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Valerio Acocella

Valerio Acocella

Valerio Acocella 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 Valerio Acocella sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Valerio Acocella 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 Valerio Acocella sits on this spectrum.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Valerio Acocella is affiliated with Roma Tre University in Italy and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Global and Planetary Change.

The central topics in Acocella's work include earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic waves and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Acocella has contributed extensively to scientific literature, publishing research in a variety of respected venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Reviews of Geophysics
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Acocella include:

  • Towards scientific forecasting of magmatic eruptions, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Tracking the 2007-2023 magma-driven unrest at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy), 2024, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Defining the Pre-Eruptive States of Active Volcanoes for Improving Eruption Forecasting, 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Estimating the depth and evolution of intrusions at resurgent calderas: Los Humeros (Mexico), 2020, Solid Earth
  • Catching the Main Ethiopian Rift evolving towards plate divergence, 2021, Scientific Reports

Acocella has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Federico Galetto
  • Fabio Florindo
  • Annmarie G. Carlton
  • Paolo D'Odorico
  • Qingyun Duan

In addition to journal articles, Acocella has authored book publications, such as Volcano-Tectonic Processes, published by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

Recognition of Acocella's contributions includes being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Understanding caldera structure and development: An overview of analogue models compared to natural calderas

    Valerio Acocella

  • What makes flank eruptions? The 2001 Etna eruption and its possible triggering mechanisms

    Valerio Acocella;M. Neri

  • Dike propagation in volcanic edifices: Overview and possible developments

    Valerio Acocella;M. Neri

  • Transverse systems along the extensional Tyrrhenian margin of central Italy and their influence on volcanism

    Valerio Acocella;Renato Funiciello

  • The role of the Pernicana Fault System in the spreading of Mt. Etna (Italy) during the 2002–2003 eruption

    Marco Neri;Valerio Acocella;Boris Behncke

  • Magma transfer at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) before the 1538 AD eruption

    Mauro A. Di Vito;Valerio Acocella;Giuseppe Aiello;Diana Barra;Diana Barra

  • An overview of recent (1988 to 2014) caldera unrest: knowledge and perspectives

    V. Acocella;R. Di Lorenzo;C. Newhall;Roberto Scandone

  • Analogue models of collapse calderas and resurgent domes

    V. Acocella;F. Cifelli;R. Funiciello

  • The interaction between regional and local tectonics during resurgent doming: the case of the island of Ischia, Italy

    Valerio Acocella;R. Funiciello

  • Magmas near the critical degassing pressure drive volcanic unrest towards a critical state

    Giovanni Chiodini;Antonio Paonita;Alessandro Aiuppa;Alessandro Aiuppa;Antonio Costa

  • Interaction and linkage of extension fractures and normal faults: examples from the rift zone of Iceland

    Valerio Acocella;Agust Gudmundsson;Renato Funiciello

  • Structural control of volcanism and caldera development in the transtensional Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

    Karl D. Spinks;Valerio Acocella;Jim W. Cole;Kari N. Bassett

  • Elliptic calderas in the Ethiopian Rift: control of pre-existing structures

    Valerio Acocella;T. Korme;Francesco Salvini;Renato Funiciello

  • The role of extensional structures on experimental calderas and resurgence

    Valerio Acocella;R Funiciello;E Marotta;G Orsi

  • Anatomy of an unstable volcano from InSAR: Multiple processes affecting flank instability at Mt. Etna, 1994–2008

    Giuseppe Solaro;Valerio Acocella;Susi Pepe;Joel Ruch

  • Link between major flank slip and 2002-2003 eruption at Mt. Etna (Italy)

    Valerio Acocella;Boris Behncke;Marco Neri;Salvatore D'Amico

  • Off-rift volcanism in rift zones determined by crustal unloading

    Francesco Maccaferri;Eleonora Rivalta;Derek Keir;Valerio Acocella

  • Feedback processes between magmatic events and flank movement at Mount Etna (Italy) during the 2002-2003 eruption

    Thomas R. Walter;Valerio Acocella;Marco Neri;Falk Amelung

  • Formation of normal faults along the axial zone of the Ethiopian Rift

    Valerio Acocella;T Korme;Francesco Salvini

  • The Role of Pre-existing Structures in the Origin, Propagation and Architecture of Faults in the Main Ethiopian Rift

    Tesfaye Korme;Valerio Acocella;Bekele Abebe

  • Contrasting triggering mechanisms of the 2001 and 2002-2003 eruptions of Mount Etna (Italy)

    Marco Neri;Valerio Acocella;Boris Behncke;Vincenza Maiolino

  • Magma transfer at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy) before the 1538 AD eruption

    Mauro A. Di Vito;Valerio Acocella;Giuseppe Aiello;Diana Barra

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Neri
Marco Neri National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Renato Funiciello
Renato Funiciello Roma Tre University
Eleonora Rivalta
Eleonora Rivalta Universität Hamburg
Eugenio Sansosti
Eugenio Sansosti National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Francesco Casu
Francesco Casu National Research Council (CNR)
Agust Gudmundsson
Agust Gudmundsson Royal Holloway University of London
Giuseppe Puglisi
Giuseppe Puglisi National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Boris Behncke
Boris Behncke National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Catherine Kissel
Catherine Kissel Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Thomas R. Walter
Thomas R. Walter University of Potsdam

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