Pierre Ducray

885 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 687 citations indexed

About

Pierre Ducray is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Ducray has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 687 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Organic Chemistry and 3 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Pierre Ducray's work include Coccidia and coccidiosis research (3 papers), Helminth infection and control (3 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers). Pierre Ducray is often cited by papers focused on Coccidia and coccidiosis research (3 papers), Helminth infection and control (3 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers). Pierre Ducray collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and United States. Pierre Ducray's co-authors include Ronald Kaminsky, Jacques Bouvier, Sandra Weber, François Pautrat, Noe͏̈lle Gauvry, Olivier Froelich, Pascal Mäser, Ann E. Sluder, Lucien Rufener and Ralph Clover and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Ducray

10 papers receiving 658 citations

Hit Papers

A new class of anthelmintics effective against drug-resis... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300
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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.

  1. A new class of anthelmintics effective against drug-resistant nematodes
    2008 392 citations Ronald Kaminsky, Pierre Ducray et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pierre Ducray France 8 447 264 247 170 110 10 687
François Pautrat Switzerland 6 474 1.1× 265 1.0× 247 1.0× 172 1.0× 61 0.6× 6 658
Noe͏̈lle Gauvry France 10 447 1.0× 265 1.0× 247 1.0× 170 1.0× 80 0.7× 11 755
Olivier Froelich Switzerland 6 340 0.8× 200 0.8× 197 0.8× 124 0.7× 62 0.6× 8 520
Lucien Rufener Switzerland 13 540 1.2× 374 1.4× 351 1.4× 185 1.1× 145 1.3× 19 892
R. J. Boisvenue United States 13 306 0.7× 186 0.7× 174 0.7× 135 0.8× 93 0.8× 28 524
Narin Changklungmoa Thailand 15 266 0.6× 140 0.5× 185 0.7× 165 1.0× 90 0.8× 46 497
G�nter Schmahl Germany 9 74 0.2× 167 0.6× 97 0.4× 13 0.1× 47 0.4× 11 403
Alex Butschi Switzerland 9 28 0.1× 25 0.1× 36 0.1× 13 0.1× 278 2.5× 10 466
Lele Wang China 17 62 0.1× 11 0.0× 114 0.5× 120 0.7× 409 3.7× 46 729
Peter J. Quinn United Kingdom 12 23 0.1× 27 0.1× 62 0.3× 19 0.1× 173 1.6× 17 623

Countries citing papers authored by Pierre Ducray

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pierre Ducray

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Ducray

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Ducray, Pierre, Noe͏̈lle Gauvry, François Pautrat, et al.. (2008). Discovery of amino-acetonitrile derivatives, a new class of synthetic anthelmintic compounds. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(9). 2935–2938. 50 indexed citations
2.
Kaminsky, Ronald, Noe͏̈lle Gauvry, Sandra Weber, et al.. (2008). Identification of the amino-acetonitrile derivative monepantel (AAD 1566) as a new anthelmintic drug development candidate. Parasitology Research. 103(4). 931–939. 124 indexed citations
3.
Kaminsky, Ronald, Pierre Ducray, Martin Jung, et al.. (2008). A new class of anthelmintics effective against drug-resistant nematodes. Nature. 452(7184). 176–180. 392 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Carlier, Marie-France, Inge Erk, Jean Lepault, et al.. (2000). The interaction between lipid derivatives of colchicine and tubulin: Consequences of the interaction of the alkaloid with lipid membranes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1468(1-2). 381–395. 21 indexed citations
5.
Ducray, Pierre, B. Rousseau, & Charles Mioskowski. (1999). Enantioconvergent Formal Synthesis of Brefeldin A via Sakai-Catalyzed Cyclization. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 64(11). 3800–3801. 18 indexed citations
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Boger, Dale L., Joel Goldberg, Weiqin Jiang, et al.. (1998). Higher order iminodiacetic acid libraries for probing protein–protein interactions. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 6(8). 1347–1378. 32 indexed citations
7.
Boger, Dale L., Pierre Ducray, Wenying Chai, Weiqin Jiang, & Joel Goldberg. (1998). Higher order iminodiacetic acid libraries for probing protein-protein interactions. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(17). 2339–2344. 19 indexed citations
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Ducray, Pierre, et al.. (1997). Preparation and Use of a New Propiolate Anion Equivalent: 1-Ethynyl-4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2,2,2]octane. Synthesis. 1997(4). 404–406. 6 indexed citations
9.
Lebeau, Luc, Pierre Ducray, & Charles Mioskowski. (1997). Simple and Efficient Conversion of Colchicine into Deacetylcolchicine. Synthetic Communications. 27(2). 293–296. 7 indexed citations
10.
Ducray, Pierre, Luc Lebeau, & Charles Mioskowski. (1996). Synthesis of Lipid Derivatives of Colchicine. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 79(8). 2346–2352. 18 indexed citations

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