Laurent Cournac

7.9k total citations
99 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Laurent Cournac is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Laurent Cournac has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 26 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Laurent Cournac's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (39 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (24 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (20 papers). Laurent Cournac is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (39 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (24 papers) and Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (20 papers). Laurent Cournac collaborates with scholars based in France, Senegal and Germany. Laurent Cournac's co-authors include Gilles Peltier, Dominique Rumeau, Thierry Joët, Pierre Richaud, Geneviève Guedeney, Stéphan Cuiné, Michel Havaux, Thomas Happe, Dimitri Tolleter and Christophe Léger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Laurent Cournac

95 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laurent Cournac France 42 3.7k 3.0k 1.5k 598 536 99 5.9k
Wim Vermaas United States 48 5.7k 1.6× 3.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 2.3× 246 0.5× 150 6.7k
Esa Tyystjärvi Finland 40 3.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 2.7k 1.8× 809 1.4× 498 0.9× 134 6.2k
Gilles Peltier France 61 7.9k 2.1× 4.9k 1.6× 3.1k 2.0× 1.3k 2.1× 995 1.9× 137 10.6k
Ladislav Nedbal Czechia 39 1.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 1.8k 1.1× 368 0.6× 492 0.9× 109 4.5k
Benoı̂t Schoefs France 40 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 1.2× 154 0.3× 366 0.7× 121 4.8k
Tomas Morosinotto Italy 47 4.9k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 2.4k 1.6× 1.3k 2.2× 729 1.4× 151 6.9k
Stéphan Cuiné France 32 2.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 284 0.5× 333 0.6× 51 4.5k
Emilio Muñoz Fernández Spain 41 2.8k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 2.5k 1.6× 237 0.4× 648 1.2× 174 6.2k
Christiane Funk Sweden 44 3.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.5× 2.2k 1.5× 345 0.6× 174 0.3× 241 6.6k
Shigetoh Miyachi Japan 44 3.2k 0.9× 2.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 402 0.7× 1.0k 1.9× 196 5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Laurent Cournac

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laurent Cournac

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laurent Cournac

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

All Works

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Roessler, Regina, Laurent Cournac, Kalifa Coulibaly, et al.. (2025). Towards transdisciplinary identification of suitable woody perennials for resilient agro-silvopastoral systems in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa. Agroforestry Systems. 99(1). 2 indexed citations
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Leroux, Louise, Frans Bongers, Christophe Jourdan, et al.. (2023). Faidherbia albida trees form a natural buffer against millet water stress in agroforestry parklands in Senegal. BASE. 182–195.
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Diouf, Abdoul Aziz, et al.. (2022). Variabilité des stocks de carbone du sol sous et hors houppier dans la zone sylvopastorale du Sénégal. Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux. 75(3). 67–75. 2 indexed citations
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Shisanya, Chris A., et al.. (2022). Integrating no-tillage with agroforestry augments soil quality indicators in Kenya’s dry-land agroecosystems. Soil and Tillage Research. 227. 105586–105586. 22 indexed citations
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Diédhiou, Ibrahima, Lydie Chapuis‐Lardy, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, et al.. (2021). An overlooked local resource: Shrub-intercropping for food production, drought resistance and ecosystem restoration in the Sahel. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 319. 107523–107523. 11 indexed citations
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Roupsard, Olivier, Alain Audebert, Cathy Clermont‐Dauphin, et al.. (2020). How far does the tree affect the crop in agroforestry? New spatial analysis methods in a Faidherbia parkland. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 296. 106928–106928. 50 indexed citations
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Debieu, Marilyne, Bassirou Sine, Sixtine Passot, et al.. (2018). Response to early drought stress and identification of QTLs controlling biomass production under drought in pearl millet. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0201635–e0201635. 35 indexed citations
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Félix, Georges F., Ibrahima Diédhiou, Cristian Timmermann, et al.. (2018). Use and management of biodiversity by smallholder farmers in semi-arid West Africa. Global Food Security. 18. 76–85. 30 indexed citations
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Félix, Georges F., Johannes Scholberg, Cathy Clermont‐Dauphin, Laurent Cournac, & Pablo Tittonell. (2018). Enhancing agroecosystem productivity with woody perennials in semi-arid West Africa. A meta-analysis. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 38(6). 57–57. 33 indexed citations
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Félix, Georges F., Cathy Clermont‐Dauphin, Edmond Hien, et al.. (2018). Ramial wood amendments (Piliostigma reticulatum) mitigate degradation of tropical soils but do not replenish nutrient exports. Land Degradation and Development. 29(8). 2694–2706. 19 indexed citations
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Sahut, C., et al.. (2012). An economic, sustainability, and energetic model of biodiesel production from microalgae. Bioresource Technology. 111. 191–200. 245 indexed citations
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Peltier, Gilles, Dimitri Tolleter, Emmanuelle Billon, & Laurent Cournac. (2010). Auxiliary electron transport pathways in chloroplasts of microalgae. Photosynthesis Research. 106(1-2). 19–31. 132 indexed citations
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Rumeau, Dominique, Gilles Peltier, & Laurent Cournac. (2007). Chlororespiration and cyclic electron flow around PSI during photosynthesis and plant stress response. Plant Cell & Environment. 30(9). 1041–1051. 327 indexed citations
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Dauvillée, David, Vincent Chochois, Martin Steup, et al.. (2006). Plastidial phosphorylase is required for normal starch synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The Plant Journal. 48(2). 274–285. 90 indexed citations
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Mus, Florence, et al.. (2005). Inhibitor studies on non-photochemical plastoquinone reduction and H2 photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1708(3). 322–332. 93 indexed citations
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Kovács, Ákos T., Gábor Rákhely, J. Balogh, et al.. (2005). Hydrogen independent expression of hupSL genes in Thiocapsa roseopersicina BBS. FEBS Journal. 272(18). 4807–4816. 17 indexed citations
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Redding, Kevin, Laurent Cournac, Ilya R. Vassiliev, et al.. (1999). Photosystem I Is Indispensable for Photoautotrophic Growth, CO2 Fixation, and H2 Photoproduction inChlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(15). 10466–10473. 53 indexed citations

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