Cédric Alaux

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Cédric Alaux is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Cédric Alaux has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Genetics, 69 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 68 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Cédric Alaux's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (71 papers), Plant and animal studies (69 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (68 papers). Cédric Alaux is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (71 papers), Plant and animal studies (69 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (68 papers). Cédric Alaux collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Morocco. Cédric Alaux's co-authors include Yves Le Conte, Didier Crauser, Jean‐Luc Brunet, Luc Belzunces, Axel Decourtye, Garance Di Pasquale, Séverine Suchail, Claudia Dussaubat, Fanny Mondet and André Kretzschmar and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Cédric Alaux

70 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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 →
Diet effects on honeybee immunocompetence

2010 643 citations Cédric Alaux, Didier Crauser et al. profile →
Interactions between Nosema microspores and a neonicotinoid weaken honeybees ( Apis mellifera )

2009 441 citations Cédric Alaux, Jean‐Luc Brunet et al. Environmental Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cédric Alaux France	35	4.9k	4.5k	4.1k	433	152	72	5.3k
Gloria DeGrandi‐Hoffman United States	34	3.4k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	429 1.0×	87 0.6×	124	3.9k
Ernesto Guzmán‐Novoa Canada	36	4.3k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	3.7k 0.9×	482 1.1×	128 0.8×	152	4.7k
Christian W. W. Pirk South Africa	39	3.8k 0.8×	3.7k 0.8×	3.1k 0.8×	751 1.7×	155 1.0×	181	4.7k
David R. Tarpy United States	46	7.1k 1.5×	6.8k 1.5×	6.5k 1.6×	456 1.1×	83 0.5×	139	7.8k
Amro Zayed Canada	28	2.3k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	267 0.6×	93 0.6×	77	3.0k
Per Kryger Denmark	36	3.7k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	254 0.6×	64 0.4×	91	4.0k
Yves Le Conte France	54	10.0k 2.1×	9.0k 2.0×	8.7k 2.1×	745 1.7×	429 2.8×	176	10.9k
Greg J. Hunt United States	35	3.1k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	505 1.2×	244 1.6×	63	4.1k
Didier Crauser France	24	2.3k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	151 0.3×	114 0.8×	34	2.5k
Anne‐Geneviève Bagnères France	37	2.6k 0.5×	3.3k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	249 0.6×	478 3.1×	107	4.1k

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Mondet, Fanny, Cristina Marzachì, Cédric Alaux, et al.. (2025). Seasonal variations of the five main honey bee viruses in a three-year longitudinal survey. Apidologie. 56(1). 1 indexed citations

Pioz, Maryline, et al.. (2023). Real-time monitoring of honeybee colony daily activity and bee loss rates can highlight the risk posed by a pesticide. The Science of The Total Environment. 886. 163928–163928. 6 indexed citations

Pioz, Maryline, et al.. (2023). Brood thermoregulation effectiveness is positively linked to the amount of brood but not to the number of bees in honeybee colonies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 5 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

Alaux, Cédric, Jean‐Luc Brunet, Michał Filipiak, et al.. (2021). Critical links between biodiversity and health in wild bee conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37(4). 309–321. 88 indexed citations

Dalmon, Anne, Gennaro Di Prisco, Alberto Prado, et al.. (2020). Interactions Between Thiamethoxam and Deformed Wing Virus Can Drastically Impair Flight Behavior of Honey Bees. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 766–766. 33 indexed citations

Arafah, Karim, Sébastien N. Voisin, Cédric Alaux, et al.. (2019). MALDI–MS Profiling to Address Honey Bee Health Status under Bacterial Challenge through Computational Modeling. PROTEOMICS. 19(23). e1900268–e1900268. 15 indexed citations

Prado, Alberto, Maryline Pioz, Cyril Vidau, et al.. (2018). Exposure to pollen-bound pesticide mixtures induces longer-lived but less efficient honey bees. The Science of The Total Environment. 650(Pt 1). 1250–1260. 70 indexed citations

Mondet, Fanny, Andréa Rau, Christophe Klopp, et al.. (2018). Transcriptome profiling of the honeybee parasite Varroa destructor provides new biological insights into the mite adult life cycle. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 328–328. 28 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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Mondet, Fanny, Cédric Alaux, Dany Séverac, et al.. (2015). Antennae hold a key to Varroa-sensitive hygiene behaviour in honey bees. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10454–10454. 82 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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Dussaubat, Claudia, Jean‐Luc Brunet, Mariano Higes, et al.. (2012). Gut Pathology and Responses to the Microsporidium Nosema ceranae in the Honey Bee Apis mellifera. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37017–e37017. 212 indexed citations

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Alaux, Cédric, et al.. (2012). Brain, physiological and behavioral modulation induced by immune stimulation in honeybees (Apis mellifera): A potential mediator of social immunity?. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 26(7). 1057–1060. 21 indexed citations

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Conte, Yves Le, Cédric Alaux, Jean‐François Martin, et al.. (2011). Social immunity in honeybees ( Apis mellifera ): transcriptome analysis of varroa‐hygienic behaviour. Insect Molecular Biology. 20(3). 399–408. 73 indexed citations

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Alaux, Cédric, Jean‐Luc Brunet, Claudia Dussaubat, et al.. (2010). Interactions between Nosema microspores and a neonicotinoid weaken honeybees (Apis mellifera). HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 24 indexed citations

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Maisonnasse, Alban, Cédric Alaux, Dominique Beslay, et al.. (2010). New insights into honey bee (Apis mellifera) pheromone communication. Is the queen mandibular pheromone alone in colony regulation?. Frontiers in Zoology. 7(1). 18–18. 35 indexed citations

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Alaux, Cédric, Jean‐Luc Brunet, Claudia Dussaubat, et al.. (2009). Interactions between Nosema microspores and a neonicotinoid weaken honeybees ( Apis mellifera ). Environmental Microbiology. 12(3). 774–782. 441 indexed citations breakdown →

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Navajas, Maria, Alain Migeon, Cédric Alaux, et al.. (2008). Differential gene expression of the honey bee Apis mellifera associated with Varroa destructor infection. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 301–301. 154 indexed citations

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Alaux, Cédric & Gene E. Robinson. (2007). Alarm Pheromone Induces Immediate–Early Gene Expression and Slow Behavioral Response in Honey Bees. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33(7). 1346–1350. 62 indexed citations

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