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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 63 1619 1449 102 92 331 12600

Fred Jourdan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Fred Jourdan between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Fred Jourdan published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 17.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 41 publications in 2021. 48 of the 411 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 41. Peak 41 publications in 2021. 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 27 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 28 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 41 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 28 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 22 publications
2002 2025

411 publications in total across all disciplines

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Fred Jourdan: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 3
2003 4
2004 1
2005 2
2006 6
2007 9
2008 4
2009 14
2010 13
2011 10
2012 21
2013 18
2014 27
2015 20
2016 22
2017 28
2018 27
2019 24
2020 23
2021 41
2022 18
2023 28
2024 26
2025 22
Total 411
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Fred Jourdan 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 Fred Jourdan 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, 328–337 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: 331 publications — 90th percentile

90% 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
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 87 331
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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Fred Jourdan 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 Fred Jourdan 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, 63 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: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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 63
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

Fred Jourdan is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and focuses on research within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 248 publications contributing to this domain. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Paleontology.

Their research covers a range of topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Astro and Planetary Science.

Jourdan has published in various scientific venues, with frequent publications in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Geology, and Lithos.

Significant recent papers include:

  • Age and composition of young basalts on the Moon, measured from samples returned by Chang'e-5 (2021) published in Science
  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data (2020) published in Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRIS-REx (2024) published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Formation of the First Bend in the late Eocene gave birth to the modern Yangtze River, China (2020) published in Geology
  • Boninitic blueschists record subduction initiation and subsequent accretion of an arc-forearc in the northeast Proto-Tethys Ocean (2021) published in Geology

Frequent co-authors of Fred Jourdan include:

  • Celia Mayers, with 21 collaborations
  • Hugo K.H. Olierook, with 15 collaborations
  • Nicholas E. Timms, with 14 collaborations
  • Qiang Jiang, with 13 collaborations
  • Renaud Merle, with 13 collaborations

Best Publications

  • Pre-Miocene birth of the Yangtze River.

    Hongbo Zheng;Peter D. Clift;Ping Wang;Ryuji Tada

  • Major and Trace Element and Sr, Nd, Hf, and Pb Isotope Compositions of the Karoo Large Igneous Province, Botswana-Zimbabwe: Lithosphere vs Mantle Plume Contribution

    F. Jourdan;F. Jourdan;F. Jourdan;Hervé Bertrand;U. Schärer;Janne Blichert-Toft

  • Age and composition of young basalts on the Moon, measured from samples returned by Chang'e-5.

    Xiaochao Che;Alexander Nemchin;Dunyi Liu;Tao Long

  • Age calibration of the Fish Canyon sanidine 40Ar/39Ar dating standard using primary K–Ar standards

    Fred Jourdan;Fred Jourdan;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne

  • Karoo large igneous province: Brevity, origin, and relation to mass extinction questioned by new 40Ar/39Ar age data

    Fred Jourdan;Gilbert Féraud;Hervé Bertrand;Ali Bashira Kampunzu

  • Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data

    Allen J. Schaen;Brian R. Jicha;Kip V. Hodges;Pieter Vermeesch

  • Late Oligocene-early Miocene birth of the Taklimakan Desert

    Hongbo Zheng;Hongbo Zheng;Xiaochun Wei;Ryuji Tada;Peter D. Clift

  • Intracontinental eocene-oligocene porphyry Cu mineral systems of Yunnan, Western Yangtze Craton, China: Compositional characteristics, sources, and implications for continental collision metallogeny

    Yong Jun Lu;Robert Kerrich;Robert Kerrich;Anthony I S Kemp;T. Campbell McCuaig

  • Timing and duration of the Central Atlantic magmatic province in the Newark and Culpeper basins, eastern U.S.A.

    Andrea Marzoli;Fred Jourdan;John H. Puffer;Tiberio Cuppone

  • The Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP): A Review

    Andrea Marzoli;Andrea Marzoli;Sara Callegaro;Jacopo Dal Corso;Joshua H. F. L. Davies

  • Evaluating the temporal link between the Karoo LIP and climatic–biologic events of the Toarcian Stage with high-precision U–Pb geochronology

    Bryan Sell;Maria Ovtcharova;Jean Guex;Annachiara Bartolini

  • Global warming of the mantle beneath continents back to the Archaean

    Nicolas Coltice;Hervé Bertrand;Patrice Rey;Fred Jourdan

  • Paleogene post-collisional lamprophyres in western Yunnan, western Yangtze Craton: Mantle source and tectonic implications

    Yong-Jun Lu;T. Campbell McCuaig;Zheng-Xiang Li;Fred Jourdan

  • An appraisal of the ages of terrestrial impact structures

    F. Jourdan;P.R. Renne;P.R. Renne;W.U. Reimold

  • The Karoo triple junction questioned: evidence from Jurassic and Proterozoic 40Ar/39Ar ages and geochemistry of the giant Okavango dyke swarm (Botswana)

    F. Jourdan;G. Féraud;H. Bertrand;A.B. Kampunzu

  • Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures

    Fred Jourdan;W. Reimold;A. Deutsch

  • From flood basalts to the inception of oceanization: Example from the 40Ar/39Ar high‐resolution picture of the Karoo large igneous province

    Fred Jourdan;Fred Jourdan;G. Féraud;Hervé Bertrand;M.K Watkeys

  • Basement control on dyke distribution in Large Igneous Provinces: Case study of the Karoo triple junction.

    Fred Jourdan;G. Féraud;Hervé Bertrand;M.K. Watkeys

  • Closure of the Clymene Ocean and formation of West Gondwana in the Cambrian: Evidence from the Sierras Australes of the southernmost Rio de la Plata craton, Argentina

    Eric Tohver;P. A. Cawood;P. A. Cawood;E. A. Rossello;Fred Jourdan

  • Distinct brief major events in the Karoo large igneous province clarified by new 40Ar/39Ar ages on the Lesotho basalts

    F. Jourdan;F. Jourdan;G. Féraud;Hervé Bertrand;M.K Watkeys

  • Pre-Miocene Birth of the Yangtze River

    Hongbo Zheng;Peter Clift;Ping Wang;Ryuji Tada

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
Hervé Bertrand
Hervé Bertrand École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Eric Tohver
Eric Tohver Universidade de São Paulo
Gilbert Féraud
Gilbert Féraud Université Côte d'Azur
Andrea Marzoli
Andrea Marzoli University of Padua
Nicholas E. Timms
Nicholas E. Timms Curtin University
Massimo Chiaradia
Massimo Chiaradia University of Geneva
Noreen J. Evans
Noreen J. Evans Curtin University
Steven M. Reddy
Steven M. Reddy Curtin University
Martin Danišík
Martin Danišík Curtin University

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