Jacques Dumais

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Jacques Dumais is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacques Dumais has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Plant Science, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Jacques Dumais's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (23 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (23 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (13 papers). Jacques Dumais is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (23 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (23 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (13 papers). Jacques Dumais collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and France. Jacques Dumais's co-authors include Yoël Forterre, L. Mahadevan, Jan M. Skotheim, Sébastien Besson, Scott Hotton, Sidney L. Shaw, Sharon R. Long, Charles R. Steele, Enrique Cerda and Eleni Katifori and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jacques Dumais

47 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

How the Venus flytrap snaps 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
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. How the Venus flytrap snaps
    2005 839 citations Yoël Forterre, Jan M. Skotheim et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jacques Dumais United States 26 1.6k 1.3k 1.1k 892 447 48 3.8k
Kerstin Koch Germany 36 1.9k 1.3× 648 0.5× 404 0.4× 1.7k 1.9× 76 0.2× 62 7.5k
Yoël Forterre France 27 741 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 188 0.2× 731 0.8× 45 0.1× 55 6.1k
Derek E. Moulton United Kingdom 20 201 0.1× 569 0.4× 145 0.1× 417 0.5× 244 0.5× 66 1.5k
Alejandro D. Rey Canada 32 229 0.1× 1.9k 1.4× 360 0.3× 665 0.7× 198 0.4× 378 5.5k
James H. Henderson United States 30 196 0.1× 618 0.5× 420 0.4× 822 0.9× 281 0.6× 113 2.9k
Takeshi Kitano Japan 40 176 0.1× 507 0.4× 734 0.7× 543 0.6× 126 0.3× 220 6.2k
Catalin R. Picu United States 42 286 0.2× 2.0k 1.5× 133 0.1× 1.4k 1.6× 494 1.1× 235 6.7k
Kenji Sakurai Japan 34 999 0.6× 297 0.2× 408 0.4× 501 0.6× 51 0.1× 280 4.8k
Ranjan Ganguly India 39 260 0.2× 1.1k 0.8× 710 0.7× 2.2k 2.5× 55 0.1× 157 5.2k
Enrique Cerda Chile 24 113 0.1× 2.5k 1.9× 264 0.2× 1.6k 1.7× 241 0.5× 47 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Jacques Dumais

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jacques Dumais

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacques Dumais

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

All Works

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Takatani, Shogo, Marjolaine Martin, Claire Lionnet, et al.. (2024). A transient radial cortical microtubule array primes cell division in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(29). e2320470121–e2320470121. 4 indexed citations
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Gravelle, Simon, et al.. (2020). Design of a unidirectional water valve in Tillandsia. Nature Communications. 11(1). 396–396. 45 indexed citations
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Azeem, Musaddaq, Raymond E. Goldstein, Adriana I. Pesci, et al.. (2020). Optimal Design of Multilayer Fog Collectors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(6). 7736–7743. 60 indexed citations
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Campos, José Luis, Jacques Dumais, Juan Pablo Pavissich, et al.. (2019). Predicting Accumulation of Intermediate Compounds in Nitrification and Autotrophic Denitrification Processes: A Chemical Approach. BioMed Research International. 2019. 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Bernal, Roberto, et al.. (2018). Lily Pollen Tubes Pulse According to a Simple Spatial Oscillator. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12135–12135. 6 indexed citations
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Argentina, Médéric, et al.. (2016). The fern cavitation catapult: mechanism and design principles. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 13(114). 20150930–20150930. 31 indexed citations
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Golé, Christophe, Jacques Dumais, & Stéphane Douady. (2016). Fibonacci or quasi-symmetric phyllotaxis. Part I: why?. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 85(4). 11 indexed citations
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Abenza, Juan F., Étienne Couturier, James Dodgson, et al.. (2015). Wall mechanics and exocytosis define the shape of growth domains in fission yeast. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8400–8400. 44 indexed citations
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Besson, Sébastien & Jacques Dumais. (2014). Stochasticity in the symmetric division of plant cells: when the exceptions are the rule. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5. 538–538. 20 indexed citations
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Besson, Sébastien & Jacques Dumais. (2011). Universal rule for the symmetric division of plant cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(15). 6294–6299. 159 indexed citations
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Rojas, Enrique, Scott Hotton, & Jacques Dumais. (2011). Chemically Mediated Mechanical Expansion of the Pollen Tube Cell Wall. Biophysical Journal. 101(8). 1844–1853. 110 indexed citations
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Martone, Patrick T., Michael Boller, Ingo Burgert, et al.. (2010). Mechanics without Muscle: Biomechanical Inspiration from the Plant World. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50(5). 888–907. 94 indexed citations
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Ambrosi, D., Gerard A. Ateshian, Ellen M. Arruda, et al.. (2010). Perspectives on biological growth and remodeling. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 59(4). 863–883. 347 indexed citations
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Dumais, Jacques. (2009). Plant Morphogenesis: A Role for Mechanical Signals. Current Biology. 19(5). R207–R208. 9 indexed citations
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Dumais, Jacques. (2009). Dasycladales morphogenesis: the pattern formation viewpoint. Open Collections.
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Leenen, Frans H. H., Jacques Dumais, N. H. McInnis, et al.. (2008). Results of the Ontario Survey on the Prevalence and Control of Hypertension. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 178(11). 1441–1449. 175 indexed citations
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Dumais, Jacques, Sidney L. Shaw, Charles R. Steele, Sharon R. Long, & Peter M. Ray. (2006). An anisotropic-viscoplastic model of plant cell morphogenesis by tip growth. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 50(2-3). 209–222. 146 indexed citations
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Forterre, Yoël, Jan M. Skotheim, Jacques Dumais, & L. Mahadevan. (2005). How the Venus flytrap snaps. Nature. 433(7024). 421–425. 839 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dumais, Jacques & Dorota Kwiatkowska. (2002). Analysis of surface growth in shoot apices. The Plant Journal. 31(2). 229–241. 90 indexed citations
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Dumais, Jacques & Charles R. Steele. (2000). New Evidence for the Role of Mechanical Forces in the Shoot Apical Meristem. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 19(1). 7–18. 80 indexed citations

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