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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 51 3313 3034 233 217 188 7449

Olivier Bellier publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Olivier Bellier between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Olivier Bellier published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 5.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2011. 9 of the 202 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2011. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 5 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 6 publications
1988 2025

202 publications in total across all disciplines

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Olivier Bellier: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 3
1992 1
1993 1
1994 1
1995 3
1996 1
1997 5
1998 2
1999 4
2000 1
2001 3
2002 4
2003 9
2004 5
2005 9
2006 9
2007 2
2008 3
2009 7
2010 9
2011 13
2012 8
2013 9
2014 4
2015 9
2016 13
2017 5
2018 9
2019 11
2020 8
2021 10
2022 8
2023 3
2024 3
2025 6
Total 202
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Olivier Bellier 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 Olivier Bellier 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, 188–197 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: 188 publications — 58th percentile

58% 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
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401 188
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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Olivier Bellier 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 Olivier Bellier 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, 51 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: 51 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178 51
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

Olivier Bellier is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 71 publications in this broad field. The primary subfields of their research include Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Sociology and Political Science, and Anthropology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to geological and tectonic processes, including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geochemical analysis, and geological formations and processes. Their interests also extend to Pleistocene-Era hominins and archaeology, as well as archaeology and ancient environmental studies.

Olivier Bellier has published research in several respected venues, including:

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of African Earth Sciences
  • Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Olivier Bellier include:

  • "Short-term occupations at high elevation during the Middle Paleolithic at Kalavan 2 (Republic of Armenia)," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Local risk awareness and precautionary behaviour in a multi-hazard region of North Morocco," 2020, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • "Hillslope denudation and morphologic response to a rock uplift gradient," 2020, Earth Surface Dynamics
  • "Cretaceous and late Cenozoic uplift of a Variscan Massif: The case of the French Massif Central studied through low-temperature thermochronometry," 2020, Lithosphere
  • "Formation and Persistence of Extensional Internally Drained Basins: The Case of the Fucino Basin (Central Apennines, Italy)," 2021, Tectonics

Collaboratively, Olivier Bellier frequently works with a group of co-authors, including Lionel Siamé, Vincent Ollivier, Chahreddine Naji, Amara Masrouhi, and Jules Fleury, each contributing to multiple publications within this research network.

Best Publications

  • Slab detachment beneath eastern Anatolia: A possible cause for the formation of the North Anatolian fault

    Claudio Faccenna;Olivier Bellier;Joseph Martinod;Claudia Piromallo

  • Accommodation of Arabia-Eurasia convergence in the Zagros-Makran transfer zone, SE Iran: A transition between collision and subduction through a young deforming system

    V. Regard;O. Bellier;J.-C. Thomas;M. R. Abbassi

  • Cumulative right-lateral fault slip rate across the Zagros—Makran transfer zone: role of the Minab—Zendan fault system in accommodating Arabia—Eurasia convergence in southeast Iran

    V. Regard;O. Bellier;J.-C. Thomas;D. Bourlès

  • Late Cenozoic partitioning of oblique plate convergence in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt (Iran)

    Christine Authemayou;Dominique Chardon;Dominique Chardon;Olivier Bellier;Zaman Malekzadeh

  • Topography of the Calabria subduction zone (southern Italy): Clues for the origin of Mt. Etna

    Claudio Faccenna;Paola Molin;B. Orecchio;B. Orecchio;Valerio Olivetti

  • Relationship between tectonism and volcanism along the Great Sumatran Fault Zone deduced by spot image analyses

    Olivier Bellier;Michel Sébrier

  • Recent state of stress change in the Walker Lane zone, western Basin and Range province, United States

    Olivier Bellier;Mary Lou Zoback

  • Changes in the tectonic regime above a subduction zone of Andean Type: The Andes of Peru and Bolivia during the Pliocene‐Pleistocene

    Jacques Louis Mercier;Michel Sebrier;Alain Lavenu;Justo Cabrera

  • Active deformation in Zagros-Makran transition zone inferred from GPS measurements

    R. Bayer;J. Chery;M. Tatar;Ph. Vernant

  • High slip rate for a low seismicity along the Palu‐Koro active fault in central Sulawesi (Indonesia)

    Olivier Bellier;Michel Sébrier;Thierry Beaudouin;Michel Villeneuve

  • Local erosion rates versus active tectonics: cosmic ray exposure modelling in Provence (south-east France)

    Lionel Siame;Olivier Bellier;Régis Braucher;Michel Sébrier

  • Recent tectonic reorganization of the Nubia-Eurasia convergent boundary heading for the closure of the western Mediterranean

    Andrea Billi;Claudio Faccenna;Olivier Bellier;Liliana Minelli

  • Structural records of the Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic extension in Eastern China and the kinematics of the Southern Tan-Lu and Qinling Fault Zone (Anhui and Shaanxi provinces, PR China)

    Jacques Louis Mercier;Pierre Vergely;Yue Qiao Zhang;Ming Jin Hou

  • Cosmogenic dating ranging from 20 to 700 ka of a series of alluvial fan surfaces affected by the El Tigre fault, Argentina

    Lionel L. Siame;Didier L. Bourlès;Michel Sébrier;Olivier Bellier

  • The kinematics of the Zagros Mountains (Iran)

    D. Hatzfeld;C. Authemayou;C. Authemayou;C. Authemayou;P. van der Beek;O. Bellier

  • Plio-Quaternary stress states in NE Iran: Kopeh Dagh and Allah Dagh-Binalud mountain ranges

    Esmaeil Shabanian;Esmaeil Shabanian;Olivier Bellier;Mohammad R. Abbassi;Lionel Siame

  • Structural control on volcanism in intraplate post collisional settings: late Cenozoic to Quaternary examples of Iran and Eastern Turkey

    Esmaeil Shabanian;Valerio Acocella;Valerio Acocella;Anna Gioncada;Habibollah Ghasemi

  • Fission track and fault kinematics analyses for new insight into the Late Cenozoic tectonic regime changes in West-Central Sulawesi (Indonesia)

    Olivier Bellier;Michel Sébrier;Diane Seward;Thierry Beaudouin

  • Analyses of the stress field in southeastern France from earthquake focal mechanisms

    Emmanuel Baroux;Nicole Béthoux;Olivier Bellier

  • Is the slip rate variation on the Great Sumatran Fault accommodated by fore-arc stretching?

    O. Bellier;M. Sébrier

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Sébrier
Michel Sébrier Sorbonne University
Nicolas Espurt
Nicolas Espurt Aix-Marseille University
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Vincent Regard
Vincent Regard Paul Sabatier University
Dominique Chardon
Dominique Chardon Paul Sabatier University
Lucilla Benedetti
Lucilla Benedetti Aix-Marseille University
Régis Braucher
Régis Braucher Aix-Marseille University
Claudio Faccenna
Claudio Faccenna Dresdner Grundwasserforschungszentrum
Xiwei Xu
Xiwei Xu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stéphane Garambois
Stéphane Garambois Grenoble Alpes University

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