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Jean-Louis Mugnier publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jean-Louis Mugnier between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jean-Louis Mugnier published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 3.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 11 publications in 2015. 9 of the 147 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 11. Peak 11 publications in 2015. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 4 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 2 publications
1984 2025

147 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jean-Louis Mugnier: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 0
1986 1
1987 3
1988 0
1989 4
1990 4
1991 0
1992 3
1993 2
1994 2
1995 4
1996 2
1997 1
1998 1
1999 4
2000 3
2001 1
2002 2
2003 2
2004 4
2005 2
2006 5
2007 0
2008 5
2009 3
2010 2
2011 7
2012 2
2013 5
2014 10
2015 11
2016 3
2017 10
2018 6
2019 4
2020 8
2021 2
2022 6
2023 3
2024 7
2025 2
Total 147
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Jean-Louis Mugnier 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-Louis Mugnier 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, 128–137 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: 136 publications — 31st percentile

31% 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
128–137 557 136
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
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-Louis Mugnier 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-Louis Mugnier 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, 41 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: 41 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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 41
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-Louis Mugnier is affiliated with the Université Savoie Mont Blanc in France. Their research spans several domains within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with a focus on understanding geological and climatic processes through multidisciplinary approaches.

The main fields of study addressed in their research are Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these areas, Mugnier has contributed extensively to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Water Science and Technology, and Oceanography.

Mugnier's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

The scientist has a record of publications in frequent venues such as:

  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Boreas
  • Environmental Research Letters

Among their recent papers are:

  • The impact of climate change and glacier mass loss on the hydrology in the Mont-Blanc massif, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Millennial-scale deglaciation across the European Alps at the transition between the Younger Dryas and the Early Holocene - evidence from a new cosmogenic nuclide chronology, 2021, Boreas
  • SAR and optical images correlation illuminates post-seismic landslide motion after the Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake (Nepal), 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Seismic Coupling Quantified on Inferred Décollements Beneath the Western Syntaxis of the Himalaya, 2020, Tectonics
  • New perspectives in studying active faults in metropolitan France: the "Active faults France" (FACT/ATS) research axis from the Resif-Epos consortium, 2022, Comptes Rendus Géoscience

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative research include:

  • Riccardo Vassallo
  • Jean-François Buoncristiani
  • François Jouanne
  • Julien Carcaillet
  • Léa Courtial-Manent

Best Publications

  • Structural inversion and its controls : examples from the Alpine foreland and the French Alps

    Ralph Gillcrist;Mike Coward;Jean-Louis Mugnier

  • A Rouse-based method to integrate the chemical composition of river sediments: Application to the Ganga basin

    Maarten Lupker;Christian France-Lanord;Jérôme Lavé;Julien Bouchez

  • Current shortening across the Himalayas of Nepal

    François Jouanne;Jean-Louis Mugnier;J. F. Gamond;P. Le Fort

  • Thrust geometry controlled by erosion and sedimentation: A view from analogue models

    J. L. Mugnier;P. Baby;B. Colletta;P. Vinour

  • Structural interpretation of the great earthquakes of the last millennium in the central Himalaya

    J.-L. Mugnier;A. Gajurel;A. Gajurel;P. Huyghe;R. Jayangondaperumal

  • Miocene to Recent exhumation of the central Himalaya determined from combined detrital zircon fission‐track and U/Pb analysis of Siwalik sediments, western Nepal

    Matthias Bernet;Peter van der Beek;Raphaël Pik;Pascale Huyghe

  • Late Miocene – Recent exhumation of the central Himalaya and recycling in the foreland basin assessed by apatite fission-track thermochronology of Siwalik sediments, Nepal

    Pieter van der Beek;Xavier Robert;Jean-Louis Mugnier;Matthias Bernet

  • Long-term fluvial incision rates and postglacial river relaxation time in the French Western Alps from 10Be dating of alluvial terraces with assessment of inheritance, soil development and wind ablation effects

    G.Y. Brocard;P.A. van der Beek;D.L. Bourlès;L.L. Siame

  • Propagation of the thrust system and erosion in the Lesser Himalaya: Geochemical and sedimentological evidence

    Pascale Huyghe;Albert Galy;Jean-Louis Mugnier;Christian France-Lanord

  • The Siwaliks of western Nepal I. Geometry and kinematics

    J.L Mugnier;P Leturmy;G Mascle;P Huyghe

  • Oblique convergence in the Himalayas of western Nepal deduced from preliminary results of GPS measurements

    F. Jouanne;J. L. Mugnier;M. R. Pandey;J. F. Gamond

  • Control of detachment geometry on lateral variations in exhumation rates in the Himalaya: Insights from low‐temperature thermochronology and numerical modeling

    Xavier Robert;Xavier Robert;Peter van der Beek;Jean Braun;Claire Perry;Claire Perry

  • Growth and lateral propagation of fault‐related folds in the Siwaliks of western Nepal: Rates, mechanisms, and geomorphic signature

    Bénédicte Champel;Peter van der Beek;Jean-Louis Mugnier;Pascale Leturmy;Pascale Leturmy

  • Tectonic evolution of the Himalaya constrained by detrital 40Ar–39Ar, Sm–Nd and petrographic data from the Siwalik foreland basin succession, SW Nepal

    A. G. Szulc;Y. Najman;H. D. Sinclair;M. Pringle

  • Episodicity and Rates of Thrust-sheet Motion in the Himalayas (Western Nepal)

    Jean-Louis Mugnier;Pascale Huyghe;Pascale Leturmy;François Jouanne

  • Neogene evolution of the western Alpine foreland in the light of ECORS data and balanced cross-section

    S. Guellec;J.-L. Mugnier;M. Tardy;F. Roure

  • Piggyback basin development above a thin-skinned thrust belt with two detachment levels as a function of interactions between tectonic and superficial mass transfer : the case of the subandean zone (Bolivia)

    P. Leturmy;J.L. Mugnier;P. Vinour;Patrice Baby

  • Control of detachment dip on drainage development in regions of active fault-propagation folding

    Peter van der Beek;Bénédicte Champel;Jean-Louis Mugnier

  • Seismites in the Kathmandu basin and seismic hazard in central Himalaya

    Jean-Louis Mugnier;Jean-Louis Mugnier;Pascale Huyghe;Ananta Prasad Gajurel;Ananta Prasad Gajurel;Bishal Nath Upreti

  • Assessing Quaternary reactivation of the Main Central thrust zone (central Nepal Himalaya): New thermochronologic data and numerical modeling

    Xavier Robert;Peter van der Beek;Jean Braun;Claire Perry

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascale Huyghe
Pascale Huyghe Grenoble Alpes University
Julien Carcaillet
Julien Carcaillet Institut des Sciences de la Terre
Peter van der Beek
Peter van der Beek University of Potsdam
Arnaud Pêcher
Arnaud Pêcher Grenoble Alpes University
Matthias Bernet
Matthias Bernet Grenoble Alpes University
Patrice Baby
Patrice Baby Paul Sabatier University
Christian France-Lanord
Christian France-Lanord University of Lorraine
Albert Galy
Albert Galy University of Lorraine
Henriette Lapierre
Henriette Lapierre University of Quebec at Montreal

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