Bernard Valette

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Bernard Valette is a scholar working on Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Valette has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Geophysics, 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 8 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Bernard Valette's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (8 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (8 papers). Bernard Valette is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (8 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (8 papers). Bernard Valette collaborates with scholars based in France, Mexico and Spain. Bernard Valette's co-authors include Albert Tarantola, Jean‐Luc Vergely, R. Lallement, François Cornet, Jacques Angelier, Michel Campillo, L. Eyer, L. Casagrande, Philippe Lesage and D. Katz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Nature Geoscience and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Valette

31 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Generalized nonlinear inverse problems solved using the l... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 1982 2019 500 1000 1.5k
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. Generalized nonlinear inverse problems solved using the least squares criterion
    1982 1.6k citations Albert Tarantola, Bernard Valette Reviews of Geophysics profile →
  2. Inverse problems = Quest for information
    1982 771 citations Albert Tarantola, Bernard Valette profile →
  3. Gaia-2MASS 3D maps of Galactic interstellar dust within 3 kpc
    2019 264 citations R. Lallement, C. Babusiaux et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernard Valette France 21 2.7k 741 650 457 289 33 4.1k
George Backus United States 19 2.0k 0.7× 524 0.7× 520 0.8× 199 0.4× 323 1.1× 40 3.8k
William Menke United States 34 5.0k 1.8× 193 0.3× 1.0k 1.5× 472 1.0× 511 1.8× 125 6.2k
Klaus Mosegaard Denmark 30 2.7k 1.0× 601 0.8× 1.3k 2.0× 432 0.9× 1.2k 4.1× 94 5.2k
Duncan Carr Agnew United States 35 3.6k 1.3× 292 0.4× 452 0.7× 624 1.4× 376 1.3× 115 5.0k
A. Mangeney France 50 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.9× 392 0.6× 536 1.2× 1.3k 4.4× 199 7.3k
Lev Eppelbaum Israel 24 1.3k 0.5× 120 0.2× 610 0.9× 279 0.6× 202 0.7× 191 2.0k
S. H. Ward United States 26 2.3k 0.9× 495 0.7× 1.6k 2.4× 253 0.6× 166 0.6× 99 3.0k
Freeman Gilbert United States 39 5.4k 2.0× 356 0.5× 1.4k 2.2× 328 0.7× 373 1.3× 77 7.2k
Dominique Gibert France 29 1.6k 0.6× 179 0.2× 545 0.8× 106 0.2× 226 0.8× 103 2.5k
Alan D. Chave United States 43 4.7k 1.7× 207 0.3× 1.9k 3.0× 335 0.7× 251 0.9× 145 6.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Valette

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Valette

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Valette, Bernard, et al.. (2021). A preliminary seismic travel time tomography beneath Ecuador from data of the national network. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 111. 103486–103486. 12 indexed citations
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Lallement, R., C. Babusiaux, Jean‐Luc Vergely, et al.. (2019). Gaia-2MASS 3D maps of Galactic interstellar dust within 3 kpc. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 625. A135–A135. 264 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lesage, Philippe, Guillermo Cortés, Bernard Valette, et al.. (2016). Performance of the ‘material Failure Forecast Method’ in real-time situations: A Bayesian approach applied on effusive and explosive eruptions. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 327. 622–633. 24 indexed citations
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Potin, Bertrand, Bernard Valette, François Thouvenot, & Vadim Monteiller. (2015). From local earthquakes tomography to Moho topography beneath the Western Alps. EGUGA. 2690. 1 indexed citations
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Lesage, Philippe, et al.. (2015). Real‐time eruption forecasting using the material Failure Forecast Method with a Bayesian approach. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 120(4). 2143–2161. 55 indexed citations
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Lallement, R., et al.. (2013). 3D maps of the local ISM from inversion of individual color excess measurements. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 561. A91–A91. 207 indexed citations
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Vergely, Jean‐Luc, et al.. (2010). Spatial distribution of interstellar dust in the Sun's vicinity: comparison with neutral sodium-bearing gas. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 43 indexed citations
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Vergely, Jean‐Luc, et al.. (2010). Spatial distribution of interstellar dust in the Sun's vicinity. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 518. A31–A31. 52 indexed citations
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Ricard, Yanick, et al.. (2010). Flattening of the Earth: further from hydrostaticity than previously estimated. Geophysical Journal International. 183(2). 727–732. 56 indexed citations
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O’Brien, G. S., et al.. (2009). Locating volcano-seismic signals in the presence of rough topography: wave simulations on Arenal volcano, Costa Rica. Geophysical Journal International. 179(3). 1547–1557. 12 indexed citations
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Valette, Bernard, et al.. (2005). Earth gravity up to second order in topography and density. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 151(1-2). 89–106. 12 indexed citations
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Mora, Mauricio M., Philippe Lesage, Bernard Valette, et al.. (2005). Shallow velocity structure and seismic site effects at Arenal volcano, Costa Rica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 152(1-2). 121–139. 33 indexed citations
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Vergely, Jean‐Luc, et al.. (2001). NaI and HI 3-D density distribution in the solar neighbourhood. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 366(3). 1016–1034. 37 indexed citations
14.
Valette, Bernard. (1993). Esthétique du roman moderne. Nathan eBooks.
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Valette, Bernard, et al.. (1989). LES ACCIDENTS DE LA CIRCULATION DANS L'ENFANCE. 2 indexed citations
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Valette, Bernard. (1986). About the influence of pre-stress upon adiabatic perturbations of the Earth. Geophysical Journal International. 85(1). 179–208. 15 indexed citations
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Tarantola, Albert & Bernard Valette. (1982). Inverse problems = Quest for information. 50(1). 159–170. 771 indexed citations breakdown →
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Angelier, Jacques, et al.. (1982). Inversion of field data in fault tectonics to obtain the regional stress ? I. Single phase fault populations: a new method of computing the stress tensor. Geophysical Journal International. 69(3). 607–621. 200 indexed citations
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Tarantola, Albert & Bernard Valette. (1982). Generalized nonlinear inverse problems solved using the least squares criterion. Reviews of Geophysics. 20(2). 219–232. 1590 indexed citations breakdown →
20.
Martin, Jean-Pierre, et al.. (1974). Sur les titres des romans de Jean Bruce. Langages. 8(35). 87–116. 1 indexed citations

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