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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 7001 6484 536 513 184 4151

Sébastien Carretier publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sébastien Carretier between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sébastien Carretier published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2021. 21 of the 201 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2021. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 2 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 7 publications
1998 2025

201 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sébastien Carretier: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 3
2000 2
2001 1
2002 3
2003 4
2004 0
2005 2
2006 3
2007 1
2008 2
2009 5
2010 6
2011 6
2012 2
2013 9
2014 7
2015 5
2016 14
2017 13
2018 12
2019 9
2020 11
2021 21
2022 18
2023 20
2024 14
2025 7
Total 201
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Sébastien Carretier 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 Sébastien Carretier 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: 184 publications — 56th percentile

56% 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
178–187 414 184
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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Sébastien Carretier 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 Sébastien Carretier 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

Sébastien Carretier is affiliated with the Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées in France and focuses research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Soil Science, and Ecology.

The main topics of research addressed by Sébastien Carretier include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

The scientist has published extensively, contributing to journals such as Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Basin Research, Geomorphology, Earth Surface Dynamics, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Notable recent papers include:

  • The distribution of sediment residence times at the foot of mountains and its implications for proxies recorded in sedimentary basins, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Mapping rainstorm erosion associated with an individual storm from InSAR coherence loss validated by field evidence for the Atacama Desert, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Conceptual model of fracture-limited sea cliff erosion: Erosion of the seaward tilted flyschs of Socoa, Basque Country, France, 2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Rock coast erosion: An overlooked source of sediments to the ocean. Europe as an example, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • A Novel Approach to Quantify Sediment Transfer and Storage in Rivers-Testing Feldspar Single-Grain pIRIR Analysis and Numerical Simulations, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Sébastien Carretier frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Vincent Regard
  • Stéphane Bonnet
  • Rodrigo Riquelme
  • Sandrine Choy
  • Joseph Martinod

Their work involves analyzing geological and sedimentary processes with an emphasis on soil erosion, sediment transport, and earth-surface dynamics. Research topics also integrate atmospheric and geophysical data relevant to understanding landscape evolution and sediment residence times in mountain systems.

Best Publications

  • Late Miocene high and rapid surface uplift and its erosional response in the Andes of central Chile (33°–35°S)

    Marcelo Farías;Marcelo Farías;Reynaldo Charrier;Sébastien Carretier;Joseph Martinod

  • Land-Level Changes Produced by the Mw 8.8 2010 Chilean Earthquake

    Marcelo Farías;Gabriel Vargas;Andrés Tassara;Sébastien Carretier

  • Onset and ending of the late Palaeozoic ice age triggered by tectonically paced rock weathering

    Yves Goddéris;Yannick Donnadieu;Yannick Donnadieu;Sébastien Carretier;Markus Aretz

  • Field examples of strike-slip fault terminations in Mongolia and their tectonic significance

    Amgalan Bayasgalan;James Jackson;Jean-François Ritz;Sebastien Carretier

  • Slope and climate variability control of erosion in the Andes of central Chile

    Sébastien Carretier;V. Regard;R. Vassallo;G. Aguilar

  • Coastal uplift and tsunami effects associated to the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule earthquake in Central Chile

    Gabriel Vargas;Marcelo Farías;Sébastien Carretier;Andrés Tassara

  • `Forebergs', flower structures, and the development of large intra-continental strike-slip faults: the Gurvan Bogd fault system in Mongolia

    Amgalan Bayasgalan;James Jackson;Jean-François Ritz;Sebastien Carretier

  • Postseismic stress transfer explains time clustering of large earthquakes in Mongolia

    Jean Chéry;Sébastien Carretier;Jean-François Ritz

  • How does alluvial sedimentation at range fronts modify the erosional dynamics of mountain catchments

    S. Carretier;F. Lucazeau

  • Late Pleistocene to Holocene slip rates for the Gurvan Bulag thrust fault (Gobi-Altay, Mongolia) estimated with 10Be dates

    J. F. Ritz;D. Bourlès;Erik T Brown;S. Carretier

  • Renewed uplift of the Central Andes Forearc revealed by coastal evolution during the Quaternary

    Vincent Regard;Marianne Saillard;Joseph Martinod;Laurence Audin

  • Dating faulted alluvial fans with cosmogenic 10Be in the Gurvan Bogd mountain range (Gobi‐Altay, Mongolia): climatic and tectonic implications

    Riccardo Vassallo;Jean‐François Ritz;Régis Braucher;Sébastien Carretier

  • Review of erosion dynamics along the major N-S climatic gradient in Chile and perspectives

    S. Carretier;V. Tolorza;V. Regard;G. Aguilar

  • Transpressional tectonics and stream terraces of the Gobi-Altay, Mongolia

    R. Vassallo;Jean-Francois Ritz;Regis Braucher;Marc Jolivet

  • Specific suspended sediment yields of the Andean rivers of Chile and their relationship to climate, slope and vegetation

    E. Pépin;Sébastien Carretier;Jean-Loup Guyot;F. Escobar

  • Regolith production and chemical weathering of granitic rocks in central Chile

    Mercedes Vázquez;Sebastián Ramírez;Diego Morata;Martin Reich

  • Evidence for a 6000 km length NW–SE-striking lineament in northern Africa: the Tibesti Lineament

    R. Guiraud;J.-C. Doumnang Mbaigane;S. Carretier;S. Dominguez

  • Mountain ranges, climate and weathering. Do orogens strengthen or weaken the silicate weathering carbon sink?

    Pierre Maffre;Jean-Baptiste Ladant;Jean-Sébastien Moquet;Sébastien Carretier

  • Morphological dating of cumulative reverse fault scarps: examples from the Gurvan Bogd fault system, Mongolia

    S. Carretier;J. F. Ritz;J. Jackson;A. Bayasgalan

  • Fluvial landscape evolution controlled by the sediment deposition coefficient: Estimation from experimental and natural landscapes

    Laure Guerit;Xiao-Ping Yuan;Sébastien Carretier;Stéphane Bonnet

  • Grain size-dependent 10Be concentrations in alluvial stream sediment of the Huasco Valley, a semi-arid Andes region

    G. Aguilar;S. Carretier;V. Regard;R. Vassallo

  • Using in situ–produced 10Be to quantify active tectonics in the Gurvan Bogd mountain range (Gobi-Altay, Mongolia)

    J.-F. Ritz;R. Vassallo;Regis Braucher;E. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Regard
Vincent Regard Paul Sabatier University
Gérard Hérail
Gérard Hérail Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Yves Goddéris
Yves Goddéris Paul Sabatier University
Joseph Martinod
Joseph Martinod University of Savoy Mont Blanc - Chambery
Jean-François Ritz
Jean-François Ritz University of Montpellier
Reynaldo Charrier
Reynaldo Charrier University of Chile
Laurence Audin
Laurence Audin Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Régis Braucher
Régis Braucher Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Loup Guyot
Jean-Loup Guyot Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Marc Poujol
Marc Poujol University of Rennes

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