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Researcher · University of Trieste · Italy

Giorgio Fontolan

Giorgio Fontolan publishes mostly in Archeology, Earth-Surface Processes and Geophysics, on topics such as Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Coastal and Marine Dynamics and earthquake and tectonic studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-6080-288X OpenAlex
World rank
#3,586,419
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Italy
#121,550
of 242,206
Works
187
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
12.9
h-index
23
i10-index 35Top 3.5% in Archeology (Arts and Humanities)
Giorgio Fontolan

What does Giorgio Fontolan research?

Giorgio Fontolan's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (42%), Arts and Humanities (19%), Environmental Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 90 works · 48.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 79 works · 42.3% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 29 works · 15.5% of their workGeophysics: 27 works · 14.5% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 works · 6.5% of their workOceanography: 11 works · 5.8% of their workEnvironmental Science: 11 works · 5.8% of their workEcology: 11 works · 5.8% of their workEverything else: 62 works · 33.2% of their workSocial Sciences: 35 works · 18.7% of their workArts and Humanities: 35 works · 18.7% of their workArcheology: 35 works · 18.7% of their workTHEIR WORKGiorgio Fontolan187works
Physical Sciences48%Social Sciences19%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7942.3%
    2. Environmental Science115.8%
  2. Everything else6233.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities3518.7%
  1. 1Archeology19% of their works
  2. 2Earth-Surface Processes16% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics14% of their works
  4. 4Geochemistry and Petrology6% of their works
  5. 5Ecology6% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Giorgio Fontolan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mediterranean, Maritime Archaeology, Sea-Level Change, Subduction, Sea-Level Rise, Coastal Dynamics, Shoreline Change and Earthquakes.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Mediterranean932 topics
  2. Maritime Archaeology731 topic
  3. Sea-Level Change731 topic
  4. Subduction592 topics
  5. Sea-Level Rise572 topics
  6. Coastal Dynamics401 topic
  7. Shoreline Change401 topic
  8. Earthquakes391 topic
  9. Plate Boundaries391 topic
  10. Geological Modeling231 topic
  11. Uncertainty Analysis231 topic
  12. Western Mediterranean201 topic
  13. geodynamics201 topic
  14. Environmental Impact181 topic
  15. Territorial Planning181 topic
  16. Coastal Protection171 topic
  17. Mangrove Forests171 topic
  18. Fluvial Systems121 topic
  19. Sedimentation121 topic

Where does Giorgio Fontolan work?

Giorgio Fontolan's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Trieste, Italy.

How many publications and citations does Giorgio Fontolan have?

OpenAlex counts 187 works and 2,404 citations for Giorgio Fontolan, an h-index of 23, ranking #3,586,419 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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