Benoît Fontaine

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Benoît Fontaine is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît Fontaine has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 18 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Benoît Fontaine's work include Mollusks and Parasites Studies (14 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers). Benoît Fontaine is often cited by papers focused on Mollusks and Parasites Studies (14 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (11 papers). Benoît Fontaine collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Gabon. Benoît Fontaine's co-authors include Philippe Bouchet, Robert H. Cowie, Claire Régnier, Romain Julliard, Benjamin Bergerot, Olivier Gargominy, Audrey Muratet, Guillaume Achaz, Amaury Lambert and E. Jean Wickings and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Benoît Fontaine

35 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation? 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 100 200 300
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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. The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?
    2022 374 citations Robert H. Cowie, Philippe Bouchet et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benoît Fontaine France 18 736 546 426 406 381 36 1.6k
Gregor Kalinkat Germany 21 1.1k 1.5× 700 1.3× 287 0.7× 744 1.8× 403 1.1× 32 2.1k
Brigitte Braschler Switzerland 18 458 0.6× 615 1.1× 184 0.4× 540 1.3× 532 1.4× 33 1.3k
Mark Parsons United Kingdom 19 509 0.7× 877 1.6× 242 0.6× 812 2.0× 633 1.7× 43 1.7k
Frank Dziock Germany 23 705 1.0× 653 1.2× 456 1.1× 716 1.8× 490 1.3× 37 1.7k
Daniel S. Chapman United Kingdom 28 937 1.3× 700 1.3× 344 0.8× 773 1.9× 668 1.8× 73 2.5k
Céline Albert France 9 592 0.8× 255 0.5× 388 0.9× 177 0.4× 246 0.6× 13 1.2k
Giuseppe M. Carpaneto Italy 25 1.1k 1.5× 560 1.0× 780 1.8× 445 1.1× 264 0.7× 118 1.8k
Manu E. Saunders Australia 21 364 0.5× 1.0k 1.9× 620 1.5× 441 1.1× 396 1.0× 55 1.6k
Marc S. Botham United Kingdom 25 592 0.8× 1.1k 2.1× 214 0.5× 748 1.8× 609 1.6× 51 1.8k
Paul Pearce‐Kelly United Kingdom 15 957 1.3× 382 0.7× 175 0.4× 435 1.1× 586 1.5× 38 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benoît Fontaine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoît Fontaine

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benoît Fontaine. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benoît Fontaine 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 Benoît Fontaine. Benoît Fontaine 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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Schweiger, Oliver, Josef Settele, Martin Wiemers, et al.. (2024). Connectivity and climate influence diversity–stability relationships across spatial scales in European butterfly metacommunities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(10). 2 indexed citations
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Bergerot, Benjamin & Benoît Fontaine. (2024). Data Quality of National Monitoring Schemes: Filling the Gap between Specialists and the General Public. Land. 13(8). 1252–1252. 2 indexed citations
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Cowie, Robert H., Philippe Bouchet, & Benoît Fontaine. (2022). The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 97(2). 640–663. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fontaine, Colin, Benoît Fontaine, & Anne‐Caroline Prévot. (2021). Do amateurs and citizen science fill the gaps left by scientists?. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 46. 83–87. 21 indexed citations
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Deguines, Nicolas, Karine Princé, Anne‐Caroline Prévot, & Benoît Fontaine. (2020). Assessing the emergence of pro-biodiversity practices in citizen scientists of a backyard butterfly survey. The Science of The Total Environment. 716. 136842–136842. 26 indexed citations
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Thébault, Élisa, et al.. (2020). Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2686–2686. 55 indexed citations
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Régnier, Claire, Guillaume Achaz, Amaury Lambert, et al.. (2015). Mass extinction in poorly known taxa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(25). 7761–7766. 165 indexed citations
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Sartori, André F., Olivier Gargominy, & Benoît Fontaine. (2014). Radiation and decline of endodontid land snails in Makatea, French Polynesia. Zootaxa. 3772(1). 1–68. 8 indexed citations
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Sartori, André F., Olivier Gargominy, & Benoît Fontaine. (2013). Anthropogenic extinction of Pacific land snails: A case study of Rurutu, French Polynesia, with description of eight new species of endodontids (Pulmonata). Zootaxa. 3640(3). 343–72. 17 indexed citations
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Ineich, Ivan, Gregory K. Pregill, Benoît Fontaine, & Olivier Gargominy. (2012). Banded geckos, Gekko vittatus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae), as the main prey of barn owls ( Tyto alba ) on the Torres Islands (northern Vanuatu). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 39(3). 179–185. 4 indexed citations
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Bergerot, Benjamin, et al.. (2010). Preferences for exotic flowers do not promote urban life in butterflies. Landscape and Urban Planning. 96(2). 98–107. 73 indexed citations
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Régnier, Claire, Benoît Fontaine, & Philippe Bouchet. (2009). Not Knowing, Not Recording, Not Listing: Numerous Unnoticed Mollusk Extinctions. Conservation Biology. 23(5). 1214–1221. 260 indexed citations
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Gargominy, Olivier, et al.. (2009). Quatre espèces nouvelles d'Endodontidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) éteints de Rurutu (Îles Australes, Polynésie française). Zoosystema. 31(4). 791–805. 7 indexed citations
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Haase, Martin, Benoît Fontaine, & Olivier Gargominy. (2009). Rissooidean freshwater gastropods from the Vanuatu archipelago. Hydrobiologia. 637(1). 53–71. 14 indexed citations
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Haase, Martin, et al.. (2005). Rissooidean freshwater gastropods from the middle of the Pacific: the genus Fluviopupa on the Austral Islands (Caenogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 25(3). 145–163. 11 indexed citations
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Fontaine, Benoît. (2003). Is Dja River Warbler Bradypterus grandis really globally threatened?. Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 10(1). 28–29.
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Peignot, Patricia, Benoît Fontaine, & E. Jean Wickings. (2002). A preliminary study on the social relationships in a semi-free ranging colony of sun-tailed monkeys (Cercopithecus solatus), a species recently discovered in gabon. Primates. 43(2). 139–146. 5 indexed citations
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Abernethy, Katharine, et al.. (2001). Conservation en forêt pluviale africaine : méthodes de recherche. 10 indexed citations
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Peignot, Patricia, Benoît Fontaine, & E. Jean Wickings. (1999). Habitat Exploitation, Diet and Some Data on Reproductive Behaviour in a Semi-Free-Ranging Colony of Cercopithecus lhoesti solatus, a Guenon Species Recently Discovered in Gabon. Folia Primatologica. 70(1). 29–36. 10 indexed citations
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Rogers, M. Elizabeth, Katharine Abernethy, Benoît Fontaine, et al.. (1996). Ten days in the life of a mandrill horde in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon. American Journal of Primatology. 40(4). 297–313. 66 indexed citations

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