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Delphine Héron

Delphine Héron

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
18791
World Ranking
6963
National Ranking
220

Medicine

D-Index
70
Citations
18870
World Ranking
20083
National Ranking
678

Delphine Héron 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 Delphine Héron sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 247 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Delphine Héron 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 Delphine Héron sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Delphine Héron is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France. Their research focuses primarily on genetics and molecular biology within the context of neurodevelopmental and rare disorders.

The scientist's main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 102 publications and Medicine with 51 publications. Within these areas, notable subfields of study are Genetics (72 publications), Molecular Biology (32 publications), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (14 publications), Surgery (12 publications), and Cognitive Neuroscience (4 publications).

Key topics covered in their research comprise:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders

Delphine Héron has contributed to a series of publications in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Medical Genetics
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • European Journal of Medical Genetics
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics

Significant recent papers by Delphine Héron include:

  • Evaluation of DNA Methylation Episignatures for Diagnosis and Phenotype Correlations in 42 Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Phenotypic Spectrum and Genomics of Undiagnosed Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, 2021, Journal of Medical Genetics
  • Variants in the Degron of AFF3 Are Associated with Intellectual Disability, Mesomelic Dysplasia, Horseshoe Kidney, and Epileptic Encephalopathy, 2021, The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Effects of Eight Neuropsychiatric Copy Number Variants on Human Brain Structure, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • Systematic Analysis and Prediction of Genes Associated with Monogenic Disorders on Human Chromosome X, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborations have been established with coauthors including:

  • Boris Keren (26 coauthored works)
  • Solveig Heide (25 coauthored works)
  • Sylvie Odent (24 coauthored works)
  • Cyril Mignot (22 coauthored works)
  • Laurence Faivre (19 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the gene encoding the synaptic scaffolding protein SHANK3 are associated with autism spectrum disorders.

    Christelle M Durand;Catalina Betancur;Tobias M Boeckers;Juergen Bockmann

  • Characterization of a Germ-Line Deletion, Including the Entire INK4/ARF Locus, in a Melanoma-Neural System Tumor Family: Identification of ANRIL, an Antisense Noncoding RNA Whose Expression Coclusters with ARF

    Eric Pasmant;Ingrid Laurendeau;Delphine Héron;Michel Vidaud

  • Meta-analysis of SHANK Mutations in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Gradient of Severity in Cognitive Impairments

    Claire S. Leblond;Caroline Nava;Anne Polge;Julie Gauthier

  • Germline KRAS and BRAF mutations in cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome

    Tetsuya Niihori;Yoko Aoki;Yoko Narumi;Giovanni Neri

  • Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11.2 locus

    Sébastien Jacquemont;Alexandre Reymond;Flore Zufferey;Louise Harewood

  • Specific genetic disorders and autism: clinical contribution towards their identification.

    David Cohen;Nadège Pichard;Sylvie Tordjman;Clarisse Baumann

  • Array‐based comparative genomic hybridisation identifies high frequency of cryptic chromosomal rearrangements in patients with syndromic autism spectrum disorders

    M-L Jacquemont;D Sanlaville;R Redon;O Raoul

  • Exome Sequencing Reveals De Novo WDR45 Mutations Causing a Phenotypically Distinct, X-Linked Dominant Form of NBIA

    Tobias B. Haack;Penelope Hogarth;Michael C. Kruer;Allison Gregory

  • A 600 kb deletion syndrome at 16p11.2 leads to energy imbalance and neuropsychiatric disorders

    Flore Zufferey;Elliott H. Sherr;Noam D. Beckmann;Ellen Hanson

  • Key clinical features to identify girls with CDKL5 mutations

    Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Juliette Nectoux;Juliette Nectoux;Haydeé Rosas-Vargas;Haydeé Rosas-Vargas;Mathieu Milh

  • Cardio-facio-cutaneous and Noonan syndromes due to mutations in the RAS/MAPK signalling pathway: genotype–phenotype relationships and overlap with Costello syndrome

    Caroline Nava;Nadine Hanna;Caroline Michot;Sabrina Pereira

  • Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration: a new X-linked dominant disorder with brain iron accumulation

    Susan J. Hayflick;Michael C. Kruer;Allison Gregory;Tobias B. Haack

  • Mutation update for the CSB/ERCC6 and CSA/ERCC8 genes involved in Cockayne syndrome.

    V. Laugel;C. Dalloz;M. Durand;F. Sauvanaud

  • AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders

    Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Christine L Dixon;Hui Guo;Hui Guo;Oscar D Bello

  • The three stages of epilepsy in patients with CDKL5 mutations.

    Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Anna Kaminska;Anna Kaminska;Nathalie Boddaert;Nathalie Boddaert;Marlène Rio

  • Genetic and neurodevelopmental spectrum of SYNGAP1-associated intellectual disability and epilepsy

    Cyril Mignot;Celina von Stülpnagel;Caroline Nava;Dorothée Ville

  • Delineating the GRIN1 phenotypic spectrum: A distinct genetic NMDA receptor encephalopathy

    Johannes R. Lemke;Kirsten Geider;Katherine L. Helbig;Henrike O. Heyne

  • PIK3R1 Mutations Cause Syndromic Insulin Resistance with Lipoatrophy

    Christel Thauvin-Robinet;Martine Auclair;Laurence Duplomb;Martine Caron-Debarle

  • Clinical, molecular, and genotype–phenotype correlation studies from 25 cases of oral–facial–digital syndrome type 1: a French and Belgian collaborative study

    C Thauvin-Robinet;M Cossée;V Cormier-Daire;L Van Maldergem

  • Involvement of hyperprolinemia in cognitive and psychiatric features of the 22q11 deletion syndrome

    Grégory Raux;Emilie Bumsel;Bernadette Hecketsweiler;Therese van Amelsvoort

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline Nava
Caroline Nava Université Paris Cité
Christel Depienne
Christel Depienne Essen University Hospital
Valérie Cormier-Daire
Valérie Cormier-Daire Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Alain Verloes
Alain Verloes Université Paris Cité
Didier Lacombe
Didier Lacombe University of Bordeaux
Annick Toutain
Annick Toutain François Rabelais University
Arnold Munnich
Arnold Munnich Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Lydie Burglen
Lydie Burglen Hôpital Armand-Trousseau
Sylvie Odent
Sylvie Odent University of Rennes

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