Cédric Feschotte

27.0k total citations · 11 hit papers
104 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Cédric Feschotte is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cédric Feschotte has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Plant Science, 85 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Cédric Feschotte's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (85 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (51 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (21 papers). Cédric Feschotte is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (85 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (51 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (21 papers). Cédric Feschotte collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Cédric Feschotte's co-authors include Clément Gilbert, Ellen J. Pritham, Edward B. Chuong, Nels C. Elde, Susan R. Wessler, Ning Jiang, Aurélie Kapusta, Clément Goubert, Arian F. A. Smit and Robert Hubley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Cédric Feschotte

104 papers receiving 15.2k 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.

  1. RepeatModeler2 for automated genomic discovery of transposable element families
    2020 1.9k citations Jullien M. Flynn, Robert Hubley et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Transposable elements and the evolution of regulatory networks
    2008 945 citations Cédric Feschotte Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  3. Regulatory activities of transposable elements: from conflicts to benefits
    2016 859 citations Edward B. Chuong, Nels C. Elde et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  4. DNA Transposons and the Evolution of Eukaryotic Genomes
    2007 840 citations Cédric Feschotte, Ellen J. Pritham profile →
  5. Ten things you should know about transposable elements
    2018 803 citations Kathleen H. Burns, Cédric Feschotte et al. Genome biology profile →
  6. Plant transposable elements: where genetics meets genomics
    2002 731 citations Cédric Feschotte, Ning Jiang et al. Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  7. Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology
    2012 642 citations Cédric Feschotte, Clément Gilbert Nature Reviews Genetics profile →
  8. Regulatory evolution of innate immunity through co-option of endogenous retroviruses
    2016 620 citations Edward B. Chuong, Nels C. Elde et al. Science profile →
  9. The Neuronal Gene Arc Encodes a Repurposed Retrotransposon Gag Protein that Mediates Intercellular RNA Transfer
    2018 392 citations Simon Erlendsson, Dustin R. Morado et al. profile →
  10. A Field Guide to Eukaryotic Transposable Elements
    2020 333 citations Jonathan N. Wells, Cédric Feschotte profile →
  11. Roles of transposable elements in the regulation of mammalian transcription
    2022 209 citations Julius Judd, Cédric Feschotte et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cédric Feschotte United States 53 10.9k 10.1k 2.6k 1.0k 820 104 15.3k
Jerzy Jurka United States 51 10.6k 1.0× 7.9k 0.8× 3.2k 1.2× 918 0.9× 508 0.6× 111 14.5k
Ian Korf United States 38 7.3k 0.7× 3.9k 0.4× 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 473 0.6× 70 11.1k
Thomas Keane United Kingdom 37 6.3k 0.6× 2.5k 0.2× 3.0k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 886 1.1× 83 11.4k
Laurent Duret France 62 9.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.3× 4.2k 1.6× 1.1k 1.1× 690 0.8× 143 12.6k
Dmitri A. Petrov United States 69 8.2k 0.8× 4.1k 0.4× 6.8k 2.6× 1.3k 1.3× 369 0.5× 193 14.4k
Mark Yandell United States 44 6.2k 0.6× 2.8k 0.3× 2.6k 1.0× 812 0.8× 592 0.7× 114 9.8k
Arian F. A. Smit United States 27 7.9k 0.7× 4.5k 0.4× 3.0k 1.2× 563 0.6× 612 0.7× 39 10.4k
Ira M. Hall United States 28 16.6k 1.5× 5.8k 0.6× 5.8k 2.2× 1.2k 1.2× 3.3k 4.0× 37 23.0k
Laurence D. Hurst United Kingdom 69 12.5k 1.2× 3.8k 0.4× 7.0k 2.7× 945 0.9× 829 1.0× 277 18.5k
Gerton Lunter United Kingdom 33 7.3k 0.7× 3.6k 0.4× 7.5k 2.9× 1.6k 1.5× 1.9k 2.3× 78 15.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cédric Feschotte

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Singh, Manvendra, et al.. (2025). Transposable elements may enhance antiviral resistance in HIV-1 elite controllers. Genome biology. 26(1). 28–28. 4 indexed citations
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Chang, Ni‐Chen, et al.. (2025). Gag proteins encoded by endogenous retroviruses are required for zebrafish development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(18). e2411446122–e2411446122. 4 indexed citations
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Feschotte, Cédric, et al.. (2024). Rapid evolution of piRNA clusters in the Drosophila melanogaster ovary. Genome Research. 34(5). 711–724. 3 indexed citations
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Du, Alan Y., et al.. (2024). Regulatory transposable elements in the encyclopedia of DNA elements. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7594–7594. 12 indexed citations
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Namasivayam, Sivaranjani, Cheng Sun, Jenna Oberstaller, et al.. (2023). Massive invasion of organellar DNA drives nuclear genome evolution in Toxoplasma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(45). e2308569120–e2308569120. 7 indexed citations
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Wells, Jonathan N., et al.. (2023). Transposable elements drive the evolution of metazoan zinc finger genes. Genome Research. 33(8). 1325–1339. 22 indexed citations
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Singh, Manvendra, et al.. (2022). Evolution and antiviral activity of a human protein of retroviral origin. Science. 378(6618). 422–428. 50 indexed citations
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Cosby, Rachel, et al.. (2021). Recurrent evolution of vertebrate transcription factors by transposase capture. Science. 371(6531). 96 indexed citations
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Goubert, Clément, Jainy Thomas, Lindsay M. Payer, et al.. (2020). TypeTE: a tool to genotype mobile element insertions from whole genome resequencing data. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(6). e36–e36. 12 indexed citations
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Flynn, Jullien M., Robert Hubley, Clément Goubert, et al.. (2020). RepeatModeler2 for automated genomic discovery of transposable element families. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(17). 9451–9457. 1907 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goubert, Clément, et al.. (2020). Contribution of unfixed transposable element insertions to human regulatory variation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 375(1795). 20190331–20190331. 30 indexed citations
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Erlendsson, Simon, et al.. (2020). Structures of virus-like capsids formed by the Drosophila neuronal Arc proteins. Nature Neuroscience. 23(2). 172–175. 46 indexed citations
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Kapusta, Aurélie, Alexander Suh, & Cédric Feschotte. (2017). Dynamics of genome size evolution in birds and mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(8). E1460–E1469. 268 indexed citations
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Chuong, Edward B., Nels C. Elde, & Cédric Feschotte. (2016). Regulatory evolution of innate immunity through co-option of endogenous retroviruses. Science. 351(6277). 1083–1087. 620 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gilbert, Clément, et al.. (2008). Repeated horizontal transfer of a DNA transposon in mammals and other tetrapods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(44). 17023–17028. 152 indexed citations
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Feschotte, Cédric. (2008). Transposable elements and the evolution of regulatory networks. Nature Reviews Genetics. 9(5). 397–405. 945 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Rongcheng, Lei Ding, Claudio Casola, et al.. (2007). Transposase-Derived Transcription Factors Regulate Light Signaling in Arabidopsis. Science. 318(5854). 1302–1305. 412 indexed citations
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Cordaux, Richard, Swalpa Udit, Mark A. Batzer, & Cédric Feschotte. (2006). Birth of a chimeric primate gene by capture of the transposase gene from a mobile element. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(21). 8101–8106. 189 indexed citations
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Feschotte, Cédric, Ning Jiang, & Susan R. Wessler. (2002). Plant transposable elements: where genetics meets genomics. Nature Reviews Genetics. 3(5). 329–341. 731 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Xiaoyu, Cédric Feschotte, Qiang Zhang, et al.. (2001). P instability factor: An active maize transposon system associated with the amplification of Tourist -like MITEs and a new superfamily of transposases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(22). 12572–12577. 121 indexed citations

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