Alessandro Morbidelli

35.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
399 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Morbidelli is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Morbidelli has authored 399 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 360 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 43 papers in Atmospheric Science and 38 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Morbidelli's work include Astro and Planetary Science (348 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (202 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (194 papers). Alessandro Morbidelli is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (348 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (202 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (194 papers). Alessandro Morbidelli collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Alessandro Morbidelli's co-authors include Harold F. Levison, David Nesvorný, R. S. Gomes, K. Tsiganis, W. F. Bottke, Sean N. Raymond, A. Crida, D. P. O’Brien, David Vokrouhlický and K. J. Walsh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Morbidelli

384 papers receiving 20.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Origin of the cataclysmic Late Heavy Bombardment period of the terrestrial planets

2005 995 citations R. S. Gomes, Alessandro Morbidelli et al. profile →
Origin of the orbital architecture of the giant planets of the Solar System

2005 847 citations R. S. Gomes, Alessandro Morbidelli et al. profile →
A low mass for Mars from Jupiter’s early gas-driven migration

2011 729 citations K. J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli et al. profile →
Chaotic capture of Jupiter's Trojan asteroids in the early Solar System

2005 524 citations Alessandro Morbidelli, R. S. Gomes et al. profile →
On the width and shape of gaps in protoplanetary disks

2006 373 citations A. Crida, Alessandro Morbidelli et al. Icarus profile →
Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water

2014 300 citations D. C. Rubie, Seth A. Jacobson et al. Icarus profile →
Building Terrestrial Planets

2012 296 citations Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond et al. profile →
Breaking the chains: hot super-Earth systems from migration and disruption of compact resonant chains

2017 214 citations André Izidoro, Masahiro Ogihara et al. profile →
Pebble-isolation mass: Scaling law and implications for the formation of super-Earths and gas giants

2018 206 citations Bertram Bitsch, Alessandro Morbidelli et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Compositional outcomes of Earth formation from a narrow ring 2025 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·(unknown), Alessandro Morbidelli, D. C. Rubie, David Nesvorný	2
2	Reassessing the origin and evolution of Ecliptic Comets in the Planet-9 Scenario 2025 ·Icarus ·(unknown), André Izidoro, Alessandro Morbidelli, David Nesvorný, O. C. Winter	1
3	Was Triton originally a regular satellite of Neptune? 2024 ·Icarus ·R. S. Gomes, Alessandro Morbidelli	1
4	Did the terrestrial planets of the solar system form by pebble accretion? 2024 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Alessandro Morbidelli, T. Kleine, F. Nimmo	10
5	Formation and evolution of a protoplanetary disk: Combining observations, simulations, and cosmochemical constraints 2024 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·Alessandro Morbidelli, Yves Marrocchi, (unknown), Asmita Bhandare, S. Charnoz, B. Commerçon, C. P. Dullemond, T. Guillot, P. Hennebelle, Yueh-Ning Lee, (unknown), Raphael Marschall, Bernard Marty, A. Maury, (unknown)	11
6	Migration of Jupiter-mass planets in low-viscosity discs 2021 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Elena Lega, Richard P. Nelson, Alessandro Morbidelli, W. Kley, William Béthune, A. Crida, (unknown), H. Méheut, (unknown), (unknown)	22
7	Contemporary formation of early Solar System planetesimals at two distinct radial locations 2021 ·Nature Astronomy ·Alessandro Morbidelli, Kévin Baillié, Konstantin Batygin, S. Charnoz, T. Guillot, D. C. Rubie, T. Kleine	100
8	Planet formation by pebble accretion in ringed disks 2020 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Alessandro Morbidelli	52
9	The role of dissipative evolution for three-planet, near-resonant extrasolar systems 2019 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·(unknown), Konstantin Batygin, Alessandro Morbidelli	19
10	Ancient and primordial collisional families as the main sources of X-type asteroids of the inner main belt 2019 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Marco Delbó, Chrysa Avdellidou, Alessandro Morbidelli	34
11	Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration: growth of gas giants 2019 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Bertram Bitsch, André Izidoro, Anders Johansen, Sean N. Raymond, Alessandro Morbidelli, Michiel Lambrechts, Seth A. Jacobson	41
12	Formation of close-in super-Earths in evolving protoplanetary disks due to disk winds 2018 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Masahiro Ogihara, Eiichiro Kokubo, Takeru K. Suzuki, Alessandro Morbidelli	60
13	Formation of the terrestrial planets in the solar system around 1 au via radial concentration of planetesimals 2018 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Masahiro Ogihara, Eiichiro Kokubo, Takeru K. Suzuki, Alessandro Morbidelli	23
14	Comets as collisional fragments of a primordial planetesimal disk 2015 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Alessandro Morbidelli, H. Rickman	60
15	A reassessment of the in situ formation of close-in super-Earths 2015 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Alessandro Morbidelli, T. Guillot	63
16	The structure of protoplanetary discs around evolving young stars 2015 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Bertram Bitsch, Anders Johansen, Michiel Lambrechts, Alessandro Morbidelli	122
17	Stellar irradiated discs and implications on migration of embedded planets 2014 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·Bertram Bitsch, Alessandro Morbidelli, Elena Lega, Katherine A. Kretke, A. Crida	35
18	Constraining the cometary flux through the asteroid belt during the late heavy bombardment 2013 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·M. Brož, Alessandro Morbidelli, W. F. Bottke, (unknown), David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný	73
19	Extent of metal-silicate disequilibrium during accretion and early differentiation of the Earth 2012 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·D. C. Rubie, F. Nimmo, Alessandro Morbidelli, D. J. Frost	1
20	The effect of an early planetesimal-driven migration of the giant planets on terrestrial planet formation 2011 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·K. J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli	34

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