Claudia Piromallo

7.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Claudia Piromallo is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudia Piromallo has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Geophysics, 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 3 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Claudia Piromallo's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (39 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (30 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (29 papers). Claudia Piromallo is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (39 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (30 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (29 papers). Claudia Piromallo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Claudia Piromallo's co-authors include Claudio Faccenna, Andrea Morelli, Laurent Jolivet, Federico Rossetti, Francesca Funiciello, Ana Crespo‐Blanc, T. W. Becker, Olivier Bellier, Enrico Serpelloni and Serge Lallemand and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Claudia Piromallo

50 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Lateral slab deformation and the origin of the western Mediterranean arcs

2004 822 citations Claudio Faccenna, Claudia Piromallo et al. Tectonics profile →
P wave tomography of the mantle under the Alpine‐Mediterranean area

2003 655 citations Claudia Piromallo, Andrea Morelli profile →
Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

2014 433 citations Claudio Faccenna, T. W. Becker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claudia Piromallo Italy	27	4.8k	421	236	177	113	50	5.0k
N. D’Agostino Italy	33	3.5k 0.7×	449 1.1×	324 1.4×	231 1.3×	137 1.2×	70	3.9k
Silvia Pondrelli Italy	28	3.3k 0.7×	242 0.6×	143 0.6×	210 1.2×	127 1.1×	84	3.5k
A. Ribeiro Portugal	27	2.2k 0.5×	290 0.7×	170 0.7×	312 1.8×	70 0.6×	81	2.4k
A. Jabaloy Spain	33	2.2k 0.5×	670 1.6×	520 2.2×	73 0.4×	109 1.0×	93	2.7k
J. A. Pulgar Spain	29	2.2k 0.5×	297 0.7×	286 1.2×	95 0.5×	67 0.6×	78	2.4k
Alfred Hirn France	30	2.2k 0.5×	271 0.6×	148 0.6×	135 0.8×	124 1.1×	49	2.3k
F. Ghisetti New Zealand	26	1.7k 0.3×	325 0.8×	275 1.2×	64 0.4×	102 0.9×	56	1.9k
Diego Córdoba Spain	25	1.8k 0.4×	287 0.7×	173 0.7×	132 0.7×	33 0.3×	77	2.0k
Alexis Rigo France	20	1.9k 0.4×	346 0.8×	181 0.8×	199 1.1×	237 2.1×	44	2.2k
Spyros Pavlides Greece	24	1.5k 0.3×	265 0.6×	147 0.6×	233 1.3×	191 1.7×	65	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claudia Piromallo

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Schlaphorst, David, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the Distinct Structure of the Upper Mantle Beneath the Canary and Madeira Hotspots, as Depicted by the 660, 410, and X Discontinuities. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(5). 1 indexed citations

Pino, Nicola Alessandro, Vincenzo Convertito, C. Godano, & Claudia Piromallo. (2022). Subduction age and stress state control on seismicity in the NW Pacific subducting plate. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 12440–12440. 8 indexed citations

Monna, Stephen, et al.. (2022). Moho and LAB Across the Western Alps (Europe) From P and S Receiver Function Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(10). 4 indexed citations

Presti, Debora, Arnauld Heuret, F. Funiciello, & Claudia Piromallo. (2012). A new database on subduction seismicity at the global scale. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2277. 1 indexed citations

Pignone, M., C. Nostro, Alessandro Amato, Emanuele Casarotti, & Claudia Piromallo. (2012). The INGVterremoti blog: a new communication tool to improve earthquake information during the Po Plain seismic sequence. Annals of Geophysics. 55(4). 2 indexed citations

Faccenna, Claudio, Paola Molin, B. Orecchio, et al.. (2011). Topography of the Calabria subduction zone (southern Italy): Clues for the origin of Mt. Etna. Tectonics. 30(1). 136 indexed citations

Heuret, Arnauld, Serge Lallemand, Francesca Funiciello, Claudia Piromallo, & Claudio Faccenna. (2011). Physical characteristics of subduction interface type seismogenic zones revisited. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 12(1). n/a–n/a. 156 indexed citations

Faccenna, Claudio, T. W. Becker, Serge Lallemand, et al.. (2010). Subduction-triggered magmatic pulses: A new class of plumes?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 299(1-2). 54–68. 200 indexed citations

Jolivet, Laurent, Claudio Faccenna, & Claudia Piromallo. (2009). From mantle to crust: Stretching the Mediterranean. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 285(1-2). 198–209. 194 indexed citations

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Piromallo, Claudia, Daniela Gasperini, Patrizia Macera, & Claudio Faccenna. (2008). A late Cretaceous contamination episode of the European–Mediterranean mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 268(1-2). 15–27. 36 indexed citations

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Vignaroli, Gianluca, Claudio Faccenna, Laurent Jolivet, Claudia Piromallo, & Federico Rossetti. (2008). Subduction polarity reversal at the junction between the Western Alps and the Northern Apennines, Italy. Tectonophysics. 450(1-4). 34–50. 133 indexed citations

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Faccenna, Claudio, Olivier Bellier, Joseph Martinod, Claudia Piromallo, & Vincent Regard. (2006). Slab detachment beneath eastern Anatolia: A possible cause for the formation of the North Anatolian fault. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 242(1-2). 85–97. 303 indexed citations

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Lucente, Francesco Pio, Lucia Margheriti, Claudia Piromallo, & Guilhem Barruol. (2006). Seismic anisotropy reveals the long route of the slab through the western-central Mediterranean mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 241(3-4). 517–529. 105 indexed citations

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Funiciello, Francesca, Claudia Piromallo, M. Moroni, et al.. (2004). 3-D Laboratory and Numerical Models of Mantle Flow in Subduction Zones.. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Piromallo, Claudia & Claudio Faccenna. (2004). How deep can we find the traces of Alpine subduction?. Geophysical Research Letters. 31(6). 61 indexed citations

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Pondrelli, Silvia & Claudia Piromallo. (2003). The southern Tyrrhenian basin: is something changing in its kinematics?. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 6465. 1 indexed citations

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Piromallo, Claudia & Claudio Faccenna. (2003). How deep can we find the trace of Alpine subduction. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 7010. 1 indexed citations

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Macera, Patrizia, et al.. (2003). Tertiary magmatism in the Eastern Alps. CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa). 54. 119–122. 2 indexed citations

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Piromallo, Claudia & Andrea Morelli. (2001). Improving Seismic Event Location: An Alternative to Three-dimensional Structural Models. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 158(1). 319–347. 8 indexed citations

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Doglioni, Carlo, Paolo Harabaglia, Saverio Merlini, et al.. (1999). Orogens and slabs vs. their direction of subduction. Earth-Science Reviews. 45(3-4). 167–208. 271 indexed citations

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