Michel Menu

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Michel Menu is a scholar working on Archeology, Earth-Surface Processes and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Menu has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Archeology, 36 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 25 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Michel Menu's work include Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (68 papers), Building materials and conservation (36 papers) and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (24 papers). Michel Menu is often cited by papers focused on Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (68 papers), Building materials and conservation (36 papers) and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (24 papers). Michel Menu collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Michel Menu's co-authors include Colette Vignaud, Ina Reiche, Philippe Walter, G. Mourou, J. Bianca Jackson, Émilie Chalmin, Marie-Pierre Pomiès, Thomas Calligaro, Julien Labaune and Yvan Coquinot and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michel Menu

139 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

A 100,000-Year-Old Ochre-Processing Workshop at Blombos C... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. A 100,000-Year-Old Ochre-Processing Workshop at Blombos Cave, South Africa
    2011 345 citations Michel Menu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michel Menu France 31 1.8k 882 710 678 613 143 3.5k
Ludovic Bellot‐Gurlet France 32 1.7k 1.0× 904 1.0× 739 1.0× 490 0.7× 61 0.1× 120 3.4k
Thilo Rehren United Kingdom 36 2.3k 1.3× 816 0.9× 1.6k 2.2× 511 0.8× 77 0.1× 203 4.5k
Ian C. Freestone United Kingdom 39 3.2k 1.7× 2.1k 2.3× 807 1.1× 176 0.3× 41 0.1× 126 4.4k
Ina Reiche France 26 1.4k 0.8× 388 0.4× 690 1.0× 455 0.7× 31 0.1× 126 2.4k
Manfred Schreiner Austria 36 2.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 121 0.2× 30 0.0× 311 0.5× 164 3.9k
Marcos Martinón‐Torres United Kingdom 25 1.0k 0.6× 159 0.2× 937 1.3× 311 0.5× 64 0.1× 131 2.9k
Linda C. Prinsloo South Africa 26 528 0.3× 328 0.4× 342 0.5× 290 0.4× 157 0.3× 77 1.6k
M. S. TITE United Kingdom 38 3.8k 2.1× 2.4k 2.7× 1.4k 1.9× 379 0.6× 19 0.0× 107 5.2k
A. M. Pollard United Kingdom 34 2.0k 1.1× 417 0.5× 1.6k 2.2× 678 1.0× 20 0.0× 104 3.6k
Lucio Calcagnile Italy 27 697 0.4× 218 0.2× 678 1.0× 209 0.3× 399 0.7× 207 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Michel Menu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michel Menu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel Menu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reiche, Ina, Colette Vignaud, Émilie Chalmin, Michel Menu, & Jean‐Michel Geneste. (2024). The ornamentation steps of the Bull Rotunda of the Lascaux cave give new insights into the Upper Palaeolithic natural life cycle. Archaeometry. 66(4). 877–893. 2 indexed citations
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Wallez, Gilles, Marine Cotte, Myriam Eveno, et al.. (2024). Révéler les choix matériels et techniques de Léonard de Vinci par l’analyse chimique : le cas du pigment blanc de plomb. Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra). Hors-série. 162–171. 1 indexed citations
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González, Víctor, Gilles Wallez, Myriam Eveno, et al.. (2020). Microchemical analysis of Leonardo da Vinci’s lead white paints reveals knowledge and control over pigment scattering properties. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21715–21715. 5 indexed citations
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González, Víctor, et al.. (2015). Composition and microstructure of the lead white pigment in Masters paintings using HR Synchrotron XRD. Microchemical Journal. 125. 43–49. 41 indexed citations
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Eveno, Myriam, et al.. (2015). Blanching of paint and varnish layers in easel paintings: contribution to the understanding of the alteration. Applied Physics A. 121(3). 779–788. 14 indexed citations
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Jackson, J. Bianca, et al.. (2014). Terahertz pulse imaging in archaeology. Frontiers of Optoelectronics. 8(1). 81–92. 16 indexed citations
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Menu, Michel, et al.. (2014). Leonardo da Vinci's technical practice. Hermann eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Menu, Michel, et al.. (2014). Active Loudspeaker Heat Protection. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 62(11). 767–775. 2 indexed citations
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Walker, Gillian C., John W. Bowen, Wendy Matthews, et al.. (2013). Sub-surface terahertz imaging through uneven surfaces: visualizing Neolithic wall paintings in Çatalhöyük. Optics Express. 21(7). 8126–8126. 25 indexed citations
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Walker, Gillian C., et al.. (2013). Terahertz applications in cultural heritage: case studies. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9065. 906510–906510. 14 indexed citations
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Richardin, Pascale, et al.. (2013). First Direct Radiocarbon Dating of the Lower Congo Rock Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Radiocarbon. 55(3). 1383–1390. 6 indexed citations
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Walker, Gillian C., John W. Bowen, Julien Labaune, et al.. (2012). Terahertz deconvolution. Optics Express. 20(25). 27230–27230. 52 indexed citations
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Menu, Michel, et al.. (2006). Mona Lisa: Inside the Painting. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 25(2). 597–603. 39 indexed citations
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Chalmin, Émilie, Michel Menu, & Jesús Altuna Etxabe. (2002). Les matières picturales de la grotte d'Ekain (Pays Basque). Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia. 35–51. 14 indexed citations
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Menu, Michel, et al.. (1999). Préparation des pigments rouges préhistoriques par chauffage.. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 13 indexed citations
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Regert, Martine, et al.. (1998). Identification of Neolithic hafting adhesives from two lake dwellings at Chalain (Jura, France). HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2. 81–96. 30 indexed citations
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Menu, Michel. (1996). Cave Paintings: Structure and Analysis. MRS Bulletin. 21(12). 48–53. 9 indexed citations
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Clottes, Jean, Michel Menu, & Philippe Walter. (1990). New light on the Niaux paintings. 7(1). 21–26. 16 indexed citations
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Amsel, G., et al.. (1986). MeV Ion beam techniques: An outline. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 14(1). 30–37. 11 indexed citations

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