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D-Index
55
Citations
10915
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3858
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53

Simona Masina publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Simona Masina sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 226 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Simona Masina D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Simona Masina sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Simona Masina is affiliated with the Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici in Italy. The primary fields of research focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science as notable subfields.

The scientist's research covers several key topics including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Simona Masina has contributed widely to academic literature, with notable papers including:

  • CMIP6 Simulations With the CMCC Earth System Model (CMCC-ESM2), 2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Evaluation of global ocean-sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2), 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • A High Resolution Reanalysis for the Mediterranean Sea, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Marine heat waves in the Mediterranean Sea: An assessment from the surface to the subsurface to meet national needs, 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Alkalinization Scenarios in the Mediterranean Sea for Efficient Removal of Atmospheric CO2 and the Mitigation of Ocean Acidification, 2021, Frontiers in Climate

The frequent coauthors in the scientist's body of work include:

  • Doroteaciro Iovino (19 joint publications)
  • Andrea Cipollone (11 joint publications)
  • Emanuela Clementi (9 joint publications)
  • Giulia Bonino (9 joint publications)
  • Pier Giuseppe Fogli (8 joint publications)

Publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 8 publications
  • Frontiers in Marine Science - 6 publications
  • Communications Earth & Environment - 4 publications
  • Climate Dynamics - 4 publications
  • State of the Planet - 4 publications

This profile reflects a research career focused on understanding complex climate and oceanographic systems with a strong interdisciplinary approach, leveraging modeling and empirical data to contribute to knowledge on climate variability, marine environments, and their global interactions.

Best Publications

  • JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

    Hiroyuki Tsujino;Shogo Urakawa;Hideyuki Nakano;R. Justin Small

  • Global Mean Climate and Main Patterns of Variability in the CMCC-CM2 Coupled Model

    A. Cherchi;P. G. Fogli;T. Lovato;D. Peano

  • North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;David Bailey;Erik Behrens

  • OMIP contribution to CMIP6: experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

    Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Paul J. Durack;Alistair J. Adcroft

  • A generalized model of pelagic biogeochemistry for the global ocean ecosystem. Part I: Theory

    M. Vichi;Nadia Pinardi;S. Masina

  • Challenges and Prospects in Ocean Circulation Models

    Baylor Fox-Kemper;Alistair Adcroft;Alistair Adcroft;Claus W. Böning;Eric P. Chassignet

  • The Ocean Reanalyses Intercomparison Project (ORA-IP)

    M. A. Balmaseda;F. Hernandez;A. Storto;M. D. Palmer

  • From Observation to Information and Users: The Copernicus Marine Service Perspective

    Pierre Yves Le Traon;Antonio Reppucci;Enrique Alvarez Fanjul;Lotfi Aouf

  • Spatial and temporal structure of Tropical Pacific interannual variability in 20th century coupled simulations

    Antonietta Capotondi;Andrew Wittenberg;Simona Masina

  • Interannual to Decadal Climate Predictability in the North Atlantic: A Multimodel-Ensemble Study

    Matthew Collins;M. Botzet;A. F. Carril;H. Drange

  • Evaluation of global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)

    Hiroyuki Tsujino;L. Shogo Urakawa;Stephen M. Griffies;Stephen M. Griffies;Gokhan Danabasoglu

  • North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part II: Inter-annual to decadal variability

    Gokhan Danabasoglu;Steve G. Yeager;Who M. Kim;Erik Behrens

  • An assessment of Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Southern Ocean meridional overturning circulation during 1958–2007 in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations

    Riccardo Farneti;Stephanie M. Downes;Stephen M. Griffies;Simon J. Marsland

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • The interannual variability in the tropical Indian Ocean as simulated by a CGCM

    S. Gualdi;E. Guilyardi;A. Navarra;S. Masina

  • Intercomparison of the Arctic sea ice cover in global ocean–sea ice reanalyses from the ORA-IP project

    Matthieu Chevallier;Gregory C. Smith;Frédéric Dupont;Jean-François Lemieux

  • An assessment of the Arctic Ocean in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations. Part III: Hydrography and fluxes

    Mehmet Ilıcak;Helge Drange;Helge Drange;Qiang Wang;Rüdiger Gerdes

  • A High Resolution Reanalysis for the Mediterranean Sea

    Romain Escudier;Emanuela Clementi;Andrea Cipollone;Jenny Pistoia

  • Ocean heat content variability and change in an ensemble of ocean reanalyses

    M. D. Palmer;C. D. Roberts;M. Balmaseda;Y. S. Chang

  • Ocean reanalyses: Recent advances and unsolved challenges

    Andrea Storto;Aida Alvera-Azcárate;Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda;Alexander Barth

  • An analysis of tropical instability waves in a numerical model of the Pacific Ocean: 2. Generation and energetics of the waves

    S. Masina;S. G. H. Philander;A. B. G. Bush

  • Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 4

    Karina von Schuckmann;Pierre-Yves Le Traon;Neville Smith;Ananda Pascual

  • Interannual Variability In The Tropical Indian Ocean As Simulated By A Cgcm

    S. Gualdi;E. Guilyardi;S. Masina;A. Navarra

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Navarra
Antonio Navarra National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Marcello Vichi
Marcello Vichi University of Cape Town
Nadia Pinardi
Nadia Pinardi University of Bologna
Hiroyuki Tsujino
Hiroyuki Tsujino Japan Meteorological Agency
Magdalena Balmaseda
Magdalena Balmaseda European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Stephen M. Griffies
Stephen M. Griffies National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Keith Haines
Keith Haines University of Reading
Eric P. Chassignet
Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University
Gokhan Danabasoglu
Gokhan Danabasoglu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Simon J. Marsland
Simon J. Marsland Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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