François Brion

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

François Brion is a scholar working on Physiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, François Brion has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Physiology, 45 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in François Brion's work include Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (48 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (34 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (24 papers). François Brion is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (48 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (34 papers) and Estrogen and related hormone effects (24 papers). François Brion collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Norway. François Brion's co-authors include Jean‐Marc Porcher, Sélim Aı̈t-Aı̈ssa, Nathalie Hinfray, Olivier Kah, Farzad Pakdel, Charles R. Tyler, Elisabeth Pellegrini, Yann Le Page, Isabelle Anglade and Bon‐chu Chung and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

François Brion

88 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

  1. Long-Term Exposure to Environmental Concentrations of the Pharmaceutical Ethynylestradiol Causes Reproductive Failure in Fish
    2004 506 citations François Brion, Charles R. Tyler 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
François Brion France 39 2.4k 1.9k 1.8k 1.3k 519 89 5.1k
Jean‐Marc Porcher France 38 3.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 2.5k 1.4× 583 0.5× 441 0.8× 135 5.5k
Augustine Arukwe Norway 48 4.0k 1.6× 2.4k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 591 1.1× 191 7.0k
Vickie S. Wilson United States 50 5.0k 2.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 907 0.7× 409 0.8× 104 8.2k
Yoshinao Katsu Japan 37 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 469 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 358 0.7× 116 4.0k
Poul Bjerregaard Denmark 40 2.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 605 0.5× 500 1.0× 134 4.3k
Hamid R. Habibi Canada 42 1.3k 0.5× 2.4k 1.3× 771 0.4× 1.8k 1.4× 319 0.6× 186 5.8k
Qiaoxiang Dong China 43 2.1k 0.8× 839 0.4× 857 0.5× 429 0.3× 243 0.5× 126 5.0k
Elizabeth A. Makynen United States 35 1.8k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 749 0.6× 839 1.6× 52 3.6k
Eduardo Rocha Portugal 39 1.5k 0.6× 885 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 449 0.4× 317 0.6× 245 5.2k
Gerald A. LeBlanc United States 54 4.1k 1.7× 907 0.5× 2.1k 1.2× 745 0.6× 268 0.5× 158 7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by François Brion

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Brion

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Brion

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of François Brion. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of François Brion based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with François Brion. François Brion is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blanc, Mélanie, Laëtitia Guillot, Christina Dalla, et al.. (2025). Mutation of Brain Aromatase Impairs Behavior and Neuroplasticity in Adult Zebrafish. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(8). e70202–e70202. 1 indexed citations
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Piccini, Benjamin, Emmanuelle Maillot‐Maréchal, Sélim Aı̈t-Aı̈ssa, et al.. (2025). New insights into the regulation of cyp3a65 expression in transgenic tg(cyp3a65:GFP) zebrafish embryos. Aquatic Toxicology. 279. 107250–107250. 1 indexed citations
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Bortoli, Sylvie, et al.. (2024). Metabolic disrupting chemicals in the intestine: the need for biologically relevant models. FEBS Open Bio. 14(9). 1397–1419. 3 indexed citations
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Blanc, Mélanie, Laëtitia Guillot, Laurence Chevalier, et al.. (2024). Long-term impact of embryonic exposure to ethinylestradiol and clotrimazole on behavior and neuroplasticity in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 113. 104592–104592. 1 indexed citations
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Blanc, Mélanie, et al.. (2023). Embryonic exposures to chemicals acting on brain aromatase lead to different locomotor effects in zebrafish larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 102. 104221–104221. 6 indexed citations
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Vogs, Carolina, et al.. (2023). PBTK modeled perfluoroalkyl acid kinetics in zebrafish eleutheroembryos suggests impacts on bioconcentrations by chorion porosity dynamics. Toxicology in Vitro. 89. 105588–105588. 5 indexed citations
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Vaillant, Colette, M. Guéguen, Thierry D. Charlier, et al.. (2019). Neurodevelopmental effects of natural and synthetic ligands of estrogen and progesterone receptors in zebrafish eleutheroembryos. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 288. 113345–113345. 13 indexed citations
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Escher, Beate I., Peter Behnisch, Werner Brack, et al.. (2018). Effect-based trigger values for in vitro and in vivo bioassays performed on surface water extracts supporting the environmental quality standards (EQS) of the European Water Framework Directive. The Science of The Total Environment. 628-629. 748–765. 205 indexed citations
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Faure, Mélanie, Michael J. Bertoldo, Rita Khoueiry, et al.. (2018). Metformin in Reproductive Biology. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9. 675–675. 74 indexed citations
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Neale, Peta A., Rolf Altenburger, Sélim Aı̈t-Aı̈ssa, et al.. (2017). Development of a bioanalytical test battery for water quality monitoring: Fingerprinting identified micropollutants and their contribution to effects in surface water. Water Research. 123. 734–750. 182 indexed citations
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Aı̈t-Aı̈ssa, Sélim, Manoj Sonavane, Jean‐Marc Porcher, et al.. (2017). In vitro and in vivo estrogenic activity of BPA, BPF and BPS in zebrafish-specific assays. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 142. 150–156. 170 indexed citations
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Sonavane, Manoj, Nicolas Creusot, Emmanuelle Maillot‐Maréchal, et al.. (2016). Zebrafish-based reporter gene assays reveal different estrogenic activities in river waters compared to a conventional human-derived assay. The Science of The Total Environment. 550. 934–939. 28 indexed citations
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Beaudouin, Rémy, Benoît Goussen, Benjamin Piccini, et al.. (2015). An Individual-Based Model of Zebrafish Population Dynamics Accounting for Energy Dynamics. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125841–e0125841. 40 indexed citations
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Brion, François, Edith Chadili, Cyril Turiès, et al.. (2015). Localization of steroidogenic enzymes and Foxl2a in the gonads of mature zebrafish ( Danio rerio ). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 188. 96–106. 31 indexed citations
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Hinfray, Nathalie, Olivier Palluel, Benjamin Piccini, et al.. (2010). Endocrine disruption in wild populations of chub (Leuciscus cephalus) in contaminated French streams. The Science of The Total Environment. 408(9). 2146–2154. 36 indexed citations
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Waal, Paul P. de, Marcelo C. Leal, Ángel García-López, et al.. (2009). Oestrogen-induced androgen insufficiency results in a reduction of proliferation and differentiation of spermatogonia in the zebrafish testis. Journal of Endocrinology. 202(2). 287–297. 46 indexed citations
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Kah, Olivier, Elisabeth Pellegrini, Karen Mouriec, et al.. (2009). Œstrogènes et neurogenèse : de nouvelles fonctions pour une vieille hormone. Leçons tirées du poisson zèbre. Journal de la Société de Biologie. 203(1). 29–38. 14 indexed citations
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Tong, Sok‐Keng, Karen Mouriec, Elisabeth Pellegrini, et al.. (2008). A cyp19a1b‐gfp (aromatase B) transgenic zebrafish line that expresses GFP in radial glial cells. genesis. 47(2). 67–73. 110 indexed citations
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Brion, François, Charles R. Tyler, Xavier Palazzi, et al.. (2004). Impacts of 17β-estradiol, including environmentally relevant concentrations, on reproduction after exposure during embryo-larval-, juvenile- and adult-life stages in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Aquatic Toxicology. 68(3). 193–217. 329 indexed citations

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