Raphaël Leblois

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Raphaël Leblois is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphaël Leblois has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Genetics, 25 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Raphaël Leblois's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (46 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (13 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (9 papers). Raphaël Leblois is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (46 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (13 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (9 papers). Raphaël Leblois collaborates with scholars based in France, Portugal and Morocco. Raphaël Leblois's co-authors include Arnaud Estoup, Lise Frézal, François Rousset, Mathieu Gautier, Pierre Pudlo, Jean‐Michel Marin, Jean‐Marie Cornuet, Aurélie Coulon, Alain C. Frantz and G. Guillot and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Bioinformatics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Raphaël Leblois

63 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

DIYABC v2.0: a software to make approximate Bayesian computation inferences about population history using single nucleotide polymorphism, DNA sequence and microsatellite data

2014 832 citations Mathieu Gautier, Raphaël Leblois et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raphaël Leblois France	26	2.1k	1.4k	885	713	692	66	3.5k
Sean Hoban United States	30	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	730 0.8×	625 0.9×	680 1.0×	87	3.5k
Sébastien Devillard France	24	2.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.5×	958 1.1×	873 1.2×	936 1.4×	70	5.6k
Gernot Segelbacher Germany	36	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.5×	550 0.6×	579 0.8×	998 1.4×	120	3.8k
M. Gardner Australia	31	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	585 0.7×	733 1.0×	1.5k 2.1×	204	3.5k
Sophie Brouillet France	6	997 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	978 1.1×	627 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	7	3.6k
Hans R. Siegismund Denmark	35	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	690 0.8×	348 0.5×	1.2k 1.7×	121	3.9k
Guillaume Achaz France	25	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	1.8k 2.0×	669 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	55	5.3k
Gideon S. Bradburd United States	18	1.6k 0.8×	649 0.5×	531 0.6×	495 0.7×	551 0.8×	32	2.4k
Jeet Sukumaran United States	18	1.1k 0.5×	682 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	453 0.6×	843 1.2×	30	2.8k
John P. Wares United States	31	1.5k 0.7×	2.3k 1.6×	760 0.9×	635 0.9×	440 0.6×	111	4.2k

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Benoit, Laure, Sabine Nidelet, Bernhard Gschloessl, et al.. (2025). Optimization and Evaluation of the bestRAD Sequencing Approach: Towards Ascertainment of the Invasion Routes of the Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. Molecular Ecology Resources. 25(8). e14114–e14114.

Crochet, Pierre‐André, et al.. (2025). Performance evaluation of adaptive introgression classification methods. Peer Community Journal. 5. 1 indexed citations

Hobolth, Asger, Simon Boitard, Andreas Futschik, & Raphaël Leblois. (2025). A matrix-analytical sampling formula for time-homogeneous coalescent processes under the infinite sites mutation model. Theoretical Population Biology. 163. 62–79.

Fay, Rémi, Arnaud Béchet, Aurélien Besnard, et al.. (2023). Direct and indirect estimates of dispersal support strong juvenile philopatry and male‐biased dispersal in a freshwater turtle species (Emys orbicularis). Freshwater Biology. 68(12). 2042–2053. 4 indexed citations

López‐Sendino, Paula, Agostinho Antunes, Simon Dellicour, et al.. (2023). Comparative population genetics of habitat-forming octocorals in two marine protected areas: eco-evolutionary and management implications. Conservation Genetics. 25(2). 319–334. 1 indexed citations

Rancilhac, Loïs, José Carlos Brito, Aurélien Miralles, et al.. (2023). Combining RADseq and contact zone analysis to decipher cryptic diversification in reptiles: Insights from the Spiny‐footed Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta. 53(1). 1–15. 1 indexed citations

Crochet, Pierre‐André, et al.. (2020). Sampling schemes and drift can bias admixture proportions inferred by structure. Molecular Ecology Resources. 20(6). 1769–1785. 22 indexed citations

Burban, Christian, Raphaël Leblois, Jean‐Pierre Rossi, et al.. (2019). From sympatry to parapatry: a rapid change in the spatial context of incipient allochronic speciation. Evolutionary Ecology. 34(1). 101–121. 6 indexed citations

Hivert, Valentin, Raphaël Leblois, Éric Petit, Mathieu Gautier, & Renaud Vitalis. (2018). Measuring Genetic Differentiation from Pool-seq Data. Genetics. 210(1). 315–330. 113 indexed citations

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Barbu, Corentin, Muriel Valantin‐Morison, Bertrand Gauffre, et al.. (2018). Limited genetic structure and demographic expansion of the Brassicogethes aeneus populations in France and in Europe. Pest Management Science. 75(3). 667–675. 1 indexed citations

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Coleman, Rhys A., Bertrand Gauffre, Alexandra Pavlova, et al.. (2018). Artificial barriers prevent genetic recovery of small isolated populations of a low-mobility freshwater fish. Heredity. 120(6). 515–532. 50 indexed citations

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Leblois, Raphaël, Mathieu Gautier, Christian Burban, et al.. (2017). Deciphering the demographic history of allochronic differentiation in the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa. Molecular Ecology. 27(1). 264–278. 19 indexed citations

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Leblois, Raphaël, et al.. (2017). Genetic diversity and structure related to expansion history and habitat isolation: stone marten populating rural–urban habitats. BMC Ecology. 17(1). 46–46. 22 indexed citations

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David, Olivier, et al.. (2012). Coalescent-Based DNA Barcoding: Multilocus Analysis and Robustness. Journal of Computational Biology. 19(3). 271–278. 4 indexed citations

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Rousset, François & Raphaël Leblois. (2011). Likelihood-Based Inferences under Isolation by Distance: Two-Dimensional Habitats and Confidence Intervals. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(3). 957–973. 18 indexed citations

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Leblois, Raphaël, Arnaud Estoup, & François Rousset. (2008). IBDSim: a computer program to simulate genotypic data under isolation by distance. Molecular Ecology Resources. 9(1). 107–109. 42 indexed citations

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Leblois, Raphaël, Arnaud Estoup, & R. Streiff. (2006). Genetics of recent habitat contraction and reduction in population size: does isolation by distance matter?. Molecular Ecology. 15(12). 3601–3615. 80 indexed citations

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Watts, Phillip C., François Rousset, Ilik J. Saccheri, et al.. (2006). Compatible genetic and ecological estimates of dispersal rates in insect (Coenagrion mercuriale: Odonata: Zygoptera) populations: analysis of ‘neighbourhood size’ using a more precise estimator. Molecular Ecology. 16(4). 737–751. 109 indexed citations

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Paetkau, David, et al.. (2000). Polymerase chain reaction primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci in the invasive toad species Bufo marinus. Molecular Ecology. 9(11). 1927–1929. 15 indexed citations

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Leblois, Raphaël, et al.. (2000). Absence of evidence for isolation by distance in an expanding cane toad (Bufo marinus) population: an individual‐based analysis of microsatellite genotypes. Molecular Ecology. 9(11). 1905–1909. 55 indexed citations

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