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P. Montagna 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 P. Montagna sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 170 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

P. Montagna 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 P. Montagna sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

P. Montagna is a researcher affiliated with the National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Italy. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Archeology.

The main topics addressed in Montagna's research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Montagna has contributed to various scientific publications, with frequent venues including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Scientific Reports
  • Water

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Montagna showcase the diversity of their research interests:

  • Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO 2 (2023), published in Science
  • The "Corsica Channel Cold-Water Coral Province" (Mediterranean Sea) (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Variations in eastern Mediterranean hydrology during the last climatic cycle as inferred from neodymium isotopes in foraminifera (2020), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Changes in the Intermediate Water Masses of the Mediterranean Sea During the Last Climatic Cycle-New Constraints From Neodymium Isotopes in Foraminifera (2021), published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Drawing the borders of the mesophotic zone of the Mediterranean Sea using satellite data (2022), published in Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in Montagna's research include Marco Taviani, Giorgio Castellan, Arnaud Dapoigny, Lorenzo Angeletti, and Éric Douville. These coauthors have contributed to advancing studies in marine ecosystems, paleoclimatology, and related environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Coral resilience to ocean acidification and global warming through pH up-regulation

    Malcolm McCulloch;Jim Falter;Julie Trotter;Paolo Montagna;Paolo Montagna

  • Interlaboratory study for coral Sr/Ca and other element/Ca ratio measurements

    Ed C. Hathorne;Alexander C. Gagnon;Thomas Felis;Jess F. Adkins

  • Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries: a review

    Jürg Luterbacher;Elena Xoplaki;Carlo Casty;Heinz Wanner

  • Resilience of cold-water scleractinian corals to ocean acidification: Boron isotopic systematics of pH and saturation state up-regulation

    Malcolm McCulloch;Julie Trotter;Paolo Montagna;Jim Falter

  • Quantifying the pH 'vital effect' in the temperate zooxanthellate coral Cladocora caespitosa: Validation of the boron seawater pH proxy

    Julie Trotter;Paolo Montagna;Malcolm Thomas McCulloch;Sergio Silenzi

  • A review of 2000 years of paleoclimatic evidence in the Mediterranean

    Jürg Luterbacher;Ricardo García-Herrera;Sena Akcer-On;Rob Allan

  • Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO2

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  • Realising consilience: How better communication between archaeologists, historians and natural scientists can transform the study of past climate change in the Mediterranean

    Adam Izdebski;Karin Holmgren;Erika Weiberg;Sharon R. Stocker

  • Li/Mg systematics in scleractinian corals: Calibration of the thermometer

    Paolo Montagna;Malcolm McCulloch;Eric Douville;Matthias López Correa

  • The “Sardinian cold-water coral province” in the context of the Mediterranean coral ecosystems

    M. Taviani;L. Angeletti;S. Canese;Rita Cannas

  • Phosphorus in cold-water corals as a proxy for seawater nutrient chemistry.

    Paolo Montagna;Malcolm McCulloch;Marco Taviani;Claudio Mazzoli

  • The large-scale evolution of neodymium isotopic composition in the global modern and Holocene ocean revealed from seawater and archive data

    Kazuyo Tachikawa;Thomas Arsouze;Germain Bayon;Aloys Bory

  • Proliferation and demise of deep-sea corals in the Mediterranean during the Younger Dryas

    Malcolm McCulloch;Malcolm McCulloch;Marco Taviani;Paolo Montagna;Matthias López Correa

  • Pleistocene to Recent scleractinian deep-water corals and coral facies in the Eastern Mediterranean

    M. Taviani;A. Vertino;M. López Correa;A. Savini

  • Preboreal onset of cold-water coral growth beyond the Arctic Circle revealed by coupled radiocarbon and U-series dating and neodymium isotopes

    M. López Correa;P. Montagna;N. Joseph;Andres Rüggeberg

  • The non-tropical coral Cladocora caespitosa as the new climate archive for the Mediterranean: high-resolution (∼weekly) trace element systematics

    Paolo Montagna;Malcolm McCulloch;Claudio Mazzoli;Sergio Silenzi

  • A simple biomineralization model to explain Li, Mg, and Sr incorporation into aragonitic foraminifera and corals

    T.M. Marchitto;T.M. Marchitto;S.P. Bryan;W. Doss;M.T. McCulloch

  • A unique and threatened deep water coral-bivalve biotope new to the Mediterranean Sea offshore the Naples megalopolis

    Marco Taviani;Lorenzo Angeletti;Frine Cardone;Paolo Montagna;Paolo Montagna;Paolo Montagna

  • Stable isotopes (δ18O and δ13C), trace and minor element compositions of Recent scleractinians and Last Glacial bivalves at the Santa Maria di Leuca deep-water coral province, Ionian Sea

    Matthias López Correa;Paolo Montagna;Begoña Vendrell-Simón;Malcolm McCulloch

  • The Middle-Upper Pleistocene Fronte Section (Taranto, Italy): An exceptionally preserved marine record of the Last Interglacial

    Alessandro Amorosi;Fabrizio Antonioli;Adele Bertini;Stefano Marabini

  • Reprint of 'On and off the beaten track: Megafaunal sessile life and Adriatic cascading processes'

    M. Taviani;L. Angeletti;L. Beuck;E. Campiani

  • Calcification is not the Achilles’ heel of cold‐water corals in an acidifying ocean

    Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa;Paolo Montagna;Stefano Aliani;Mireno Borghini

  • Coral Li/Mg thermometry: Caveats and constraints

    Kristan Cuny-Guirriec;Eric Douville;Stéphanie Reynaud;Denis Allemand

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Taviani
Marco Taviani Schmidt Ocean Institute
Eric Douville
Eric Douville Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Malcolm T. McCulloch
Malcolm T. McCulloch University of Western Australia
Norbert Frank
Norbert Frank Heidelberg University
Fabio Trincardi
Fabio Trincardi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Fabrizio Antonioli
Fabrizio Antonioli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Tommaso Tesi
Tommaso Tesi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Antonio Cattaneo
Antonio Cattaneo French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Leonardo Langone
Leonardo Langone National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Alessandra Asioli
Alessandra Asioli University of Padua

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