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Nicolas Thouveny

Nicolas Thouveny

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 41 5664 5237 418 397 157 4820

Nicolas Thouveny publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nicolas Thouveny between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nicolas Thouveny published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 3.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2009. 8 of the 164 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2009. 1984: 2 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 5 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 3 publications 2025: 5 publications
1984 2025

164 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nicolas Thouveny: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 2
1985 1
1986 2
1987 2
1988 2
1989 1
1990 3
1991 2
1992 2
1993 4
1994 1
1995 1
1996 3
1997 3
1998 1
1999 5
2000 3
2001 1
2002 2
2003 8
2004 7
2005 1
2006 6
2007 2
2008 7
2009 20
2010 7
2011 7
2012 7
2013 5
2014 3
2015 2
2016 5
2017 6
2018 5
2019 7
2020 6
2021 3
2022 0
2023 1
2024 3
2025 5
Total 164
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Nicolas Thouveny 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 Nicolas Thouveny 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, 148–157 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: 157 publications — 43rd percentile

43% 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
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495 157
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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Nicolas Thouveny 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 Nicolas Thouveny 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, 41 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: 41 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289 41
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

Nicolas Thouveny is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Paleontology.

The main topics addressed in their work cover Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis. Additional areas of interest involve Geological formations and processes, Planetary Science and Exploration, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Their recent papers include:

  • "Cosmogenic 10Be production records reveal dynamics of geomagnetic dipole moment (GDM) over the Laschamp excursion (20-60 ka)", 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Shut down of the South American summer monsoon during the penultimate glacial", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Millennial atmospheric CO2 changes linked to ocean ventilation modes over past 150,000 years", 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • "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
  • "Disentangling magnetic and environmental signatures of sedimentary 10Be/9Be records", 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews

The scientist frequently publishes in the following journals:

  • Quaternary Geochronology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Scientific Reports

Among frequent collaborators are Quentin Simon, Jean-Pierre Valet, Franck Bassinot, Tatiana Savranskaia, and Ramón Egli. Their collaboration counts range from four to ten joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Climate variations in Europe over the past 140 kyr deduced from rock magnetism

    Nicolas Thouveny;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Eugène Bonifay;Ken M. Creer

  • Early Pleistocene presence of Acheulian hominins in South India.

    Shanti Pappu;Yanni Gunnell;Kumar Akhilesh;Régis Braucher

  • Geomagnetic moment variation and paleomagnetic excursions since 400 kyr BP: a stacked record from sedimentary sequences of the Portuguese margin

    Nicolas Thouveny;Julien Carcaillet;Eva Moreno;Guillaume Leduc

  • Rock magnetic detection of distal ice-rafted debries: clue for the identification of Heinrich layers on the Portuguese margin

    N. Thouveny;E. Moreno;D. Delanghe;L. Candon

  • Rapid ecosystem response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period in western Europe, 40–16 ka

    Barbara Wohlfarth;Daniel Veres;Linda Ampel;Terri Lacourse

  • Revised magnetostratigraphy of the Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of the Olduvai Formation (Tanzania)

    Endale Tamrat;Nicolas Thouveny;Maurice Tai¨eb;N.D. Opdyke

  • A high resolution authigenic 10Be/9Be record of geomagnetic moment variations over the last 300 ka from sedimentary cores of the Portuguese margin.

    Julien Carcaillet;Didier L. Bourlès;Nicolas Thouveny;Maurice Arnold

  • Extension of the Lac du Bouchet palaeomagnetic record over the last 120,000 years

    N. Thouveny;K.M. Creer;I. Blunk

  • Sediment instability on the Portuguese continental margin under abrupt glacial climate changes (last 60 kyr)

    Susana Martin Lebreiro;Antje Hl Voelker;Alexis Vizcaino;Fatima F Abrantes

  • Pollen-based vegetation changes in southern Tanzania during the last 4200 years: climate change and/or human impact

    Annie Vincens;David Williamson;Florian Thevenon;Maurice Taieb

  • Climatic and oceanographic changes in the Northeast Atlantic reflected by magnetic properties of sediments deposited on the Portuguese Margin during the last 340 ka

    Eva Moreno;Nicolas Thouveny;Doriane Delanghe;I.Nick McCave

  • Authigenic 10Be/9Be ratio signatures of the cosmogenic nuclide production linked to geomagnetic dipole moment variation since the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary

    Quentin Simon;Quentin Simon;Nicolas Thouveny;Didier L. Bourlès;Jean-Pierre Valet

  • Geomagnetic, cosmogenic and climatic changes across the last geomagnetic reversal from Equatorial Indian Ocean sediments

    Jean-Pierre Valet;Franck Bassinot;Alexandra Bouilloux;Didier Bourlès

  • Authigenic 10Be/9Be ratios and 10Be-fluxes (230Thxs-normalized) in central Baffin Bay sediments during the last glacial cycle: Paleoenvironmental implications

    Quentin Simon;Nicolas Thouveny;Didier L. Bourlès;Laurence Nuttin

  • Formation and preservation of greigite (Fe3S4) in sediments from the Santa Barbara Basin: Implications for paleoenvironmental changes during the past 35 ka

    Cécile L Blanchet;Cécile L Blanchet;Nicolas Thouveny;Laurence Vidal

  • Peat bank growth, Holocene palaeoecology and climate history of South Georgia (sub-Antarctica), based on a botanical macrofossil record

    N. Van der Putten;N. Van der Putten;C. Verbruggen;R. Ochyra;S. Spassov

  • Amplitude and timing of the Laschamp geomagnetic dipole low from the global atmospheric 10 Be overproduction: Contribution of authigenic 10 Be/ 9 Be ratios in west equatorial Pacific sediments

    Lucie Menabreaz;Didier Bourles;Nicolas Thouveny

  • A 250 ka sedimentary record from a small karstic lake in the Northern Levant (Yammoûneh, Lebanon): Paleoclimatic implications

    A. L. Develle;F. Gasse;L. Vidal;David Williamson

  • Impact of human activities and vegetation changes on the tetraether sources in Lake St Front (Massif Central, France)

    Céline Martin;Céline Martin;Guillemette Ménot;Nicolas Thouveny;Nina Davtian

  • Paleoclimatic context of geomagnetic dipole lows and excursions in the Brunhes, clue for an orbital influence on the geodynamo?

    Nicolas Thouveny;Didier Bourlès;Ginette Saracco;Julien Carcaillet

  • Early Holocene Thermal Maximum recorded by branched tetraethers and pollen in Western Europe (Massif Central, France)

    Céline Martin;Céline Martin;Guillemette Ménot;Nicolas Thouveny;Odile Peyron

  • Geomagnetic dipole moment and 10Be production rate intercalibration from authigenic 10Be/9Be for the last 1.3 Ma

    Julien T. Carcaillet;Didier L. Bourlès;Nicolas Thouveny

  • Palaeomagnetic study of the Holocene and Upper Pleistocene sediments from Lake Barombi Mbo, Cameroun: first results

    N. Thouveny;D. Williamson

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Simon J A Jung
Simon J A Jung University of Edinburgh
Gilbert Camoin
Gilbert Camoin Aix-Marseille University
Antje H L Voelker
Antje H L Voelker Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Fatima F Abrantes
Fatima F Abrantes Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Frank Bassinot
Frank Bassinot University of Paris-Saclay
Kazuyo Tachikawa
Kazuyo Tachikawa Aix-Marseille University
Maurice Reille
Maurice Reille Aix-Marseille University
Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès
Elisabeth Lallier-Vergès Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu
Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu Aix-Marseille University

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