Axel Decourtye

10.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
54 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Axel Decourtye is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Decourtye has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Insect Science, 47 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 37 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Axel Decourtye's work include Insect and Pesticide Research (48 papers), Plant and animal studies (46 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (37 papers). Axel Decourtye is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Pesticide Research (48 papers), Plant and animal studies (46 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (37 papers). Axel Decourtye collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and United States. Axel Decourtye's co-authors include Nicolas Desneux, Jean‐Marie Delpuech, James Devillers, Mickaël Henry, Jean François Odoux, Minh‐Hà Pham‐Delègue, Fabrice Réquier, Pierrick Aupinel, Orianne Rollin and S. Cluzeau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Axel Decourtye

52 papers receiving 8.0k citations

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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.

The Sublethal Effects of Pesticides on Beneficial Arthropods

2006 2.7k citations Nicolas Desneux, Axel Decourtye et al. profile →
A Common Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees

2012 1.1k citations Mickaël Henry, Fabrice Réquier et al. profile →
Influence of Pollen Nutrition on Honey Bee Health: Do Pollen Quality and Diversity Matter?

2013 657 citations Garance Di Pasquale, Yves Le Conte et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Pollinator habitat enhancement: Benefits to other ecosystem services

2012 373 citations S. D. Wratten, Axel Decourtye et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Axel Decourtye France	29	7.4k	5.5k	4.0k	2.3k	806	54	8.3k
José Éduardo Serrão Brazil	44	5.9k 0.8×	3.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	3.4k 1.5×	1.9k 2.4×	557	8.3k
Felix Wäckers United Kingdom	59	9.3k 1.3×	7.6k 1.4×	2.3k 0.6×	5.5k 2.4×	1.1k 1.4×	236	11.9k
Bernard Vaissière France	28	6.8k 0.9×	8.7k 1.6×	3.9k 1.0×	3.7k 1.6×	444 0.6×	68	10.2k
Cristina Botías Spain	30	6.0k 0.8×	5.5k 1.0×	4.2k 1.0×	981 0.4×	123 0.2×	48	6.6k
José Cola Zanúncio Brazil	35	5.2k 0.7×	3.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	2.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	667	6.8k
Silvia Dorn Switzerland	55	6.9k 0.9×	5.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.5×	3.9k 1.7×	997 1.2×	244	9.8k
Jeffery S. Pettis United States	48	9.3k 1.3×	7.9k 1.4×	7.2k 1.8×	1.0k 0.4×	338 0.4×	113	9.9k
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca Brazil	47	5.7k 0.8×	6.9k 1.2×	4.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	252 0.3×	238	8.1k
Dennis vanEngelsdorp United States	44	10.2k 1.4×	9.0k 1.6×	8.0k 2.0×	1.0k 0.4×	232 0.3×	76	10.7k
Reed M. Johnson United States	31	3.9k 0.5×	3.0k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	753 0.3×	765 0.9×	64	4.6k

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Bretagnolle, Vincent, Pierrick Aupinel, Axel Decourtye, et al.. (2024). Semi-natural habitats mitigate the impact of food shortage on honey bees in farmlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 950. 175309–175309. 1 indexed citations

Eynard, Sonia E, Fanny Mondet, Olivier Bouchez, et al.. (2024). Sequence‐Based Multi Ancestry Association Study Reveals the Polygenic Architecture of Varroa destructor Resistance in the Honeybee Apis mellifera. Molecular Ecology. 34(3). e17637–e17637. 3 indexed citations

Decourtye, Axel, et al.. (2023). Competition between wild and honey bees: Floral resources as a common good providing multiple ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services. 62. 101538–101538. 10 indexed citations

Decourtye, Axel, Orianne Rollin, Fabrice Réquier, et al.. (2023). Decision-making criteria for pesticide spraying considering the bees’ presence on crops to reduce their exposure risk. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 4 indexed citations

Allier, Fabrice, et al.. (2023). Is it safe for honey bee colonies to locate apiaries near wind turbines?. Entomologia Generalis. 43(4). 799–809. 2 indexed citations

Brunet, Jean‐Luc, Luc Belzunces, Axel Decourtye, et al.. (2021). Pesticide risk assessment in honeybees: Toward the use of behavioral and reproductive performances as assessment endpoints. Chemosphere. 276. 130134–130134. 25 indexed citations

Blanchard, Samuel D., et al.. (2019). Bee farming system sustainability: An assessment framework in metropolitan France. Agricultural Systems. 176. 102653–102653. 21 indexed citations

Decourtye, Axel, Cédric Alaux, Yves Le Conte, & Mickaël Henry. (2019). Toward the protection of bees and pollination under global change: present and future perspectives in a challenging applied science. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 35. 123–131. 73 indexed citations

Decourtye, Axel. (2018). Les abeilles, des ouvrières agricoles à protéger. 2 indexed citations

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Alaux, Cédric, Fabrice Allier, Axel Decourtye, et al.. (2017). A ‘Landscape physiology’ approach for assessing bee health highlights the benefits of floral landscape enrichment and semi-natural habitats. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 40568–40568. 114 indexed citations

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Rollin, Orianne, Giovanni Benelli, Stefano Benvenuti, et al.. (2016). Weed-insect pollinator networks as bio-indicators of ecological sustainability in agriculture. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 36(1). 99 indexed citations

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Pasquale, Garance Di, Cédric Alaux, Yves Le Conte, et al.. (2016). Variations in the Availability of Pollen Resources Affect Honey Bee Health. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162818–e0162818. 160 indexed citations

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Alaux, Cédric, Dominique Fortini, Dominique Beslay, et al.. (2015). Larval Exposure to the Juvenile Hormone Analog Pyriproxyfen Disrupts Acceptance of and Social Behavior Performance in Adult Honeybees. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132985–e0132985. 33 indexed citations

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Henry, Mickaël, Colette Bertrand, Violette Le Féon, et al.. (2014). Pesticide risk assessment in free-ranging bees is weather and landscape dependent. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4359–4359. 47 indexed citations

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Pasquale, Garance Di, Yves Le Conte, Luc Belzunces, et al.. (2013). Influence of Pollen Nutrition on Honey Bee Health: Do Pollen Quality and Diversity Matter?. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72016–e72016. 657 indexed citations breakdown →

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Decourtye, Axel, et al.. (2010). Managing the grass covers in a manner favourable to the bees and to the small lowland fauna.. 117–124. 1 indexed citations

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Decourtye, Axel & James Devillers. (2010). Ecotoxicity of Neonicotinoid Insecticides to Bees. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 683. 85–95. 181 indexed citations

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Decourtye, Axel, et al.. (2007). Jachères florales: bonnes pour les abeilles donc bonnes pour l'agriculture. 12–16.

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Decourtye, Axel, et al.. (2005). Comparative Sublethal Toxicity of Nine Pesticides on Olfactory Learning Performances of the Honeybee Apis mellifera. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 48(2). 242–250. 238 indexed citations

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Devillers, James, Axel Decourtye, Hélène Budzinski, et al.. (2003). Comparative toxicity and hazards of pesticides toApisand non-Apisbees. A chemometrical study. SAR and QSAR in environmental research. 14(5-6). 389–403. 58 indexed citations

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