Michel Legrand

33.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
308 papers, 23.8k citations indexed

About

Michel Legrand is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Legrand has authored 308 papers receiving a total of 23.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Atmospheric Science, 118 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 52 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Michel Legrand's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (147 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (70 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (62 papers). Michel Legrand is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (147 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (70 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (62 papers). Michel Legrand collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Michel Legrand's co-authors include Bernard Fritig, Pierrette Geoffroy, Susanne Preunkert, Paul A. Mayewski, Thierry Heitz, Robert J. Delmas, Serge Kauffmann, R. Delmas, Dietmar Wagenbach and M. de Angelis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michel Legrand

300 papers receiving 22.3k 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.

Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica

1999 4.2k citations Jean‐Robert Petit, Michel Legrand et al. profile →
Plant ‘pathogenesis-related’ proteins and their role in defense against pathogens

1993 535 citations Pierre A. Geoffroy, Michel Legrand et al. profile →
Glaciochemistry of polar ice cores: A review

1997 528 citations Michel Legrand et al. profile →
Biological function of pathogenesis-related proteins: Four tobacco pathogenesis-related proteins are chitinases

1987 398 citations Michel Legrand, Pierrette Geoffroy et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michel Legrand	14.3k	6.3k	5.3k	4.5k	3.4k	308	23.8k
Patrick G. Hatcher	4.4k 0.3×	2.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	7.0k 2.1×	398	26.7k
G. Eglinton	10.3k 0.7×	3.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.2×	2.2k 0.5×	6.6k 2.0×	340	25.3k
Ronald Amundson	5.0k 0.4×	3.2k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	5.4k 1.6×	228	17.7k
J.W. de Leeuw	5.1k 0.4×	3.3k 0.5×	967 0.2×	2.2k 0.5×	4.2k 1.2×	395	24.9k
Bernd R.T. Simoneit	21.6k 1.5×	8.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.2×	2.0k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	477	42.0k
Roger E. Summons	5.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.3×	962 0.2×	4.0k 0.9×	5.3k 1.6×	370	24.2k
Ingrid Kögel‐Knabner	4.3k 0.3×	3.7k 0.6×	5.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.3×	13.7k 4.0×	379	41.1k
Ernst‐Detlef Schulze	9.2k 0.6×	23.4k 3.7×	17.6k 3.3×	3.1k 0.7×	10.0k 2.9×	626	48.6k
Thorsten Dittmar	5.9k 0.4×	3.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.2×	1.8k 0.4×	13.6k 4.0×	278	29.2k
James R. Ehleringer	16.5k 1.2×	24.9k 4.0×	15.9k 3.0×	3.2k 0.7×	14.7k 4.3×	446	51.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michel Legrand

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel Legrand

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

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Mikhalenko, Vladimir N, Stanislav Kutuzov, П. А. Торопов, et al.. (2024). Accumulation rates over the past 260 years archived in Elbrus ice core, Caucasus. Climate of the past. 20(1). 237–255. 3 indexed citations

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Zhai, Shuting, Joseph R. McConnell, Nathan Chellman, et al.. (2024). Anthropogenic Influence on Tropospheric Reactive Bromine Since the Pre‐industrial: Implications for Arctic Ice‐Core Bromine Trends. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(5). 5 indexed citations

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Heintzenberg, Jost, Michel Legrand, Yuan Gao, et al.. (2023). Spatio-Temporal Distributions of the Natural Non-Sea-Salt Aerosol Over the Southern Ocean and Coastal Antarctica and Its Potential Source Regions. Tellus B. 75(1). 47–64. 1 indexed citations

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Legrand, Michel, Joseph R. McConnell, G. Bergametti, et al.. (2023). Alpine-ice record of bismuth pollution implies a major role of military use during World War II. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 1166–1166. 7 indexed citations

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Eichler, Anja, Michel Legrand, Theo M. Jenk, et al.. (2023). Consistent histories of anthropogenic western European air pollution preserved in different Alpine ice cores. The cryosphere. 17(5). 2119–2137. 9 indexed citations

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Moseid, Kine Onsum, Michael Schulz, Anja Eichler, et al.. (2022). Using Ice Cores to Evaluate CMIP6 Aerosol Concentrations Over the Historical Era. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(18). 8 indexed citations

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Zhai, Shuting, Xuan Wang, Joseph R. McConnell, et al.. (2021). Anthropogenic Impacts on Tropospheric Reactive Chlorine Since the Preindustrial. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(14). 11 indexed citations

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Goursaud, Sentia, Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, Vincent Favier, et al.. (2019). Challenges associated with the climatic interpretation of water stable isotope records from a highly resolved firn core from Adélie Land, coastal Antarctica. The cryosphere. 13(4). 1297–1324. 22 indexed citations

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Goursaud, Sentia, Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, Vincent Favier, et al.. (2017). A 60-year ice-core record of regional climate from Adélie Land, coastal Antarctica. The cryosphere. 11(1). 343–362. 29 indexed citations

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Kozachek, Anna, Vladimir N Mikhalenko, Valérie Masson‐Delmotte, et al.. (2017). Large-scale drivers of Caucasus climate variability in meteorological records and Mt El'brus ice cores. Climate of the past. 13(5). 473–489. 21 indexed citations

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Besseau, Sébastien, Laurent Hoffmann, Pierrette Geoffroy, et al.. (2007). Flavonoid Accumulation in Arabidopsis Repressed in Lignin Synthesis Affects Auxin Transport and Plant Growth. The Plant Cell. 19(1). 148–162. 468 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Laurent, Sébastien Besseau, Pierre A. Geoffroy, et al.. (2005). Acyltransferase-catalysed p- coumarate ester formation is a committed step of lignin biosynthesis. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 139(1). 50–53. 23 indexed citations

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Delille, Bruno, et al.. (2003). Biogas (O2, CO2 and DMS) dynamics within and below sea ice during coastal sea ice edge retreat. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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Abbott, James, Abdellah Barakate, Michel Legrand, et al.. (2002). Simultaneous Suppression of Multiple Genes by Single Transgenes. Down-Regulation of Three Unrelated Lignin Biosynthetic Genes in Tobacco. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 128(3). 844–853. 60 indexed citations

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Legrand, Michel. (1992). L’Approche biographique: Théorie, méthode, pratiques. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT).

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Legrand, Michel, et al.. (1990). Atmospheric Chemistry Changes Over The Last Climatic Cycle (180 000 Years) Inferred From The Vostok (Antarctica) Ice-Core Study. Annals of Glaciology. 14. 344–344. 1 indexed citations

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Legrand, Michel & Robert J. Delmas. (1988). Soluble Impurities in Four Antarctic Ice Cores Over the Last 30 000 Years. Annals of Glaciology. 10. 116–120. 54 indexed citations

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Delmas, Robert J., et al.. (1985). Sulphuric and Nitric Acid Concentrations and Spikes Along A 200 m Deep Ice Core at D 57 (Terre Adélie, Antarctica). Annals of Glaciology. 7. 70–75. 18 indexed citations

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Delmas, Robert J., et al.. (1985). Sulphuric and Nitric Acid Concentrations and Spikes Along A 200 m Deep Ice Core at D 57 (Terre Adélie, Antarctica). Annals of Glaciology. 7. 70–75. 20 indexed citations

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Legrand, Michel. (1980). O estatuto científico da psicanálise. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT).

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