Thomas Lenormand

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
106 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Lenormand is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Lenormand has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Genetics, 41 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Lenormand's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (59 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (33 papers) and Plant and animal studies (32 papers). Thomas Lenormand is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (59 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (33 papers) and Plant and animal studies (32 papers). Thomas Lenormand collaborates with scholars based in France, Spain and United States. Thomas Lenormand's co-authors include Guillaume Martin, Sarah P. Otto, Michel Raymond, Thomas Guillemaud, Denis Bourguet, Denis Roze, Julien Y. Dutheil, Christine Chevillon, Pierrick Labbé and Luis‐Miguel Chevin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Lenormand

104 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Gene flow and the limits to natural selection 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2013 2002 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Gene flow and the limits to natural selection
    2002 1.4k citations Thomas Lenormand Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
  2. Potential for evolutionary responses to climate change – evidence from tree populations
    2013 687 citations Florian Alberto, Sally N. Aitken et al. Global Change Biology profile →
  3. Resolving the paradox of sex and recombination
    2002 572 citations Thomas Lenormand et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Lenormand France 43 4.3k 2.1k 2.0k 1.8k 1.3k 106 7.5k
Isabelle Olivieri France 47 3.1k 0.7× 944 0.4× 3.0k 1.5× 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 113 6.4k
Yannis Michalakis France 50 3.9k 0.9× 896 0.4× 1.9k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 2.1k 1.7× 117 8.2k
R R Hudson United States 16 6.3k 1.5× 2.9k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.3× 21 9.0k
Adalgisa Caccone United States 52 3.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 2.3k 1.8× 252 8.9k
Peter Beerli United States 33 6.2k 1.5× 2.3k 1.1× 2.9k 1.5× 1.2k 0.6× 3.2k 2.6× 65 10.5k
Jeremy J. Burdon Australia 57 2.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 2.2k 1.1× 6.9k 3.8× 1.5k 1.2× 185 10.0k
Richard Gomulkiewicz United States 38 3.5k 0.8× 523 0.2× 3.1k 1.6× 1.0k 0.6× 1.9k 1.5× 73 6.8k
Philippe Jarne France 47 4.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 2.7k 1.4× 1.3k 0.7× 3.9k 3.1× 157 8.8k
Jody Hey United States 48 7.4k 1.7× 3.7k 1.7× 2.3k 1.2× 2.1k 1.1× 2.3k 1.8× 101 11.0k
Jacqui A. Shykoff France 43 2.1k 0.5× 845 0.4× 2.9k 1.5× 2.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 108 5.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Lenormand

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Lenormand

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Lenormand. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Lenormand 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 Thomas Lenormand. Thomas Lenormand 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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Clément, Christophe, et al.. (2025). Rare sexual reproduction by females of “obligate parthenogenetic” lineages of Daphnia cf. pulex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38(7). 930–938.
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Lenormand, Thomas & Denis Roze. (2024). Can mechanistic constraints on recombination reestablishment explain the long-term maintenance of degenerate sex chromosomes?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 8 indexed citations
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Rode, Nicolas O., Roula Jabbour‐Zahab, Francisco Hontoria, et al.. (2022). The Origin of Asexual Brine Shrimps. The American Naturalist. 200(2). E52–E76. 8 indexed citations
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Michalakis, Yannis, et al.. (2020). Trait‐specific trade‐offs prevent niche expansion in two parasites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33(12). 1704–1714. 3 indexed citations
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Lenormand, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Sex Chromosome Degeneration by Regulatory Evolution. Current Biology. 30(15). 3001–3006.e5. 46 indexed citations
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Ehlers, Bodil, Emeric Figuet, Sylvain Santoni, et al.. (2017). Patterns of Genome-Wide Nucleotide Diversity in the Gynodioecious Plant Thymus vulgaris Are Compatible with Recent Sweeps of Cytoplasmic Genes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 10(1). 239–248. 9 indexed citations
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Lenormand, Thomas, Jan Engelstädter, Susan E. Johnston, Erik Wijnker, & Christoph R. Haag. (2016). Evolutionary mysteries in meiosis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1706). 20160001–20160001. 110 indexed citations
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Lenormand, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Enhancer Runaway and the Evolution of Diploid Gene Expression. PLoS Genetics. 11(11). e1005665–e1005665. 20 indexed citations
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Alberto, Florian, Sally N. Aitken, Ricardo Alı́a, et al.. (2013). Potential for evolutionary responses to climate change – evidence from tree populations. Global Change Biology. 19(6). 1645–1661. 687 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rode, Nicolas O., et al.. (2013). Cryptic microsporidian parasites differentially affect invasive and native Artemia spp.. International Journal for Parasitology. 43(10). 795–803. 21 indexed citations
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Gallet, Romain, Thomas Lenormand, & Ing‐Nang Wang. (2012). PHENOTYPIC STOCHASTICITY PROTECTS LYTIC BACTERIOPHAGE POPULATIONS FROM EXTINCTION DURING THE BACTERIAL STATIONARY PHASE. Evolution. 66(11). 3485–3494. 21 indexed citations
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Chevin, Luis‐Miguel, Guillaume Martin, & Thomas Lenormand. (2010). FISHER'S MODEL AND THE GENOMICS OF ADAPTATION: RESTRICTED PLEIOTROPY, HETEROGENOUS MUTATION, AND PARALLEL EVOLUTION. Evolution. 64(11). 3213–3231. 106 indexed citations
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Débarre, Florence, Thomas Lenormand, & Sylvain Gandon. (2009). Evolutionary Epidemiology of Drug-Resistance in Space. PLoS Computational Biology. 5(4). e1000337–e1000337. 23 indexed citations
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Lenormand, Thomas, et al.. (2009). THE EVOLUTION OF ASSORTATIVE MATING AND SELFING WITH IN- AND OUTBREEDING DEPRESSION. Evolution. 63(8). 2047–2060. 47 indexed citations
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Lenormand, Thomas, Denis Roze, & François Rousset. (2009). Stochasticity in evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 24(3). 157–165. 131 indexed citations
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Martin, Guillaume & Thomas Lenormand. (2006). THE FITNESS EFFECT OF MUTATIONS ACROSS ENVIRONMENTS: A SURVEY IN LIGHT OF FITNESS LANDSCAPE MODELS. Evolution. 60(12). 2413–2427. 115 indexed citations
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Lenormand, Thomas & Julien Y. Dutheil. (2005). Recombination Difference between Sexes: A Role for Haploid Selection. PLoS Biology. 3(3). e63–e63. 190 indexed citations
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Lenormand, Thomas, Denis Bourguet, Thomas Guillemaud, & Michel Raymond. (1999). Tracking the evolution of insecticide resistance in the mosquito Culex pipiens. Nature. 400(6747). 861–864. 182 indexed citations
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