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

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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.

Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis

1999 1.5k citations F.J. Hilgen, Isabella Raffi et al. Nature profile →
Rapid Acidification of the Ocean During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

2005 871 citations James C. Zachos, Ursula Röhl et al. profile →
Direct stratigraphic dating of India-Asia collision onset at the Selandian (middle Paleocene, 59 ± 1 Ma)

2015 393 citations Isabella Raffi et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phyletic evolution of calcareous nannofossil species Reticulofenestra oamaruensis: An example of microevolution preserved at IODP Site U1553 (Southern Pacific Ocean) 2025 ·Marine Micropaleontology ·(unknown), Davide Persico, D. Righi, Isabella Raffi, Chiara Fioroni, Giuliana Villa	1
2	Monsoon variability and high latitude climate signals in the Central Mediterranean at the Pliocene- Pleistocene transition: The Gelasian stratotype section (Monte San Nicola, Sicily) [Global and Planetary Change, volume 249, 104788]: Comment 2025 ·Global and Planetary Change ·(unknown), Sergio Bonomo, Alessandro Incarbona, Telemaco Tesei, Agata Di Stefano, Patrizia Ferretti, Eliana Fornaciari, Simone Galeotti, Patrizia Macrı́, Isabella Raffi, Teresa Rodrigues, Fabio Speranza, Enrico Di Stefano, Rodolfo Sprovieri, Domenico Rio, Luca Capraro	1
3	Calcareous Nannofossil variability controlled by Milankovitch and sub-Milankovitch periodicity in the Monte San Nicola section (Gelasian GSSP / MIS 100–104) 2024 ·Marine Micropaleontology ·Sergio Bonomo, (unknown), Alessandro Incarbona, Agata Di Stefano, (unknown), (unknown), Patrizia Ferretti, Eliana Fornaciari, Patrizia Macrı́, Isabella Raffi, Nadia Sabatino, Fabio Speranza, Mario Sprovieri, Enrico Di Stefano, Rodolfo Sprovieri, Domenico Rio, Luca Capraro	6
4	Orbital and suborbital temperature variability in the central Mediterranean across the Pliocene/Pleistocene transition 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Teresa Rodrigues, Sergio Bonomo, Patrizia Ferretti, Eliana Fornaciari, Agata Di Stefano, Alessandro Incarbona, Nereo Preto, Isabella Raffi, Luca Capraro	4
5	High-resolution climate variability across the Piacenzian/Gelasian boundary in the Monte San Nicola section (Sicily, Italy) 2023 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·(unknown), Sergio Bonomo, Alessandro Incarbona, Agata Di Stefano, (unknown), Patrizia Ferretti, Eliana Fornaciari, Simone Galeotti, Patrizia Macrı́, Isabella Raffi, Nadia Sabatino, Fabio Speranza, Mario Sprovieri, Enrico Di Stefano, Rodolfo Sprovieri, Domenico Rio, Luca Capraro	7
6	Segmentation of the Apenninic Margin of the Tyrrhenian Back‐Arc Basin Forced by the Subduction of an Inherited Transform System 2021 ·Tectonics ·Stefano Tavani, Giovanni Luca Cardello, Gianluca Vignaroli, Fabrizio Balsamo, Mariano Parente, (unknown), Isabella Raffi, Andrea Billi, Eugenio Carminati	10
7	Early Messinian manganese deposition in NE Cyprus related to cyclical redox changes in a silled hemipelagic basin prior to the Mediterranean salinity crisis 2019 ·Sedimentary Geology ·Alastair H. F. Robertson, (unknown), Isabella Raffi, Guohui Chen	13
8	Orbitally Forced Hyperstratification of the Oligocene South Atlantic Ocean 2018 ·Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·Diederik Liebrand, Isabella Raffi, (unknown), Rémi Laxenaire, Joyce Bosmans, F.J. Hilgen, Paul A. Wilson, Sietske J. Batenburg, Helen M Beddow, Steven M. Bohaty, Paul R. Bown, Anya J. Crocker, Claire E Huck, Lucas Joost Lourens, (unknown)	12
9	Evolution of the early Antarctic ice ages 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Diederik Liebrand, Anouk de Bakker, Helen M Beddow, Paul A. Wilson, Steven M. Bohaty, Gerben Ruessink, Heiko Pälike, Sietske J. Batenburg, F.J. Hilgen, David A Hodell, Claire E Huck, Dick Kroon, Isabella Raffi, (unknown), (unknown), Lucas Joost Lourens	96
10	Astronomical calibration of the Ypresian timescale: implications for seafloor spreading rates and the chaotic behavior of the solar system? 2017 ·Climate of the past ·Thomas Westerhold, Ursula Röhl, Thomas Frederichs, Claudia Agnini, Isabella Raffi, James C. Zachos, Roy H Wilkens	110
11	Sub-series and sub-epochs are informal units and should continue to be omitted from the International Chronostratigraphic Chart 2017 ·Episodes ·Paul N. Pearson, Bridget S. Wade, Jan Backman, Isabella Raffi, Simonetta Monechi	4
12	Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 320 Preliminary Report 2009 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Heiko Pälike, (unknown), Mitchell W Lyle, Isabella Raffi, (unknown), Kusali Gamage, Paul R. Bown, (unknown)	15
13	The PACIFIC EQUATORIAL AGE TRANSECT ('PEAT'): New insights into the Cenozoic link between climate and calcium carbonate compensation. (Invited) 2009 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Heiko Pälike, Hiroshi Nishi, Mitchell W Lyle, Isabella Raffi, Adam Klaus, Kusali Gamage	1
14	Response To The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Of Calcareous Nannofossils: Observations On Composition, Preservation And Calcification In Sediments From ODP Reference Cores 2007 ·AGUFM ·Isabella Raffi, (unknown)	1
15	Astronomical calibration of the Paleocene time 2007 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Thomas Westerhold, Ursula Röhl, Isabella Raffi, Eliana Fornaciari, Simonetta Monechi, Viviana Reale, J. A. Bowles, Helen F Evans	233
16	Astronomical pacing of late Palaeocene to early Eocene global warming events 2005 ·Nature ·Lucas Joost Lourens, Appy Sluijs, Dick Kroon, James C. Zachos, Ellen Thomas, Ursula Röhl, J. A. Bowles, Isabella Raffi	451
17	Astronomical age calibration in the Middle Miocene 2001 ·AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts ·N. J. Shackleton, (unknown), Isabella Raffi	1
18	Precision and accuracy of nannofossil biostratigraphic correlation 1999 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·Isabella Raffi	30
19	Sequenze deposizionali del Pleistocene medio nella valle del fiume Crati presso Tarsia (Calabria) 1997 ·CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa) ·(unknown), Maria Luisa Colalongo, Giancarlo Pasini, Isabella Raffi	3
20	Chronology of the pleistocene oxygen isotope record: 0–1.88 m.y. B.P 1988 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Douglas F. Williams, Robert C. Thunell, Eric Tappa, Domenico Rio, Isabella Raffi	169

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