Alain Lefebvre

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Alain Lefebvre is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Lefebvre has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Oceanography, 28 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alain Lefebvre's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (21 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (19 papers). Alain Lefebvre is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (28 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (21 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (19 papers). Alain Lefebvre collaborates with scholars based in France, Netherlands and Germany. Alain Lefebvre's co-authors include Y. Androussi, Alain Ménesguen, Gilles Pinay, Alexandrine Pannard, Chantal Gascuel, Florentina Moatar, Alix Levain, Philippe Souchu, Yves Souchon and Morgane Le Moal and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Alain Lefebvre

125 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Eutrophication: A new wine in an old bottle? 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Eutrophication: A new wine in an old bottle?
    2018 690 citations Alain Ménesguen, Alain Lefebvre 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
Alain Lefebvre France 26 689 502 482 446 420 133 2.6k
Junfeng Wang China 39 218 0.3× 190 0.4× 267 0.6× 431 1.0× 201 0.5× 182 4.4k
Jun Zhou China 39 163 0.2× 996 2.0× 713 1.5× 1.5k 3.4× 876 2.1× 293 5.5k
Frédéric Guérin France 38 1.2k 1.8× 101 0.2× 858 1.8× 188 0.4× 449 1.1× 102 4.5k
Karen Moore United States 23 376 0.5× 266 0.5× 185 0.4× 967 2.2× 399 0.9× 69 2.0k
Bin Xue China 32 248 0.4× 99 0.2× 273 0.6× 482 1.1× 302 0.7× 137 3.4k
Arjun Prakash United States 21 982 1.4× 50 0.1× 621 1.3× 181 0.4× 697 1.7× 37 3.5k
Philipp Steinmann Switzerland 26 130 0.2× 224 0.4× 274 0.6× 618 1.4× 374 0.9× 80 2.6k
Yibo Zhang China 33 1.0k 1.5× 278 0.6× 878 1.8× 49 0.1× 596 1.4× 135 3.2k
Michael Krause Germany 34 535 0.8× 627 1.2× 76 0.2× 1.6k 3.6× 506 1.2× 160 3.9k
Ning Wang China 30 198 0.3× 77 0.2× 903 1.9× 233 0.5× 452 1.1× 171 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alain Lefebvre

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Lefebvre

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Lefebvre

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alain Lefebvre. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alain Lefebvre 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 Lefebvre. Alain Lefebvre 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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Devreker, David, et al.. (2025). A 45-year hydrological and planktonic time series in the South Bight of the North Sea. Earth system science data. 17(3). 1173–1189.
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Lefebvre, Alain, et al.. (2025). Multiscale phytoplankton dynamics in a coastal system of the eastern English Channel: the Boulogne-sur-Mer coastal area. Ocean science. 21(4). 1787–1811. 1 indexed citations
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Huguet, Antoine, Laurent Barillé, Dominique Soudant, et al.. (2023). Identifying the spatial pattern and the drivers of the decline in the eastern English Channel chlorophyll-a surface concentration over the last two decades. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 199. 115870–115870. 3 indexed citations
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Charria, Guillaume, et al.. (2023). MAREL Carnot data and metadata from the Coriolis data center. Earth system science data. 15(9). 4205–4218. 3 indexed citations
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Leeuwen, Sonja M. van, T. C. Prins, Anouk Blauw, et al.. (2023). Deriving pre-eutrophic conditions from an ensemble model approach for the North-West European seas. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 9 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Alain, et al.. (2022). Environmental Impact on Harmful Species Pseudo-nitzschia spp. and Phaeocystis globosa Phenology and Niche. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(2). 174–174. 11 indexed citations
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Bigand, André, et al.. (2020). Comparative Study of Clustering Approaches Applied to Spatial or Temporal Pattern Discovery. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(9). 713–713. 2 indexed citations
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Gohin, Francis, Philippe Bryère, Alain Lefebvre, et al.. (2020). Satellite and In Situ Monitoring of Chl-a, Turbidity, and Total Suspended Matter in Coastal Waters: Experience of the Year 2017 along the French Coasts. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(9). 665–665. 15 indexed citations
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Lizon, Fabrice, et al.. (2020). Phytoplankton distribution from Western to Central English Channel, revealed by automated flow cytometry during the summer-fall transition. Continental Shelf Research. 195. 104056–104056. 8 indexed citations
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Rijkeboer, Machteld, et al.. (2018). High resolution in situ measurements of phytoplankton photosynthesis and abundance in the Dutch North Sea. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations
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Arzul, Isabelle, Céline Garcia, J.P. Joly, et al.. (2004). Bilan 2003 du réseau REPAMO - Réseau national de surveillance zoosanitaire des mollusques marins. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 1 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Alain, et al.. (2004). Perspectives territoriales pour la culture. 2 indexed citations
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Ménesguen, Alain, Alain Aminot, Catherine Belin, et al.. (2001). L'eutrophisation des eaux marines et saumâtres en Europe, en particulier en France. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 11 indexed citations
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Ulhaq-Bouillet, C., Alain Lefebvre, & J. Di Persio. (1994). Cross-slip in the first stages of plastic relaxation in In x Ga 1−x As/GaAs heterostructures. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 69(5). 995–1015. 14 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Alain, et al.. (1991). Interactions of misfit dislocations in In x Ga 1- x As/GaAs interfaces. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 63(3). 471–485. 27 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Alain. (1990). IntemationalLabour Migration from Two Pakistani Villages with Different Forms of Agriculture. The Pakistan Development Review. 29(1). 59–90. 6 indexed citations

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