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Luigi Tortorici

Luigi Tortorici

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 38 6464 5988 198 192 80 5763

Luigi Tortorici publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Luigi Tortorici between 1970 and 2019, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Luigi Tortorici published across 50 years, from 1970 to 2019, averaging 1.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 5 publications in 2003. 2 of the 81 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
1 2 3 4 5
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2019. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 5. Peak 5 publications in 2003. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 4 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 2 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 1 publication 2015: 0 publications 2016: 0 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 1 publication
1970 2019

81 publications in total across all disciplines

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Luigi Tortorici: publications per year, 1970 to 2019
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 3
1982 2
1983 1
1984 3
1985 3
1986 1
1987 3
1988 2
1989 1
1990 4
1991 0
1992 3
1993 1
1994 0
1995 4
1996 3
1997 1
1998 2
1999 2
2000 1
2001 3
2002 3
2003 5
2004 4
2005 4
2006 1
2007 3
2008 3
2009 2
2010 5
2011 1
2012 2
2013 1
2014 1
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 1
2019 1
Total 81
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Luigi Tortorici 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 Tortorici 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, 78–87 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: 80 publications — 4th percentile

4% 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 80
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
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 Tortorici 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 Tortorici 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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
37 366
38 344 38
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 Tortorici is affiliated with the University of Catania in Italy. Their academic presence is centered within this institution, where research activities and scholarly contributions are presumably conducted.

Although no specific recent papers are recorded, Luigi Tortorici's academic profile does not list frequent co-authors, indicating a potential focus on independent research or collaborations that have not been extensively documented.

The absence of frequent publication venues suggests the scientist's publications may be scattered across various outlets or that detailed bibliographic information is not available for aggregation.

No book publications have been registered under Luigi Tortorici's name, implying the primary mode of scholarly communication is likely journal articles, conference papers, or other non-book formats.

Data on main fields, subfields of study, and main topics of work is not specified, limiting the ability to delineate the precise areas of scientific inquiry. This lack of detailed subject classification restricts outlining the scope of their expertise or research orientation.

No awards or honors have been documented, which provides no indication of distinctions or recognitions within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Active faulting in the Calabrian arc and eastern Sicily

    Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici

  • Recent and active tectonics in the Calabrian arc (Southern Italy)

    Luigi Tortorici;Carmelo Monaco;Carlo Tansi;Ornella Cocina

  • Palinspastic restoration and paleogeographic reconstruction of the peri-Tyrrhenian area during the Neogene

    M. Boccaletti;N. Ciaranfi;D. Cosentino;G. Deiana

  • Late Quaternary slip rates on the Acireale-Piedimonte normal faults and tectonic origin of Mt. Etna (Sicily)

    Carmelo Monaco;Paul Tapponnier;Luigi Tortorici;Pierre-Yves Gillot

  • The Calabrian Arc and the Ionian Sea in the dynamic evolution of the Central Mediterranean

    Mario Boccaletti;Rinaldo Nicolich;Luigi Tortorici

  • Quaternary normal faulting in southeastern Sicily (Italy): a seismic source for the 1693 large earthquake

    Marcello Bianca;Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici;Licio Cernobori

  • Quaternary oblique extensional tectonics in the Ethiopian Rift (Horn of Africa)

    Mario Boccaletti;Marco Bonini;Roberto Mazzuoli;Bekele Abebe

  • Faulting and earthquake triggering during the 1783 Calabria seismic sequence

    Eric Jacques;Carmelo Monaco;Paul Tapponnier;Luigi Tortorici

  • Large boulder deposits by tsunami waves along the Ionian coast of south-eastern Sicily (Italy)

    Giovanni Scicchitano;Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici

  • Structural evolution of the Lucanian Apennines, southern Italy

    CarmeLo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici;Werter Paltrinieri

  • From collisional to rifted basins: an example from the southern Calabrian arc (Italy)

    Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici;Rinaldo Nicolich;Licio Cernobori

  • Oblique rifting in Salina, Lipari and Vulcano islands (Aeolian islands, southern Italy)

    Roberto Mazzuoli;Luigi Tortorici;Guido Ventura

  • Pleistocene strike-slip tectonics in the Lucanian Apennine (southern Italy)

    Stefano Catalano;Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici;Carlo Tansi

  • Transtensional tectonics in the Sicily Channel

    Mario Boccaletti;Giuseppe Cello;Luigi Tortorici

  • Geometry of the neotectonic stress field in southern Italy: Geological and seismological evidence

    Giuseppe Cello;Ignazio Guerra;Luigi Tortorici;Eugenio Turco

  • Active faulting and seismicity along the Siculo–Calabrian Rift Zone (Southern Italy)

    S. Catalano;G. De Guidi;C. Monaco;G. Tortorici

  • Tectonic control on the eruptive dynamics at Mt. Etna Volcano (Sicily) during the 2001 and 2002–2003 eruptions

    Carmelo Monaco;Stefano Catalano;Ornella Cocina;Giorgio De Guidi

  • Fault activity and marine terracing in the Capo Vaticano area (southern Calabria) during the Middle-Late Quaternary

    Giuseppe Tortorici;Marcello Bianca;Giorgio de Guidi;Carmelo Monaco

  • Neogene‐Quaternary tectonic evolution of the southern Apennines

    S. Catalano;C. Monaco;L. Tortorici;W. Paltrinieri

  • Active faulting on the island of Crete (Greece)

    Riccardo Caputo;Stefano Catalano;Carmelo Monaco;Gino Romagnoli

  • Relationships between magmatism and tectonics in a continental rift: The Pantelleria Island region (Sicily Channel, Italy)

    D. Civile;E. Lodolo;L. Tortorici;G. Lanzafame

  • Tectonic role of ophiolite‐bearing terranes in the development of the Southern Apennines orogenic belt

    Carmelo Monaco;Luigi Tortorici

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmelo Monaco
Carmelo Monaco University of Catania
Mario Boccaletti
Mario Boccaletti University of Florence
Giuseppe Cello
Giuseppe Cello University of Camerino
Domenico Cosentino
Domenico Cosentino Roma Tre University
Roberto Scarpa
Roberto Scarpa University of Salerno
Stefano Mazzoli
Stefano Mazzoli University of Camerino
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Francesco Salvini
Francesco Salvini Roma Tre University
Massimo Mattei
Massimo Mattei Roma Tre University
Salvatore Critelli
Salvatore Critelli University of Calabria

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