World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Oscar Laurent

Oscar Laurent

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 6859 6353 529 506 170 5202

Oscar Laurent publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Oscar Laurent between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Oscar Laurent published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 6.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2021. 21 of the 176 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2021. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 2 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 33 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 23 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 12 publications
1997 2025

176 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Oscar Laurent: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 2
2011 1
2012 2
2013 3
2014 8
2015 3
2016 4
2017 7
2018 10
2019 13
2020 25
2021 33
2022 20
2023 23
2024 9
2025 12
Total 176
Download as CSV

Oscar Laurent 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 Oscar Laurent 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, 168–177 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: 170 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

View publications distribution as a table
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
168–177 490 170
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
Download as CSV

Oscar Laurent 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 Oscar Laurent 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.

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
Download as CSV

Overview

Oscar Laurent is affiliated with CNRS in France and works primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing extensively on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Paleontology. Their research contributions span multiple interconnected subfields, presenting a multidisciplinary approach to geological sciences.

Laurent's recent publications demonstrate engagement with geological processes involving magmatic systems and crustal evolution. Key papers include:

  • Earth's earliest granitoids are crystal-rich magma reservoirs tapped by silicic eruptions (2020, Nature Geoscience)

Their work relates to geological and geochemical analysis, particularly investigating magma reservoirs and granulitic processes. Although the recent papers list includes other authors' works, Laurent's main contributions link closely to research on granitoids and magmatic processes.

Laurent frequently collaborates with several researchers, suggesting active participation in a collaborative scientific community. These co-authors include:

  • Olivier Bachmann
  • Cyril Chelle-Michou
  • Jean-François Moyen
  • Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw
  • Julia Neukampf

The scientist's work is published in a range of geological and geochemical journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Lithos
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Chemical Geology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geology

Research topics covered by Laurent emphasize geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geology and paleoclimatology research, mineralogy and gemology studies, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils. This range indicates a broad focus on understanding Earth's processes from geochemical composition to tectonic activity and paleontological records.

Laurent's interdisciplinary interests are also apparent in the engagement with artificial intelligence applications within Earth sciences, suggesting an effort to integrate computational methods in geological research.

Best Publications

  • The diversity and evolution of late-Archean granitoids: Evidence for the onset of “modern-style” plate tectonics between 3.0 and 2.5 Ga

    Oscar Laurent;Hervé Martin;Jean-François Moyen;Régis Doucelance

  • Collision vs. subduction-related magmatism: two contrasting ways of granite formation and implications for crustal growth

    Jean-François Moyen;Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Cyril Chelle-Michou;Simon Couzinié

  • Archaean tectonic systems: A view from igneous rocks

    Jean-François Moyen;Oscar Laurent

  • Depressurization and boiling of a single magmatic fluid as a mechanism for tin-tungsten deposit formation

    Maximilian Korges;Philipp Weis;Volker Lüders;Oscar Laurent

  • Post-collisional magmatism: Crustal growth not identified by zircon Hf–O isotopes

    Simon Couzinié;Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Jean-François Moyen;Armin Zeh;Armin Zeh

  • Earth’s earliest granitoids are crystal-rich magma reservoirs tapped by silicic eruptions

    Oscar Laurent;Jana Bjornsen;Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw;Simone Bretscher

  • Geochemistry and petrogenesis of high-K “sanukitoids” from the Bulai pluton, Central Limpopo Belt, South Africa: Implications for geodynamic changes at the Archaean–Proterozoic boundary

    Oscar Laurent;Hervé Martin;Régis Doucelance;Jean-François Moyen

  • Crustal melting vs. fractionation of basaltic magmas: Part 1, granites and paradigms

    Jean-François Moyen;Jean-François Moyen;Vojtěch Janoušek;Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Olivier Bachmann

  • A linear Hf isotope-age array despite different granitoid sources and complex Archean geodynamics: Example from the Pietersburg block (South Africa)

    Oscar Laurent;Armin Zeh

  • Protracted, coeval crust and mantle melting during Variscan late-orogenic evolution: U–Pb dating in the eastern French Massif Central

    Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Simon Couzinié;Armin Zeh;Olivier Vanderhaeghe

  • Contrasting petrogenesis of Mg–K and Fe–K granitoids and implications for post-collisional magmatism: Case study from the Late-Archean Matok pluton (Pietersburg block, South Africa)

    Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Mafusi Rapopo;Gary Stevens;Jean-François Moyen

  • How do granitoid magmas mix with each other? Insights from textures, trace element and Sr–Nd isotopic composition of apatite and titanite from the Matok pluton (South Africa)

    Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Oscar Laurent;Armin Zeh;Armin Zeh;Axel Gerdes;Arnaud Villaros

  • Differentiation of the late-Archaean sanukitoid series and some implications for crustal growth: Insights from geochemical modelling on the Bulai pluton, Central Limpopo Belt, South Africa

    Oscar Laurent;Régis Doucelance;Hervé Martin;Jean-François Moyen

  • Tourmaline as a Tracer of Late-Magmatic to Hydrothermal Fluid Evolution: The World-Class San Rafael Tin (-Copper) Deposit, Peru

    Matthieu Harlaux;Matthieu Harlaux;Kalin Kouzmanov;Stefano Gialli;Oscar Laurent

  • Pre-Cadomian to late-Variscan odyssey of the eastern Massif Central, France: Formation of the West European crust in a nutshell

    Cyril Chelle-Michou;Oscar Laurent;Jean-François Moyen;Sylvain Block

  • Absolute Age and Temperature Constraints on Deformation Along the Basal Décollement of the Jura Fold-and-Thrust Belt From Carbonate U-Pb Dating and Clumped Isotopes

    Nathan Looser;Herfried Madritsch;Marcel Guillong;Oscar Laurent

  • LA-ICP-MS dating of zircons from Meso- and Neoarchean granitoids of the Pietersburg block (South Africa): Crustal evolution at the northern margin of the Kaapvaal craton

    Oscar Laurent;Jean-Louis Paquette;Hervé Martin;Régis Doucelance

  • Paleoproterozoic juvenile crust formation and stabilisation in the south-eastern West African Craton (Ghana) ; new insights from U-Pb-Hf zircon data and geochemistry

    Sylvain Block;Lenka Baratoux;Armin Zeh;Oscar Laurent

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-François Moyen
Jean-François Moyen Jean Monnet University
Armin Zeh
Armin Zeh Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Hervé Martin
Hervé Martin University of Clermont Auvergne
Patrick J. O'Brien
Patrick J. O'Brien University of Potsdam
Lluis Fontboté
Lluis Fontboté University of Geneva
Jean-Louis Paquette
Jean-Louis Paquette University of Clermont Auvergne
Gary Stevens
Gary Stevens Stellenbosch University
Andrea Dini
Andrea Dini National Research Council (CNR)

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Pursuing Earth Science in the USA opens a range of educational and career opportunities that extend beyond traditional geoscience fields. Students often consider complementary online degrees to enhance their skill sets and improve job prospects. For example, the spanish online degree offers language skills valuable in environmental consulting and international research roles.

Veterans looking to transition into Earth Science-related careers may find specialized support through programs like online spanish degrees for veterans, which provide flexible options tailored to their unique needs.

Interdisciplinary paths are also popular. An master of fine arts online can complement geoscience knowledge with creativity, useful in scientific visualization or environmental communications. Meanwhile, leadership roles in natural resource management benefit from a masters degree in human resource management online, helping professionals develop team and project management skills.

Exploring these related online degrees can help Earth Science students build versatile career paths tailored to their interests and goals while benefiting from flexible online learning options.

Best Scientists Citing Oscar Laurent

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles