György Less

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

György Less is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, György Less has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Paleontology and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in György Less's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (19 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). György Less is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (29 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (19 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). György Less collaborates with scholars based in Hungary, Türkiye and Italy. György Less's co-authors include Ercan Özcan, Aral İ. Okay, Johannes Pıgnatti, Mária Báldi-Beke, Elena Zakrevskaya, Rajko Pavlovec, Katica Drobne, Amin Strougo, A. K. Jauhri and Ercüment Sırel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology and Global and Planetary Change.

In The Last Decade

György Less

40 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Larger Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Tethyan Paleo... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Larger Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the Tethyan Paleocene and Eocene
    1998 515 citations György Less, Johannes Pıgnatti et al. Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
György Less Hungary 18 917 769 461 421 210 43 1.4k
Katica Drobne Slovenia 14 745 0.8× 684 0.9× 363 0.8× 369 0.9× 232 1.1× 35 1.2k
Ercan Özcan Türkiye 22 758 0.8× 671 0.9× 466 1.0× 325 0.8× 155 0.7× 81 1.3k
Josep Tosquella Spain 19 1.1k 1.2× 839 1.1× 499 1.1× 339 0.8× 430 2.0× 73 1.5k
Esmeralda Caus Spain 17 779 0.8× 904 1.2× 354 0.8× 290 0.7× 288 1.4× 36 1.2k
Johannes Pıgnatti Italy 13 598 0.7× 539 0.7× 258 0.6× 278 0.7× 162 0.8× 49 919
Alexander Lukeneder Austria 17 548 0.6× 941 1.2× 299 0.6× 248 0.6× 170 0.8× 79 1.2k
Josep Serra‐Kiel Spain 20 999 1.1× 755 1.0× 803 1.7× 337 0.8× 442 2.1× 53 1.7k
Carles Ferràndez‐Cañadell Spain 16 698 0.8× 718 0.9× 290 0.6× 261 0.6× 221 1.1× 56 1.2k
Bruno Granier France 19 514 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 350 0.8× 298 0.7× 216 1.0× 139 1.4k
M. Beatriz Aguirre‐Urreta Argentina 21 399 0.4× 932 1.2× 238 0.5× 277 0.7× 325 1.5× 52 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of György Less

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All Works

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Κουκουσιούρα, Όλγα, György Less, Maria Triantaphyllou, et al.. (2024). Microfacies and species richness analysis of upper Bartonian and Priabonian carbonate shelf deposits from the Thrace Basin (Tethyan Ocean, Greece): Paleoenvironmental evolution and species-richness hotspot revealed. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 170. 107126–107126. 2 indexed citations
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Κουκουσιούρα, Όλγα, et al.. (2021). A preliminary investigation of Eocene larger benthic foraminifera assemblages from Alpine and molasse-type deposits of the Hellenic peninsula (Greece). Revue de Micropaléontologie. 70. 100468–100468. 3 indexed citations
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Less, György, Gianluca Frijia, Ercan Özcan, et al.. (2018). Nummulitids, lepidocyclinids and Sr-isotope data from the Oligocene of Kutch (western India) with chronostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic evaluations. Geodinamica Acta. 30(1). 183–211. 23 indexed citations
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Benedetti, Andrea, György Less, Mariano Parente, et al.. (2017). Heterostegina matteucciisp. nov. (Foraminiferida: Nummulitidae) from the lower Oligocene of Sicily and Aquitaine: a possible transatlantic immigrant. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16(2). 87–110. 17 indexed citations
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Kováč, Michal, Dušan Plašienka, Ján Soták, et al.. (2016). Paleogene palaeogeography and basin evolution of the Western Carpathians, Northern Pannonian domain and adjoining areas. Global and Planetary Change. 140. 9–27. 108 indexed citations
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Less, György, et al.. (2015). Supposed trans-Atlantic migration of Heterostegina around the Eocene/Oligocene boundary. IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome). 1 indexed citations
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Briguglio, Antonino, Johann Hohenegger, & György Less. (2013). Paleobiological Applications of Three-Dimensional Biometry on Larger Benthic Foraminifera: A New Route of Discoveries. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 43(1). 72–87. 32 indexed citations
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Less, György & Ercan Özcan. (2012). Bartonian-Priabonian larger benthic foraminiferal events in the Western Tethys.. Istanbul Technical University Academic Open Archive (Istanbul Technical University). 105(1). 129–140. 53 indexed citations
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Okay, Aral İ., Ercan Özcan, William Cavazza, Nilgün Okay, & György Less. (2010). Basement Types, Lower Eocene Series, Upper Eocene Olistostromes and the Initiation of the Southern Thrace Basin, NW Turkey. TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES. 42 indexed citations
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Özcan, Ercan, et al.. (2010). Oligocene hyaline larger foraminifera from Keleresdere Section (Mus, Eastern Turkey). Micropaleontology. 56(5). 465–494. 1 indexed citations
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Özcan, Ercan & György Less. (2009). First record of the co-occurrence of Western Tethyan and Indo-Pacific larger Foraminifera in the Burdigalian of Eastern Turkey. Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences). 5 indexed citations
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Less, György, Ercan Özcan, Cesare Andrea Papazzoni, & Rudolf Stockar. (2008). The Middle to Late Eocene Evolution of Nummulitid ForaminiferHeterosteginain the Western Tethys. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53(2). 317–350. 52 indexed citations
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Özcan, Ercan, et al.. (2007). Late Ypresian to Middle Lutetian Orthophragminid Record From Central and Northern Turkey: Taxonomy and Remarks on Zonal Scheme. TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES. 16(3). 281–318. 37 indexed citations
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Less, György. (1999). The late Paleogene larger foraminiferal assemblages of the Bükk Mountains (NE Hungary). Revista española de micropaleontología. 31(3). 347–356. 12 indexed citations
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Brian, Brian, et al.. (1992). A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON FORMATION OF THE SAND DUNE SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHERN AUSTRALIAN COASTAL ZONE. 中国科学通报：英文版. 587–592. 6 indexed citations

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