François Massol

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

François Massol is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, François Massol has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 29 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in François Massol's work include Plant and animal studies (42 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (23 papers). François Massol is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (42 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (23 papers). François Massol collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. François Massol's co-authors include Dominique Gravel, Martín Daufresne, Christine Argillier, D. Schleuter, Nicolas Mouquet, Anne Duputié, Mathew A. Leibold, Pierre‐Olivier Cheptou, Patrice David and Philippe Jarne and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

François Massol

85 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

A user's guide to functional diversity indices 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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. A user's guide to functional diversity indices
    2010 563 citations François Massol 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 Massol France 32 1.3k 1.2k 1.2k 723 559 90 3.5k
Dylan Z. Childs United Kingdom 34 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 678 0.9× 719 1.3× 93 3.7k
Mathias M. Pires Brazil 27 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 416 0.6× 606 1.1× 77 3.3k
Darren M. Evans United Kingdom 34 1.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 468 0.6× 500 0.9× 95 3.6k
James Rosindell United Kingdom 23 968 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 571 0.8× 716 1.3× 49 2.9k
Rudolf P. Rohr Switzerland 29 1.5k 1.1× 664 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 499 0.7× 336 0.6× 56 2.5k
John P. DeLong United States 32 1.1k 0.8× 2.1k 1.7× 826 0.7× 975 1.3× 701 1.3× 118 4.0k
Brett A. Melbourne United States 25 1.4k 1.1× 2.1k 1.8× 1.9k 1.6× 963 1.3× 769 1.4× 64 4.3k
Luis‐Miguel Chevin France 26 1.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 785 0.6× 1.7k 2.4× 901 1.6× 54 3.9k
Björn C. Rall Germany 37 1.8k 1.3× 2.2k 1.8× 1.4k 1.2× 910 1.3× 755 1.4× 51 4.2k
Roberto Salguero‐Gómez United Kingdom 33 1.9k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 2.1k 1.8× 576 0.8× 943 1.7× 125 4.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Massol

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Massol

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

All Works

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Massol, François, et al.. (2023). The functional composition of dune nematode communities is structured by both biogeographic region and the local marram grass environment. European Journal of Soil Biology. 117. 103511–103511. 1 indexed citations
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Ravigné, Virginie, Nathalie Becker, François Massol, et al.. (2022). Fruit fly phylogeny imprints bacterial gut microbiota. Evolutionary Applications. 15(10). 1621–1638. 11 indexed citations
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Fisogni, Alessandro, François Massol, Marino Quaranta, et al.. (2021). Network analysis highlights increased generalisation and evenness of plant-pollinator interactions after conservation measures. Acta Oecologica. 110. 103689–103689. 4 indexed citations
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Overcast, Isaac, Megan Ruffley, James Rosindell, et al.. (2021). A unified model of species abundance, genetic diversity, and functional diversity reveals the mechanisms structuring ecological communities. Molecular Ecology Resources. 21(8). 2782–2800. 29 indexed citations
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Buatois, Bruno, Nina Hautekèete, François Massol, et al.. (2021). Geographical variation of floral scents in generalist entomophilous species with variable pollinator communities. Functional Ecology. 36(3). 763–778. 10 indexed citations
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Hautekèete, Nina, et al.. (2020). How biased is our perception of plant-pollinator networks? A comparison of visit- and pollen-based representations of the same networks. Acta Oecologica. 105. 103551–103551. 23 indexed citations
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Fisogni, Alessandro, Nina Hautekèete, Yves Piquot, et al.. (2020). Urbanization drives an early spring for plants but not for pollinators. Oikos. 129(11). 1681–1691. 56 indexed citations
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Maresca, Marc, Stéphane Canaan, Jean‐François Cavalier, et al.. (2019). Worms’ Antimicrobial Peptides. Marine Drugs. 17(9). 512–512. 37 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Kenneth A. & François Massol. (2018). Habitat selection and the value of information in heterogenous landscapes. Oikos. 128(4). 457–467. 7 indexed citations
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Massol, François, et al.. (2018). Effect of pollination strategy, phylogeny and distribution on pollination niches of Euro‐Mediterranean orchids. Journal of Ecology. 107(1). 478–490. 47 indexed citations
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Astegiano, Julia, Florian Altermatt, & François Massol. (2017). Disentangling the co-structure of multilayer interaction networks: degree distribution and module composition in two-layer bipartite networks. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15465–15465. 14 indexed citations
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Cuvillier‐Hot, Virginie, Sylvie M. Gaudron, François Massol, et al.. (2017). Immune failure reveals vulnerability of populations exposed to pollution in the bioindicator species Hediste diversicolor. The Science of The Total Environment. 613-614. 1527–1542. 12 indexed citations
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Massol, François, et al.. (2017). Antagonistic evolution of an antibiotic and its molecular chaperone: how to maintain a vital ectosymbiosis in a highly fluctuating habitat. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1454–1454. 10 indexed citations
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Laroche, Fabien, Philippe Jarne, Thomas Perrot, & François Massol. (2016). The evolution of the competition–dispersal trade-off affects α- and β-diversity in a heterogeneous metacommunity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 283(1829). 20160548–20160548. 22 indexed citations
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Mouquet, Nicolas, Dominique Gravel, François Massol, & Vincent Calcagno. (2012). Extending the concept of keystone species to communities and ecosystems. Ecology Letters. 16(1). 1–8. 119 indexed citations
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Staudt, Michael, Jörg‐Peter Schnitzler, Damien Landais, et al.. (2009). Drought reduced monoterpene emissions from Quercus ilex trees: results from a throughfall displacement experiment within a forest ecosystem. 6(1). 863–893. 14 indexed citations

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