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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 46 4326 3979 314 295 219 5968

Sylvie Leroy publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sylvie Leroy between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sylvie Leroy published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 8.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2025. 34 of the 278 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2025. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 9 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 24 publications
1994 2025

278 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sylvie Leroy: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 1
1996 3
1997 1
1998 0
1999 1
2000 2
2001 3
2002 0
2003 3
2004 2
2005 3
2006 6
2007 5
2008 1
2009 9
2010 14
2011 7
2012 5
2013 19
2014 9
2015 14
2016 19
2017 21
2018 11
2019 17
2020 23
2021 12
2022 21
2023 11
2024 10
2025 24
Total 278
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Sylvie Leroy 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 Sylvie Leroy 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: 219 publications — 69th percentile

69% 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
218–227 290 219
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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Sylvie Leroy 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 Sylvie Leroy 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, 46 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: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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 46
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

Sylvie Leroy is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has an extensive research background in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geology. Their scholarly contributions primarily span geological and geophysical studies, encompassing earthquake and tectonic studies as well as geological and geochemical analysis.

The scientist's recent publications include a series of papers addressing tectonic movements, submarine landslides, and volcanic structures. Notable papers are:

  • Present-Day Motion of the Arabian Plate, 2022, published in Tectonics
  • Deep submarine landslide contribution to the 2010 Haiti earthquake tsunami, 2020, published in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
  • Polyphase Tectonic Evolution of Fore-Arc Basin Related to STEP Fault as Revealed by Seismic Reflection Data From the Alboran Sea (W-Mediterranean), 2020, published in Tectonics
  • Along-strike segmentation in the northern Caribbean plate boundary zone (Hispaniola sector): Tectonic implications, 2020, published in Tectonophysics
  • The East-Mayotte new volcano in the Comoros Archipelago: structure and timing of magmatic phases inferred from seismic reflection data, 2022, published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience

Leroy frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including Anne Lemoine (13 joint works), Isabelle Thinon (12 joint works), Louise Watremez (10 joint works), Elia d'Acremont (9 joint works), and Sébastien Zaragosi (9 joint works).

Their research is regularly published in a selected set of scientific venues, indicating a focus on geophysical and earth science journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (7 publications)
  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience (6 publications)
  • Tectonics (5 publications)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (5 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)

The main scientific topics covered by Leroy's work include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America

Best Publications

  • Dual continental rift systems generated by plume-lithosphere interaction

    Alexander Koptev;Alexander Koptev;Éric Calais;Éric Calais;Evgenii Burov;Evgenii Burov;Sylvie Leroy;Sylvie Leroy

  • Seismic stratigraphy and structure of the Caribbean igneous province

    A. Mauffret;S. Leroy

  • An alternative interpretation of the Cayman trough evolution from a reidentification of magnetic anomalies

    S. Leroy;A. Mauffret;P. Patriat;B. Mercier de Lépinay

  • Diverse styles of submarine venting on the ultraslow spreading Mid-Cayman Rise

    C.R. German;A. Bowen;M.L. Coleman;D.L. Honig

  • From rifting to oceanic spreading in the Gulf of Aden: a synthesis

    Sylvie Leroy;Ph. Razin;J. Autin;F. Bache

  • Arabia-Somalia plate kinematics, evolution of the Aden-Owen-Carlsberg triple junction, and opening of the Gulf of Aden

    Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Marc Fournier;Nicolas Chamot-Rooke;Carole Petit;Carole Petit;Philippe Huchon;Philippe Huchon

  • The role of structural inheritance in oblique rifting: Insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Aden

    Julia Autin;Nicolas Bellahsen;Sylvie Leroy;Laurent Husson;Laurent Husson

  • Structure and evolution of the eastern Gulf of Aden conjugate margins from seismic reflection data

    Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy;Marie-Odile Beslier;Nicolas Bellahsen

  • Fault reactivation and rift localization: Northeastern Gulf of Aden margin

    Nicolas Bellahsen;Nicolas Bellahsen;Marc Fournier;Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy

  • From rifting to spreading in the eastern Gulf of Aden: a geophysical survey of a young oceanic basin from margin to margin

    Sylvie Leroy;Pascal Gente;Marc Fournier;Elia d'Acremont

  • Modes of rifting in magma-rich settings: Tectono-magmatic evolution of Central Afar†

    Martin Stab;Martin Stab;Nicolas Bellahsen;Raphaël Pik;Xavier Quidelleur;Xavier Quidelleur

  • Continental break-up history of a deep magma-poor margin based on seismic reflection data (northeastern Gulf of Aden margin, offshore Oman)

    Julia Autin;Sylvie Leroy;Marie-Odile Beslier;Elia D'Acremont

  • Intrusion and its implication for subsidence: A case from the Baiyun Sag, on the northern margin of the South China Sea

    Xiaobin Shi;Evgenii Burov;Sylvie Leroy;Xuelin Qiu

  • On spreading modes and magma supply at slow and ultraslow mid-ocean ridges

    Mathilde Cannat;Daniel Sauter;Luc Lavier;Manon Bickert

  • Recent off-axis volcanism in the eastern Gulf of Aden: Implications for plume-ridge interaction

    Sylvie Leroy;Elia d'Acremont;Christel Tiberi;Clémence Basuyau

  • Architecture of rifted continental margins and break-up evolution: insights from the South Atlantic, North Atlantic and Red Sea–Gulf of Aden conjugate margins

    Webster Ueipass Mohriak;Sylvie Leroy

  • Numerical modelling of a mantle plume: the plume head–lithosphere interaction in the formation of an oceanic large igneous province

    Elia d’Acremont;Sylvie Leroy;Evgenii B. Burov

  • Continental breakup and the dynamics of rifting in back-arc basins: The Gulf of Lion margin

    Laurent Jolivet;Laurent Jolivet;Christian Gorini;Jeroen Smit;Jeroen Smit;Sylvie Leroy

  • Contrasted continental rifting via plume-craton interaction : Applications to Central East African Rift

    Alexander Koptev;Evgueni Burov;Eric Calais;Sylvie Leroy

  • Contrasted styles of rifting in the eastern Gulf of Aden: A combined wide-angle, multichannel seismic, and heat flow survey

    Sylvie Leroy;Francis Lucazeau;Elia d'Acremont;Louise Watremez

  • Structure and evolution of the eastern Gulf of Aden: insights from magnetic and gravity data (Encens-Sheba MD117 cruise)

    Elia d'Acremont;Sylvie Leroy;Marcia Maia;Philippe Patriat

Frequent Co-Authors

Elia d'Acremont
Elia d'Acremont Sorbonne University
Derek Keir
Derek Keir University of Florence
Nicolas Bellahsen
Nicolas Bellahsen Sorbonne University
Graham Stuart
Graham Stuart University of Leeds
Raphaël Pik
Raphaël Pik University of Lorraine
Mathilde Cannat
Mathilde Cannat Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Taras Gerya
Taras Gerya ETH Zurich
Eric Calais
Eric Calais École Normale Supérieure
Francis Lucazeau
Francis Lucazeau Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Dereje Ayalew
Dereje Ayalew Addis Ababa University

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