Thomas Jacob

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Jacob is a scholar working on Oceanography, Geophysics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Jacob has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Oceanography, 7 papers in Geophysics and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Thomas Jacob's work include Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (10 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (6 papers) and Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (3 papers). Thomas Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (10 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (6 papers) and Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (3 papers). Thomas Jacob collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and South Africa. Thomas Jacob's co-authors include Sean Swenson, John Wahr, W. T. Pfeffer, Jean Chéry, Roger Bayer, Nicolas Le Moigne, Jean‐Paul Boy, F. Boudin, Hervé Jourde and Cédric Champollion and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Jacob

15 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise

2012 784 citations Thomas Jacob, John Wahr et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Jacob France	10	561	558	231	203	153	16	1.2k
Yuchan Yi United States	20	315 0.6×	571 1.0×	150 0.6×	306 1.5×	246 1.6×	56	1.0k
Tilo Schöne Germany	21	281 0.5×	514 0.9×	236 1.0×	129 0.6×	379 2.5×	64	1.1k
Surendra Adhikari United States	21	729 1.3×	762 1.4×	163 0.7×	348 1.7×	140 0.9×	41	1.5k
A. A. Borsa United States	22	384 0.7×	446 0.8×	436 1.9×	200 1.0×	458 3.0×	52	1.4k
P. A. M. Berry United Kingdom	14	247 0.4×	547 1.0×	147 0.6×	587 2.9×	213 1.4×	44	1.3k
Thomas Martin Germany	24	1.2k 2.1×	792 1.4×	107 0.5×	689 3.4×	127 0.8×	46	1.8k
Christopher F. Larsen United States	21	1.2k 2.2×	309 0.6×	540 2.3×	153 0.8×	92 0.6×	36	1.8k
Per Knudsen Denmark	26	609 1.1×	1.7k 3.0×	346 1.5×	565 2.8×	469 3.1×	119	2.4k
K. Dominh France	18	266 0.5×	648 1.2×	414 1.8×	249 1.2×	116 0.8×	25	1.1k
M. A. Hei United States	8	339 0.6×	199 0.4×	295 1.3×	228 1.1×	124 0.8×	14	929

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Jacob

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16 of 16 papers shown

Jacob, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Cavity detection using microgravity in a highly urbanized setting: A case study from Reims, France. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 179. 104113–104113. 4 indexed citations

Bouchot, Vincent, Philippe Calcagno, Gabriel Courrioux, et al.. (2019). Multimodal geothermal exploration in the Lesser Antilles Arc at the Lamentin lowland (Martinique). IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 249. 12001–12001. 2 indexed citations

Jacob, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Mapping sand and clay-filled depressions on a coastal chalk clifftop using gravity and seismic tomography refraction for landslide hazard assessment, in Normandy, France. Engineering Geology. 246. 262–276. 9 indexed citations

Jacob, Thomas, Jérémy Rohmer, & Jean‐Charles Manceau. (2015). Using surface and borehole time‐lapse gravity to monitor CO₂ in saline aquifers: a numerical feasibility study. Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology. 6(1). 34–54. 15 indexed citations

Bitri, Adnand, et al.. (2014). Cavity Investigation by Surface Wave Tomography and Microgravity. Proceedings. 1 indexed citations

Jacob, Thomas, John Wahr, W. T. Pfeffer, & Sean Swenson. (2012). Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise. Nature. 482(7386). 514–518. 784 indexed citations breakdown →

Mazzilli, Naomi, Hervé Jourde, Thomas Jacob, et al.. (2012). On the inclusion of ground-based gravity measurements to the calibration process of a global rainfall-discharge reservoir model: case of the Durzon karst system (Larzac, southern France). Environmental Earth Sciences. 68(6). 1631–1646. 12 indexed citations

Jacob, Thomas, et al.. (2012). On the impact of topography and building mask on time varying gravity due to local hydrology. Geophysical Journal International. 192(1). 82–93. 38 indexed citations

Jacob, Thomas, John Wahr, R. S. Gross, Sean Swenson, & A Geruo. (2011). Estimating geoid height change in North America: past, present and future. Journal of Geodesy. 86(5). 337–358. 9 indexed citations

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Jacob, Thomas, Jean Chéry, F. Boudin, & Roger Bayer. (2010). Monitoring deformation from hydrologic processes in a karst aquifer using long‐baseline tiltmeters. Water Resources Research. 46(9). 20 indexed citations

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Jacob, Thomas, Roger Bayer, Jean Chéry, & Nicolas Le Moigne. (2010). Time‐lapse microgravity surveys reveal water storage heterogeneity of a karst aquifer. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(B6). 88 indexed citations

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Boy, Jean‐Paul, Laurent Longuevergne, F. Boudin, et al.. (2009). Modelling atmospheric and induced non-tidal oceanic loading contributions to surface gravity and tilt measurements. Journal of Geodynamics. 48(3-5). 182–188. 44 indexed citations

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Jacob, Thomas, Jean Chéry, Roger Bayer, et al.. (2009). Time-lapse surface to depth gravity measurements on a karst system reveal the dominant role of the epikarst as a water storage entity. Geophysical Journal International. 177(2). 347–360. 66 indexed citations

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Jacob, Thomas, Roger Bayer, Jean Chéry, et al.. (2008). Absolute gravity monitoring of water storage variation in a karst aquifer on the larzac plateau (Southern France). Journal of Hydrology. 359(1-2). 105–117. 76 indexed citations

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Bour, Olivier, Thomas Jacob, F. Boudin, et al.. (2007). A field experiment to monitor the gravimetric and geodetic changes during large-scale pumping test in a crystalline aquifer. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Jacob, Thomas, et al.. (1994). La politique de concurrence de la Communauté à l' echelle mondiale: L' exportation des règles de concurrence communautaires. Competition policy newsletter. 7–10. 1 indexed citations

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