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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.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 179 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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