Publications of Nicola Scafetta ordered by citations

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Nicola Scafetta, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations.

Orcid ID: 0000-0003-0967-1911

144	Empirical evidence for a celestial origin of the climate oscillations and its implications Scafetta, Nicola, 2010, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 72, 951
116	Scaling detection in time series: Diffusion entropy analysis Scafetta, Nicola & Grigolini, Paolo, 2002, Physical Review E, 66, 036130
83	Multi-scale harmonic model for solar and climate cyclical variation throughout the Holocene based on Jupiter-Saturn tidal frequencies plus the 11-year solar dynamo cycle Scafetta, Nicola, 2012, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 80, 296
65	Multi-scale dynamical analysis (MSDA) of sea level records versus PDO, AMO, and NAO indexes Scafetta, N., 2014, Climate Dynamics, 43, 175
65	Diffusion entropy and waiting time statistics of hard-x-ray solar flares Grigolini, Paolo, Leddon, Deborah & Scafetta, Nicola, 2002, Physical Review E, 65, 046203
65	Does the Sun work as a nuclear fusion amplifier of planetary tidal forcing? A proposal for a physical mechanism based on the mass-luminosity relation Scafetta, Nicola, 2012, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 81, 27
62	High-Frequency Cyclicity In the Mediterranean Messinian Evaporites: Evidence For Solar-Lunar Climate Forcing Manzi, V., Gennari, R., Lugli, S., Roveri, M., Scafetta, N. & Schreiber, B. C., 2012, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 82, 991
59	Evidences for a quasi 60-year North Atlantic Oscillation since 1700 and its meaning for global climate change Mazzarella, Adriano & Scafetta, Nicola, 2012, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 107, 599
58	Discussion on climate oscillations: CMIP5 general circulation models versus a semi-empirical harmonic model based on astronomical cycles Scafetta, Nicola, 2013, Earth Science Reviews, 126, 321
55	Multiscaling Comparative Analysis of Time Series and a Discussion on ``Earthquake Conversations'' in California Scafetta, Nicola & West, Bruce J., 2004, Physical Review Letters, 92, 138501
55	Solar Flare Intermittency and the Earth's Temperature Anomalies Scafetta, Nicola & West, Bruce J., 2003, Physical Review Letters, 90, 248701
54	Empirical analysis of the solar contribution to global mean air surface temperature change Scafetta, Nicola, 2009, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 71, 1916
53	Phenomenological solar contribution to the 1900-2000 global surface warming Scafetta, N. & West, B. J., 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L05708
53	On the astronomical origin of the Hallstatt oscillation found in radiocarbon and climate records throughout the Holocene Scafetta, Nicola, Milani, Franco, Bianchini, Antonio & Ortolani, Sergio, 2016, Earth Science Reviews, 162, 24
52	Testing an astronomically based decadal-scale empirical harmonic climate model versus the IPCC (2007) general circulation climate models Scafetta, Nicola, 2012, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 80, 124
52	Nonlinear dynamical model of human gait West, Bruce J. & Scafetta, Nicola, 2003, Physical Review E, 67, 051917
52	A shared frequency set between the historical mid-latitude aurora records and the global surface temperature Scafetta, Nicola, 2012, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 74, 145
51	Estimated solar contribution to the global surface warming using the ACRIM TSI satellite composite Scafetta, N. & West, B. J., 2005, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L18713
49	Lévy scaling: The diffusion entropy analysis applied to DNA sequences Scafetta, Nicola, Latora, Vito & Grigolini, Paolo, 2002, Physical Review E, 66, 031906
49	ACRIM-gap and TSI trend issue resolved using a surface magnetic flux TSI proxy model Scafetta, Nicola & Willson, Richard C., 2009, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L05701
47	Compression and diffusion: a joint approach to detect complexity Allegrini, P., Benci, V., Grigolini, P., Hamilton, P., Ignaccolo, M., Menconi, G., Palatella, L., Raffaelli, G., Scafetta, N., Virgilio, M. & Yang, J., 2003, Chaos Solitons and Fractals, 15, 517
47	Impacts and risks of "realistic" global warming projections for the 21st century Scafetta, Nicola, 2024, Geoscience Frontiers, 15, 101774
47	ACRIM total solar irradiance satellite composite validation versus TSI proxy models Scafetta, Nicola & Willson, Richard C., 2014, Astrophysics and Space Science, 350, 421
46	How much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends? An ongoing debate Connolly, Ronan, Soon, Willie, Connolly, Michael, Baliunas, Sallie, Berglund, Johan, Butler, C. John, Cionco, Rodolfo Gustavo, Elias, Ana G., Fedorov, Valery M., Harde, Hermann, Henry, Gregory W., Hoyt, Douglas V., Humlum, Ole, Legates, David R., Lüning, Sebastian, Scafetta, Nicola, Solheim, Jan-Erik, Szarka, László, van Loon, Harry, Velasco Herrera, Víctor M., Willson, Richard C., Yan, Hong & Zhang, Weijia, 2021, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21, 131
46	Phenomenological reconstructions of the solar signature in the Northern Hemisphere surface temperature records since 1600 Scafetta, N. & West, B. J., 2007, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 112, D24S03
41	Hölder exponent spectra for human gait Scafetta, N., Griffin, L. & West, B. J., 2003, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 328, 561
41	Advanced Testing of Low, Medium, and High ECS CMIP6 GCM Simulations Versus ERA5-T2m Scafetta, Nicola, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e97716
40	Discussion on the spectral coherence between planetary, solar and climate oscillations: a reply to some critiques Scafetta, Nicola, 2014, Astrophysics and Space Science, 354, 275
39	Climate Change Attribution Using Empirical Decomposition of Climatic Data Loehle, Craig, 2011, The Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 5, 74
36	Understanding the complexity of human gait dynamics Scafetta, Nicola, Marchi, Damiano & West, Bruce J., 2009, Chaos, 19, 026108
35	CMIP6 GCM ensemble members versus global surface temperatures Scafetta, Nicola, 2023, Climate Dynamics, 60, 3091
35	Solar turbulence in earth's global and regional temperature anomalies Scafetta, Nicola, Grigolini, Paolo, Imholt, Timothy, Roberts, Jim & West, Bruce J., 2004, Physical Review E, 69, 026303
35	A trade-investment model for distribution of wealth Scafetta, Nicola, Picozzi, Sergio & West, Bruce J., 2004, Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, 193, 338
33	Influence of synoptic and local atmospheric patterns on PM10 air pollution levels: a model application to Naples (Italy) Fortelli, Alberto, Scafetta, Nicola & Mazzarella, Adriano, 2016, Atmospheric Environment, 143, 218
33	Planetary harmonics in the historical Hungarian aurora record (1523-1960) Scafetta, Nicola & Willson, Richard C., 2013, Planetary and Space Science, 78, 38
31	Is climate sensitive to solar variability? Scafetta, Nicola & West, Bruce J., 2008, Physics Today, 61, 50
30	Quantifying the Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI) coupling to CO2 concentration and to the length of day variations Mazzarella, A., Giuliacci, A. & Scafetta, N., 2013, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 111, 601
29	The complex planetary synchronization structure of the solar system Scafetta, N., 2014, Pattern Recognition in Physics, 2, 1
27	Phenomenological solar signature in 400 years of reconstructed Northern Hemisphere temperature record Scafetta, N. & West, B. J., 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L17718
27	Solar Oscillations and the Orbital Invariant Inequalities of the Solar System Scafetta, Nicola, 2020, Solar Physics, 295, 33
26	The Planetary Theory of Solar Activity Variability: A Review Scafetta, Nicola & Bianchini, Antonio, 2022, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, 937930
25	Lévy statistics in coding and non-coding nucleotide sequences Scafetta, Nicola, Latora, Vito & Grigolini, Paolo, 2002, Physics Letters A, 299, 565
25	An out-of-equilibrium model of the distributions of wealth Scafetta, Nicola, Picozzi, Sergio & West, Bruce J., 2004, Quantitative Finance, 4, 353
24	Empirical evidences for a planetary modulation of total solar irradiance and the TSI signature of the 1.09-year Earth-Jupiter conjunction cycle Scafetta, Nicola & Willson, Richard C., 2013, Astrophysics and Space Science, 348, 25
22	Detection of non-climatic biases in land surface temperature records by comparing climatic data and their model simulations Scafetta, Nicola, 2021, Climate Dynamics, 56, 2959
22	Testing the CMIP6 GCM Simulations versus Surface Temperature Records from 1980-1990 to 2011-2021: High ECS Is Not Supported Scafetta, Nicola, 2021, Climate, 9, 161
21	CMIP6 GCM Validation Based on ECS and TCR Ranking for 21st Century Temperature Projections and Risk Assessment Scafetta, Nicola, 2023, Atmosphere, 14, 345
20	High resolution coherence analysis between planetary and climate oscillations Scafetta, Nicola, 2016, Advances in Space Research, 57, 2121
20	A 60-Year Cycle in the Meteorite Fall Frequency Suggests a Possible Interplanetary Dust Forcing of the Earth's Climate Driven by Planetary Oscillations Scafetta, Nicola, Milani, Franco & Bianchini, Antonio, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e89954
20	Empirical assessment of the role of the Sun in climate change using balanced multi-proxy solar records Scafetta, Nicola, 2023, Geoscience Frontiers, 14, 101650
19	Modeling Quiet Solar Luminosity Variability from TSI Satellite Measurements and Proxy Models during 1980-2018 Scafetta, Nicola, Willson, Richard C., Lee, Jae N. & Wu, Dong L., 2019, Remote Sensing, 11, 2569
19	Reconstruction of the Interannual to Millennial Scale Patterns of the Global Surface Temperature Scafetta, Nicola, 2021, Atmosphere, 12, 147
17	Multiscale comparative spectral analysis of satellite total solar irradiance measurements from 2003 to 2013 reveals a planetary modulation of solar activity and its nonlinear dependence on the 11 yr solar cycle Scafetta, N. & Willson, R. C., 2013, Pattern Recognition in Physics, 1, 123
16	Multiscaling comparative analysis of time series and geophysical phenomena Scafetta, Nicola & West, Bruce J., 2005, Complexity, 10, 51
16	Discussion on common errors in analyzing sea level accelerations, solar trends and global warming Scafetta, N., 2013, Pattern Recognition in Physics, 1, 37
16	Sporadic randomness, Maxwell's Demon and the Poincaré recurrence times Aquino, Gerardo, Grigolini, Paolo & Scafetta, Nicola, 2001, Chaos Solitons and Fractals, 12, 2023
15	Global temperatures and sunspot numbers. Are they related? Yes, but non linearly. A reply to Gil-Alana et al. (2014) Scafetta, Nicola, 2014, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 413, 329
15	Comment on ``Heat capacity, time constant, and sensitivity of Earth's climate system'' by S. E. Schwartz Scafetta, Nicola, 2008, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 113, D15104
14	Fractal response of physiological signals to stress conditions, environmental changes, and neurodegenerative diseases Scafetta, Nicola, Moon, Richard E. & West, Bruce J., 2007, Complexity, 12, 12
14	Comment on “The influence of planetary attractions on the solar tachocline” by Callebaut, de Jager and Duhau Scafetta, N., Humlum, O., Solheim, J.-E. & Stordahl, K., 2013, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 102, 368
14	Solar and Planetary Oscillation Control on Climate Change: Hind-Cast, Forecast and a Comparison with the Cmip5 Gcms Scafetta, Nicola, 2013, Energy and Environment, 24, 455
13	Detection of UHI bias in China climate network using Tmin and Tmax surface temperature divergence Scafetta, Nicola & Ouyang, Shenghui, 2019, Global and Planetary Change, 181, 102989
12	The Detection and Attribution of Northern Hemisphere Land Surface Warming (1850-2018) in Terms of Human and Natural Factors: Challenges of Inadequate Data Soon, Willie, Connolly, Ronan, Connolly, Michael, Akasofu, Syun-Ichi, Baliunas, Sallie, Berglund, Johan, Bianchini, Antonio, Briggs, William M., Butler, C. J., Cionco, Rodolfo Gustavo, Crok, Marcel, Elias, Ana G., Fedorov, Valery M., Gervais, François, Harde, Hermann, Henry, Gregory W., Hoyt, Douglas V., Humlum, Ole, Legates, David R., Lupo, Anthony R., Maruyama, Shigenori, Moore, Patrick, Ogurtsov, Maxim, ÓhAiseadha, Coilín, Oliveira, Marcos J., Park, Seok-Soon, Qiu, Shican, Quinn, Gerré, Scafetta, Nicola, Solheim, Jan-Erik, Steele, Jim, Szarka, László, Tanaka, Hiroshi L., Taylor, Mitchell K., Vahrenholt, Fritz, Velasco Herrera, Víctor M. & Zhang, Weijia, 2023, Climate, 11, 179
10	Spectral coherence between climate oscillations and the M ≥ 7 earthquake historical worldwide record Scafetta, Nicola & Mazzarella, Adriano, 2015, Natural Hazards, 76, 1807
10	Nowcasting and real-time monitoring of heavy rainfall events inducing flash-floods: an application to Phlegraean area (Central-Southern Italy) Fortelli, Alberto, Scafetta, Nicola & Mazzarella, Adriano, 2019, Natural Hazards, 97, 861
10	Understanding the complexity of the Lévy-walk nature of human mobility with a multi-scale cost/benefit model Scafetta, Nicola, 2011, Chaos, 21, 043106
10	Distribution of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Its Monthly Forecast Based on Seasonal Climate Patterns Scafetta, Nicola, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 3493
10	Comment on ``Testing Hypotheses about Sun-Climate Complexity Linking'' Scafetta, Nicola & West, Bruce J., 2010, Physical Review Letters, 105, 219801
10	On the Rainfall Triggering of Phlegraean Fields Volcanic Tremors Scafetta, Nicola & Mazzarella, Adriano, 2021, Water, 13, 154
10	High spatial resolution measurements of passive-sampler derived air concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in the Campania region, Italy: Implications for source identification and risk analysis Qu, Chengkai, De Vivo, Benedetto, Albanese, Stefano, Fortelli, Alberto, Scafetta, Nicola, Li, Jiji, Hope, Dave, Cerino, Pellegrino, Pizzolante, Antonio, Qi, Shihua & Lima, Annamaria, 2021, Environmental Pollution, 286, 117248
7	Scaling, mirror symmetries and musical consonances among the distances of the planets of the solar system Bank, Michael J. & Scafetta, Nicola, 2022, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 8, 254
7	Multiscale Analysis of the Instantaneous Eccentricity Oscillations of the Planets of the Solar System from 13 000 BC to 17 000 AD Scafetta, Nicola, Milani, Franco & Bianchini, Antonio, 2020, Astronomy Letters, 45, 778
7	An intensity-expansion method to treat non-stationary time series: an application to the distance between prime numbers Scafetta, N., Imholt, T., Roberts, J. A. & West, B. J., 2004, Chaos Solitons and Fractals, 20, 119
6	Overview of the Spectral Coherence between Planetary Resonances and Solar and Climate Oscillations Scafetta, Nicola & Bianchini, Antonio, 2023, Climate, 11, 77
6	Reply on Comment on "High resolution coherence analysis between planetary and climate oscillations" by S. Holm Scafetta, Nicola, 2018, Advances in Space Research, 62, 334
6	The Little Ice Age was 1.0-1.5 °C cooler than current warm period according to LOD and NAO Mazzarella, Adriano & Scafetta, Nicola, 2018, Climate Dynamics, 51, 3957
6	Challenges in the Detection and Attribution of Northern Hemisphere Surface Temperature Trends Since 1850 Connolly, Ronan, Soon, Willie, Connolly, Michael, Baliunas, Sallie, Berglund, Johan, Butler, C. J., Gustavo Cionco, Rodolfo, Elias, Ana G., Fedorov, Valery M., Harde, Hermann, Henry, Gregory W., Hoyt, Douglas V., Humlum, Ole, Legates, David R., Scafetta, Nicola, Solheim, Jan-Erik, Szarka, László, Velasco Herrera, Víctor M., Yan, Hong & Zhang, Weijia, 2023, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23, 105015
6	Comment on "Tidally Synchronized Solar Dynamo: A Rebuttal" by Nataf (Solar Phys. 297, 107, 2022) Scafetta, Nicola, 2023, Solar Physics, 298, 24
5	Detection of a 14-d atmospheric perturbation peak at Paranal associated with lunar cycles Cavazzani, S., Ortolani, S., Scafetta, N., Zitelli, V. & Carraro, G., 2019, MNRAS, 484, L136
5	Reply to comment by J. L. Lean on ``Estimated solar contribution to the global surface warming using the ACRIM TSI satellite composite'' Scafetta, N. & West, B. J., 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L15702
5	Probability distributions in conservative energy exchange models of multiple interacting agents Scafetta, Nicola & West, Bruce J., 2007, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 19, 065138
4	Wavelet analysis of remote sensing and discharge data for understanding vertical ground movements in sandy and clayey terrains of the Po Delta area (Northern Italy) Vitagliano, Eleonora, Di Maio, Rosa, Scafetta, Nicola, Calcaterra, Domenico & Zanchettin, Davide, 2017, Journal of Hydrology, 550, 386
4	Evidences for higher nocturnal seismic activity at the Mt. Vesuvius Mazzarella, Adriano & Scafetta, Nicola, 2016, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 321, 102
4	Cultural noise and the night-day asymmetry of the seismic activity recorded at the Bunker-East (BKE) Vesuvian Station Scafetta, Nicola & Mazzarella, Adriano, 2018, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 349, 117
3	Multiresolution diffusion entropy analysis of time series: an application to births to teenagers in Texas Scafetta, Nicola & West, Bruce J., 2004, Chaos Solitons and Fractals, 20, 179
3	General conclusions regarding the planetary-solar-terrestrial interaction Mörner, N.-A., Tattersall, R., Solheim, J.-E., Charvatova, I., Scafetta, N., Jelbring, H., Wilson, I. R., Salvador, R., Willson, R. C., Hejda, P., Soon, W., Velasco Herrera, V. M., Humlum, O., Archibald, D., Yndestad, H., Easterbrook, D., Casey, J., Gregori, G. & Henriksson, G., 2013, Pattern Recognition in Physics, 1, 205
3	The Arctic and Antarctic Sea-Ice Area Index Records versus Measured and Modeled Temperature Data Scafetta, Nicola, Mazzarella, Adriano & Gimeno, Luis, 2015, Advances in Meteorology, 2015, 481834
2	Disrupted Networks: From Physics to Climate Change West, Bruce J. & Scafetta, Nicola, 2010,
2	Correlation regimes in fluctuations of fatigue crack growth Scafetta, Nicola, Ray, Asok & West, Bruce J., 2006, Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 359, 1
2	Interpretations of climate-change data Scafetta, Nicola, West, Bruce J., Jordan, Benjamin R., Duffy, Philip, Santer, Benjamin & Wigley, Tom, 2009, Physics Today, 62, 8
2	Multiple New or Updated Satellite Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) Composites (1978─2023) Connolly, Ronan, Soon, Willie, Connolly, Michael, Cionco, Rodolfo Gustavo, Elias, Ana G., Henry, Gregory W., Scafetta, Nicola & Velasco Herrera, Víctor M., 2024, ApJ, 975, 102
1	Reply to "Comment on `Advanced Testing of Low, Medium, and High ECS CMIP6 GCM Simulations Versus ERA5-T2m' by N. Scafetta (2022)" by Schmidt et al. (2023) Scafetta, Nicola, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104960
1	Spectral Structure of the Solar Inertial Motion from 12999 BC to 16998 AD Scafetta, Nicola & Milani, Franco, 2025, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 137, 054402
1	Detection, attribution, and modeling of climate change: Key open issues Scafetta, Nicola, 2026, Gondwana Research, 152, 92
1	Reply to Benestad's comment on "Discussions on common errors in analyzing sea level accelerations, solar trends and global warming" by Scafetta (2013) Scafetta, N., 2013, Pattern Recognition in Physics, 1, 105
0	Emergence of bi-fractal time series from noise via allometric filters Scafetta, N. & West, B. J., 2007, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 79, 30003
0	Rainwater accumulation model related to tectono-stratigraphic assessment for bradyseism at Campi Flegrei, Italy Scafetta, Nicola, Lima, Annamaria, Milia, Alfonsa, Spera, Frank, Bodnar, Robert J., Vivo, Benedetto De & Daniele, Linda, 2026, Geoscience Frontiers, 17, 102256
0	Optimal machine learning techniques for meteorological modeling of PM2.5 concentration in five major polluted cities of South-East Asia Shafi, Sedra & Scafetta, Nicola, 2025, Natural Hazards, 121, 6981
0	Modeling Two-Pulse Convective Storms Induced by Orographic Forcing: A Meteo-Hydrological Approach for Urban Flood Risk Assessment Fortelli, Alberto, Scafetta, Nicola, Pugliese, Francesco, Ascione, Giuseppe, De Paola, Francesco, Gerundo, Carlo & Giugni, Maurizio, 2026, Environmental Processes, 13, 9
0	Testing the CMIP6 GCM Simulations versus Surface Temperature Records from 1980-1990 to 2011-2021: High ECS Is Not Supported Scafetta, Nicola, 2021, Climate, 09, 161
0	Comment on "Tiny warming of residual anthropogenic CO2" Scafetta, Nicola, 2014, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 28, 1475001