Alain Rival

2.4k total citations
81 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alain Rival is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Rival has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Plant Science, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alain Rival's work include Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (37 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (36 papers) and Seed Germination and Physiology (18 papers). Alain Rival is often cited by papers focused on Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (37 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (36 papers) and Seed Germination and Physiology (18 papers). Alain Rival collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and Tunisia. Alain Rival's co-authors include Thierry Beulé, Estelle Jaligot, Patrice Levang, Stéphane Dussert, Noureddine Drira, Yves Duval, Lotfi Fki, Tristan Durand-Gasselin, Michel Noirot and E. Jean Finnegan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Experimental Botany.

In The Last Decade

Alain Rival

77 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alain Rival France 21 1.1k 1.0k 398 119 83 81 1.5k
Fabienne Morcillo France 21 991 0.9× 928 0.9× 425 1.1× 122 1.0× 91 1.1× 42 1.6k
James W. Tregear France 24 997 0.9× 856 0.9× 276 0.7× 66 0.6× 182 2.2× 32 1.4k
Tristan Durand-Gasselin France 16 573 0.5× 457 0.5× 558 1.4× 107 0.9× 74 0.9× 72 1.1k
Ricardo Lopes Brazil 15 477 0.4× 209 0.2× 352 0.9× 70 0.6× 47 0.6× 70 895
Hélène Adam France 24 1.1k 1.0× 651 0.6× 194 0.5× 26 0.2× 144 1.7× 37 1.4k
Antony Champion France 25 2.2k 2.0× 1.2k 1.2× 151 0.4× 29 0.2× 111 1.3× 55 2.7k
Bruno Nouy France 12 237 0.2× 241 0.2× 489 1.2× 94 0.8× 44 0.5× 27 758
Xavier Argout France 20 787 0.7× 614 0.6× 204 0.5× 42 0.4× 62 0.7× 47 1.5k
Raimundo Nonato Vieira da Cunha Brazil 11 282 0.3× 144 0.1× 289 0.7× 50 0.4× 31 0.4× 39 545
Miriam Bortfeld‐Miller Switzerland 18 915 0.8× 516 0.5× 193 0.5× 34 0.3× 89 1.1× 24 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Rival

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Rival

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All Works

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Beulé, Thierry, et al.. (2022). 2,4-D induction of somaclonal variations in in vitro grown date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L. cv Barhee). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC). 150(1). 191–205. 4 indexed citations
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Chtourou, Yassine, Haïfa Sebii, M. Maâlej, et al.. (2022). Methyl jasmonate induces oxidative/nitrosative stress and the accumulation of antioxidant metabolites in Phoenix dactylifera L.. Biotechnology Letters. 44(11). 1323–1336. 7 indexed citations
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Fki, Lotfi, et al.. (2017). Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis of Date Palm Using Juvenile Leaf Explants and Low 2,4-D Concentration. Methods in molecular biology. 1637. 99–106. 7 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain. (2017). Breeding the oil palm (Elaeis guineensisJacq.) for climate change. OCL. 24(1). D107–D107. 29 indexed citations
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Feintrenie, Laurène, et al.. (2016). Industrial investments in agriculture in Central Africa. Establishing the conditions for sustainability and equity. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain, et al.. (2015). The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis): research challenges beyond controversies.. Agritrop (Cirad). 59(1). 33–49. 6 indexed citations
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Jaligot, Estelle, Frédérique Richaud, Thierry Beulé, et al.. (2014). DNA Methylation and Expression of the EgDEF1 Gene and Neighboring Retrotransposons in mantled Somaclonal Variants of Oil Palm. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91896–e91896. 15 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain, et al.. (2013). The oil palm: challenges and questions to research.. Oléagineux Corps gras Lipides. 20(3). 133–142. 1 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain & Patrice Levang. (2013). La palme des controverses. 12 indexed citations
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Fki, Lotfi, et al.. (2012). Cold hardening and sucrose treatment improve cryopreservation of date palm meristems. Biologia Plantarum. 57(2). 375–379. 19 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain, Esperanza Torres, Sylvie Doulbeau, et al.. (2012). Variations in genomic DNA methylation during the long-term in vitro proliferation of oil palm embryogenic suspension cultures. Plant Cell Reports. 32(3). 359–368. 63 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain, et al.. (2010). Speaker Abstracts. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 46(S1). 1–92. 3 indexed citations
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Jaligot, Estelle, Thierry Beulé, & Alain Rival. (2002). Methylation-sensitive RFLPs: characterisation of two oil palm markers showing somaclonal variation-associated polymorphism. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 104(8). 1263–1269. 65 indexed citations
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Jaligot, Estelle, et al.. (2000). Somaclonal variation in oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis Jacq.): the DNA methylation hypothesis. Plant Cell Reports. 19(7). 684–690. 158 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain, et al.. (1998). Growth and carboxylase activities in in vitro micropropagated oil palm plantlets during acclimatisation: comparison with conventionally germinated seedlings.. Advances in Horticultural Science. 12(3). 111–117. 5 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain, Frédérique Aberlenc, Fabienne Morcillo, et al.. (1997). Scaling-up in vitro clonal propagation through somatic embryogenesis : the case of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology. 14 indexed citations
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Rival, Alain, Thierry Beulé, Aimé Nato, & D. Lavergne. (1996). Immunological study of RubisCO in oil palm and coconut.. 3(6). 418–428. 3 indexed citations
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Verdeil, J. L., et al.. (1992). Embryogenèse somatique du cocotier (Cocos nucifera L.): obtention de plusieurs clones de vitroplants. Agritrop (Cirad). 47(7). 465–469. 3 indexed citations

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