Sébastien Renaut

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sébastien Renaut is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sébastien Renaut has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Genetics, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Sébastien Renaut's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (18 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (8 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers). Sébastien Renaut is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (18 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (8 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (6 papers). Sébastien Renaut collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Sébastien Renaut's co-authors include Louis Bernatchez, Arne W. Nolte, Loren H. Rieseberg, Brook T. Moyers, Nolan C. Kane, Dan G. Bock, Rose L. Andrew, Diana J. Rennison, Tim Vines and Kimberly J. Gilbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sébastien Renaut

41 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. The Availability of Research Data Declines Rapidly with Article Age
    2013 284 citations Tim Vines, Arianne Albert et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sébastien Renaut Canada 26 1.4k 759 555 552 459 41 2.6k
Dan G. Bock Canada 21 988 0.7× 710 0.9× 445 0.8× 675 1.2× 343 0.7× 37 2.5k
Rose L. Andrew Australia 29 1.3k 0.9× 896 1.2× 785 1.4× 849 1.5× 523 1.1× 57 3.2k
Jean‐Sébastien Moore Canada 25 949 0.7× 348 0.5× 188 0.3× 775 1.4× 821 1.8× 55 2.2k
Brook T. Moyers United States 15 999 0.7× 535 0.7× 745 1.3× 341 0.6× 291 0.6× 22 1.9k
Tim Vines Canada 16 1.5k 1.1× 279 0.4× 245 0.4× 808 1.5× 737 1.6× 27 2.8k
Maria Victoria Schneider United Kingdom 24 682 0.5× 1.5k 1.9× 387 0.7× 516 0.9× 406 0.9× 47 3.1k
Ian Wang United States 31 1.9k 1.4× 677 0.9× 474 0.9× 1.0k 1.8× 567 1.2× 97 4.0k
Kimberly J. Gilbert Switzerland 18 661 0.5× 249 0.3× 161 0.3× 284 0.5× 193 0.4× 25 1.4k
Diana J. Rennison United States 18 536 0.4× 337 0.4× 85 0.2× 317 0.6× 261 0.6× 38 1.4k
Quentin Groom Belgium 24 190 0.1× 565 0.7× 858 1.5× 530 1.0× 382 0.8× 149 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sébastien Renaut

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Renaut, Sébastien, Dominique K. Boudreau, Nathalie Gaudreault, et al.. (2024). Single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing from paired normal-adenocarcinoma lung samples provide both common and discordant biological insights. PLoS Genetics. 20(5). e1011301–e1011301. 3 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, Rachid Daoud, Jacynthe Masse, Agathe Vialle, & Mohamed Hijri. (2020). Inoculation with Rhizophagus irregularis Does Not Alter Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community Structure within the Roots of Corn, Wheat, and Soybean Crops. Microorganisms. 8(1). 83–83. 31 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, et al.. (2019). Putative Mitochondrial Sex Determination in the Bivalvia: Insights From a Hybrid Transcriptome Assembly in Freshwater Mussels. Frontiers in Genetics. 10. 840–840. 18 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, Davide Guerra, Walter R. Hoeh, et al.. (2018). Genome Survey of the Freshwater Mussel Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Bivalvia: Unionida) Using a Hybrid De Novo Assembly Approach. Genome Biology and Evolution. 10(7). 1637–1646. 33 indexed citations
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Masse, Jacynthe, Cindy E. Prescott, Sébastien Renaut, Yves Terrat, & S. J. Grayston. (2017). Plant Community and Nitrogen Deposition as Drivers of Alpha and Beta Diversities of Prokaryotes in Reconstructed Oil Sand Soils and Natural Boreal Forest Soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 83(9). 24 indexed citations
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Jean, Martine, Sébastien Renaut, Stéphanie Pellerin, et al.. (2016). Population isolation shapes plant genetics, phenotype and germination in naturally patchy ecosystems. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtw071–rtw071. 10 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, José A. Guerrero‐Analco, Ammar Saleem, et al.. (2016). Phytogeographic and genetic variation inSorbus, a traditional antidiabetic medicine—adaptation in action in both a plant and a discipline. PeerJ. 4. e2645–e2645. 9 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, et al.. (2014). RNA-seq Reveals Transcriptomic Shock Involving Transposable Elements Reactivation in Hybrids of Young Lake Whitefish Species. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(6). 1640–1640. 2 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, Heather C. Rowe, Mark C. Ungerer, & Loren H. Rieseberg. (2014). Genomics of homoploid hybrid speciation: diversity and transcriptional activity of long terminal repeat retrotransposons in hybrid sunflowers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 369(1648). 20130345–20130345. 40 indexed citations
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Dion‐Côté, Anne‐Marie, Sébastien Renaut, Éric Normandeau, & Louis Bernatchez. (2014). RNA-seq Reveals Transcriptomic Shock Involving Transposable Elements Reactivation in Hybrids of Young Lake Whitefish Species. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(5). 1188–1199. 93 indexed citations
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Vines, Tim, Arianne Albert, Rose L. Andrew, et al.. (2013). The Availability of Research Data Declines Rapidly with Article Age. Current Biology. 24(1). 94–97. 284 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rowe, Heather C., Sébastien Renaut, & Alessia Guggisberg. (2011). RAD in the realm of next-generation sequencing technologies. Molecular Ecology. 20(17). no–no. 114 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, Nicolas Maillet, Éric Normandeau, et al.. (2011). Genome-wide patterns of divergence during speciation: the lake whitefish case study. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 367(1587). 354–363. 89 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, Arne W. Nolte, & Louis Bernatchez. (2010). Mining transcriptome sequences towards identifying adaptive single nucleotide polymorphisms in lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus spp. Salmonidae). Molecular Ecology. 19(s1). 115–131. 148 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, Arne W. Nolte, Sean M. Rogers, Nicolas Derôme, & Louis Bernatchez. (2010). SNP signatures of selection on standing genetic variation and their association with adaptive phenotypes along gradients of ecological speciation in lake whitefish species pairs (Coregonus spp.). Molecular Ecology. 20(3). 545–559. 80 indexed citations
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Nolte, Arne W., Sébastien Renaut, & Louis Bernatchez. (2009). Divergence in gene regulation at young life history stages of whitefish (Coregonus sp.) and the emergence of genomic isolation. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 59–59. 45 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, Arne W. Nolte, & Louis Bernatchez. (2009). Gene Expression Divergence and Hybrid Misexpression between Lake Whitefish Species Pairs (Coregonus spp. Salmonidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(4). 925–936. 86 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, et al.. (2007). In Vitro Asymbiotic Germination, Protocorm Development, and Plantlet Acclimatization of Aplectrum Hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. (Orchidaceae). The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 134(3). 344–348. 21 indexed citations
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Renaut, Sébastien, et al.. (2006). THE ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF FITNESS IN CHLAMYDOMONAS. XIII. FITNESS OF LONG-TERM SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL POPULATIONS IN BENIGN ENVIRONMENTS. Evolution. 60(11). 2272–2272. 1 indexed citations

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