Ph. Vidal

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Ph. Vidal is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ph. Vidal has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Geophysics, 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Ph. Vidal's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (22 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (12 papers). Ph. Vidal is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (22 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (12 papers). Ph. Vidal collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Ph. Vidal's co-authors include D. Vielzeuf, Alain Cocherie, P. Le Fort, Jean-Jacques Peucat, J. Bernard-Griffiths, N. Clauer, Simon M.F. Sheppard, R. Brousse, Catherine Chauvel and Jean‐Yves Calvez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ph. Vidal

28 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Granulites and Crustal Evolution 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Granulites and Crustal Evolution
    1990 557 citations Ph. Vidal 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
Ph. Vidal France 22 2.2k 773 336 214 163 28 2.3k
M. A. Morrison United Kingdom 25 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 278 0.8× 215 1.0× 152 0.9× 32 2.3k
Bernard Auvray France 22 2.6k 1.1× 874 1.1× 371 1.1× 219 1.0× 195 1.2× 50 2.7k
J. Leterrier France 19 2.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 341 1.0× 162 0.8× 173 1.1× 30 2.9k
James M. McLelland United States 22 2.2k 1.0× 975 1.3× 248 0.7× 241 1.1× 220 1.3× 47 2.3k
James E. Quick United States 26 2.7k 1.2× 631 0.8× 217 0.6× 172 0.8× 134 0.8× 53 2.9k
J. Bernard-Griffiths France 25 1.8k 0.8× 628 0.8× 272 0.8× 136 0.6× 90 0.6× 31 1.9k
Ronald Doig Canada 25 1.4k 0.6× 662 0.9× 172 0.5× 265 1.2× 200 1.2× 49 1.6k
John F. Bender United States 10 2.5k 1.1× 561 0.7× 228 0.7× 290 1.4× 116 0.7× 13 2.6k
J. J. Peucat France 23 2.5k 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 309 0.9× 136 0.6× 142 0.9× 29 2.6k
R.E. Harmer South Africa 22 1.7k 0.8× 844 1.1× 289 0.9× 96 0.4× 253 1.6× 40 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ph. Vidal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ph. Vidal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ph. Vidal 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 Ph. Vidal. Ph. Vidal 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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Vidal, Ph., et al.. (1997). Improved Star Tracker for ODIN Satellite. 381. 611. 7 indexed citations
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Cocherie, Alain, Ph. Rossi, A.M. Fouillac, & Ph. Vidal. (1994). Crust and mantle contributions to granite genesis — An example from the Variscan batholith of Corsica, France, studied by trace-element and NdSrO-isotope systematics. Chemical Geology. 115(3-4). 173–211. 92 indexed citations
3.
Vialette, Yves, et al.. (1993). Aphebian mafic–ultramafic magmatism in the Labrador Trough (New Quebec): its age and the nature of its mantle source. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 30(8). 1582–1593. 46 indexed citations
4.
Arnaud, Nicolas, Ph. Vidal, P. Tapponnier, Ph. Matte, & Deng Wanming. (1992). The high K2O volcanism of northwestern Tibet: Geochemistry and tectonic implications. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 111(2-4). 351–367. 190 indexed citations
5.
Pedrosa‐Soares, Antônio Carlos, et al.. (1992). Toward a new tectonic model for the Late Proterozoic Araçuaí (SE Brazil)-West Congolian (SW Africa) Belt. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 6(1-2). 33–47. 97 indexed citations
6.
Vidal, Ph., et al.. (1992). Determination of the age and origin of emeralds using rubidium-strontium analysis. The Journal of Gemmology. 23(4). 198–200. 5 indexed citations
7.
Vidal, Ph.. (1992). Mantle: More HIMU in the future?. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 56(12). 4295–4299. 32 indexed citations
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Vidal, Ph., et al.. (1991). Changes of mantle sources in the course of a rift evolution: The Afar Case. Geophysical Research Letters. 18(10). 1913–1916. 79 indexed citations
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Vidal, Ph., et al.. (1987). Kr-Ar, Nd, Sr and Pb ısotopic study of Quqternary volkanism in Karasu (Hatay), N-end of dead sea rift zone in se-Turkey. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 15 indexed citations
10.
Bernard-Griffiths, J., Jean-Jacques Peucat, Simon M.F. Sheppard, & Ph. Vidal. (1985). Petrogenesis of Hercynian leucogranites from the southern Armorican Massif: contribution of REE and isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb and O) geochemical data to the study of source rock characteristics and ages. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 74(2-3). 235–250. 141 indexed citations
11.
Martin, Hervé, Bernard Auvray, S. Blais, et al.. (1984). Origin and geodynamic evolution of the Archean crust of eastern Finland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland. 56(1-2). 135–160. 21 indexed citations
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Bernard-Griffiths, J., et al.. (1984). Isotopic data (UPb, RbSr, PbPb and SmNd) on mafic granulites from finnish lapland. Precambrian Research. 23(3-4). 325–348. 72 indexed citations
13.
Vidal, Ph., J. Bernard-Griffiths, Alain Cocherie, et al.. (1984). Geochemical comparison between Himalayan and Hercynian leucogranites. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors. 35(1-3). 179–190. 86 indexed citations
14.
Babin, S. R., et al.. (1983). Le risque de non-consolidation apr�s enclouage � foyer ferm� et al�sage. International Orthopaedics. 7(2). 133–43. 1 indexed citations
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Janardhan, A. S. & Ph. Vidal. (1982). Rb-Sr Dating of the Gundlupet Gneiss around Gundlupet, Southern Karnataka. Journal of the Geological Society of India. 23(11). 578–580. 2 indexed citations
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Vidal, Ph., Alain Cocherie, & P. Le Fort. (1982). Geochemical investigations of the origin of the Manaslu leucogranite (Himalaya, Nepal). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 46(11). 2279–2292. 231 indexed citations
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Vidal, Ph. & N. Clauer. (1981). Pb and Sr isotopic systematics of some basalts and sulfides from the East Pacific Rise at 21°N (project RITA). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 55(2). 237–246. 105 indexed citations
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Vidal, Ph., S. Blais, Bor‐ming Jahn, Ramón Buxó i Capdevila, & G. R. Tilton. (1980). U-Pb and Rb-Sr systematics of the Suomussalmi Archean greenstone belt (Eastern Finland). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 44(12). 2033–2044. 54 indexed citations
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Auvray, Bernard, et al.. (1980). Rb-Sr dating of the Plouézec volcanics, N Brittany: implications for the age of red beds(‘Series rouges’) in the northern Armorican Massif. Journal of the Geological Society. 137(2). 207–210. 26 indexed citations
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Vidal, Ph., et al.. (1975). Radiometric age of volcanics of the Cambrian “Krivoklat-Rokycany” complex (Bohemian Massif). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 64(1). 563–570. 24 indexed citations

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