Pierre Francus

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
123 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Pierre Francus is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Francus has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Atmospheric Science, 42 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 22 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Pierre Francus's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (84 papers), Geological formations and processes (37 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (22 papers). Pierre Francus is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (84 papers), Geological formations and processes (37 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (22 papers). Pierre Francus collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Pierre Francus's co-authors include Bernd Zolitschka, Antti Ojala, Arndt Schimmelmann, Raymond S. Bradley, Scott F. Lamoureux, Reinhard Pienitz, Alexandre Normandeau, Stéphanie Cuven, Isabelle Laurion and Jean‐Philippe Jenny and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Francus

116 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

2008 470 citations Pierre Francus et al. profile →
Varves in lake sediments – a review

2015 359 citations Bernd Zolitschka, Pierre Francus et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Francus Canada	39	3.5k	1.3k	1.0k	835	615	123	4.7k
Birgit Plessen Germany	38	3.0k 0.9×	859 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	558 0.7×	897 1.5×	118	4.0k
Bernhard Diekmann Germany	41	4.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	692 0.8×	772 1.3×	134	4.6k
Maarten A. Prins Netherlands	33	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	934 0.9×	614 0.7×	622 1.0×	88	4.2k
Fabien Arnaud France	44	3.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	572 0.7×	707 1.1×	159	5.2k
Philippe Martinez France	33	2.2k 0.6×	882 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	544 0.7×	530 0.9×	84	3.2k
Steven M. Colman United States	45	3.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.7×	681 0.8×	638 1.0×	121	5.3k
Yongqiang Zong Hong Kong	37	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	550 0.7×	573 0.9×	93	4.1k
William Balsam United States	41	3.8k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	808 0.8×	416 0.5×	679 1.1×	91	5.2k
T. Naish New Zealand	39	3.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	536 0.6×	1.0k 1.7×	123	4.6k
Andreas Lücke Germany	45	3.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	617 0.7×	848 1.4×	147	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Pierre Francus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Francus

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20 of 20 papers shown

Francus, Pierre, et al.. (2025). Measuring varve thickness using micro-computed tomography (µCT): a comparison with thin section. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 83–111.

Francus, Pierre, et al.. (2024). A pan-Canadian calibration of micro-X-ray fluorescence core scanning data for prediction of sediment elemental concentrations. Environmental Advances. 15. 100495–100495. 2 indexed citations

Pham, J. L., Zofia E. Taranu, Rebecca E. Garner, et al.. (2023). Long-term environmental changes in the Canadian boreal zone: Synthesizing temporal trends from lake sediment archives to inform future sustainability. Environmental Reviews. 31(3). 509–526. 6 indexed citations

Smol, John P., et al.. (2022). The impacts of whole-lake acidification and eutrophication on the accumulation of lead in sediments from manipulated lakes in the Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA). Environmental Pollution. 317. 120829–120829. 7 indexed citations

Ghanbari, Hamid, Dermot Antoniades, Paul A. del Giorgio, et al.. (2022). A framework for ²¹⁰Pb model selection and its application to 37 cores from Eastern Canada to identify the dynamics and drivers of lake sedimentation rates. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 47(10). 2518–2530. 17 indexed citations

Lapointe, François, et al.. (2021). A new ~ 900-year varved record in Lake Walker, Québec North Shore, eastern Canada: insight on late Holocene climate mode of variability. Journal of Paleolimnology. 67(1). 35–57. 2 indexed citations

Brigode, Pierre, et al.. (2021). Reconstructing past hydrology of eastern Canadian boreal catchments using clastic varved sediments and hydro-climatic modelling: 160 years of fluvial inflows. Climate of the past. 17(2). 653–673. 7 indexed citations

Jenny, Jean‐Philippe, et al.. (2021). Global acceleration of lake sediment accumulation rates associated with recent human population growth and land-use changes. Journal of Paleolimnology. 66(4). 453–467. 30 indexed citations

Lapointe, François, Raymond S. Bradley, Pierre Francus, et al.. (2020). Annually resolved Atlantic sea surface temperature variability over the past 2,900 y. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(44). 27171–27178. 50 indexed citations

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Jenny, Jean‐Philippe, Sujan Koirala, Irene Gregory‐Eaves, et al.. (2019). Human and climate global-scale imprint on sediment transfer during the Holocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(46). 22972–22976. 98 indexed citations

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Francus, Pierre, et al.. (2019). Spatial and temporal patterns of metallic pollution in Québec City, Canada: Sources and hazard assessment from reservoir sediment records. The Science of The Total Environment. 673. 136–147. 16 indexed citations

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Jones, Anna F., Jonathan Turner, J. Stephen Daly, Pierre Francus, & Robin Edwards. (2018). Signal-to-noise ratios, instrument parameters and repeatability of Itrax XRF core scan measurements of floodplain sediments. Quaternary International. 514. 44–54. 13 indexed citations

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Normandeau, Alexandre, Pierre Dietrich, Patrick Lajeunesse, et al.. (2017). Timing and controls on the delivery of coarse sediment to deltas and submarine fans on a formerly glaciated coast and shelf. EspaceINRS (National Institute for Scientific Research (Canada)). 5650. 8 indexed citations

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Jenny, Jean‐Philippe, Alexandre Normandeau, Pierre Francus, et al.. (2016). Urban point sources of nutrients were the leading cause for the historical spread of hypoxia across European lakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(45). 12655–12660. 104 indexed citations

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Pienitz, Reinhard, et al.. (2016). Postglacial environmental succession of Nettilling Lake (Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic) inferred from biogeochemical and microfossil proxies. Quaternary Science Reviews. 147. 391–405. 17 indexed citations

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Jenny, Jean‐Philippe, Pierre Francus, Alexandre Normandeau, et al.. (2015). Global spread of hypoxia in freshwater ecosystems during the last three centuries is caused by rising local human pressure. Global Change Biology. 22(4). 1481–1489. 280 indexed citations

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Shanahan, Timothy M., Alberto Sáez, Armand Hernández, et al.. (2015). The evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation for the last 700 years inferred from D/H isotopes in the sedimentary record of Lake Azul (Azores archipelago, Portugal).. EGUGA. 872. 1 indexed citations

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Sáez, Alberto, Roberto Bao, Juan José Pueyo, et al.. (2013). Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Lake Azul (Azores archipelago, Portugal) and its implications for the NAO signal.. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Francus, Pierre, et al.. (2010). The Chemical Signal of Clastic-biogenic Varves during the Last 2000 Years from Lake Nautajärvi (Southern Finland). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Francus, Pierre, et al.. (2006). Sediment fabric, clay mineralogy, and grainsize as indicators of climate change since 65 ka at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Northeast Siberia. Journal of Paleolimnology. 37. 2 indexed citations

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