2026 Simona Scollo: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	34	8151	7563	309	300	171	3034

Overview

Simona Scollo is affiliated with the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans several interconnected subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research topics incorporate a range of geological and atmospheric phenomena. These include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Landslides and Related Hazards, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Simona Scollo has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA, version 1.0): A new observational database to support explosive eruptive column model validation and development (2021, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research)
Near Real-Time Monitoring of the Christmas 2018 Etna Eruption Using SEVIRI and Products Validation (2020, Remote Sensing)
Investigation of Volcanic Emissions in the Mediterranean: "The Etna-Antikythera Connection" (2020, Atmosphere)
Examples of Multi-Sensor Determination of Eruptive Source Parameters of Explosive Events at Mount Etna (2021, Remote Sensing)
Small-scale volcanic aerosols variability, processes and direct radiative impact at Mount Etna during the EPL-RADIO campaigns (2020, Scientific Reports)

The venues where Simona Scollo most frequently publishes include:

Remote Sensing
Scientific Reports
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
Bulletin of Volcanology
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent collaborators in their work comprise:

Luigi Mereu
Costanza Bonadonna
Michele Prestifilippo
Frank S. Marzano
Samantha Engwell

Best Publications

Tephra fallout of 2001 Etna flank eruption: Analysis of the deposit and plume dispersion

Simona Scollo;Paola Del Carlo;Mauro Coltelli

143
Citations
The 4–5 September 2007 lava fountain at South-East Crater of Mt Etna, Italy

Daniele Andronico;Antonio Cristaldi;Simona Scollo

124
Citations
Monitoring and forecasting Etna volcanic plumes

S. Scollo;M. Prestifilippo;G. Spata;M. D'Agostino

122
Citations
The 2002–03 Etna explosive activity: Tephra dispersal and features of the deposits

Daniele Andronico;Simona Scollo;Simona Caruso;Antonio Cristaldi

115
Citations
Eruption column height estimation of the 2011-2013 Etna lava fountains

Simona Scollo;Michele Prestifilippo;Emilio Pecora;Stefano Corradini

106
Citations
Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty estimation for tephra dispersal models

Simona Scollo;Stefano Tarantola;Costanza Bonadonna;Mauro Coltelli

100
Citations
Determination of the largest clast sizes of tephra deposits for the characterization of explosive eruptions: a study of the IAVCEI commission on tephra hazard modelling

Costanza Bonadonna;Raffaello Cioni;Marco Pistolesi;Charles B. Connor

97
Citations
A parametric and comparative study of different tephra fallout models

S. Scollo;A. Folch;A. Costa

96
Citations
Monitoring the December 2015 summit eruptions of Mt. Etna (Italy): Implications on eruptive dynamics

R.A. Corsaro;D. Andronico;B. Behncke;S. Branca

91
Citations
A Multi-Sensor Approach for Volcanic Ash Cloud Retrieval and Eruption Characterization: The 23 November 2013 Etna Lava Fountain

Stefano Corradini;Mario Montopoli;Lorenzo Guerrieri;Matteo Ricci

79
Citations
Monitoring ash emission episodes at Mt. Etna : The 16 November 2006 case study

Daniele Andronico;Simona Scollo;Antonio Cristaldi;Ferruccio Ferrari

75
Citations
The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA, version 1.0): A new observational database to support explosive eruptive column model validation and development

Thomas J. Aubry;Samantha Engwell;Costanza Bonadonna;Guillaume Carazzo

74
Citations
Near-Real-Time Tephra Fallout Assessment at Mt. Etna, Italy

Simona Scollo;Michele Prestifilippo;Costanza Bonadonna;Raffaello Cioni

65
Citations
Unexpected hazards from tephra fallouts at Mt Etna: The 23 November 2013 lava fountain

Daniele Andronico;Simona Scollo;Antonio Cristaldi

60
Citations
Representivity of incompletely sampled fall deposits in estimating eruption source parameters: a test using the 12–13 January 2011 lava fountain deposit from Mt. Etna volcano, Italy

Daniele Andronico;Simona Scollo;Antonio Cristaldi;Maria Deborah Lo Castro

56
Citations
MISR observations of Etna volcanic plumes

S. Scollo;R. A. Kahn;D. L. Nelson;M. Coltelli

53
Citations
Investigation of Volcanic Emissions in the Mediterranean: "The Etna─Antikythera Connection"

Anna Kampouri;Vassilis Amiridis;Stavros Solomos;Anna Gialitaki

51
Citations
Tephra hazard assessment at Mt. Etna (Italy)

S. Scollo;M. Coltelli;Costanza Bonadonna;P. Del Carlo

50
Citations
Near Real-Time Monitoring of the Christmas 2018 Etna Eruption Using SEVIRI and Products Validation

Stefano Corradini;Lorenzo Guerrieri;Dario Stelitano;Giuseppe Salerno

47
Citations
Near-source Doppler radar monitoring of tephra plumes at Etna

F. Donnadieu;P. Freville;C. Hervier;M. Coltelli

45
Citations
Characterization of shape and terminal velocity of tephra particles erupted during the 2002 eruption of Etna volcano, Italy

M. Coltelli;L. Miraglia;S. Scollo

42
Citations
Eruption dynamics and tephra dispersal from the 24 November 2006 paroxysm at South-East Crater, Mt Etna, Italy

Daniele Andronico;Simona Scollo;Maria Deborah Lo Castro;Antonio Cristaldi

42
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Coltelli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Daniele Andronico National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Costanza Bonadonna University of Geneva

Antonio Costa National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Raffaello Cioni University of Florence

Frank S. Marzano Sapienza University of Rome

Giuseppe Salerno National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Tommaso Caltabiano National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Jacopo Taddeucci National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

Augusto Neri National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

External Links

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