Loïc Rajjou

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Loïc Rajjou is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Loïc Rajjou has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Loïc Rajjou's work include Seed Germination and Physiology (38 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (18 papers) and Soybean genetics and cultivation (17 papers). Loïc Rajjou is often cited by papers focused on Seed Germination and Physiology (38 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (18 papers) and Soybean genetics and cultivation (17 papers). Loïc Rajjou collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and Netherlands. Loïc Rajjou's co-authors include Claudette Job, Dominique Job, Isabelle Debeaujon, Maya Belghazi, Karine Gallardo, Erwann Arc, Gwendal Cueff, Julie Catusse, Julia Bally and Manuel Duval and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Food Chemistry and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Loïc Rajjou

59 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Seed Germination and Vigor 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. Seed Germination and Vigor
    2012 873 citations Loïc Rajjou, Karine Gallardo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Loïc Rajjou France 31 4.5k 2.0k 287 196 168 63 5.1k
Claudette Job France 32 4.6k 1.0× 2.5k 1.2× 322 1.1× 160 0.8× 186 1.1× 62 5.6k
Hiroyuki Nonogaki United States 30 4.4k 1.0× 2.1k 1.1× 212 0.7× 226 1.2× 230 1.4× 59 4.8k
Françoise Corbineau France 43 6.9k 1.5× 2.3k 1.1× 519 1.8× 268 1.4× 301 1.8× 111 7.5k
Karine Gallardo France 30 3.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 150 0.5× 140 0.7× 156 0.9× 53 4.0k
Annie Marion‐Poll France 35 6.0k 1.3× 3.6k 1.8× 168 0.6× 199 1.0× 301 1.8× 56 7.0k
Allison R. Kermode Canada 35 2.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 167 0.6× 148 0.8× 329 2.0× 105 3.8k
Kerstin Müller Germany 24 2.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 181 0.6× 150 0.8× 131 0.8× 30 3.2k
S.P.C. Groot Netherlands 32 4.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 284 1.0× 212 1.1× 173 1.0× 106 4.6k
José León Spain 40 5.6k 1.2× 2.8k 1.4× 62 0.2× 151 0.8× 320 1.9× 69 6.5k
Adrian J. Cutler Canada 34 4.2k 0.9× 2.5k 1.3× 140 0.5× 155 0.8× 281 1.7× 91 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Loïc Rajjou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Loïc Rajjou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Loïc Rajjou

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

All Works

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Bernay, Benoı̂t, et al.. (2025). Development of an extraction method for the identification of peptides in the spermosphere of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Seed Science Research. 35(1). 49–59. 1 indexed citations
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Simonin, Marie, Stéphanie Boutet, François Perreau, et al.. (2025). Elucidating the interplay between metabolites and microorganisms in the spermosphere of common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seeds. mSystems. 10(8). e0070725–e0070725. 1 indexed citations
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Boutet, Stéphanie, Damaris Grain, Céline Boulard, et al.. (2025). Multi‐omic analyses unveil contrasting composition and spatial distribution of specialized metabolites in seeds of Camelina sativa and other Brassicaceae. The Plant Journal. 121(3). e17231–e17231. 4 indexed citations
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Liew, Lim Chee, et al.. (2025). Deciphering seed development and germination in the single-cell era. Seed Science Research. 35(1). 9–18. 1 indexed citations
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Verdeil, Jean‐Luc, et al.. (2025). Thiamine and folate immunolocalization in germinating lentil seeds: A microstructural investigation. Food and Humanity. 6. 100958–100958.
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Bernay, Benoı̂t, et al.. (2024). A mass spectrometry-based peptidomic dataset of the spermosphere in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seeds. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1202–1202. 1 indexed citations
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Goelzer, Anne, Loïc Rajjou, G Chardon, Olivier Loudet, & Vincent Fromion. (2024). Resource allocation modeling for autonomous prediction of plant cell phenotypes. Metabolic Engineering. 83. 86–101. 4 indexed citations
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Baud, Sébastien, Massimiliano Corso, Isabelle Debeaujon, et al.. (2023). Recent progress in molecular genetics and omics-driven research in seed biology. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 345(4). 61–110. 11 indexed citations
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Madodé, Yann Eméric, et al.. (2023). New insights into the rapid germination process of lentil and cowpea seeds: High thiamine and folate, and low α-galactoside content. Food Chemistry. 439. 138027–138027. 3 indexed citations
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Nagel, Manuela, Erwann Arc, Loïc Rajjou, et al.. (2022). Impacts of drought and elevated temperature on the seeds of malting barley. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1049323–1049323. 3 indexed citations
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Sano, Naoto, Gwendal Cueff, Boris Collet, et al.. (2022). Multi-Omics Approaches Unravel Specific Features of Embryo and Endosperm in Rice Seed Germination. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 867263–867263. 24 indexed citations
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Dutilleul, Christelle, Béatrice Godin, Boris Collet, et al.. (2021). Protein Farnesylation Takes Part in Arabidopsis Seed Development. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 620325–620325. 7 indexed citations
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Boussardon, Clément, Marie‐Laure Martin‐Magniette, Béatrice Godin, et al.. (2019). Novel Cytonuclear Combinations Modify Arabidopsis thaliana Seed Physiology and Vigor. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 32–32. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Hang, et al.. (2018). Non-thermal DBD plasma array on seed germination of different plant species. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 52(2). 25401–25401. 36 indexed citations
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Poncet, Valérie, Charles P. Scutt, Matthieu Villegente, et al.. (2015). The Amborella vacuolar processing enzyme family. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6. 618–618. 13 indexed citations
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Sano, Naoto, Loïc Rajjou, Helen North, et al.. (2015). Staying Alive: Molecular Aspects of Seed Longevity. Plant and Cell Physiology. 57(4). 660–674. 283 indexed citations
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Rajjou, Loïc, Maya Belghazi, Julie Catusse, et al.. (2011). Proteomics and Posttranslational Proteomics of Seed Dormancy and Germination. Methods in molecular biology. 773. 215–236. 18 indexed citations
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