Marco Maffione

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Marco Maffione is a scholar working on Geophysics, Molecular Biology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Maffione has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Geophysics, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Marco Maffione's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (26 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers). Marco Maffione is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (26 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers). Marco Maffione collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Italy. Marco Maffione's co-authors include Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Derya Gürer, Wim Spakman, Antony Morris, Reinoud L.M. Vissers, Carl Guilmette, Trond H. Torsvik, Stefan M. Schmid, Liviu Maţenco and Oliver Plümper 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

Marco Maffione

38 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kin... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Orogenic architecture of the Mediterranean region and kinematic reconstruction of its tectonic evolution since the Triassic
    2019 444 citations Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Marco Maffione et al. profile →
  2. Forced subduction initiation recorded in the sole and crust of the Semail Ophiolite of Oman
    2018 192 citations Carl Guilmette, Matthijs A. Smit et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marco Maffione Netherlands 23 2.0k 229 204 186 179 39 2.1k
Antony Morris United Kingdom 24 1.5k 0.7× 252 1.1× 222 1.1× 263 1.4× 112 0.6× 49 1.6k
César Arriagada Chile 24 1.7k 0.9× 308 1.3× 388 1.9× 146 0.8× 149 0.8× 61 1.9k
Roberto S. Molina Garza Mexico 21 987 0.5× 296 1.3× 387 1.9× 309 1.7× 303 1.7× 82 1.3k
John O’Connor Germany 21 1.2k 0.6× 296 1.3× 212 1.0× 66 0.4× 134 0.7× 31 1.5k
João Mata Portugal 23 1.3k 0.7× 245 1.1× 213 1.0× 59 0.3× 169 0.9× 91 1.5k
Chrystèle Vérati France 20 1.4k 0.7× 401 1.8× 282 1.4× 60 0.3× 522 2.9× 38 1.8k
A. Yu. Kazansky Russia 17 1.0k 0.5× 225 1.0× 469 2.3× 232 1.2× 145 0.8× 54 1.4k
Christian Vérard Switzerland 13 809 0.4× 208 0.9× 201 1.0× 47 0.3× 350 2.0× 40 1.1k
Cyril Hochard Switzerland 10 1.2k 0.6× 177 0.8× 292 1.4× 38 0.2× 332 1.9× 15 1.4k
Michael G. Tetley Australia 10 753 0.4× 167 0.7× 169 0.8× 53 0.3× 191 1.1× 14 984

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marco Maffione

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Maffione

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marco Maffione. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marco Maffione 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 Marco Maffione. Marco Maffione is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stevenson, Carl, et al.. (2024). Testing the Sensitivity of Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) to the Regional Tectonic Strain Field in Granite Plutons; Insights From Two Orogen-scale Studies. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 1 indexed citations
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Guilmette, Carl, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Matthijs A. Smit, et al.. (2023). Formation of the Xigaze Metamorphic Sole under Tibetan continental lithosphere reveals generic characteristics of subduction initiation. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 8 indexed citations
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Philippon, Mélody, Jean‐Jacques Cornée, Marcelle K. BouDagher‐Fadel, et al.. (2022). Geological architecture and history of the Antigua volcano and carbonate platform: Was there an Oligo−Miocene lull in Lesser Antilles arc magmatism?. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 5 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Anya, Marco Maffione, & Carl Stevenson. (2022). Mush ado about the Ratagain Complex, NW Scotland: insights into Caledonian granitic magmatism and emplacement from magnetic fabric analyses. Scottish Journal of Geology. 58(1). 4 indexed citations
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Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J. van, Bernhard Steinberger, Carl Guilmette, et al.. (2021). A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering seafloor spreading and subduction initiation. 1 indexed citations
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Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J. van, Bernhard Steinberger, Carl Guilmette, et al.. (2021). A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation. Nature Geoscience. 14(8). 626–630. 62 indexed citations
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Collier, Richard, David M. Hodgson, Robert L. Gawthorpe, et al.. (2021). Deep-Water Syn-rift Stratigraphy as Archives of Early-Mid Pleistocene Palaeoenvironmental Signals and Controls on Sediment Delivery. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. 6 indexed citations
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Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J. van, et al.. (2019). Kinematic and paleomagnetic restoration of the Semail ophiolite (Oman) reveals subduction initiation along an ancient Neotethyan fracture zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 518. 183–196. 43 indexed citations
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Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J. van, Marco Maffione, Kalijn Peters, et al.. (2018). Plume-induced subduction initiation across the Cretaceous Neotethyan ocean. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12126. 1 indexed citations
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Guilmette, Carl, Matthijs A. Smit, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, et al.. (2018). Forced subduction initiation recorded in the sole and crust of the Semail Ophiolite of Oman. Nature Geoscience. 11(9). 688–695. 192 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maffione, Marco, et al.. (2017). Kinematics of Late Cretaceous subduction initiation in the Neo-Tethys Ocean reconstructed from ophiolites of Turkey, Cyprus, and Syria. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 17125. 1 indexed citations
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Maffione, Marco & Antony Morris. (2017). The onset of fabric development in deep marine sediments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 474. 32–39. 11 indexed citations
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Huang, Wentao, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Marco Maffione, et al.. (2015). Lower Cretaceous Xigaze ophiolites formed in the Gangdese forearc: Evidence from paleomagnetism, sediment provenance, and stratigraphy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 415. 142–153. 110 indexed citations
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Maffione, Marco, et al.. (2015). Constraints on deformation of the Southern Andes since the Cretaceous from anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility. Tectonophysics. 665. 236–250. 25 indexed citations
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Stefano, Agata Di, Niccolò Baldassini, Rosanna Maniscalco, et al.. (2015). New bio-magnetostratigraphic data on the Miocene Moria section (Northern Apennines, Italy): connections between the Mediterranean region and the North Atlantic Ocean. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 48(2). 135–152. 14 indexed citations
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Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J. van, Cor G. Langereis, Marco Maffione, et al.. (2014). Did Adria rotate relative to Africa?. Solid Earth. 5(2). 611–629. 47 indexed citations
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Maffione, Marco, Antony Morris, & Mark Anderson. (2013). Recognizing detachment-mode seafloor spreading in the deep geological past. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2336–2336. 32 indexed citations
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Maffione, Marco, S. Pucci, Leonardo Sagnotti, & Fabio Speranza. (2011). Magnetic fabric of Pleistocene continental clays from the hanging-wall of an active low-angle normal fault (Altotiberina Fault, Italy). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 101(3). 849–861. 10 indexed citations
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