Cédric Gaucherel

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Cédric Gaucherel is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cédric Gaucherel has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 24 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Cédric Gaucherel's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (21 papers) and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (10 papers). Cédric Gaucherel is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (21 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (21 papers) and Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (10 papers). Cédric Gaucherel collaborates with scholars based in France, India and Morocco. Cédric Gaucherel's co-authors include Vincent Bonhomme, Julien Claude, Sandrine Picq, Thomas Houet, Christelle Hély, Isabelle Chuine, Jacques Labonne, Frédérik Saltré, Franck Pommereau and Virginie Ravigné and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Cédric Gaucherel

72 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Momocs: Outline Analysis UsingR 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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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. Momocs: Outline Analysis UsingR
    2014 442 citations Vincent Bonhomme, Cédric Gaucherel 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 Gaucherel France 23 676 505 497 451 224 77 1.9k
Carla Restrepo Puerto Rico 17 401 0.6× 479 0.9× 549 1.1× 338 0.7× 71 0.3× 43 1.3k
Daniel C. Reuman United States 30 811 1.2× 1.5k 2.9× 863 1.7× 657 1.5× 410 1.8× 74 2.7k
Stephan Getzin Germany 24 1.2k 1.7× 795 1.6× 1.6k 3.2× 561 1.2× 82 0.4× 42 2.5k
Bonnie F. Jacobs United States 25 444 0.7× 389 0.8× 885 1.8× 1.5k 3.4× 233 1.0× 60 3.1k
Raphaël Pélissier France 31 1.2k 1.8× 1.3k 2.5× 2.2k 4.4× 711 1.6× 150 0.7× 73 3.8k
I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke Sri Lanka 28 1.1k 1.6× 713 1.4× 2.0k 3.9× 972 2.2× 174 0.8× 70 3.1k
C. V. S. Gunatilleke Sri Lanka 20 685 1.0× 424 0.8× 1.2k 2.5× 536 1.2× 82 0.4× 44 1.8k
Jean‐Christophe Poggiale France 30 870 1.3× 1.0k 2.1× 406 0.8× 195 0.4× 543 2.4× 96 2.8k
P. G. N. Digby United Kingdom 16 257 0.4× 653 1.3× 540 1.1× 450 1.0× 181 0.8× 24 2.2k
Frédéric Mortier France 19 759 1.1× 1.0k 2.0× 774 1.6× 462 1.0× 1.1k 5.0× 52 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cédric Gaucherel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Paulevé, Loïc & Cédric Gaucherel. (2025). Inference of ecological networks and possibilistic dynamics based on Boolean networks from observations and prior knowledge. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(8). 1851–1867. 1 indexed citations
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Gaucherel, Cédric. (2025). Why and How to Use Process Philosophy in Everyday Ecology and Biology?. Acta Biotheoretica. 73(4). 14–14.
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Brigode, Pierre, Vazken Andréassian, Charles Perrin, et al.. (2024). Simbi: historical hydro-meteorological time series and signatures for 24 catchments in Haiti. Earth system science data. 16(4). 2073–2098. 3 indexed citations
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Gaucherel, Cédric, et al.. (2024). Diagnosis of planktonic trophic network dynamics with sharp qualitative changes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Colin G., et al.. (2023). On the History of Ecosystem Dynamical Modeling: The Rise and Promises of Qualitative Models. Entropy. 25(11). 1526–1526. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, Colin G., et al.. (2022). Model-checking ecological state-transition graphs. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(6). e1009657–e1009657. 8 indexed citations
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Gaucherel, Cédric, et al.. (2020). Discrete-event models for conservation assessment of integrated ecosystems. Ecological Informatics. 61. 101205–101205. 8 indexed citations
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Gaucherel, Cédric, et al.. (2016). Spatial analysis of endemism to redefine conservation areas in Western Ghats (India). Journal for Nature Conservation. 34. 33–41. 9 indexed citations
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Houet, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Improving the simulation of fine-resolution landscape changes by coupling top-down and bottom-up land use and cover changes rules. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 28(9). 1848–1876. 27 indexed citations
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Gritti, Emmanuel, Cédric Gaucherel, Verónica Crespo‐Pérez, & Isabelle Chuine. (2013). How Can Model Comparison Help Improving Species Distribution Models?. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68823–e68823. 28 indexed citations
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Bonhomme, Vincent, Romain Frelat, & Cédric Gaucherel. (2013). Application of elliptical Fourier analysis to watershed boundaries: a case study in Haiti. Géomorphologie relief processus environnement. 19(1). 17–26. 11 indexed citations
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Gaucherel, Cédric, Frédéric Boudon, Thomas Houet, Mathieu Castets, & Christophe Godin. (2012). Understanding Patchy Landscape Dynamics: Towards a Landscape Language. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e46064–e46064. 70 indexed citations
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Arnán, Xavier, Cédric Gaucherel, & Alan N. Andersen. (2011). Dominance and species co-occurrence in highly diverse ant communities: a test of the interstitial hypothesis and discovery of a three-tiered competition cascade. Oecologia. 166(3). 783–794. 62 indexed citations
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Gaucherel, Cédric. (2011). Self-Organization of Patchy Landscapes: Hidden Optimization of Ecological Processes. Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography. 1(2). 9 indexed citations
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Zenil, Héctor, Jean‐Paul Delahaye, & Cédric Gaucherel. (2010). Image information content characterization and classification by physical complexity. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Gaucherel, Cédric, Joël Guiot, & Laurent Misson. (2008). Changes of the potential distribution area of French Mediterranean forests under global warming. Biogeosciences. 5(6). 1493–1504. 29 indexed citations
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Gaucherel, Cédric. (2003). Pertinence de la notion d'indicateur pour la caractérisation du bassin-versant. L’Espace géographique. 32(3). 265–265. 6 indexed citations

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