A. Comeau

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
141 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

A. Comeau is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Comeau has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Plant Science, 47 papers in Ecology and 46 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in A. Comeau's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (33 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (27 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers). A. Comeau is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (33 papers), Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology (27 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers). A. Comeau collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. A. Comeau's co-authors include Wendell L. Roelofs, Morgan G. I. Langille, Gavin M. Douglas, Henry Krisch, Connie Lovejoy, Jacob T. Nearing, Françoise Tétart, William K. W. Li, François Eudes and Eddy C. Carmack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

A. Comeau

140 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

  1. Microbiome differential abundance methods produce different results across 38 datasets
    2022 515 citations Jacob T. Nearing, Gavin M. Douglas et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Microbiome Helper: a Custom and Streamlined Workflow for Microbiome Research
    2017 511 citations A. Comeau, Gavin M. Douglas 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
A. Comeau Canada 40 2.3k 2.2k 1.7k 1.1k 703 141 6.0k
Tanja Magoč United States 5 3.8k 1.7× 5.7k 2.6× 2.4k 1.4× 822 0.7× 771 1.1× 7 12.1k
Ben Nichols United Kingdom 12 3.0k 1.3× 3.6k 1.6× 1.4k 0.8× 628 0.6× 497 0.7× 40 7.8k
Christoph C. Tebbe Germany 46 2.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.2× 2.5k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 466 0.7× 181 7.0k
Chao Xie Singapore 15 3.1k 1.3× 5.4k 2.4× 2.1k 1.2× 499 0.4× 1.1k 1.5× 18 10.3k
Robert Schmieder United States 22 2.0k 0.9× 3.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.6× 399 0.4× 657 0.9× 28 6.5k
Mark Rojas United States 11 2.8k 1.2× 4.6k 2.1× 870 0.5× 602 0.5× 402 0.6× 15 8.9k
Jason Betley United Kingdom 12 2.5k 1.1× 3.6k 1.6× 982 0.6× 422 0.4× 344 0.5× 16 7.9k
Frédéric Mahé France 25 4.7k 2.1× 5.0k 2.3× 1.8k 1.1× 739 0.7× 424 0.6× 59 10.0k
Frederick M. Cohan United States 42 3.2k 1.4× 4.2k 1.9× 1.2k 0.7× 349 0.3× 1.8k 2.6× 96 7.0k
Benjamin Buchfink Germany 4 3.4k 1.5× 5.6k 2.5× 2.5k 1.5× 662 0.6× 931 1.3× 5 10.7k

Countries citing papers authored by A. Comeau

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. Comeau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Comeau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. Comeau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. Comeau based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. Comeau. A. Comeau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robicheau, Brent M., Debany Fonseca-Batista, Elden Rowland, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen fixation in the widely distributed marine γ-proteobacterial diazotroph Candidatus Thalassolituus haligoni. Science Advances. 10(31). eadn1476–eadn1476. 7 indexed citations
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Wright, Robyn, A. Comeau, & Morgan G. I. Langille. (2023). From defaults to databases: parameter and database choice dramatically impact the performance of metagenomic taxonomic classification tools. Microbial Genomics. 9(3). 28 indexed citations
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Nearing, Jacob T., Gavin M. Douglas, Molly G. Hayes, et al.. (2022). Microbiome differential abundance methods produce different results across 38 datasets. Nature Communications. 13(1). 342–342. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
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Piqué, Núria, A. Comeau, Gavin M. Douglas, et al.. (2020). Detection of Helicobacter pylori Microevolution and Multiple Infection from Gastric Biopsies by Housekeeping Gene Amplicon Sequencing. Pathogens. 9(2). 97–97. 3 indexed citations
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Dranse, Helen J., et al.. (2018). The impact of chemerin or chemokine-like receptor 1 loss on the mouse gut microbiome. PeerJ. 6. e5494–e5494. 12 indexed citations
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Douglas, Gavin M., Richard Hansen, Casey Jones, et al.. (2018). Multi-omics differentially classify disease state and treatment outcome in pediatric Crohn’s disease. Microbiome. 6(1). 13–13. 86 indexed citations
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Monier, Adam, et al.. (2013). Upper Arctic Ocean water masses harbor distinct communities of heterotrophic flagellates. Biogeosciences. 10(6). 4273–4286. 29 indexed citations
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Beres, Brian L., Curtis Pozniak, François Eudes, et al.. (2013). A Canadian Ethanol Feedstock Study to Benchmark the Relative Performance of Triticale: I. Agronomics. Agronomy Journal. 105(6). 1695–1706. 13 indexed citations
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Ackermann, Hans-W., Henry Krisch, & A. Comeau. (2011). Morphology and genome sequence of phage φ1402. PubMed. 1(3). 138–142. 14 indexed citations
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Comeau, A., et al.. (2010). Gene Network Visualization and Quantitative Synteny Analysis of more than 300 Marine T4-Like Phage Scaffolds from the GOS Metagenome. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(8). 1935–1944. 16 indexed citations
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Krisch, Henry & A. Comeau. (2008). The immense journey of bacteriophage T4—From d'Hérelle to Delbrück and then to Darwin and beyond. Research in Microbiology. 159(5). 314–324. 21 indexed citations
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Filée, Jonathan, et al.. (2006). T4-type bacteriophages: ubiquitous components of the "dark matter" of the biosphere. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations
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Eudes, François, et al.. (2001). Impact of trichothecenes on Fusarium head blight [ Fusarium graminearum ] development in spring wheat ( Triticum aestivum ). Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 23(3). 318–322. 45 indexed citations
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Eudes, François, et al.. (2000). Phytotoxicité de huit mycotoxines associées à la fusariose de l'épi chez le blé. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 22(3). 286–292. 55 indexed citations
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Bizimungu, Benoît, et al.. (1998). Hybrid necrosis as a barrier to gene transfer in hexaploid winter wheat × triticale crosses. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 78(2). 239–244. 12 indexed citations
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Comeau, A.. (1987). Effects of BYDV inoculations at various dates in oats, barley, wheat, rye and triticale.. Phytoprotection. 68(2). 97–109. 9 indexed citations
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Weatherston, J., Wendell L. Roelofs, A. Comeau, & Christian J. Sanders. (1971). STUDIES OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE ARTHROPOD SECRETIONS: X. SEX PHEROMONE OF THE EASTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE). The Canadian Entomologist. 103(12). 1741–1747. 64 indexed citations
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Glass, E. H., Wendell L. Roelofs, H. Arn, & A. Comeau. (1970). Sex Pheromone Trapping Red-Banded Leaf Roller Moths and Development of a Long-Lasting Polyethylene Wick12. Journal of Economic Entomology. 63(2). 370–373. 26 indexed citations

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