2026 Pierre Francus: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	49	3649	3343	169	151	204	8046

Overview

Pierre Francus is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with secondary emphasis on Environmental Science. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Earth-Surface Processes, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main topics of study include:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging
Geological formations and processes
Radiation Dose and Imaging
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
Climate change and permafrost

Pierre Francus has contributed publications to frequent venues such as:

Journal of Paleolimnology
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Some of their recent papers include:

"Annually resolved Atlantic sea surface temperature variability over the past 2,900 y" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Global acceleration of lake sediment accumulation rates associated with recent human population growth and land-use changes" (2021), Journal of Paleolimnology
"Identification of Common Minerals Using Stoichiometric Calibration Method for Dual-Energy CT" (2021), Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
"A framework for ²¹⁰Pb model selection and its application to 37 cores from Eastern Canada to identify the dynamics and drivers of lake sedimentation rates" (2022), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
"Long-term environmental changes in the Canadian boreal zone: Synthesizing temporal trends from lake sediment archives to inform future sustainability" (2023), Environmental Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pierre Francus include:

Irene Gregory-Eaves
Alexandre Baud
Margherita Martini
Philippe Després
Patrick Lajeunesse

Best Publications

Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

S. Kröpelin;D. Verschuren;A.-M. Lézine;H. Eggermont

744
Citations
Varves in lake sediments – a review

Bernd Zolitschka;Pierre Francus;Antti E.K. Ojala;Arndt Schimmelmann

516
Citations
A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

443
Citations
Global spread of hypoxia in freshwater ecosystems during the last three centuries is caused by rising local human pressure.

Jean-Philippe Jenny;Jean-Philippe Jenny;Pierre Francus;Alexandre Normandeau;François Lapointe

418
Citations
Variability in greenhouse gas emissions from permafrost thaw ponds

Isabelle Laurion;Isabelle Laurion;Warwick F. Vincent;Sally MacIntyre;Leira Retamal;Leira Retamal

290
Citations
Holocene climate change in Arctic Canada and Greenland.

Jason P. Briner;Nicholas P. McKay;Yarrow Axford;Ole Bennike

274
Citations
Characteristics of sedimentary varve chronologies – A review

A.E.K. Ojala;A.E.K. Ojala;P. Francus;B. Zolitschka;M. Besonen

265
Citations
High-altitude varve records of abrupt environmental changes and mining activity over the last 4000 years in the Western French Alps (Lake Bramant, Grandes Rousses Massif)

Hervé Guyard;Hervé Guyard;Hervé Guyard;Emmanuel Chapron;Guillaume St-Onge;Guillaume St-Onge;Flavio S. Anselmetti

219
Citations
Estimation of grain size variability with micro X-ray fluorescence in laminated lacustrine sediments, Cape Bounty, Canadian High Arctic

Stéphanie Cuven;Pierre Francus;Scott F. Lamoureux

208
Citations
First human impacts and responses of aquatic systems: A review of palaeolimnological records from around the world

Nathalie Dubois;Nathalie Dubois;Émilie Saulnier-Talbot;Keely Mills;Peter Gell

185
Citations
An image-analysis technique to measure grain-size variation in thin sections of soft clastic sediments

Pierre Francus

179
Citations
Changes in erosion patterns during the Holocene in a currently treeless subalpine catchment inferred from lake sediment geochemistry (Lake Anterne, 2063 m a.s.l., NW French Alps): The role of climate and human activities

Charline Giguet-Covex;Fabien Arnaud;Jérôme Poulenard;Jean-Robert Disnar

154
Citations
Urban point sources of nutrients were the leading cause for the historical spread of hypoxia across European lakes.

Jean-Philippe Jenny;Alexandre Normandeau;Pierre Francus;Zofia Ecaterina Taranu;Zofia Ecaterina Taranu

143
Citations
A Holocene tephra record from the Lofoten Islands, Arctic Norway

Jon Pilcher;Raymond S. Bradley;Pierre Francus;Lesleigh Anderson

143
Citations
Human and climate global-scale imprint on sediment transfer during the Holocene

Jean Philippe Jenny;Jean Philippe Jenny;Sujan Koirala;Irene Gregory-Eaves;Pierre Francus;Pierre Francus

135
Citations
Chapter Two Continuous Physical Properties of Cored Marine Sediments

Guillaume St-Onge;Thierry Mulder;Pierre Francus;Bernard Long

110
Citations
Rapid Lacustrine Response to Recent High Arctic Warming: A Diatom Record from Sawtooth Lake, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut

Bianca B. Perren;Raymond S. Bradley;Pierre Francus

103
Citations
Image analysis, sediments and paleoenvironments

Pierre Francus

99
Citations
Sedimentology, clay mineralogy and grain-size as indicators of 65 ka of climate change from El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeastern Siberia

Celeste A. Asikainen;Pierre Francus;Pierre Francus;Julie Brigham-Grette

96
Citations
Sedimentology and geochemistry of thermokarst ponds in discontinuous permafrost, subarctic Quebec, Canada

Frédéric Bouchard;Frédéric Bouchard;Pierre Francus;Pierre Francus;Reinhard Pienitz;Isabelle Laurion;Isabelle Laurion

94
Citations
The Holocene History of Nares Strait: Transition from Glacial Bay to Arctic-Atlantic Throughflow

Anne E. Jennings;Christina Sheldon;Thomas M. Cronin;Pierre Francus

94
Citations
Paleoclimate studies of minerogenic sediments using annually resolved textural parameters

Pierre Francus;Raymond S. Bradley;Mark B. Abbott;Whit Patridge

88
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillaume St-Onge Université du Québec à Rimouski

Bernd Zolitschka University of Bremen

Raymond S. Bradley University of Massachusetts Amherst

Reinhard Pienitz Université Laval

Scott F. Lamoureux Queen's University

Fabien Arnaud Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Christian Ohlendorf University of Bremen

Joseph S. Stoner Oregon State University

Jérôme Poulenard Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern

External Links

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