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Best Female Scientists 109 944 901 28 28 390 39950
Genetics 110 540 516 10 9 337 39534

Christine Petit publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Christine Petit between 1976 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Christine Petit published across 51 years, from 1976 to 2026, averaging 8.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2019. 6 of the 412 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1976 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2019. 1976: 2 publications 1977: 3 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 4 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 12 publications 1994: 9 publications 1995: 11 publications 1996: 10 publications 1997: 15 publications 1998: 17 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 18 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 4 publications 2026: 2 publications
1976 2026

412 publications in total across all disciplines

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Christine Petit: publications per year, 1976 to 2026
Year Publications
1976 2
1977 3
1978 1
1979 1
1980 0
1981 1
1982 2
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 1
1987 4
1988 1
1989 2
1990 6
1991 5
1992 5
1993 12
1994 9
1995 11
1996 10
1997 15
1998 17
1999 11
2000 18
2001 11
2002 14
2003 17
2004 14
2005 16
2006 8
2007 6
2008 9
2009 13
2010 11
2011 8
2012 8
2013 11
2014 11
2015 13
2016 15
2017 13
2018 9
2019 20
2020 9
2021 10
2022 7
2023 7
2024 8
2025 4
2026 2
Total 412
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Christine Petit 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 Christine Petit sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200
Bar chart with 67 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 45–54 to 703+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 217. Most scientists, 217, have 125–134 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 335–344 publications, is where this scientist sits. 45–54 publications: 6 scientists 55–64 publications: 10 scientists 65–74 publications: 35 scientists 75–84 publications: 84 scientists 85–94 publications: 102 scientists 95–104 publications: 151 scientists 105–114 publications: 175 scientists 115–124 publications: 203 scientists 125–134 publications: 217 scientists 135–144 publications: 205 scientists 145–154 publications: 193 scientists 155–164 publications: 188 scientists 165–174 publications: 170 scientists 175–184 publications: 178 scientists 185–194 publications: 164 scientists 195–204 publications: 173 scientists 205–214 publications: 159 scientists 215–224 publications: 134 scientists 225–234 publications: 143 scientists 235–244 publications: 105 scientists 245–254 publications: 114 scientists 255–264 publications: 92 scientists 265–274 publications: 88 scientists 275–284 publications: 87 scientists 285–294 publications: 80 scientists 295–304 publications: 62 scientists 305–314 publications: 75 scientists 315–324 publications: 67 scientists 325–334 publications: 60 scientists 335–344 publications: 52 scientists 345–354 publications: 40 scientists 355–364 publications: 48 scientists 365–374 publications: 47 scientists 375–384 publications: 46 scientists 385–394 publications: 31 scientists 395–404 publications: 27 scientists 405–414 publications: 40 scientists 415–424 publications: 30 scientists 425–434 publications: 43 scientists 435–444 publications: 29 scientists 445–454 publications: 14 scientists 455–464 publications: 28 scientists 465–474 publications: 21 scientists 475–484 publications: 21 scientists 485–494 publications: 22 scientists 495–504 publications: 17 scientists 505–514 publications: 12 scientists 515–524 publications: 11 scientists 525–534 publications: 8 scientists 535–544 publications: 8 scientists 545–554 publications: 14 scientists 555–564 publications: 4 scientists 565–574 publications: 11 scientists 575–584 publications: 5 scientists 585–594 publications: 11 scientists 595–604 publications: 12 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 6 scientists 625–634 publications: 10 scientists 635–644 publications: 9 scientists 645–654 publications: 10 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 6 scientists 675–684 publications: 6 scientists 685–694 publications: 4 scientists 695–702 publications: 6 scientists 703+ publications: 100 scientists
45–54 publications 703+

This scientist: 337 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
45–54 6
55–64 10
65–74 35
75–84 84
85–94 102
95–104 151
105–114 175
115–124 203
125–134 217
135–144 205
145–154 193
155–164 188
165–174 170
175–184 178
185–194 164
195–204 173
205–214 159
215–224 134
225–234 143
235–244 105
245–254 114
255–264 92
265–274 88
275–284 87
285–294 80
295–304 62
305–314 75
315–324 67
325–334 60
335–344 52 337
345–354 40
355–364 48
365–374 47
375–384 46
385–394 31
395–404 27
405–414 40
415–424 30
425–434 43
435–444 29
445–454 14
455–464 28
465–474 21
475–484 21
485–494 22
495–504 17
505–514 12
515–524 11
525–534 8
535–544 8
545–554 14
555–564 4
565–574 11
575–584 5
585–594 11
595–604 12
605–614 7
615–624 6
625–634 10
635–644 9
645–654 10
655–664 6
665–674 6
675–684 6
685–694 4
695–702 6
703+ 100
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Christine Petit 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 Christine Petit sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 160+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 191. Most scientists, 191, have 62–63 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 110–111 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40–41 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 110 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Genetics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 4,342 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 24
42–43 52
44–45 84
46–47 112
48–49 118
50–51 141
52–53 143
54–55 145
56–57 179
58–59 162
60–61 175
62–63 191
64–65 172
66–67 184
68–69 164
70–71 158
72–73 150
74–75 136
76–77 127
78–79 127
80–81 111
82–83 110
84–85 110
86–87 84
88–89 102
90–91 66
92–93 72
94–95 70
96–97 54
98–99 60
100–101 49
102–103 55
104–105 45
106–107 42
108–109 28
110–111 39 110
112–113 25
114–115 31
116–117 29
118–119 34
120–121 29
122–123 29
124–125 18
126–127 27
128–129 22
130–131 16
132–133 11
134–135 17
136–137 12
138–139 21
140–141 4
142–143 9
144–145 14
146–147 6
148–149 10
150–151 7
152–153 9
154–155 8
156–157 8
158–159 9
160+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Christine Petit is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology and Sensory Systems. Other subfields include Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cell Biology.

Their work covers a range of topics, particularly in hearing and auditory science, including Genetics, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Vestibular and Auditory Disorders, and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation. Additional emphasis is given to RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA regulation and disease, as well as biochemical analysis and sensing techniques.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Christine Petit include Crystel Bonnet, Nicolas Michalski, Amrit Singh-Estivalet, Fabrice Giraudet, and Paul Avan.

The scholar has published multiple articles in notable venues, including Molecular Biology Reports, L'annuaire du Collège de France, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports, and médecine/sciences.

Recent publications by Christine Petit include:

  • Deafness: from genetic architecture to gene therapy, 2023, Nature Reviews Genetics

Other papers related to their field of study, though authored mainly by other researchers, provide context for their research environment and interests:

  • Single-cell transcriptomic profiling of the mouse cochlea: An atlas for targeted therapies, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ultrarare heterozygous pathogenic variants of genes causing dominant forms of early-onset deafness underlie severe presbycusis, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The SNARE protein SNAP-25 is required for normal exocytosis at auditory hair cell ribbon synapses, 2022, iScience
  • Central auditory deficits associated with genetic forms of peripheral deafness, 2021, Human Genetics

Christine Petit's recognitions include memberships in prestigious organizations such as the National Academy of Sciences and Academia Europaea, received in 2016 and 1999 respectively.

Best Publications

  • Defective myosin VIIA gene responsible for Usher syndrome type 1B

    Dominique Well;Stéphane Blanchard;Josseline Kaplan;Parry Guilford

  • KCNQ4, a Novel Potassium Channel Expressed in Sensory Outer Hair Cells, Is Mutated in Dominant Deafness

    Christian Kubisch;Björn C Schroeder;Thomas Friedrich;Björn Lütjohann

  • A novel mutation in the potassium channel gene KVLQT1 causes the Jervell and Lange-Nielsen cardioauditory syndrome

    Nathalie Neyroud;Frédérique Tesson;Isabelle Denjoy;Michel Leibovici

  • Loss-of-function mutations in FGFR1 cause autosomal dominant Kallmann syndrome.

    Catherine Dodé;Jacqueline Levilliers;Jean-Michel Dupont;Anne De Paepe

  • Prelingual Deafness: High Prevalence of a 30delG Mutation in the Connexin 26 Gene

    Françoise Denoyelle;Dominique Weil;Marion A. Maw;Stephen A. Wilcox

  • Otoferlin, Defective in a Human Deafness Form, Is Essential for Exocytosis at the Auditory Ribbon Synapse

    Isabelle Roux;Saaid Safieddine;Régis Nouvian;M'hamed Grati;M'hamed Grati

  • The candidate gene for the X-linked Kallmann syndrome encodes a protein related to adhesion molecules

    Renaud Legouis;Jean-Pierre Hardelin;Jacqueline Levilliers;Jean-Michel Claverie

  • A human homologue of the Drosophila eyes absent gene underlies Branchio-Oto-Renal (BOR) syndrome and identifies a novel gene family

    Abdelhak S;Kalatzis;Heilig R;Compain S

  • A mutation in OTOF, encoding otoferlin, a FER-1-like protein, causes DFNB9, a nonsyndromic form of deafness

    Shin'ichiro Yasunaga;M'hamed Grati;Martine Cohen-Salmon;Aziz El-Amraoui

  • Clinical features of the prevalent form of childhood deafness, DFNB1, due to a connexin-26 gene defect: implications for genetic counselling.

    Francoise Denoyelle;Sandrine Marlin;Dominique Weil;Lucien Moatti

  • Kallmann syndrome: mutations in the genes encoding prokineticin-2 and prokineticin receptor-2.

    Catherine Dodé;Luis Teixeira;Jacqueline Levilliers;Corinne Fouveaut

  • Targeted ablation of connexin26 in the inner ear epithelial gap junction network causes hearing impairment and cell death.

    Martine Cohen-Salmon;Thomas Ott;Vincent Michel;Jean Pierre Hardelin

  • KCNQ4, a K+ channel mutated in a form of dominant deafness, is expressed in the inner ear and the central auditory pathway

    Tatjana Kharkovets;Jean-Pierre Hardelin;Saaid Safieddine;Michaela Schweizer

  • A defect in harmonin, a PDZ domain-containing protein expressed in the inner ear sensory hair cells, underlies Usher syndrome type 1C.

    Elisabeth Verpy;Michel Leibovici;Ingrid Zwaenepoel;Xue Zhong Liu

  • Myosin VIIa, harmonin and cadherin 23, three Usher I gene products that cooperate to shape the sensory hair cell bundle

    Batiste Boëda;Aziz El‐Amraoui;Amel Bahloul;Richard Goodyear

  • The autosomal recessive isolated deafness, DFNB2, and the Usher 1B syndrome are allelic defects of the myosin-VIIA gene.

    Dominique Weil;Polonca Küssel;Stéphane Blanchard;Gallia Lévy

  • SIX1 mutations cause branchio-oto-renal syndrome by disruption of EYA1-SIX1-DNA complexes.

    Rainer G. Ruf;Pin-Xian Xu;Derek Silvius;Edgar A. Otto

  • A novel deletion involving the connexin-30 gene, del(GJB6-d13s1854), found in trans with mutations in the GJB2 gene (connexin-26) in subjects with DFNB1 non-syndromic hearing impairment

    F. J. Del Castillo;M. Rodriguez-Ballesteros;A. Alvarez;T. Hutchin

  • Molecular Genetics of Hearing Loss

    Christine Petit;Jacqueline Levilliers;Jean-Pierre Hardelin

  • Connexin30 (Gjb6)-deficiency causes severe hearing impairment and lack of endocochlear potential

    Barbara Teubner;Vincent Michel;Jörg Pesch;Jürgen Lautermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Weil
Dominique Weil Institut Pasteur
Paul Avan
Paul Avan University of Clermont Auvergne
Jean Weissenbach
Jean Weissenbach Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
José-Alain Sahel
José-Alain Sahel University of Pittsburgh
Guy P. Richardson
Guy P. Richardson University of Sussex
Albert David
Albert David University of Nantes
Hélène Dollfus
Hélène Dollfus University of Strasbourg
Didier Lacombe
Didier Lacombe University of Bordeaux
Parry Guilford
Parry Guilford University of Otago

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