Jean‐Christophe Auffray

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Jean‐Christophe Auffray is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean‐Christophe Auffray has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Geometry and Topology, 36 papers in Genetics and 27 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Jean‐Christophe Auffray's work include Morphological variations and asymmetry (39 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (27 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (25 papers). Jean‐Christophe Auffray is often cited by papers focused on Morphological variations and asymmetry (39 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (27 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (25 papers). Jean‐Christophe Auffray collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Portugal. Jean‐Christophe Auffray's co-authors include Janice Britton‐Davidian, Sabrina Renaud, François Bonhomme, Pierre Boursot, Thomas Cucchi, Paul Alibert, Christian Peter Klingenberg, Katharina Mebus, Emmanuel Paradis and Josette Catalan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jean‐Christophe Auffray

70 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

  1. Developmental integration in a complex morphological structure: how distinct are the modules in the mouse mandible?
    2003 250 citations Jean‐Christophe Auffray et al. Evolution & Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jean‐Christophe Auffray France 31 1.4k 1.3k 1.1k 1.1k 535 70 3.3k
Andrea Cardini Italy 35 695 0.5× 2.2k 1.8× 1.0k 0.9× 1.8k 1.6× 477 0.9× 89 3.9k
Scott J. Steppan United States 31 1.5k 1.1× 490 0.4× 1.8k 1.7× 1.9k 1.8× 1.3k 2.5× 67 4.0k
Anna Loy Italy 28 484 0.4× 974 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 752 0.7× 526 1.0× 111 2.9k
Michael L. Collyer United States 26 746 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 822 1.5× 43 3.8k
Marta Barluenga Spain 19 948 0.7× 849 0.7× 688 0.6× 425 0.4× 521 1.0× 42 2.6k
Gabriel Marroig Brazil 26 678 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 666 0.6× 1.4k 1.3× 779 1.5× 53 2.6k
Leandro R. Monteiro Brazil 31 523 0.4× 1.6k 1.3× 872 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 757 1.4× 74 3.0k
Vincent Debat France 25 770 0.6× 871 0.7× 604 0.5× 263 0.2× 775 1.4× 67 2.4k
Enrique P. Lessa Uruguay 34 1.5k 1.1× 211 0.2× 1.8k 1.6× 1.3k 1.2× 990 1.9× 90 3.4k
Pascale Chevret France 24 982 0.7× 237 0.2× 970 0.9× 819 0.7× 385 0.7× 55 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean‐Christophe Auffray

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chevret, Pascale, Lionel Hautier, Guila Ganem, et al.. (2020). Genetic structure in Orkney island mice: isolation promotes morphological diversification. Heredity. 126(2). 266–278. 7 indexed citations
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Renaud, Sabrina, Paul Alibert, & Jean‐Christophe Auffray. (2012). Modularity as a source of new morphological variation in the mandible of hybrid mice. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12(1). 141–141. 42 indexed citations
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Mikula, Ondřej, Jean‐Christophe Auffray, & Miloš Macholán. (2010). Asymmetric size and shape variation in the Central European transect across the house mouse hybrid zone. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 101(1). 13–27. 10 indexed citations
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Renaud, Sabrina, Sophie Pantalacci, Jean‐Pierre Quéré, Vincent Laudet, & Jean‐Christophe Auffray. (2009). Developmental constraints revealed by co‐variation within and among molar rows in two murine rodents. Evolution & Development. 11(5). 590–602. 24 indexed citations
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Vigne, Jean‐Denis, Olivier Bignon, Cécile Callou, et al.. (2007). Geometrics morphometrics and fragmented archaeological skeleton remains : examples, limits and perspectives.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 1 indexed citations
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Mathias, María da Luz, Ana Cláudia Nunes, Jean‐Christophe Auffray, et al.. (2006). Effects of climate on oxygen consumption and energy intake of chromosomally divergent populations of the House Mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) from the island of Madeira (North Atlantic, Portugal). Functional Ecology. 20(2). 330–339. 11 indexed citations
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Cucchi, Thomas, A. Orth, Jean‐Christophe Auffray, et al.. (2005). A new endemic species of the subgenus Mus (Rodentia, Mammalia) on the Island of Cyprus. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 11 indexed citations
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Britton‐Davidian, Janice, Josette Catalan, Maria da Graça Ramalhinho, et al.. (2005). Chromosomal phylogeny of Robertsonian races of the house mouse on the island of Madeira: testing between alternative mutational processes. Genetics Research. 86(3). 171–183. 40 indexed citations
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Crônier, Catherine, Raimund Feist, & Jean‐Christophe Auffray. (2004). Variation in the eye of Acuticryphops (Phacopina, Trilobita) and its evolutionary significance: a biometric and morphometric approach. Paleobiology. 30(3). 471–481. 27 indexed citations
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Bonhomme, François, Annie Orth, Thomas Cucchi, et al.. (2004). Découverte d'une nouvelle espèce de souris sur l'ıle de Chypre. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 327(5). 501–507. 13 indexed citations
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Gazave, Élodie, Josette Catalan, Maria da Graça Ramalhinho, et al.. (2003). The non-random occurrence of Robertsonian fusion in the house mouse. Genetics Research. 81(1). 33–42. 30 indexed citations
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Quillévéré, Frédéric, Vincent Debat, & Jean‐Christophe Auffray. (2002). Ontogenetic and evolutionary patterns of shape differentiation during the initial diversification of Paleocene acarininids (planktonic foraminifera). Paleobiology. 28(4). 435–448. 6 indexed citations
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Catalan, Josette, Jean‐Christophe Auffray, Franck Pellestor, & Janice Britton‐Davidian. (2000). Spontaneous occurrence of a Robertsonian fusion involving chromosome 19 by single whole-arm reciprocal translocation (WART) in wild-derived house mice. Chromosome Research. 8(7). 593–601. 20 indexed citations
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Crônier, Catherine, Sabrina Renaud, Raimund Feist, & Jean‐Christophe Auffray. (1998). Ontogeny of Trimerocephalus lelievrei (Trilobita, Phacopida), a representative of the Late Devonian phacopine paedomorphocline; a morphometric approach. Paleobiology. 24(3). 359–370. 45 indexed citations
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Renaud, Sabrina, Jacques Michaux, Jean‐Jacques Jaeger, & Jean‐Christophe Auffray. (1996). Fourier analysis applied to Stephanomys (Rodentia, Muridae) molars: nonprogressive evolutionary pattern in a gradual lineage. Paleobiology. 22(2). 255–265. 92 indexed citations
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Alibert, Paul, Sabrina Renaud, B. Dod, François Bonhomme, & Jean‐Christophe Auffray. (1994). Fluctuating asymmetry in theMus musculushybrid zone: a heterotic effect in disrupted co-adapted genomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 258(1351). 53–59. 71 indexed citations
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Auffray, Jean‐Christophe. (1993). Chromosomal divergence in house mice in the light of palaeontology: A colonization-related event?. Quaternary International. 19. 21–25. 19 indexed citations
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Vigne, Jean‐Denis, Gilles Cheylan, Lionel Granjon, & Jean‐Christophe Auffray. (1993). Evolution ostéométrique de Rattus rattus et de Mus musculus domesticus sur de petites îles: comparaison de populations médiévales et actuelles des îles Lavezzi (Corse) et de Corse. Mammalia. 57(1). 12 indexed citations

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