Hubert Whitechurch

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Hubert Whitechurch is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hubert Whitechurch has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Geophysics, 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 6 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Hubert Whitechurch's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (46 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (20 papers). Hubert Whitechurch is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (46 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (20 papers). Hubert Whitechurch collaborates with scholars based in France, Iran and Türkiye. Hubert Whitechurch's co-authors include Jafar Omrani, Philippe Agard, Laurent Jolivet, Raymond Montigny, Patrick Monié, Rinus Wortel, Bruno Vrielynck, Wim Spakman, B. Meyer and T. Juteau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hubert Whitechurch

56 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Zagros orogeny: a subduct... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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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. Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process
    2011 795 citations Philippe Agard, Jafar Omrani et al. Geological Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hubert Whitechurch France 26 2.8k 874 260 219 206 56 3.2k
S. Inger United Kingdom 15 2.3k 0.8× 665 0.8× 277 1.1× 251 1.1× 253 1.2× 17 2.5k
Georges Ceuleneer France 35 3.0k 1.1× 493 0.6× 190 0.7× 225 1.0× 142 0.7× 83 3.4k
Françoise Boudier France 33 3.8k 1.3× 475 0.5× 155 0.6× 180 0.8× 154 0.7× 74 4.0k
Rolf Emmermann Germany 23 2.2k 0.8× 596 0.7× 291 1.1× 316 1.4× 176 0.9× 47 2.5k
T. S. Brewer United Kingdom 22 2.1k 0.8× 974 1.1× 302 1.2× 283 1.3× 210 1.0× 60 2.3k
Richard M. Tosdal Canada 30 2.6k 0.9× 1.8k 2.0× 247 0.9× 378 1.7× 252 1.2× 85 2.9k
Fred W. McDowell United States 23 1.7k 0.6× 895 1.0× 406 1.6× 154 0.7× 201 1.0× 42 2.0k
Georg F. Zellmer Taiwan 34 2.9k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 460 1.8× 240 1.1× 110 0.5× 92 3.2k
James E. Wright United States 28 2.3k 0.8× 811 0.9× 429 1.6× 152 0.7× 243 1.2× 61 2.5k
J. Girardeau France 37 3.0k 1.1× 480 0.5× 226 0.9× 191 0.9× 167 0.8× 69 3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hubert Whitechurch

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whitechurch, Hubert, Philippe Agard, Mohammad Hossein Zarrinkoub, et al.. (2019). Calc-alkaline and adakitic magmatism in the Sistan Suture Zone (Eastern Iran): evidence for eastward dipping subduction during the Late Cretaceous. EGUGA. 10977. 1 indexed citations
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Fournier, Marc, Hamid Reza Karimi, Jafar Omrani, et al.. (2018). Stress patterns along strike-slip faults in Sistan and Baluchestan. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 18223. 1 indexed citations
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Bonnet, Guillaume, P. Agard, Samuel Angiboust, et al.. (2018). Tectonic slicing and mixing processes along the subduction interface: The Sistan example (Eastern Iran). Lithos. 310-311. 269–287. 33 indexed citations
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Weber, F. Parkes, F. Gauthier-Lafaye, Hubert Whitechurch, Marc Ulrich, & Abderrazak El Albani. (2016). The 2-Ga Eburnean Orogeny in Gabon and the opening of the Francevillian intracratonic basins: A review. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 348(8). 572–586. 46 indexed citations
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Monsef, Iman, et al.. (2011). Petrogenetic variations of the Jurassic magmatic sequences of Hoseinabad-Hajiabad regions in Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone (south of Iran). Petrology. 1(4). 89–112. 7 indexed citations
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Agard, Philippe, Jafar Omrani, Laurent Jolivet, et al.. (2011). Zagros orogeny: a subduction-dominated process. Geological Magazine. 148(5-6). 692–725. 795 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moghadam, Hadi Shafaii, et al.. (2009). Significance of Nain-Baft ophiolitic belt (Iran): Short-lived, transtensional Cretaceous back-arc oceanic basins over the Tethyan subduction zone. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 341(12). 1016–1028. 102 indexed citations
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Whitechurch, Hubert, et al.. (2003). SOGHAN COMPLEX AS AN EVIDENCE FOR PALEOSPREADING CENTER AND MANTLE DIAPIRISM IN SANANDAJ-SIRJAN ZONE (SOUTH-EAST IRAN). 14(2). 157–172. 27 indexed citations
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Ghasemi, Habibollah, et al.. (2002). The mafic–ultramafic complex of Sikhoran (central Iran): a polygenetic ophiolite complex. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 334(6). 431–438. 51 indexed citations
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Piqué, Alain, et al.. (1991). Le socle vosgien / The vosgian basement. Sciences Géologiques Bulletin. 44(3). 207–235. 13 indexed citations
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Michard, André, T. Juteau, & Hubert Whitechurch. (1985). L'obduction; revue des modeles et confrontation au cas de l'Oman. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. I(2). 189–198. 11 indexed citations
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Michard, André, et al.. (1984). Tauric subduction (Malatya-Elazıg provinces) and its bearing on tectonics of the Tethyan realm in Turkey. Geological Society London Special Publications. 17(1). 361–373. 63 indexed citations
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Reuber, Ingrid, Thierry Juteau, & Hubert Whitechurch. (1984). Genese en contexte transformant des ophiolites d'Antalya (Turquie). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-XXVI(5). 945–954. 6 indexed citations
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Montigny, Raymond, Hubert Whitechurch, Ingrid Reuber, R. Thuizat, & Thierry Juteau. (1983). K-Ar ages of the Antalya ophiolites (Turkey). Geological implications. Sciences Géologiques Bulletin. 36(1). 61–72. 4 indexed citations
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Reuber, Ingrid, et al.. (1982). Setting of gabbroic dykelets in an ophiolitic complex by hydraulic fracturing. Nature. 296(5853). 141–143. 7 indexed citations
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Thuizat, R., Hubert Whitechurch, Raymond Montigny, & T. Juteau. (1981). K-Ar dating of some infra-ophiolitic metamorphic soles from the Eastern Mediterranean: New evidence for oceanic thrustings before obduction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 52(2). 302–310. 117 indexed citations
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Juteau, T., et al.. (1978). Nouvelles preuves de l'ecaillage intra-oceanique precoce des ophiolites tethysiennes: les roches metamorphiques infra-peridotitiques du massif de Pozanti-Karsanti (Turquie). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-XX(1). 61–70. 20 indexed citations
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Juteau, T., et al.. (1977). Les assemblages ophiolitiques de l'occident equatorien; nature petrographique et position structurale. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-XIX(5). 1127–1132. 29 indexed citations

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