Isabella Raffi

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Isabella Raffi is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Isabella Raffi has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Atmospheric Science, 47 papers in Paleontology and 22 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Isabella Raffi's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (78 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (35 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (17 papers). Isabella Raffi is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (78 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (35 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (17 papers). Isabella Raffi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United States. Isabella Raffi's co-authors include F.J. Hilgen, Wout Krijgsman, Francisco Javier Sierro, Douglas S. Wilson, Domenico Rio, Lucas Joost Lourens, Ursula Röhl, Jan Backman, James C. Zachos and Eliana Fornaciari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Isabella Raffi

90 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salin... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2005 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis
    1999 1.5k citations F.J. Hilgen, Isabella Raffi et al. Nature profile →
  2. Rapid Acidification of the Ocean During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
    2005 871 citations James C. Zachos, Ursula Röhl et al. profile →
  3. Direct stratigraphic dating of India-Asia collision onset at the Selandian (middle Paleocene, 59 ± 1 Ma)
    2015 393 citations Isabella Raffi et al. profile →

Peers

Isabella Raffi
Katharina Billups United States
Timothy J. Bralower United States
Heiko Pälike United Kingdom
Lucas Joost Lourens Netherlands
Wolfgang Kuhnt Germany
Philip L. Gibbard United Kingdom
Brian T. Huber United States
James V. Browning United States
Paul A. Wilson United Kingdom
Jörg Pross Germany
Katharina Billups United States
Isabella Raffi
Citations per year, relative to Isabella Raffi Isabella Raffi (= 1×) peers Katharina Billups

Countries citing papers authored by Isabella Raffi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Isabella Raffi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isabella Raffi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Isabella Raffi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Isabella Raffi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Isabella Raffi. Isabella Raffi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bonomo, Sergio, Alessandro Incarbona, Agata Di Stefano, et al.. (2024). Calcareous Nannofossil variability controlled by Milankovitch and sub-Milankovitch periodicity in the Monte San Nicola section (Gelasian GSSP / MIS 100–104). Marine Micropaleontology. 192. 102397–102397. 6 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, Teresa, Sergio Bonomo, Patrizia Ferretti, et al.. (2024). Orbital and suborbital temperature variability in the central Mediterranean across the Pliocene/Pleistocene transition. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0310684–e0310684. 4 indexed citations
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Bonomo, Sergio, Alessandro Incarbona, Agata Di Stefano, et al.. (2023). High-resolution climate variability across the Piacenzian/Gelasian boundary in the Monte San Nicola section (Sicily, Italy). Quaternary Science Reviews. 324. 108469–108469. 7 indexed citations
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Tavani, Stefano, Giovanni Luca Cardello, Gianluca Vignaroli, et al.. (2021). Segmentation of the Apenninic Margin of the Tyrrhenian Back‐Arc Basin Forced by the Subduction of an Inherited Transform System. Tectonics. 40(9). 10 indexed citations
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Liebrand, Diederik, Isabella Raffi, Rémi Laxenaire, et al.. (2018). Orbitally Forced Hyperstratification of the Oligocene South Atlantic Ocean. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(5). 511–529. 12 indexed citations
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Liebrand, Diederik, Anouk de Bakker, Helen M Beddow, et al.. (2017). Evolution of the early Antarctic ice ages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(15). 3867–3872. 96 indexed citations
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Westerhold, Thomas, Ursula Röhl, Thomas Frederichs, et al.. (2017). Astronomical calibration of the Ypresian timescale: implications for seafloor spreading rates and the chaotic behavior of the solar system?. Climate of the past. 13(9). 1129–1152. 110 indexed citations
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Pearson, Paul N., Bridget S. Wade, Jan Backman, Isabella Raffi, & Simonetta Monechi. (2017). Sub-series and sub-epochs are informal units and should continue to be omitted from the International Chronostratigraphic Chart. Episodes. 40(1). 5–7. 4 indexed citations
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Pälike, Heiko, et al.. (2009). Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 320 Preliminary Report. UCL Discovery (University College London). 15 indexed citations
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Pälike, Heiko, Hiroshi Nishi, Mitchell W Lyle, et al.. (2009). The PACIFIC EQUATORIAL AGE TRANSECT ('PEAT'): New insights into the Cenozoic link between climate and calcium carbonate compensation. (Invited). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Raffi, Isabella, et al.. (2007). Response To The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Of Calcareous Nannofossils: Observations On Composition, Preservation And Calcification In Sediments From ODP Reference Cores. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations
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Westerhold, Thomas, Ursula Röhl, Isabella Raffi, et al.. (2007). Astronomical calibration of the Paleocene time. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 257(4). 377–403. 233 indexed citations
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Lourens, Lucas Joost, Appy Sluijs, Dick Kroon, et al.. (2005). Astronomical pacing of late Palaeocene to early Eocene global warming events. Nature. 435(7045). 1083–1087. 451 indexed citations
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Shackleton, N. J., et al.. (2001). Astronomical age calibration in the Middle Miocene. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Raffi, Isabella. (1999). Precision and accuracy of nannofossil biostratigraphic correlation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 357(1757). 1975–1993. 30 indexed citations
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Colalongo, Maria Luisa, et al.. (1997). Sequenze deposizionali del Pleistocene medio nella valle del fiume Crati presso Tarsia (Calabria). CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa). 116(3). 503–524. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, Douglas F., Robert C. Thunell, Eric Tappa, Domenico Rio, & Isabella Raffi. (1988). Chronology of the pleistocene oxygen isotope record: 0–1.88 m.y. B.P. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 64(3-4). 221–240. 169 indexed citations

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