Philippe Matte

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Philippe Matte is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Matte has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Geophysics, 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Philippe Matte's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (19 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (9 papers). Philippe Matte is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (19 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide (9 papers). Philippe Matte collaborates with scholars based in France, Portugal and Russia. Philippe Matte's co-authors include Henri Maluski, Maurice Brunel, Petr Rajlich, Alfred Hirn, Jean‐Louis Paquette, A. Chemenda, Christian Pin, Paulo E. Fonseca, Jean-Patrick Respaut and Françoise Roger and has published in prestigious journals such as Tectonophysics, Geological Society of America Bulletin and Tectonics.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Matte

19 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Tectonics and plate tectonics model for the Variscan belt... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1986 1977 200 400 600
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. Tectonics and plate tectonics model for the Variscan belt of Europe
    1986 668 citations Philippe Matte Tectonophysics profile →
  2. Late Paleozoic strike-slip faulting in southern Europe and northern Africa: Result of a right-lateral shear zone between the Appalachians and the Urals
    1977 652 citations Philippe Matte et al. Geological Society of America Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philippe Matte France 15 2.5k 474 280 268 230 19 2.7k
Ph. Matte France 23 3.4k 1.4× 755 1.6× 290 1.0× 253 0.9× 180 0.8× 32 3.6k
J. Marcoux France 16 1.4k 0.5× 328 0.7× 317 1.1× 192 0.7× 114 0.5× 23 1.6k
A. L. Harris United Kingdom 20 1.6k 0.6× 474 1.0× 432 1.5× 410 1.5× 262 1.1× 49 1.8k
C. J. Stillman Ireland 18 1.3k 0.5× 408 0.9× 198 0.7× 321 1.2× 143 0.6× 27 1.5k
Darrel S. Cowan United States 24 2.1k 0.8× 297 0.6× 151 0.5× 530 2.0× 349 1.5× 45 2.3k
Maurice Brunel France 31 3.0k 1.2× 603 1.3× 124 0.4× 427 1.6× 163 0.7× 46 3.2k
Othmar T. Tobisch United States 27 2.4k 1.0× 622 1.3× 128 0.5× 421 1.6× 227 1.0× 51 2.5k
J. D. Smewing United Kingdom 21 1.6k 0.6× 348 0.7× 297 1.1× 224 0.8× 141 0.6× 26 1.8k
R. A. Strachan United Kingdom 32 3.2k 1.3× 903 1.9× 421 1.5× 297 1.1× 229 1.0× 72 3.4k
John P. Craddock United States 25 1.5k 0.6× 286 0.6× 276 1.0× 504 1.9× 262 1.1× 95 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philippe Matte

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe Matte

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Pin, Christian, et al.. (2008). The ca. 350 Ma Beja Igneous Complex: A record of transcurrent slab break-off in the Southern Iberia Variscan Belt?. Tectonophysics. 461(1-4). 356–377. 82 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe. (2006). The Southern Urals: deep subduction, soft collision and weak erosion. Geological Society London Memoirs. 32(1). 421–426. 7 indexed citations
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Roger, Françoise, Jean-Patrick Respaut, Maurice Brunel, Philippe Matte, & Jean‐Louis Paquette. (2004). Première datation UPb des orthogneiss œillés de la zone axiale de la Montagne noire (Sud du Massif central) : nouveaux témoins du magmatisme ordovicien dans la chaıne Varisque. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 336(1). 19–28. 64 indexed citations
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Mattauer, Maurice, Philippe Matte, & Jean‐Louis Olivet. (1999). A 3D model of the India-Asia collision at plate scale. Comptes Rendus de l Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 328(8). 499–508. 36 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe, Joël Lancelot, & Maurice Mattauer. (1998). La zone axiale hercynienne de la Montagne Noire n’est pas un “metamorphic core complex” extensif mais un anticlinal post-nappe à cœur anatectique. Geodinamica Acta. 11(1). 13–22. 2 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe. (1998). Continental subduction and exhumation of HP rocks in Paleozoic orogenic belts: Uralides and Variscides. GFF. 120(2). 209–222. 71 indexed citations
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Chemenda, A., et al.. (1997). A model of Palaeozoic obduction and exhumation of high-pressure/low-temperature rocks in the southern Urals. Tectonophysics. 276(1-4). 217–227. 64 indexed citations
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Maluski, Henri, Petr Rajlich, & Philippe Matte. (1993). 40Ar-39Ar dating of the Inner Carpathians Variscan basement and Alpine mylonitic overprinting. Tectonophysics. 223(3-4). 313–337. 109 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe. (1991). Accretionary history and crustal evolution of the Variscan belt in Western Europe. Tectonophysics. 196(3-4). 309–337. 484 indexed citations
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Galdéano, A., et al.. (1990). Aeromagnetic data: A tool for studying the Variscan arc of Western Europe and its correlations with transatlantic structures. Tectonophysics. 177(1-3). 293–305. 7 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe & Alfred Hirn. (1988). Seismic signature and tectonic cross section of the Variscan Crust in western France. Tectonics. 7(2). 141–155. 67 indexed citations
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Maluski, Henri, et al.. (1988). Argon 39‐argon 40 dating of metamorphic and plutonic events in the north and high Himalaya belts (southern Tibet‐China). Tectonics. 7(2). 299–326. 75 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe. (1986). Tectonics and plate tectonics model for the Variscan belt of Europe. Tectonophysics. 126(2-4). 329–374. 668 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matte, Philippe. (1986). La chaine varisque parmi les chaines paleozoiques peri atlantiques, modele d'evolution et position des grands blocs continentaux au Permo-Carbonifere. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. II(1). 9–24. 154 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe, et al.. (1986). La faille NW-SE du Pays de Bray, un decrochement ductile dextre hercynien; deformation a 330 Ma d'un granite a 570 Ma dans le sondage Pays de Bray 201. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. II(1). 69–77. 29 indexed citations
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Maluski, Henri & Philippe Matte. (1984). Ages of Alpine tectonometamorphic events in the northwestern Himalaya (northern Pakistan) by 39Ar/40Ar method. Tectonics. 3(1). 1–18. 100 indexed citations
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Matte, Philippe, et al.. (1977). Late Paleozoic strike-slip faulting in southern Europe and northern Africa: Result of a right-lateral shear zone between the Appalachians and the Urals. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 88(9). 1305–1305. 652 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matte, Philippe. (1969). Les kink-bands — Exemple de déformation tardive dans l'hercynien du nord-ouest de l'espagne. Tectonophysics. 7(4). 309–322. 11 indexed citations

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