Yves Samyn

1.1k total citations
37 papers, 663 citations indexed

About

Yves Samyn is a scholar working on Aquatic Science, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yves Samyn has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 663 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Aquatic Science, 18 papers in Oceanography and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yves Samyn's work include Echinoderm biology and ecology (30 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (18 papers) and Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (7 papers). Yves Samyn is often cited by papers focused on Echinoderm biology and ecology (30 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (18 papers) and Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (7 papers). Yves Samyn collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Australia and South Africa. Yves Samyn's co-authors include Claude Massin, Olivier De Clerck, Didier VandenSpiegel, Frédérik Leliaert, Heroen Verbruggen, Michael D. Guiry, Steven W. Purcell, Chantal Conand, Alexander M. Kerr and Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Biogeography and Journal of Phycology.

In The Last Decade

Yves Samyn

34 papers receiving 589 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yves Samyn Belgium 15 401 256 247 87 79 37 663
Jean‐François Hamel Canada 14 698 1.7× 540 2.1× 364 1.5× 69 0.8× 339 4.3× 28 1.0k
Appukuttannair Biju Kumar India 13 278 0.7× 452 1.8× 134 0.5× 20 0.2× 228 2.9× 120 796
Marta Dias Portugal 14 126 0.3× 468 1.8× 198 0.8× 33 0.4× 205 2.6× 26 613
Jean-François Hamel Canada 11 801 2.0× 449 1.8× 391 1.6× 103 1.2× 397 5.0× 25 1.0k
Benjamin J. Wainwright Singapore 17 94 0.2× 484 1.9× 270 1.1× 23 0.3× 87 1.1× 61 787
Frédérique Steen Belgium 8 74 0.2× 250 1.0× 390 1.6× 9 0.1× 96 1.2× 9 555
Stacy A. Krueger‐Hadfield United States 20 83 0.2× 565 2.2× 812 3.3× 10 0.1× 204 2.6× 70 1.0k
Ambariyanto Ambariyanto Indonesia 14 76 0.2× 410 1.6× 175 0.7× 8 0.1× 265 3.4× 43 618
W. T. STAM Netherlands 10 53 0.1× 433 1.7× 470 1.9× 12 0.1× 128 1.6× 11 793
Annette Koenders Australia 13 34 0.1× 318 1.2× 208 0.8× 19 0.2× 20 0.3× 31 621

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yves Samyn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yves Samyn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yves Samyn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yves Samyn 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 Yves Samyn. Yves Samyn 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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Salvador, Rodrigo B., Cédric d’Udekem d’Acoz, Maxim V. Vinarski, Yves Samyn, & Barbara M. Tomotani. (2025). François Roffiaen's terrestrial and freshwater gastropod types in the collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. ZooKeys. 1239. 103–121.
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Sonet, Gontran, Nathalie Smitz, Carl Vangestel, & Yves Samyn. (2022). DNA barcoding echinoderms from the East Coast of South Africa. The challenge to maintain DNA data connected with taxonomy. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0270321–e0270321. 4 indexed citations
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Aydın, Mehmet, et al.. (2019). First record of a Lessepsian migrant: the sea cucumber Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamata Pearson, 1913. Zootaxa. 4551(1). 94–100. 4 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves, et al.. (2019). Four notable additions to the South African echinoid fauna (Echinodermata, Echinoidea). ZooKeys. 831. 71–80. 2 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves, Claude Massin, & Didier VandenSpiegel. (2019). The sea cucumber Holothuria lineata Ludwig, 1875 (Holothuroidea, Aspidochirotida, Holothuriidae) re-described from the newly found type. ZooKeys. 836. 81–91. 3 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves & Didier VandenSpiegel. (2016). Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species. Zootaxa. 4196(4). zootaxa.4196.4.1–zootaxa.4196.4.1. 5 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves, et al.. (2015). New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 11(1). 4 indexed citations
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Arreguı́n-Espinosa, Roberto, et al.. (2014). Biological and taxonomic perspective of triterpenoid glycosides of sea cucumbers of the family Holothuriidae (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 180. 16–39. 53 indexed citations
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Michonneau, François, Giomar Helena Borrero‐Pérez, Kamarul Rahim Kamarudin, et al.. (2013). The littoral sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of Guam re-assessed a diversity curve that still does not asymptote. Cahiers de biologie marine. 5 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves, et al.. (2013). Carl Gottfried Semper (1832–1893) and the location of his type specimens of sea cucumbers. Archives of Natural History. 40(2). 324–339. 1 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves, et al.. (2011). Ophiocoma (Ophiurida: Ophiocomidae) species of the east coast of South Africa, including observations of parental care. 10(2). 137–154. 2 indexed citations
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O’Loughlin, P. Mark, Gustav Paulay, Didier VandenSpiegel, & Yves Samyn. (2007). New Holothuria species from Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae), with comments on the origin of deep and cool holothuriids. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 64. 35–52. 20 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves, Didier VandenSpiegel, & Claude Massin. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga  (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). Zootaxa. 1138(1). 15 indexed citations
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Massin, Claude, Yves Samyn, & Ahmed S. Thandar. (2004). The genus Labidodemas (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida) revisited, with description of three new species and with re-positioning of Holothuria (Irenothuria) maccullochi Deichmann,. Journal of Natural History. 38(14). 1811–1847. 11 indexed citations
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Kerr, Alexander M., et al.. (2004). Molecular Phylogeny of Coral-Reef Sea Cucumbers (Holothuriidae: Aspidochirotida) Based on 16S Mitochondrial Ribosomal DNA Sequence. Marine Biotechnology. 7(1). 53–60. 46 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves & Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. (2003). Shallow-water Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) from Kenya and Pemba Island, Tanzania. 30 indexed citations
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Samyn, Yves. (2003). Shallow-water regular echinoids (Echinodermata : Echinoidea) from Kenya. African Zoology. 38(2). 193–212. 3 indexed citations
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Bolton, John J., Eric Coppejans, R. J. Anderson, et al.. (2001). Biodiversity of seaweeds and echinoderms in the western Indian Ocean. South African Journal of Science. 97. 453–454. 8 indexed citations

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