Alexis Plunder

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alexis Plunder is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexis Plunder has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Alexis Plunder's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (18 papers). Alexis Plunder is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (24 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (18 papers). Alexis Plunder collaborates with scholars based in France, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Alexis Plunder's co-authors include Philippe Agard, Benoît Dubacq, Samuel Angiboust, Christian Chopin, Jonas B. Ruh, Guillaume Bonnet, Mathieu Soret, Aral İ. Okay, Philippe Yamato and Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geology and Nature Geoscience.

In The Last Decade

Alexis Plunder

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The subduction plate interface: rock record and mechanica... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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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. The subduction plate interface: rock record and mechanical coupling (from long to short timescales)
    2018 213 citations Philippe Agard, Alexis Plunder et al. Lithos profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexis Plunder France 16 1.2k 166 56 47 42 34 1.2k
Katie A. Smart South Africa 17 1.0k 0.9× 280 1.7× 50 0.9× 56 1.2× 31 0.7× 26 1.1k
Mark G. Steltenpohl United States 17 664 0.6× 204 1.2× 71 1.3× 60 1.3× 36 0.9× 46 695
Malcolm Massuyeau France 12 812 0.7× 186 1.1× 31 0.6× 28 0.6× 22 0.5× 16 847
A. L. Perchuk Russia 16 1.4k 1.2× 236 1.4× 80 1.4× 29 0.6× 47 1.1× 51 1.5k
Petr Jeřábek Czechia 18 718 0.6× 157 0.9× 31 0.6× 101 2.1× 31 0.7× 50 769
Jean Marc Lardeaux France 8 608 0.5× 145 0.9× 22 0.4× 65 1.4× 56 1.3× 8 633
Arjan H. Dijkstra Netherlands 14 690 0.6× 166 1.0× 41 0.7× 19 0.4× 32 0.8× 26 743
Khadidja Ouzegane Algeria 17 692 0.6× 224 1.3× 30 0.5× 52 1.1× 26 0.6× 42 753
Erling J. Krogh Ravna Norway 17 1.3k 1.1× 324 2.0× 57 1.0× 60 1.3× 32 0.8× 26 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexis Plunder

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gaillard, Fabrice, Éric Gloaguen, Alexis Plunder, et al.. (2025). Experimental constraints on the sources of lithium-rich granites and pegmatites. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).
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Thomas, Robert James, Steven D. Boger, Olivier Blein, et al.. (2025). Precambrian crustal architecture of Malawi: a keystone in SE Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 233. 105857–105857.
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Bayon, Benjamin Le, Alexis Plunder, Robert J. Thomas, et al.. (2024). Crustal evolution of the northern Nyika Subdomain of the Palaeoproterozoic Ubendian belt in Malawi. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 213. 105216–105216. 2 indexed citations
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Labrousse, Loïc, et al.. (2023). Assessing Chemical and Mineralogical Properties of the Alpine Slab Based on Field Analogs and Ambient Noise Tomography. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(12). 3 indexed citations
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Agard, Philippe, et al.. (2023). Lithospheric-scale dynamics during continental subduction: Evidence from a frozen-in plate interface. Geology. 51(12). 1153–1157. 2 indexed citations
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Hinsbergen, Douwe J.J. van, Bernhard Steinberger, Carl Guilmette, et al.. (2021). A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation. Nature Geoscience. 14(8). 626–630. 62 indexed citations
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Stünitz, Holger, et al.. (2020). Relationship between microstructures and resistance in mafic assemblages that deform and transform. Solid Earth. 11(6). 2141–2167. 6 indexed citations
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Plunder, Alexis, Morgan Ganerød, Eldert L. Advokaat, et al.. (2020). History of Subduction Polarity Reversal During Arc‐Continent Collision: Constraints From the Andaman Ophiolite and its Metamorphic Sole. Tectonics. 39(6). 33 indexed citations
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Rodriguez, Mathieu, Philippe Huchon, Nicolas Chamot‐Rooke, et al.. (2019). Successive shifts of the India-Africa transform plate boundary during the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene interval: Implications for ophiolite emplacement along transforms. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 191. 104225–104225. 15 indexed citations
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Peters, Kalijn, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Matthijs A. Smit, et al.. (2018). Magnitude and meaning of time lags between the formation and cooling of Neotethyan metamorphic soles from multi-chronology. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 11957. 4 indexed citations
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Plunder, Alexis, Cédric Thieulot, & Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen. (2018). The effect of obliquity on temperature in subduction zones: insights from 3-D numerical modeling. Solid Earth. 9(3). 759–776. 28 indexed citations
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Dubacq, Benoît & Alexis Plunder. (2018). Controls on Trace Element Distribution in Oxides and Silicates. Journal of Petrology. 59(2). 233–256. 14 indexed citations
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Soret, Mathieu, Philippe Agard, Benoît Dubacq, Alexis Plunder, & Philippe Yamato. (2017). Petrological evidence for stepwise accretion of metamorphic soles during subduction infancy (Semail ophiolite, Oman and UAE ). Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 35(9). 1051–1080. 90 indexed citations
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Plunder, Alexis, Philippe Agard, Christian Chopin, Amaury Pourteau, & Aral İ. Okay. (2015). Accretion, underplating and exhumation along a subduction interface: From subduction initiation to continental subduction (Tavşanlı zone, W. Turkey). Lithos. 226. 233–254. 79 indexed citations
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Plunder, Alexis, Philippe Agard, Christian Chopin, & Aral İ. Okay. (2013). Record of high-pressure overprint in metamorphic soles of the Tavşanli zone, Western Anatolia. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations
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Plunder, Alexis, Philippe Agard, Christian Chopin, & Aral İ. Okay. (2013). Geodynamics of the Tavşanlı zone, western Turkey: Insights into subduction/obduction processes. Tectonophysics. 608. 884–903. 57 indexed citations
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Plunder, Alexis, Philippe Agard, Benoît Dubacq, Christian Chopin, & Mathieu Bellanger. (2012). How continuous and precise is the record of P–T paths? Insights from combined thermobarometry and thermodynamic modelling into subduction dynamics (Schistes Lustrés, W. Alps). Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 30(3). 323–346. 77 indexed citations
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Plunder, Alexis, Philippe Agard, Christian Chopin, & Aral İ. Okay. (2012). New petrological insights from the Tavșanli zone (Izmir-Ankara suture, Western Anatolia). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 7440. 1 indexed citations

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