Philippe Yamato

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Philippe Yamato is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Yamato has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 5 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Philippe Yamato's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (60 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (53 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (48 papers). Philippe Yamato is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (60 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (53 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (48 papers). Philippe Yamato collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and Germany. Philippe Yamato's co-authors include E. Burov, Philippe Agard, P. Agard, Laurent Jolivet, Samuel Angiboust, L. Jolivet, Thibault Duretz, Laëtitia Le Pourhiet, Hugues Raimbourg and Laurent Husson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Yamato

63 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Exhumation of oceanic blueschists and eclogites in subduc... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 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. Exhumation of oceanic blueschists and eclogites in subduction zones: Timing and mechanisms
    2008 501 citations Philippe Yamato 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
Philippe Yamato France 28 2.7k 323 146 142 100 65 2.9k
Claire A. Currie Canada 27 3.0k 1.1× 416 1.3× 180 1.2× 170 1.2× 97 1.0× 71 3.2k
Laurent Arbaret France 28 1.7k 0.6× 213 0.7× 237 1.6× 223 1.6× 137 1.4× 75 1.9k
Kathy Cashman United States 10 1.8k 0.7× 447 1.4× 105 0.7× 314 2.2× 74 0.7× 15 2.0k
Francesca Funiciello Italy 37 4.6k 1.7× 285 0.9× 98 0.7× 299 2.1× 193 1.9× 92 4.8k
T. Menand United Kingdom 20 1.5k 0.5× 191 0.6× 189 1.3× 224 1.6× 154 1.5× 28 1.7k
Erwan Hallot France 22 1.4k 0.5× 328 1.0× 112 0.8× 154 1.1× 125 1.3× 40 1.5k
Fabio A. Capitanio Australia 34 3.7k 1.4× 446 1.4× 105 0.7× 172 1.2× 126 1.3× 81 3.9k
C. D. Rowe Canada 23 1.8k 0.7× 166 0.5× 149 1.0× 166 1.2× 94 0.9× 62 1.9k
Åke Fagereng United Kingdom 33 2.7k 1.0× 212 0.7× 247 1.7× 178 1.3× 187 1.9× 114 3.0k
Eric A. Erslev United States 17 1.6k 0.6× 276 0.9× 197 1.3× 294 2.1× 217 2.2× 44 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philippe Yamato

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Labrousse, Loïc, et al.. (2025). Stress-controlled reaction pattern in the layered lower crust: Field evidence. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 657. 119270–119270.
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Yamato, Philippe, et al.. (2024). Weakening Induced by Phase Nucleation in Metamorphic Rocks: Insights From Numerical Models. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(11).
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Yamato, Philippe, et al.. (2023). Petrological study of an eclogite-facies metagranite from the Champtoceaux Complex (La Picherais, Armorican Massif, France). European Journal of Mineralogy. 35(4). 589–611. 3 indexed citations
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Tajčmanová, Lucie, et al.. (2023). Garnet microstructures suggest ultra-fast decompression of ultrahigh-pressure rocks. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6012–6012. 3 indexed citations
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Yamato, Philippe, et al.. (2023). Eclogitisation of dry and impermeable granulite by fluid flow with reaction-induced porosity: Insights from hydro-chemical modelling. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 617. 118256–118256. 4 indexed citations
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Labrousse, Loïc, et al.. (2023). Twinning and partial melting as early weakening processes in plagioclase at high pressure: insights from Holsnøy (Scandinavian Caledonides, Norway). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 178(3). 9 indexed citations
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Simón, Martín, Pavel Pitra, Philippe Yamato, & Marc Poujol. (2022). Isothermal compression of an eclogite from the Western Gneiss Region (Norway). Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 41(1). 181–203. 11 indexed citations
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Yamato, Philippe, et al.. (2022). Reaction-induced volume change triggers brittle failure at eclogite facies conditions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 584. 117520–117520. 10 indexed citations
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Duretz, Thibault, René de Borst, & Philippe Yamato. (2021). Modeling Lithospheric Deformation Using a Compressible Visco‐Elasto‐Viscoplastic Rheology and the Effective Viscosity Approach. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(8). 17 indexed citations
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Yamato, Philippe, et al.. (2021). The transition from ancient to modern-style tectonics: Insights from lithosphere dynamics modelling in compressional regimes. Gondwana Research. 99. 77–92. 2 indexed citations
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Duretz, Thibault, René de Borst, Philippe Yamato, & Laëtitia Le Pourhiet. (2020). Toward Robust and Predictive Geodynamic Modeling: The Way Forward in Frictional Plasticity. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(5). 26 indexed citations
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Yamato, Philippe, et al.. (2020). Pressure‐to‐Depth Conversion Models for Metamorphic Rocks: Derivation and Applications. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 22(1). 8 indexed citations
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Yamato, Philippe, et al.. (2020). Precambrian deformation belts in compressive tectonic regimes: A numerical perspective. Tectonophysics. 777. 228350–228350. 9 indexed citations
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Yamato, Philippe, et al.. (2020). Influence of the Thickness of the Overriding Plate on Convergence Zone Dynamics. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 21(2). e2019GC008678–e2019GC008678. 15 indexed citations
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Yamato, Philippe, Thibault Duretz, & Samuel Angiboust. (2019). Brittle/Ductile Deformation of Eclogites: Insights From Numerical Models. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 20(7). 3116–3133. 27 indexed citations
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Soret, Mathieu, Philippe Agard, Benoît Dubacq, Alexis Plunder, & Philippe Yamato. (2017). Petrological evidence for stepwise accretion of metamorphic soles during subduction infancy (Semail ophiolite, Oman and UAE ). Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 35(9). 1051–1080. 90 indexed citations
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Guillot, Stéphane, Philippe Agard, Marguerite Godard, et al.. (2014). The basal part of the Oman ophiolitic mantle: a fossil Mantle Wedge?. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 10266. 1 indexed citations
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Duretz, Thibault, Philippe Agard, Philippe Yamato, & Evgueni Burov. (2013). Obduction at plate boundaries : thermo-mechanical modelling. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Yamato, Philippe, Romain Tartèse, Thibault Duretz, & Dave A. May. (2011). Numerical modelling of magma transport in dykes. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 13. 1 indexed citations

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