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Fabrice Legeai

Fabrice Legeai

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Genetics 44 4245 4004 219 209 118 13320

Fabrice Legeai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Fabrice Legeai between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Fabrice Legeai published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 6.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2020. 21 of the 159 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2020. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 4 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 9 publications
2003 2025

159 publications in total across all disciplines

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Fabrice Legeai: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 4
2005 1
2006 2
2007 4
2008 3
2009 4
2010 6
2011 5
2012 6
2013 6
2014 5
2015 8
2016 7
2017 10
2018 11
2019 9
2020 16
2021 15
2022 11
2023 4
2024 12
2025 9
Total 159
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Fabrice Legeai 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 Fabrice Legeai 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, 115–124 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: 118 publications — 15th percentile

15% 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
115–124 203 118
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
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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Fabrice Legeai 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 Fabrice Legeai 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, 44–45 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: 44 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% 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 44
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
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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Overview

Fabrice Legeai is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and works primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, prominently including:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Plant and animal studies

Among the recent papers published by Fabrice Legeai are the following:

  • "Global patterns in genomic diversity underpinning the evolution of insecticide resistance in the aphid crop pest Myzus persicae," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Adaptation by copy number variation increases insecticide resistance in the fall armyworm," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "The genome sequence of the grape phylloxera provides insights into the evolution, adaptation, and invasion routes of an iconic pest," 2020, BMC Biology
  • "Chromosomal scale assembly of parasitic wasp genome reveals symbiotic virus colonization," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "Genomic architecture of endogenous ichnoviruses reveals distinct evolutionary pathways leading to virus domestication in parasitic wasps," 2020, BMC Biology

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Communications Biology
  • BMC Biology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • BMC Genomics

Fabrice Legeai works collaboratively with several co-authors, including Anthony Bretaudeau, Stéphanie Robin, Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, Nicolas Montagné, and Denis Tagu, with multiple joint publications recorded.

Best Publications

  • The grapevine genome sequence suggests ancestral hexaploidization in major angiosperm phyla.

    Olivier Jaillon;Jean Marc Aury;Benjamin Noel;Alberto Policriti

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Predotar: A tool for rapidly screening proteomes for N-terminal targeting sequences

    Ian Small;Nemo Peeters;Fabrice Legeai;Claire Lurin

  • Rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters enables a clonally reproducing aphid to colonise diverse plant species

    Thomas C. Mathers;Yazhou Chen;Gemy Kaithakottil;Fabrice Legeai;Fabrice Legeai

  • FEELnc: a tool for long non-coding RNA annotation and its application to the dog transcriptome.

    Valentin Wucher;Fabrice Legeai;Benoît Hédan;Guillaume Rizk

  • Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges

    Anaïs Gouin;Anthony Bretaudeau;Anthony Bretaudeau;Kiwoong Nam;Sylvie Gimenez

  • Study of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from wheat expressed sequence tags (ESTs)

    N. Nicot;V. Chiquet;B. Gandon;L. Amilhat

  • Extensive synteny conservation of holocentric chromosomes in Lepidoptera despite high rates of local genome rearrangements

    E. d'Alençon;H. Sezutsu;Fabrice Legeai;E. Permal

  • Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host-plant variants: two host strains or two distinct species?

    Pascaline Dumas;Pascaline Dumas;Fabrice Legeai;Claire Lemaitre;Erwan Scaon

  • An Expressed Sequence Tag collection from the male antennae of the Noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis: a resource for olfactory and pheromone detection research.

    Fabrice Legeai;Sébastien Malpel;Nicolas Montagné;Christelle Monsempes

  • Large-scale gene discovery in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera)

    Beatriz Sabater-Muñoz;Fabrice Legeai;Claude Rispe;Joël Bonhomme

  • Analysis of Virion Structural Components Reveals Vestiges of the Ancestral Ichnovirus Genome

    Anne-Nathalie Volkoff;Veronique Jouan;Serge Urbach;Sylvie Samain

  • A Comparison of the Olfactory Gene Repertoires of Adults and Larvae in the Noctuid Moth Spodoptera littoralis

    Erwan Poivet;Aurore Gallot;Nicolas Montagné;Nicolas Glaser

  • AphidBase: a centralized bioinformatic resource for annotation of the pea aphid genome

    Fabrice Legeai;Shuji Shigenobu;Shuji Shigenobu;Shuji Shigenobu;Jean-Pierre Gauthier;John Colbourne

  • Bioinformatic prediction, deep sequencing of microRNAs and expression analysis during phenotypic plasticity in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Fabrice Legeai;Guillaume Rizk;Thomas Walsh;Owain Edwards

  • Whole genome sequence of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines.

    Jacob A. Wenger;Bryan J. Cassone;Fabrice Legeai;J. Spencer Johnston

  • Large Gene Family Expansion and Variable Selective Pressures for Cathepsin B in Aphids

    Claude Rispe;Mayako Kutsukake;Vincent Doublet;Sylvie Hudaverdian

  • Genome scans reveal candidate regions involved in the adaptation to host plant in the pea aphid complex

    Jaquiéry J;Stoeckel S;Nouhaud P;Mieuzet L

  • Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of seasonal photoperiodism in the pea aphid

    G. le Trionnaire;F. Francis;S. Jaubert-Possamai;J. Bonhomme

  • Candidate chemosensory genes in female antennae of the noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis

    Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly;Fabrice Legeai;Nicolas Montagné;Christelle Monsempes

Frequent Co-Authors

Denis Tagu
Denis Tagu INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jean-Christophe Simon
Jean-Christophe Simon University of Rennes
Toni Gabaldón
Toni Gabaldón Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Jean-Marc Aury
Jean-Marc Aury University of Paris-Saclay
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Hadi Quesneville
Hadi Quesneville University of Paris-Saclay
Julie Poulain
Julie Poulain French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Joelle Amselem
Joelle Amselem INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Saskia A. Hogenhout
Saskia A. Hogenhout Norwich Research Park
Marina Marcet-Houben
Marina Marcet-Houben Barcelona Supercomputing Center

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