Clément Gilbert

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Clément Gilbert is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Clément Gilbert has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Plant Science, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Clément Gilbert's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (30 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (23 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (21 papers). Clément Gilbert is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (30 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (23 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (21 papers). Clément Gilbert collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and South Africa. Clément Gilbert's co-authors include Cédric Feschotte, Richard Cordaux, Sarah Schaack, Jean Peccoud, Anne Ropiquet, Alexandre Hassanin, Bouziane Moumen, Isabelle Giraud, Paul J. Brindley and Terence J. Robinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Clément Gilbert

69 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and imp... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology
    2012 642 citations Cédric Feschotte, Clément Gilbert profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clément Gilbert France 29 2.0k 1.9k 741 579 516 73 3.5k
John F. Y. Brookfield United Kingdom 29 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.4k 1.8× 385 0.7× 437 0.8× 124 3.7k
Richard Cordaux France 33 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 1.4× 912 1.6× 343 0.7× 73 3.4k
Yun Fu China 13 1.3k 0.6× 909 0.5× 2.1k 2.8× 299 0.5× 620 1.2× 29 3.9k
Minh Anh Nguyen United States 9 1.3k 0.6× 599 0.3× 756 1.0× 342 0.6× 853 1.7× 19 3.3k
Peter W. Atkinson United States 33 2.9k 1.5× 1.5k 0.8× 754 1.0× 1.3k 2.3× 172 0.3× 79 4.1k
Elisabeth A. Herniou France 37 2.8k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 882 1.2× 2.0k 3.5× 1.5k 3.0× 81 5.5k
Sujai Kumar United Kingdom 22 1.2k 0.6× 563 0.3× 448 0.6× 311 0.5× 531 1.0× 29 2.4k
A. von Haeseler Germany 6 1.4k 0.7× 638 0.3× 947 1.3× 355 0.6× 943 1.8× 7 3.5k
Georges Périquet France 32 1.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 671 0.9× 1.4k 2.4× 197 0.4× 97 3.0k
Tamara S. Haselkorn United States 21 696 0.4× 560 0.3× 466 0.6× 391 0.7× 219 0.4× 30 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clément Gilbert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clément Gilbert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cordaux, Richard & Clément Gilbert. (2025). Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Sex Ratio Distortion Mediated by Cytoplasmic Symbionts. Genome Biology and Evolution. 17(6). 1 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Clément & Florian Maumus. (2023). Sidestepping Darwin: horizontal gene transfer from plants to insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 57. 101035–101035. 11 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Clément & Florian Maumus. (2022). Multiple Horizontal Acquisitions of Plant Genes in the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Genome Biology and Evolution. 14(10). 22 indexed citations
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Muller, Héloïse, et al.. (2022). Investigating bracovirus chromosomal integration and inheritance in lepidopteran host and nontarget species. Molecular Ecology. 31(21). 5538–5551. 1 indexed citations
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Barbeitos, Marcos S., et al.. (2019). Horizontal Transfer and Gene Loss Shaped the Evolution of Alpha-Amylases in Bilaterians. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(2). 709–719. 5 indexed citations
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Giraud, Isabelle, Bouziane Moumen, Yves Caubet, et al.. (2019). Sex chromosomes control vertical transmission of feminizing Wolbachia symbionts in an isopod. PLoS Biology. 17(10). e3000438–e3000438. 17 indexed citations
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Machado, Laís Ceschini, Túlio de Lima Campos, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, et al.. (2019). Genome sequencing reveals coinfection by multiple chikungunya virus genotypes in a recent outbreak in Brazil. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(5). e0007332–e0007332. 20 indexed citations
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Grandjean, Frédéric, Clément Gilbert, Carine Delaunay, et al.. (2019). A new bunya-like virus associated with mass mortality of white-clawed crayfish in the wild. Virology. 533. 115–124. 14 indexed citations
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Lewis, Samuel H., Kaycee A. Quarles, Yujing Yang, et al.. (2017). Pan-arthropod analysis reveals somatic piRNAs as an ancestral defence against transposable elements. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(1). 174–181. 187 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Clément & Richard Cordaux. (2017). Viruses as vectors of horizontal transfer of genetic material in eukaryotes. Current Opinion in Virology. 25. 16–22. 79 indexed citations
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Leclercq, S., Julien Thézé, Isabelle Giraud, et al.. (2016). Birth of a W sex chromosome by horizontal transfer of Wolbachia bacterial symbiont genome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(52). 15036–15041. 76 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Clément, Chao Liu, Roger A. Garrett, et al.. (2015). Genomic context drives transcription of insertion sequences in the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia wVulC. Gene. 564(1). 81–86. 1 indexed citations
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Thézé, Julien, S. Leclercq, Bouziane Moumen, Richard Cordaux, & Clément Gilbert. (2014). Remarkable Diversity of Endogenous Viruses in a Crustacean Genome. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6(8). 2129–2140. 43 indexed citations
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Waters, Paul D., et al.. (2009). Physical mapping of the elephant X chromosome: conservation of gene order over 105 million years. Chromosome Research. 17(7). 917–926. 51 indexed citations
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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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Gilbert, Clément, et al.. (2008). Chromosomal evolution and distribution of telomeric repeats in golden moles (Chrysochloridae, Mammalia). Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 121(2). 110–119. 9 indexed citations
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Riva, Matthieu & Clément Gilbert. (2006). Evidence for adsorbable organic halides in the beamhouse, tanning, and post tanning processing of ovine skin. Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association. 101(1). 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Clément, Anne Ropiquet, & Alexandre Hassanin. (2006). Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies of Cervidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia): Systematics, morphology, and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40(1). 101–117. 209 indexed citations

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