Daniel Vachard's publications (1947-2024): quantitative and geographical analyses of his scientific work

Daniel Vachard (1947-2024), world-renowned for his micropalaeontological work on Carboniferous-Permian carbonate facies, has left us a scientific body of work that is exceptional in both its richness and international scope. Author or coauthor of 672 publications, he built up a prolific scientific output over five decades, with a rigorous and passionate approach. Beyond a simple bibliographic tally, his career reveals a sustained research dynamic, prolific collaborations and an insatiable curiosity for the most remote terrains. This article offers a quantitative, geographical, lexical and relational analysis of his work, to better grasp the legacy he leaves to future generations of paleontologists.