Philippe Forget

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Philippe Forget is a scholar working on Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Forget has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Oceanography, 21 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 17 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Philippe Forget's work include Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (41 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (34 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (21 papers). Philippe Forget is often cited by papers focused on Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (41 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (34 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (21 papers). Philippe Forget collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. Philippe Forget's co-authors include J. C. Kieffer, C. W. Siders, F. Ráksi, Csaba Tóth, Jeffrey A. Squier, A. Cavalleri, P. Broche, Sylvain Ouillon, Michel Benoît and Anne Molcard and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Forget

58 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Femtosecond Structural Dynamics inVO2during an Ultrafast Solid-Solid Phase Transition
    2001 1.0k citations A. Cavalleri, Csaba Tóth et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Philippe Forget 977 645 551 416 396 61 2.3k
Jerome A. Smith 1.1k 1.1× 313 0.5× 318 0.6× 119 0.3× 570 1.4× 71 2.3k
P J Dobson 457 0.5× 45 0.1× 410 0.7× 306 0.7× 270 0.7× 4 2.2k
James A. Dorman 161 0.2× 234 0.4× 802 1.5× 100 0.2× 204 0.5× 115 4.0k
Éric Robin 92 0.1× 123 0.2× 378 0.7× 149 0.4× 599 1.5× 126 2.1k
Robert Wagner 58 0.1× 1.3k 1.9× 1.7k 3.2× 166 0.4× 2.3k 5.9× 122 4.8k
Kiichiro Kawamura 233 0.2× 19 0.0× 198 0.4× 203 0.5× 388 1.0× 104 2.0k
Xiaohan Liu 61 0.1× 40 0.1× 406 0.7× 186 0.4× 392 1.0× 111 2.7k
V. M. Petrov 69 0.1× 30 0.0× 408 0.7× 208 0.5× 616 1.6× 185 2.3k
Shun‐ichiro Karato 150 0.2× 22 0.0× 115 0.2× 395 0.9× 540 1.4× 235 19.8k
Tomoo Katsura 45 0.0× 74 0.1× 403 0.7× 1.3k 3.1× 466 1.2× 267 10.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Philippe Forget

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philippe Forget

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe Forget

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philippe Forget. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philippe Forget 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 Philippe Forget. Philippe Forget 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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Smith, M. B., T. Achtzehn, H. R. Andrews, et al.. (2014). Fast neutron measurements using Cs2LiYCl6:Ce (CLYC) scintillator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 784. 162–167. 43 indexed citations
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Forget, Philippe, et al.. (2014). HF Bistatic Ocean Doppler Spectra: Simulation Versus Experimentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 52(4). 2138–2148. 19 indexed citations
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Guihou, Karen, Julien Marmain, Yann Ourmières, et al.. (2013). A case study of the mesoscale dynamics in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea: a combined data–model approach. Ocean Dynamics. 63(7). 793–808. 41 indexed citations
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Forget, Philippe, Marc Saillard, & P. Broche. (2006). Observations of the sea surface by coherent L band radar at low grazing angles in a nearshore environment. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111(C9). 15 indexed citations
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Saillard, Marc, et al.. (2005). Sea surface probing with L-band Doppler radar: experiment and theory. Comptes Rendus Physique. 6(6). 675–682. 10 indexed citations
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Forget, Philippe, et al.. (2004). Ocean wave mapping from ERS SAR images in the presence of swell and wind-waves. Scientia Marina. 68(1). 1–5. 49 indexed citations
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Dupuis, Hélène, Philippe Forget, Virginie Lafon, & J.-M. Froidefond. (2002). Spatial distribution of swell wave properties in a coastal area using satellite images. 2. 603–607. 2 indexed citations
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Piazzola, Jacques, Philippe Forget, & S. Despiau. (2002). A sea spray generation function for fetch-limited conditions. Annales Geophysicae. 20(1). 121–131. 25 indexed citations
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Cavalleri, A., Csaba Tóth, C. W. Siders, et al.. (2001). Femtosecond Structural Dynamics inVO2during an Ultrafast Solid-Solid Phase Transition. Physical Review Letters. 87(23). 237401–237401. 1006 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lahet, Florence, Sylvain Ouillon, & Philippe Forget. (2001). Colour classification of coastal waters of the Ebro river plume from spectral reflectances. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 22(9). 1639–1664. 18 indexed citations
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Gallant, Peter, Zhiming Jiang, C. Y. Chien, et al.. (2000). Spectroscopy of solid density plasmas generated by irradiation of thin foils by a fs laser. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 65(1-3). 243–252. 16 indexed citations
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Guan, Changlong, Vincent Rey, & Philippe Forget. (1999). Improvement of the WAM Wave Model and Its Application to the Rhone River Mouth Area. Journal of Coastal Research. 15(4). 966–973. 3 indexed citations
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Forget, Philippe, et al.. (1999). Non-linear propagation of unidirectional wave fields over varying topography. Coastal Engineering. 38(2). 91–113. 37 indexed citations
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Forget, Philippe, Sylvain Ouillon, Florence Lahet, & P. Broche. (1999). Inversion of Reflectance Spectra of Nonchlorophyllous Turbid Coastal Waters. Remote Sensing of Environment. 68(3). 264–272. 61 indexed citations
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Broche, P., et al.. (1998). Experimental study of the Rhone plume. Part I: physics and dynamics. Oceanologica Acta. 21(6). 725–738. 67 indexed citations
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Rotter, M., et al.. (1996). The new nuclear orientation facility at charles university prague. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 46(S5). 2795–2796. 1 indexed citations
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Pari, P., Philippe Forget, F. Ladieu, et al.. (1995). Design of a dilution refrigerator and sample holder operating in pulsed field. Physica B Condensed Matter. 211(1-4). 366–368. 1 indexed citations
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Broche, P. & Philippe Forget. (1992). Has the influence of surface waves on wind stress to be accounted for in modelling the coastal circulation. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 35(4). 347–351. 4 indexed citations
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Broche, P., et al.. (1987). VHF radar for ocean surface current and sea state remote sensing. Radio Science. 22(1). 69–75. 37 indexed citations
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Forget, Philippe, et al.. (1982). Attenuation with distance and wind speed of HF surface waves over the ocean. Radio Science. 17(3). 599–610. 9 indexed citations

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