Cécile Thion

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Cécile Thion is a scholar working on Ecology, Pollution and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Cécile Thion has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Pollution and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Cécile Thion's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (5 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers). Cécile Thion is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (7 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (5 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers). Cécile Thion collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Cécile Thion's co-authors include James I. Prosser, Franciska T. de Vries, Richard D. Bardgett, Robert I. Griffiths, Hyun S. Gweon, Sara Hallin, Hayley Craig, Erica Lumini, Nick Ostle and Mark Bailey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Cécile Thion

15 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought tha... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 400 800 1.2k
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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. Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks
    2018 1.4k citations Franciska T. de Vries, Robert I. Griffiths et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cécile Thion France 14 1.0k 798 670 525 480 15 2.1k
Terrence H. Bell United States 23 800 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 448 0.7× 512 1.0× 525 1.1× 61 2.2k
Kelly Hamonts Australia 24 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 975 1.5× 566 1.1× 319 0.7× 36 2.6k
Shuo Jiao China 14 1.6k 1.6× 874 1.1× 802 1.2× 886 1.7× 311 0.6× 14 2.6k
Markus Gorfer Austria 27 587 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 573 0.9× 543 1.0× 350 0.7× 70 2.3k
Minna K. Männistö Finland 27 1.1k 1.1× 495 0.6× 498 0.7× 555 1.1× 280 0.6× 53 2.1k
Dan He China 25 1.1k 1.0× 556 0.7× 490 0.7× 531 1.0× 251 0.5× 49 1.9k
Anna M. Kielak Netherlands 19 994 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 651 1.0× 656 1.2× 244 0.5× 24 2.4k
Ke Dong China 25 1.2k 1.1× 755 0.9× 508 0.8× 828 1.6× 196 0.4× 109 2.4k
A. Sarr France 21 889 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 687 1.0× 582 1.1× 323 0.7× 55 2.5k
Yueyu Sui China 25 1.1k 1.0× 749 0.9× 1.4k 2.1× 419 0.8× 266 0.6× 56 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cécile Thion

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cécile Thion

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Vries, Franciska T. de, Cécile Thion, Michael Bahn, et al.. (2021). Glacier forelands reveal fundamental plant and microbial controls on short‐term ecosystem nitrogen retention. Journal of Ecology. 109(10). 3710–3723. 13 indexed citations
2.
Monard, Cécile, et al.. (2021). Contribution of single-cell omics to microbial ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37(1). 67–78. 18 indexed citations
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Gubry‐Rangin, Cécile, Cécile Thion, Katerina Estera‐Molina, et al.. (2020). Experimental testing of hypotheses for temperature‐ and pH ‐based niche specialization of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 22(9). 4032–4045. 30 indexed citations
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Papadopoulou, Evangelia S., Sotirios Vasileiadis, Cécile Thion, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Novel and Established Nitrification Inhibitors Relevant to Agriculture on Soil Ammonia- and Nitrite-Oxidizing Isolates. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 581283–581283. 33 indexed citations
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Vries, Franciska T. de, Robert I. Griffiths, Mark Bailey, et al.. (2018). Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3033–3033. 1411 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bello, M., Cécile Thion, Cécile Gubry‐Rangin, & James I. Prosser. (2018). Differential sensitivity of ammonia oxidising archaea and bacteria to matric and osmotic potential. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 129. 184–190. 21 indexed citations
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Catão, Elisa, Cécile Thion, Ricardo Henrique Krüger, & James I. Prosser. (2017). Ammonia oxidisers in a non-nitrifying Brazilian savanna soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(11). 6 indexed citations
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Lehtovirta‐Morley, Laura E., Jenna L. Ross, Linda Hink, et al.. (2016). Isolation of ‘CandidatusNitrosocosmicus franklandus’, a novel ureolytic soil archaeal ammonia oxidiser with tolerance to high ammonia concentration. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(5). fiw057–fiw057. 210 indexed citations
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Thion, Cécile, et al.. (2016). Plant nitrogen-use strategy as a driver of rhizosphere archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidiser abundance. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(7). fiw091–fiw091. 78 indexed citations
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Boer, Wietse de, et al.. (2015). Antifungal Rhizosphere Bacteria Can increase as Response to the Presence of Saprotrophic Fungi. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0137988–e0137988. 33 indexed citations
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Thion, Cécile & James I. Prosser. (2014). Differential response of nonadapted ammonia-oxidising archaea and bacteria to drying-rewetting stress. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 90(2). n/a–n/a. 68 indexed citations
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Thion, Cécile, Aurélie Cébron, Thierry Béguiristain, & Corinne Leyval. (2013). Inoculation of PAH-degrading strains of Fusarium solani and Arthrobacter oxydans in rhizospheric sand and soil microcosms: microbial interactions and PAH dissipation. Biodegradation. 24(4). 569–581. 46 indexed citations
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Thion, Cécile, Aurélie Cébron, Thierry Béguiristain, & Corinne Leyval. (2012). Long-term in situ dynamics of the fungal communities in a multi-contaminated soil are mainly driven by plants. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 82(1). 169–181. 40 indexed citations
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Thion, Cécile, Aurélie Cébron, Thierry Béguiristain, & Corinne Leyval. (2012). PAH biotransformation and sorption by Fusarium solani and Arthrobacter oxydans isolated from a polluted soil in axenic cultures and mixed co-cultures. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 68. 28–35. 51 indexed citations
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Thion, Cécile, et al.. (2011). Functional Diversification of Fungal Glutathione Transferases from the Ure2p Class. PubMed. 2011. 1–9. 24 indexed citations

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