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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,897
Country Rank
139
Institution Rank : 1
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Nicolas Pons](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,668
36,794
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,298
Country Rank
149
Institution Rank : 2
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Herve Blottiere](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6e/4411398.jpg)
Human Intestinal Metagenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,983
30,779
0.560
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,019
Country Rank
172
Institution Rank : 3
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Emmanuelle Maguin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/4411221.jpg)
microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,877
26,405
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
13,871
Country Rank
255
Institution Rank : 4
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Marion Leclerc](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/02/4411718.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,880
20,578
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,665
Country Rank
271
Institution Rank : 5
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Sadasivam Kaushik](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b8/4412115.jpg)
Nutrition
Aquaculture
Physiology
Animal Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,518
12,077
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,958
Country Rank
278
Institution Rank : 6
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Jean Francois Soussana](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a7/4411463.jpg)
climate change
grassland
biodiversity
livestock
carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,034
16,886
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,976
Country Rank
279
Institution Rank : 7
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Rémy Petit](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8c/4412068.jpg)
Pollination ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,018
9,328
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,007
Country Rank
399
Institution Rank : 8
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Jean-Philippe Steyer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7f/4411492.jpg)
anaerobic digestion
waste
modeling
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,610
14,679
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,589
Country Rank
439
Institution Rank : 9
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Le Chatelier Emmanuelle](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,237
22,838
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,931
Country Rank
444
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Isabelle Oswald](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/de/4440156.jpg)
Mycotoxin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,963
14,016
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
23,603
Country Rank
458
Institution Rank : 11
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Gontard N](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/4411351.jpg)
Environment & Plastic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,414
11,386
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
26,863
Country Rank
546
Institution Rank : 12
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Sylvain Foissac](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/12/4440800.jpg)
Bioinformatics
molecular biology
transcriptomics
chromosome conformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,084
12,345
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
27,621
Country Rank
558
Institution Rank : 13
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Guillaume Evanno](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/27/4440088.jpg)
evolutionary ecology
conservation biology
population genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,572
10,746
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
27,729
Country Rank
562
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Jean-Pierre Wigneron](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f1/4440209.jpg)
remote sensing
ecology
water and carbon cycle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,512
12,616
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
28,688
Country Rank
585
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Loic Lepiniec](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6e/4440340.jpg)
Biology
Genetics
Plant Seed Development and Metabolism
Gene Expression
Specialized Metabolisms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,950
10,737
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
32,051
Country Rank
651
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Jerome Gouzy](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
bioinformatics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,153
7,985
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
32,302
Country Rank
658
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Céline Masclaux-Daubresse](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bc/4439759.jpg)
Nitrogen metabolism
leaf senescence
autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,033
12,425
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
34,180
Country Rank
702
Institution Rank : 18
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Didier Lereclus](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ff/4439879.jpg)
Microbiologie
Biologie moléculaire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,087
5,916
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
36,552
Country Rank
760
Institution Rank : 19
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Björn Reineking](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Mountain ecosystems
Landscape ecology
Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,080
12,607
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
38,244
Country Rank
806
Institution Rank : 20
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Thomas Schiex](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a8/4440836.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Constraint Programming
Graphical Models
Protein Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,410
6,420
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
39,791
Country Rank
838
Institution Rank : 21
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Abdelhafid Bendahmane](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/34/4439547.jpg)
Translational Research
Sex determination and plant pollinators coevolution.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,848
11,250
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
42,309
Country Rank
888
Institution Rank : 22
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Didier Dupont](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/35/4439875.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,975
14,905
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
43,411
Country Rank
919
Institution Rank : 23
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![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Christophe Klopp](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/10/4439788.jpg)
bio-informatics
genome and transcriptome assembly
variation discovery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,605
11,544
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
44,087
Country Rank
940
Institution Rank : 24
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Marie Weiss](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/89/4440398.jpg)
remote sensing
vegetation
leaf area index
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,392
9,044
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
45,662
Country Rank
995
Institution Rank : 25
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Helene Carrere](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
biogas
pretreatments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,941
9,373
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,897
Country Ranking
139
Institution Ranking
1
Nicolas Pons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,668
36,794
0.649
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Bioinformatics
Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,298
Country Ranking
149
Institution Ranking
2
Herve Blottiere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,983
30,779
0.560
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
Human Intestinal Metagenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,019
Country Ranking
172
Institution Ranking
3
Emmanuelle Maguin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,877
26,405
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
13,871
Country Ranking
255
Institution Ranking
4
Marion Leclerc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,880
20,578
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
14,665
Country Ranking
271
Institution Ranking
5
Sadasivam Kaushik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,518
12,077
0.314
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Nutrition
Aquaculture
Physiology
Animal Production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
14,958
Country Ranking
278
Institution Ranking
6
Jean Francois Soussana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,034
16,886
0.444
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climate change
grassland
biodiversity
livestock
carbon cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
14,976
Country Ranking
279
Institution Ranking
7
Rémy Petit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,018
9,328
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
21,007
Country Ranking
399
Institution Ranking
8
Jean-Philippe Steyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,610
14,679
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
22,589
Country Ranking
439
Institution Ranking
9
Le Chatelier Emmanuelle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,237
22,838
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
22,931
Country Ranking
444
Institution Ranking
10
Isabelle Oswald
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,963
14,016
0.484
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
23,603
Country Ranking
458
Institution Ranking
11
Gontard N
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,414
11,386
0.401
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Environment & Plastic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
26,863
Country Ranking
546
Institution Ranking
12
Sylvain Foissac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,084
12,345
0.473
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Bioinformatics
molecular biology
transcriptomics
chromosome conformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
27,621
Country Ranking
558
Institution Ranking
13
Guillaume Evanno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,572
10,746
0.420
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evolutionary ecology
conservation biology
population genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
27,729
Country Ranking
562
Institution Ranking
14
Jean-Pierre Wigneron
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,512
12,616
0.495
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remote sensing
ecology
water and carbon cycle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
28,688
Country Ranking
585
Institution Ranking
15
Loic Lepiniec
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,950
10,737
0.430
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16136.jpg)
Biology
Genetics
Plant Seed Development and Metabolism
Gene Expression
Specialized Metabolisms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
32,051
Country Ranking
651
Institution Ranking
16
Jerome Gouzy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,153
7,985
0.345
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bioinformatics
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
32,302
Country Ranking
658
Institution Ranking
17
Céline Masclaux-Daubresse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,033
12,425
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
34,180
Country Ranking
702
Institution Ranking
18
Didier Lereclus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,087
5,916
0.268
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Microbiologie
Biologie moléculaire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
36,552
Country Ranking
760
Institution Ranking
19
Björn Reineking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,080
12,607
0.598
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Mountain ecosystems
Landscape ecology
Modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
38,244
Country Ranking
806
Institution Ranking
20
Thomas Schiex
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,410
6,420
0.315
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Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Constraint Programming
Graphical Models
Protein Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
39,791
Country Ranking
838
Institution Ranking
21
Abdelhafid Bendahmane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,848
11,250
0.567
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Translational Research
Sex determination and plant pollinators coevolution.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
42,309
Country Ranking
888
Institution Ranking
22
Didier Dupont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,975
14,905
0.786
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
43,411
Country Ranking
919
Institution Ranking
23
Christophe Klopp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,605
11,544
0.620
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bio-informatics
genome and transcriptome assembly
variation discovery
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
44,087
Country Ranking
940
Institution Ranking
24
Marie Weiss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,392
9,044
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
45,662
Country Ranking
995
Institution Ranking
25
Helene Carrere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,941
9,373
0.522