2026 Matthieu Gounelle: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	51	4689	4486	203	202	167	11313

Overview

Matthieu Gounelle is affiliated with the French National Museum of Natural History in France. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions also in Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's work spans several main topics including:

Astro and Planetary Science
Planetary Science and Exploration
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Isotope Analysis in Ecology
High-pressure geophysics and materials

Their research involves various subfields such as:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Ecology
Spectroscopy

Frequent publication venues for Matthieu Gounelle include:

Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nature Astronomy
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Some of their recent papers are:

The micrometeorite flux at Dome C (Antarctica), monitoring the accretion of extraterrestrial dust on Earth (2021) - Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Micrometeorite collections: a review and their current status (2024) - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Athor asteroid family as the source of the EL enstatite meteorites (2022) - Astronomy and Astrophysics
Very massive star winds as sources of the short-lived radioactive isotope ²⁶Al (2022) - Astronomy and Astrophysics
The astrophysical context of collision processes in meteorites (2021) - Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Matthieu Gounelle frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

Vinciane Debaille
J. Gattacceca
L. Folco
P. Rochette
A. Rotundi

Best Publications

Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope.

Don Brownlee;Peter Tsou;Jérôme Aléon;Conel M O'd Alexander

1018
Citations
Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/wild 2 nucleus samples

Michael E. Zolensky;Thomas J. Zega;Hajime Yano;Sue Wirick

724
Citations
Organics captured from comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraft.

Scott A. Sandford;Jérôme Aléon;Conel M. O. 'D. Alexander;Tohru Araki

658
Citations
COMETARY ORIGIN OF THE ZODIACAL CLOUD AND CARBONACEOUS MICROMETEORITES. IMPLICATIONS FOR HOT DEBRIS DISKS

David Nesvorný;David Nesvorný;Peter Jenniskens;Harold F. Levison;Harold F. Levison;William F. Bottke;William F. Bottke

559
Citations
Isotopic Compositions of Cometary Matter Returned by Stardust

Kevin D. McKeegan;Jerome Aléon;John Bradley;Donald Brownlee

421
Citations
The Origin of Chondrules and Refractory Inclusions in Chondritic Meteorites

Frank H. Shu;Frank H. Shu;Hsien Shang;Hsien Shang;Matthieu Gounelle;Alfred E. Glassgold;Alfred E. Glassgold

414
Citations
Contamination of the asteroid belt by primordial trans-Neptunian objects

Harold F. Levison;William F. Bottke;William F. Bottke;Matthieu Gounelle;Alessandro Morbidelli

330
Citations
The classification of micrometeorites

M. J. Genge;C. Engrand;M. Gounelle;S. Taylor

298
Citations
Mineralogy of Tagish Lake: An ungrouped type 2 carbonaceous chondrite

M. E. Zolensky;K. Nakamura;M. Gounelle;T. Mikouchi

273
Citations
Extinct Radioactivities and Protosolar Cosmic Rays: Self-Shielding and Light Elements

Matthieu Gounelle;Frank H. Shu;Frank H. Shu;Hsien Shang;Hsien Shang;A. E. Glassgold;A. E. Glassgold

255
Citations
Fossilized condensation lines in the Solar System protoplanetary disk

Alessandro Morbidelli;B. Bitsch;A. Crida;A. Crida;M. Gounelle;M. Gounelle

223
Citations
Extreme Deuterium Excesses in Ultracarbonaceous Micrometeorites from Central Antarctic Snow

Jean Duprat;Elena Dobrica;Cécile Engrand;Jérôme Aléon

214
Citations
A terrestrial origin for sulfate veins in CI1 chondrites

Matthieu Gounelle;Michael E. Zolensky

199
Citations
Magnetic classification of stony meteorites: 2. Non-ordinary chondrites

Pierre Rochette;Jérôme Gattacceca;Lydie Bonal;Michèle Bourot-Denise

187
Citations
Comparing Wild 2 particles to chondrites and IDPs

Michael Zolensky;Keiko Nakamura-Messenger;Frans Rietmeijer;Hugues Leroux

161
Citations
Micrometeorites from Central Antarctic snow: The CONCORDIA collection

J. Duprat;C. Engrand;M. Maurette;G. Kurat

152
Citations
3. Solar System Formation and Early Evolution: the First 100 Million Years

Thierry Montmerle;Jean-Charles Augereau;Marc Chaussidon;Matthieu Gounelle

145
Citations
The Irradiation Origin of Beryllium Radioisotopes and Other Short-lived Radionuclides

Matthieu Gounelle;Matthieu Gounelle;Frank H. Shu;Hsien Shang;A. E. Glassgold

143
Citations
Solar system genealogy revealed by extinct short-lived radionuclides in meteorites

Matthieu Gounelle;Georges Meynet

142
Citations
The orbit and atmospheric trajectory of the Orgueil meteorite from historical records

Matthieu Gounelle;Pavel Spurný;Philip A. Bland;Philip A. Bland

131
Citations
NITROGEN AND CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF THE SUN INFERRED FROM A HIGH-TEMPERATURE SOLAR NEBULAR CONDENSATE

Anders Meibom;Alexander N. Krot;François Robert;Smail Mostefaoui

122
Citations
Mineralogy of carbonaceous chondritic microclasts in howardites: identification of C2 fossil micrometeorites

Matthieu Gounelle;Michael E Zolensky;Jer-Chyi Liou;Philip A Bland

115
Citations
Accretion of neon, organics, CO2, nitrogen and water from large interplanetary dust particles on the early Earth

Michel Maurette;Jean Duprat;Cécile Engrand;Matthieu Gounelle

107
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Marrocchi University of Lorraine

Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Anders Meibom École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Sara S. Russell Natural History Museum

Alessandro Morbidelli Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Marc Chaussidon Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Olivier Alard Macquarie University

Pierre Rochette Aix-Marseille University

Jérôme Gattacceca Aix-Marseille University

Anton T. Kearsley Natural History Museum

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