C. Làj

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

C. Làj is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Làj has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Molecular Biology, 108 papers in Atmospheric Science and 73 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in C. Làj's work include Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (110 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (108 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (55 papers). C. Làj is often cited by papers focused on Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (110 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (108 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (55 papers). C. Làj collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. C. Làj's co-authors include Catherine Kissel, Alain Mazaud, Hervé Guillou, Jean‐Pierre Valet, Robin Weeks, Raimund Muscheler, Andrew P. Roberts, E. Herrero‐Bervera, G. Wagner and Antje H L Voelker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. Làj

170 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Links between tropical rainfall and North Atlantic climate during the last glacial period

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Làj France	53	6.1k	3.9k	3.4k	1.6k	952	172	8.2k
Catherine Kissel France	53	6.2k 1.0×	3.0k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	856 0.9×	173	8.3k
James E T Channell United States	61	8.0k 1.3×	4.6k 1.2×	4.3k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	2.9k 3.0×	195	10.9k
Brad S. Singer United States	61	5.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	6.8k 2.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	295	11.1k
G. M. Raisbeck France	54	6.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.3×	1.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	873 0.9×	167	8.9k
Kenneth L. Verosub United States	44	5.2k 0.9×	5.2k 1.3×	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	152	7.9k
Lisa Tauxe United States	66	9.8k 1.6×	9.9k 2.6×	7.8k 2.3×	2.0k 1.2×	2.5k 2.7×	243	14.2k
Mike Jackson United States	50	3.6k 0.6×	5.1k 1.3×	5.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	718 0.8×	199	8.4k
Alain Mazaud France	33	2.9k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	895 0.3×	808 0.5×	549 0.6×	67	3.3k
G. Brent Dalrymple United States	50	3.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	6.0k 1.8×	479 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	130	8.3k
M. J. AITKEN United Kingdom	32	3.2k 0.5×	953 0.2×	1.3k 0.4×	981 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	93	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Làj

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Kissel, Catherine, et al.. (2018). Magnetic Fingerprints of Modern Sediments in the South China Sea Resulting From Source‐to‐Sink Processes. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 19(7). 1979–1993. 10 indexed citations

Làj, C. & Catherine Kissel. (2016). An Impending geomagnetic transition? Hints from the past. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

Kissel, Catherine, et al.. (2013). Variations in the strength of the North Atlantic bottom water during Holocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 369-370. 248–259. 63 indexed citations

Làj, C., et al.. (2006). An Overview of the Magnetic Properties of Sediments From the South China Sea and Their Paleoenvironmental Significance.. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

Carvallo, Claire, Andrew P. Roberts, Roman Leonhardt, et al.. (2005). Selecting samples for paleointensity measurements with FORC diagrams. AGUFM. 2005. 2 indexed citations

Làj, C., et al.. (2004). Field Geometry During the Iceland Basin Event Observed from the North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

Roberts, Andrew P., et al.. (2004). The Anatomy of a Geomagnetic Excursion: The Iceland Basin Excursion (188 ka). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

Làj, C., et al.. (2003). Holocene Geomagnetic Paleointensity Records From Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Sediments. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

Làj, C., et al.. (2001). Geomagnetic Field Intensity in the Last 75 kyr: Comparison Between Paleomagnetic and 36Cl Based Records.. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Làj, C., et al.. (2001). Magnetic Signature of Environmental Changes in the Last 1.2 My at ODP Site 1146, South China Sea. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 2 indexed citations

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Làj, C., et al.. (2001). Geomagnetic Field Intensity, North Atlantic Deep Water Circulation and Atmospheric Delta 14C During the Last 65 Kyr. AGUFM. 2001. 2 indexed citations

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Mazaud, Alain, Marie‐Alexandrine Sicre, Ullah Ezat, et al.. (2001). Geomagnetic Assisted Stratigraphy and SST Changes in Core MD94-103 (Southern Indian Ocean): Possible Implications for North-South Climatic Relationships Around H4.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 5 indexed citations

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Kissel, Catherine, C. Làj, Alain Mazaud, & Trond Dokken. (1998). Magnetic anisotropy and environmental changes in two sedimentary cores from the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 164(3-4). 617–626. 37 indexed citations

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Voelker, Antje H L, Michael Sarnthein, Pieter Meiert Grootes, et al.. (1997). Correlation of Marine ¹⁴C Ages from the Nordic Seas with the GISP2 Isotope Record: Implications for ¹⁴C Calibration Beyond 25 ka BP. Radiocarbon. 40(1). 517–534. 263 indexed citations

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Garnier, Florence, et al.. (1996). Preliminary determinations of geomagnetic field intensity for the last 400 kyr from the Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project core, Big Island, Hawaii. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(B5). 11665–11673. 10 indexed citations

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Mattei, Massimo, R. Funiciello, Catherine Kissel, & C. Làj. (1994). Strike-slip tectonics and Neogene block rotation in Central Italy. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

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Kissel, Catherine, et al.. (1992). South American active margin; Andean deflections and crustal thickening. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 163(4). 371–380. 5 indexed citations

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Turner, Gillian, Andrew P. Roberts, C. Làj, et al.. (1989). New paleomagnetic results from Blind River: Revised magnetostratigraphy and tectonic rotation of the Marlborough region, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32(2). 191–196. 17 indexed citations

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Valet, Jean‐Pierre, C. Làj, & P. Tucholka. (1986). High-resolution sedimentary record of a geomagnetic reversal. Nature. 322(6074). 27–32. 47 indexed citations

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Renard, Maurice, et al.. (1985). Magnétostratigraphie et biostratigraphie du passage Crétacé-Tertiaire de la coupe de Bidart (Pyrénées Atlantiques). SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

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