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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 7021 6504 542 519 225 3916

Pierre-Henri Blard publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Pierre-Henri Blard between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Pierre-Henri Blard published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2024. 40 of the 238 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2024. 2005: 4 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 6 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 16 publications
2005 2025

238 publications in total across all disciplines

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Pierre-Henri Blard: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 4
2006 7
2007 3
2008 9
2009 5
2010 1
2011 6
2012 8
2013 6
2014 12
2015 6
2016 17
2017 11
2018 11
2019 16
2020 14
2021 23
2022 17
2023 22
2024 24
2025 16
Total 238
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Pierre-Henri Blard 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 Pierre-Henri Blard 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, 218–227 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: 225 publications — 71st percentile

71% 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
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290 225
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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Pierre-Henri Blard 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 Pierre-Henri Blard 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.

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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 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
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Overview

Pierre-Henri Blard is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, where their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their body of work encompasses several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, notably:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Landslides and related hazards

Blard's recent scientific papers illustrate their focus on glacial and paleoclimate studies. Key publications include:

  • "The deglaciation of the Americas during the Last Glacial Termination," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "A multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Nonlinear forcing of climate on mountain denudation during glaciations," 2021, Nature Geoscience
  • "Deglaciation of northwestern Greenland during Marine Isotope Stage 11," 2023, Science
  • "Antarctic-like temperature variations in the Tropical Andes recorded by glaciers and lakes during the last deglaciation," 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews

Their work has been published frequently in venues such as Quaternary Science Reviews, Geomorphology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Quaternary Geochronology, and Basin Research.

Collaborative research is a significant component of their scientific approach, with frequent co-authors including Julien Charreau, Paul R. Bierman, Jean-Louis Tison, Bouchaïb Tibari, and Vincent Jomelli.

Additionally, Pierre-Henri Blard has contributed to the publication of book works, including "Livre Blanc - Paléoclimats et Paléoenvironnements" published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 2024.

Best Publications

  • The CREp program and the ICE-D production rate calibration database: A fully parameterizable and updated online tool to compute cosmic-ray exposure ages

    L.C.P. Martin;P.-H. Blard;G. Balco;J. Lavé

  • Sources of in-situ 36Cl in basaltic rocks. Implications for calibration of production rates

    Irene Schimmelpfennig;Lucilla Benedetti;Robert Finkel;Robert Finkel;Raphaël Pik

  • 10Be-derived Himalayan denudation rates and sediment budgets in the Ganga basin

    Maarten Lupker;Maarten Lupker;Pierre-Henri Blard;Jérôme Lavé;Christian France-Lanord

  • Paleo-erosion rates in Central Asia since 9 Ma: A transient increase at the onset of Quaternary glaciations?

    Julien Charreau;P.-H. Blard;N. Puchol;Jean-Philippe Avouac

  • Irregular tropical glacier retreat over the Holocene epoch driven by progressive warming

    Vincent Jomelli;Myriam Khodri;Vincent Favier;Daniel Brunstein

  • Calibration of cosmogenic 36Cl production rates from Ca and K spallation in lava flows from Mt. Etna (38°N, Italy) and Payun Matru (36°S, Argentina)

    Irene Schimmelpfennig;Lucilla Benedetti;Vincent Garreta;Vincent Garreta;Raphaël Pik

  • Lake highstands on the Altiplano (Tropical Andes) contemporaneous with Heinrich 1 and the Younger Dryas: new insights from ^(14)C, U-Th dating and δ^(18)O of carbonates

    P.H. Blard;P.H. Blard;Florence Sylvestre;A.K. Tripati;A.K. Tripati;C. Claude

  • The deglaciation of the Americas during the Last Glacial Termination

    David Palacios;Chris R. Stokes;Fred M. Phillips;John J. Clague

  • A major advance of tropical Andean glaciers during the Antarctic cold reversal

    Vincent Jomelli;Vincent Favier;Mathias Vuille;R. Braucher

  • Late local glacial maximum in the Central Altiplano triggered by cold and locally-wet conditions during the paleolake Tauca episode (17–15 ka, Heinrich 1)

    P. H. Blard;P. H. Blard;J. Lave;K. A. Farley;Michel Fornari;Michel Fornari

  • The influence of radiogenic 4He on cosmogenic 3He determinations in volcanic olivine and pyroxene

    P.-H. Blard;K.A. Farley

  • Persistence of full glacial conditions in the central Pacific until 15,000 years ago

    P.-H. Blard;P.-H. Blard;P.-H. Blard;J. Lavé;J. Lavé;R. Pik;P. Wagnon

  • A multimillion-year-old record of Greenland vegetation and glacial history preserved in sediment beneath 1.4 km of ice at Camp Century

    Andrew J. Christ;Paul Robert Bierman;Joerg M. Schaefer;Dorthe Dahl-Jensen

  • Major temporal variations in shortening rate absorbed along a large active fold of the southeastern Tianshan piedmont (China)

    Dimitri Saint-Carlier;Julien Charreau;Jérôme Lavé;Pierre-Henri Blard

  • An inter-laboratory comparison of cosmogenic 3He and radiogenic 4He in the CRONUS-P pyroxene standard

    P.-H. Blard;G. Balco;P.G. Burnard;K.A. Farley

  • Cosmogenic 3He production rates revisited from evidences of grain size dependent release of matrix-sited helium

    P.-H. Blard;P.-H. Blard;R. Pik;J. Lavé;D. Bourlès

  • Lag and mixing during sediment transfer across the Tian Shan piedmont caused by climate-driven aggradation-incision cycles

    Luca C. Malatesta;Luca C. Malatesta;Jean Philippe Avouac;Nathan D. Brown;Sebastian F.M. Breitenbach

  • Interlaboratory comparison of cosmogenic 21Ne in quartz

    Pieter Vermeesch;Pieter Vermeesch;Greg Balco;Pierre-Henri Blard;Tibor J. Dunai

  • Cosmogenic 10Be production rate calibrated against 3He in the high Tropical Andes (3800–4900 m, 20–22° S)

    P.-H. Blard;R. Braucher;J. Lavé;D. Bourlès

  • Nonlinear forcing of climate on mountain denudation during glaciations

    Apolline Mariotti;Pierre-Henri Blard;Pierre-Henri Blard;Julien Charreau;Samuel Toucanne

  • Cosmogenic 3He production rate in the high tropical Andes (3800 m, 20°S): Implications for the local last glacial maximum

    P. H. Blard;J. Lave;Florence Sylvestre;C. J. Placzek

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphaël Pik
Raphaël Pik University of Lorraine
Jérôme Lavé
Jérôme Lavé University of Lorraine
Didier Bourlès
Didier Bourlès Aix-Marseille University
Régis Braucher
Régis Braucher Aix-Marseille University
Vincent Jomelli
Vincent Jomelli Aix-Marseille University
Stéphane Dominguez
Stéphane Dominguez University of Montpellier
Joerg M. Schaefer
Joerg M. Schaefer Columbia University
David L. Shuster
David L. Shuster University of California, Berkeley
Lucilla Benedetti
Lucilla Benedetti Aix-Marseille University
Greg Balco
Greg Balco Berkeley Geochronology Center

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