Julien Aubert

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Julien Aubert is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Julien Aubert has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Atmospheric Science and 35 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Julien Aubert's work include Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (74 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (43 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (35 papers). Julien Aubert is often cited by papers focused on Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (74 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (43 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (35 papers). Julien Aubert collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Julien Aubert's co-authors include Ulrich R. Christensen, Gauthier Hulot, Alexandre Fournier, Christopher C. Finlay, Nicolas Gillet, Johannes Wicht, T. Gastine, Philippe Cardin, Hagay Amit and S. Labrosse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Julien Aubert

103 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Scaling properties of convection-driven dynamos in rotati... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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  1. Scaling properties of convection-driven dynamos in rotating spherical shells and application to planetary magnetic fields
    2006 517 citations Julien Aubert et al. Geophysical Journal International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Julien Aubert France 39 3.5k 1.9k 1.7k 1.5k 1.2k 107 4.7k
Jeremy Bloxham United States 34 3.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 2.3k 1.3× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 87 4.5k
Shijie Zhong United States 52 1.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 6.7k 4.5× 984 0.8× 153 9.2k
Peter Olson United States 51 3.8k 1.1× 2.3k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 5.1k 3.5× 988 0.8× 163 8.5k
David Gubbins United Kingdom 52 5.3k 1.5× 2.5k 1.3× 2.1k 1.2× 4.7k 3.2× 1.7k 1.4× 175 8.0k
Ulrich R. Christensen Germany 55 4.4k 1.3× 2.3k 1.2× 3.9k 2.3× 6.3k 4.2× 1.3k 1.1× 135 10.9k
David E. Loper United States 31 1.2k 0.4× 475 0.2× 747 0.4× 1.6k 1.1× 395 0.3× 106 3.1k
Masaru Kono Japan 34 1.9k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 523 0.3× 1.7k 1.1× 342 0.3× 129 3.5k
Gary A. Glatzmaier United States 38 3.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 2.4k 1.4× 1.9k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 74 5.2k
J. M. Aurnou United States 36 2.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 2.2k 1.3× 494 0.3× 683 0.6× 100 3.7k
Tilman Spohn Germany 47 1.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 5.0k 3.0× 2.2k 1.5× 165 0.1× 208 6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julien Aubert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aubert, Julien. (2025). Rapid geomagnetic variations and stable stratification at the top of Earth's core. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 362. 107335–107335. 2 indexed citations
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Garnier, Christophe von, et al.. (2025). Dedicated thermo-mechanical analyses in support of DEMO HCPB BB design. Fusion Engineering and Design. 213. 114872–114872. 2 indexed citations
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Gillet, Nicolas, et al.. (2025). Effects of geodynamo priors and geomagnetic data on inverted core surface flows. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 364. 107323–107323. 3 indexed citations
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Aubert, Julien, Maylis Landeau, Alexandre Fournier, & T. Gastine. (2025). Core-surface kinematic control of polarity reversals in advanced geodynamo simulations. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 364. 107365–107365. 1 indexed citations
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Samuel, Henri, et al.. (2024). The Influence of Rotation on the Preservation of Heterogeneities in Magma Oceans. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(11).
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Barrois, Olivier & Julien Aubert. (2024). Characterization of hydromagnetic waves propagating over a steady, non-axisymmetric background magnetic field. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 480(2300). 3 indexed citations
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Amblard, Pierre‐Olivier, et al.. (2024). Waves in Earth's core and geomagnetic field forecast. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 357. 107284–107284. 6 indexed citations
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Jault, D., et al.. (2023). Radial shear in the flow at the Earth’s core surface. Geophysical Journal International. 235(3). 2524–2539. 2 indexed citations
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Samuel, Henri, et al.. (2023). Mixing time of heterogeneities in a buoyancy-dominated magma ocean. Geophysical Journal International. 236(2). 764–777. 5 indexed citations
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Aubert, Julien. (2023). State and evolution of the geodynamo from numerical models reaching the physical conditions of Earth’s core. Geophysical Journal International. 235(1). 468–487. 25 indexed citations
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Fournier, Alexandre, Julien Aubert, Vincent Lesur, & Guillaume Ropp. (2021). A secular variation candidate model for IGRF-13 based on Swarm data and ensemble inverse geodynamo modelling. Earth Planets and Space. 73(1). 10 indexed citations
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Fournier, Alexandre, Julien Aubert, Vincent Lesur, & Erwan Thébault. (2021). Physics-based secular variation candidate models for the IGRF. Earth Planets and Space. 73(1). 11 indexed citations
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Mistrangelo, C., et al.. (2020). MHD flow in liquid metal blankets: major design issues, numerical analysis and code validation.
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Bourdarie, S., Alexandre Fournier, A. Sicard, et al.. (2019). Impact of Earth’s Magnetic Field Secular Drift on the Low-Altitude Proton Radiation Belt From 1900 to 2050. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 66(7). 1746–1752. 5 indexed citations
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Aubert, Julien, et al.. (2017). FLM volume 813 Cover and Front matter. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 813. f1–f4. 1 indexed citations
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Gastine, T., Johannes Wicht, & Julien Aubert. (2016). Scaling regimes in spherical shell rotating convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 808. 690–732. 112 indexed citations
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Aubert, Julien, Christopher C. Finlay, & Alexandre Fournier. (2013). Bottom-up control of geomagnetic secular variation by the Earth’s inner core. Nature. 502(7470). 219–223. 152 indexed citations
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Biggin, Andrew J., Bernhard Steinberger, Julien Aubert, et al.. (2012). Long Term Geomagnetic Variations and Whole-Mantle Convection Processes. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2012. 5664. 1 indexed citations
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Fournier, A., et al.. (2012). A database of synthetic observations for geomagnetic data assimilation practice. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6243. 1 indexed citations
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Aubert, Julien, et al.. (2008). Thermochemical flows couple the Earth's inner core growth to mantle heterogeneity. Nature. 454(7205). 758–761. 199 indexed citations

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