René M. Malenfant

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 847 citations indexed

About

René M. Malenfant is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, René M. Malenfant has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 847 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Genetics, 10 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in René M. Malenfant's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (9 papers), Marine animal studies overview (8 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (4 papers). René M. Malenfant is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (9 papers), Marine animal studies overview (8 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (4 papers). René M. Malenfant collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. René M. Malenfant's co-authors include Joshua M. Miller, Catherine I. Cullingham, Jasmine K. Janes, Jamieson C. Gorrell, Julian R. Dupuis, Rose L. Andrew, David W. Coltman, Corey S. Davis, Jocelyn Poissant and John T. Hogg and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Bacteriology and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

René M. Malenfant

18 papers receiving 836 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.

The K = 2 conundrum

2017 466 citations Jasmine K. Janes, Joshua M. Miller et al. Molecular Ecology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
René M. Malenfant Canada	11	573	379	210	179	124	18	847
Deryn Alpers Australia	13	471 0.8×	413 1.1×	280 1.3×	326 1.8×	121 1.0×	18	932
Ludovic Dutoit New Zealand	15	617 1.1×	220 0.6×	264 1.3×	185 1.0×	91 0.7×	45	861
Trinidad Pérez Spain	16	634 1.1×	521 1.4×	195 0.9×	102 0.6×	71 0.6×	30	1.1k
Filipe Santos France	7	690 1.2×	367 1.0×	183 0.9×	220 1.2×	193 1.6×	8	982
Joseph D. Manthey United States	16	593 1.0×	259 0.7×	294 1.4×	223 1.2×	171 1.4×	48	923
Ronald M. Clouse United States	21	304 0.5×	234 0.6×	186 0.9×	275 1.5×	144 1.2×	41	1.0k
George K. Sage United States	19	505 0.9×	543 1.4×	127 0.6×	216 1.2×	173 1.4×	55	904
Thibaut Capblancq France	13	514 0.9×	226 0.6×	135 0.6×	187 1.0×	163 1.3×	22	869
Jente Ottenburghs Netherlands	13	396 0.7×	201 0.5×	204 1.0×	154 0.9×	117 0.9×	30	624
Patricia M. Mirol Argentina	20	759 1.3×	499 1.3×	182 0.9×	289 1.6×	72 0.6×	44	1.1k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Miller, Joshua M., René M. Malenfant, L. Ruth Rivkin, et al.. (2024). Development of an 8K SNP chip to assess adaptive diversity and hybridization in polar bears. Conservation Genetics Resources. 16(3). 237–249. 2 indexed citations

Malenfant, René M., et al.. (2020). Characterization of the TyrR Regulon in the Rhizobacterium Enterobacter ludwigii UW5 Reveals Overlap with the CpxR Envelope Stress Response. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(1). 4 indexed citations

Richardson, Evan S., Corey S. Davis, Ian Stirling, et al.. (2020). Variance in lifetime reproductive success of male polar bears. Behavioral Ecology. 31(5). 1224–1232. 10 indexed citations

Cullingham, Catherine I., Joshua M. Miller, Rhiannon M. Peery, et al.. (2020). Confidently identifying the correct K value using the ΔK method: When does K = 2?. Molecular Ecology. 29(5). 862–869. 70 indexed citations

Bentzen, Paul, et al.. (2020). Loma morhua infections in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) reveal relative parasite resistance and differential effects on host growth among family lines. Aquaculture. 522. 735111–735111. 7 indexed citations

Malenfant, René M., Corey S. Davis, Evan S. Richardson, Nicholas J. Lunn, & David W. Coltman. (2018). Heritability of body size in the polar bears of Western Hudson Bay. Molecular Ecology Resources. 18(4). 854–866. 21 indexed citations

Janes, Jasmine K., Joshua M. Miller, Julian R. Dupuis, et al.. (2017). The K = 2 conundrum. Molecular Ecology. 26(14). 3594–3602. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

Malenfant, René M., Corey S. Davis, Catherine I. Cullingham, & David W. Coltman. (2016). Circumpolar Genetic Structure and Recent Gene Flow of Polar Bears: A Reanalysis. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0148967–e0148967. 22 indexed citations

Derocher, Andrew E., Evan S. Richardson, René M. Malenfant, et al.. (2016). Assessing polar bear (Ursus maritimus) population structure in the Hudson Bay region using SNPs. Ecology and Evolution. 6(23). 8474–8484. 24 indexed citations

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Malenfant, René M.. (2016). Population Genomics and Quantitative Genetics of Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus). University of Alberta Library. 2 indexed citations

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Malenfant, René M., David W. Coltman, Evan S. Richardson, et al.. (2015). Evidence of adoption, monozygotic twinning, and low inbreeding rates in a large genetic pedigree of polar bears. Polar Biology. 39(8). 1455–1465. 17 indexed citations

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Miller, Joshua M., Jocelyn Poissant, René M. Malenfant, John T. Hogg, & David W. Coltman. (2015). Temporal dynamics of linkage disequilibrium in two populations of bighorn sheep. Ecology and Evolution. 5(16). 3401–3412. 7 indexed citations

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Malenfant, René M., David W. Coltman, & Corey S. Davis. (2014). Design of a 9K illumina BeadChip for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from RAD and transcriptome sequencing. Molecular Ecology Resources. 15(3). 587–600. 41 indexed citations

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Coltman, David W., Corey S. Davis, Nicholas J. Lunn, René M. Malenfant, & Evan S. Richardson. (2013). Genomic Resources Notes accepted 1 August 2013–30 September 2013. Molecular Ecology Resources. 14(1). 219–219. 6 indexed citations

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Bensch, Staffan, David W. Coltman, Corey S. Davis, et al.. (2013). Genomic Resources Notes accepted 1 June 2013–31 July 2013. Molecular Ecology Resources. 14(1). 218–218. 4 indexed citations

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Miller, Joshua M., René M. Malenfant, Patrice David, et al.. (2013). Estimating genome-wide heterozygosity: effects of demographic history and marker type. Heredity. 112(3). 240–247. 85 indexed citations

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Miller, Joshua M., René M. Malenfant, S. S. Moore, & David W. Coltman. (2011). Short Reads, Circular Genome: Skimming SOLiD Sequence to Construct the Bighorn Sheep Mitochondrial Genome. Journal of Heredity. 103(1). 140–146. 27 indexed citations

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Poissant, Jocelyn, Corey S. Davis, René M. Malenfant, John T. Hogg, & David W. Coltman. (2011). QTL mapping for sexually dimorphic fitness-related traits in wild bighorn sheep. Heredity. 108(3). 256–263. 32 indexed citations

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