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Jean-François Deconinck

Jean-François Deconinck

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 38 6525 6045 498 477 140 5232

Jean-François Deconinck publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jean-François Deconinck between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jean-François Deconinck published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 3.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 2000. 5 of the 152 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 8. Peak 8 publications in 2000. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 7 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 7 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 1 publication 2012: 5 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 3 publications
1983 2025

152 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jean-François Deconinck: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 1
1985 1
1986 0
1987 2
1988 1
1989 2
1990 2
1991 3
1992 1
1993 3
1994 2
1995 5
1996 4
1997 4
1998 1
1999 7
2000 8
2001 6
2002 4
2003 3
2004 0
2005 4
2006 4
2007 3
2008 1
2009 7
2010 1
2011 1
2012 5
2013 5
2014 7
2015 2
2016 5
2017 6
2018 3
2019 7
2020 5
2021 8
2022 4
2023 8
2024 2
2025 3
Total 152
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Jean-François Deconinck 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-François Deconinck 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, 138–147 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: 140 publications — 33rd percentile

33% 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
138–147 491 140
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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Jean-François Deconinck 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-François Deconinck 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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 38
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
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-François Deconinck is affiliated with the University of Burgundy in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses on multiple subfields including Geophysics, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Biomaterials.

The scientist has authored numerous publications addressing topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Clay minerals and soil interactions, Geological formations and processes, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jean-François Deconinck include François Baudin, Mathieu Martinez, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Teuntje P. Hollaar, and Claire M. Belcher.

Their research work has appeared regularly in notable publication venues with multiple contributions to Cretaceous Research, Climate of the Past, Episodes, Global and Planetary Change, and Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord.

Some recent papers authored by Jean-François Deconinck are:

  • A global palaeoclimatic reconstruction for the Valanginian based on clay mineralogical and geochemical data, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Wildfire activity enhanced during phases of maximum orbital eccentricity and precessional forcing in the Early Jurassic, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Diagenetic and environmental control of the clay mineralogy, organic matter and stable isotopes (C, O) of Jurassic (Pliensbachian-lowermost Toarcian) sediments of the Rodiles section (Asturian Basin, Northern Spain), 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • First record of early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a from the Paris Basin (France) - Climate signals on a terrigenous shelf, 2021, Cretaceous Research
  • Million-year-scale alternation of warm-humid and semi-arid periods as a mid-latitude climate mode in the Early Jurassic (late Sinemurian, Laurasian Seaway), 2021, Climate of the Past

Jean-François Deconinck has also contributed to book publications through the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique with titles including "Sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers." (2024) and "Dictionnaire des sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers" (2025).

Best Publications

  • Climatic ups and downs in a disturbed Jurassic world

    Guillaume Dera;Guillaume Dera;Benjamin Brigaud;Benjamin Brigaud;Fabrice Monna;Rémi Laffont

  • Distribution of clay minerals in Early Jurassic Peritethyan seas: Palaeoclimatic significance inferred from multiproxy comparisons

    Guillaume Dera;Pierre Pellenard;Pascal Neige;Jean-François Deconinck

  • Conjunctive use of spectral gamma-ray logs and clay mineralogy in defining late Jurassic–early Cretaceous palaeoclimate change (Dorset, U.K.)

    Johann Schnyder;Alastair Ruffell;Jean-François Deconinck;François Baudin

  • 1822 earthquake‐triggered homogenite in Lake Le Bourget (NW Alps)

    E. Chapron;C. Beck;M. Pourchet;J. F. Deconinck

  • Diversity of Smectite Origins in Late Cretaceous Sediments: Example of Chalks from Northern France

    J. F. Deconinck;H. Chamley

  • Facies and climate/environmental changes recorded on a carbonate ramp: A sedimentological and geochemical approach on Middle Jurassic carbonates (Paris Basin, France)

    Benjamin Brigaud;Christophe Durlet;Jean-François Deconinck;Benoît Vincent

  • Astrochronology of the Valanginian–Hauterivian stages (Early Cretaceous): Chronological relationships between the Paraná–Etendeka large igneous province and the Weissert and the Faraoni events

    Mathieu Martinez;Mathieu Martinez;Jean-François Deconinck;Pierre Pellenard;Laurent Riquier

  • Environmental controls on clay mineralogy of an Early Jurassic mudrock (Blue Lias Formation, southern England)

    Jean-François Deconinck;Stephen P. Hesselbo;Nicolas Debuisser;Olivier Averbuch

  • A better-ventilated ocean triggered by Late Cretaceous changes in continental configuration.

    Yannick Donnadieu;Emmanuelle Pucéat;Mathieu Moiroud;François Guillocheau

  • Late Jurassic palaeoclimatic change from clay mineralogy and gamma-ray spectrometry of the Kimmeridge Clay, Dorset, UK

    Stephen P. Hesselbo;Jean-François Deconinck;Jennifer M. Huggett;Helen S. Morgans-Bell

  • Depositional conditions and organic matter preservation pathways in an epicontinental environment: the Upper Jurassic Kashpir Oil Shales (Volga Basin, Russia)

    A Riboulleau;F Baudin;J.-F Deconinck;S Derenne

  • Sequence stratigraphy of source rocks applied to the study of the Kim meridgian/Tithonian in the north-west European shelf (Dorset/UK, Yorkshire/UK and Boulonnais/France)

    J.P. Herbin;J.L. Fernandez-Martinez;J.R. Geyssant;A.El. Albani

  • Acoustic Properties of Ancient Shallow-Marine Carbonates: Effects of Depositional Environments and Diagenetic Processes (Middle Jurassic, Paris Basin, France)

    Benjamin Brigaud;Benoit Vincent;Christophe Durlet;Jean-François Deconinck

  • The origin and timing of multiphase cementation in carbonates: Impact of regional scale geodynamic events on the Middle Jurassic Limestones diagenesis (Paris Basin, France)

    Benjamin Brigaud;Benjamin Brigaud;Christophe Durlet;Jean-François Deconinck;Benoît Vincent

  • Estimation de la duree de l'evenement anoxique global au passage Cenomanien/Turonien; approche cyclostratigraphique dans la formation Bahloul en Tunisie centrale

    Michele Caron;Francis Robaszynski;Francis Amedro;Francois Baudin

  • Environmental controls on perennial and ephemeral carbonate lakes: the central palaeo-Andean Basin of Bolivia during Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary times

    Gilbert Camoin;Joël Casanova;Jean-Marie Rouchy;Marie-Madeleine Blanc-Valleron

  • Environmental change during the Early Cretaceous in the Purbeck-type Durlston Bay section (Dorset, Southern England): A biomarker approach

    Armelle Riboulleau;Johann Schnyder;Laurent Riquier;Vincent Lefebvre

  • Formation of illitic minerals at surface temperatures in Purbeckian sediments (lower Berriasian, Swiss and French Jura)

    J. F. Deconinck;A. Strasser;P. Debrabant

  • Late Cretaceous palaeoenvironments expressed by the clay mineralogy of Cenomanian–Campanian chalks from the east of the Paris Basin

    Jean François Deconinck;Francis Amédro;François Baudin;Alexis Godet

  • Sequence analytical approach to the upper Kimmeridgian-lower tithonian storm-dominated ramp deposits of the Boulonnais (Northern France). A landward time-equivalent to offshore marine source rocks

    J. N. Proust;J. F. Deconinck;J. R. Geyssant;J. P. Herbin

  • Climatic and palaeoceanographic changes during the Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) inferred from clay mineralogy and stable isotope (C-O) geochemistry (NW Europe)

    Cédric Bougeault;Pierre Pellenard;Jean-François Deconinck;Stephen P. Hesselbo

Frequent Co-Authors

François Baudin
François Baudin Sorbonne University
Stephen P. Hesselbo
Stephen P. Hesselbo University of Exeter
Nicolas Tribovillard
Nicolas Tribovillard University of Lille
Gilbert Camoin
Gilbert Camoin Aix-Marseille University
Yannick Donnadieu
Yannick Donnadieu Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Noël Proust
Jean-Noël Proust Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Micha Ruhl
Micha Ruhl Trinity College Dublin
Qinglai Feng
Qinglai Feng China University of Geosciences
Nicolas Thibault
Nicolas Thibault University of Copenhagen
Germain Bayon
Germain Bayon French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea

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