Olivier Lecomte

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 807 citations indexed

About

Olivier Lecomte is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Lecomte has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 807 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Atmospheric Science, 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Olivier Lecomte's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (19 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (15 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (14 papers). Olivier Lecomte is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (19 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (15 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (14 papers). Olivier Lecomte collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United Kingdom. Olivier Lecomte's co-authors include Elizabeth Hunke, Martin Vancoppenolle, Thierry Fichefet, Hugues Goosse, François Massonnet, David Hébert, David Docquier, Hélène Chepfer, Paul J. Kushner and Alejandro Bodas‐Salcedo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Climate Change and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Olivier Lecomte

21 papers receiving 789 citations

Hit Papers

Quantifying climate feedbacks in polar regions 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 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. Quantifying climate feedbacks in polar regions
    2018 327 citations Hugues Goosse, Jennifer E. Kay et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olivier Lecomte Belgium 12 757 386 80 67 22 23 807
Olivier Arzel France 13 543 0.7× 402 1.0× 220 2.8× 67 1.0× 46 2.1× 23 632
Maria Vittoria Guarino United Kingdom 9 309 0.4× 170 0.4× 69 0.9× 50 0.7× 75 3.4× 20 389
David Salas‐Mélia France 11 512 0.7× 408 1.1× 170 2.1× 29 0.4× 33 1.5× 13 602
Susanne L. Weber Netherlands 11 324 0.4× 309 0.8× 240 3.0× 48 0.7× 13 0.6× 14 450
Hansi Singh United States 16 470 0.6× 404 1.0× 130 1.6× 27 0.4× 24 1.1× 35 561
Veronika Valler Switzerland 10 381 0.5× 295 0.8× 41 0.5× 17 0.3× 39 1.8× 14 473
Christina Karamperidou United States 14 443 0.6× 411 1.1× 177 2.2× 9 0.1× 52 2.4× 27 529
Christian Rodehacke Germany 14 616 0.8× 224 0.6× 243 3.0× 71 1.1× 47 2.1× 28 709
Aleksi Nummelin Norway 14 347 0.5× 192 0.5× 193 2.4× 127 1.9× 29 1.3× 22 455
Renee Davis United States 3 194 0.3× 152 0.4× 153 1.9× 45 0.7× 53 2.4× 5 296

Countries citing papers authored by Olivier Lecomte

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Fields of papers citing papers by Olivier Lecomte

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Olivier Lecomte. 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 Olivier Lecomte. The network helps show where Olivier Lecomte may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olivier Lecomte

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Olivier Lecomte. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Olivier Lecomte 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 Olivier Lecomte. Olivier Lecomte 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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Lecomte, Olivier, Hugues Goosse, Thierry Fichefet, et al.. (2018). Vertical ocean heat redistribution sustaining sea-ice trends in the Ross Sea. EGUGA. 2588. 1 indexed citations
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Goosse, Hugues, Jennifer E. Kay, Kyle C. Armour, et al.. (2018). Quantifying climate feedbacks in polar regions. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1919–1919. 327 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dalaiden, Quentin, Hugues Goosse, Olivier Lecomte, & David Docquier. (2018). A model to interpret driftwood transport in the Arctic. Quaternary Science Reviews. 191. 89–100. 7 indexed citations
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Webster, Melinda, Sebastian Gerland, Marika M. Holland, et al.. (2018). Snow in the changing sea-ice systems. Nature Climate Change. 8(11). 946–953. 109 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier, Hugues Goosse, Thierry Fichefet, et al.. (2017). Vertical ocean heat redistribution sustaining sea-ice concentration trends in the Ross Sea. Nature Communications. 8(1). 258–258. 48 indexed citations
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Docquier, David, François Massonnet, Antoine Barthélemy, et al.. (2017). Relationships between Arctic sea ice drift and strength modelled by NEMO-LIM3.6. ˜The œcryosphere. 11(6). 2829–2846. 26 indexed citations
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Docquier, David, François Massonnet, Neil F. Tandon, Olivier Lecomte, & Thierry Fichefet. (2017). Arctic sea ice drift-strength feedback modelled by NEMO-LIM3.6. 3 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier, H. Goosse, T. Fichefet, et al.. (2016). Impact of surface wind biases on the Antarctic sea ice concentration budget in climate models. Ocean Modelling. 105. 60–70. 22 indexed citations
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Toyota, Takenobu, Robert A. Massom, Olivier Lecomte, et al.. (2016). On the extraordinary snow on the sea ice off East Antarctica in late winter, 2012. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 131. 53–67. 15 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier & Takenobu Toyota. (2015). Influence of wet conditions on snow temperature diurnal variations: An East Antarctic sea–ice case study. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 131. 68–74. 2 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier, Thierry Fichefet, François Massonnet, & Martin Vancoppenolle. (2014). Benefits from representing snow properties and related processes in coupled ocean–sea ice models. Ocean Modelling. 87. 81–85. 6 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier, Thierry Fichefet, Daniela Flocco, David Schröeder, & Martin Vancoppenolle. (2014). Interactions between wind-blown snow redistribution and melt ponds in a coupled ocean–sea ice model. Ocean Modelling. 87. 67–80. 23 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier. (2014). Influence of snow processes on sea ice : a model study. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier. (2013). Activités archéologiques françaises au Turkménistan. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 165–190. 3 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier, Thierry Fichefet, Martin Vancoppenolle, et al.. (2013). On the formulation of snow thermal conductivity in large‐scale sea ice models. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 5(3). 542–557. 38 indexed citations
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Hunke, Elizabeth, David Hébert, & Olivier Lecomte. (2012). Level-ice melt ponds in the Los Alamos sea ice model, CICE. Ocean Modelling. 71. 26–42. 97 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier, Thierry Fichefet, Martin Vancoppenolle, & Marcel Nicolaus. (2011). A new snow thermodynamic scheme for large-scale sea-ice models. Annals of Glaciology. 52(57). 337–346. 31 indexed citations
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Lecomte, Olivier, et al.. (2006). Autopsie des bovins. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).
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Francfort, Henri‐Paul & Olivier Lecomte. (2002). Irrigation et société en Asie centrale des origines à l’époque achéménide. Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales. 57(3). 625–663. 17 indexed citations

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