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Jean-Pierre Burg

Jean-Pierre Burg

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
75
Citations
20339
World Ranking
709
National Ranking
18

Jean-Pierre Burg 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 Burg sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 357 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean-Pierre Burg 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 Burg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jean-Pierre Burg is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and is primarily engaged in research within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several related subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and areas concerning Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological formations and processes, as well as Landslides and related hazards.

Jean-Pierre Burg has contributed to a number of scholarly articles published in respected venues across the geosciences. Some of these papers include:

  • Quaternary landscape evolution in the Western Argentine Precordillera constrained by 10Be cosmogenic dating (2021) published in Geomorphology
  • The Siah Cheshmeh-Khoy-Misho-Tabriz fault (NW Iran) is a cryptic neotethys suture: evidence from detrital zircon geochronology, Hf isotopes, and provenance analysis (2020) published in International Geology Review
  • Cenozoic thermal evolution of the Central Rhodope Metamorphic Complex (Southern Bulgaria) (2020) published in International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Active tectonics along the Khazar fault (Alborz, Iran) (2021) published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Structural evolution and exhumation of the Yulong dome: Constraints on middle crustal flow in southeastern Tibetan Plateau in response to the India-Eurasia collision (2020) published in Journal of Structural Geology

The publication venues where Jean-Pierre Burg frequently publishes include:

  • International Geology Review
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Geomorphology

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Negar Haghipour
  • Amaneh Kaveh-Firouz
  • Ali Mohammadi
  • Marcus Christl
  • Alexandre Kounov

Best Publications

  • Structure and evolution of the Himalaya–Tibet orogenic belt

    C. J. Allégre;V. Courtillot;P. Tapponnier;A. Hirn

  • Tectonics and structural zonation of southern Tibet, China

    J. P. Burg;G. M. Chen

  • Deformation of leucogranites of the crystalline Main Central Sheet in southern Tibet (China)

    J.P. Burg;M. Brunel;D. Gapais;G.M. Chen

  • Evolutionary model of the Himalaya–Tibet system: geopoem: based on new modelling, geological and geophysical data

    Alexander I Chemenda;Jean-Pierre Burg;Maurice Mattauer

  • The role of viscous heating in Barrovian metamorphism of collisional orogens: thermomechanical models and application to the Lepontine Dome in the Central Alps

    Jean-Pierre Burg;Taras Gerya;Taras Gerya

  • The Tibetan side of the India–Eurasia collision

    P. Tapponnier;J. L. Mercier;F. Proust;J. Andrieux

  • The Namche Barwa syntaxis: evidence for exhumation related to compressional crustal folding

    Jean-Pierre Burg;Peter Nievergelt;Felix Oberli;Diane Seward

  • High Shear Strain of Olivine Aggregates: Rheological and Seismic Consequences

    M. Bystricky;K. Kunze;L. Burlini;J. P. Burg

  • Rhodope and Vardar: the metamorphic and the olistostromic paired belts related to the Cretaceous subduction under Europe

    L.-E. Ricou;J.-P. Burg;I. Godfriaux;Z. Ivanov

  • Variscan intracontinental deformation: The Coimbra—Cordoba shear zone (SW Iberian Peninsula)

    J.P. Burg;M. Iglesias;Ph. Laurent;Ph. Matte

  • Transient hot channels: Perpetrating and regurgitating ultrahigh-pressure, high-temperature crust–mantle associations in collision belts

    T.V. Gerya;L.L. Perchuk;J.-P. Burg

  • Syn-metamorphic nappe complex in the Rhodope Massif. Structure and kinematics

    Jean-Pierre Burg;Luc-Emmanuel Ricou;Zivko Ivano;Ivan Godfriaux

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

    Jean-Pierre Brun;Jean-Pierre Burg

  • 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

  • Systematic iron isotope variations in mantle rocks and minerals: The effects of partial melting and oxygen fugacity

    Helen M. Williams;A.H. Peslier;C.A. McCammon;Alex N. Halliday;Alex N. Halliday

  • Exhumation during crustal folding in the Namche-Barwa syntaxis

    Jean-Pierre Burg;Philippe Davy;Peter Nievergelt;Felix Oberli

  • Petrogenesis of Mafic Garnet Granulite in the Lower Crust of the Kohistan Paleo-arc Complex (Northern Pakistan): Implications for Intra-crustal Differentiation of Island Arcs and Generation of Continental Crust

    Carlos J. Garrido;Jean-Louis Bodinier;Jean Pierre Burg;Gerold Zeilinger

  • The roles of flux- and decompression melting and their respective fractionation lines for continental crust formation: Evidence from the Kohistan arc

    Oliver Jagoutz;Othmar Müntener;Max W. Schmidt;Jean-Pierre Burg

  • A Cross Section through the French Massif Central and the Scope of its Variscan Geodynamic Evolution

    J. P. Burg;P. J. Matte

  • Himalayan metamorphism and deformations in the North Himalayan Belt (southern Tibet, China)

    J.P. Burg;M. Guiraud;G.M. Chen;G.C. Li

  • Orogeny through time

    Jean-Pierre Burg;Mary Ford

Frequent Co-Authors

Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Max W. Schmidt
Max W. Schmidt ETH Zurich
Fernando O. Marques
Fernando O. Marques University of Lisbon
Karsten Kunze
Karsten Kunze ETH Zurich
Laurent Arbaret
Laurent Arbaret University of Orléans
Diane Seward
Diane Seward Victoria University of Wellington
Peter Ulmer
Peter Ulmer ETH Zurich
Christopher J.L. Wilson
Christopher J.L. Wilson Monash University

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