Alain Blieck

1.3k total citations
67 papers, 993 citations indexed

About

Alain Blieck is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Blieck has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 993 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Paleontology, 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 11 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Alain Blieck's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (48 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (41 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (30 papers). Alain Blieck is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (48 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (41 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (30 papers). Alain Blieck collaborates with scholars based in France, Belgium and Australia. Alain Blieck's co-authors include Susan Turner, Philippe Janvier, David George, Carole J. Burrow, Pierre Bultynck, Stanislas Loboziak, Elga Mark‐Kurik, Godfrey S. Nowlan, Hans‐Peter Schultze and Carl B. Rexroad and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alain Blieck

63 papers receiving 937 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Blieck France 18 836 405 124 90 82 67 993
Min Huh South Korea 20 858 1.0× 380 0.9× 90 0.7× 178 2.0× 32 0.4× 73 1.0k
Carole J. Burrow Australia 21 1.2k 1.5× 775 1.9× 67 0.5× 52 0.6× 36 0.4× 105 1.4k
M. A. Whyte United Kingdom 19 748 0.9× 335 0.8× 142 1.1× 272 3.0× 46 0.6× 34 922
Massimo Bernardi Italy 17 799 1.0× 231 0.6× 152 1.2× 152 1.7× 28 0.3× 40 996
Yanhong Pan China 20 949 1.1× 267 0.7× 175 1.4× 71 0.8× 38 0.5× 54 1.2k
Tiiu Märss Estonia 18 672 0.8× 301 0.7× 129 1.0× 41 0.5× 25 0.3× 65 811
Randall F. Miller Canada 17 649 0.8× 291 0.7× 336 2.7× 218 2.4× 79 1.0× 74 1.0k
Sylvie Wenz France 17 649 0.8× 442 1.1× 102 0.8× 99 1.1× 50 0.6× 38 793
Kenneth J. Lacovara United States 16 787 0.9× 488 1.2× 72 0.6× 74 0.8× 20 0.2× 34 944
Jean‐Claude Gall France 16 490 0.6× 149 0.4× 137 1.1× 111 1.2× 91 1.1× 46 747

Countries citing papers authored by Alain Blieck

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Blieck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Blieck

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alain Blieck. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alain Blieck based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alain Blieck. Alain Blieck is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Elliott, David K., et al.. (2018). A new species of cyathaspid (Vertebrata: Pteraspidomorphi: Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian Drake Bay Formation, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology. 67(1). 88–95. 1 indexed citations
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Mistiaen, Bruno, Denise Brice, Alain Blieck, et al.. (2016). Le Boulonnais (Pas-de-Calais) : un patrimoine géologique remarquable, avec une attention particulière au Dévonien. 32–39. 1 indexed citations
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Blieck, Alain, et al.. (2015). La Société géologique du Nord il y a 50 ans. 7–9.
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George, David & Alain Blieck. (2011). Rise of the Earliest Tetrapods: An Early Devonian Origin from Marine Environment. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e22136–e22136. 43 indexed citations
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Blieck, Alain, et al.. (2009). NEW PTERASPIDIFORM HETEROSTRACANS (VERTEBRATA) FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN OF LA GILEPPE AND NONCEVEUX, BELGIUM. Geologica Belgica. 12. 31–43. 1 indexed citations
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Blieck, Alain. (2009). Biodiversité, environnements et évolution au Paléozoïque : le cas des vertébrés du Cambrien au Dévonien (542 à -359 ma). LillOA (Université de Lille (University Of Lille)). 16(1). 19–33. 2 indexed citations
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Dupret, Vincent & Alain Blieck. (2008). The Lochkovian–Pragian boundary in Podolia (Lower Devonian, Ukraine) based upon placoderm vertebrates. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 341(1). 63–70. 14 indexed citations
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Servais, Thomas, Alain Blieck, Martial Caridroit, et al.. (2005). The importance of plankton and nekton distributions in Ordovician palaeogeographical reconstructions. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 176(6). 531–543. 14 indexed citations
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Delsate, Dominique, Alain Blieck, & Philippe Steemans. (2004). A psammosteid heterostracan (vertebrata: Pteraspidomorphi) from the Emsian (lower Devonian) of the grand duchy of Luxembourg. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 5 indexed citations
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Ahlberg, Per, et al.. (2004). Devonian tetrapod from western Europe. Nature. 427(6973). 412–413. 52 indexed citations
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Streel, Maurice, Roland Dreesen, Éric Groessens, et al.. (1998). Proposal for a Strunian substage and a subdivision of the Famennian Stage into four substages.. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 9 indexed citations
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Blieck, Alain. (1995). Biostratigraphical correlationsof Early Devonian ichthyofaunas of the Old Red Continent. Geobios. 28. 303–309. 3 indexed citations
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Blieck, Alain, et al.. (1988). The Devonian of France and Belgium. 359–400. 5 indexed citations
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Janvier, Philippe, et al.. (1987). Faune et flore de la Formation de Sika (Dévonien inférieur) dans la presqu'île de Dô Son (Viêt-Nam).. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Blieck, Alain, et al.. (1983). The cyathaspids of the Red Bay Group (Lower Devonian) of Spitsbergen. Polar Research. 1(1). 49–74. 18 indexed citations
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Blieck, Alain. (1982). Les Hétérostracés (vertébrés, agnathes) du Dévonien inferieur du nord de la France et du sud de la Belgique (Artois-Ardenne). Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique. 5 indexed citations

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