Elena Spagnuolo

1.6k total citations
70 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Elena Spagnuolo is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Spagnuolo has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Geophysics, 13 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 9 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Elena Spagnuolo's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (58 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (38 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (22 papers). Elena Spagnuolo is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (58 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (38 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (22 papers). Elena Spagnuolo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Elena Spagnuolo's co-authors include Giulio Di Toro, Marie Violay, S. B. Nielsen, Stefano Aretusini, Steven A. Smith, François Passelègue, Oliver Plümper, Andrea Cavallo, Andrea Bistacchi and Giuseppe Di Stefano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Elena Spagnuolo

68 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elena Spagnuolo Italy 21 1.1k 225 92 85 76 70 1.2k
W. A. Griffith United States 20 1.0k 0.9× 359 1.6× 144 1.6× 76 0.9× 77 1.0× 51 1.3k
Kazuo Mizoguchi Japan 20 1.7k 1.5× 448 2.0× 167 1.8× 134 1.6× 124 1.6× 52 2.0k
M. S. Boettcher United States 16 1.1k 1.0× 171 0.8× 113 1.2× 70 0.8× 131 1.7× 35 1.3k
François Passelègue France 19 786 0.7× 277 1.2× 65 0.7× 30 0.4× 73 1.0× 40 896
D. Tatham United Kingdom 9 729 0.7× 204 0.9× 36 0.4× 32 0.4× 55 0.7× 13 861
Thomas Ader France 9 795 0.7× 56 0.2× 54 0.6× 79 0.9× 109 1.4× 9 925
J. Hadizadeh United States 13 561 0.5× 268 1.2× 88 1.0× 66 0.8× 33 0.4× 32 759
Berend A. Verberne Netherlands 16 829 0.7× 295 1.3× 64 0.7× 45 0.5× 36 0.5× 24 981
P.-Y.F. Robin Canada 9 569 0.5× 283 1.3× 110 1.2× 66 0.8× 106 1.4× 13 815
Christopher H. Scholz United States 7 408 0.4× 169 0.8× 44 0.5× 61 0.7× 79 1.0× 9 606

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elena Spagnuolo

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All Works

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Maccaferri, Francesco, Lucia Pappalardo, Anna Tramelli, et al.. (2025). Weak Crust Owing Past Magmatic Intrusions Beneath Campi Flegrei Identified: The Engine for Bradyseismic Movements?. AGU Advances. 6(2). 1 indexed citations
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Spagnuolo, Elena, et al.. (2025). Fault Zone Rocks Associated With the Reservoir‐Triggered Seismicity of the Koyna‐Warna Region (India). Geophysical Research Letters. 52(14).
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Wang, Huan, Giulio Di Toro, Li‐Wei Kuo, et al.. (2023). Melting of fault gouge at shallow depth during the 2008 MW 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China. Geology. 51(4). 345–350. 11 indexed citations
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Brantut, Nicolas, et al.. (2021). Fault Friction During Simulated Seismic Slip Pulses. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(8). 14 indexed citations
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Nielsen, S. B., Elena Spagnuolo, Marie Violay, & Giulio Di Toro. (2021). Thermal Weakening Friction During Seismic Slip: Experiments and Models With Heat Sources and Sinks. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(5). 15 indexed citations
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Fondriest, Michele, Erik Jensen, Elena Spagnuolo, et al.. (2021). Frictional Melting in Hydrothermal Fluid‐Rich Faults: Field and Experimental Evidence From the Bolfín Fault Zone (Chile). Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(7). e2021GC009743–e2021GC009743. 15 indexed citations
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Spagnuolo, Elena, et al.. (2021). Selective clast survival in an experimentally-produced pseudotachylyte. Journal of Structural Geology. 147. 104328–104328. 6 indexed citations
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Smith, Steven A., et al.. (2021). Frictional properties and microstructural evolution of dry and wet calcite–dolomite gouges. Solid Earth. 12(3). 595–612. 6 indexed citations
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Mecklenburgh, Julian, François Passelègue, Gilberto Artioli, et al.. (2020). Pseudotachylyte Alteration and the Rapid Fade of Earthquake Scars From the Geological Record. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(22). 20 indexed citations
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Murphy, Shane, Giulio Di Toro, Fabrizio Romano, et al.. (2018). Tsunamigenic earthquake simulations using experimentally derived friction laws. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 486. 155–165. 23 indexed citations
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Passelègue, François, Olivier Fabbri, Henri Leclère, Elena Spagnuolo, & Giulio Di Toro. (2017). Frictional processes of bimaterial interfaces at seismic slip rates.. AGUFM. 2017.
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Smeraglia, Luca, A. Bettucci, Andrea Billi, et al.. (2017). Microstructural evidence for seismic and aseismic slips along clay‐bearing, carbonate faults. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 122(5). 3895–3915. 37 indexed citations
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Nielsen, S. B., Elena Spagnuolo, Steven A. Smith, et al.. (2016). Scaling in natural and laboratory earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(4). 1504–1510. 54 indexed citations
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Passelègue, François, Elena Spagnuolo, Marie Violay, et al.. (2016). Frictional evolution, acoustic emissions activity, and off‐fault damage in simulated faults sheared at seismic slip rates. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 121(10). 7490–7513. 52 indexed citations
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Toro, Giulio Di, Elena Spagnuolo, Marie Violay, et al.. (2015). "Frictional processes" in carbonate-bearing rocks at seismic deformation conditions. AGUFM. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Spagnuolo, Elena, Oliver Plümper, Marie Violay, A. Cavallo, & Giulio Di Toro. (2014). Shock Waves Trigger Fault Weakening in Calcite-bearing Rocks During Earthquakes. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Nielsen, S. B., Elena Spagnuolo, Marie Violay, & Giulio Di Toro. (2013). Friction at seismic slip rates: testing thermal weakening models experimentally. AGUFM. 2013. 3 indexed citations
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Violay, Marie, S. B. Nielsen, Benoit Gibert, et al.. (2013). Effect of water on the frictional behavior of cohesive rocks during earthquakes. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations
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Passelègue, François, Elena Spagnuolo, Marie Violay, et al.. (2013). Influence of slip rate and normal stress on off-fault damage in high-velocity friction experiments on crustal rocks. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Violay, Marie, S. B. Nielsen, D. Cinti, et al.. (2011). Friction of marble under seismic deformation conditions in the presence of fluids. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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