2026 Guy Libourel: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	49	5250	5029	233	231	149	8790

Overview

Guy Libourel is affiliated with the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, and related subfields.

The main topics of their work include Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, and High-pressure geophysics and materials. Other areas covered by their research are Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Key recent publications by Guy Libourel include:

"Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth," 2022, Science
"Subsolar Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios of non-carbonaceous chondrites reveal planetesimal formation during early condensation in the protoplanetary disk," 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
"An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples," 2025, Nature
"Surface environment of Phobos and Phobos simulant UTPS," 2021, Earth Planets and Space
"Network of thermal cracks in meteorites due to temperature variations: new experimental evidence and implications for asteroid surfaces," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

Marc Portail
D. S. Lauretta
Patrick Michel
H. C. Connolly
Vincent Guigoz

Guy Libourel has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication sources are:

Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Science

Best Publications

The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations

C. W. Hergenrother;C. K. Maleszewski;M. C. Nolan;J.-Y. Li

1086
Citations
Thermal fatigue as the origin of regolith on small asteroids

Marco Delbo;Guy Libourel;Justin Wilkerson;Naomi Murdoch

379
Citations
Tracing source pollution in soils using cadmium and lead isotopes

C. Cloquet;J. Carignan;G. Libourel;Thibault Sterckeman

373
Citations
Homogeneous Distribution of 26Al in the Solar System from the Mg Isotopic Composition of Chondrules

Johan Villeneuve;Marc Chaussidon;Guy Libourel

319
Citations
Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu.

V. E. Hamilton;A. A. Simon;P. R. Christensen;D. C. Reuter

311
Citations
Properties of Rubble-Pile Asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx Imaging and Thermal Analysis

D. N. DellaGiustina;J. P. Emery;D. R. Golish;Benjamin Rozitis

272
Citations
Shape of (101955) Bennu indicative of a rubble pile with internal stiffness.

O Barnouin;M Daly;E Palmer

266
Citations
Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth

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239
Citations
Systematics of calcium partitioning between olivine and silicate melt: implications for melt structure and calcium content of magmatic olivines

Guy Libourel

212
Citations
Nitrogen solubility in basaltic melt. Part I. Effect of oxygen fugacity

G. Libourel;G. Libourel;B. Marty;B. Marty;F. Humbert

204
Citations
Isotopic Composition of Zn and Pb Atmospheric Depositions in an Urban/Periurban Area of Northeastern France

Christophe Cloquet;Jean Carignan;Guy Libourel

193
Citations
Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu

D. S. Lauretta;C. W. Hergenrother;S. R. Chesley;J. M. Leonard

182
Citations
Experimental Constraints on Chondrule Formation

R. H. Hewins;Connolly, H. C., Lofgren, G. E.,;G. Libourel

174
Citations
The extreme physical properties of the CoRoT-7b super-Earth

A. Léger;O. Grasset;B. Fegley;F. Codron

170
Citations
Role of gas-melt interaction during chondrule formation

Guy Libourel;Guy Libourel;Alexander N. Krot;Laurent Tissandier

168
Citations
The role of phosphorus in crystallisation processes of basalt: An experimental study

Michael J Toplis;Guy Libourel;Michael R Carroll

164
Citations
Gas-melt interactions and their bearing on chondrule formation

Laurent Tissandeer;Guy Libourel;François Robert

150
Citations
Oxygen isotopic constraints on the origin of magnesian chondrules and on the gaseous reservoirs in the early Solar System

Marc Chaussidon;Guy Libourel;Guy Libourel;Alexander N. Krot

150
Citations
Atmospheric pollutant dispersion around an urban area using trace metal concentrations and Pb isotopic compositions in epiphytic lichens

Christophe Cloquet;Christophe Cloquet;Jean Carignan;Guy Libourel;Guy Libourel

142
Citations
Characterization of Flue Gas Residues from Municipal Solid Waste Combustors

Lydie Le Forestier;Guy Libourel

141
Citations
Evidence for the presence of planetesimal material among the precursors of magnesian chondrules of nebular origin

Guy Libourel;Alexander N. Krot

135
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander N. Krot University of Hawaii at Manoa

Naomi Murdoch National Higher French Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Simone Marchi Southwest Research Institute

Marc Chaussidon Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

K.T. Ramesh Johns Hopkins University

Jean Carignan Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Yves Marrocchi University of Lorraine

Bernard Marty University of Lorraine

Hisayoshi Yurimoto Hokkaido University

Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration

External Links

Personal website of Guy Libourel

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