Alain Ratier

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alain Ratier is a scholar working on Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Ratier has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Oceanography, 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 3 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Alain Ratier's work include Underwater Acoustics Research (3 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (3 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (3 papers). Alain Ratier is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Acoustics Research (3 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (3 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (3 papers). Alain Ratier collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United Kingdom. Alain Ratier's co-authors include Johannes Schmetz, Sergio Rota, Dieter Just, Stephen Tjemkes, Jochen Kerkmann, Paolo Pili, A. Podaire, Pierre‐Yves Deschamps, M. Herman and Hervé Roquet and has published in prestigious journals such as Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Advances in Space Research and Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

In The Last Decade

Alain Ratier

10 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2002 200 400 600
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.

  1. An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)
    2002 658 citations Johannes Schmetz, Paolo Pili et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
  2. Supplement to An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)
    2002 435 citations Johannes Schmetz, Paolo Pili et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Ratier Germany 6 919 874 184 156 108 10 1.2k
Sergio Rota Germany 6 918 1.0× 866 1.0× 187 1.0× 156 1.0× 108 1.0× 8 1.2k
Paolo Pili Germany 7 925 1.0× 871 1.0× 187 1.0× 158 1.0× 116 1.1× 16 1.2k
Jochen Kerkmann Germany 11 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 220 1.2× 163 1.0× 125 1.2× 15 1.6k
Michel Desbois France 22 1.2k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 117 0.6× 141 0.9× 69 0.6× 58 1.5k
G. Thomas Arnold United States 17 1.5k 1.6× 1.4k 1.6× 137 0.7× 95 0.6× 181 1.7× 33 1.7k
Donald P. Wylie United States 14 1.3k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 74 0.4× 91 0.6× 96 0.9× 39 1.4k
Huazhe Shang China 19 909 1.0× 807 0.9× 149 0.8× 273 1.8× 75 0.7× 53 1.2k
Luca Bugliaro Germany 16 924 1.0× 724 0.8× 111 0.6× 196 1.3× 173 1.6× 54 1.2k
Andi Walther United States 12 825 0.9× 590 0.7× 88 0.5× 96 0.6× 88 0.8× 27 958
P. D. Watts Germany 16 866 0.9× 905 1.0× 170 0.9× 45 0.3× 108 1.0× 29 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alain Ratier

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Ratier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Ratier

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alain Ratier. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alain Ratier 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 Ratier. Alain Ratier is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Asrar, Ghassem, Sandrine Bony, Oliviér Boucher, et al.. (2015). Climate Symposium 2014: Findings and Recommendations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 96(9). ES145–ES147. 2 indexed citations
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Ratier, Alain, et al.. (2003). L'imagerie géostationnaire et son évolution. La Météorologie. 8(40). 74–74. 1 indexed citations
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Ratier, Alain, et al.. (2002). Atmospheric measurements from the MSG and EPS systems. Advances in Space Research. 29(11). 1609–1618. 4 indexed citations
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Schmetz, Johannes, Paolo Pili, Stephen Tjemkes, et al.. (2002). Supplement to An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(7). 991–991. 31 indexed citations
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Schmetz, Johannes, Paolo Pili, Stephen Tjemkes, et al.. (2002). Supplement to An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(7). 992–992. 435 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmetz, Johannes, Paolo Pili, Stephen Tjemkes, et al.. (2002). An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(7). 977–992. 658 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmetz, Johannes, Paolo Pili, Stephen Tjemkes, et al.. (2002). Supplement to An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(7). 991–991. 6 indexed citations
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Schmetz, Johannes, Paolo Pili, Stephen Tjemkes, et al.. (2002). Supplement to An Introduction to Meteosat Second Generation (MSG). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 83(7). 992–992. 34 indexed citations
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Deschamps, Pierre‐Yves, M. Herman, A. Podaire, & Alain Ratier. (1992). <title>POLDER instrument: mission objectives</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1747. 72–91. 7 indexed citations

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