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Jean-Claude Thouret 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-Claude Thouret sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 192 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Jean-Claude Thouret 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-Claude Thouret sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jean-Claude Thouret is affiliated with the University of Clermont Auvergne in France and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their contributions span various subfields such as Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science, Sociology and Political Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Themes frequently addressed in their research include landslides and related hazards, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology, geological and geochemical analysis, disaster management and resilience, flood risk assessment and management, and broader geological formations and processes.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Jean-Claude Thouret include:

  • Defining population socio-economic characteristics, hazard knowledge and risk perception: The adaptive capacity to persistent volcanic threats from Semeru, Indonesia (2022), International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • New Insights Into the 2070calyrBP Pyroclastic Currents at El Misti Volcano (Peru) From Field Investigations, Satellite Imagery and Probabilistic Modeling (2020), Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Discrete modelling of debris flows for evaluating impacts on structures (2021), Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
  • Uncertainty Quantification of Eruption Source Parameters Estimated From Tephra Fall Deposits (2022), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Effect of Boulder Size on Debris Flow Impact Pressure Using a CFD-DEM Numerical Model (2022), Geosciences

Frequently collaborated coauthors include:

  • Dávid Karátson
  • Sylvain Charbonnier
  • Olivier Santoni
  • Rime Chehade
  • Bastien Chevalier

The venues where Jean-Claude Thouret has published multiple papers include Frontiers in Earth Science, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Jean-Claude Thouret has also contributed to book publications with works released by Frontiers Media and Springer International Publishing. Notable titles include "Integrated Disaster Risk Management: From Earth Sciences to Policy Making" (2022) and the forthcoming "Volcano Geomorphology" (2025).

Best Publications

  • Geology of El Misti volcano near the city of Arequipa, Peru

    Jean-Claude Thouret;Anthony Finizola;Michel Fornari;Annick Legeley-Padovani

  • Geology of El Misti volcano near the city of Arequipa, Peru

    Jean-Claude Thouret;Anthony Finizola;Michel Fornari;Annick Legeley-Padovani

  • Perturbation and melting of snow and ice by the 13 November 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia, and consequent mobilization, flow and deposition of lahars

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  • Lahars at Merapi volcano, Central Java: an overview

    Franck Lavigne;Jean-Claude Thouret;B Voight;H Suwa

  • Volcanic geomorphology—an overview

    J.-C Thouret

  • Sediment transportation and deposition by rain-triggered lahars at Merapi Volcano, Central Java, Indonesia

    Franck Lavigne;Jean-Claude Thouret

  • Geochronologic and stratigraphic constraints on canyon incision and Miocene uplift of the Central Andes in Peru

    Jean-Claude Thouret;G. Wörner;Yanni Gunnell;Brad Singer

  • Toward a revised hazard assessment at Merapi volcano, Central Java

    Jean-Claude Thouret;F. Lavigne;K. Kelfoun;S. Bronto

  • Instrumental lahar monitoring at Merapi Volcano, Central Java, Indonesia

    Franck Lavigne;Jean-Claude Thouret;B Voight;K Young

  • Fluid circulation and structural discontinuities inside Misti volcano (Peru) inferred from self-potential measurements

    Anthony Finizola;Jean-François Lénat;Orlando Macedo;Domingo Ramos

  • Reconstruction of the AD 1600 Huaynaputina eruption based on the correlation of geologic evidence with early Spanish chronicles

    J.-C Thouret;E Juvigné;A Gourgaud;P Boivin

  • Lahars and debris flows: characteristics and impacts

    Jean-Claude Thouret;S. Antoine;C. Magill;C. Ollier

  • Long-term multi-hazard assessment for El Misti volcano (Peru)

    Laura Sandri;Jean-Claude Thouret;Robert Constantinescu;Sébastien Biass

  • Building vulnerability to hydro-geomorphic hazards: Estimating damage probability from qualitative vulnerability assessment using logistic regression

    Susanne Ettinger;Loïc Mounaud;Christina Magill;Anne Françoise Yao-Lafourcade

  • Effects of the November 13, 1985 eruption on the snow pack and ice cap of Nevado del Ruiz volcano, Colombia

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  • Kinematic characteristics of pyroclastic density currents at Merapi and controls on their avulsion from natural and engineered channels

    Gert Lube;Shane J. Cronin;Jean-Claude Thouret;Surono

  • Neogene and Quaternary ignimbrites in the area of Arequipa, Southern Peru: Stratigraphical and petrological correlations

    Perrine Paquereau Lebti;Jean-Claude Thouret;Gerhard Wörner;Michel Fornari

  • Role of magma mixing in the petrogenesis of tephra erupted during the 1990–98 explosive activity of Nevado Sabancaya, southern Peru

    Marie-Christine Gerbe;Jean-Claude Thouret

  • Largest explosive eruption in historical times in the Andes at Huaynaputina volcano, a.d. 1600, southern Peru

    Jean-Claude Thouret;Jasmine Davila;Jean-Philippe Eissen

  • Observations, stratigraphy and eruptive processes of the 1990 eruption of Kelut volcano, Indonesia

    Jean-Louis Bourdier;Indyo Pratomo;Jean-Claude Thouret;Georges Boudon

  • Quaternary eruptive history of Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia)

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  • Magma evolution of Quaternary minor volcanic centres in southern Peru, Central Andes

    Adélie Delacour;Adélie Delacour;Marie-Christine Gerbe;Jean-Claude Thouret;Gerhard Wörner

  • Origin, characteristics, and behaviour of lahars following the 1990 eruption of Kelud volcano, eastern Java (Indonesia)

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  • Volcanic hazards at Mount Semeru, East Java (Indonesia), with emphasis on lahars

    Jean-Claude Thouret;Franck Lavigne;Hiroshi Suwa;Bambang Sukatja

  • Erosion calderas: origins, processes, structural and climatic control

    Dávid Karátson;Jean Claude Thouret;Ichio Moriya;Alejandro Lomoschitz

  • Paleoenvironmental Changes and Glacial Stades of the Last 50,000 Years in the Cordillera Central, Colombia

    Jean-Claude Thouret;Thomas Van der Hammen;Barry Salomons;Etienne Juvigné

  • Assessing physical vulnerability in large cities exposed to flash floods and debris flows: the case of Arequipa (Peru)

    Jean Claude Thouret;Susanne Ettinger;Mathieu Guitton;Olivier Santoni;Olivier Santoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Alain Gourgaud
Alain Gourgaud University of Clermont Auvergne
Gerhard Wörner
Gerhard Wörner University of Göttingen
Shane J. Cronin
Shane J. Cronin University of Auckland
Brian R. Jicha
Brian R. Jicha University of Wisconsin–Madison
Franck Lavigne
Franck Lavigne Pantheon-Sorbonne University
C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente
Andrew J. L. Harris
Andrew J. L. Harris University of Clermont Auvergne
Yanni Gunnell
Yanni Gunnell Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Costanza Bonadonna
Costanza Bonadonna University of Geneva
Jean-Louis Paquette
Jean-Louis Paquette University of Clermont Auvergne

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