Gérard Laurent

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Gérard Laurent is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gérard Laurent has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Plant Science, 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Gérard Laurent's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (2 papers), Plant and animal studies (2 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 papers). Gérard Laurent is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (2 papers), Plant and animal studies (2 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 papers). Gérard Laurent collaborates with scholars based in France, South Africa and Cameroon. Gérard Laurent's co-authors include Catherine Roumet, Éric Garnier, Marie‐Laure Navas, Cathy Neill, Max Debussche, G. Billès, David A. Aubry, Jean-Patrick Toussaint, Alain Blanchard and Denis Vile and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Food Chemistry and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Gérard Laurent

8 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

PLANT FUNCTIONAL MARKERS CAPTURE ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION

2004 1.7k citations Éric Garnier, G. Billès et al. Ecology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gérard Laurent France	6	1.5k	827	718	680	555	8	2.2k
Cathy Neill France	7	1.4k 0.9×	726 0.9×	442 0.6×	552 0.8×	610 1.1×	9	2.0k
G. Billès France	9	1.4k 0.9×	745 0.9×	580 0.8×	611 0.9×	571 1.0×	17	2.1k
Julian Ash Australia	24	1.2k 0.8×	590 0.7×	544 0.8×	624 0.9×	601 1.1×	39	2.0k
Zdravko Baruch Venezuela	23	1.2k 0.8×	745 0.9×	932 1.3×	560 0.8×	613 1.1×	46	2.2k
Bill Shipley Canada	14	1.5k 1.0×	969 1.2×	804 1.1×	702 1.0×	498 0.9×	16	2.3k
Runguo Zang China	28	1.5k 1.0×	909 1.1×	682 0.9×	866 1.3×	551 1.0×	180	2.6k
Andrew P. Askew United Kingdom	15	988 0.7×	534 0.6×	894 1.2×	489 0.7×	451 0.8×	18	2.0k
Marco Antônio Batalha Brazil	28	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	715 1.0×	703 1.0×	668 1.2×	86	2.8k
Claus Holzapfel United States	22	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	623 0.9×	929 1.7×	41	2.7k
Simon Pierce Italy	30	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	516 0.8×	513 0.9×	77	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Gérard Laurent

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gérard Laurent

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gérard Laurent

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Garnier, Éric, Denis Vile, Sandrine Debain, et al.. (2025). Photosynthesis, water‐use and nitrogen relate to both plant height and leaf structure in 60 species from the Mediterranean. Functional Ecology. 39(2). 567–582. 3 indexed citations

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Vile, Denis, Éric Garnier, Bill Shipley, et al.. (2005). Specific Leaf Area and Dry Matter Content Estimate Thickness in Laminar Leaves. Annals of Botany. 96(6). 1129–1136. 373 indexed citations

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Garnier, Éric, G. Billès, Marie‐Laure Navas, et al.. (2004). PLANT FUNCTIONAL MARKERS CAPTURE ECOSYSTEM PROPERTIES DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION. Ecology. 85(9). 2630–2637. 1733 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roumet, Catherine, et al.. (2002). Genotypic variation in the response of two perennial grass species to elevated carbon dioxide. Oecologia. 133(3). 342–348. 15 indexed citations

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Pujol, Benoît, Guillaume Gigot, Gérard Laurent, et al.. (2002). Germination Ecology of Cassava (Manihot Esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) in Traditional Agroecosystems: Seed and Seedling Biology of a Vegetatively Propagated Domesticated Plant¹. Economic Botany. 56(4). 366–379. 47 indexed citations

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Roumet, Catherine, Gérard Laurent, & Jacques Roy. (1999). Leaf structure and chemical composition as affected by elevated CO₂: genotypic responses of two perennial grasses. New Phytologist. 143(1). 73–81. 50 indexed citations

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Minka, Samuel R, et al.. (1991). Isolation and composition of glycolipids from corn flour. Food Chemistry. 39(3). 329–336. 2 indexed citations

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Saboureau, Michel, Gérard Laurent, & J. Boissin. (1979). Daily and seasonal rhythms of locomotor activity and adrenal function in male hedgehogs(Erinaceus europaeusL.). Journal of Interdisiplinary Cycle Research. 10(4). 249–266. 13 indexed citations

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