Philippe Clerc

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Philippe Clerc is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Clerc has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 64 papers in Plant Science and 23 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Philippe Clerc's work include Lichen and fungal ecology (66 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (46 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (35 papers). Philippe Clerc is often cited by papers focused on Lichen and fungal ecology (66 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (46 papers) and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (35 papers). Philippe Clerc collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Philippe Clerc's co-authors include Philippe Sansonetti, Philip Avner, Édith Heard, A Ryter, Joëlle Mounier, Anthony T. Maurelli, Daniele Armaleo, Camille Truong, Sandrine Augui and B. Baudry and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Clerc

91 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Multiplication of Shigella flexneri within HeLa cells: lysis of the phagocytic vacuole and plasmid-mediated contact hemolysis

1986 432 citations Philippe Sansonetti, Philippe Clerc et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philippe Clerc Switzerland	26	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	1.0k	699	94	3.2k
J. Scott Armstrong United States	28	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	255 0.2×	417 0.4×	251 0.4×	125	3.6k
Jun Ren China	34	819 0.7×	294 0.3×	167 0.2×	2.4k 2.4×	153 0.2×	167	3.7k
Joseph J. Gillespie United States	34	1000 0.8×	400 0.4×	916 0.9×	721 0.7×	203 0.3×	65	3.7k
Patrícia C. M. O’Brien United Kingdom	41	1.8k 1.5×	2.5k 2.3×	410 0.4×	2.8k 2.8×	286 0.4×	109	4.2k
Michael P. Heaton United States	31	1.2k 1.0×	438 0.4×	119 0.1×	2.2k 2.1×	110 0.2×	87	3.8k
Vyacheslav Yurchenko Czechia	43	2.3k 1.8×	614 0.6×	333 0.3×	268 0.3×	106 0.2×	172	5.5k
Karl Maramorosch United States	30	840 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	333 0.3×	279 0.3×	264 0.4×	150	3.0k
Tamara S. Haselkorn United States	21	696 0.6×	560 0.5×	360 0.3×	466 0.5×	129 0.2×	30	2.1k
Kenji Ohba Japan	23	697 0.6×	381 0.3×	251 0.2×	400 0.4×	53 0.1×	54	1.7k
Alan J. Mileham United Kingdom	30	1.9k 1.5×	424 0.4×	125 0.1×	2.1k 2.0×	78 0.1×	56	3.6k

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Ohmura, Yoshihito & Philippe Clerc. (2023). Usnea jezoformosana Y. Ohmura & P. Clerc, sp. nov. (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) from East Asia. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica. 60. 47–55. 1 indexed citations

Clerc, Philippe & Yoshihito Ohmura. (2023). Notes on the genus Usnea (lichenized Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae). V.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 340–352.

Clerc, Philippe, et al.. (2022). Molecular, morphological and chemical variation of the Usnea pectinata aggregate from Tanzania, São Tomé and Príncipe. The Lichenologist. 54(5). 291–298. 1 indexed citations

Ohmura, Yoshihito & Philippe Clerc. (2021). Usnea esperantiana (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) New to Asia. 47(1). 13–20. 1 indexed citations

Clerc, Philippe, et al.. (2021). New species, new records and first sequence data of powdery mildews (Erysiphaceae) from Europe with special emphasis on Switzerland. 28. 131–160. 7 indexed citations

Clerc, Philippe, et al.. (2020). Naming and describing the diversity in the Usnea cornuta aggregate (lichenized Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae) focusing on Brazilian specimens. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 65(2). 272–302. 5 indexed citations

Owens, Nick, Inma González, Florian Mueller, et al.. (2019). The molecular logic of Nanog-induced self-renewal in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1109–1109. 74 indexed citations

Charrier, Maryvonne, Mathieu Fanuel, Philippe Clerc, et al.. (2019). Overcoming deterrent metabolites by gaining essential nutrients: A lichen/snail case study. Phytochemistry. 164. 86–93. 5 indexed citations

Bungartz, Frank, et al.. (2018). The Genus Usnea (Parmeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes) in the Galapagos Islands. Herzogia. 31(p1). 571–571. 4 indexed citations

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Clerc, Philippe, et al.. (2018). New and Interesting Species of the Lichen GenusVerrucaria(Verrucariaceae, Ascomycota) for Switzerland and France. Herzogia. 31(1). 209–218. 5 indexed citations

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Ahtı, Teuvo, Curtis R. Björk, Philippe Clerc, et al.. (2012). New Records, Range Extensions and Nomenclatural Innovations for Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi from Alaska, U.S.A.. Herzogia. 25(2). 177–210. 25 indexed citations

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Truong, Camille & Philippe Clerc. (2012). The lichen genusUsnea(Parmeliaceae) in tropical South America: species with a pigmented medulla, reacting C+ yellow. The Lichenologist. 44(5). 625–637. 18 indexed citations

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Vust, Mathias, et al.. (2007). Notes on selected terricolous crustaceous lichens of Switzerland: Distributional, ecological and Red List data. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 20. 115–144. 3 indexed citations

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Morey, Céline, Pablo Navarro, Emmanuel Debrand, et al.. (2004). The region 3′ to Xist mediates X chromosome counting and H3 Lys‐4 dimethylation within the Xist gene. The EMBO Journal. 23(3). 594–604. 66 indexed citations

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Clerc, Philippe & Camille Truong. (2003). The Parmelia borreri group (lichenized Ascomycetes) in Switzerland. 113(1). 49–62. 7 indexed citations

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Clerc, Philippe & Philip Avner. (2003). Multiple elements within the Xic regulate random X inactivation in mice. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 14(1). 85–92. 25 indexed citations

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Clerc, Philippe, et al.. (2000). The Lichen Genus Usnea On Quercus Suber In Iberian Cork-Oak Forests. The Lichenologist. 32(1). 67–67. 11 indexed citations

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Clerc, Philippe. (1999). (1433‐1434) Proposals to conserve the names Usnea hesperina against U. schadenbergiana and U. madeirensis against U. silesiaca (lichenised Ascomycotina, Lecanorales). Taxon. 48(4). 825–826. 1 indexed citations

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Baudry, B., Anthony T. Maurelli, Philippe Clerc, J. C. Sadoff, & Philippe Sansonetti. (1987). Localization of Plasmid Loci Necessary for the Entry of Shigella flexneri into HeLa Cells, and Characterization of One Locus Encoding Four Immunogenic Polypeptides. Microbiology. 133(12). 3403–3413. 83 indexed citations

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Clerc, Philippe, B. Baudry, & Philippe Sansonetti. (1986). Plasmid-mediated contact haemolytic activity in Shigella species: Correlation with penetration into HeLa cells. Annales de l Institut Pasteur Microbiologie. 137(1). 267–278. 43 indexed citations

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