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Alain Fournier publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Fournier sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 417 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alain Fournier D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alain Fournier sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alain Fournier is affiliated with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on the field of medicine, with subfields spanning immunology, surgery, pharmacology, physiology, and radiology including nuclear medicine and imaging.

Their scholarly output includes studies that intersect several biomedical topics, notably cardiovascular, neuropeptides, and oxidative stress research; apelin-related biomedical research; immune cell function and interaction; calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism; T-cell and B-cell immunology; monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research; and glycosylation and glycoproteins research.

Fournier's recent published papers include:

  • Isatuximab Acts Through Fc-Dependent, Independent, and Direct Pathways to Kill Multiple Myeloma Cells (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • SAR442085, a novel anti-CD38 antibody with enhanced antitumor activity against multiple myeloma (2022, Blood)
  • Tumor-induced natural killer cell dysfunction is a rapid and reversible process uncoupled from the expression of immune checkpoints (2024, Science Advances)
  • Lipidated peptides derived from intracellular loops 2 and 3 of the urotensin II receptor act as biased allosteric ligands (2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • Abstract 2266: SAR442085, a next generation anti-CD38 antibody with enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) against multiple myeloma (2020, Cancer Research)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Fournier include Angéla Virone-Oddos, Dmitri Wiederschain, Marielle Chiron, Sahar Kassem, and Béré Diallo. Collaboration has been documented multiple times with these researchers, emphasizing ongoing partnerships in related scientific investigations.

The venues where Fournier often publishes include Cancer Research and the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, each featuring multiple publications, along with Frontiers in Immunology, Blood, and Science Advances.

Best Publications

  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide and Its Receptors: From Structure to Functions

    David Vaudry;Bruno J. Gonzalez;Magali Basille;Laurent Yon

  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide and Its Receptors: 20 Years after the Discovery

    David Vaudry;Anthony Falluel-Morel;Steve Bourgault;Magali Basille

  • Neuropeptide Y and neuropeptide Y receptor subtypes in brain and peripheral tissues.

    Yvan Dumont;Jean-Claude Martel;Alain Fournier;Serge St-Pierre

  • Pulmonary clearance of circulating endothelin-1 in dogs in vivo: exclusive role of ETBreceptors

    Jocelyn Dupuis;Carl A. Goresky;Alain Fournier

  • The p38 subunit of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex is a Parkin substrate: linking protein biosynthesis and neurodegeneration

    Olga Corti;Cornelia Hampe;Hana Koutnikova;Frédéric Darios

  • Characterization of CGRP1 and CGRP2 Receptor Subtypesa

    Remi Quirion;Denise Van Rossum;Yvan Dumont;Serge St‐Pierre

  • Autoradiographic distribution of [125I]Leu31,Pro34]PYY and [125I]PYY3-36 binding sites in the rat brain evaluated with two newly developed Y1 and Y2 receptor radioligands.

    Yvan Dumont;Alain Fournier;Serge St‐Pierre;Rémi Quirion

  • PACAP protects cerebellar granule neurons against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis.

    D. Vaudry;T. F. Pamantung;M. Basille;C. Rousselle

  • Presynaptic inhibition by neuropeptide Y in rat hippocampal slice in vitro is mediated by a Y2 receptor.

    William F. Colmers;Gloria J. Klapstein;Alain Fournier;Serge St-Pierre

  • Expression and Characterization of the Neuropeptide Y Y5 Receptor Subtype in the Rat Brain

    Yvan Dumont;Alain Fournier;Rémi Quirion

  • Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide promotes cell survival and neurite outgrowth in rat cerebellar neuroblasts.

    B.J Gonzalez;M Basille;D Vaudry;A Fournier

  • Structure-function analysis of stimulation of food intake by neuropeptide Y: effects of receptor agonists.

    Satya P. Kalra;Michael G. Dube;Alain Fournier;Pushpa S. Kalra

  • The neuroprotective effect of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide on cerebellar granule cells is mediated through inhibition of the CED3-related cysteine protease caspase-3/CPP32

    David Vaudry;Bruno J. Gonzalez;Magali Basille;Tommy F. Pamantung

  • Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide protects rat cerebellar granule neurons against ethanol-induced apoptotic cell death

    David Vaudry;Cécile Rousselle;Magali Basille;Anthony Falluel-Morel

  • Endothelin-1 enhances neutrophil adhesion to human coronary artery endothelial cells: role of ETA receptors and platelet-activating factor

    Christine Zouki;Chantal Baron;Alain Fournier;János G Filep

  • Selenoprotein T is a PACAP-regulated gene involved in intracellular Ca2+ mobilization and neuroendocrine secretion

    Luca Grumolato;Hafida Ghzili;Maité Montero-Hadjadje;Stéphane Gasman

  • Differential distribution of neuropeptide Y1 and Y2 receptors in the rat brain.

    Yvan Dumont;Alain Fournier;Serge St-Pierre;Thue W. Schwartz

  • Effects of endothelin-1 on vascular permeability in the conscious rat: interactions with platelet-activating factor.

    János G. Filep;Martin G. Sirois;Anne Rousseau;Alain Fournier

  • One-step immunoaffinity purification of active progesterone receptor. Further evidence in favor of the existence of a single steroid binding subunit.

    Frederique Logeat;Raymond Pamphile;Hugues Loosfelt;Andre Jolivet

  • Acute pro‐inflammatory actions of endothelin‐1 in the guinea‐pig lung: involvement of ETA and ETB receptors

    János G. Filep;Alain Fournier;Éva Földes-Filep

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubert Vaudry
Hubert Vaudry University of Rouen
David Vaudry
David Vaudry Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Bruno J. Gonzalez
Bruno J. Gonzalez University of Rouen
Rémi Quirion
Rémi Quirion Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Jérôme Leprince
Jérôme Leprince University of Rouen
Marie-Christine Tonon
Marie-Christine Tonon University of Rouen
Stanley Nattel
Stanley Nattel Montreal Heart Institute
Georges Pelletier
Georges Pelletier Université Laval
János G. Filep
János G. Filep University of Montreal
Alain Couvineau
Alain Couvineau Université Paris Cité

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