Roberto Gonfiantini

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

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Roberto Gonfiantini is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Gonfiantini has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 22 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Roberto Gonfiantini's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (38 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (20 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers). Roberto Gonfiantini is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (38 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (20 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers). Roberto Gonfiantini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Austria and Belgium. Roberto Gonfiantini's co-authors include Luis Araguás‐Araguás, J.R. Gat, Kazimierz Różański, Jean‐Charles Fontes, Gian Maria Zuppi, S. Valkiers, Philip Taylor, Paul De Bièvre, Michel-Alain Roche and Jean-Claude Olivry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Gonfiantini

63 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Standards for stable isotope measurements in natural compounds

1978 858 citations Roberto Gonfiantini Nature profile →
Relation Between Long-Term Trends of Oxygen-18 Isotope Composition of Precipitation and Climate

1992 637 citations Luis Araguás‐Araguás, Roberto Gonfiantini et al. profile →
Stable isotope hydrology : deuterium and oxygen-18 in the water cycle

1981 453 citations Roberto Gonfiantini et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberto Gonfiantini Italy	29	2.9k	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	911	64	5.3k
S. Krishnaswami India	49	3.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.2×	711 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	790 0.9×	110	6.6k
H. Roy Krouse Canada	39	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	683 0.6×	363 0.4×	117	5.0k
Irving Friedman United States	38	2.7k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	908 0.8×	767 0.8×	133	7.4k
Juske Horita United States	39	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	880 0.7×	895 0.8×	768 0.8×	85	5.8k
J.R. Gat Israel	40	5.1k 1.8×	3.7k 1.9×	1.9k 1.5×	2.4k 2.2×	1.8k 2.0×	80	8.5k
P. Fritz Canada	43	4.3k 1.5×	2.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	2.2k 2.5×	157	9.2k
B.L.K. Somayajulu India	35	1.3k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	755 0.6×	857 0.8×	256 0.3×	114	4.1k
C. I. Measures United States	57	2.8k 1.0×	3.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	749 0.7×	266 0.3×	137	9.2k
W.G. Mook Netherlands	32	1.1k 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	397 0.4×	63	4.9k
Kate Maher United States	45	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	774 0.6×	934 0.8×	1.9k 2.1×	130	7.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gonfiantini, Roberto, Leonard I. Wassenaar, Luis Araguás‐Araguás, & Pradeep Aggarwal. (2018). A unified Craig-Gordon isotope model of stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation during fresh or saltwater evaporation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 235. 224–236. 73 indexed citations

Valkiers, S., et al.. (2007). Absolute measurements of isotope amount ratios on gases. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 269(1-2). 71–77. 16 indexed citations

Valkiers, S., et al.. (2007). Absolute isotope amount ratio measurements on gases. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 269(1-2). 78–84. 12 indexed citations

Pennisi, Maddalena, et al.. (2006). Behaviour of boron and strontium isotopes in groundwater–aquifer interactions in the Cornia Plain (Tuscany, Italy). Applied Geochemistry. 21(7). 1169–1183. 80 indexed citations

Gonfiantini, Roberto, et al.. (2005). Stable isotopes (δ 18 O, δ 2 H) and tritium in precipitation: Results and comparison with groundwater perched aquifers in central Italy. 2 indexed citations

Tazioli, Alberto, et al.. (2003). Landfill Pollution Control with Isotope Techniques. Università Politecnica delle Marche (Università Politecnica delle Marche). 3 indexed citations

Gonfiantini, Roberto, Michel-Alain Roche, Jean-Claude Olivry, Jean‐Charles Fontes, & Gian Maria Zuppi. (2001). The altitude effect on the isotopic composition of tropical rains. Chemical Geology. 181(1-4). 147–167. 411 indexed citations

Ding, Tiping, S. Valkiers, Heinrich Kipphardt, et al.. (2000). Preparation of two synthetic isotope mixtures for the calibration of isotope amount ratio measurements of sulfur. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 197(1-3). 131–137. 16 indexed citations

Ding, Tiping, S. Valkiers, Heinrich Kipphardt, et al.. (1998). Determination of the absolute32S/34S and32S/33S ratios of IAEA-S-1, IAEA-S-2 and IAEA-S-3 reference materials and V-CDT sulfur isotope standard. Chinese Science Bulletin. 43(S1). 33–33. 3 indexed citations

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Sacchi, Elisa, et al.. (1998). Fonctionnement d'une retenue hydroélectrique française. Approche isotopique. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 327(6). 397–403. 2 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto, S. Valkiers, Philip Taylor, & Paul De Bièvre. (1997). Adsorption in gas mass spectrometry II. Effects on the measurement of isotope amount ratios. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 171(1-3). 231–242. 21 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto, Paul De Bièvre, S. Valkiers, & Philip Taylor. (1997). Measuring the molar mass of silicon for a better Avogadro constant: reduced uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 46(2). 566–571. 38 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto. (1985). On the isotopic composition of precipitation in tropical stations (*).. Acta Amazonica. 15(1-2). 121–140. 25 indexed citations

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Barbier, Enrico, et al.. (1983). Isotopes in geothermal energy exploration. 3 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto, et al.. (1979). Isotope investigation of Lake Malawi. 30 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto. (1977). Foreword. Geothermics. 5(1-4). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto, et al.. (1974). Environmental isotope hydrology in the Hodna Region, Algeria. 9(2). 214–226. 9 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto, S. Borsi, G. Ferrara, & C. Panichi. (1973). Isotopic composition of waters from the Danakil depression (Ethiopia). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 18(1). 13–21. 35 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto, et al.. (1963). Snow stratigraphy and oxygen isotope variations in the glaciological pit of King Baudouin Station, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 68(13). 3791–3798. 25 indexed citations

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Gonfiantini, Roberto, et al.. (1963). Geographical Variations of Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 Ratio in Surface Snow and Ice from Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Nature. 197(4872). 1096–1098. 11 indexed citations

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