François Jacob is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology.
According to data from OpenAlex, François Jacob has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in François Jacob's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers). François Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers), Animal Genetics and Reproduction (8 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers). François Jacob collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Japan. François Jacob's co-authors include Jacques Monod, Jean‐Pierre Changeux, Arthur B. Pardee, Charles Babinet, François Hyafil, Yukinori Hirota, David Schubert, Karen Artzt, Gabriel Gachelin and Agnès Ullmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.
In The Last Decade
François Jacob
87 papers
receiving
12.1k citations
Hit Papers
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.
Genetic regulatory mechanisms in the synthesis of proteins
Countries citing papers authored by François Jacob
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This map shows the geographic impact of François Jacob's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by François Jacob with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites François Jacob more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by François Jacob. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by François Jacob. The network helps show where François Jacob may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Jacob
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of François Jacob.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of François Jacob 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.
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