Alain Froment

9.4k total citations
88 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Alain Froment is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Froment has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Genetics, 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alain Froment's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (12 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (10 papers) and T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (9 papers). Alain Froment is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (12 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (10 papers) and T-cell and Retrovirus Studies (9 papers). Alain Froment collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Cameroon. Alain Froment's co-authors include Antoine Gessain, Sarah A. Tishkoff, Évelyne Heyer, Sara Calattini, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Edouard Betsem, Thomas Nyambo, Patricia Tortevoye, Sabah A. Omar and Paul Verdu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alain Froment

86 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alain Froment 1.4k 824 662 461 445 88 3.8k
Alex D. Greenwood 775 0.5× 1.2k 1.4× 250 0.4× 305 0.7× 544 1.2× 125 3.3k
David E. MacHugh 4.2k 3.0× 1.8k 2.2× 464 0.7× 754 1.6× 681 1.5× 151 6.8k
Francisco M. Salzano 4.7k 3.3× 2.0k 2.4× 597 0.9× 114 0.2× 310 0.7× 424 9.5k
Franck Prugnolle 1.4k 1.0× 696 0.8× 579 0.9× 64 0.1× 521 1.2× 99 4.9k
Étienne Patin 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 979 1.5× 91 0.2× 410 0.9× 65 3.5k
Matteo Fumagalli 1.6k 1.1× 978 1.2× 515 0.8× 81 0.2× 193 0.4× 67 3.5k
John Novembre 8.3k 5.9× 2.8k 3.4× 409 0.6× 347 0.8× 305 0.7× 85 11.9k
Brian L. Browning 6.8k 4.8× 2.4k 2.9× 380 0.6× 488 1.1× 225 0.5× 62 9.0k
Dale N. Lawrence 637 0.4× 510 0.6× 486 0.7× 131 0.3× 500 1.1× 54 2.7k
Joseph K. Pickrell 5.7k 4.0× 4.2k 5.1× 624 0.9× 143 0.3× 269 0.6× 52 9.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Froment

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alain Froment. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alain Froment 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 Alain Froment. Alain Froment is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Scelza, Brooke A., Sean P. Prall, Étienne Patin, et al.. (2025). Common DNA sequence variation influences epigenetic aging in African populations. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1530–1530.
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Lokmer, Ana, Norbert Amougou, Sophie Lafosse, et al.. (2020). Response of the human gut and saliva microbiome to urbanization in Cameroon. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2856–2856. 34 indexed citations
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Lokmer, Ana, Amandine Cian, Alain Froment, et al.. (2019). Use of shotgun metagenomics for the identification of protozoa in the gut microbiota of healthy individuals from worldwide populations with various industrialization levels. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0211139–e0211139. 42 indexed citations
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Lopez, Marie, Jérémy Choin, Martin Sikora, et al.. (2019). Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest. Current Biology. 29(17). 2926–2935.e4. 30 indexed citations
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Pemberton, Trevor J., Paul Verdu, Noémie S. Becker, et al.. (2018). A genome scan for genes underlying adult body size differences between Central African hunter-gatherers and farmers. Human Genetics. 137(6-7). 487–509. 13 indexed citations
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Gopalan, Shyamalika, Oana Carja, Maud Fagny, et al.. (2017). Trends in DNA Methylation with Age Replicate Across Diverse Human Populations. Genetics. 206(3). 1659–1674. 63 indexed citations
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Fagny, Maud, Étienne Patin, Julia L. MacIsaac, et al.. (2015). The epigenomic landscape of African rainforest hunter-gatherers and farmers. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10047–10047. 64 indexed citations
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Filippone, Claudia, Edouard Betsem, Patricia Tortevoye, et al.. (2015). A Severe Bite From a Nonhuman Primate Is a Major Risk Factor for HTLV-1 Infection in Hunters From Central Africa. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 60(11). 1667–1676. 55 indexed citations
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Gomez, Felicia, Wen‐Ya Ko, Alessia Ranciaro, et al.. (2013). Patterns of nucleotide and haplotype diversity at ICAM-1 across global human populations with varying levels of malaria exposure. Human Genetics. 132(9). 987–999. 4 indexed citations
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Lachance, Joseph, Benjamin Vernot, Clara C. Elbers, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary History and Adaptation from High-Coverage Whole-Genome Sequences of Diverse African Hunter-Gatherers. Cell. 150(3). 457–469. 204 indexed citations
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Becker, Noémie S., Paul Verdu, Myriam Georges, et al.. (2012). The role of GHR and IGF1 genes in the genetic determination of African pygmies’ short stature. European Journal of Human Genetics. 21(6). 653–658. 21 indexed citations
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Ranciaro, Alessia, Alain Froment, Jibril Hirbo, et al.. (2011). Evolution of Functionally Diverse Alleles Associated with PTC Bitter Taste Sensitivity in Africa. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(4). 1141–1153. 64 indexed citations
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Mauclère, Philippe, Philippe V. Afonso, Laurent Meertens, et al.. (2011). HTLV-2B Strains, Similar to Those Found in Several Amerindian Tribes, Are Endemic in Central African Bakola Pygmies. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 203(9). 1316–1323. 39 indexed citations
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Verdu, Paul, Frédéric Austerlitz, Arnaud Estoup, et al.. (2009). Origins and Genetic Diversity of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers from Western Central Africa. Current Biology. 19(4). 312–318. 153 indexed citations
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Patin, Étienne, Christine Harmant, K. Kidd, et al.. (2006). Sub-Saharan African coding sequence variation and haplotype diversity at theNAT2gene. Human Mutation. 27(7). 720–720. 57 indexed citations
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Verdu, Paul, Luis B. Barreiro, Étienne Patin, et al.. (2006). Evolutionary insights into the high worldwide prevalence of MBL2 deficiency alleles. Human Molecular Genetics. 15(17). 2650–2658. 96 indexed citations
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Froment, Alain. (2004). Do People Belong in the Forest. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 28(2). 2 indexed citations
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Verrelli, Brian C., John H. McDonald, George Argyropoulos, et al.. (2002). Evidence for Balancing Selection from Nucleotide Sequence Analyses of Human G6PD. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 71(5). 1112–1128. 119 indexed citations
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Froment, Alain, et al.. (1998). Paléo-anthropologie en Afrique centrale : un bilan de l'archéologie au Cameroun. L'Harmattan eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Pasquet, Patrick, et al.. (1990). Adaptation de la dépense énergétique à la suralimentation extrême chez l'homme ? Le cas du "Guru Walla" chez les Massa du Cameroun. 25(3). 1 indexed citations

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