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Philippe Agard

Philippe Agard

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 60 1902 1715 119 108 186 12628

Philippe Agard publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Philippe Agard between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Philippe Agard published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 7.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2020. 7 of the 207 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2020. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 4 publications
1998 2025

207 publications in total across all disciplines

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Philippe Agard: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 1
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 3
2004 3
2005 3
2006 3
2007 5
2008 6
2009 7
2010 7
2011 3
2012 7
2013 15
2014 8
2015 9
2016 17
2017 6
2018 12
2019 14
2020 19
2021 17
2022 16
2023 13
2024 3
2025 4
Total 207
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Philippe Agard 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 Philippe Agard 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, 178–187 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: 186 publications — 57th percentile

57% 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
178–187 414 186
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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Philippe Agard 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 Philippe Agard 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, 60 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: 60 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135 60
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Philippe Agard is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and is a researcher primarily engaged in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields within this domain, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Agard's recent papers reflect a focus on subduction zones, tectonics, and associated geophysical phenomena. Selected recent publications include:

  • Subduction of oceanic lithosphere in the Alps: Selective and archetypal from (slow-spreading) oceans, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Timescales of subduction initiation and evolution of subduction thermal regimes, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Seismic hazard of the western Makran subduction zone: Insight from mechanical modelling and inferred frictional properties, 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Ocean Subduction Dynamics in the Alps, 2021, Elements
  • Structure of the Offshore Obducted Oman Margin: Emplacement of Semail Ophiolite and Role of Tectonic Inheritance, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Agard include Guillaume Bonnet, Thomas Gyomlai, Clément Herviou, Benoît Dubacq, and Anne Verlaguet.

The venues where Agard most often publishes work feature prominently in Earth and Planetary Sciences journals. These include:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Lithos
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Agard has been recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2020.

Best Publications

  • Convergence history across Zagros (Iran): constraints from collisional and earlier deformation

    Philippe Agard;J. Omrani;Laurent Jolivet;Frédéric Mouthereau

  • Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process

    Philippe Agard;Jafar Omrani;Laurent Jolivet;Hubert Whitechurch

  • Exhumation of oceanic blueschists and eclogites in subduction zones :Timing and mechanisms

    Philippe Agard;Philippe Yamato;Laurent Jolivet;Evgenii Burov

  • Arc-magmatism and subduction history beneath the Zagros Mountains, Iran: A new report of adakites and geodynamic consequences

    Jafar Omrani;Philippe Agard;Hubert Whitechurch;Mathieu Benoit

  • Subduction tectonics and exhumation of high pressure metamorphic rocks in the Mediterranean orogens

    Laurent Jolivet;Claudio Faccenna;Bruno Goffé;Evgenii Burov

  • Exhumation Processes in Oceanic and Continental Subduction Contexts: A Review

    Stéphane Guillot;Keiko Hattori;Philippe Agard;Stéphane Schwartz

  • The subduction plate interface: rock record and mechanical coupling (from long to short timescales)

    P. Agard;A. Plunder;S. Angiboust;G. Bonnet

  • Tectonic significance of serpentinites

    Stéphane Guillot;Stéphane Schwartz;Bruno Reynard;Philippe Agard

  • Transient, synobduction exhumation of Zagros blueschists inferred from P‐T, deformation, time, and kinematic constraints: Implications for Neotethyan wedge dynamics

    P. Agard;P. Monié;W. Gerber;J. Omrani

  • The Zermatt‐Saas ophiolite: the largest (60‐km wide) and deepest (c. 70–80 km) continuous slice of oceanic lithosphere detached from a subduction zone?

    Samuel Angiboust;Philippe Agard;Laurent Jolivet;O. Beyssac

  • Exhumation of the Schistes Lustrés complex: in situ laser probe 40Ar/39Ar constraints and implications for the Western Alps

    P. Agard;P. Monié;L. Jolivet;B. Goffé

  • Plate acceleration: The obduction trigger?

    Philippe Agard;Laurent Jolivet;Bruno Vrielynck;Evgenii Burov

  • Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Schistes Lustres Complex; implications for the exhumation of HP and UHP rocks in the Western Alps

    Philippe Agard;Laurent Jolivet;Bruno Goffe

  • Burial and exhumation in a subduction wedge: Mutual constraints from thermomechanical modeling and natural P‐T‐t data (Schistes Lustrés, western Alps)

    P. Yamato;Philippe Agard;Evgenii Burov;Latetia Le Pourhiet

  • Plate interface rheological switches during subduction infancy: Control on slab penetration and metamorphic sole formation

    Philippe Agard;Philippe Yamato;Mathieu Soret;Christophe Prigent

  • Subduction, convergence and the mode of backarc extension in the Mediterranean region

    Laurent Jolivet;Romain Augier;Claudio Faccenna;François Negro

  • Eclogitization of the Monviso ophiolite (W. Alps) and implications on subduction dynamics

    S. Angiboust;R. Langdon;P. Agard;D. Waters

  • Exhumation, doming and slab retreat in the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain): in situ40Ar/39Ar ages and P–T–d–t paths for the Nevado-Filabride complex

    Romain Augier;Philippe Agard;Patrick Monié;Laurent Jolivet

  • HP-UHP exhumation during slow continental subduction: Self-consistent thermodynamically and thermomechanically coupled model with application to the Western Alps

    P. Yamato;P. Yamato;E. Burov;P. Agard;L. Le Pourhiet

  • Subduction interface processes recorded by eclogite-facies shear zones (Monviso, W. Alps)

    Samuel Angiboust;Philippe Agard;Hugues Raimbourg;Philippe Yamato

  • Analysis of continental midcrustal strain localization induced by microfracturing and reaction‐softening

    Frédéric Gueydan;Yves M. Leroy;Laurent Jolivet;Philippe Agard

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Jolivet
Laurent Jolivet Sorbonne University
Samuel Angiboust
Samuel Angiboust Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Marc Fournier
Marc Fournier Sorbonne University
Evgenii Burov
Evgenii Burov Université Paris Cité
Laetitia Le Pourhiet
Laetitia Le Pourhiet Sorbonne University
Patrick Monié
Patrick Monié University of Montpellier
Bruno Goffé
Bruno Goffé Aix-Marseille University
Loïc Labrousse
Loïc Labrousse Sorbonne University
Gray E. Bebout
Gray E. Bebout Lehigh University
Timm John
Timm John Freie Universität Berlin

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