François Lapraz

3.6k total citations
23 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

François Lapraz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change and Aquatic Science. According to data from OpenAlex, François Lapraz has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Aquatic Science. Recurrent topics in François Lapraz's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (11 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (6 papers) and Echinoderm biology and ecology (4 papers). François Lapraz is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (11 papers), Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (6 papers) and Echinoderm biology and ecology (4 papers). François Lapraz collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. François Lapraz's co-authors include Thierry Lepage, Lydia Besnardeau, Véronique Duboc, Éric Röttinger, Emmanuel Haillot, Ryan Range, Maximilian J. Telford, Johannes Girstmair, Stéphane Noselli and Sophie Marro and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

François Lapraz

23 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Lapraz France 18 993 298 279 223 172 23 1.4k
Yoshito Harada Japan 18 756 0.8× 138 0.5× 281 1.0× 99 0.4× 126 0.7× 28 1.1k
Veronica F. Hinman United States 29 1.3k 1.3× 608 2.0× 595 2.1× 377 1.7× 419 2.4× 54 2.2k
Jr‐Kai Yu Taiwan 34 2.0k 2.0× 222 0.7× 587 2.1× 191 0.9× 120 0.7× 74 2.9k
Stephen A. Stricker United States 25 813 0.8× 162 0.5× 320 1.1× 513 2.3× 281 1.6× 81 2.9k
Yi‐Jyun Luo Taiwan 15 443 0.4× 82 0.3× 275 1.0× 155 0.7× 110 0.6× 24 851
Michio Ogasawara Japan 25 1.2k 1.2× 139 0.5× 709 2.5× 65 0.3× 171 1.0× 66 1.9k
Hideki Katow Japan 20 525 0.5× 402 1.3× 138 0.5× 132 0.6× 367 2.1× 66 1.1k
Patrick R. H. Steinmetz Germany 15 874 0.9× 106 0.4× 471 1.7× 182 0.8× 84 0.5× 24 1.5k
Isabelle S. Peter United States 18 1.2k 1.2× 175 0.6× 145 0.5× 143 0.6× 56 0.3× 29 1.6k
Renaud de Rosa France 12 1.0k 1.0× 88 0.3× 504 1.8× 219 1.0× 88 0.5× 13 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Lapraz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Lapraz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of François Lapraz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of François Lapraz 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 Lapraz. François Lapraz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Lapraz, François, et al.. (2024). Brain bilateral asymmetry – insights from nematodes, zebrafish, and Drosophila. Trends in Neurosciences. 47(10). 803–818. 4 indexed citations
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Schiffer, Philipp H., Daniel J. Leite, Helen E. Robertson, et al.. (2024). Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Lapraz, François, Pierre-Yves Plaçais, Delphine Cérézo, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric activity of NetrinB controls laterality of the Drosophila brain. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1052–1052. 8 indexed citations
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Renaud, Yoan, et al.. (2021). Characterization of the Drosophila Adult Hematopoietic System Reveals a Rare Cell Population With Differentiation and Proliferation Potential. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 739357–739357. 22 indexed citations
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Lapraz, François, et al.. (2020). The Drosophila actin nucleator DAAM is essential for left-right asymmetry. PLoS Genetics. 16(4). e1008758–e1008758. 17 indexed citations
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Rawlinson, Kate A., François Lapraz, Edward R. Ballister, et al.. (2019). Extraocular, rod-like photoreceptors in a flatworm express xenopsin photopigment. eLife. 8. 29 indexed citations
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Lebreton, Gaëlle, Charles Géminard, François Lapraz, et al.. (2018). Molecular to organismal chirality is induced by the conserved myosin 1D. Science. 362(6417). 949–952. 102 indexed citations
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Robertson, Helen E., François Lapraz, Bernhard Egger, Maximilian J. Telford, & Philipp H. Schiffer. (2017). The mitochondrial genomes of the acoelomorph worms Paratomella rubra, Isodiametra pulchra and Archaphanostoma ylvae. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1847–1847. 18 indexed citations
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Girstmair, Johannes, François Lapraz, Mette Handberg-Thorsager, et al.. (2016). Light-sheet microscopy for everyone? Experience of building an OpenSPIM to study flatworm development. BMC Developmental Biology. 16(1). 22–22. 25 indexed citations
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Lapraz, François, et al.. (2016). Drosophilahematopoiesis under normal conditions and in response to immune stress. FEBS Letters. 590(22). 4034–4051. 72 indexed citations
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Egger, Bernhard, François Lapraz, Bartłomiej Tomiczek, et al.. (2015). A Transcriptomic-Phylogenomic Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationships of Flatworms. Current Biology. 25(10). 1347–1353. 141 indexed citations
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Lapraz, François, Emmanuel Haillot, & Thierry Lepage. (2015). A deuterostome origin of the Spemann organiser suggested by Nodal and ADMPs functions in Echinoderms. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8434–8434. 46 indexed citations
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Robertson, Helen E., François Lapraz, Adelaide Rhodes, & Maximilian J. Telford. (2015). The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Geophilomorph Centipede Strigamia maritima. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0121369–e0121369. 12 indexed citations
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Haillot, Emmanuel, Maria Dolores Molina, François Lapraz, & Thierry Lepage. (2015). The Maternal Maverick/GDF15-like TGF-β Ligand Panda Directs Dorsal-Ventral Axis Formation by Restricting Nodal Expression in the Sea Urchin Embryo. PLoS Biology. 13(9). e1002247–e1002247. 31 indexed citations
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Lapraz, François, Kate A. Rawlinson, Johannes Girstmair, et al.. (2013). Put a tiger in your tank: the polyclad flatworm Maritigrella crozieri as a proposed model for evo-devo. EvoDevo. 4(1). 29–29. 27 indexed citations
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Haillot, Emmanuel, François Lapraz, Véronique Duboc, et al.. (2010). Ancestral Regulatory Circuits Governing Ectoderm Patterning Downstream of Nodal and BMP2/4 Revealed by Gene Regulatory Network Analysis in an Echinoderm. PLoS Genetics. 6(12). e1001259–e1001259. 128 indexed citations
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Lapraz, François, Lydia Besnardeau, & Thierry Lepage. (2009). Patterning of the Dorsal-Ventral Axis in Echinoderms: Insights into the Evolution of the BMP-Chordin Signaling Network. PLoS Biology. 7(11). e1000248–e1000248. 147 indexed citations
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Duboc, Véronique, François Lapraz, Lydia Besnardeau, & Thierry Lepage. (2008). Lefty acts as an essential modulator of Nodal activity during sea urchin oral–aboral axis formation. Developmental Biology. 320(1). 49–59. 80 indexed citations
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Lapraz, François, Éric Röttinger, Véronique Duboc, et al.. (2006). RTK and TGF-β signaling pathways genes in the sea urchin genome. Developmental Biology. 300(1). 132–152. 130 indexed citations
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Duboc, Véronique, Éric Röttinger, François Lapraz, Lydia Besnardeau, & Thierry Lepage. (2005). Left-Right Asymmetry in the Sea Urchin Embryo Is Regulated by Nodal Signaling on the Right Side. Developmental Cell. 9(1). 147–158. 205 indexed citations

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