Gérard Desprès

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Gérard Desprès is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Small Animals and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gérard Desprès has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sensory Systems, 10 papers in Small Animals and 8 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Gérard Desprès's work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (12 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (10 papers) and Meat and Animal Product Quality (6 papers). Gérard Desprès is often cited by papers focused on Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (12 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (10 papers) and Meat and Animal Product Quality (6 papers). Gérard Desprès collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and Canada. Gérard Desprès's co-authors include R. Romand, Isabelle Veissier, Dorothée Valance, Christine Leterrier, Michela Minero, E. Möhr, Jan Langbein, J.N. Marchant, Armelle Prunier and Eberhard von Borell and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Brain Research and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Gérard Desprès

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Heart rate variability as a measure of autonomic regulati... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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. Heart rate variability as a measure of autonomic regulation of cardiac activity for assessing stress and welfare in farm animals — A review
    2007 738 citations Eberhard von Borell, Jan Langbein et al. Physiology & Behavior profile →

Peers

Gérard Desprès
Arnaud Aubert France
Ludovic Calandreau France
Ruud van den Bos Netherlands
Nicholas H. Dodman United States
Jan Ladewig Denmark
B.A. Baldwin Slovakia
Jean-Michel Faure France
Matthew C. Leach United Kingdom
Lucy Asher United Kingdom
Michael W. Fox United States
Arnaud Aubert France
Gérard Desprès
Citations per year, relative to Gérard Desprès Gérard Desprès (= 1×) peers Arnaud Aubert

Countries citing papers authored by Gérard Desprès

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Gérard Desprès'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 Gérard Desprès with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Gérard Desprès more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Gérard Desprès

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Gérard Desprès. 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 Gérard Desprès. The network helps show where Gérard Desprès may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gérard Desprès

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gérard Desprès. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gérard Desprès 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 Gérard Desprès. Gérard Desprès 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
1.
Dambrun, Michaël, et al.. (2012). Measuring Happiness: From Fluctuating Happiness to Authentic–Durable Happiness. Frontiers in Psychology. 3. 16–16. 88 indexed citations
2.
Valance, Dorothée, Gérard Desprès, Sabine Richard, et al.. (2008). Changes in heart rate variability during a tonic immobility test in quail. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 23 indexed citations
3.
Borell, Eberhard von, Jan Langbein, Gérard Desprès, et al.. (2007). Heart rate variability as a measure of autonomic regulation of cardiac activity for assessing stress and welfare in farm animals — A review. Physiology & Behavior. 92(3). 293–316. 738 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Valance, Dorothée, Gérard Desprès, Alain Boissy, et al.. (2006). Genetic selection on a behavioural fear trait is associated with changes in heart rate variability in quail. Genes Brain & Behavior. 6(4). 339–346. 23 indexed citations
5.
Désiré, Lara, et al.. (2006). Appraisal process in sheep (Ovis aries): Interactive effect of suddenness and unfamiliarity on cardiac and behavioral responses.. Journal of comparative psychology. 120(3). 280–287. 54 indexed citations
6.
Désiré, Lara, Isabelle Veissier, Gérard Desprès, & Alain Boissy. (2004). On the Way to Assess Emotions in Animals: Do Lambs (Ovis aries) Evaluate an Event Through Its Suddenness, Novelty, or Unpredictability?. Journal of comparative psychology. 118(4). 363–374. 104 indexed citations
7.
Veissier, Isabelle, et al.. (2002). Does nutritive and non-nutritive sucking reduce other oral behaviors and stimulate rest in calves?. Journal of Animal Science. 80(10). 2574–2574. 45 indexed citations
8.
Boivin, Xavier, et al.. (1997). Discrimination between shepherds by lambs reared under artificial conditions.. Journal of Animal Science. 75(11). 2892–2892. 46 indexed citations
9.
Albuisson, Éliane, et al.. (1995). Distribution of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in the cochlear nucleus of adult and aged rats. Brain Research. 686(2). 223–232. 23 indexed citations
10.
Desprès, Gérard, et al.. (1994). Distribution of Cytoskeletal Proteins (Neurofilaments, Peripherin and MAP-tau) in the Cochlea of the Human Fetus. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 114(4). 377–381. 23 indexed citations
11.
Dalle, M., et al.. (1994). Distribution and metabolism patterns of plasma 7S- and β-NGF in the adult male rat. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 88(5). 273–277. 11 indexed citations
12.
Desprès, Gérard, et al.. (1994). Histochemical and scanning electron microscopic studies of supernumerary hair cells in embryonic rat cochlea in vitro. Brain Research. 660(2). 181–191. 13 indexed citations
13.
Hafidi, Aziz, Gérard Desprès, & R. Romand. (1993). Ontogenesis of type II spiral ganglion neurons during development: Peripherin immunohistochemistry. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 11(4). 507–512. 45 indexed citations
14.
Desprès, Gérard, et al.. (1993). Hair cell overproduction in the developing mammalian cochlea in culture. Neuroreport. 5(1). 33–36. 20 indexed citations
15.
MacGrogan, Donal, Gérard Desprès, R. Romand, & Eleni Dicou. (1991). Expression of the β‐nerve growth factor gene in male sex organs of the mouse, rat, and guinea pig. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 28(4). 567–573. 41 indexed citations
16.
Desprès, Gérard, Aziz Hafidi, & R. Romand. (1991). Immunohistochemical localization of nerve growth factor receptor in the cochlea and in the brainstem of the perinatal rat. Hearing Research. 52(1). 157–165. 32 indexed citations
17.
Desprès, Gérard, Isabelle Jalenques, & R. Romand. (1991). Basic FGF-like protein in the lower stato-acoustic system of the neonatal and adult rat. Neuroreport. 2(11). 639–642. 19 indexed citations
18.
Romand, R., Aziz Hafidi, & Gérard Desprès. (1988). Immunocytochemical localization of neurofilament protein subunits in the spiral ganglion of the adult rat. Brain Research. 462(1). 167–173. 34 indexed citations
19.
Desprès, Gérard, et al.. (1988). Immunohistochemical localisation of nerve growth factor-like protein in the organ of Corti of the developing rat. Neuroscience Letters. 85(1). 5–8. 31 indexed citations
20.
Rigaudière, N, et al.. (1986). Maternal testosterone and sexual differentiation of the male guinea-pig foetus. annales de biologie animale biochimie biophysique. 26(3). 791–800. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Arnaud Aubert Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ludovic Calandreau Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ruud van den Bos Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nicholas H. Dodman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jan Ladewig Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by B.A. Baldwin Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jean-Michel Faure Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Matthew C. Leach Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Lucy Asher Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Michael W. Fox
Rankless by CCL
2026