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.
Apparent and true polar wander and the geometry of the geomagnetic field over the last 200 Myr
2002846 citationsJean Besse, Vincent Courtillotprofile →
Three distinct types of hotspots in the Earth’s mantle
2003812 citationsVincent Courtillot, Anne Davaille et al.Earth and Planetary Science Lettersprofile →
On causal links between flood basalts and continental breakup
1999628 citationsVincent Courtillot, Jean Besse et al.Earth and Planetary Science Lettersprofile →
Revised and synthetic apparent polar wander paths of the African, Eurasian, North American and Indian Plates, and true polar wander since 200 Ma
1991585 citationsJean Besse, Vincent Courtillotprofile →
Deccan flood basalts at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary?
1986568 citationsVincent Courtillot, Jean Besse et al.Earth and Planetary Science Lettersprofile →
Effect of orogeny, plate motion and land–sea distribution on Eurasian climate change over the past 30 million years
1997534 citationsFrédéric Fluteau, Jean Besse et al.Natureprofile →
Peers — A (Enhanced Table)
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This map shows the geographic impact of Jean Besse's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Jean Besse with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Jean Besse more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Jean Besse. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Jean Besse. The network helps show where Jean Besse may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean Besse
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jean Besse.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jean Besse based on the total number of
citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges
represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together.
Node borders
signify the number of papers an author published with Jean Besse. Jean Besse is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Cogné, Jean‐Pascal, et al.. (2010). Reconciling Meso-Cenozoic deformation of Eurasia and reference APWP's from Europe and East Asia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010.1 indexed citations
8.
Métivier, Laurent, M. Greff‐Lefftz, Z. Altamimi, & Jean Besse. (2009). Secular motions of the geocenter. EGUGA. 9542.1 indexed citations
9.
Orchard, Michael J., et al.. (2007). The Global Stratotype and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Anisian Stage: Desli Caira Hill, North Dobrogea, Romania. 36. 54–71.6 indexed citations
Chenet, A., Vincent Courtillot, Frédéric Fluteau, et al.. (2005). What's news about the Deccan traps emplacement ? An attempt to estimate the eruptive sequence of lava emplacement.. AGUFM. 2005.1 indexed citations
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Wieczorek, M. A., M. Greff‐Lefftz, S. Labrosse, et al.. (2005). The Case for a Martian Inertial Interchange True Polar Wander Event. LPI. 1679.2 indexed citations
13.
Macouin, Mélina, et al.. (2003). Combined paleomagnetic and isotopic data from the Doushantuo carbonates, South China: implications for the snowball Earth hypothesis. EAEJA. 8465.1 indexed citations
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Courtillot, Vincent & Jean Besse. (2003). A long-term octupolar component in the geomagnetic field ?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003.1 indexed citations
Courtillot, Vincent & Jean Besse. (2001). Apparent and True Polar Wander and the Geometry of the Geomagnetic Field in the Last 200 Million Years. AGUFM. 2001.71 indexed citations
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Ricou, Luc-Emmanuel & Jean Besse. (1998). Improving the fit of Gondwana. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 1591998.1 indexed citations
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