Hervé Moreau

10.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Hervé Moreau is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hervé Moreau has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Hervé Moreau's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (36 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (33 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers). Hervé Moreau is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (36 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (33 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers). Hervé Moreau collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Belgium. Hervé Moreau's co-authors include Youssef Gargouri, Évelyne Derelle, Nigel Grimsley, Gwenaël Piganeau, Daniel Vaulot, Robert Verger, David Roy Smith, Charles F. Delwiche, Frédérik Leliaert and Heroen Verbruggen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Hervé Moreau

90 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Phylogeny and Molecular E... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Green Algae
    2012 619 citations Hervé Moreau et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Hervé Moreau 3.0k 1.9k 943 874 659 90 5.1k
Guy A. Thompson 3.4k 1.1× 605 0.3× 328 0.3× 684 0.8× 809 1.2× 126 5.2k
Iwane Suzuki 3.9k 1.3× 1.3k 0.7× 527 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 2.3k 3.5× 152 5.9k
L. John Goad 2.4k 0.8× 518 0.3× 240 0.3× 683 0.8× 280 0.4× 148 5.7k
J. Weckesser 2.4k 0.8× 883 0.5× 548 0.6× 305 0.3× 455 0.7× 141 4.7k
Charles Gerday 5.4k 1.8× 1.6k 0.8× 135 0.1× 832 1.0× 261 0.4× 94 8.2k
Gerhart Drews 5.0k 1.7× 1.6k 0.8× 388 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 2.0k 3.1× 235 6.6k
Dmitry A. Los 4.6k 1.6× 1.1k 0.6× 501 0.5× 2.4k 2.7× 2.1k 3.2× 147 7.4k
Douglas A. Gage 4.9k 1.7× 489 0.3× 234 0.2× 3.4k 3.8× 197 0.3× 167 9.2k
Yves Lemoine 2.1k 0.7× 386 0.2× 554 0.6× 428 0.5× 576 0.9× 80 3.8k
Dietmar Kültz 2.4k 0.8× 2.5k 1.3× 310 0.3× 364 0.4× 40 0.1× 123 6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Hervé Moreau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hervé Moreau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hervé Moreau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hervé Moreau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hervé Moreau 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 Hervé Moreau. Hervé Moreau 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
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Yau, Sheree, Marc Krasovec, Stéphane Rombauts, et al.. (2020). Virus-host coexistence in phytoplankton through the genomic lens. Science Advances. 6(14). eaay2587–eaay2587. 27 indexed citations
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Sanchez, Frédéric, et al.. (2019). Simplified Transformation of Ostreococcus tauri Using Polyethylene Glycol. Genes. 10(5). 399–399. 16 indexed citations
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Yau, Sheree, Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Wenche Eikrem, et al.. (2019). Mantoniella beaufortii and Mantoniella baffinensis sp. nov. (Mamiellales, Mamiellophyceae), two new green algal species from the high arctic 1. Journal of Phycology. 56(1). 37–51. 14 indexed citations
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Yau, Sheree, et al.. (2018). Rapidity of Genomic Adaptations to Prasinovirus Infection in a Marine Microalga. Viruses. 10(8). 441–441. 5 indexed citations
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Derelle, Évelyne, Sheree Yau, Hervé Moreau, & Nigel Grimsley. (2017). Prasinovirus Attack of Ostreococcus Is Furtive by Day but Savage by Night. Journal of Virology. 92(4). 21 indexed citations
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Derelle, Évelyne, Adam Monier, Richard Cooke, et al.. (2015). Diversity of Viruses Infecting the Green Microalga Ostreococcus lucimarinus. Journal of Virology. 89(11). 5812–5821. 35 indexed citations
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Blanc‐Mathieu, Romain, Bram Verhelst, Évelyne Derelle, et al.. (2014). An improved genome of the model marine alga Ostreococcus tauri unfolds by assessing Illumina de novo assemblies. BMC Genomics. 15(1). 1103–1103. 67 indexed citations
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Clérissi, Camille, Nigel Grimsley, Lucie Subirana, et al.. (2014). Prasinovirus distribution in the Northwest Mediterranean Sea is affected by the environment and particularly by phosphate availability. Virology. 466-467. 146–157. 15 indexed citations
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Vandepoele, Klaas, Michiel Van Bel, Guilhem Richard, et al.. (2013). pico‐ PLAZA , a genome database of microbial photosynthetic eukaryotes. Environmental Microbiology. 15(8). 2147–2153. 57 indexed citations
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Vaulot, Daniel, Cécile Lepère, Ève Toulza, et al.. (2012). Metagenomes of the Picoalga Bathycoccus from the Chile Coastal Upwelling. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39648–e39648. 49 indexed citations
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Piganeau, Gwenaël, Adam Eyre‐Walker, Nigel Grimsley, & Hervé Moreau. (2011). How and Why DNA Barcodes Underestimate the Diversity of Microbial Eukaryotes. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e16342–e16342. 51 indexed citations
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Piganeau, Gwenaël, Nigel Grimsley, & Hervé Moreau. (2011). Genome diversity in the smallest marine photosynthetic eukaryotes. Research in Microbiology. 162(6). 570–577. 22 indexed citations
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Finazzi, Giovanni, Hervé Moreau, & Chris Bowler. (2010). Genomic insights into photosynthesis in eukaryotic phytoplankton. Trends in Plant Science. 15(10). 565–572. 31 indexed citations
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Grimsley, Nigel, et al.. (2009). Cryptic Sex in the Smallest Eukaryotic Marine Green Alga. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27(1). 47–54. 64 indexed citations
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Cardol, Pierre, Benjamin Bailleul, Fabrice Rappaport, et al.. (2008). An original adaptation of photosynthesis in the marine green alga Ostreococcus. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 5 indexed citations
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Derelle, Évelyne, Conchita Ferraz, Marie‐Line Escande, et al.. (2008). Life-Cycle and Genome of OtV5, a Large DNA Virus of the Pelagic Marine Unicellular Green Alga Ostreococcus tauri. PLoS ONE. 3(5). e2250–e2250. 93 indexed citations
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Robbens, Steven, Évelyne Derelle, Conchita Ferraz, et al.. (2007). The Complete Chloroplast and Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of Ostreococcus tauri: Organelle Genomes of the Smallest Eukaryote Are Examples of Compaction. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(4). 956–968. 81 indexed citations
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Robbens, Steven, Alain Camasses, Évelyne Derelle, et al.. (2004). Genome-Wide Analysis of Core Cell Cycle Genes in the Unicellular Green Alga Ostreococcus tauri. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(3). 589–597. 50 indexed citations
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Derelle, Évelyne, Conchita Ferraz, Pierre Lagoda, et al.. (2002). DNA LIBRARIES FOR SEQUENCING THE GENOME OFOSTREOCOCCUS TAURI(CHLOROPHYTA, PRASINOPHYCEAE): THE SMALLEST FREE-LIVING EUKARYOTIC CELL1. Journal of Phycology. 38(6). 1150–1156. 34 indexed citations
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Moreau, Hervé, et al.. (1988). Human Gastric Lipase: Variations Induced by Gastrointestinal Hormones and by Pathology. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 23(9). 1044–1048. 34 indexed citations

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