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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Ecology and Evolution 37 6768 6538 306 302 83 8132

Colin Fontaine publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Colin Fontaine between 2005 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Colin Fontaine published across 22 years, from 2005 to 2026, averaging 5.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2022. 9 of the 116 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2022. 2005: 2 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 5 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 8 publications 2026: 1 publication
2005 2026

116 publications in total across all disciplines

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Colin Fontaine: publications per year, 2005 to 2026
Year Publications
2005 2
2006 2
2007 0
2008 3
2009 1
2010 5
2011 3
2012 4
2013 4
2014 3
2015 5
2016 6
2017 7
2018 6
2019 9
2020 5
2021 10
2022 16
2023 7
2024 9
2025 8
2026 1
Total 116
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Colin Fontaine 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 Colin Fontaine sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 531+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 333. Most scientists, 333, have 97–101 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 82–86 publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 531+

This scientist: 83 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 2
42–46 9
47–51 10
52–56 31
57–61 56
62–66 91
67–71 92
72–76 127
77–81 173
82–86 236 83
87–91 227
92–96 240
97–101 333
102–106 280
107–111 300
112–116 285
117–121 305
122–126 287
127–131 278
132–136 289
137–141 273
142–146 262
147–151 246
152–156 235
157–161 205
162–166 199
167–171 174
172–176 164
177–181 173
182–186 189
187–191 170
192–196 139
197–201 128
202–206 117
207–211 115
212–216 107
217–221 124
222–226 81
227–231 82
232–236 85
237–241 75
242–246 66
247–251 81
252–256 69
257–261 70
262–266 55
267–271 64
272–276 49
277–281 48
282–286 44
287–291 45
292–296 36
297–301 39
302–306 38
307–311 30
312–316 34
317–321 25
322–326 22
327–331 28
332–336 30
337–341 22
342–346 30
347–351 26
352–356 22
357–361 29
362–366 21
367–371 12
372–376 18
377–381 17
382–386 13
387–391 21
392–396 13
397–401 10
402–406 15
407–411 8
412–416 9
417–421 8
422–426 4
427–431 10
432–436 10
437–441 5
442–446 4
447–451 10
452–456 2
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 7
472–476 6
477–481 6
482–486 3
487–491 3
492–496 4
497–501 4
502–506 8
507–511 5
512–516 4
517–521 5
522–526 4
527–530 5
531+ 100
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Colin Fontaine 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 Colin Fontaine sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 92 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 121+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 280. Most scientists, 280, have 40 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 37 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 95
31 123
32 191
33 245
34 252
35 244
36 249
37 244 37
38 254
39 254
40 280
41 274
42 266
43 233
44 248
45 208
46 201
47 213
48 207
49 172
50 209
51 199
52 153
53 169
54 163
55 148
56 120
57 146
58 137
59 140
60 104
61 119
62 118
63 99
64 77
65 100
66 86
67 83
68 75
69 94
70 57
71 68
72 59
73 63
74 66
75 60
76 42
77 49
78 39
79 37
80 43
81 41
82 45
83 34
84 40
85 35
86 55
87 24
88 24
89 30
90 23
91 25
92 27
93 27
94 13
95 23
96 12
97 14
98 19
99 16
100 14
101 5
102 21
103 16
104 10
105 7
106 7
107 7
108 6
109 9
110 11
111 12
112 9
113 7
114 3
115 8
116 5
117 11
118 4
119 2
120 5
121+ 100
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Overview

Colin Fontaine is affiliated with the French National Centre for Scientific Research in France. Their research spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Ecological Modeling; Genetics; Ecology; and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work covers several main topics including Plant and animal studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and the Impact of Light on Environment and Health.

Fontaine's recent publications include:

  • Urbanization and agricultural intensification destabilize animal communities differently than diversity loss (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Not just honeybees: predatory habits of Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in France (2021), published in Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S )
  • Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • Long-term effects of global change on occupancy and flight period of wild bees in Belgium (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • Relative effects of anthropogenic pressures, climate, and sampling design on the structure of pollination networks at the global scale (2020), published in Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors of Fontaine include Élisa Thébault, Marianne Élias, Emmanuelle Porcher, François Duchenne, and Maël Doré. The collaboration counts range from 8 to 19 publications with these colleagues.

Frequently chosen venues for their publications encompass Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Global Change Biology, and Ecology Letters.

Best Publications

  • Stability of Ecological Communities and the Architecture of Mutualistic and Trophic Networks

    Elisa Thébault;Elisa Thébault;Colin Fontaine;Colin Fontaine

  • Functional diversity of plant-pollinator interaction webs enhances the persistence of plant communities.

    Colin Fontaine;Isabelle Dajoz;Jacques Meriguet;Michel Loreau;Michel Loreau

  • Ecophylogenetics: advances and perspectives.

    Nicolas Mouquet;Vincent Devictor;Christine N. Meynard;Francois Munoz

  • Artificial light at night as a new threat to pollination

    Eva Knop;Leana Zoller;Remo Ryser;Christopher Gerpe

  • The ecological and evolutionary implications of merging different types of networks

    Colin Fontaine;Paulo R. Guimarães;Sonia Kéfi;Nicolas Loeuille;Nicolas Loeuille

  • Large-scale trade-off between agricultural intensification and crop pollination services

    Nicolas Deguines;Clémentine Jono;Mathilde Baude;Mathilde Baude;Mickaël Henry

  • Advancing our understanding of ecological stability.

    Sonia Kéfi;Virginia Domínguez-García;Ian Donohue;Colin Fontaine

  • Generalist foraging of pollinators: diet expansion at high density

    Colin Fontaine;Colin Fontaine;Carine L. Collin;Isabelle Dajoz

  • Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions

    Benoît Geslin;Benoit Gauzens;Mathilde Baude;Isabelle Dajoz

  • Functional homogenization of flower visitor communities with urbanization.

    Nicolas Deguines;Nicolas Deguines;Romain Julliard;Mathieu de Flores;Colin Fontaine

  • Structure–stability relationships in networks combining mutualistic and antagonistic interactions

    Alix M. C. Sauve;Colin Fontaine;Elisa Thébault

  • The Whereabouts of Flower Visitors: Contrasting Land-Use Preferences Revealed by a Country-Wide Survey Based on Citizen Science

    Nicolas Deguines;Romain Julliard;Mathieu de Flores;Colin Fontaine

  • New Species in the Old World: Europe as a Frontier in Biodiversity Exploration, a Test Bed for 21st Century Taxonomy

    Benoît Fontaine;Kees van Achterberg;Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga;Rafael Araujo

  • Wild pollinator activity negatively related to honey bee colony densities in urban context

    Lise Ropars;Lise Ropars;Isabelle Dajoz;Colin Fontaine;Audrey Muratet

  • Which 2 : 1 clay minerals are involved in the soil potassium reservoir? Insights from potassium addition or removal experiments on three temperate grassland soil clay assemblages

    Pierre Barré;Pierre Barré;Bruce Velde;Colin Fontaine;Colin Fontaine;Nicole Catel

  • Are insect pollinators more generalist than insect herbivores

    Colin Fontaine;Elisa Thébault;Isabelle Dajoz

  • Altitudinal, temporal and trophic partitioning of flower-visitors in Alpine communities.

    Vincent Lefebvre;Claire Villemant;Colin Fontaine;Christophe Daugeron

  • Phenological shifts alter the seasonal structure of pollinator assemblages in Europe

    François Duchenne;E. Thébault;D Michez;M Elias

  • How plants connect pollination and herbivory networks and their contribution to community stability.

    Alix Marianne Carine Sauve;Elisa Thébault;Michael J. O. Pocock;Colin Fontaine

  • 10 years later: Revisiting priorities for science and society a decade after the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

    Christian Mulder;Elena M. Bennett;David A. Bohan;Michael Bonkowski

  • REVIEW A ND SYNTHESIS The ecological and evolutionary implications of merging different types of networks

    Colin Fontaine;R Paulo;Jane Memmott

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisa Thébault
Elisa Thébault Sorbonne University
Romain Julliard
Romain Julliard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jane Memmott
Jane Memmott University of Bristol
Hendrik Segers
Hendrik Segers Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Louis Deharveng
Louis Deharveng French National Museum of Natural History
Henrik Enghoff
Henrik Enghoff University of Copenhagen
Mark S. Harvey
Mark S. Harvey Australian Museum
Maria Balsamo
Maria Balsamo University of Urbino
David A. Bohan
David A. Bohan INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Ruud A. Bank
Ruud A. Bank University Medical Center Groningen

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