Jean-François Dufayard

26.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
14 papers, 19.6k citations indexed

About

Jean-François Dufayard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean-François Dufayard has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 19.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jean-François Dufayard's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (7 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (2 papers). Jean-François Dufayard is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (9 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (7 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (2 papers). Jean-François Dufayard collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and Indonesia. Jean-François Dufayard's co-authors include Olivier Gascuel, Stéphane Guindon, Vincent Lefort, Maria Anisimova, Wim Hordijk, Valentin Guignon, Alexis Dereeper, Magali Lescot, Sylvain Buffet and Guillaume Blanc and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, BMC Bioinformatics and Systematic Biology.

In The Last Decade

Jean-François Dufayard

14 papers receiving 19.4k citations

Hit Papers

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2010 2008 2011 2009 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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. New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0
    2010 13.7k citations Stéphane Guindon, Jean-François Dufayard et al. Systematic Biology profile →
  2. Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist
    2008 3.8k citations Alexis Dereeper, Valentin Guignon et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  3. Survey of Branch Support Methods Demonstrates Accuracy, Power, and Robustness of Fast Likelihood-based Approximation Schemes
    2011 874 citations Maria Anisimova, Manuel Gil et al. Systematic Biology profile →
  4. Estimating Maximum Likelihood Phylogenies with PhyML
    2009 642 citations Stéphane Guindon, Frédéric Delsuc et al. Methods in molecular biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jean-François Dufayard France 13 8.5k 5.1k 4.3k 3.4k 2.7k 14 19.6k
Vincent Lefort France 13 9.1k 1.1× 5.4k 1.1× 4.8k 1.1× 3.5k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 23 21.0k
Maria Anisimova Switzerland 28 8.6k 1.0× 4.9k 1.0× 4.3k 1.0× 4.0k 1.2× 2.9k 1.1× 75 20.0k
Wim Hordijk United States 28 6.7k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 70 16.7k
Olga Chernomor Austria 8 6.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 3.6k 1.3× 8 15.6k
Gordon Blackshields Ireland 15 13.1k 1.5× 6.3k 1.2× 3.9k 0.9× 3.4k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 26 24.6k
Iain M. Wallace Canada 16 13.6k 1.6× 6.5k 1.3× 3.9k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 23 25.4k
Paul McGettigan Ireland 29 13.5k 1.6× 6.3k 1.2× 3.9k 0.9× 4.1k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 48 26.1k
F. Valentin United Kingdom 6 13.8k 1.6× 6.5k 1.3× 3.9k 0.9× 3.6k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 6 25.7k
Chris Duran Australia 13 6.6k 0.8× 3.8k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 3.8k 1.4× 15 15.6k
Michael Li United States 16 11.2k 1.3× 8.3k 1.6× 5.6k 1.3× 3.8k 1.1× 3.3k 1.2× 30 28.5k

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Guignon, Valentin, et al.. (2021). Correction to ‘GreenPhylDB v5: a comparative pangenomic database for plant genomes’. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(12). 7203–7203. 1 indexed citations
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Guignon, Valentin, et al.. (2020). GreenPhylDB v5: a comparative pangenomic database for plant genomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(D1). D1464–D1471. 22 indexed citations
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Cochard, Bénoît, et al.. (2015). Pedigree-based linkage map in two genetic groups of oil palm. Tree Genetics & Genomes. 11(4). 12 indexed citations
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Fischer, Iris, Jacques Dainat, Vincent Ranwez, et al.. (2014). Impact of recurrent gene duplication on adaptation of plant genomes. BMC Plant Biology. 14(1). 151–151. 23 indexed citations
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Droc, Gaëtan, Delphine Larivière, Valentin Guignon, et al.. (2013). The Banana Genome Hub. Database. 2013. bat035–bat035. 130 indexed citations
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Duan, Cuifang, Xavier Argout, Marilyne Summo, et al.. (2013). Identification of the Hevea brasiliensisAP2/ERF superfamily by RNA sequencing. BMC Genomics. 14(1). 30–30. 70 indexed citations
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Martin, Florence, Maryannick Rio, Florence Dessailly, et al.. (2012). Some ethylene biosynthesis and AP2/ERF genes reveal a specific pattern of expression during somatic embryogenesis in Hevea brasiliensis. BMC Plant Biology. 12(1). 244–244. 46 indexed citations
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Anisimova, Maria, Manuel Gil, Jean-François Dufayard, Christophe Dessimoz, & Olivier Gascuel. (2011). Survey of Branch Support Methods Demonstrates Accuracy, Power, and Robustness of Fast Likelihood-based Approximation Schemes. Systematic Biology. 60(5). 685–699. 874 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guindon, Stéphane, Jean-François Dufayard, Vincent Lefort, et al.. (2010). New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0. Systematic Biology. 59(3). 307–321. 13705 indexed citations breakdown →
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Penel, Simon, Jean-François Dufayard, Anne-Sophie Sertier, et al.. (2009). Databases of homologous gene families for comparative genomics. BMC Bioinformatics. 10(S6). S3–S3. 115 indexed citations
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Guindon, Stéphane, Frédéric Delsuc, Jean-François Dufayard, & Olivier Gascuel. (2009). Estimating Maximum Likelihood Phylogenies with PhyML. Methods in molecular biology. 537. 113–137. 642 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bréhélin, Laurent, Jean-François Dufayard, & Olivier Gascuel. (2008). PlasmoDraft: a database of Plasmodium falciparum gene function predictions based on postgenomic data. BMC Bioinformatics. 9(1). 440–440. 20 indexed citations
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Dereeper, Alexis, Valentin Guignon, Guillaume Blanc, et al.. (2008). Phylogeny.fr: robust phylogenetic analysis for the non-specialist. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(Web Server). W465–W469. 3840 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dufayard, Jean-François, Laurent Duret, Simon Penel, et al.. (2005). Tree pattern matching in phylogenetic trees: automatic search for orthologs or paralogs in homologous gene sequence databases. Computer applications in the biosciences. 21(11). 2596–2603. 127 indexed citations

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