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Laurent Jolivet

Laurent Jolivet

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Earth Science
France
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
100
Citations
31623
World Ranking
137
National Ranking
4

Laurent Jolivet 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 Laurent Jolivet sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 356 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.

Laurent Jolivet 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 Laurent Jolivet sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in France Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Laurent Jolivet is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly focusing on geophysics. Their research covers multiple subfields, including ocean engineering, earth-surface processes, archeology, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist has published a significant number of papers, with 93 contributions mainly in earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, drilling and well engineering, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geology and paleoclimatology research, and geological formations and processes exploration.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Geodynamic evolution of a wide plate boundary in the Western Mediterranean, near-field versus far-field interactions (2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)
  • Transfer zones in Mediterranean back-arc regions and tear faults (2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)

Other notable recent publications include:

  • Detailed tectonic reconstructions of the Western Mediterranean region for the last 35 Ma, insights on driving mechanisms (2020, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)
  • Evolution of a low convergence collisional orogen: a review of Pyrenean orogenesis (2022, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)
  • The role of inheritance in forming rifts and rifted margins and building collisional orogens: a Biscay-Pyrenean perspective (2021, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France)

Laurent Jolivet's frequent co-authors include:

  • Romain Augier (19 co-authored publications)
  • Eloïse Bessière (11)
  • Stéphane Scaillet (10)
  • Kensaku Tamaki (8)
  • Kenneth A. Pisciotto (8)

The scientist's publications have appeared in several venues, with a strong presence in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) - 14 publications
  • Tectonics - 12 publications
  • Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France - 11 publications
  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience - 3 publications
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America - 3 publications

Laurent Jolivet was awarded the distinction of Member of Academia Europaea in 2017. This reflects engagement with the wider scientific community through contributions to Earth and Planetary Sciences research and discourse.

Best Publications

  • Convergence history across Zagros (Iran): constraints from collisional and earlier deformation

    Philippe Agard;J. Omrani;Laurent Jolivet;Frédéric Mouthereau

  • Mediterranean extension and the Africa‐Eurasia collision

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna

  • Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process

    Philippe Agard;Jafar Omrani;Laurent Jolivet;Hubert Whitechurch

  • Lateral slab deformation and the origin of the western Mediterranean arcs

    Claudio Faccenna;Claudia Piromallo;Ana Crespo-Blanc;Laurent Jolivet

  • Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Aegean

    Laurent Jolivet;Jean-Pierre Brun

  • History of subduction and back‐arc extension in the Central Mediterranean

    Claudio Faccenna;Thorsten W. Becker;Francesco Pio Lucente;Laurent Jolivet

  • Japan Sea, opening history and mechanism: A synthesis

    Laurent Jolivet;Kensaku Tamaki;Marc Fournier

  • Exhumation of oceanic blueschists and eclogites in subduction zones :Timing and mechanisms

    Philippe Agard;Philippe Yamato;Laurent Jolivet;Evgenii Burov

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

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Benjamin Huet;Loïc Labrousse

  • Midcrustal shear zones in postorogenic extension: Example from the northern Tyrrhenian Sea

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Bruno Goffé;Massimo Mattei

  • Arc-magmatism and subduction history beneath the Zagros Mountains, Iran: A new report of adakites and geodynamic consequences

    Jafar Omrani;Philippe Agard;Hubert Whitechurch;Mathieu Benoit

  • Mantle dynamics in the Mediterranean

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

  • The Mediterranean Basins : Tertiary Extension within the Alpine Orogen

    B. Durand;L. Jolivet;F. Horvath;M. Seranne

  • Subduction tectonics and exhumation of high pressure metamorphic rocks in the Mediterranean orogens

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Bruno Goffé;Evgenii Burov

  • Kinematics, topography, shortening, and extrusion in the India‐Eurasia collision

    Xavier Le Pichon;Marc Fournier;Laurent Jolivet

  • 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

  • Japan Sea: a pull-apart basin?

    Serge Lallemand;Laurent Jolivet

  • Subduction and the depth of convection in the Mediterranean mantle

    Claudio Faccenna;Laurent Jolivet;Claudia Piromallo;Andrea Morelli

  • Migration of compression and extension in the Tyrrhenian Sea, insights from 40Ar/39Ar ages on micas along a transect from Corsica to Tuscany

    C. Brunet;P. Monié;L. Jolivet;J.-P. Cadet

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

    Pierre Gautier;Jean-Pierre Brun;Laurent Jolivet

  • Miocene detachment in Crete and exhumation P-T-t paths of high-pressure metamorphic rocks

    L. Jolivet;B. Goffé;P. Monié;C. Truffert-Luxey

Frequent Co-Authors

Romain Augier
Romain Augier University of Orléans
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Philippe Agard
Philippe Agard Sorbonne University
Laetitia Le Pourhiet
Laetitia Le Pourhiet Sorbonne University
Loïc Labrousse
Loïc Labrousse Sorbonne University
Bruno Goffé
Bruno Goffé Aix-Marseille University
Laurent Arbaret
Laurent Arbaret University of Orléans
Olivier Lacombe
Olivier Lacombe Sorbonne University
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University

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