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Fabrice Colin 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 Fabrice Colin sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 85 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Fabrice Colin 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 Fabrice Colin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fabrice Colin is affiliated with the Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geoscience in France. Their body of work spans several fields including Medicine and Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on interdisciplinary research areas.

The main fields of study in which Fabrice Colin has published include:

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy

Specializing in several subfields, Fabrice Colin's research contributions are found in:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  • Plant Science
  • Surgery
  • Ecology

The topics frequently addressed by Fabrice Colin encompass:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Fabrice Colin has coauthored multiple studies with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Ronny Lopes
  • Christelle Briois
  • L. Thirkell
  • Mouna Fahr
  • Abdelaziz Smouni

Publications by Fabrice Colin have appeared consistently in a range of scientific venues. Among the most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique
  • Orthopaedics & Traumatology Surgery & Research
  • Space Science Reviews
  • Planetary and Space Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Fabrice Colin include:

  • Screening of Native Plants Growing on a Pb/Zn Mining Area in Eastern Morocco: Perspectives for Phytoremediation, 2020, Plants
  • The Comet Interceptor Mission, 2024, Space Science Reviews
  • Seaweed extracts as promising biostimulants for enhancing lead tolerance and accumulation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), 2022, Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Five-year clinical follow-up of arthroscopically treated chronic ankle instability, 2023, Orthopaedics & Traumatology Surgery & Research
  • Laser desorption mass spectrometry with an Orbitrap analyser for in situ astrobiology, 2023, Nature Astronomy

In addition to journal articles, Fabrice Colin has contributed to book publications with IRD Éditions eBooks, including:

  • Mining Activity in New Caledonia, 2023
  • Activité minière en Nouvelle-Calédonie, 2023

Best Publications

  • Plant impact on the biogeochemical cycle of silicon and related weathering processes

    Anne Alexandre;Jean-Dominique Meunier;Fabrice Colin;Jean-Mathias Koud

  • In situ produced 10Be measurements at great depths: implications for production rates by fast muons

    Regis Braucher;E.T. Brown;D.L. Bourles;F. Colin

  • Biogenic silica storage in soils

    Jean Dominique Meunier;Fabrice Colin;Charles Alarcon

  • Phytoliths : applications in earth sciences and human history

    Jean Dominique Meunier;Fabrice Colin

  • Mineralogical control of organic carbon dynamics in a volcanic ash soil on La Réunion

    I. Basile-Doelsch;Ronald Amundson;William Stone;Caroline Masiello

  • Evidence for muon‐induced production of 10Be in near‐surface rocks from the Congo

    Erik Thorson Brown;Didier L. Bourlès;Fabrice Colin;Grant M. Raisbeck

  • Chemical and physical erosion rhythms of the West African Cenozoic morphogenesis: The 39 Ar- 40 Ar dating of supergene K-Mn oxides

    Anicet Beauvais;Gilles Ruffet;Olivier Hénocque;Fabrice Colin

  • Lateritic weathering of pyroxenites at Niquelandia, Goias, Brazil: the supergene behavior of nickel.

    Fabrice Colin;D. Nahon;Jean-Jacques Trescases;A.J. Melfi

  • The development of iron crust lateritic systems in Burkina Faso, West Africa examined with in-situ-produced cosmogenic nuclides

    Erik Thorson Brown;Didier L. Bourlès;Fabrice Colin;Zakaria Sanfo

  • Formation and transformation processes of iron duricrust systems in tropical humid environment

    Anicet Beauvais;Fabrice Colin

  • Rare earth element mobility during conversion of nepheline syenite into lateritic bauxite at Passa Quatro, Minais Gerais, Brazil

    Bruno Boulangé;Fabrice Colin

  • Domain Segregation in Ni-fe-mg-smectites

    A. Decarreau;F. Colin;Adrien Herbillon;A. Manceau

  • 40Ar/39Ar dating of West African lateritic cryptomelanes

    O. Hénocque;G. Ruffet;Fabrice Colin;G. Féraud

  • Nickel and cobalt distribution in the laterites of the Lomié region, south-east Cameroon

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  • Chemical weathering of orthopyroxenes under lateritic conditions

    Daniel B. Nahon;F. Colin

  • Occurrence of mycorrhizal symbioses in the metal-rich lateritic soils of the Koniambo Massif, New Caledonia

    Nicolas Perrier;Hamid Amir;Fabrice Colin

  • Formation and distribution of Mg, Fe, Mn-smectites in the first stages of the lateritic weathering of forsterite and tephroite

    D. Nahon;F. Colin;Y. Tardy

  • Behavior of gold in the lateritic equatorial environment: weathering and surface dispersion of residual gold particles, at Dondo Mobi, Gabon

    F. Colin;P. Vieillard

  • Brazilian laterite dynamics using in situ-produced 10Be

    R. Braucher;D. L. Bourlès;F. Colin;Erik T Brown

  • Zircon: an immobile index in soils?

    F. Colin;C. Alarçon;P. Vieillard

  • Long-term tropical morphogenesis of New Caledonia (Southwest Pacific) : Importance of positive epeirogeny and climate change

    Violaine Chevillotte;Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Anicet Beauvais;Pierre Maurizot

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Dominique Meunier
Jean-Dominique Meunier Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geoscience
Régis Braucher
Régis Braucher Aix-Marseille University
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Erik T. Brown
Erik T. Brown University of Minnesota
Alexander Makarov
Alexander Makarov Thermo Fisher Scientific (Israel)
Gilles Ruffet
Gilles Ruffet University of Rennes
François Chabaux
François Chabaux University of Strasbourg
Grant M. Raisbeck
Grant M. Raisbeck University of Paris-Saclay
Françoise Yiou
Françoise Yiou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pierre Rochette
Pierre Rochette Aix-Marseille University

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