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Marie-Pierre Ledru publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Marie-Pierre Ledru between 1993 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Marie-Pierre Ledru published across 34 years, from 1993 to 2026, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2017. 7 of the 147 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2017. 1993: 4 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 6 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 3 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 7 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 6 publications 2026: 1 publication
1993 2026

147 publications in total across all disciplines

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Marie-Pierre Ledru: publications per year, 1993 to 2026
Year Publications
1993 4
1994 0
1995 0
1996 3
1997 1
1998 3
1999 0
2000 1
2001 6
2002 5
2003 4
2004 1
2005 3
2006 3
2007 2
2008 1
2009 7
2010 2
2011 3
2012 6
2013 4
2014 2
2015 6
2016 5
2017 23
2018 3
2019 4
2020 6
2021 6
2022 8
2023 8
2024 10
2025 6
2026 1
Total 147
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Marie-Pierre Ledru 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 Marie-Pierre Ledru 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, 108–117 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: 110 publications — 16th percentile

16% 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
108–117 484 110
118–127 540
128–137 557
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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Marie-Pierre Ledru 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 Marie-Pierre Ledru 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, 37 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: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% 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 37
38 344
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

Marie-Pierre Ledru is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on several key subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their scholarly work covers topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Geological formations and processes, Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, and Diatoms and Algae Research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Marie-Pierre Ledru include Francisca Soares Araújo, Denise C. Bicudo, Gisele C. Marquardt, Charly Favier, and Carlos E. Wetzel.

Marie-Pierre Ledru has contributed multiple papers published across various scientific venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • Assessing changes in global fire regimes, 2024, Fire Ecology
  • Shut down of the South American summer monsoon during the penultimate glacial, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Vegetation and fire variability in the central Cerrados (Brazil) during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition was influenced by oscillations in the SASM boundary belt, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • When archives are missing, deciphering the effects of public policies and climate variability on the Brazilian semi-arid region using sediment core studies, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chronostratigraphy of a 1.5±0.1 Ma composite sedimentary record from Colônia basin (SE Brazil): Bayesian modeling based on paleomagnetic, authigenic 10Be/9Be, radiocarbon and luminescence dating, 2020, Quaternary Geochronology

Their research is regularly published in venues such as Quaternary Science Reviews, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, The Holocene, Palynology, and the Journal of Quaternary Science.

Best Publications

  • Late Quaternary Environmental and Climatic Changes in Central Brazil

    Marie-Pierre Ledru

  • The last 50,000 years in the Neotropics (Southern Brazil): evolution of vegetation and climate

    Marie-Pierre Ledru;Pedro Ivo Soares Braga;François Soubiès;Marc Fournier

  • Paleo-environmental change in Amazonian and African rainforest during the LGM

    D. Anhuf;D. Anhuf;M.-P. Ledru;H. Behling;F.W. Da Cruz

  • Vegetation dynamics in southern and central Brazil during the last 10,000 yr B.P.

    Marie-Pierre Ledru;Maria Lea Salgado-Labouriau;Maria Luisa Lorscheitter

  • Distribution and ecology of parent taxa of pollen lodged within the Latin American Pollen Database

    Robert Marchant;Lucia Almeida;Hermann Behling;Juan Carlos Berrio

  • Absence of Last Glacial Maximum Records in Lowland Tropical Forests

    Marie-Pierre Ledru;Jacques Bertaux;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;Kenitiro Suguio

  • Tropical forest changes during the late quaternary in African and South American lowlands

    Michel Servant;Jean Maley;Bruno Turcq;Maria-Lucia Absy

  • Astronomical Forcing of Contrasting Rainfall Changes in Tropical South America between 12,400 and 8800 cal yr B.P.

    Louis Martin;Jacques Bertaux;Thierry Corrège;Marie Pierre Ledru

  • Related changes in biodiversity, insolation and climate in the Atlantic rainforest since the last interglacial

    Marie-Pierre Ledru;Philippe Mourguiart;Claudio Riccomini

  • Biome stability in South America over the last 30 kyr: Inferences from long-term vegetation dynamics and habitat modelling

    Gabriel C. Costa;Arndt Hampe;Marie‐Pierre Ledru;Pablo A. Martinez

  • Correlations among Charcoal Records of Fires from the Past 16,000 Years in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Central and South America

    Simon G. Haberle;Marie-Pierre Ledru

  • Millenial-scale climatic and vegetation changes in a northern Cerrado (Northeast, Brazil) since the Last Glacial Maximum

    M P Ledru;Gregório Cardoso Tápias Ceccantini;Susy Eli Marques Gouveia;J A López-Sáez

  • Climate variability and human impact in South America during the last 2000 years: synthesis and perspectives from pollen records

    Suzette Flantua;H. Hooghiemstra;Mathias Vuille;H. Behling

  • A mid-Holocene climate reconstruction for eastern South America

    Luciane Prado;Illaina Wainer;Christiano Chiessi;Marie-Pierre Ledru

  • Late-Glacial Cooling in Amazonia Inferred from Pollen at Lagoa do Caçó, Northern Brazil

    Marie-Pierre Ledru;Renato Campello Cordeiro;José Maria Landim Dominguez;Louis Martin

  • Pollen-based biome reconstructions for Latin America at 0, 6000 and 18 000 radiocarbon years ago

    R. Marchant;A. Cleef;S. P. Harrison;H. Hooghiemstra

  • A continuous record of vegetation and climate change over the past 50,000years in the Fujian Province of eastern subtropical China

    Yuanfu Yue;Yuanfu Yue;Zhuo Zheng;Kangyou Huang;Manuel Chevalier

  • Irregular tropical glacier retreat over the Holocene epoch driven by progressive warming

    Vincent Jomelli;Myriam Khodri;Vincent Favier;Daniel Brunstein

  • A 21 000 cal years paleoclimatic record from Caçó Lake, northern Brazil: evidence from sedimentary and pollen analyses

    Abdelfettah Sifeddine;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;Abdelfettah Sifeddine;Ana Luiza Spadano Albuquerque;Marie-Pierre Ledru;Marie-Pierre Ledru;Bruno Turcq

  • Last Glacial Maximum in an Andean cloud forest environment (Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia)

    Philippe Mourguiart;Marie-Pierre Ledru

  • Regional assessment of the impact of climatic change on the distribution of a tropical conifer in the lowlands of South America

    Marie-Pierre Ledru;Maria Luisa Ferraz Salatino;Gregorio Ceccantini;Antonio Salatino

Frequent Co-Authors

Hermann Behling
Hermann Behling University of Göttingen
Henry Hooghiemstra
Henry Hooghiemstra University of Amsterdam
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Rachid Cheddadi
Rachid Cheddadi University of Montpellier
Eric C. Grimm
Eric C. Grimm University of Minnesota
Karin F. Helmens
Karin F. Helmens Stockholm University
Annie Vincens
Annie Vincens Aix-Marseille University
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout French National Museum of Natural History
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Debra A. Willard
Debra A. Willard United States Geological Survey

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