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Fatima Laggoun-Défarge

Fatima Laggoun-Défarge

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
35
Citations
5058
World Ranking
9304
National Ranking
431

Fatima Laggoun-Défarge publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fatima Laggoun-Défarge sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 174 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Fatima Laggoun-Défarge D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Fatima Laggoun-Défarge is affiliated with the University of Orléans in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as ecology, atmospheric science, plant science, global and planetary change, and soil science.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Botany and plant ecology studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Image processing and 3D reconstruction
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Laggoun-Défarge has authored multiple research papers addressing various ecological and geophysical topics. Some of their recent publications are:

  • "Assessing methane emissions for northern peatlands in ORCHIDEE-PEAT revision 7020," 2022, Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Ericoid shrub encroachment shifts aboveground-belowground linkages in three peatlands across Europe and Western Siberia," 2023, Global Change Biology
  • "Abiotic and biotic drivers of microbial respiration in peat and its sensitivity to temperature change," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Response of Peatland CO2 and CH4 Fluxes to Experimental Warming and the Carbon Balance," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Impact of thermal maturity on the concomitant evolution of the ultrafine structure and porosity of marine mudstones organic matter; contributions of electronic imaging and new spectroscopic investigations," 2020, International Journal of Coal Geology

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • Sébastien Gogo
  • Adrien Jacotot
  • Fabien Leroy
  • Daniel Gilbert
  • Philippe Binet

The venues in which they commonly publish include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Best Publications

  • FTIR spectroscopy can be used as a screening tool for organic matter quality in regenerating cutover peatlands

    Rebekka R.E. Artz;Stephen J. Chapman;A.H. Jean Robertson;Jacqueline M. Potts

  • Introducing global peat-specific temperature and pH calibrations based on brGDGT bacterial lipids

    B. D. A. Naafs;G. N. Inglis;Y. Zheng;M. J. Amesbury

  • Above‐ and belowground linkages in Sphagnum peatland: climate warming affects plant‐microbial interactions

    Vincent E. J. Jassey;Vincent E. J. Jassey;Vincent E. J. Jassey;Genevieve Chiapusio;Philippe Binet;Alexandre Buttler;Alexandre Buttler;Alexandre Buttler

  • Exploitation of northern peatlands and biodiversity maintenance: a conflict between economy and ecology

    Steve Chapman;Alexandre Buttler;André-Jean Francez;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge

  • FTIR Study of Pure Vitrains and Associated Coals

    María José Iglesias;A. Jimenez;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Isabel Suarez-Ruiz

  • Nitrogen-rich organic soils under warm well-drained conditions are global nitrous oxide emission hotspots.

    Jaan Pärn;Jos T.A. Verhoeven;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl;Nancy B. Dise

  • An unexpected role for mixotrophs in the response of peatland carbon cycling to climate warming

    Vincent E. J. Jassey;Vincent E. J. Jassey;Constant Signarbieux;Constant Signarbieux;Stephan Hättenschwiler;Luca Bragazza;Luca Bragazza

  • Trace elements as palaeoenvironmental markers in strongly mature hydrocarbon source rocks: the Cretaceous La Luna Formation of Venezuela

    Thierry Mongenot;Nicolas-Pierre Tribovillard;Alain Desprairies;Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès

  • Dansgaard–Oeschger climatic variability revealed by fire emissions in southwestern Iberia

    A.-L. Daniau;M. F. Sanchez-Goni;L. Beaufort;F. Laggoun-Defarge

  • Environmental and climatic changes in the Jura mountains (eastern France) during the Lateglacial–Holocene transition: a multi-proxy record from Lake Lautrey

    Michel Magny;Gerard Aalbersberg;Carole Bégeot;Pascale Benoit-Ruffaldi

  • Organic matter sources and early diagenetic degradation in a tropical peaty marsh (Tritrivakely, Madagascar). Implications for environmental reconstruction during the Sub-Atlantic

    Sonia Bourdon;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Jean-Robert Disnar;Ousmane Maman

  • Experimental warming interacts with soil moisture to discriminate plant responses in an ombrotrophic peatland

    Alexandre Buttler;Bjorn J.M. Robroek;Bjorn J.M. Robroek;Bjorn J.M. Robroek;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Vincent E.J. Jassey;Vincent E.J. Jassey;Vincent E.J. Jassey

  • Occurrence and distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in a French peat bog

    Arnaud Huguet;Céline Fosse;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Marie-Laure Toussaint

  • Pyrobitumen occurrence and formation in a Cambro–Ordovician sandstone reservoir, Fahud Salt Basin, North Oman

    Alain-Yves Huc;Peter Nederlof;Romain Debarre;Bernard Carpentier

  • Control of the chemical structure of perhydrous coals; FTIR and Py-GC/MS investigation

    Maria José Iglesias;José Carlos del Rı́o;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Maria José Cuesta

  • Coalbed methane producibility from the Mannville coals in Alberta, Canada: A comparison of two areas

    T. Gentzis;F. Goodarzi;F.K. Cheung;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge

  • Vegetation composition controls temperature sensitivity of CO2 and CH4 emissions and DOC concentration in peatlands

    Fabien Leroy;Fabien Leroy;Sébastien Gogo;Sébastien Gogo;Christophe Guimbaud;Christophe Guimbaud;Léonard Bernard-Jannin;Léonard Bernard-Jannin

  • Effects of a short-term experimental microclimate warming on the abundance and distribution of branched GDGTs in a French peatland

    Arnaud Huguet;Céline Fosse;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Frédéric Delarue

  • Cut-over peatland regeneration assessment using organic matter and microbial indicators (bacteria and testate amoebae)

    Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Edward A. D. Mitchell;Daniel Gilbert;Jean-Robert Disnar

  • Influence of Resinite on Huminite Properties

    Isabel Suarez-Ruiz;A. Jimenez;María José Iglesias;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge

  • Evolution of organic matter indicators in response to major environmental changes: The case of a formerly cut-over peat bog (Le Russey, Jura Mountains, France)

    Laure Comont;Fatima Laggoun-Défarge;Jean-Robert Disnar

  • ORCHIDEE-PEAT (revision 4596), a model for northern peatland CO2, water, and energy fluxes on daily to annual scales

    Chunjing Qiu;Dan Zhu;Philippe Ciais;Bertrand Guenet

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Buttler
Alexandre Buttler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jean-Robert Disnar
Jean-Robert Disnar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Daniel Gilbert
Daniel Gilbert University of Franche-Comté
Vincent E. J. Jassey
Vincent E. J. Jassey Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Edward A. D. Mitchell
Edward A. D. Mitchell University of Neuchâtel
Luca Bragazza
Luca Bragazza Agroscope
Isabel Suárez-Ruiz
Isabel Suárez-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Sylvie Derenne
Sylvie Derenne Université Paris Cité
Daniel Epron
Daniel Epron Kyoto University
Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès
Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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