Marc Besson

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Marc Besson is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Marc Besson has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 7 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Marc Besson's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (10 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (6 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (6 papers). Marc Besson is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (10 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (6 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (6 papers). Marc Besson collaborates with scholars based in France, French Polynesia and Monaco. Marc Besson's co-authors include David Lecchini, Hugo Jacob, Marc Métian, Peter W. Swarzenski, Zoe A. Pratte, Frank J. Stewart, Christopher F. Clements, Natacha Roux, Kim Bjerge and Tommaso Jucker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Marc Besson

31 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Towards the fully automated monitoring of ecological communities
    2022 136 citations Marc Besson, Jamie Alison et al. Ecology Letters profile →
  2. Revealing uncertainty in the status of biodiversity change
    2024 36 citations Thomas F. Johnson, Andrew P. Beckerman et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Marc Besson 377 326 164 160 149 31 1.0k
Marco Albano 159 0.4× 252 0.8× 58 0.4× 148 0.9× 194 1.3× 54 892
Giulia Maricchiolo 338 0.9× 535 1.6× 281 1.7× 152 0.9× 149 1.0× 54 1.9k
David Gonçalves 127 0.3× 144 0.4× 108 0.7× 147 0.9× 142 1.0× 51 770
Claude Soyez 374 1.0× 390 1.2× 186 1.1× 45 0.3× 346 2.3× 26 1.3k
Armelle Sévère 558 1.5× 311 1.0× 172 1.0× 462 2.9× 206 1.4× 25 1.6k
Kiyun Park 394 1.0× 319 1.0× 29 0.2× 50 0.3× 77 0.5× 88 1.4k
C. Anna Toline 276 0.7× 184 0.6× 150 0.9× 334 2.1× 144 1.0× 19 952
Stefano Carboni 260 0.7× 89 0.3× 45 0.3× 97 0.6× 338 2.3× 42 986
Jacqueline L. Padilla‐Gamiño 1.0k 2.7× 154 0.5× 89 0.5× 35 0.2× 611 4.1× 46 1.5k
J.H. van Wyk 438 1.2× 185 0.6× 36 0.2× 268 1.7× 907 6.1× 81 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Marc Besson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marc Besson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marc Besson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnson, Thomas F., Andrew P. Beckerman, Dylan Z. Childs, et al.. (2024). Revealing uncertainty in the status of biodiversity change. Nature. 628(8009). 788–794. 36 indexed citations breakdown →
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Besson, Marc, et al.. (2023). Phenotypic response to different predator strategies can be mediated by temperature. Ecology and Evolution. 13(9). e10474–e10474. 2 indexed citations
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Besson, Marc, William E. Feeney, Cécile Berthe, et al.. (2022). Anemone bleaching impacts the larval recruitment success of an anemone-associated fish. Coral Reefs. 42(1). 195–203. 5 indexed citations
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Besson, Marc, Jamie Alison, Kim Bjerge, et al.. (2022). Towards the fully automated monitoring of ecological communities. Ecology Letters. 25(12). 2753–2775. 136 indexed citations breakdown →
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Besson, Marc, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal thermal variation drives diversity trends in experimental landscapes. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(2). 430–441. 3 indexed citations
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Oberhänsli, François, et al.. (2022). Evidence of microplastic-mediated transfer of PCB-153 to sea urchin tissues using radiotracers. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 185(Pt B). 114322–114322. 4 indexed citations
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Oberhänsli, François, et al.. (2022). Size-dependent transfer of microplastics across the intestinal wall of the echinoid Paracentrotus lividus. Aquatic Toxicology. 250. 106235–106235. 12 indexed citations
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Besson, Marc, William E. Feeney, Rohan M. Brooker, et al.. (2020). Anthropogenic stressors impact fish sensory development and survival via thyroid disruption. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3614–3614. 53 indexed citations
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Besson, Marc, et al.. (2020). Preferential adsorption of Cd, Cs and Zn onto virgin polyethylene microplastic versus sediment particles. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 156. 111223–111223. 39 indexed citations
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Bertucci, Frédéric, Cécile Berthe, Marc Besson, et al.. (2020). Local sonic activity reveals potential partitioning in a coral reef fish community. Oecologia. 193(1). 125–134. 37 indexed citations
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Wynsberge, Simon Van, Marc Besson, Sylvain Petek, et al.. (2019). Potential of fascaplysin and palauolide from Fascaplysinopsis cf reticulata to reduce the risk of bacterial infection in fish farming. Fisheries and aquatic sciences. 22(1). 6 indexed citations
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El‐Demerdash, Amr, Céline Moriou, Marc Besson, et al.. (2018). Bioactive Bromotyrosine-Derived Alkaloids from the Polynesian Sponge Suberea ianthelliformis. Marine Drugs. 16(5). 146–146. 20 indexed citations
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Lecchini, David, Frédéric Bertucci, Marc Besson, et al.. (2018). Boat noise prevents soundscape-based habitat selection by coral planulae. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9283–9283. 29 indexed citations
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Holzer, Guillaume, Marc Besson, Anne-Sophie Lambert, et al.. (2017). Fish larval recruitment to reefs is a thyroid hormone-mediated metamorphosis sensitive to the pesticide chlorpyrifos. eLife. 6. 56 indexed citations
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Besson, Marc, Frédéric Bertucci, Rohan M. Brooker, et al.. (2017). Exposure to agricultural pesticide impairs visual lateralization in a larval coral reef fish. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9165–9165. 35 indexed citations
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Besson, Marc, Rohan M. Brooker, Viliame Waqalevu, et al.. (2017). Consistency in the supply of larval fishes among coral reefs in French Polynesia. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0178795–e0178795. 13 indexed citations
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Roux, Natacha, Emilio Durán, Bruno Frédérich, et al.. (2016). Brain lateralization involved in visual recognition of conspecifics in coral reef fish at recruitment. Animal Behaviour. 117. 3–8. 10 indexed citations
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Besson, Marc, et al.. (2016). Disrupted downstream migration behaviour of European silver eels (Anguilla anguilla, L.) in an obstructed river. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 99(10). 779–791. 32 indexed citations
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Dixson, Danielle L., Gaël Lecellier, Natacha Roux, et al.. (2016). Habitat selection by marine larvae in changing chemical environments. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 114(1). 210–217. 15 indexed citations
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Berenshtein, Igal, Marc Besson, Natacha Roux, et al.. (2015). From the ocean to a reef habitat: How do the larvae of coral reef fishes find their way home? A state of art on the latest advances. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 65(2). 25 indexed citations

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