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Roberto Sabadini

Roberto Sabadini

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
6803
World Ranking
4750
National Ranking
123

Roberto Sabadini 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 Roberto Sabadini sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 206 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Roberto Sabadini 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 Roberto Sabadini sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Roberto Sabadini is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on geophysics, with a notable emphasis on earthquake and tectonic studies. Other key areas of investigation include oceanography, molecular biology, astronomy and astrophysics, and mechanics of materials.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geophysics and gravity measurements
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies
  • Pulsars and gravitational waves research
  • Earthquake detection and analysis

Roberto Sabadini has published research in several peer-reviewed venues, among which are:

  • Surveys in Geophysics
  • Tectonophysics
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Earth and Planetary Physics

Recent notable papers include:

  • On Earthquake Detectability by the Next-Generation Gravity Mission, 2020, Surveys in Geophysics
  • From rifting to oceanization in the Gulf of Aden: Insights from 2D numerical models, 2022, Tectonophysics
  • New Insights into Long-Term Aseismic Deformation and Regional Strain Rates from GNSS Data Inversion: The Case of the Pollino and Castrovillari Faults, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • The static and time-dependent signature of ocean-continent and ocean-ocean subduction: the case studies of Sumatra and Mariana complexes, 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • Effects of discontinuities inside Earth models on coseismic deformations, 2020, Earth and Planetary Physics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Anna Marotta
  • Gabriele Cambiotti
  • Alessandro Regorda
  • Arcangela Bollino
  • Riccardo Barzaghi

Roberto Sabadini's contributions have been recognized with awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2009 and as a Member of the Academia Europaea since 1999.

Best Publications

  • The role of slab detachment processes in the opening of the western–central Mediterranean basins: some geological and geophysical evidence

    E Carminati;M.J.R Wortel;W Spakman;R Sabadini

  • Differential Rotation Between Lithosphere and Mantle' A Consequence of Lateral Mantle Viscosity Variations

    Yanick Ricard;Carlo Doglioni;Roberto Sabadini

  • Polar wandering and the forced responses of a rotating, multilayered, viscoelastic planet

    Roberto Sabadini;David A. Yuen;Enzo Boschi

  • Glacial isostasy, sea-level and mantle rheology

    Mantle Rheology;R. Sabadini;Kurt Lambeck

  • Pleistocene deglaciation and the Earth's rotation: implications for mantle viscosity

    R. Sabadini;W. R. Peltier

  • Global Dynamics of the Earth

    Roberto Sabadini;Bert Vermeersen

  • Global post-seismic deformation

    Antonio Piersanti;Giorgio Spada;Roberto Sabadini;Maurizio Bonafede

  • Polar wandering of a dynamic earth

    Yanick Ricard;Giorgio Spada;Giorgio Spada;Roberto Sabadini

  • Active deformation in the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Anatolia inferred from numerical modeling and geodetic and seismological data

    Ivone Jimenez-Munt;R. Sabadini;A. Gardi;G. Bianco

  • A new class of stratified viscoelastic models by analytical techniques

    L. L. A. Vermeersen;R. Sabadini

  • Excitation of true polar wander by subduction

    Giorgio Spada;Giorgio Spada;Yanick Ricard;Roberto Sabadini

  • Effects on post-glacial rebound from the hard rheology in the transition zone

    Giorgio Spada;Roberto Sabadini;Roberto Sabadini;David A. Yuen;Yanick Ricard

  • Viscosity of the lower mantle as inferred from rotational data

    David A. Yuen;Roberto Sabadini;Enzo V. Boschi

  • The two-stage opening of the western-central Mediterranean basins: a forward modeling test to a new evolutionary model

    E Carminati;M.J.R Wortel;P.Th Meijer;R Sabadini

  • The European Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Satellite Mission: Its Impact on Geophysics

    J. A. Johannessen;J. A. Johannessen;G. Balmino;C. Le Provost;R. Rummel

  • Global postseismic rebound of a viscoelastic Earth: Theory for finite faults and application to the 1964 Alaska earthquake

    A. Piersanti;Giorgio Spada;R. Sabadini

  • On transient rheology and glacial isostasy

    David A. Yuen;Roberto C. A. Sabadini;Paolo Gasperini;Enzo Boschi

  • Dynamic models of subduction: geophysical and geological evidence in the Tyrrhenian Sea

    Carlo Giunchi;Roberto Sabadini;Enzo Boschi;Paolo Gasperini

  • An Explanation for Earth's Long-Term Rotational Stability

    Mark A. Richards;Yannick Ricard;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Giorgio Spada

  • Global Dynamics of the Earth: Applications of Normal Mode Relaxation Theory to Solid-Earth Geophysics

    Roberto Sabadini;Bert Vermeersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Giorgio Spada
Giorgio Spada University of Bologna
Enzo Boschi
Enzo Boschi University of Bologna
Yanick Ricard
Yanick Ricard École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Paolo Gasperini
Paolo Gasperini University of Bologna
David A. Yuen
David A. Yuen Columbia University
Giuliano F. Panza
Giuliano F. Panza Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Riccardo Riva
Riccardo Riva Technical University of Denmark
Eugenio Carminati
Eugenio Carminati Sapienza University of Rome
Jerry X. Mitrovica
Jerry X. Mitrovica Harvard University
Johnny A. Johannessen
Johnny A. Johannessen Naval Postgraduate School

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