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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 38 6591 6110 507 486 243 4714

François Costard publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by François Costard between 1986 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. François Costard published across 40 years, from 1986 to 2025, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2011. 10 of the 301 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2011. 1986: 2 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 3 publications
1986 2025

301 publications in total across all disciplines

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François Costard: publications per year, 1986 to 2025
Year Publications
1986 2
1987 4
1988 6
1989 4
1990 3
1991 2
1992 5
1993 6
1994 4
1995 4
1996 1
1997 1
1998 2
1999 5
2000 7
2001 15
2002 9
2003 12
2004 4
2005 8
2006 13
2007 13
2008 10
2009 12
2010 11
2011 17
2012 15
2013 9
2014 8
2015 13
2016 6
2017 13
2018 6
2019 13
2020 7
2021 11
2022 7
2023 3
2024 7
2025 3
Total 301
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François Costard 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 François Costard 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, 238–247 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: 243 publications — 76th percentile

76% 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
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243 243
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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François Costard 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 François Costard 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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 38
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
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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Overview

François Costard is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans multiple intersecting fields, including Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

François Costard's recent published papers highlight a multi-faceted approach to understanding planetary and cryospheric processes. These include:

  • "Seasonal patterns in greenhouse gas emissions from thermokarst lakes in Central Yakutia (Eastern Siberia)" (2020) published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • "A thick crustal block revealed by reconstructions of early Mars highlands" (2020) published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Retrogressive Thaw Slumps on Ice-Rich Permafrost Under Degradation: Results From a Large-Scale Laboratory Simulation" (2020) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Fifty-year dynamics of the Lena River islands (Russia): Spatio-temporal pattern of large periglacial anabranching river and influence of climate change" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Evidence of mud volcanism due to the rapid compaction of martian tsunami deposits in southeastern Acidalia Planitia, Mars" (2020) published in Icarus

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Icarus, The Cryosphere, Limnology and Oceanography, Nature Geoscience, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Collaborations have been established with several researchers, with notable frequent co-authors including Antoine Séjourné, Alexander N. Fedorov, Sylvain Bouley, Frédéric Bouchard, and Axel Bouquety. These collaborations span various aspects of planetary and cryospheric sciences.

Best Publications

  • Formation of Recent Martian Debris Flows by Melting of Near-Surface Ground Ice at High Obliquity

    F. Costard;F. Forget;N. Mangold;J. P. Peulvast

  • Standardizing the nomenclature of Martian impact crater ejecta morphologies

    Nadine G. Barlow;Joseph M. Boyce;Francois M. Costard;Robert A. Craddock

  • Ice in the Martian regolith

    S. W. Squyres;S. M. Clifford;R. O. Kuz'min;J. R. Zimbelman

  • Orientation and distribution of recent gullies in the southern hemisphere of Mars: Observations from High Resolution Stereo Camera/Mars Express (HRSC/MEX) and Mars Orbiter Camera/Mars Global Surveyor (MOC/MGS) data

    Matthew Balme;Matthew Balme;Nicolas Mangold;David Baratoux;Francois Costard

  • Outwash Plains and Thermokarst on Mars

    F.M. Costard;J.S. Kargel

  • Groundwater flow and heat transport for systems undergoing freeze-thaw : Intercomparison of numerical simulators for 2D test cases

    Christophe Grenier;Hauke Anbergen;Victor Bense;Quentin Chanzy

  • Fluvial thermal erosion investigations along a rapidly eroding river bank: application to the Lena River (central Siberia)

    F. Costard;L. Dupeyrat;E. Gautier;E. Carey-Gailhardis

  • Debris flows over sand dunes on Mars: Evidence for liquid water

    N. Mangold;F. Costard;F. Forget

  • The Spatial Distribution of Volatiles in the Martian Hydrolithosphere

    Francois M. Costard

  • formation and evolution of the chaotic terrains by subsidence and magmatism : Hydraotes Chaos, Mars.

    Sandrine Meresse;François Costard;Nicolas Mangold;Philippe Masson

  • Late Tharsis formation and implications for early Mars

    Sylvain Bouley;David Baratoux;Isamu Matsuyama;Francois Forget

  • Impact of the global warming on the fluvial thermal erosion over the Lena River in Central Siberia

    F. Costard;E. Gautier;D. Brunstein;J. Hammadi

  • Morphology, evolution and tectonics of Valles Marineris wallslopes (Mars)

    Jean-Pierre Peulvast;Daniel Mège;Jan Chiciak;François Costard

  • Spatial relationships between patterned ground and ground ice detected by the Neutron Spectrometer on Mars

    N. Mangold;S. Maurice;W. C. Feldman;F. Costard

  • On Water Detection in the Martian Subsurface Using Sounding Radar

    Essam Heggy;Essam Heggy;Philippe Paillou;Gilles Ruffié;J.-M. Malézieux

  • Scalloped depressions and small-sized polygons in western Utopia Planitia, Mars: A new formation hypothesis

    A. Séjourné;F. Costard;J. Gargani;R.J. Soare

  • Geomorphologic Evidence for Liquid Water

    Philippe Masson;Michael H. Carr;François Costard;Ronald Greeley

  • Thermokarst processes and the origin of crater-rim gullies in Utopia and western Elysium Planitia

    R.J. Soare;R.J. Soare;J.S. Kargel;G.R. Osinski;F. Costard

  • Evolution of the banks of thermokarst lakes in Central Yakutia (Central Siberia) due to retrogressive thaw slump activity controlled by insolation

    A. Séjourné;A. Séjourné;François Costard;A. A. Fedorov;J. Gargani

  • Formation of recurring slope lineae on Mars by rarefied gas-triggered granular flows

    Frédéric Schmidt;François Andrieu;François Costard;Miroslav Kocifaj;Miroslav Kocifaj

  • Modeling tsunami propagation and the emplacement of thumbprint terrain in an early Mars ocean

    Francois Costard;Antoine Séjourné;Karim Kelfoun;Stephen Clifford

  • Morphological and mechanical characterization of gullies in a periglacial environment: The case of the Russell crater dune (Mars)

    Gwenaël Jouannic;Gwenaël Jouannic;Julien Gargani;François Costard;Gian Gabriele Ori

Frequent Co-Authors

David Baratoux
David Baratoux Paul Sabatier University
Susan J. Conway
Susan J. Conway University of Nantes
Matthew R. Balme
Matthew R. Balme The Open University
Gilles Grandjean
Gilles Grandjean French Geological Survey
Jean-Jacques Berthelier
Jean-Jacques Berthelier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
François Forget
François Forget Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stephen M. Clifford
Stephen M. Clifford Planetary Science Institute
Gian Gabriele Ori
Gian Gabriele Ori Planetary Science Institute
Ronald Greeley
Ronald Greeley Arizona State University
Yves Langevin
Yves Langevin University of Paris-Saclay

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