Gian Battista Vai

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Gian Battista Vai is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gian Battista Vai has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Geophysics, 18 papers in Atmospheric Science and 15 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Gian Battista Vai's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (18 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (11 papers) and Geological formations and processes (9 papers). Gian Battista Vai is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (18 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (11 papers) and Geological formations and processes (9 papers). Gian Battista Vai collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United States. Gian Battista Vai's co-authors include Ivan Martini, Franco Ricci Lucchi, Alberto Castellarin, Luigi Cantelli, T. Cocozza, Claudia Spalletta, Paul Aharon, Federico Lucchi, Alessandra Negri and Marco Taviani and has published in prestigious journals such as Tectonophysics, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology and Journal of Structural Geology.

In The Last Decade

Gian Battista Vai

48 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Anatomy of an Orogen: the Apennines and Adjacent Mediterr... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gian Battista Vai Italy 19 1.0k 751 496 425 210 51 1.9k
Federico Lucchi Italy 22 1.4k 1.3× 960 1.3× 666 1.3× 234 0.6× 150 0.7× 72 2.1k
Paola Cipollari Italy 24 1.3k 1.3× 748 1.0× 492 1.0× 241 0.6× 161 0.8× 70 1.9k
Vincenzo Picotti Italy 26 1.4k 1.4× 844 1.1× 615 1.2× 311 0.7× 244 1.2× 86 2.3k
Jean‐Noël Proust France 29 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.5× 1.0k 2.1× 456 1.1× 277 1.3× 96 2.2k
F. Massari Italy 30 1.0k 1.0× 1.3k 1.8× 1.2k 2.4× 461 1.1× 151 0.7× 68 2.3k
Domenico Cosentino Italy 30 2.5k 2.4× 1.3k 1.8× 868 1.8× 364 0.9× 256 1.2× 124 3.6k
Agata Di Stefano Italy 28 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 809 1.6× 395 0.9× 146 0.7× 101 2.2k
Attilio Sulli Italy 28 1.3k 1.2× 485 0.6× 602 1.2× 160 0.4× 128 0.6× 108 2.0k
Gilbert Kellıng United Kingdom 29 1.2k 1.1× 992 1.3× 992 2.0× 413 1.0× 282 1.3× 67 2.4k
Adolfo Maestro Spain 25 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.5× 882 1.8× 167 0.4× 117 0.6× 97 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gian Battista Vai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gian Battista Vai

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All Works

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Vaiani, Stefano Claudio, et al.. (2019). From Ammonites to Ammonia, a tale on the early history of micropaleontology by Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari (1682-1766). Micropaleontology. 65(6). 551–560.
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Vai, Gian Battista. (2016). Over half a century of Messinian salinity crisis. BOLETÍN GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO. 127(2-3). 625–641. 13 indexed citations
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Negri, Alessandra, Alessandro Amorosi, Fabrizio Antonioli, et al.. (2014). A potential global boundary stratotype section and point (GSSP) for the Tarentian Stage, Upper Pleistocene, from the Taranto area (Italy): Results and future perspectives. Quaternary International. 383. 145–157. 35 indexed citations
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Amorosi, Alessandro, Fabrizio Antonioli, Adèle Bertini, et al.. (2014). The Middle–Upper Pleistocene Fronte Section (Taranto, Italy): An exceptionally preserved marine record of the Last Interglacial. Global and Planetary Change. 119. 23–38. 52 indexed citations
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Antonioli, Fabrizio, et al.. (2008). Lo studio della sezione “Il Fronte” per la definizione del piano Tarantiano (Puglia, Italy). 2 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista. (2007). Origine e prospettive della Societa Geologica Italiana; I 125 anni della SGI; quale passato e equale futuro?. Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana. 126(2). 131–157. 1 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista & Ivan Martini. (2001). Anatomy of an Orogen: the Apennines and Adjacent Mediterranean Basins. 787 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vai, Gian Battista, et al.. (1997). Moscovian and Artinskian rocks in the frame of the cyclic Permo-Carboniferous deposits of the Carnic Alps and related areas. Geodiversitas. 19(2). 173–186. 8 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista, et al.. (1997). Review and updating of the Moscovian to Artinskian marine rocks in peninsular Italy. Geodiversitas. 19(2). 187–191. 7 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista. (1997). Twisting or stable quaternary boundary? A perspective on the glacial late Pliocene concept. Quaternary International. 40. 11–22. 11 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista. (1997). Late Carboniferous to Early Permian palaeogeography of the Italian and central Mediterranean area. Geodiversitas. 19(2). 221–228. 5 indexed citations
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Lucchi, Franco Ricci, et al.. (1994). Petrography and stable isotope aspects of cold-vent activity imprinted on Miocene-age ?calcari aLucina? from Tuscan and Romagna Apennines, Italy. Geo-Marine Letters. 14(2-3). 177–184. 54 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista. (1992). Il segmento Calabro-Peloritano dell'orogene Ercinico; disaggregazione palinspacta. Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana. 111(1). 109–129. 15 indexed citations
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Achilli, Vladimiro, et al.. (1990). Studio sismotettonico dell'Appennino forlivese: il progetto GEOSIS. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 49(4). 319–361. 2 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista, et al.. (1985). Analisi di facies e macrotettonica della vena del gesso di Romagna. Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana. 104(1). 21–42. 18 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista. (1980). Sedimentary environment of Devonian pelagic limestones in the Southern Alps. Lethaia. 13(1). 79–91. 16 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista, et al.. (1974). Nuovo rinvenimento di piante dello Stefaniano a Iano (Toscana). Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana. 93(1). 73–79. 6 indexed citations
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Vai, Gian Battista, et al.. (1974). Il Postgotlandiano Sardo, unita' sinorogenica ercinica. Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana. 93(1). 61–72. 5 indexed citations
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Cocozza, T., A. Lazzarotto, & Gian Battista Vai. (1974). Flysch e molassa ercinici del Torrente Farma (Toscana). Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana. 93(1). 115–128. 7 indexed citations

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