A. Briais

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

A. Briais is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Briais has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 9 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in A. Briais's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (31 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (30 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers). A. Briais is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (31 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (30 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers). A. Briais collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. A. Briais's co-authors include Philippe Patriat, Paul Tapponnier, Sylvain Bonvalot, N. Valès, G. Balmino, M. Rabinowicz, Mathilde Cannat, Céline Rommevaux‐Jestin, Daniel Sauter and Lindsay M. Parson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

A. Briais

47 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Updated interpretation of magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading stages in the south China Sea: Implications for the Tertiary tectonics of Southeast Asia

1993 1.2k citations A. Briais, Philippe Patriat et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Briais France	24	2.0k	1.3k	480	406	401	50	2.8k
John R. Hopper Denmark	32	2.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	372 0.8×	708 1.7×	407 1.0×	87	3.3k
Brian E. Tucholke United States	37	3.5k 1.8×	857 0.6×	838 1.7×	291 0.7×	1.0k 2.5×	107	4.4k
Jean Masclé France	32	2.2k 1.1×	583 0.4×	729 1.5×	270 0.7×	628 1.6×	86	2.8k
Carol A. Stein United States	26	2.7k 1.4×	405 0.3×	237 0.5×	317 0.8×	622 1.6×	63	3.5k
M. Sdrolias Australia	9	2.8k 1.4×	655 0.5×	281 0.6×	166 0.4×	599 1.5×	13	3.4k
C. E. Keen Canada	39	3.1k 1.6×	1.6k 1.2×	736 1.5×	695 1.7×	490 1.2×	89	4.0k
R. C. Searle United Kingdom	39	4.0k 2.0×	766 0.6×	471 1.0×	229 0.6×	979 2.4×	137	4.6k
Bernard Coakley United States	28	897 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	588 1.2×	566 1.4×	1.1k 2.6×	62	2.5k
Margo H. Edwards United States	26	1.5k 0.7×	664 0.5×	159 0.3×	256 0.6×	1.2k 3.0×	59	2.8k
Hans Schouten United States	30	4.3k 2.2×	819 0.6×	373 0.8×	262 0.6×	982 2.4×	74	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Briais

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20 of 20 papers shown

Parnell‐Turner, Ross, et al.. (2025). Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.

Singh, S. C., et al.. (2025). Deep mantle earthquakes linked to CO2 degassing at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Nature Communications. 16(1). 563–563. 1 indexed citations

Tapponnier, P., et al.. (2025). A reconstruction of the last 50 My of South-East Asia's tectonic history. Tectonophysics. 919. 230981–230981.

Maia, Márcia, et al.. (2023). Evolution of a Cold Intra‐Transform Ridge Segment Through Oceanic Core Complex Splitting and Mantle Exhumation, St. Paul Transform System, Equatorial Atlantic. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(5). 2 indexed citations

Bazin, Sara, et al.. (2023). Hydroacoustic Study of a Seismic Swarm in 2016–2017 near the Melville Transform Fault on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 2 indexed citations

Parnell‐Turner, Ross, A. Briais, & Leah J. LeVay. (2023). Expedition 395 Scientific Prospectus Addendum: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate. 2 indexed citations

Maillard, Agnès, Olivier Driussi, Johanna Lofi, et al.. (2014). Record of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the SW Mallorca area (Balearic Promontory, Spain). Marine Geology. 357. 304–320. 21 indexed citations

Bonvalot, Sylvain, G. Balmino, A. Briais, et al.. (2012). World Gravity Map: a set of global complete spherical Bouguer and isostatic anomaly maps and grids. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11091. 12 indexed citations

Cordier, Carole, Mathieu Benoît, Christophe Hémond, et al.. (2010). Time scales of melt extraction revealed by distribution of lava composition across a ridge axis. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 11(7). 25 indexed citations

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Carton, H. D., S. C. Singh, Paul Tapponnier, et al.. (2009). Seismic evidence for Neogene and active shortening offshore of Lebanon (Shalimar cruise). Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(B7). 42 indexed citations

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Briais, A., Hélène Ondréas, Frauke Klingelhoëfer, et al.. (2009). Origin of volcanism on the flanks of the Pacific‐Antarctic ridge between 41°30′S and 52°S. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 10(9). 33 indexed citations

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Tapponnier, P., A. Elias, S. C. Singh, et al.. (2007). Active Thrusting Offshore Mount Lebanon: Source of the Tsunamigenic A.D. 551 Beirut-Tripoli Earthquake. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Elias, A., P. Tapponnier, Sukhpal Singh, et al.. (2004). Fresh Submarine Seismic Breaks due to Historical Thrust Earthquakes Offshore Lebanon. AGUFM. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Carton, H. D., S. C. Singh, P. Tapponnier, et al.. (2004). Seismic Evidence for Neogene and Active Shortening Offshore Lebanon (SHALIMAR Cruise). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Briais, A., S. C. Singh, P. Tapponnier, et al.. (2004). Neogene and active shortening offshore the reactivated Levant margin in Lebanon: results of the SHALIMAR cruise. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 5 indexed citations

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Carton, H. D., A. Elias, P. Tapponnier, et al.. (2004). Miocene to Quaternary Folding and Thrusting Offshore Lebanon From SHALIMAR Seismic Profiles. AGUFM. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Sauter, Daniel, Lindsay M. Parson, Véronique Mendel, et al.. (2002). TOBI sidescan sonar imagery of the very slow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge: evidence for along-axis magma distribution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 199(1-2). 81–95. 33 indexed citations

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Dyment, J., et al.. (2001). Central Indian Ridge and Reunion Hotspot in Rodrigues Area : Another Type of Ridge - Hotspot Interaction ?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 4 indexed citations

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Sauter, Daniel, Philippe Patriat, Céline Rommevaux‐Jestin, Mathilde Cannat, & A. Briais. (2001). The Southwest Indian Ridge between 49°15′E and 57°E: focused accretion and magma redistribution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 192(3). 303–317. 117 indexed citations

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Pautot, Guy, et al.. (1990). The axial ridge of the south china sea - a seabeam and geophysical survey. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 29 indexed citations

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