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Yanick Ricard 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 Yanick Ricard sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 170 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Yanick Ricard 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 Yanick Ricard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Yanick Ricard is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon in France and conducts research within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their work is grounded primarily in the subfields of Geophysics and Astronomy and Astrophysics, with additional contributions to Molecular Biology, Computational Mechanics, and Applied Mathematics.

The research performed by Ricard covers multiple main topics, including:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yanick Ricard include:

  • Thierry Alboussière
  • E. Debayle
  • Thomas Bodin
  • S. Durand
  • S. Labrosse

Ricard has published in journals with multiple entries in:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Selected recent papers by Yanick Ricard include:

  • Fully compressible convection for planetary mantles, 2022, Geophysical Journal International
  • Compressible convection in super-earths, 2023, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors
  • Seismic evidence for partial melt below tectonic plates, 2020, Nature

Other notable publications relevant to their research fields include:

  • Quantifying Intrinsic and Extrinsic Contributions to Radial Anisotropy in Tomographic Models, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Melting of basaltic lithologies in the Earth's lower mantle, 2022, Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

Yanick Ricard has been recognized with distinctions such as:

  • Member of Academia Europaea, awarded in 2011
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), awarded in 2014

Best Publications

  • A geodynamic model of mantle density heterogeneity

    Yanick Ricard;Mark Richards;Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni;Yves Le Stunff

  • 3SMAC: an a priori tomographic model of the upper mantle based on geophysical modeling

    Henri-Claude Nataf;Yanick Ricard

  • Geoid heights and lithospheric stresses for a dynamic Earth.

    Y. Ricard;L. Fleitout;C. Froidevaux

  • A two‐phase model for compaction and damage: 1. General Theory

    David Bercovici;Yanick Ricard;Gerald Schubert

  • Plate tectonics, damage and inheritance

    David Bercovici;Yanick Ricard

  • Mantle dynamics with induced plate tectonics

    Yanick Ricard;Christophe Vigny

  • Differential Rotation Between Lithosphere and Mantle' A Consequence of Lateral Mantle Viscosity Variations

    Yanick Ricard;Carlo Doglioni;Roberto Sabadini

  • Global warming of the mantle at the origin of flood basalts over supercontinents

    N. Coltice;B.R. Phillips;H. Bertrand;Y. Ricard

  • Mechanisms for the generation of plate tectonics by two-phase grain-damage and pinning

    David Bercovici;Yanick Ricard

  • Inferring the viscosity and the 3-D density structure of the mantle from geoid, topography and plate velocities

    Yanick Ricard;Bai Wuming

  • The Relation between mantle dynamics and plate tectonics: A Primer

    David Bercovici;Yanick Ricard;Mark A. Richards

  • Long-term fluxes and budget of ferric iron: implication for the redox states of the Earth's mantle and atmosphere

    Christophe Lécuyer;Yanick Ricard

  • Geochemical observations and one layer mantle convection

    Nicolas Coltice;Yanick Ricard

  • Global warming of the mantle beneath continents back to the Archaean

    Nicolas Coltice;Hervé Bertrand;Patrice Rey;Fred Jourdan

  • Energetics of a two-phase model of lithospheric damage, shear localization and plate-boundary formation

    David Bercovici;Yanick Ricard

  • Mantle heterogeneities, geoid, and plate motion: A Monte Carlo inversion

    Yanick Ricard;Christophe Vigny;Claude Froidevaux

  • Lower mantle composition and temperature from mineral physics and thermodynamic modelling

    Estelle Mattern;Jan Matas;Yanick Ricard;J. Bass

  • Seismic observations of large-scale deformation at the bottom of fast-moving plates

    Eric Debayle;Yanick Ricard

  • Stretching instabilities and lithospheric boudinage

    Yanick Ricard;Claude Froidevaux

  • A thermodynamically self-consistent damage equation for grain size evolution during dynamic recrystallization

    Antoine Rozel;Yanick Ricard;David Bercovici

  • Global warming of the mantle at the origin of flood basalts over supercontinents

    N. Coltice;H. Bertrand;Y. Ricard;P. Rey

Frequent Co-Authors

David Bercovici
David Bercovici Yale University
Eric Debayle
Eric Debayle École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Roberto Sabadini
Roberto Sabadini University of Milan
Giorgio Spada
Giorgio Spada University of Bologna
Nicolas Coltice
Nicolas Coltice École Normale Supérieure
Thomas Bodin
Thomas Bodin École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Boris J. P. Kaus
Boris J. P. Kaus Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Hervé Bertrand
Hervé Bertrand École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Jean-Paul Montagner
Jean-Paul Montagner Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Gerald Schubert
Gerald Schubert University of California, Los Angeles

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