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Brigitte Courtois

Brigitte Courtois

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
60
Citations
11886
World Ranking
3171
National Ranking
155

Brigitte Courtois publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brigitte Courtois sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 170 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Brigitte Courtois D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brigitte Courtois sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brigitte Courtois is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in the fields of plant science, genetics, environmental chemistry, and soil science.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including rice cultivation and yield improvement, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, GABA and rice research, plant responses to water stress, arsenic contamination and mitigation, irrigation practices and water management, and plant stress responses and tolerance.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brigitte Courtois include Stefano Monaco, Julien Frouin, Nourollah Ahmadi, Nicole Cochrane, and Viktoria Oliver.

Some of the recent papers by this researcher are:

  • Effects of the application of a moderate alternate wetting and drying technique on the performance of different European varieties in Northern Italy rice system, 2021, Field Crops Research
  • Multiple environmental benefits of alternate wetting and drying irrigation system with limited yield impact on European rice cultivation: The Ebre Delta case, 2021, Agricultural Water Management
  • Integrative Approach for Precise Genotyping and Transcriptomics of Salt Tolerant Introgression Rice Lines, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Marker-Assisted Introgression of the Salinity Tolerance Locus Saltol in Temperate Japonica Rice, 2023, Rice
  • Genomic selection for salinity tolerance in japonica rice, 2023, PLoS ONE

Brigitte Courtois has published work in several scientific journals and venues, with multiple publications recorded in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), as well as contributions to Field Crops Research, Agricultural Water Management, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Rice.

Best Publications

  • A genome-wide meta-analysis of rice blast resistance genes and quantitative trait loci provides new insights into partial and complete resistance.

    Elsa Ballini;Jean-Benoit Morel;Gaëtan Droc;Adam H. Price

  • Mapping genes controlling root morphology and root distribution in a double-haploid population of rice

    R. Yadav;Brigitte Courtois;N. Huang;Graham McLaren

  • Genetic control of root development in rice, the model cereal

    Yoan Coudert;Christophe Périn;Brigitte Courtois;Ngan Giang Khong

  • QTL x environment interactions in rice. I. heading date and plant height.

    Z. K. Li;S. B. Yu;S. B. Yu;H. R. Lafitte;N. Huang

  • Identification of QTL for growth- and grain yield-related traits in rice across nine locations of Asia

    Shailaja Hittalmani;Ning Huang;Brigitte Courtois;R. Venuprasad

  • Improving crop competitive ability using allelopathy — an example from rice

    M. Olofsdotter;L.B. Jensen;Brigitte Courtois

  • A combined RFLP-SSR-AFLP map of tetraploid cotton based on a Gossypium hirsutum x Gossypium barbadense backcross population.

    Jean-Marc Lacape;Trung-Bieu Nguyen;Sandra Thibivilliers;B. Bojinov

  • Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Root Traits in a Japonica Rice Panel

    Brigitte Courtois;Alain Audebert;Audrey Dardou;Sandrine Roques

  • Rice Root Genetic Architecture: Meta-analysis from a Drought QTL Database

    Brigitte Courtois;Nourollah Ahmadi;Farhkanda S. Khowaja;Adam H. Price

  • Evaluation of near-isogenic lines of rice introgressed with QTLs for root depth through marker-aided selection

    L. Shen;Brigitte Courtois;Kenneth L. McNally;S. Robin

  • Developing rice cultivars for high-fertility upland systems in the Asian tropics

    G.N. Atlin;H.R. Lafitte;D. Tao;M. Laza

  • Mapping QTLs associated with drought avoidance in upland rice

    Brigitte Courtois;Graham McLaren;P.K. Sinha;K. Prasad

  • Yield response to water deficit in an upland rice mapping population: associations among traits and genetic markers.

    H. R. Lafitte;Adam Huw Price;B. Courtois

  • QTL Analysis of Cotton Fiber Quality Using Multiple Gossypium hirsutum × Gossypium barbadense Backcross Generations

    Jean-Marc Lacape;Trung-Bieu Nguyen;Brigitte Courtois;Jean-Louis Belot

  • Microsatellite-based high density linkage map in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.).

    Norbert Billotte;Nicolas Marseillac;Ange-Marie Risterucci;Benjamin Adon

  • Quantitative trait loci for root-penetration ability and root thickness in rice: comparison of genetic backgrounds.

    Hong-gang Zheng;R Chandra Babu;M Safiullah Pathan;Liakat Ali

  • Mapping QTLs associated with drought resistance in rice: Progress, problems and prospects

    Adam H. Price;Brigitte Courtois

  • Locating Genes Controlling Allelopathic Effects against Barnyardgrass in Upland Rice

    Louise Friis Bach Jensen;Brigitte Courtois;Lishuang Shen;Zhikang Li

  • Genetic improvement of rice in aerobic systems: progress from yield to genes

    H.R. Lafitte;B. Courtois;M. Arraudeau

  • Mapping QTLs associated with drought avoidance in upland rice grown in the Philippines and West Africa

    Adam H. Price;John Townend;Monty P. Jones;Alain Audebert;Alain Audebert

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanuel Guiderdoni
Emmanuel Guiderdoni Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Jean-Christophe Glaszmann
Jean-Christophe Glaszmann University of Montpellier
Adam H. Price
Adam H. Price University of Aberdeen
Zhikang Li
Zhikang Li Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Henry T. Nguyen
Henry T. Nguyen University of Missouri
Michaël Dingkuhn
Michaël Dingkuhn Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Corinne Da Silva
Corinne Da Silva University of Paris-Saclay
Pietro Piffanelli
Pietro Piffanelli Parco Tecnologico Padano
David J. Bertioli
David J. Bertioli University of Georgia

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