Patrick Léger

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 932 citations indexed

About

Patrick Léger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Léger has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 932 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick Léger's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (5 papers), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (2 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers). Patrick Léger is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (5 papers), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (2 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers). Patrick Léger collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and Austria. Patrick Léger's co-authors include Rémy J. Petit, Lélia Lagache, Stefanie Wagner, Erwan Guichoux, Franck Salin, Philippe Chaumeil, Olivier Lepais, Emmanuelle Revardel, Thibaut Malausa and Camille Lepoittevin and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Plant Molecular Biology and Molecular Ecology Resources.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Léger

6 papers receiving 903 citations

Hit Papers

Current trends in microsatellite genotyping 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 200 400 600
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. Current trends in microsatellite genotyping
    2011 673 citations Erwan Guichoux, Lélia Lagache et al. Molecular Ecology Resources profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Léger France 6 495 368 329 186 137 6 932
Camille Lepoittevin France 7 533 1.1× 333 0.9× 293 0.9× 206 1.1× 122 0.9× 8 938
Lélia Lagache France 7 534 1.1× 329 0.9× 289 0.9× 221 1.2× 193 1.4× 8 945
Emmanuelle Revardel France 8 420 0.8× 632 1.7× 325 1.0× 157 0.8× 105 0.8× 10 1.1k
Catherine J. Nock Australia 18 452 0.9× 531 1.4× 460 1.4× 166 0.9× 238 1.7× 45 1.2k
Amanda R. De La Torre United States 18 381 0.8× 381 1.0× 328 1.0× 134 0.7× 185 1.4× 26 941
Sudhindra R. Gadagkar United States 11 259 0.5× 485 1.3× 195 0.6× 151 0.8× 219 1.6× 25 867
Nancy A. Schable United States 12 652 1.3× 298 0.8× 226 0.7× 347 1.9× 249 1.8× 20 1.1k
Stéphanie Mariette France 18 642 1.3× 409 1.1× 644 2.0× 199 1.1× 386 2.8× 29 1.3k
Alison G. Nazareno Brazil 18 428 0.9× 346 0.9× 258 0.8× 145 0.8× 433 3.2× 37 973
Amanda Gillies United Kingdom 11 515 1.0× 382 1.0× 399 1.2× 204 1.1× 412 3.0× 12 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Léger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Léger

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Léger

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
1.
Caron, Henri, Jean‐François Molino, Daniel Sabatier, et al.. (2019). Chloroplast DNA variation in a hyperdiverse tropical tree community. Ecology and Evolution. 9(8). 4897–4905. 17 indexed citations
2.
Fortini, Paola, Olivier Lepais, Sophie Gerber, et al.. (2015). Genetic structure of a natural oak community in central Italy: Evidence of gene flow between three sympatric white oak species (Quercus, Fagaceae). Annals of Forest Research. 58(2). 205–216. 25 indexed citations
3.
Guichoux, Erwan, Lélia Lagache, Stefanie Wagner, Patrick Léger, & Rémy J. Petit. (2011). Two highly validated multiplexes (12‐plex and 8‐plex) for species delimitation and parentage analysis in oaks (Quercus spp.). Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(3). 578–585. 63 indexed citations
4.
Guichoux, Erwan, Lélia Lagache, Stefanie Wagner, et al.. (2011). Current trends in microsatellite genotyping. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11(4). 591–611. 673 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Derory, Jérémy, Patrick Léger, Virginie Garcia, et al.. (2006). Transcriptome analysis of bud burst in sessile oak (Quercus petraea). New Phytologist. 170(4). 723–738. 99 indexed citations
6.
Dantec, Loı̈ck Le, David Chagné, David Pot, et al.. (2004). Automated SNP Detection in Expressed Sequence Tags: Statistical Considerations and Application to Maritime Pine Sequences. Plant Molecular Biology. 54(3). 461–470. 55 indexed citations

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