Bevan M. French

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Bevan M. French is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Bevan M. French has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 27 papers in Geophysics and 18 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Bevan M. French's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (39 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (24 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers). Bevan M. French is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (39 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (24 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers). Bevan M. French collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and South Africa. Bevan M. French's co-authors include Christian Koeberl, D. T. Vaniman, Grant Heiken, Hans P. Eugster, S. B. Simon, A. Basu, R. C. Reedy, G. E. Blanford, G. Heiken and D. S. McKay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Bevan M. French

62 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Lunar sourcebook : a user's guide to the moon 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 1999 2009 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. Lunar sourcebook : a user's guide to the moon
    1991 631 citations Grant Heiken, D. T. Vaniman et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Traces of catastrophe: a handbook of shock-metamorphic effects in terrestrial meteorite impact structures
    1999 507 citations Bevan M. French profile →
  3. The convincing identification of terrestrial meteorite impact structures: What works, what doesn't, and why
    2009 387 citations Bevan M. French, Christian Koeberl Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bevan M. French United States 27 2.2k 1.5k 1.0k 327 280 75 3.5k
J. A. Crisp United States 27 2.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 299 0.9× 472 1.7× 84 4.2k
P. C. Hess United States 38 2.0k 0.9× 2.3k 1.5× 643 0.6× 182 0.6× 210 0.8× 135 4.2k
D. T. Vaniman United States 35 3.3k 1.5× 807 0.5× 825 0.8× 256 0.8× 563 2.0× 228 4.8k
B. L. Jolliff United States 28 2.9k 1.3× 818 0.5× 777 0.8× 248 0.8× 377 1.3× 363 3.7k
J. G. Spray Canada 43 2.3k 1.1× 3.3k 2.2× 1.5k 1.4× 295 0.9× 258 0.9× 219 5.6k
T. G. Sharp United States 38 1.9k 0.9× 2.5k 1.6× 392 0.4× 220 0.7× 131 0.5× 169 3.8k
A. L. Albee United States 32 1.4k 0.6× 3.4k 2.3× 741 0.7× 366 1.1× 216 0.8× 124 5.3k
Yangting Lin China 35 2.8k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 883 0.9× 286 0.9× 442 1.6× 222 4.4k
R. A. F. Grieve Canada 47 5.3k 2.4× 3.2k 2.1× 3.5k 3.4× 411 1.3× 324 1.2× 250 7.1k
R. B. Hargraves United States 34 808 0.4× 2.6k 1.7× 913 0.9× 387 1.2× 79 0.3× 97 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bevan M. French

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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French, Bevan M., et al.. (2025). Lessons learned through participatory bird-window collision research on a university campus. Urban Ecosystems. 28(2).
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Bedrosian, Paul A., et al.. (2013). Geophysical signatures and modeling results from a buried impact structure in Decorah, Iowa, USA. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations
3.
French, Bevan M.. (2011). Nicholas M. Short (July 18, 1927–June 12, 2011). Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 47(1). 158–162.
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French, Bevan M. & Christian Koeberl. (2009). The convincing identification of terrestrial meteorite impact structures: What works, what doesn't, and why. Earth-Science Reviews. 98(1-2). 123–170. 387 indexed citations breakdown →
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French, Bevan M., et al.. (1999). Intense Fracturing of Quartz at the Rock Elm (Wisconsin) "Cryptoexplosion" Structure: Evidence for Meteorite Impact. LPI. 1123. 6 indexed citations
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French, Bevan M., et al.. (1996). A TEM investigation of shock metamorphism in quartz from the Sudbury impact structure (Canada). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 138(1-4). 137–143. 18 indexed citations
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French, Bevan M., et al.. (1995). Petrology and Geochemistry of Target Rocks and Breccias from the Gardnos Impact Structure, Norway. LPI. 26. 423. 2 indexed citations
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Heiken, Grant, D. T. Vaniman, & Bevan M. French. (1991). Lunar sourcebook : a user's guide to the moon. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 631 indexed citations breakdown →
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French, Bevan M., et al.. (1989). Iridium in the Vredefort Bronzite Granophyre - Impact melting and limits on a possible extraterrestrial component. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings. 19. 356. 31 indexed citations
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French, Bevan M. & Roger L. Nielsen. (1988). Vredefort Bronzite Granophyre: Chemical Evidence for Origin as an Impact Melt. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 19. 354. 1 indexed citations
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French, Bevan M.. (1980). Footprints of the Sun. Nature. 283(5744). 244–245. 2 indexed citations
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French, Bevan M.. (1977). What's new on the moon. I. Sky and Telescope. 53. 164. 2 indexed citations
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Dietz, Runé & Bevan M. French. (1973). Araguainha Dome and Serra da Cangalha, Brazil: probable astroblemes.. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 8. 345–347. 4 indexed citations
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Walter, L. S., et al.. (1972). Petrographic Analysis of Lunar Samples 14171 and 14305 (Breccias) and 14310 (Melt Rock). LPI. 3. 773. 1 indexed citations
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French, Bevan M. & Joseph J. Fahey. (1972). Manganaxinite from the mesabi range, minnesota. American Mineralogist. 57. 989–992. 3 indexed citations
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Adler, I., et al.. (1971). Mineralogical studies of Apollo 12 samples. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings. 2. 343. 9 indexed citations
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French, Bevan M. & R. B. Hargraves. (1971). Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa: Absence of Shock-Metamorphic Effects in a Preliminary Search. The Journal of Geology. 79(5). 616–620. 3 indexed citations
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Adler, I., Bevan M. French, B. P. Glass, et al.. (1970). Electron microprobe analysis of Apollo 11 lunar samples. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 1. 87. 9 indexed citations
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French, Bevan M.. (1966). Some geological implications of equilibrium between graphite and a C‐H‐O gas phase at high temperatures and pressures. Reviews of Geophysics. 4(2). 223–253. 231 indexed citations
20.
French, Bevan M. & Hans P. Eugster. (1965). Experimental control of oxygen fugacities by graphite-gas equilibriums. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 70(6). 1529–1539. 110 indexed citations

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