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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 78 597 526 31 28 379 18846

Jean Braun publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jean Braun between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jean Braun published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 12.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2018. 47 of the 485 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2018. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 13 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 31 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 22 publications 2018: 38 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 31 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 28 publications 2025: 19 publications
1987 2025

485 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jean Braun: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 0
1989 5
1990 2
1991 1
1992 2
1993 4
1994 5
1995 5
1996 0
1997 5
1998 4
1999 13
2000 5
2001 10
2002 8
2003 4
2004 4
2005 7
2006 31
2007 7
2008 14
2009 15
2010 21
2011 10
2012 12
2013 15
2014 18
2015 10
2016 21
2017 22
2018 38
2019 21
2020 20
2021 20
2022 31
2023 27
2024 28
2025 19
Total 485
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Jean Braun 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 Jean Braun 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, 378–387 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: 379 publications — 93rd percentile

93% 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
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34 379
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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Jean Braun 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 Jean Braun 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, 78 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: 78 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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
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 78
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

Jean Braun is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Water Science and Technology.

Their main topics of work encompass a variety of geological and environmental studies, such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Recent publications by Jean Braun illustrate a strong involvement in the study of landscape evolution, tectonics, and mountain belt topography. Notable papers include:

  • "HyLands 1.0: a hybrid landscape evolution model to simulate the impact of landslides and landslide-derived sediment on landscape evolution," 2020, published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Topography of mountain belts controlled by rheology and surface processes," 2022, published in Nature
  • "Evolution of Rift Systems and Their Fault Networks in Response to Surface Processes," 2022, published in Tectonics
  • "Southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau stopped expanding in the late Miocene," 2022, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Propagating uplift controls on high-elevation, low-relief landscape formation in the southeast Tibetan Plateau," 2021, published in Geology

Their frequent collaborators include Xiaoping Yuan, Cécile Robin, François Guillocheau, Benjamin Campforts, and Charles M. Shobe.

Jean Braun publishes regularly in a number of key scientific venues related to Earth sciences and geophysics. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Tectonics
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

This profile reflects Jean Braun's extensive engagement within the earth sciences research community, characterized by interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the dynamic processes shaping the planet's surface and subsurface environments.

Best Publications

  • Cerium anomalies in lateritic profiles

    Jean-Jacques Braun;Maurice Pagel;Jean-Pierre Muller;Paul Bilong

  • Geophysical parametrization and interpolation of irregular data using natural neighbours

    Malcolm Sambridge;Jean Braun;Herbert McQueen

  • Principles of Structural Control on Permeability and Fluid Flow in Hydrothermal Systems

    Stephen Cox;Mark Knackstedt;Jean Braun

  • Mobilization and redistribution of REEs and thorium in a syenitic lateritic profile: A mass balance study

    Jean-Jacques Braun;Mauric Pagel;Adrie Herbilln;Christophe Rosin

  • A physical explanation of the relation between flank uplifts and the breakup unconformity at rifted continental margins

    Jean Braun;Christopher Beaumont

  • SOLID/LIQUID REE FRACTIONATION IN THE LATERITIC SYSTEM OF GOYOUM, EAST CAMEROON: THE IMPLICATION FOR THE PRESENT DYNAMICS OF THE SOIL COVERS OF THE HUMID TROPICAL REGIONS

    Jean-Jacques Braun;Jérôme Viers;Bernard Dupré;Mireille Polve

  • Modelling landscape evolution on geological time scales: a new method based on irregular spatial discretization

    Jean Braun;Malcolm Sambridge

  • Chemical weathering in the drainage basin of a tropical watershed (Nsimi-Zoetele site, Cameroon) : comparison between organic-poor and organic-rich waters

    Jerôme Viers;Bernard Dupré;Mireille Polvé;Jacques Schott

  • Quantifying the effect of recent relief changes on age–elevation relationships

    Jean Braun

  • A very efficient O(n), implicit and parallel method to solve the stream power equation governing fluvial incision and landscape evolution

    Jean Braun;Sean D. Willett

  • The many surface expressions of mantle dynamics

    Jean Braun

  • Major and trace elements associated with colloids in organic-rich river waters: ultrafiltration of natural and spiked solutions

    Bernard Dupré;Jerôme Viers;Jean-Louis Dandurand;Mireille Polve

  • Quantitative Thermochronology: Numerical Methods for the Interpretation of Thermochronological Data

    Jean Braun;Peter van der Beek;Geoffrey Batt

  • Pecube: a new finite-element code to solve the 3D heat transport equation including the effects of a time-varying, finite amplitude surface topography

    Jean Braun

  • Quantifying rates of landscape evolution and tectonic processes by thermochronology and numerical modeling of crustal heat transport using PECUBE

    Jean Braun;Peter van der Beek;Pierre Valla;Pierre Valla;Xavier Robert

  • Major and trace element abundances, and strontium isotopes in the Nyong basin rivers (Cameroon): constraints on chemical weathering processes and elements transport mechanisms in humid tropical environments

    Jérôme Viers;Bernard Dupré;Jean-Jacques Braun;Samuel Deberdt

  • Modeling postbreakup landscape development and denudational history across the southeast African (Drakensberg Escarpment) margin

    Pieter A Van der Beek;Michael Summerfield;Jean Braun;Roderick William Brown

  • Coupled numerical–analytical approach to landscape evolution modeling

    Liran Goren;Sean D. Willett;Frédéric Herman;Jean Braun

  • The effect of organic matter on chemical weathering: study of a small tropical watershed: nsimi-zoétélé site, cameroon

    Priscia Oliva;Jerôme Viers;Bernard Dupré;Jean Pôl Fortuné

  • Present weathering rates in a humid tropical watershed: Nsimi, South Cameroon

    Jean-Jacques Braun;Jules Remy Ndam Ngoupayou;Jérôme Viers;Bernard Dupre

  • Three‐dimensional numerical experiments of strain partitioning at oblique plate boundaries: Implications for contrasting tectonic styles in the southern Coast Ranges, California, and central South Island, New Zealand

    Jean Braun;Christopher Beaumont

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter van der Beek
Peter van der Beek University of Potsdam
Frédéric Herman
Frédéric Herman University of Lausanne
Cécile Robin
Cécile Robin University of Rennes
François Guillocheau
François Guillocheau University of Rennes
Christopher Beaumont
Christopher Beaumont Dalhousie University
Laurent Husson
Laurent Husson Grenoble Alpes University
Malcolm Sambridge
Malcolm Sambridge Australian National University
Ritske S. Huismans
Ritske S. Huismans University of Bergen
Georges Calas
Georges Calas Sorbonne University

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