Éric Lewitus

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Éric Lewitus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Paleontology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Lewitus has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Éric Lewitus's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (6 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (4 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers). Éric Lewitus is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (6 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (4 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers). Éric Lewitus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Éric Lewitus's co-authors include Wieland Β. Huttner, Hélène Morlon, Svante Pääbo, Alex M. Sykes, Robert Lachmann, Marta Florio, Iva Kelava, Sabina Kanton, Juergen A. Knoblich and Wulf Hevers and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Éric Lewitus

23 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development

2015 767 citations J. Gray Camp, Marta Florio et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion

2015 408 citations Marta Florio, Mareike Albert et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Éric Lewitus United States	12	1.2k	451	329	234	204	23	2.0k
Sven Sagasser Sweden	13	3.7k 3.0×	99 0.2×	412 1.3×	234 1.0×	197 1.0×	13	5.2k
Anne Weigert Germany	14	840 0.7×	121 0.3×	190 0.6×	112 0.5×	84 0.4×	24	1.6k
Natasha Arora Switzerland	25	2.2k 1.8×	130 0.3×	469 1.4×	318 1.4×	304 1.5×	41	3.2k
Jennifer L. Fish United States	23	1.6k 1.3×	616 1.4×	627 1.9×	285 1.2×	35 0.2×	49	2.5k
Iva Kelava Croatia	11	1.2k 1.0×	778 1.7×	177 0.5×	414 1.8×	219 1.1×	22	1.8k
Jean‐Stéphane Joly France	27	2.5k 2.0×	188 0.4×	660 2.0×	521 2.2×	21 0.1×	47	3.6k
Tomislav Maričić Germany	20	1.3k 1.0×	89 0.2×	1.0k 3.1×	46 0.2×	124 0.6×	25	2.3k
Andrés Collazo United States	23	1.6k 1.3×	181 0.4×	313 1.0×	475 2.0×	42 0.2×	36	2.4k
Jeff Hardin United States	39	3.3k 2.7×	66 0.1×	293 0.9×	449 1.9×	278 1.4×	104	5.9k
Jacquelyn Bond United Kingdom	22	1.9k 1.6×	217 0.5×	1.4k 4.3×	117 0.5×	48 0.2×	41	3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Éric Lewitus

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lewitus, Éric, et al.. (2024). HIV-1 Gag, Pol, and Env diversified with limited adaptation since the 1980s. mBio. 15(3). e0174923–e0174923. 8 indexed citations

Lewitus, Éric, Hongjun Bai, & Morgane Rolland. (2023). Design of a pan-betacoronavirus vaccine candidate through a phylogenetically informed approach. Science Advances. 9(3). eabq4149–eabq4149. 5 indexed citations

Lewitus, Éric, et al.. (2022). Optimal sequence-based design for multi-antigen HIV-1 vaccines using minimally distant antigens. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(10). e1010624–e1010624. 1 indexed citations

Dearlove, Bethany L., Éric Lewitus, Hongjun Bai, et al.. (2020). A SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate would likely match all currently circulating variants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(38). 23652–23662. 127 indexed citations

Lewitus, Éric, Leandro Arístide, & Hélène Morlon. (2019). Characterizing and Comparing Phylogenetic Trait Data from Their Normalized Laplacian Spectrum. Systematic Biology. 69(2). 234–248. 2 indexed citations

Lewitus, Éric, Lucie Bittner, Shruti Malviya, Chris Bowler, & Hélène Morlon. (2018). Clade-specific diversification dynamics of marine diatoms since the Jurassic. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(11). 1715–1723. 32 indexed citations

Lewitus, Éric. (2018). Inferring Evolutionary Process From Neuroanatomical Data. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 12. 54–54. 3 indexed citations

Lewitus, Éric & Hélène Morlon. (2017). Detecting Environment-Dependent Diversification From Phylogenies: A Simulation Study and Some Empirical Illustrations. Systematic Biology. 67(4). 576–593. 25 indexed citations

Lewitus, Éric & Hélène Morlon. (2016). Natural Constraints to Species Diversification. PLoS Biology. 14(8). e1002532–e1002532. 15 indexed citations

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Camp, J. Gray, Marta Florio, Sabina Kanton, et al.. (2015). Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51). 15672–15677. 767 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lewitus, Éric & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2015). Neurodevelopmental LincRNA Microsyteny Conservation and Mammalian Brain Size Evolution. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0131818–e0131818. 11 indexed citations

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Lewitus, Éric & Hélène Morlon. (2015). Characterizing and Comparing Phylogenies from their Laplacian Spectrum. Systematic Biology. 65(3). 495–507. 45 indexed citations

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Florio, Marta, Mareike Albert, Elena Taverna, et al.. (2015). Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion. Science. 347(6229). 1465–1470. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lewitus, Éric, Iva Kelava, Alex T. Kalinka, Pavel Tomančák, & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2014). An Adaptive Threshold in Mammalian Neocortical Evolution. PLoS Biology. 12(11). e1002000–e1002000. 105 indexed citations

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Kelava, Iva, Éric Lewitus, & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2013). The secondary loss of gyrencephaly as an example of evolutionary phenotypical reversal. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 7. 16–16. 60 indexed citations

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Lewitus, Éric & Alex T. Kalinka. (2013). Neocortical development as an evolutionary platform for intragenomic conflict. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 7. 2–2. 8 indexed citations

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Lewitus, Éric, Iva Kelava, & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2013). Conical expansion of the outer subventricular zone and the role of neocortical folding in evolution and development. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 424–424. 91 indexed citations

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Lewitus, Éric, Patrick R. Hof, & Chet C. Sherwood. (2012). PHYLOGENETIC COMPARISON OF NEURON AND GLIA DENSITIES IN THE PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX AND HIPPOCAMPUS OF CARNIVORES AND PRIMATES. Evolution. 66(8). 2551–2563. 15 indexed citations

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Lewitus, Éric, Chet C. Sherwood, & Patrick R. Hof. (2011). Cellular signatures in the primary visual cortex of phylogeny and placentation. Brain Structure and Function. 217(2). 531–547. 6 indexed citations

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Lewitus, Éric & Christophe Soligo. (2011). Life-History Correlates of Placental Structure in Eutherian Evolution. Evolutionary Biology. 38(3). 287–305. 9 indexed citations

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