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Philippe Duringer

Philippe Duringer

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
5476
World Ranking
7532
National Ranking
593

Philippe Duringer 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 Duringer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 115 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Philippe Duringer 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 Duringer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Philippe Duringer is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their research primarily focuses on the study of Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, alongside forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology. Their work extends into archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pacific and Southeast Asian studies, isotope analysis in ecology, evolution and paleontology, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Their publications cover a range of topics related to early human presence, diet, and environmental adaptations in Southeast Asia and beyond. Notable papers include:

  • "Early presence of Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by 86-68 kyr at Tam Pà Ling, Northern Laos," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "A Middle Pleistocene Denisovan molar from the Annamite Chain of northern Laos," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Zinc isotopes in Late Pleistocene fossil teeth from a Southeast Asian cave setting preserve paleodietary information," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Trophic ecology of a Late Pleistocene early modern human from tropical Southeast Asia inferred from zinc isotopes," 2021, Journal of Human Evolution
  • "A multi-proxy approach to exploring Homo sapiens' arrival, environments and adaptations in Southeast Asia," 2021, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Duringer include:

  • Fabrice Demeter
  • Kira Westaway
  • Renaud Joannes-Boyau
  • Phonephanh Sichanthongtip
  • Anne-Marie Bacon

Their research outputs have been published in multiple journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Quaternary International
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Duringer's main fields of study encompass social sciences, earth and planetary sciences, and arts and humanities. Subfields contributing to their research activities include anthropology, archeology, paleontology, ecology, and geography, planning, and development.

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

  • The age of the Sahara desert.

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

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

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

  • Anatomically modern human in Southeast Asia (Laos) by 46 ka

    Fabrice Demeter;Fabrice Demeter;Laura L. Shackelford;Anne Marie Bacon;Philippe Duringer

  • Holocene Lake Mega-Chad palaeoshorelines from space

    Mathieu Schuster;Claude Roquin;Philippe Duringer;Michel Brunet

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

    Michel Brunet

  • Late middle Eocene epoch of Libya yields earliest known radiation of African anthropoids

    Jean-Jacques Jaeger;K Christopher Beard;Yaowalak Chaimanee;Mustafa Salem

  • Ultrastructural and chemical study of modern and fossil sporoderms by Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM)

    S. Bernard;S. Bernard;K. Benzerara;O. Beyssac;G.E. Brown

  • Early modern humans and morphological variation in Southeast Asia: fossil evidence from Tam Pa Ling, Laos.

    Fabrice Demeter;Laura Shackelford;Kira Westaway;Philippe Duringer

  • The Late Pleistocene Duoi U’Oi cave in northern Vietnam: palaeontology, sedimentology, taphonomy and palaeoenvironments

    Anne-Marie Bacon;Fabrice Demeter;Philippe Duringer;Catherine Helm

  • 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

  • U isotope ratios as tracers of groundwater inputs into surface waters: Example of the Upper Rhine hydrosystem

    Sébastien Durand;François Chabaux;Sophie Rihs;Philippe Duringer

  • The Holocene giant Lake Chad revealed by digital elevation models

    Jean-François Ghienne;Mathieu Schuster;Armelle Bernard;Philippe Duringer

  • 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

  • Annalepis zeilleri Fliche 1910 emend., un organe reproducteur de Lycophyte de la Lettenkohle de l'Est de la France. Morphologie, spores in situ et paléoécologie

    Léa Grauvogel-Stamm;Philippe Duringer

  • Late Pleistocene mammalian assemblages of Southeast Asia: New dating, mortality profiles and evolution of the predator–prey relationships in an environmental context

    Anne Marie Bacon;Kira Westaway;Pierre Olivier Antoine;Philippe Duringer

  • What Is in a Pebble Shape

    Douglas J. Durian;Douglas J. Durian;H. Bideaud;P. Duringer;A. Schröder

  • The Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Tam Hang karstic deposit, northern Laos: New data and evolutionary hypothesis

    Anne Marie Bacon;Philippe Duringer;Pierre Olivier Antoine;Fabrice Demeter

  • Zinc isotopes in Late Pleistocene fossil teeth from a Southeast Asian cave setting preserve paleodietary information.

    Nicolas Bourgon;Nicolas Bourgon;Klervia Jaouen;Klervia Jaouen;Anne Marie Bacon;Klaus Peter Jochum

  • New palaeontological assemblage, sedimentological and chronological data from the Pleistocene Ma U'Oi cave (northern Vietnam)

    Anne-Marie Bacon;Fabrice Demeter;Stéphane Roussé

  • 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
Patrick Vignaud
Patrick Vignaud University of Poitiers
Douglas J. Durian
Douglas J. Durian University of Pennsylvania
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Denis Geraads
Denis Geraads Sorbonne University
Jean-Jacques Jaeger
Jean-Jacques Jaeger University of Poitiers
Antoine Zazzo
Antoine Zazzo French National Museum of Natural History
Jean-Claude Rage
Jean-Claude Rage Université Paris Cité

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