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Jean-Pierre Brun

Jean-Pierre Brun

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
78
Citations
18985
World Ranking
593
National Ranking
28

Jean-Pierre Brun 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-Pierre Brun sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 259 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean-Pierre Brun 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-Pierre Brun sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Jean-Pierre Brun was affiliated with the University of Rennes in France. They conducted research within their academic career that positioned them as a member of the scholarly community in Europe.

In 2005, they were recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea, an acknowledgment reflecting their engagement within the European academic network.

Jean-Pierre Brun's body of work does not have publicly listed recent publications, co-authors, book publications, or detailed topics and fields of study available from the data provided. Similarly, no distinct frequent publication venues or subfields of study are recorded in the source information.

This absence of detailed publication and collaboration information limits the ability to specify particular research themes, collaborative networks, or scholarly contributions beyond their institutional affiliation and recognition by Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean

    Laurent Jolivet;Jean-Pierre Brun

  • Aegean tectonics: Strain localisation, slab tearing and trench retreat

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Benjamin Huet;Loïc Labrousse

  • Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

    Claudio Faccenna;Thorsten W Becker;Ludwig Auer;Andrea Billi

  • Exhumation of high-pressure rocks driven by slab rollback

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Claudio Faccenna

  • Experiments on oblique rifting in brittle-ductile systems

    Virginie Tron;Jean-Pierre Brun

  • Narrow rifts versus wide rifts: inferences for the mechanics of rifting from laboratory experiments

    J.P. Brun

  • Timing, kinematics and cause of Aegean extension: a scenario based on a comparison with simple analogue experiments

    Pierre Gautier;Jean-Pierre Brun;Richard Moriceau;Dimitrios Sokoutis

  • The dynamics of back‐arc extension: an experimental approach to the opening of the Tyrrhenian Sea

    Claudio Faccenna;Philippe Davy;Jean-Pierre Brun;Renato Funiciello

  • Physical models of extensional tectonics at various scales

    B. Vendeville;P. R. Cobbold;P. Davy;P. Choukroune

  • Strain patterns of pluton emplacement in a crust undergoing non-coaxial deformation, Sierra Morena, Southern Spain

    J.P. Brun;J. Pons

  • Crustal-scale geometry and kinematics of late-orogenic extension in the central Aegean (Cyclades and Ewia Island)

    Pierre Gautier;Jean-Pierre Brun

  • Structure and kinematics of Upper Cenozoic extensional detachment on Naxos and Paros (Cyclades Islands, Greece)

    Pierre Gautier;Jean-Pierre Brun;Laurent Jolivet

  • Mantle exhumation at passive margins

    J.P. Brun;M.O. Beslier

  • Graben inversion in nature and experiments

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Thierry Nalpas

  • Combined thrusting and wrenching in the Ibero-Armorican arc: A corner effect during continental collision

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Jean-Pierre Burg

  • Analogue modeling of detachment fault systems and core complexes

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Dimitrios Sokoutis;Jean Van Den Driessche

  • Syn- to post-thickening extension in the Variscan belt of Western Europe : Modes and structural consequences

    Jean-Pierre Burg;Jean van den Driessche;Jean-Pierre Brun

  • Kinematics of the Southern Rhodope Core Complex (North Greece)

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Dimitrios Sokoutis

  • Salt flow and diapirism related to extension at crustal scale

    T. Nalpas;J.-P. Brun

  • Extended Abstract: Salt Tectonics at Passive Margins: Geology Versus Models

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  • Ductile crust exhumation and extensional detachments in the central Aegean (Cyclades and Evvia Islands).

    Pierre Gautier;Jean-Pierre Brun

Frequent Co-Authors

Denis Gapais
Denis Gapais University of Rennes
Dimitrios Sokoutis
Dimitrios Sokoutis Utrecht University
Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Sierd Cloetingh
Sierd Cloetingh Utrecht University
Evgenii Burov
Evgenii Burov Université Paris Cité
Philippe Davy
Philippe Davy University of Rennes
Peter R. Cobbold
Peter R. Cobbold University of Rennes
Zvi Ben-Avraham
Zvi Ben-Avraham Tel Aviv University

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