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Patrick Vignaud

Patrick Vignaud

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 32 8558 7951 689 661 104 6227

Patrick Vignaud publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Patrick Vignaud between 1989 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Patrick Vignaud published across 36 years, from 1989 to 2024, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2005. 1 of the 136 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2005. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 15 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 3 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 1 publication 2021: 3 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication
1989 2024

136 publications in total across all disciplines

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Patrick Vignaud: publications per year, 1989 to 2024
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 1
1996 0
1997 1
1998 2
1999 0
2000 6
2001 1
2002 2
2003 3
2004 7
2005 16
2006 15
2007 9
2008 16
2009 10
2010 5
2011 6
2012 2
2013 3
2014 10
2015 1
2016 3
2017 2
2018 2
2019 1
2020 1
2021 3
2022 4
2023 0
2024 1
Total 136
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Patrick Vignaud 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 Patrick Vignaud 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, 98–107 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: 104 publications — 13th percentile

13% 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
98–107 404 104
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
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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Patrick Vignaud 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 Patrick Vignaud 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, 32 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: 32 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% 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 32
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
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

Patrick Vignaud is affiliated with the University of Poitiers in France and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Social Sciences. Their work spans subfields including Paleontology, Anthropology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Social Psychology, and Ecology.

Their research topics focus notably on Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Marine animal studies overview, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide.

Among recent publications, Patrick Vignaud has contributed to the following papers:

  • Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Postcranial evidence of late Miocene hominin bipedalism in Chad (2022, Nature)
  • A NEW LAGOMORPH FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF CHAD (CENTRAL AFRICA) (2021, Spanish Journal of Palaeontology)
  • The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) (2024, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • Postcranial evidence of late Miocene hominin bipedalism in Chad (2020, Research Square)

Frequent coauthors in Patrick Vignaud's research include:

  • Hassane Taïsso Mackaye
  • Andossa Likius
  • Mark T. Young
  • Yanina Herrera
  • Sven Sachs

The main venues where Patrick Vignaud publishes research include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Research Square

Best Publications

  • A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa

    Michel Brunet;Franck Guy;Franck Guy;David Pilbeam;Hassane Taisso Mackaye

  • Geology and palaeontology of the Upper Miocene Toros-Menalla hominid locality, Chad

    Patrick Vignaud;Philippe Duringer;Hassane Taïsso Mackaye;Andossa Likius;Andossa Likius

  • Virtual cranial reconstruction of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

    Christoph P. E. Zollikofer;Marcia Ponce de Leon;Daniel Eric Lieberman;Franck Guy;Franck Guy

  • The age of the Sahara desert.

    Mathieu Schuster;Mathieu Schuster;Philippe Duringer;Jean-François Ghienne;Patrick Vignaud

  • New material of the earliest hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad

    Michel Brunet;Franck Guy;Franck Guy;David Pilbeam;Daniel Eric Lieberman

  • Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Australopithecus bahrelghazali: Mio-Pliocene hominids from Chad.

    Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard;Didier L. Bourlès;Philippe Duringer;Marc Jolivet

  • Holocene Lake Mega-Chad palaeoshorelines from space

    Mathieu Schuster;Claude Roquin;Philippe Duringer;Michel Brunet

  • Herbivore paleodiet and paleoenvironmental changes in Chad during the Pliocene using stable isotope ratios of tooth enamel carbonate

    Antoine Zazzo;Hervé Bocherens;Michel Brunet;Alain Beauvilain

  • Isotopic evidence for an early shift to C₄ resources by Pliocene hominins in Chad.

    Julia Lee-Thorp;Andossa Likius;Hassane T. Mackaye;Patrick Vignaud

  • Phytolith signal of aquatic plants and soils in Chad, Central Africa

    Alice Novello;Alice Novello;Doris Barboni;Laure Berti-Equille;Laure Berti-Equille;Jean Charles Mazur

  • Chad: discovery of a vertebrate fauna close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary

    Michel Brunet

  • Morphological affinities of the Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Late Miocene hominid from Chad) cranium.

    Franck Guy;Daniel Eric Lieberman;David Pilbeam;Marcia Ponce de Leon

  • Diets of modern and late Miocene hippopotamids: Evidence from carbon isotope composition and micro-wear of tooth enamel

    Jean-Renaud Boisserie;Jean-Renaud Boisserie;Antoine Zazzo;Gildas Merceron;Gildas Merceron;Cécile Blondel

  • Application of the authigenic 10Be/9Be dating method to continental sediments: Reconstruction of the Mio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence in the early hominid fossiliferous areas of the northern Chad Basin

    Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard;Didier L. Bourlès;Regis Braucher;Maurice Arnold

  • New termite trace fossils : Galleries, nests and fungus combs from the chad basin of Africa (Upper Miocene - Lower Pliocene)

    Philippe Duringer;Mathieu Schuster;Jorge Fernando Genise;Hassan T. Mackaye

  • Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water

    Julia A. Schwab;Mark T. Young;James M. Neenan;Stig A. Walsh;Stig A. Walsh

  • Tchad: découverte d'une faune de mammifères du Pliocène inférieur

    Michel Brunet;Alain Beauvilain;Denis Geraads;Franck Guy

  • Freshwater fish δ18O indicates a Messinian change of the precipitation regime in Central Africa

    Olga Otero;Christophe Lécuyer;François Fourel;François Martineau

  • Anthracothere dental anatomy reveals a late Miocene Chado-Libyan bioprovince

    Fabrice Lihoreau;Jean-Renaud Boisserie;Laurent Viriot;Yves Coppens

  • The Jurassic Thalattosuchia (Crocodyliformes) of Chile; a paleobiogeographic approach

    Zulma Gasparini;Patrick Vignaud;Guillermo Chong

  • The oldest African fox (Vulpes riffautae n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad.

    Louis de Bonis;Stéphane Peigné;Andossa Likius;Hassane Taïsso Mackaye

  • Symphyseal shape variation in extant and fossil hominoids, and the symphysis of Australopithecus bahrelghazali

    Franck Guy;Hassane-Taïsso Mackaye;Andossa Likius;Patrick Vignaud

  • Les thalattosuchia, crocodiles marins du mésozoïque : systématique phylogénétique, paléoécologie, biochronologie et implications paléogéographiques

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  • Chad Basin: Paleoenvironments of the Sahara since the Late Miocene

    Mathieu Schuster;Philippe Duringer;Jean-François Ghienne;Claude Roquin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Brunet
Michel Brunet University of Poitiers
Mathieu Schuster
Mathieu Schuster University of Strasbourg
Denis Geraads
Denis Geraads Sorbonne University
David Pilbeam
David Pilbeam Harvard University
Jean-François Ghienne
Jean-François Ghienne University of Strasbourg
Philippe Duringer
Philippe Duringer University of Strasbourg
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Hervé Bocherens
Hervé Bocherens University of Tübingen
Paul Tafforeau
Paul Tafforeau European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Antoine Zazzo
Antoine Zazzo French National Museum of Natural History

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