Raphaël Aussenac

565 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 292 citations indexed

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Raphaël Aussenac is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Horticulture and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphaël Aussenac has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 292 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 5 papers in Horticulture and 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Raphaël Aussenac's work include Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy (5 papers), Forest ecology and management (5 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Raphaël Aussenac is often cited by papers focused on Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy (5 papers), Forest ecology and management (5 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Raphaël Aussenac collaborates with scholars based in France, Ivory Coast and Canada. Raphaël Aussenac's co-authors include Dominique Gravel, Yves Bergeron, Igor Drobyshev, Laura E. Dee, Rachel M. Germain, Forest Isbell, José M. Montoya, Shaopeng Wang, Michel Loreau and Andrew Gonzalez and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Raphaël Aussenac

16 papers receiving 290 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.

Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application

2021 173 citations Michel Loreau, Matthieu Barbier et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raphaël Aussenac France	5	166	139	81	48	34	17	292
Oswaldo Jadán Ecuador	7	142 0.9×	107 0.8×	49 0.6×	81 1.7×	33 1.0×	14	292
Alice Cristina Rodrigues Brazil	12	249 1.5×	180 1.3×	61 0.8×	107 2.2×	45 1.3×	21	412
Suzanne Langridge United States	5	135 0.8×	87 0.6×	150 1.9×	112 2.3×	53 1.6×	8	334
Paúl Eguiguren Ecuador	7	272 1.6×	255 1.8×	76 0.9×	77 1.6×	36 1.1×	12	425
Claudia Álvarez Aquino Mexico	8	196 1.2×	217 1.6×	95 1.2×	67 1.4×	48 1.4×	16	404
Vicky Huamán Peru	7	189 1.1×	166 1.2×	105 1.3×	67 1.4×	50 1.5×	7	335
Diego Delgado Costa Rica	9	170 1.0×	109 0.8×	45 0.6×	53 1.1×	18 0.5×	26	245
Omar Cabrera Ecuador	7	110 0.7×	69 0.5×	48 0.6×	62 1.3×	19 0.6×	18	209
Dairón Cárdenas Colombia	11	228 1.4×	153 1.1×	70 0.9×	119 2.5×	48 1.4×	21	379
Braulio Vílchez‐Alvarado Costa Rica	5	237 1.4×	163 1.2×	92 1.1×	105 2.2×	31 0.9×	13	342

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17 of 17 papers shown

Freycon, Vincent, et al.. (2025). Drivers of soil organic carbon recovery during secondary succession along a West African climate gradient. Ecological Indicators. 178. 114073–114073. 1 indexed citations

N’Guessan, Anny Estelle, et al.. (2025). Unsung climate guardians: The overlooked role of remnant and spontaneous trees in carbon stocks and gains from tree growth in West African cocoa fields. PLoS ONE. 20(8). e0328763–e0328763.

N’Guessan, Anny Estelle, et al.. (2025). Maximizing tree diversity in cocoa agroforestry: taking advantage of planted, spontaneous, and remnant trees. Agroforestry Systems. 99(5). 1 indexed citations

Zo‐Bi, Irié C., et al.. (2025). Tree growth in West African cocoa agroforestry systems: high timber yields and superior performance of natural regeneration. Annals of Forest Science. 82(1). 2 indexed citations

Zo‐Bi, Irié C., et al.. (2023). The Great Mistake of Plantation Programs in Cocoa Agroforests – Let's Bet on Natural Regeneration to Sustainably Provide Timber Wood. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

Aussenac, Raphaël, Jean‐Matthieu Monnet, Matija Klopčić, et al.. (2023). Diameter, height and species of 42 million trees in three European landscapes generated from field data and airborne laser scanning data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 32–32. 1 indexed citations

Aussenac, Raphaël, Jean‐Matthieu Monnet, Matija Klopčić, et al.. (2023). Diameter, height and species of 42 million trees in three European landscapes generated from field data and airborne laser scanning data. Open Research Europe. 3. 32–32. 1 indexed citations

Zo‐Bi, Irié C., et al.. (2023). Fragmentation is the main driver of residual forest aboveground biomass in West African low forest-high deforestation landscapes. Trees Forests and People. 15. 100477–100477. 9 indexed citations

Zo‐Bi, Irié C., et al.. (2023). The great mistake of plantation programs in cocoa agroforests – Let's bet on natural regeneration to sustainably provide timber wood. Trees Forests and People. 12. 100386–100386. 15 indexed citations

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Becker‐Scarpitta, Antoine, et al.. (2022). Different temporal trends in vascular plant and bryophyte communities along elevational gradients over four decades. Ecology and Evolution. 12(8). e9102–e9102. 4 indexed citations

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Aussenac, Raphaël, Thomas Pérot, Mathieu Fortin, et al.. (2021). The Salem simulator version 2.0: a tool for predicting the productivity of pure and mixed forest stands and simulating management operations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 61–61. 2 indexed citations

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Loreau, Michel, Matthieu Barbier, Élise Filotas, et al.. (2021). Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 96(5). 2333–2354. 173 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aussenac, Raphaël, Thomas Pérot, Mathieu Fortin, et al.. (2021). The Salem simulator version 2.0: a tool for predicting the productivity of pure and mixed stands and simulating management operations. Open Research Europe. 1. 61–61. 2 indexed citations

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Aussenac, Raphaël, Yves Bergeron, Dominique Gravel, & Igor Drobyshev. (2018). Interactions among trees: A key element in the stabilising effect of species diversity on forest growth. Functional Ecology. 33(2). 360–367. 40 indexed citations

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Aussenac, Raphaël, et al.. (2016). Intraspecific variability in growth response to environmental fluctuations modulates the stabilizing effect of species diversity on forest growth. Journal of Ecology. 105(4). 1010–1020. 33 indexed citations

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Lebourgeois, François, et al.. (2012). Croissance de la châtaigneraie limousine et climat. Réflexion sur la place du Châtaignier dans les prochaines décennies. Revue Forestière Française. 1 indexed citations

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Sist, Plínio, Lilian Blanc, Lucas Mazzei, Christopher Baraloto, & Raphaël Aussenac. (2012). Nouvelles connaissances sur la dynamique globale de la biomasse après exploitation en forêt nord amazonienne. BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES. 314. 41–49. 3 indexed citations

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