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Claude F. Boutron

Claude F. Boutron

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 70 998 878 55 48 206 15750

Claude F. Boutron publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Claude F. Boutron between 1972 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Claude F. Boutron published across 52 years, from 1972 to 2023, averaging 4.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2003. 2 of the 231 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2003. 1972: 2 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 7 publications 1980: 4 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 3 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 7 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 12 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 18 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 0 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 1 publication 2018: 0 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 1 publication
1972 2023

231 publications in total across all disciplines

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Claude F. Boutron: publications per year, 1972 to 2023
Year Publications
1972 2
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 7
1980 4
1981 2
1982 2
1983 1
1984 3
1985 1
1986 1
1987 3
1988 2
1989 5
1990 7
1991 3
1992 4
1993 8
1994 12
1995 6
1996 5
1997 7
1998 9
1999 4
2000 7
2001 7
2002 8
2003 18
2004 12
2005 9
2006 14
2007 12
2008 6
2009 12
2010 3
2011 7
2012 3
2013 9
2014 0
2015 0
2016 1
2017 1
2018 0
2019 1
2020 0
2021 0
2022 1
2023 1
Total 231
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Claude F. Boutron publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claude F. Boutron sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 198–207 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 206 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333 206
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Claude F. Boutron D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claude F. Boutron sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75 70
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Claude F. Boutron is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with additional contributions to Environmental Science. The subfields they work in include Atmospheric Science, Pollution, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Polar Research and Ecology

Claude F. Boutron has been involved in several recent papers, including:

  • Lead Isotopic Constraints on the Provenance of Antarctic Dust and Atmospheric Circulation Patterns Prior to the Mid-Brunhes Event (~430 kyr ago), 2022, Molecules
  • Recent decline in atmospheric Pb deposition and isotopic constraints on changes in source contributions in snow from northwestern Greenland, 2023, Chemosphere
  • Lead Isotopic Constraints on the Provenance of Antarctic Dust and Relevant Atmospheric Circulation Patterns Prior to the Mid-Brunhes Event (~430 Kyr Ago), 2020, Research Square (Research Square)

Their frequent co-authors include Soon Do Hur, Sungmin Hong, Changhee Han, Yeongcheol Han, and Laurie J. Burn.

Claude F. Boutron has published in venues such as:

  • Chemosphere
  • Molecules
  • Research Square (Research Square)

In 2010, Claude F. Boutron was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica.

    C. Barbante;J.-M. Barnola;J.-M. Barnola;S. Becagli;J. Beer;J. Beer

  • Greenland ice evidence of hemispheric lead pollution two millennia ago by greek and roman civilizations.

    Sungmin Hong;Jean-Pierre Candelone;Clair C. Patterson;Claude F. Boutron

  • Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles

    E.W. Wolff;H. Fischer;F. Fundel;U. Ruth

  • History of Ancient Copper Smelting Pollution During Roman and Medieval Times Recorded in Greenland Ice

    Sungmin Hong;Jean-Pierre Candelone;Clair C. Patterson;Claude F. Boutron

  • Decrease in anthropogenic lead, cadmium and zinc in Greenland snows since the late 1960s

    Claude F. Boutron;Ursula Görlach;Jean-Pierre Candelone;Michael A. Bolshov

  • Lead from Carthaginian and Roman Spanish Mines Isotopically Identified in Greenland Ice Dated from 600 B.C. to 300 A.D.

    Kevin J. R. Rosman;Warrick Chisholm;Sungmin Hong;Jean-Pierre Candelone

  • Greenland snow evidence of large scale atmospheric contamination for platinum, palladium, and rhodium.

    Carlo Barbante;Audrey Veysseyre;Christophe Ferrari;Katja Van De Velde

  • Isotopic evidence for the source of lead in Greenland snows since the late 1960s.

    K. J. R. Rosman;W. Chisholm;C. F. Boutron;C. F. Boutron;J. P. Candelone

  • Post-Industrial Revolution changes in large-scale atmospheric pollution of the northern hemisphere by heavy metals as documented in central Greenland snow and ice

    Jean-Pierre Candelone;Sungmin Hong;Christian Pellone;Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron

  • Changes in environment over the last 800,000 years from chemical analysis of the EPICA Dome C ice core

    E. W. Wolff;C. Barbante;S. Becagli;M. Bigler

  • Bacterial characterization of the snow cover at Spitzberg, Svalbard.

    Pierre Amato;Raphaëlle Hennebelle;Olivier Magand;Martine Sancelme

  • Reconstruction of millennial changes in dust emission, transport and regional sea ice coverage using the deep EPICA ice cores from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sector of Antarctica

    Hubertus Fischer;Felix Fundel;Urs Ruth;Birthe Twarloh

  • Variations in mercury deposition to Antarctica over the past 34,000 years

    Grace M. Vandal;William F. Fitzgerald;Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron;Jean-Pierre Candelone

  • Lead concentration changes in Antarctic ice during the Wisconsin/Holocene transition

    Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron;Clair C. Patterson

  • Historical record of European emissions of heavy metals to the atmosphere since the 1650s from alpine snow/ice cores drilled near Monte Rosa.

    Carlo Barbante;Margit Schwikowski;Thomas Döring;Heinz W. Gäggeler

  • Changes in heavy metals in Antarctic snow from Coats Land since the mid-19th to the late-20th century

    Frédéric A.M. Planchon;Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron;Carlo Barbante;Giulio Cozzi

  • Isotopic evidence to account for changes in the concentration of lead in Greenland snow between 1960 and 1988

    K.J.R. Rosman;W. Chisholm;C.F. Boutron;C.F. Boutron;J.P. Candelone

  • An improved method for decontaminating polar snow or ice cores for heavy metal analysis

    Jean-Pierre Candelone;Sungmin Hong;Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron

  • A clean laboratory for ultralow concentration heavy metal analysis

    Claude F. Boutron

  • Past and recent changes in the large-scale tropospheric cycles of lead and other heavy metals as documented in Antarctic and Greenland snow and ice: A review

    Claude F. Boutron;Claude F. Boutron;Jean-Pierre Candelone;Sungmin Hong

  • Meteoric smoke fallout over the Holocene epoch revealed by iridium and platinum in Greenland ice

    Paolo Gabrielli;Paolo Gabrielli;Carlo Barbante;John M. C. Plane;Anita Varga

  • The occurrence of lead in Antarctic recent snow, firn deposited over the last two centuries and prehistoric ice

    Claude F. Boutron;Clair C. Patterson

  • The fate of mercury species in a sub-arctic snowpack during snowmelt

    Aurélien Dommergue;Christophe P. Ferrari;Pierre-Alexis Gauchard;Claude F. Boutron

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Ferrari
Christophe Ferrari Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Carlo Barbante
Carlo Barbante Ca Foscari University of Venice
Sungmin Hong
Sungmin Hong Inha University
Paolo Gabrielli
Paolo Gabrielli The Ohio State University
Paolo Cescon
Paolo Cescon Ca Foscari University of Venice
Kevin J.R. Rosman
Kevin J.R. Rosman Curtin University
Aurélien Dommergue
Aurélien Dommergue Grenoble Alpes University
Giulio Cozzi
Giulio Cozzi National Research Council (CNR)
Margit Schwikowski
Margit Schwikowski Paul Scherrer Institute
Paul Vallelonga
Paul Vallelonga Department of Transport, Western Australia

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