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Paul Tapponnier

Paul Tapponnier publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geology and Earth-Surface Processes, on topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

World rank
#80,915
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in France
#4,259
of 96,116
Works
46
Citations
425
Citations per work
9.2

What does Paul Tapponnier research?

Geophysics: 59.3%Geology: 14.8%Earth-Surface Processes: 7.4%Artificial Intelligence: 3.7%other fields: 14.8%59%top field
Geophysics59.3%Geology14.8%Earth-Surface Processes7.4%Artificial Intelligence3.7%other fields14.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Geophysics59% of their works
  2. 2Geology15% of their works
  3. 3Earth-Surface Processes7% of their works
  4. 4Artificial Intelligence4% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul Tapponnier's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Subduction, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Tectonics, Geochronology, Zircon and Cenozoic Evolution.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics173 topics
  2. Subduction172 topics
  3. Earthquakes141 topic
  4. Plate Boundaries141 topic
  5. Tectonics122 topics
  6. Geochronology81 topic
  7. Zircon81 topic
  8. Cenozoic Evolution61 topic
  9. Rifting61 topic
  10. Fluvial Systems41 topic
  11. Ionospheric Anomalies41 topic
  12. Sedimentation41 topic
  13. Seismic Electromagnetics41 topic
  14. Crystal Structure Prediction31 topic
  15. Mantle Dynamics31 topic
  16. Western Mediterranean31 topic
  17. geodynamics31 topic
  18. Machine Learning21 topic
  19. Seismic Signals21 topic

Where does Paul Tapponnier work?

Paul Tapponnier's main affiliation in the publication record is Institut de physique du globe de Paris, France.

How many publications and citations does Paul Tapponnier have?

Science Explorer counts 46 works and 425 citations for Paul Tapponnier, ranking #80,915 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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