Etienne Balan

5.8k total citations
135 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Etienne Balan is a scholar working on Geophysics, Biomaterials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Etienne Balan has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Geophysics, 50 papers in Biomaterials and 28 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Etienne Balan's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (52 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (47 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (37 papers). Etienne Balan is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (52 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (47 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (37 papers). Etienne Balan collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Etienne Balan's co-authors include Marc Blanchard, Francesco Mauri, Michele Lazzeri, Georges Calas, Merlin Méheut, Guillaume Morin, Thierry Allard, A. Marco Saitta, Simon Delattre and Jannick Ingrin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Etienne Balan

130 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Etienne Balan France 42 2.0k 1.0k 978 772 656 135 4.6k
Gilles Berger France 32 924 0.5× 827 0.8× 869 0.9× 425 0.6× 659 1.0× 77 4.1k
Lawrence M. Anovitz United States 40 1.9k 1.0× 706 0.7× 431 0.4× 1.3k 1.7× 340 0.5× 180 6.2k
David R. Veblen United States 48 2.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 853 0.9× 1.3k 1.7× 617 0.9× 143 6.6k
Peter J. Heaney United States 42 1.2k 0.6× 577 0.6× 1.5k 1.6× 1.7k 2.2× 731 1.1× 132 6.5k
Christine V. Putnis Germany 46 1.6k 0.8× 2.0k 2.0× 643 0.7× 878 1.1× 346 0.5× 148 6.4k
David R. Cole United States 58 1.3k 0.6× 484 0.5× 870 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 529 0.8× 208 9.5k
Philippe Blanc France 34 1.0k 0.5× 619 0.6× 479 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 647 1.0× 132 5.1k
M. D. Dyar United States 55 3.7k 1.8× 952 0.9× 1.5k 1.5× 849 1.1× 488 0.7× 445 10.7k
Victor A. Drits Russia 35 1.2k 0.6× 1.9k 1.8× 1.7k 1.8× 872 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 66 5.1k
Andrew G. Christy Australia 37 1.3k 0.7× 452 0.4× 481 0.5× 1.6k 2.1× 575 0.9× 137 4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Etienne Balan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Allard, Thierry, Etienne Balan, Mathieu Chassé, et al.. (2025). EPR Dating of Clay Minerals Formation Through Geological Times: Benchmarking From the Quaternary to the Neoproterozoic Era. American Journal of Science. 325.
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Bernard, Sylvain, Etienne Balan, Fabien Baron, et al.. (2025). Preservation of organic traces of life under Martian conditions: Influence of the nature of the smectite in presence. Icarus. 443. 116789–116789.
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Montouillout, Valérie, et al.. (2025). High-resolution solid-state 7Li NMR study of lithium incorporation in calcite and aragonite. Chemical Geology. 690. 122842–122842.
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Guinoiseau, Damien, Cécile Quantin, Cécile Gautheron, et al.. (2024). Lateritic Cenozoic paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic conditions in the Central Amazon basin, Brazil, inferred from mineralogy, geochemistry and geochronology. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 662. 112674–112674. 2 indexed citations
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Viennet, Jean‐Christophe, Etienne Balan, Fabien Baron, et al.. (2023). Experimental investigations of the preservation/degradation of microbial signatures in the presence of clay minerals under Martian subsurface conditions. Icarus. 406. 115743–115743. 5 indexed citations
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Coradin, Thibaud, Vesna Šrot, Peter A. van Aken, et al.. (2023). Multi-scale characterization of Developmental Defects of Enamel and their clinical significance for diagnosis and treatment. Acta Biomaterialia. 169. 155–167. 9 indexed citations
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Royer, Clément, Sylvain Bernard, Olivier Beyssac, et al.. (2023). Impact of UV radiation on the Raman and infrared spectral signatures of sulfates, phosphates and carbonates: Implications for Mars exploration. Icarus. 410. 115894–115894. 5 indexed citations
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Jollands, Michael C., et al.. (2023). Vibrational properties of OH groups associated with divalent cations in corundum (α-Al2O3). European Journal of Mineralogy. 35(5). 873–890. 4 indexed citations
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Balan, Etienne, et al.. (2023). Effect of Fe–Fe interactions and X-site vacancy ordering on the OH-stretching spectrum of foitite. European Journal of Mineralogy. 35(1). 105–116. 1 indexed citations
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Guinoiseau, Damien, Thierry Allard, Jennifer L. Druhan, et al.. (2021). Tropical weathering history recorded in the silicon isotopes of lateritic soils. Goldschmidt2021 abstracts. 2 indexed citations
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Fritsch, Emmanuel, Etienne Balan, Sabine Petit, & Farid Juillot. (2021). Structural, textural, and chemical controls on the OH stretching vibrations in serpentine-group minerals. European Journal of Mineralogy. 33(4). 447–462. 20 indexed citations
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Viennet, Jean‐Christophe, Etienne Balan, M. Gauthier, et al.. (2021). Impact of UV Radiation on the Raman Signal of Cystine: Implications for the Detection of S-rich Organics on Mars. Astrobiology. 21(5). 566–574. 11 indexed citations
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Radtke, Guillaume, Dario Taverna, Michele Lazzeri, & Etienne Balan. (2017). First-Principles Vibrational Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of β-Guanine. Physical Review Letters. 119(2). 27402–27402. 15 indexed citations
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Balan, Etienne, Christel Gervais, Loïc Ségalen, et al.. (2014). Probing atomic scale transformation of fossil dental enamel using Fourier transform infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: A case study from the Tugen Hills (Rift Gregory, Kenya). Acta Biomaterialia. 10(9). 3952–3958. 22 indexed citations
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Ingrin, Jannick, István Kovàcs, Étienne Deloule, et al.. (2014). Identification of hydrogen defects linked to boron substitution in synthetic forsterite and natural olivine. American Mineralogist. 99(10). 2138–2141. 32 indexed citations
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Balan, Etienne, Marc Blanchard, Jean‐François Hochepied, & Michele Lazzeri. (2008). Surface modes in the infrared spectrum of hydrous minerals: the OH stretching modes of bayerite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 35(5). 279–285. 51 indexed citations
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Balan, Etienne, Michele Lazzeri, A. Marco Saitta, et al.. (2005). First-principles study of OH-stretching modes in kaolinite, dickite, and nacrite. American Mineralogist. 90(1). 50–60. 75 indexed citations
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Balan, Etienne, et al.. (2001). Metamictization and chemical durability of detrital zircon. American Mineralogist. 86(9). 1025–1033. 114 indexed citations
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Balan, Etienne, et al.. (2001). Surface chemistry of weathered zircons. Chemical Geology. 181(1-4). 13–22. 50 indexed citations
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Balan, Etienne, et al.. (2001). Behavior of Paramagnetic Iron during the Thermal Transformations of Kaolinite. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 84(5). 1017–1024. 34 indexed citations

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