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D-Index
44
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14600
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4953
National Ranking
224

Christophe J. Douady publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christophe J. Douady sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 99 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Christophe J. Douady D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christophe J. Douady sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christophe J. Douady is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research spans across Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields including Ecology, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, such as:

  • Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

They have authored papers in various publication venues, notably including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers associated with Christophe J. Douady include:

  • "Fragmentation promotes the role of dispersal in determining intermittent headwater stream metacommunities," 2020, Freshwater Biology
  • "Duplication and Specialization of NUDX1 in Rosaceae Led to Geraniol Production in Rose Petals," 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "The global genetic diversity of planktonic foraminifera reveals the structure of cryptic speciation in plankton," 2024, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Renewal of planktonic foraminifera diversity after the Cretaceous Paleogene mass extinction by benthic colonizers," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Trophic selectivity in aquatic isopods increases with the availability of resources," 2020, Functional Ecology

Christophe J. Douady has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Florian Malard
  • Nathanaëlle Saclier
  • Tristan Lefébure
  • Lara Konecny-Dupré
  • David Eme

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, with one known title published by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: "Tout comprendre (ou presque) sur l'eau" (2024).

Best Publications

  • A High-Resolution Absolute-Dated Late Pleistocene Monsoon Record from Hulu Cave, China

    Y. J. Wang;Y. J. Wang;H Cheng;R. L. Edwards;Z. S. An

  • Resolution of the early placental mammal radiation using Bayesian phylogenetics

    William J. Murphy;Eduardo Eizirik;Eduardo Eizirik;Stephen J. O'Brien;Ole Madsen

  • Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals

    Ole Madsen;Mark Scally;Mark Scally;Christophe J. Douady;Christophe J. Douady;Diana J. Kao

  • Comparison of Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Bootstrap Measures of Phylogenetic Reliability

    Christophe J. Douady;Frédéric Delsuc;Yan Boucher;W. Ford Doolittle

  • Relationship between morphological taxonomy and molecular divergence within Crustacea: proposal of a molecular threshold to help species delimitation.

    T. Lefébure;Christophe Douady;M. Gouy;Janine Gibert

  • Lateral gene transfer and the origins of prokaryotic groups.

    Boucher Y;Douady Cj;Papke Rt;Walsh Da

  • Universal trees based on large combined protein sequence data sets

    James R. Brown;Christophe J. Douady;Michael J. Italia;William E. Marshall

  • A molecular test for cryptic diversity in ground water: how large are the ranges of macro-stygobionts?

    Peter Trontelj;Christophe J. Douady;Cene Fišer;Janine Gibert

  • How big is the iceberg of which organellar genes in nuclear genomes are but the tip

    W F Doolittle;Y Boucher;C L Nesbø;C L Nesbø;C J Douady

  • Phylogeography of a subterranean amphipod reveals cryptic diversity and dynamic evolution in extreme environments.

    T. Lefébure;C. J. Douady;M. Gouy;P. Trontelj

  • Horizontal gene transfer and phylogenetics.

    Hervé Philippe;Christophe J Douady

  • Mitochondrial Versus Nuclear Gene Sequences in Deep-Level Mammalian Phylogeny Reconstruction

    Mark S. Springer;Ronald W. DeBry;Christophe Douady;Heather M. Amrine

  • Plant resistance to mechanical stress: evidence of an avoidance-tolerance trade-off.

    Sara Puijalon;Tjeerd J. Bouma;Christophe J. Douady;Christophe J. Douady;Jan van Groenendael

  • Molecular phylogenetic evidence refuting the hypothesis of Batoidea (rays and skates) as derived sharks

    Christophe J. Douady;Miné Dosay;Mahmood S. Shivji;Michael J. Stanhope

  • The Sahara as a vicariant agent, and the role of Miocene climatic events, in the diversification of the mammalian order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)

    Christophe J. Douady;François Catzeflis;Jaishree Raman;Mark S. Springer

  • Testing dispersal and cryptic diversity in a widely distributed groundwater amphipod (Niphargus rhenorhodanensis).

    T. Lefébure;C.J. Douady;F. Malard;J. Gibert

  • A streamlined, bi-organelle, multiplex PCR approach to species identification: Application to global conservation and trade monitoring of the great white shark,Carcharodon carcharias

    Demian D. Chapman;Debra L. Abercrombie;Christophe J. Douady;Ellen K. Pikitch

  • Intragenomic Heterogeneity and Intergenomic Recombination among Haloarchaeal rRNA Genes

    Yan Boucher;Christophe J. Douady;Adrian K. Sharma;Masahiro Kamekura

  • Molecular phylogenetic evidence confirming the Eulipotyphla concept and in support of hedgehogs as the sister group to shrews

    Christophe J. Douady;Pascale I. Chatelier;Ole Madsen;Wilfried W. de Jong

  • Molecular estimation of eulipotyphlan divergence times and the evolution of "Insectivora".

    Christophe J Douady;Emmanuel J.P Douzery

  • Scent evolution in Chinese roses.

    Gabriel Scalliet;Florence Piola;Christophe Jean Douady;Stephane Rety

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Malard
Florian Malard Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Michael J. Stanhope
Michael J. Stanhope Cornell University
Mark S. Springer
Mark S. Springer University of California, Riverside
Ole Madsen
Ole Madsen Wageningen University & Research
Wilfried W. de Jong
Wilfried W. de Jong Radboud University
Janine Gibert
Janine Gibert Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Frédéric Quillévéré
Frédéric Quillévéré Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Laurent Duret
Laurent Duret Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Gilles Escarguel
Gilles Escarguel Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University

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