M. Westphal

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

M. Westphal is a scholar working on Geophysics, Molecular Biology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Westphal has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Geophysics, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in M. Westphal's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (32 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers). M. Westphal is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (32 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (22 papers). M. Westphal collaborates with scholars based in France, China and Greece. M. Westphal's co-authors include J. P. Lauer, Jean‐Claude Sibuet, Mikhail L. Bazhenov, Л.П. Зоненшайн, L.A. Savostin, A. L. Knipper, O. G. Sorokhtin, C. Grandjacquet, Jean Dercourt and J. Boulin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

M. Westphal

52 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 400 800 1.2k
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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. Geological evolution of the tethys belt from the atlantic to the pamirs since the LIAS
    1986 1.4k citations Jean Dercourt, Л.П. Зоненшайн et al. Tectonophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Westphal France 21 2.7k 679 612 450 276 52 3.1k
Chris Klootwijk Australia 25 1.7k 0.6× 657 1.0× 508 0.8× 325 0.7× 367 1.3× 52 2.0k
Mikhail L. Bazhenov Russia 29 3.3k 1.2× 874 1.3× 609 1.0× 471 1.0× 389 1.4× 69 3.7k
David G. Howell United States 22 2.1k 0.8× 203 0.3× 744 1.2× 501 1.1× 372 1.3× 94 2.7k
Pierrick Roperch France 32 2.3k 0.9× 813 1.2× 1.0k 1.7× 332 0.7× 211 0.8× 92 2.9k
Yo‐ichiro Otofuji Japan 37 3.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.9× 1.0k 1.7× 352 0.8× 1.3k 4.5× 95 4.1k
Fabio Speranza Italy 35 3.3k 1.2× 795 1.2× 1.3k 2.1× 317 0.7× 153 0.6× 143 4.0k
Luc-Emmanuel Ricou France 28 3.8k 1.4× 194 0.3× 816 1.3× 952 2.1× 251 0.9× 52 4.6k
D. J. Blundell United Kingdom 27 2.0k 0.7× 167 0.2× 415 0.7× 230 0.5× 755 2.7× 62 2.7k
J. P. Lauer France 7 1.6k 0.6× 154 0.2× 307 0.5× 260 0.6× 94 0.3× 7 1.9k
John F. Sutter United States 28 2.2k 0.8× 177 0.3× 796 1.3× 260 0.6× 127 0.5× 70 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Westphal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Westphal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heunemann, C., Viktor A. Radko, M. Westphal, et al.. (2004). Palaeomagnetism and magnetostratigraphy of the Permian–Triassic northwest central Siberian Trap Basalts. Tectonophysics. 379(1-4). 211–226. 33 indexed citations
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Théveniaut, Hervé, Jean Besse, Jean‐Bernard Edel, M. Westphal, & Philippe Duringer. (1992). A Middle‐Triassic Paleomagnetic Pole for the Eurasian Plate from Heming (France). Geophysical Research Letters. 19(8). 777–780. 22 indexed citations
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Edel, Jean‐Bernard, D. Kondopoulou, S. Pavlides, & M. Westphal. (1992). Paleomagnetic evidence for a large counterclockwise rotation of northern Greece prior to the Tertiary clockwise rotation. Geodinamica Acta. 5(4). 245–259. 11 indexed citations
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Westphal, M., et al.. (1990). Magnetostratigraphie des series continentales fluvio-lacustres du Cretace superieur dans le synclinal de l'Arc (region d'Aix-en-Provence, France). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. VI(4). 609–620. 41 indexed citations
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Westphal, M., et al.. (1989). An Upper Cretaceous paleomagnetic pole for stable Europe from Aix-en-Provence (France). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 94(1-2). 143–150. 7 indexed citations
6.
Westphal, M.. (1989). The Strasbourg palaeomagnetic database. Geophysical Journal International. 97(2). 361–363. 4 indexed citations
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Kądziałko-Hofmokl, Magdalena, et al.. (1988). Paleomagnetism of Jurassic sediments from the western border of the Rheingraben, Alsace (France). 62(1). 102–108. 7 indexed citations
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Edel, Jean‐Bernard, et al.. (1988). Possible origins of Permian remagnetizations in Devonian and Carboniferous limestones from the Moroccan Anti-Atlas (Tafilalet) and Meseta. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 52(3-4). 339–351. 19 indexed citations
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Pavlides, S.B., D. Kondopoulou, Αδαμάντιος Κίλιας, & M. Westphal. (1988). Complex rotational deformations in the Serbo-Macedonian massif (north Greece): structural and paleomagnetic evidence. Tectonophysics. 145(3-4). 329–335. 23 indexed citations
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Westphal, M.. (1986). Natural remanent magnetization, thermoremanent magnetization and reliability of palaeointensity determinations on H chondrites. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 43(4). 300–306. 5 indexed citations
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Dercourt, Jean, Л.П. Зоненшайн, Luc-Emmanuel Ricou, et al.. (1985). Presentation de 9 cartes paleogeographiques au 1/20000000000eme s'etendant de l'Atlantique au Pamir pour la periode du Lias a l'Actuel. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. I(5). 637–652. 231 indexed citations
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Ricou, Luc-Emmanuel, Л.П. Зоненшайн, Jean Dercourt, et al.. (1985). Methodes pour l'etablissement de neuf cartes paleogeographiques de l'Atlantique au Pamir depuis le Lias. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. I(5). 625–635. 19 indexed citations
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Besse, Jean, Vincent Courtillot, J. P. Pozzi, M. Westphal, & Yanan Zhou. (1984). Palaeomagnetic estimates of crustal shortening in the Himalayan thrusts and Zangbo suture. Nature. 311(5987). 621–626. 261 indexed citations
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Montigny, Raymond, et al.. (1982). Dynamique cénozoïque du «Bloc du Lout» (Iran) d'après les données paléoagnétiques, isotopiques, pétrologiques et structurales. Géologie Méditerranéenne. 9(1). 23–32. 3 indexed citations
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Westphal, M., et al.. (1981). Paleomagnetisme de quelques systemes eruptifs recents du massif du Mont Dore. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S7-XXIII(1). 11–15. 1 indexed citations
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Westphal, M.. (1980). Analyse statistique de directions non orientees. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 119(1). 80–86. 2 indexed citations
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Westphal, M., et al.. (1979). Paléomagnétisme et datation du volcanisme permien, triasique et crétacé du Maroc. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 16(11). 2150–2164. 80 indexed citations
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Westphal, M.. (1977). Configuration of the magnetic field and reconstruction of Pangaea in the Permian period. Nature. 267(5607). 136–137. 10 indexed citations
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Michard, André, et al.. (1975). Tectonique de blocs dans le socle atlaso-mesetien du Maroc; une nouvelle interpretation des donnees geologiques et paleomagnetiques. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 24(3). 363–368. 25 indexed citations
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Nairn, A.E.M. & M. Westphal. (1967). A second virtual pole from Corsica, the Ota gabbrodiorite. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 3. 277–286. 6 indexed citations

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