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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 43 5042 4657 364 344 169 6179

Gilles Ruffet publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gilles Ruffet between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gilles Ruffet published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 5.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2014. 9 of the 190 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2014. 1990: 3 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 6 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 2 publications
1990 2025

190 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gilles Ruffet: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 3
1991 1
1992 1
1993 1
1994 0
1995 3
1996 2
1997 3
1998 5
1999 2
2000 5
2001 2
2002 4
2003 3
2004 3
2005 4
2006 1
2007 6
2008 8
2009 11
2010 7
2011 5
2012 9
2013 7
2014 18
2015 7
2016 9
2017 5
2018 7
2019 7
2020 9
2021 6
2022 8
2023 9
2024 7
2025 2
Total 190
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Gilles Ruffet 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 Ruffet 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, 168–177 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: 169 publications — 49th percentile

49% 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
168–177 490 169
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 Ruffet 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 Ruffet 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, 43 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: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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 43
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

Gilles Ruffet is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with extensive contributions in geophysics, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, artificial intelligence, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological formations and processes, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Their publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • Supergene manganese ore records 75 Myr-long Campanian to Pleistocene geodynamic evolution and weathering history of the Central African Great Lakes Region - Tectonics drives, climate assists, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Evolution of the Glorieuses seamount in the SW Indian Ocean and surrounding deep Somali Basin since the Cretaceous, 2020, Marine Geology
  • Petrogenesis of post-collisional Middle Eocene volcanism in the Eastern Pontides (NE, Turkey): Insights from geochemistry, whole-rock Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes, zircon U-Pb and 40Ar-39Ar geochronology, 2022, Geochemistry
  • Late Carboniferous paleoelevation of the Variscan Belt of Western Europe, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • The Limpopo Magma-Rich Transform Margin, South Mozambique - 2: Implications for the Gondwana Breakup, 2021, Tectonics

Frequent co-authors include Sidonie Révillon, Sylvie Leroy, Carole Berthod, Patrick Bachèlery, and Augustin Dekoninck, indicating collaborative work across multiple research projects. Ruffet has published multiple articles in the journals Tectonics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Geology, Mineralium Deposita, and Gondwana Research.

The scientist's contributions are principally in geophysics and collections of detailed geological and tectonic studies, reflecting a focus on understanding Earth's physical properties and dynamic processes. Their involvement in artificial intelligence and ecology alongside core geological topics suggests interdisciplinary approaches in their research.

Best Publications

  • Burma Terrane part of the Trans-Tethyan Arc during collision with India according to palaeomagnetic data.

    Jan Westerweel;Pierrick Roperch;Alexis Licht;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet;Guillaume Dupont-Nivet

  • Structural and Geochronological Study of High-Pressure Metamorphic Rocks in the Kekesu Section (Northwestern China): Implications for the Late Paleozoic Tectonics of the Southern Tianshan

    Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Liangshu S. Shu;Koenraad de Jong

  • Plateau ages and excess argon in phengites: an 40Ar39Ar laser probe study of Alpine micas (Sesia Zone, Western Alps, northern Italy)

    Gilles Ruffet;Gilbert Féraud;Michel Balèvre;Jean-Robert Kiénast

  • RbSr and 40Ar39Ar laser probe dating of high-pressure phengites from the Sesia zone (Western Alps): underscoring of excess argon and new age constraints on the high-pressure metamorphism

    Gilles Ruffet;Gérard Gruau;Michel Ballèvre;Gilbert Féraud

  • Widespread bedding-parallel veins of fibrous calcite beef in a mature source rock Vaca Muerta Fm, Neuquen Basin, Argentina; evidence for overpressure and horizontal compression

    Nuno Rodrigues;Peter R. Cobbold;Helge Loseth;Gilles Ruffet

  • New 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Late Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the western Tianshan (Xinjiang, northwestern China), with emphasis on Permian fluid ingress

    Koenraad de Jong;Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Michel Faure;Liangshu S. Shu

  • Correlation of the nappe stack in the Ibero-Armorican arc across the Bay of Biscay: a joint French–Spanish project

    Michel Ballèvre;José R. Martínez Catalán;Alicia López-Carmona;Pavel Pitra

  • Comparison of 40Ar-39Ar conventional and laser dating of biotites from the North Trégor Batholith

    G Ruffet;G Féraud;M Amouric

  • Cretaceous albitization and dequartzification of Hercynian peraluminous granite in the Salvezines Massif (French Pyrénées)

    Philippe Boulvais;Gilles Ruffet;Jean Cornichet;Maxime Mermet

  • Volcanism in a compressional Andean setting: A structural and geochronological study of Tromen volcano (Neuquèn province, Argentina)

    Olivier Galland;Erwan Hallot;Peter R. Cobbold;Gilles Ruffet

  • Petrochemistry, geochronology and Sr–Nd isotopic systematics of the Tertiary collisional and post-collisional volcanic rocks from the Ulubey (Ordu) area, eastern Pontide, NE Turkey: Implications for extension-related origin and mantle source characteristics

    İrfan Temizel;Mehmet Arslan;Gilles Ruffet;Jean Jacques Peucat

  • 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

  • 40Ar/39Ar laser-probe dating by step heating and spot fusion of phengites from the Dora Maira nappe of the western Alps, Italy

    S. Scaillet;G. Féraud;Y. Lagabrielle;M. Ballévre

  • A geochronological 40Ar/39Ar and 87Rb/87Sr study of K-Mn oxides from the weathering sequence of Azul, Brazil

    G. Ruffet;C. Innocent;A. Michard;G. Féraud

  • Fluid-induced disturbance of the monazite Th–Pb chronometer: In situ dating and element mapping in pegmatites from the Rhodope (Greece, Bulgaria)

    Valérie Bosse;Philippe Boulvais;Pierre Gautier;M. Tiepolo

  • Late Devonian subduction and early-orogenic exhumation of eclogite-facies rocks from the Champtoceaux Complex (Variscan belt, France)

    Valerie Bosse;Gilbert Feraud;Gilles Ruffet;Michel Ballèvre

  • Alpine and late-hercynian geochronological constraints in the Argentera Massif (Western Alps)

    Michel Corsini;Gilles Ruffet;Renaud Caby

  • Une nouvelle faune de vertébrés continentaux, associée à des artefacts dans le Pléistocène inférieur de l’Hérault (Sud de la France), vers 1,57 Ma

    Jean-Yves Crochet;Jean-Loup Welcomme;Jérôme Ivorra;Gilles Ruffet

  • Timing of exhumation of the Ereendavaa metamorphic core complex (north-eastern Mongolia) – U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar constraints

    Yannick Daoudene;Yannick Daoudene;Gilles Ruffet;Gilles Ruffet;Alain Cocherie;Patrick Ledru

  • Tectonometamorphic evolution of the southern Quebec Appalachians: 40Ar/39Ar evidence for Middle Ordovician crustal thickening and Silurian–Early Devonian exhumation of the internal Humber zone

    Sébastien Castonguay;Gilles Ruffet;Alain Tremblay;Gilbert Féraud

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes
Gilbert Féraud
Gilbert Féraud Université Côte d'Azur
Philippe Boulvais
Philippe Boulvais University of Rennes
Denis Gapais
Denis Gapais University of Rennes
Alain Tremblay
Alain Tremblay University of Quebec at Montreal
Michel Ballèvre
Michel Ballèvre University of Rennes
Romain Tartèse
Romain Tartèse University of Manchester
Marie-Christine Boiron
Marie-Christine Boiron University of Lorraine
Pierrick Roperch
Pierrick Roperch University of Rennes
Peter R. Cobbold
Peter R. Cobbold University of Rennes

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