mimmo Palano
Mimmo Palano University of Catania

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