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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 47 4095 3760 92 87 248 6642

Rosa Lasaponara publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Rosa Lasaponara between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Rosa Lasaponara published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 13.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2013. 21 of the 370 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2013. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 22 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 12 publications
1998 2025

370 publications in total across all disciplines

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Rosa Lasaponara: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 1
2000 0
2001 3
2002 3
2003 2
2004 3
2005 6
2006 22
2007 16
2008 11
2009 9
2010 15
2011 11
2012 21
2013 26
2014 19
2015 18
2016 26
2017 23
2018 25
2019 20
2020 19
2021 8
2022 19
2023 22
2024 9
2025 12
Total 370
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Rosa Lasaponara 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 Rosa Lasaponara 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, 248–257 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: 248 publications — 78th percentile

78% 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
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208 248
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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Rosa Lasaponara 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 Rosa Lasaponara 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, 47 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: 47 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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 47
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

Rosa Lasaponara is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences with 70 publications, and Environmental Science with 57 publications. Subfields addressed comprise Space and Planetary Science, Geology, Global and Planetary Change, Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics focus on various aspects of archaeological and environmental studies. Key areas of work include:

  • Archaeological Research and Protection
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Conservation Techniques and Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Rosa Lasaponara has published extensively in notable journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Remote Sensing (12 publications)
  • Sustainability (7 publications)
  • Sensors (3 publications)
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (3 publications)
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series (3 publications)

Some recent papers by Rosa Lasaponara include:

  • Application of learning vector quantization and different machine learning techniques to assessing forest fire influence factors and spatial modelling, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Quantitative Evaluation of Soil Quality Using Principal Component Analysis: The Case Study of El-Fayoum Depression Egypt, 2021, Sustainability
  • Modeling Land Suitability for Rice Crop Using Remote Sensing and Soil Quality Indicators: The Case Study of the Nile Delta, 2020, Sustainability
  • Vis-NIR Spectroscopy and Satellite Landsat-8 OLI Data to Map Soil Nutrients in Arid Conditions: A Case Study of the Northwest Coast of Egypt, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Multitemporal 2016-2018 Sentinel-2 Data Enhancement for Landscape Archaeology: The Case Study of the Foggia Province, Southern Italy, 2020, Remote Sensing

Collaboration is an important part of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Nicodemo Abate
  • Nicola Masini
  • Maria Sileo
  • Abdelaziz Elfadaly
  • Luciano Telesca

Best Publications

  • Airborne and spaceborne remote sensing for archaeological and cultural heritage applications: A review of the century (1907–2017)

    Lei Luo;Xinyuan Wang;Huadong Guo;Rosa Lasaponara

  • Detection of archaeological crop marks by using satellite QuickBird multispectral imagery

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite remote sensing in archaeology: past, present and future perspectives

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite Remote Sensing: A New Tool for Archaeology

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • An overview of satellite synthetic aperture radar remote sensing in archaeology: From site detection to monitoring

    Fulong Chen;Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Satellite Remote Sensing

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • On the use of principal component analysis (PCA) for evaluating interannual vegetation anomalies from SPOT/VEGETATION NDVI temporal series

    R. Lasaponara

  • Persistent scatterer interferometry processing of COSMO-SkyMed StripMap HIMAGE time series to depict deformation of the historic centre of Rome, Italy.

    Francesca Cigna;Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini;Pietro Milillo

  • Evaluation of a new satellite-based method for forest fire detection

    Vincenzo Cuomo;R. Lasaponara;Valerio Tramutoli

  • Application of learning vector quantization and different machine learning techniques to assessing forest fire influence factors and spatial modelling.

    Hamid Reza Pourghasemi;Amiya Gayen;Rosa Lasaponara;John P. Tiefenbacher

  • Identification of archaeological buried remains based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from Quickbird satellite data

    R. Lasaponara;N. Masini

  • Multiscale mapping of burn area and severity using multisensor satellite data and spatial autocorrelation analysis

    Antonio Lanorte;Maria Danese;Rosa Lasaponara;Beniamino Murgante

  • Google Earth as a Powerful Tool for Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Applications: A Review

    Lei Luo;Xinyuan Wang;Huadong Guo;Rosa Lasaponara

  • Quantitative Evaluation of Soil Quality Using Principal Component Analysis: The Case Study of El-Fayoum Depression Egypt

    Mohamed K. Abdel-Fattah;Elsayed Said Mohamed;Enas M. Wagdi;Sahar A. Shahin

  • Remotely sensed characterization of forest fuel types by using satellite ASTER data

    Rosa Lasaponara;Antonio Lanorte

  • Investigating archaeological looting using satellite images and GEORADAR: the experience in Lambayeque in North Peru

    Rosa Lasaponara;Giovanni Leucci;Nicola Masini;Raffaele Persico

  • Estimating spectral separability of satellite derived parameters for burned areas mapping in the Calabria region by using SPOT-Vegetation data

    R. Lasaponara

  • Towards an operative use of remote sensing for exploring the past using satellite data: The case study of Hierapolis (Turkey)

    Rosa Lasaponara;Giovanni Leucci;Nicola Masini;Raffaele Persico

  • Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar in Archaeology and Cultural Landscape: An Overview

    Rosa Lasaponara;Nicola Masini

  • Flights into the past: full-waveform airborne laser scanning data for archaeological investigation

    R. Lasaponara;R. Coluzzi;N. Masini

  • Management of Cultural Heritage Sites Using Remote Sensing Indices and Spatial Analysis Techniques

    Abdelaziz Elfadaly;Abdelaziz Elfadaly;Wael Attia;Mohamad Molaei Qelichi;Beniamino Murgante

  • Investigating the spectral capability of QuickBird data to detect archaeological remains buried under vegetated and not vegetated areas

    Nicola Masini;Rosa Lasaponara

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola Masini
Nicola Masini National Research Council (CNR)
Luciano Telesca
Luciano Telesca National Research Council (CNR)
Enzo Rizzo
Enzo Rizzo University of Ferrara
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis
Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis Cyprus University of Technology
Valerio Tramutoli
Valerio Tramutoli University of Basilicata
Huadong Guo
Huadong Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Devis Tuia
Devis Tuia École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Silas Michaelides
Silas Michaelides Cyprus University of Technology
Weiguo Song
Weiguo Song University of Science and Technology of China
Michael Eineder
Michael Eineder German Aerospace Center

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