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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 36 7383 6836 757 702 164 3966

Matteo Spagnolo publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Matteo Spagnolo between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Matteo Spagnolo published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 8.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2022. 14 of the 239 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2022. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 3 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 12 publications 2026: 2 publications
1999 2026

239 publications in total across all disciplines

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Matteo Spagnolo: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 3
2002 2
2003 1
2004 1
2005 3
2006 4
2007 15
2008 8
2009 4
2010 6
2011 6
2012 5
2013 10
2014 11
2015 8
2016 19
2017 13
2018 21
2019 11
2020 10
2021 8
2022 23
2023 17
2024 15
2025 12
2026 2
Total 239
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Matteo Spagnolo 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 Matteo Spagnolo 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, 158–167 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: 164 publications — 46th percentile

46% 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
158–167 458 164
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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Matteo Spagnolo 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 Matteo Spagnolo 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

Matteo Spagnolo is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom and is an active researcher primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Anthropology, Earth-Surface Processes, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Geophysics.

The main topics Matteo Spagnolo focuses on consist of:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Their recent papers include:

  • Atmospheric circulation over Europe during the Younger Dryas, 2020, published in Science Advances
  • Testing the area-altitude balance ratio (AABR) and accumulation-area ratio (AAR) methods of calculating glacier equilibrium-line altitudes, 2021, published in Journal of Glaciology
  • A rockslide-generated tsunami in a Greenland fjord rang Earth for 9 days, 2024, published in Science
  • Multitemporal glacier inventory revealing four decades of glacier changes in the Ladakh region, 2022, published in Earth System Science Data
  • 60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains, 2022, published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors with whom Matteo Spagnolo has collaborated include Brice R. Rea, Adriano Ribolini, Iestyn Barr, Carlo Giraudi, and Donal Mullan.

The most frequent publication venues for their research work are:

  • Geomorphology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Nature Communications
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • Size and shape characteristics of drumlins, derived from a large sample, and associated scaling laws

    Chris D. Clark;Anna L.C. Hughes;Anna L.C. Hughes;Sarah L. Greenwood;Matteo Spagnolo

  • A GIS tool for automatic calculation of glacier equilibrium-line altitudes

    Ramón Pellitero;Brice R. Rea;Matteo Spagnolo;Jostein Bakke

  • Size, Shape and Spatial Arrangement of Mega-scale Glacial Lineations from a Large and Diverse Dataset

    Matteo Spagnolo;Chris D. Clark;Jeremy C. Ely;Chris R. Stokes

  • GlaRe, a GIS tool to reconstruct the 3D surface of palaeoglaciers

    Ramón Pellitero;Brice R. Rea;Matteo Spagnolo;Jostein Bakke

  • Glacial cirques as palaeoenvironmental indicators: Their potential and limitations

    Iestyn D. Barr;Matteo Spagnolo

  • Do subglacial bedforms comprise a size and shape continuum

    Jeremy C. Ely;Chris D. Clark;Matteo Spagnolo;Chris R. Stokes

  • Atmospheric circulation over Europe during the Younger Dryas

    Brice R. Rea;Ramón Pellitero;Matteo Spagnolo;Philip Hughes

  • The composition and internal structure of drumlins: Complexity, commonality, and implications for a unifying theory of their formation

    Chris R. Stokes;Matteo Spagnolo;Chris D. Clark

  • Exposure age dating and Equilibrium Line Altitude reconstruction of an Egesen moraine in the Maritime Alps, Italy

    Paolo Roberto Federici;Darryl E. Granger;Marta Pappalardo;Adriano Ribolini

  • Formation of mega-scale glacial lineations on the Dubawnt Lake ice stream bed : 1. size, shape and spacing from a large remote sensing dataset.

    C.R. Stokes;M. Spagnolo;C.D. Clark;C. Ó Cofaigh

  • Glacial history of the Maritime Alps from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Little Ice Age

    Paolo Roberto Federici;Adriano Ribolini;Matteo Spagnolo

  • The instability theory of drumlin formation and its explanation of their varied composition and internal structure.

    Chris R. Stokes;Andrew C. Fowler;Chris D. Clark;Richard C.A. Hindmarsh

  • Last Glacial Maximum and the Gschnitz stadial in the Maritime Alps according to 10Be cosmogenic dating

    Paolo Roberto Federici;Darryl E. Granger;Adriano Ribolini;Matteo Spagnolo

  • Morphometric analysis on the size, shape and areal distribution of glacial cirques in the Maritime Alps (Western French - Italian Alps)

    Paolo Roberto Federici;Matteo Spagnolo

  • Ice stream motion facilitated by a shallow-deforming and accreting bed

    Matteo Spagnolo;Emrys Phillips;Jan A. Piotrowski;Brice R. Rea

  • Drainage network geometry versus tectonics in the Argentera Massif (French–Italian Alps)

    Adriano Ribolini;Matteo Spagnolo

  • The planar shape of drumlins

    Matteo Spagnolo;Chris D. Clark;Anna L.C. Hughes;Paul Dunlop

  • Using UAV acquired photography and structure from motion techniques for studying glacier landforms: application to the glacial flutes at Isfallsglaciären

    Jeremy C. Ely;Conor Graham;Iestyn D. Barr;Brice R. Rea

  • Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow

    Robert G. Bingham;David G. Vaughan;Edward C. King;Damon Davies

  • The internal structure of rock glaciers and recently deglaciated slopes as revealed by geoelectrical tomography: insights on permafrost and recent glacial evolution in the Central and Western Alps (Italy–France)

    Adriano Ribolini;M Guglielmin;D Fabre;X Bodin

  • Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow

    Bingham Rg;Vaughan Dg;King Ec;Davies D

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Brice R. Rea
Brice R. Rea University of Aberdeen
Chris R. Stokes
Chris R. Stokes Durham University
Jostein Bakke
Jostein Bakke University of Bergen
Edward C. King
Edward C. King British Antarctic Survey
Alastair G C Graham
Alastair G C Graham University of South Florida
Sarah L. Greenwood
Sarah L. Greenwood Stockholm University
John A. Howell
John A. Howell University of Aberdeen
Philip Hughes
Philip Hughes University of Manchester
David G. Vaughan
David G. Vaughan British Antarctic Survey

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