René Thomas

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

René Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, René Thomas has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in René Thomas's work include Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (27 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (24 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (23 papers). René Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (27 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (24 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (23 papers). René Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United States. René Thomas's co-authors include Marcelle Kaufman, Denis Thieffry, Suzanne Mousset, L. Elizabeth Bertani, Martine Couturier, Y. Cleuter, Anne Van den Broeke, Luc Willems, Jacques Urbain and R. Kettmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

René Thomas

100 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Boolean formalization of genetic control circuits 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 100 200 300 400 500

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
René Thomas Belgium 36 3.3k 1.1k 819 426 300 104 4.5k
Andy Brass United Kingdom 46 2.7k 0.8× 645 0.6× 438 0.5× 424 1.0× 193 0.6× 144 6.0k
Michal Linial Israel 48 6.8k 2.1× 1.2k 1.1× 359 0.4× 596 1.4× 410 1.4× 236 9.9k
Gábor Tusnády Hungary 35 4.2k 1.3× 766 0.7× 341 0.4× 272 0.6× 210 0.7× 148 7.3k
Charles DeLisi United States 54 8.0k 2.4× 802 0.7× 292 0.4× 2.0k 4.7× 894 3.0× 244 11.2k
Hanah Margalit Israel 45 6.7k 2.0× 2.0k 1.8× 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 3.0× 354 1.2× 111 8.8k
Mile Šikić Croatia 16 2.9k 0.9× 766 0.7× 693 0.8× 140 0.3× 129 0.4× 46 4.4k
Vincent Moulton United Kingdom 42 3.8k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 557 0.7× 151 0.4× 480 1.6× 239 8.0k
Satoru Kuhara Japan 46 5.4k 1.6× 905 0.8× 430 0.5× 512 1.2× 288 1.0× 203 8.1k
Abhyudai Singh United States 32 3.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 125 0.2× 291 0.7× 120 0.4× 221 4.8k
Martijn A. Huynen Netherlands 65 10.6k 3.2× 2.5k 2.2× 1.4k 1.7× 487 1.1× 265 0.9× 225 13.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thomas, René. (2006). Circular causality. PubMed. 153(4). 140–140. 10 indexed citations
2.
Demongeot, Jacques, Michel Thellier, & René Thomas. (2006). Storage and recall of environmental signals in a plant: modelling by use of a differential (continuous) formulation. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 329(12). 971–978. 12 indexed citations
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Demongeot, Jacques, René Thomas, & Michel Thellier. (2000). Un modele mathematique pour les fonctions de memorisation et de rappel chez les plantes. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 20 indexed citations
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Demongeot, Jacques, Marcelle Kaufman, & René Thomas. (2000). Circuits de regulation positifs et memoire. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 52 indexed citations
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Thomas, René. (1998). Laws for the dynamics of regulatory networks. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 42(3). 479–485. 99 indexed citations
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Thomas, René, Denis Thieffry, & Marcelle Kaufman. (1995). Dynamical behaviour of biological regulatory networks—I. Biological role of feedback loops and practical use of the concept of the loop-characteristic state. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 57(2). 247–276. 337 indexed citations
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Thomas, René. (1994). Positive feedback circuits are a necessary condition for positive eigenvalues of the jacobian matrix. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 98. 1148–1151. 3 indexed citations
8.
Pastoret, Paul-Pierre, Étienne Thiry, & René Thomas. (1986). Logical description of bovine herpes virus latent infection. Journal of Virology. 67. 885–897. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, René. (1971). Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacteriophage Lambda. PubMed. 56. 13–42. 14 indexed citations
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Brachet, P. & René Thomas. (1969). Mapping and functional analysis of y and CII mutants. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 7(2). 257–260. 43 indexed citations
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Mousset, Suzanne & René Thomas. (1968). L’excision du prophage des bactéries dilysogènes par superinfection hétéroimmune. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 266. 1904–1907. 3 indexed citations
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Montagu, Marc Van, et al.. (1967). A set of amber mutants of bacteriophages λ and MS2 suitable for the identification of suppressors. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 4(5). 698–700. 13 indexed citations
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Thomas, René, et al.. (1967). Isolation and characterization of new sus (amber) mutants of bacteriophage λ. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 4(6). 735–741. 67 indexed citations
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Thomas, René. (1965). Le contrôle de la réplication génétique et de l’expression des fonctions chez les bactériophages tempérés. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 76. 551–563. 1 indexed citations
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Bollen, Alex, A. Herzog, & René Thomas. (1965). Altération du comportement des ribosomes à la suite d’une mutation supersuppresseur: (III). Etude électrophorétique. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry. 73. 557–558. 4 indexed citations
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Thomas, René. (1962). Le sort du prophage après l'infection d'une bactérie lysogène par un bactériophage non co-immun. Bulletin de la Classe des sciences. 48(1). 673–676. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, René. (1954). The denaturation of deoxyribonucleic acids. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 50. 304. 10 indexed citations
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Thomas, René. (1954). The denaturation of desoxyribosenucleic acids. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 50. 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, René. (1952). [Controlled acid hydrolysis of isolated cell nuclei].. PubMed. 34(1-2). 47–50. 1 indexed citations

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