Nicolas Bayol

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 704 citations indexed

About

Nicolas Bayol is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Forestry and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Bayol has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 704 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 5 papers in Forestry and 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Bayol's work include Agriculture and Rural Development Research (6 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (5 papers) and Forest ecology and management (3 papers). Nicolas Bayol is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture and Rural Development Research (6 papers), African Botany and Ecology Studies (5 papers) and Forest ecology and management (3 papers). Nicolas Bayol collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nicolas Bayol's co-authors include Sylvie Gourlet‐Fleury, Nicolas Picard, Nicolas Barbier, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain, Carsten F. Dormann, Pierre Ploton, Frédéric Mortier, Vivien Rossi, Guillaume Cornu and Gaëlle Viennois and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, eLife and Forest Ecology and Management.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Bayol

12 papers receiving 671 citations

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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.

Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models

2020 371 citations Pierre Ploton, Frédéric Mortier et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Bayol Belgium	8	324	214	173	140	118	13	704
Jorge Luís Silva Brito Brazil	8	287 0.9×	276 1.3×	170 1.0×	116 0.8×	78 0.7×	30	820
Roman Seliger Italy	8	535 1.7×	365 1.7×	166 1.0×	144 1.0×	66 0.6×	13	978
François Donnay Italy	4	514 1.6×	314 1.5×	137 0.8×	117 0.8×	88 0.7×	4	739
Carlos de Wasseige Belgium	9	349 1.1×	175 0.8×	95 0.5×	87 0.6×	102 0.9×	16	566
Karyn Tabor United States	14	410 1.3×	243 1.1×	145 0.8×	58 0.4×	58 0.5×	21	743
Rosana Cristina Grecchi Brazil	9	427 1.3×	329 1.5×	116 0.7×	120 0.9×	58 0.5×	14	757
Shijo Joseph India	16	527 1.6×	356 1.7×	212 1.2×	139 1.0×	58 0.5×	33	794
Gérard Balent France	15	354 1.1×	276 1.3×	229 1.3×	81 0.6×	48 0.4×	41	737
Marisa Gesteira Fonseca Brazil	13	551 1.7×	251 1.2×	171 1.0×	71 0.5×	48 0.4×	21	732
Youxin Ma China	11	452 1.4×	356 1.7×	172 1.0×	81 0.6×	44 0.4×	23	814

Countries citing papers authored by Nicolas Bayol

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicolas Bayol

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Bayol

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Ploton, Pierre, Frédéric Mortier, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain, et al.. (2020). Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4540–4540. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fayolle, Adeline, Charly Favier, Laurent Brémond, et al.. (2017). Present-day central African forest is a legacy of the 19th century human history. eLife. 6. 42 indexed citations

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Molto, Quentin, Maxime Réjou‐Méchain, Nicolas Bayol, et al.. (2015). Modeling forest biomass of the Congo basin from extensive commercial inventories. Agritrop (Cirad). 11657. 1 indexed citations

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Fayolle, Adeline, Nicolas Picard, Jean‐Louis Doucet, et al.. (2014). A new insight in the structure, composition and functioning of central African moist forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 329. 195–205. 52 indexed citations

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Wasseige, Carlos de, Nicolas Bayol, Philippe Mayaux, et al.. (2012). The Forests of the Congo Basin: State of the Forest 2010. Agritrop (Cirad). 156 indexed citations

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Bayol, Nicolas, et al.. (2012). Phénologie et diamètre de fructification du wengé, Millettia laurentii De Wild.: implications pour la gestion. BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES. 312. 31–41. 10 indexed citations

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Wasseige, Carlos de, Nicolas Bayol, Philippe Mayaux, et al.. (2012). Les Forêts du Bassin du Congo : Etat des forêts 2010. Agritrop (Cirad). 45 indexed citations

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Bayol, Nicolas, Philippe Mayaux, Baudouin Desclée, et al.. (2012). The Congo Basin Forests - State of the Forests 2010. 3 indexed citations

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Bayol, Nicolas, et al.. (2010). Les taux de reconstitution, un outil pour les gestionnaires forestiers dans le bassin du Congo. 32. 1 indexed citations

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Nasi, Robert, et al.. (2009). A First Look at Carbon Stocks and their Variation in Congo Basin Forests. 10 indexed citations

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Forni, Éric & Nicolas Bayol. (2004). Le coût d'un aménagement dans le bassin du Congo. BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES. 281(281). 96–96.

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Bayol, Nicolas, et al.. (2004). La mutation des concessionnaires forestiers en gestionnaires d'écosystèmes : le cas de Rougier Gabon. BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES. 281(281). 61–70. 4 indexed citations

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Bayol, Nicolas, et al.. (2004). Itinéraires techniques d'aménagement des forêts de production en Afrique centrale. BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES. 281(281). 35–49. 9 indexed citations

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