Nicolas Lecomte

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Lecomte is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Lecomte has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 21 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Lecomte's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (42 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (30 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (20 papers). Nicolas Lecomte is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (42 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (30 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (20 papers). Nicolas Lecomte collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Norway and United States. Nicolas Lecomte's co-authors include Yves Bergeron, Sylvain Christin, Éric Hervet, M. Simard, Gilles Gauthier, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Dominique Berteaux, Dorothée Ehrich, Nicole J. Fenton and Joël Bêty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Lecomte

108 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Applications for deep learning in ecology

2019 383 citations Sylvain Christin, Éric Hervet et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Lecomte Canada	29	1.9k	883	715	454	411	112	3.0k
Raman Sukumar India	24	1.6k 0.9×	608 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	350 0.8×	617 1.5×	66	3.0k
T.A. Groen Netherlands	29	1.6k 0.9×	971 1.1×	916 1.3×	1.1k 2.4×	565 1.4×	82	3.4k
Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt Sweden	34	2.4k 1.3×	716 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	534 1.2×	438 1.1×	106	3.4k
Heather J. Lynch United States	32	2.3k 1.2×	785 0.9×	630 0.9×	486 1.1×	321 0.8×	107	3.1k
Jedediah F. Brodie United States	33	2.7k 1.4×	837 0.9×	1.4k 2.0×	1.0k 2.3×	866 2.1×	105	4.1k
Kristian Shawn Omland United States	6	1.5k 0.8×	751 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	508 1.1×	780 1.9×	9	3.2k
Jay J. Rotella United States	36	3.8k 2.0×	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	481 1.1×	639 1.6×	143	4.5k
Ian D. Jonsen Australia	36	3.7k 1.9×	1.7k 1.9×	1.7k 2.4×	373 0.8×	622 1.5×	88	4.8k
Dries P. J. Kuijper Poland	31	2.2k 1.1×	551 0.6×	1000 1.4×	215 0.5×	452 1.1×	89	2.9k
Aleks Terauds Australia	28	2.3k 1.2×	406 0.5×	391 0.5×	478 1.1×	516 1.3×	80	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicolas Lecomte

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicolas Lecomte

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Lecomte

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

All Works

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Jong, Menno de, et al.. (2025). Population-genomics reveals a dual ancestry of grizzly bears. iScience. 28(7). 112870–112870. 1 indexed citations

Lanctot, Richard B., et al.. (2025). Source amplitude increases with body‐mass across avian genera. Ibis. 168(1). 127–139.

Norén, Karin, Jordi Bartolomé, Anders Angerbjörn, et al.. (2024). Properties of vertebrate predator–prey networks in the high Arctic. Ecology and Evolution. 14(6). e11470–e11470. 1 indexed citations

Lecomte, Nicolas, François‐Xavier Dechaume‐Moncharmont, Jérôme Moreau, et al.. (2024). Extended incubation recesses in sanderlings are impacted by temperature and body condition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2017). 20232264–20232264. 1 indexed citations

Lemaître, Jérôme, Jean‐François Therrien, Tricia A. Miller, et al.. (2024). Key breeding habitats of threatened golden eagles across Eastern Canada identified using a multi-level, multi-scale habitat selection approach. Landscape Ecology. 39(5). 2 indexed citations

Jenkins, Emily, et al.. (2024). Variable performance of DNA barcoding and morphological characteristics for the identification of Arctic black-legged Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae), with a focus on the Punctor subgroup. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 82. 17–34.

Vâlcu, Mihai, Sally Brown, Willow B. English, et al.. (2024). From land to sea: the fall migration of the red phalarope through the Western Hemisphere. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 729. 1–29. 2 indexed citations

Christin, Sylvain & Nicolas Lecomte. (2023). Taking the Pulse of Changing Phenologies and Biodiversity: The Acoustic Way. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 104(3). 1 indexed citations

Christin, Sylvain, et al.. (2023). ECOGEN : Bird sounds generation using deep learning. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(1). 69–79. 3 indexed citations

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Christin, Sylvain, Mélanie F. Guigueno, Jannik Hansen, et al.. (2023). ArcticBirdSounds: An open‐access, multiyear, and detailed annotated dataset of bird songs and calls. Ecology. 104(6). e4047–e4047. 4 indexed citations

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Therrien, Jean‐François, Thomas Broquet, Delphine Rioux, et al.. (2023). Long‐term population decline of a genetically homogeneous continental‐wide top Arctic predator. Ibis. 165(4). 1251–1266. 5 indexed citations

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Lecomte, Nicolas. (2023). The great melt will shape unprotected ecosystems. Nature. 620(7974). 499–500.

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Therrien, Jean‐François, Jérôme Lemaître, Travis L. Booms, et al.. (2022). Interannual consistency of migration phenology is season- and breeding region-specific in North American Golden Eagles. The Auk. 139(4). 4 indexed citations

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Bhiry, Najat, Monique Bernier, Nicolas Lecomte, Richard Fortier, & James Woollett. (2021). The Centre d’études nordiques (CEN): challenges and perspectives of research on nordicity in partnership with Indigenous communities. Ecoscience. 28(3-4). 199–215. 2 indexed citations

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Christin, Sylvain, Éric Hervet, & Nicolas Lecomte. (2020). Going further with model verification and deep learning. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(1). 130–134. 8 indexed citations

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Hailer, Frank, et al.. (2020). Parasites of an Arctic scavenger; the wolverine (Gulo gulo). International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 13. 178–185. 5 indexed citations

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Jenkins, Deborah A., et al.. (2020). Biotic interactions govern the distribution of coexisting ungulates in the Arctic Archipelago – A case for conservation planning. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24. e01239–e01239. 18 indexed citations

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Christin, Sylvain, Éric Hervet, & Nicolas Lecomte. (2019). Applications for deep learning in ecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10(10). 1632–1644. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

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Soininen, Eeva M., Dorothée Ehrich, Nicolas Lecomte, et al.. (2014). Sources of variation in small rodent trophic niche: new insights from DNA metabarcoding and stable isotope analysis. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 50(3). 361–381. 21 indexed citations

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Bergeron, Yves, Pierre Drapeau, Sylvie Gauthier, & Nicolas Lecomte. (2007). Using knowledge of natural disturbances to support sustainable forest management in the northern Clay Belt. The Forestry Chronicle. 83(3). 326–337. 61 indexed citations

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