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Massimo Coltorti

Massimo Coltorti

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
5256
World Ranking
6524
National Ranking
202

Massimo Coltorti 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 Massimo Coltorti sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 307 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Massimo Coltorti 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 Massimo Coltorti sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Overview

Massimo Coltorti is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research is primarily focused on geophysics, artificial intelligence applications in earth sciences, soil science, environmental chemistry, and plant science.

The scientist has published a significant number of papers related to geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Carbon concentration increases with depth of melting in Earth's upper mantle, 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • Magma recharge and mush rejuvenation drive paroxysmal activity at Stromboli volcano, 2022, Nature Communications
  • EoS of mantle minerals coupled with composition and thermal state of the lithosphere: Inferring the density structure of peridotitic systems, 2021, Lithos
  • Isotherms, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics of NH4+ Adsorption in Raw Liquid Manure by Using Natural Chabazite Zeolite-Rich Tuff, 2020, Water
  • Distinct Particle Films Impacts on Olive Leaf Optical Properties and Plant Physiology, 2021, Foods

Massimo Coltorti frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Barbara Faccini, Federico Casetta, Pier Paolo Giacomoni, Giacomo Ferretti, and Theodoros Ntaflos. The collaboration counts range from 12 to 19 publications with these co-authors.

The primary venues for Coltorti's work include journals such as Lithos, Water, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Zenodo, and Nature Geoscience. Lithos stands out with eight publications, followed by several contributions to Water and other specialized scientific outlets.

Best Publications

  • Carbonatite Metasomatism of the Oceanic Upper Mantle: Evidence from Clinopyroxenes and Glasses in Ultramafic Xenoliths of Grande Comore, Indian Ocean

    M. Coltorti;C. Bonadiman;R. W. Hinton;F. Siena

  • Amphiboles from suprasubduction and intraplate lithospheric mantle

    Massimo Coltorti;Costanza Bonadiman;Barbara Faccini;Michel Grégoire

  • Low water content of the Cenozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the eastern part of the North China Craton

    Qun-Ke Xia;Yantao Hao;Pei Li;Etienne Deloule

  • Tethyan vs. Cordilleran ophiolites: a reappraisal of distinctive tectono-magmatic features of supra-subduction complexes in relation to the subduction mode

    Luigi Beccaluva;Massimo Coltorti;Giuseppe Giunta;Franca Siena

  • Amphibole genesis via metasomatic reaction with clinopyroxene in mantle xenoliths from Victoria Land, Antarctica

    Massimo Coltorti;Luigi Beccaluva;Costanza Bonadiman;Barbara Faccini

  • Kimberlite-like Metasomatism and 'Garnet Signature' in Spinel-peridotite Xenoliths from Sal, Cape Verde Archipelago: Relics of a Subcontinental Mantle Domain within the Atlantic Oceanic Lithosphere?

    C. Bonadiman;L. Beccaluva;M. Coltorti;F. Siena

  • Glasses in mantle xenoliths as geochemical indicators of metasomatic agents

    Massimo Coltorti;Luigi Beccaluva;Costanza Bonadiman;Leonardo Salvini

  • Magma generation and crustal accretion as evidenced by supra-subduction ophiolites of the Albanide–Hellenide Subpelagonian zone

    Luigi Beccaluva;Massimo Coltorti;Emilio Saccani;Franca Siena

  • Nephelinitic to Tholeiitic Magma Generation in a Transtensional Tectonic Setting: an Integrated Model for the Iblean Volcanism, Sicily

    L. Beccaluva;F. Siena;M. Coltorti;A. Di Grande

  • Fractional Crystallization and Liquid Immiscibility Processes in the Alkaline-Carbonatite Complex of Juquiá (São Paulo, Brazil)

    L. Beccaluva;M. Barbieri;H. Born;P. Brotzu

  • Petrogenesis and evolution of Mt. Vulture alkaline volcanism (Southern Italy)

    L. Beccaluva;M. Coltorti;P. Di Girolamo;L. Melluso

  • Mid-ocean ridge and suprasubduction affinities in the ophiolitic belts of Albania

    L. Beccaluva;M. Coltorti;I. Premti;E. Saccani

  • Ultra-refractory domains in the oceanic mantle lithosphere sampled as mantle xenoliths at ocean Islands

    Nina S.C. Simon;Else Ragnhild Neumann;Costanza Bonadiman;Massimo Coltorti

  • Reconstruction of magmatic variables governing recent Etnean eruptions: Constraints from mineral chemistry and P-T-fO2-H2O modeling

    S. Mollo;P.P. Giacomoni;M. Coltorti;C. Ferlito

  • Batch and column experiments on nutrient leaching in soils amended with Italian natural zeolitites

    N. Colombani;M. Mastrocicco;D. Di Giuseppe;B. Faccini

  • Water contents of pyroxenes in intraplate lithospheric mantle

    Costanza Bonadiman;Yantao Hao;Massimo Coltorti;Luigi Dallai

  • Depletion Events, Nature of Metasomatizing Agent and Timing of Enrichment Processes in Lithospheric Mantle Xenoliths from the Veneto Volcanic Province

    L. Beccaluva;C. Bonadiman;M. Coltorti;L. Salvini

  • The southern margin of the Caribbean Plate in Venezuela: tectono-magmatic setting of the ophiolitic units and kinematic evolution

    Giuseppe Giunta;Luigi Beccaluva;Massimo Coltorti;Franca Siena

  • Buoyant ancient continental mantle embedded in oceanic lithosphere (Sal Island, Cape Verde Archipelago)

    Massimo Coltorti;Constanza Bonadiman;Suzanne Y O'Reilly;William L Griffin

  • PETROGENESIS AND EVOLUTION OF THE EUGANEAN MAGMATIC COMPLEX, VENETO REGION, NORTH-EAST ITALY

    Lorenzo Milani;Luigi Beccaluva;Massimo Coltorti

  • Plagioclase as archive of magma ascent dynamics on “open conduit” volcanoes: The 2001–2006 eruptive period at Mt. Etna

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  • Multistage evolution of the European lithospheric mantle: new evidence from Sardinian peridotite xenoliths

    Luigi Beccaluva;Gianluca Bianchini;Massimo Coltorti;William Timothy Perkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Franca Siena
Franca Siena University of Ferrara
Luigi Beccaluva
Luigi Beccaluva University of Ferrara
Theodoros Ntaflos
Theodoros Ntaflos University of Vienna
Michel Grégoire
Michel Grégoire Paul Sabatier University
Andrea Luca Rizzo
Andrea Luca Rizzo University of Milano-Bicocca
Nicolò Colombani
Nicolò Colombani University of Ferrara
Micòl Mastrocicco
Micòl Mastrocicco University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Francesco Italiano
Francesco Italiano National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Anthony J. Crawford
Anthony J. Crawford University of Tasmania
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University

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