Johan Yans

2.2k total citations
113 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Johan Yans is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Yans has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Geophysics, 49 papers in Paleontology and 35 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Johan Yans's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (38 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (35 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (33 papers). Johan Yans is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (38 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (35 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (33 papers). Johan Yans collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Morocco. Johan Yans's co-authors include Thierry De Putter, Sophie Decrée, Jean Dejax, Christian Dupuis, Johann Schnyder, Florias Mees, Jean‐Yves Storme, Gilles Ruffet, Christian Marignac and Denise Pons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Johan Yans

107 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Johan Yans Belgium 25 729 602 455 259 182 113 1.6k
Stéphane Brusset France 24 325 0.4× 1.4k 2.3× 392 0.9× 275 1.1× 315 1.7× 52 2.0k
Ferrán Colombo Piñol Spain 24 652 0.9× 879 1.5× 597 1.3× 148 0.6× 594 3.3× 96 1.8k
László Kocsis Switzerland 21 803 1.1× 365 0.6× 433 1.0× 392 1.5× 100 0.5× 79 1.4k
Pratul Kumar Saraswati India 23 524 0.7× 296 0.5× 764 1.7× 261 1.0× 308 1.7× 65 1.4k
Anna Gioncada Italy 32 509 0.7× 1.4k 2.4× 526 1.2× 201 0.8× 204 1.1× 97 2.4k
D. Millward United Kingdom 24 385 0.5× 581 1.0× 212 0.5× 90 0.3× 159 0.9× 75 1.6k
W. John Nelson United States 23 553 0.8× 445 0.7× 638 1.4× 101 0.4× 434 2.4× 114 1.6k
Bruce Cairncross South Africa 21 479 0.7× 631 1.0× 393 0.9× 438 1.7× 590 3.2× 98 1.8k
Imran Khan India 19 442 0.6× 243 0.4× 316 0.7× 180 0.7× 154 0.8× 45 1.3k
Guillermo Chong Chile 28 408 0.6× 764 1.3× 1.1k 2.3× 353 1.4× 413 2.3× 71 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johan Yans

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Johan Yans. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Johan Yans 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 Johan Yans. Johan Yans is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Pujos, François, Lionel Hautier, Pierre‐Olivier Antoine, et al.. (2025). Unexpected pampatheriid from the early Oligocene of Peruvian Amazonia: insights into the tropical differentiation of cingulate xenarthrans. Historical Biology. 38(3). 778–785. 1 indexed citations
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Yans, Johan, Grégory Ballas, Fabrice Lihoreau, et al.. (2025). Abrupt changes in continental sedimentation triggered by monsoon-type event during EECO hyperthermals, Minervois Basin, Southern France. Sedimentary Geology. 486. 106923–106923.
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Marivaux, Laurent, Mohamed Benammi, Lahssen Baïdder, et al.. (2024). A new primate community from the earliest Oligocene of the Atlantic margin of Northwest Africa: Systematic, paleobiogeographic, and paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of Human Evolution. 193. 103548–103548. 2 indexed citations
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Auwera, Jacqueline Vander, et al.. (2024). Alunite and kaolinite as geochemical markers in active acid sulfate alterations of southern Italy (Panarea, La Solfatara and Ischia). Geochemistry. 84(4). 126204–126204. 1 indexed citations
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Barbarand, Jocelyn, Gilles Ruffet, Yves Missenard, et al.. (2023). Intraplate orogenesis as a driver of multistage karst-hosted mineralization: the Imini manganese case (Atlas, Morocco). Mineralium Deposita. 59(3). 453–472. 3 indexed citations
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Bouabdellah, Mohammed, et al.. (2023). The Twihinate carbonatite (Moroccan Sahara): Evidence for compositional mantle heterogeneity and northwestern African plate geodynamics. Chemical Geology. 637. 121648–121648. 2 indexed citations
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Demoulin, Alain, Florence Quesnel, Christian Dupuis, Johan Yans, & Thierry Camelbeeck. (2020). La surrection actuelle du Massif ardennais. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Tabuce, Rodolphe, Fabrice Lihoreau, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, et al.. (2020). New remains ofLophiaspis maurettei(Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the early Eocene of France and the implications for the origin of the Lophiodontidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40(6). e1878200–e1878200. 4 indexed citations
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Benammi, Mouloud, Sylvain Adnet, Laurent Marivaux, et al.. (2017). Geology, biostratigraphy and carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of the Palaeogene fossil-bearing Dakhla sections, southwestern Moroccan Sahara. Geological Magazine. 156(1). 117–132. 10 indexed citations
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Steurbaut, Étienne, et al.. (2015). The Zemst borehole, first record of the EECO in the North Sea Basin and implications for Belgian Ypresian - Lutetian stratigraphy. Geologica Belgica. 3 indexed citations
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Medhioub, Mounir, et al.. (2013). Hydrothermal and meteoric alteration of Triassic materials in the Oued Belif structure (Nefza, Northern Tunisia). 1 indexed citations
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Silva, Anne‐Christine Da, Johan Yans, & Frédéric Boulvain. (2010). Early-Middle Frasnian (early Late Devonian) sedimentology and magnetic susceptibility of the Ardennes area (Belgium): identification of severe and rapid sea-level fluctuations. Geologica Belgica. 13(4). 319–332. 21 indexed citations
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Yans, Johan, et al.. (2008). Wood remains and sporomorphs from the Wealden facies of Hautrage (Mons Basin, Belgium): palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironnemental implications.. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 3 indexed citations
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Pirson, Stéphane, et al.. (2008). An overview of the geology of Belgium.. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 16 indexed citations
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Dejax, Jean, et al.. (2007). Palynology of Baudour Clays Formation (Mons Basin, Belgium): correlation within the "stratotypic" Wealden. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Spagna, Paul, Sara Vandycke, Johan Yans, & Christian Dupuis. (2007). Hydraulic and brittle extensional faulting in the Wealden facies of Hautrage (Mons basin, Belgium). Geologica Belgica. 10. 158–161. 4 indexed citations
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Yans, Johan, Paul Spagna, Sara Vandycke, et al.. (2005). DESCRIPTION ET IMPLICATIONS GEOLOGIQUES PRELIMINAIRES D’UN FORAGE CAROTTE DANS LE "CRAN AUX IGUANODONS" DE BERNISSART. Geologica Belgica. 8. 43–49. 5 indexed citations
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Ricqlès, Armand de & Johan Yans. (2003). Bernissart's Iguanodons: the case for "fresh" versus "old" dinosaur bone. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23(3). 3 indexed citations
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Yans, Johan, et al.. (2002). Multidisciplinary study of the Wealden deposits in the Mons Basin (Belgium): a progress report.. Repository of the University of Namur. 9 indexed citations

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