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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 41 5391 4986 1990 1771 130 21619

Gilles Peltzer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gilles Peltzer between 1981 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gilles Peltzer published across 44 years, from 1981 to 2024, averaging 3 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 2009. 1 of the 133 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 8. Peak 8 publications in 2009. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 4 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 1 publication 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication
1981 2024

133 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gilles Peltzer: publications per year, 1981 to 2024
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 1
1983 0
1984 2
1985 1
1986 1
1987 0
1988 4
1989 2
1990 1
1991 1
1992 0
1993 3
1994 2
1995 6
1996 5
1997 3
1998 4
1999 4
2000 4
2001 5
2002 6
2003 6
2004 4
2005 5
2006 4
2007 3
2008 7
2009 8
2010 5
2011 2
2012 3
2013 4
2014 2
2015 2
2016 6
2017 4
2018 1
2019 4
2020 4
2021 1
2022 1
2023 0
2024 1
Total 133
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Gilles Peltzer 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 Gilles Peltzer 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, 128–137 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: 130 publications — 28th percentile

28% 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
128–137 557 130
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
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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Gilles Peltzer 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 Gilles Peltzer 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, 41 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: 41 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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 41
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Gilles Peltzer is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics. The scientist's work spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Mechanics of Materials, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The main topics Gilles Peltzer has explored in their research include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis

Their publication record features contributions to several notable venues, reflecting the scope of their work. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Representative papers authored or coauthored by Gilles Peltzer include:

  • "Block Tectonics Across Western Tibet and Multi-Millennial Recurrence of Great Earthquakes on the Karakax Fault" (2021) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Stable Rate of Slip Along the Karakax Section of the Altyn Tagh Fault from Observation of Interglacial and Postglacial Offset Morphology and Surface Dating" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Exploring the Behaviors of Initiated Progressive Failure and Slow-Moving Landslides in Los Angeles Using Satellite InSAR and Pixel Offset Tracking" (2024) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Block Tectonics across Western Tibet and Multi-Millennial Recurrence of Great Earthquakes on the Karakax Fault" (2021) published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Gilles Peltzer has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • J. van der Woerd
  • Anne-Sophie Mériaux
  • Frederick J. Ryerson
  • Haibing Li
  • Marie-Luce Chevalier

Their work covers studies into tectonic fault behaviors, earthquake recurrence intervals, landslide phenomena, and the application of satellite and geophysical methods to analyze geological hazards and processes.

In recognition of their contributions to geophysical sciences, Gilles Peltzer was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Propagating extrusion tectonics in Asia: New insights from simple experiments with plasticine

    P. Tapponnier;G. Peltzer;A. Y. Le Dain;R. Armijo

  • The displacement field of the Landers earthquake mapped by radar interferometry

    Didier Massonnet;Marc Rossi;César Carmona;Frédéric Adragna

  • On the mechanics of the collision between India and Asia

    P. Tapponnier;G. Peltzer;R. Armijo

  • Crustal thickening in Gansu-Qinghai, lithospheric mantle subduction, and oblique, strike-slip controlled growth of the Tibet plateau

    B. Meyer;Paul Tapponnier;Laurence Bourjot;F. Metivier

  • Formation and evolution of strike‐slip faults, rifts, and basins during the India‐Asia Collision: An experimental approach

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Tapponnier

  • Updated repeat orbit interferometry package released

    Paul A. Rosen;Scott Hensley;Gilles Peltzer;Mark Simons

  • Detection of aquifer system compaction and land subsidence using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California

    D. L. Galloway;K. W. Hudnut;S. E. Ingebritsen;S. P. Phillips

  • Active thrusting and folding in the Qilian Shan, and decoupling between upper crust and mantle in northeastern Tibet

    P. Tapponnier;B. Meyer;J.P. Avouac;G. Peltzer

  • Corrections of stratified tropospheric delays in SAR interferometry: Validation with global atmospheric models

    M.-P. Doin;Cécile Lasserre;G. Peltzer;O. Cavalié

  • Partitioning of crustal slip between linked, active faults in the eastern Qilian Shan, and evidence for a major seismic gap, the ‘Tianzhu gap’, on the western Haiyuan Fault, Gansu (China)

    Y. Gaudemer;P. Tapponnier;B. Meyer;G. Peltzer

  • Systematic InSAR tropospheric phase delay corrections from global meteorological reanalysis data

    Romain Jolivet;Raphael Grandin;Cécile Lasserre;Marie-Pierre Doin

  • Magnitude of Late Quaternary Left-Lateral Displacements Along the North Edge of Tibet

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Tapponnier;Rolando Armijo

  • Tectonic contraction across Los Angeles after removal of groundwater pumping effects

    Gerald W. Bawden;Wayne R. Thatcher;Ross S. Stein;Kenneth W. Hudnut

  • Present-day kinematics of Asia derived from geologic fault rates

    Gilles Peltzer;François Saucier

  • Poroelastic rebound along the Landers 1992 earthquake surface rupture

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen;Francois Rogez;K. Hudnut

  • Evidence of Nonlinear Elasticity of the Crust from the Mw7.6 Manyi (Tibet) Earthquake

    Gilles Peltzer;Frédéric Crampé;Geoffrey King

  • Improving InSAR geodesy using Global Atmospheric Models

    Romain Jolivet;Piyush Shanker Agram;Nina Y. Lin;Mark Simons

  • Surface Displacement of the 17 May 1993 Eureka Valley, California, Earthquake Observed by SAR Interferometry

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen

  • Postseismic Rebound in Fault Step-Overs Caused by Pore Fluid Flow

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen;Francois Rogez;Ken Hudnut

  • Mobility of continental mantle: Evidence from postseismic geodetic observations following the 1992 Landers earthquake

    Fred F. Pollitz;Gilles Peltzer;Roland Bürgmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Cécile Lasserre
Cécile Lasserre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Marie-Pierre Doin
Marie-Pierre Doin Grenoble Alpes University
Romain Jolivet
Romain Jolivet École Normale Supérieure
Paul A. Rosen
Paul A. Rosen Jet Propulsion Lab
Bertrand Meyer
Bertrand Meyer Sorbonne University
Xiwei Xu
Xiwei Xu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Anne Socquet
Anne Socquet Grenoble Alpes University
Zheng-Kang Shen
Zheng-Kang Shen University of California, Los Angeles
Rolando Armijo
Rolando Armijo Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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