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Massimo Frezzotti

Massimo Frezzotti

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 49 3616 3310 75 71 183 8659

Massimo Frezzotti publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Massimo Frezzotti between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Massimo Frezzotti published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2017. 19 of the 226 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2017. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 22 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 2 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 10 publications
1988 2025

226 publications in total across all disciplines

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Massimo Frezzotti: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 1
1991 1
1992 0
1993 2
1994 1
1995 2
1996 3
1997 3
1998 4
1999 1
2000 4
2001 3
2002 9
2003 9
2004 10
2005 9
2006 4
2007 7
2008 9
2009 7
2010 5
2011 7
2012 6
2013 3
2014 2
2015 2
2016 9
2017 22
2018 8
2019 2
2020 9
2021 14
2022 13
2023 15
2024 9
2025 10
Total 226
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Massimo Frezzotti 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 Frezzotti 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: 183 publications — 56th percentile

56% 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
178–187 414 183
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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Massimo Frezzotti 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 Frezzotti 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, 49 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: 49 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204 49
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

Massimo Frezzotti is affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy and has made significant contributions primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics centered on cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, polar research and ecology, climate change and permafrost, isotope analysis in ecology, and winter sports injuries and performance.

Frezzotti has published extensively, with a record of papers appearing frequently in venues such as The Cryosphere, Nature Communications, Journal of Glaciology, Climate of the Past, and Zenodo hosted by CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research.

  • Brief communication: New radar constraints support presence of ice older than 1.5 Myr at Little Dome C, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • An extension of the TALDICE ice core age scale reaching back to MIS 10.1, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Jarosite formation in deep Antarctic ice provides a window into acidic, water-limited weathering on Mars, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Volcanic Fluxes Over the Last Millennium as Recorded in the Gv7 Ice Core (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica), 2020, Geosciences
  • Landsat 8 OLI Broadband Albedo Validation in Antarctica and Greenland, 2021, Remote Sensing

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including Barbara Stenni, Robert Mulvaney, Silvia Becagli, Stefano Urbini, and Frédéric Parrenin. These collaborations have helped advance the understanding of polar ice dynamics and related environmental processes.

  • Barbara Stenni
  • Robert Mulvaney
  • Silvia Becagli
  • Stefano Urbini
  • Frédéric Parrenin

Best Publications

  • Ground‐based measurements of spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation in East Antarctica

    Olaf Eisen;Olaf Eisen;Massimo Frezzotti;Christophe Genthon;Elisabeth Isaksson

  • A Review of Antarctic Surface Snow Isotopic Composition : Observations, Atmospheric Circulation, and Isotopic Modeling

    V. Masson-Delmotte;S. Hou;A. Ekaykin;J. Jouzel

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Insignificant Change in Antarctic Snowfall Since the International Geophysical Year

    Andrew J. Monaghan;David H. Bromwich;Ryan L. Fogt;Sheng Hung Wang

  • Expression of the bipolar see-saw in Antarctic climate records during the last deglaciation

    B. Stenni;D. Buiron;M. Frezzotti;S. Albani

  • Regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years

    Elizabeth R. Thomas;J. Melchior van Wessem;Jason Roberts;Jason Roberts;Elisabeth Isaksson

  • Late Pleistocene Glacial Events in the Central Apennines, Italy☆

    Carlo Giraudi;Massimo Frezzotti

  • Where to find 1.5 million yr old ice for the IPICS "Oldest-Ice" ice core

    H. Fischer;J. Severinghaus;E. Brook;E. Wolff;E. Wolff

  • Antarctic climate variability on regional and continental scales over the last 2000 years

    Barbara Stenni;Mark A. J. Curran;Mark A. J. Curran;Nerilie J. Abram;Anais Orsi

  • Snow megadunes in Antarctica: Sedimentary structure and genesis

    Massimo Frezzotti;S. Gandolfi;S. Urbini

  • Eight centuries of volcanic signal and climate change at Talos Dome (East Antarctica)

    B. Stenni;M. Proposito;R. Gragnani;O. Flora

  • Antarctic ice shelf potentially stabilized by export of meltwater in surface river

    Robin E. Bell;Winnie Chu;Winnie Chu;Jonathan Kingslake;Jonathan Kingslake;Indrani Das

  • New estimations of precipitation and surface sublimation in East Antarctica from snow accumulation measurements

    Massimo Frezzotti;Michel Pourchet;Onelio Flora;Stefano Gandolfi

  • A comparison of the present and last interglacial periods in six Antarctic ice cores

    Valérie Masson-Delmotte;D. Buiron;A. Ekaykin;M. Frezzotti

  • Spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation in East Antarctica from traverse data

    Massimo Frezzotti;Michel Pourchet;Onelio Flora;Stefano Gandolfi

  • Spatial and temporal variability of surface mass balance near Talos Dome, East Antarctica

    Massimo Frezzotti;Stefano Urbini;Marco Proposito;Claudio Scarchilli

  • Geographic provenance of aeolian dust in East Antarctica during Pleistocene glaciations: preliminary results from Talos Dome and comparison with East Antarctic and new Andean ice core data

    B. Delmonte;P. S. Andersson;H. Schöberg;M. Hansson

  • Snow precipitation at four ice core sites in East Antarctica: provenance, seasonality and blocking factors

    Claudio Scarchilli;Claudio Scarchilli;Massimo Frezzotti;Paolo Michele Ruti

  • Snow chemistry across Antarctica

    N. Bertler;P.A. Mayewski;A. Aristarain;P. Barrett

  • Extent of Low-accumulation 'Wind Glaze' Areas on the East Antarctic Plateau: Implications for Continental Ice Mass Balance

    Theodore A. Scambos;Massimo Frezzotti;T. Haran;J. Bohlander

  • Review of regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years

    Elizabeth R. Thomas;J. Melchior van Wessem;Jason Roberts;Jason Roberts;Elisabeth Isaksson

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Stenni
Barbara Stenni Ca Foscari University of Venice
Roberto Udisti
Roberto Udisti University of Florence
Mirko Severi
Mirko Severi University of Florence
Rita Traversi
Rita Traversi University of Florence
Silvia Becagli
Silvia Becagli University of Florence
Jason L. Roberts
Jason L. Roberts Australian Antarctic Division
Michel Fily
Michel Fily Grenoble Alpes University
Carlo Barbante
Carlo Barbante Ca Foscari University of Venice
Nancy A. N. Bertler
Nancy A. N. Bertler Victoria University of Wellington
Catherine Ritz
Catherine Ritz Grenoble Alpes University

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