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Alain Krol 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 Krol sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 125 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alain Krol 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 Krol sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alain Krol is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and works primarily within the intersecting fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research portfolio includes a focus on molecular biology, genetics, dermatology, oncology, and organic chemistry.

The main research topics covered by Alain Krol's work include:

  • Genetic and rare skin diseases.
  • Dermatologic treatments and research.
  • Cutaneous melanoma detection and management.
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering.
  • Click chemistry and applications.
  • Microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction.

Their recent scholarly contributions include two papers published between 2023 and 2025. One paper, titled "Failed Metabolic Adaptation to Stress Underlies Pathogenesis in a Heterozygous Genetic Disorder", appeared in 2025 in the venue bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Another paper is "FEBS fellowships: supporting excellent science for over four decades", published in 2023 in FEBS Open Bio.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Alain Krol include:

  • Robert M. Harmon
  • Erin McCarthy
  • Jonas Braun
  • Aashutosh Shetti
  • Lisa M. Godsel

Their publications have appeared notably in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • FEBS Open Bio

Best Publications

  • The primary and secondary structure of yeast 26S rRNA

    G M Veldman;J Klootwijk;V C de Regt;R J Planta

  • Characterization of mSelB, a novel mammalian elongation factor for selenoprotein translation

    Delphine Fagegaltier;Nadia Hubert;Kenichiro Yamada;Takaharu Mizutani

  • Novel Selenoproteins Identified in Silico andin Vivo by Using a Conserved RNA Structural Motif

    Alain Lescure;Daniel Gautheret;Philippe Carbon;Alain Krol

  • U2 RNA shares a structural domain with U1, U4, and U5 RNAs.

    C. Branlant;A. Krol;J.P. Ebel;E. Lazar

  • Primary and secondary structures of Escherichia coli MRE 600 23S ribosomal RNA. Comparison with models of secondary structure for maize chloroplast 23S rRNA and for large portions of mouse and human 16S mitochondrial rRNAs

    Christiane Branlant;Alain Krol;Mohamed Ali Machatt;Jean Pouyet

  • Selenoprotein Gene Nomenclature

    Vadim N. Gladyshev;Vadim N. Gladyshev;Elias S. Arnér;Marla J. Berry;Regina Brigelius-Flohé

  • A common octamer motif binding protein is involved in the transcription of U6 snRNA by RNA polymerase III and U2 snRNA by RNA polymerase II.

    Philippe Carbon;Sylvie Murgo;Jean-Pierre Ebel;Alain Krol

  • The selenium to selenoprotein pathway in eukaryotes: more molecular partners than anticipated.

    Christine Allmang;Laurence Wurth;Alain Krol

  • Selenoprotein N: an endoplasmic reticulum glycoprotein with an early developmental expression pattern.

    Nathalie Petit;Alain Lescure;Mathieu Rederstorff;Alain Krol

  • Changing the RNA polymerase specificity of U snRNA gene promoters.

    Iain W. Mattaj;Nina A. Dathan;Huw D. Parry;Philippe Carbon

  • Selenoprotein synthesis: UGA does not end the story.

    C. Allmang;A. Krol

  • Spatial and temporal expression patterns of selenoprotein genes during embryogenesis in zebrafish.

    Christine Thisse;Agnès Degrave;Gregory V. Kryukov;Vadim N. Gladyshev

  • Nucleotide sequences of nuclear U1A RNAs from chicken, rat and man

    Christiane Branlant;Alain Krol;Jean-Pierre Ebel;Eliane Lazar

  • Evolutionarily different RNA motifs and RNA-protein complexes to achieve selenoprotein synthesis.

    Alain Krol

  • The selenocysteine incorporation machinery: interactions between the SECIS RNA and the SECIS-binding protein SBP2.

    Julia E. Fletcher;Paul R. Copeland;Donna M. Driscoll;Alain Krol

  • Reconsidering the evolution of eukaryotic selenoproteins: a novel nonmammalian family with scattered phylogenetic distribution

    Sergi Castellano;Sergey V Novoselov;Gregory V Kryukov;Alain Lescure

  • Diversity and functional plasticity of eukaryotic selenoproteins: Identification and characterization of the SelJ family

    Sergi Castellano;Alexey V. Lobanov;Charles Chapple;Sergey V. Novoselov

  • Xenopus tropicalis U6 snRNA genes transcribed by Pol III contain the upstream promoter elements used by Pol II dependent U snRNA genes.

    Alain Krol;Philippe Carbon;Jean-pierre Ebel;Bernd Appel

  • An essential non-Watson-Crick base pair motif in 3'UTR to mediate selenoprotein translation.

    Robert Walczak;Philippe Carbon;Alain Krol

  • Staf, a promiscuous activator for enhanced transcription by RNA polymerases II and III

    Myriam Schaub;Evelyne Myslinski;Catherine Schuster;Alain Krol

Frequent Co-Authors

Christiane Branlant
Christiane Branlant University of Lorraine
Jean-Pierre Ebel
Jean-Pierre Ebel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pascale Guicheney
Pascale Guicheney Sorbonne University
Eric Westhof
Eric Westhof University of Strasbourg
Vadim N. Gladyshev
Vadim N. Gladyshev Brigham and Women's Hospital
Reinhard Lührmann
Reinhard Lührmann Max Planck Society
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University
Gregory V. Kryukov
Gregory V. Kryukov Broad Institute
Iain W. Mattaj
Iain W. Mattaj Human Technopole
Daniel Gautheret
Daniel Gautheret University of Paris-Saclay

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