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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 111 522 472 65 61 279 46405
Biology and Biochemistry 111 935 829 51 48 288 46528

François Guillemot publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by François Guillemot between 1970 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. François Guillemot published across 57 years, from 1970 to 2026, averaging 5.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2006. 8 of the 309 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2006. 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 3 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 19 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 7 publications 2026: 1 publication
1970 2026

309 publications in total across all disciplines

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François Guillemot: publications per year, 1970 to 2026
Year Publications
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 1
1987 1
1988 3
1989 4
1990 2
1991 1
1992 0
1993 2
1994 3
1995 5
1996 3
1997 4
1998 3
1999 6
2000 9
2001 11
2002 7
2003 9
2004 14
2005 5
2006 19
2007 12
2008 9
2009 18
2010 14
2011 18
2012 14
2013 10
2014 11
2015 13
2016 11
2017 9
2018 7
2019 11
2020 5
2021 12
2022 6
2023 3
2024 5
2025 7
2026 1
Total 309
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François Guillemot publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where François Guillemot sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 278–287 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 279 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
258–267 176
268–277 175
278–287 125 279
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3
878–886 6
887+ 100
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François Guillemot D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where François Guillemot sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 110–111 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32
106–107 45
108–109 50
110–111 32 111
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

François Guillemot is affiliated with The Francis Crick Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on neuroscience. The main subfields of study in which they contribute include molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and neurology.

Their scientific work covers a range of topics including:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • RNA research and splicing
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics

Guillemot has published extensively, with frequent contributions in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Development, Journal of Visualized Experiments, and Cell Stem Cell.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Coordinated changes in cellular behavior ensure the lifelong maintenance of the hippocampal stem cell population, 2021, Cell Stem Cell
  • Long-term self-renewing stem cells in the adult mouse hippocampus identified by intravital imaging, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Extensive transcriptional and chromatin changes underlie astrocyte maturation in vivo and in culture, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Pioneer factor ASCL1 cooperates with the mSWI/SNF complex at distal regulatory elements to regulate human neural differentiation, 2023, Genes & Development
  • Canonical Notch signaling controls the early thymic epithelial progenitor cell state and emergence of the medullary epithelial lineage in fetal thymus development, 2020, Development

Frequent collaborators in their research include Lachlan Harris, Piero Rigo, Cristina Dias, Robert Goldstone, and Carol Schuurmans.

Best Publications

  • Proneural genes and the specification of neural cell types

    Nicolas Bertrand;Diogo S. Castro;François Guillemot

  • neurogenin3 is required for the development of the four endocrine cell lineages of the pancreas

    Gérard Gradwohl;Andrée Dierich;Marianne LeMeur;François Guillemot

  • Control of endodermal endocrine development by Hes-1.

    J Jensen;E E Pedersen;P Galante;J Hald

  • Mammalian achaete-scute homolog 1 is required for the early development of olfactory and autonomic neurons

    François Guillemot;Li Ching Lo;Jane E. Johnson;Anna Auerbach

  • Pax6 Is Required for the Multipotent State of Retinal Progenitor Cells

    Till Marquardt;Ruth Ashery-Padan;Nicole Andrejewski;Raffaella Scardigli

  • Targeted disruption of mammalian hairy and Enhancer of split homolog-1 (HES-1) leads to up-regulation of neural helix-loop-helix factors, premature neurogenesis, and severe neural tube defects.

    M Ishibashi;S L Ang;K Shiota;S Nakanishi

  • Hes1 and Hes5 as notch effectors in mammalian neuronal differentiation.

    Toshiyuki Ohtsuka;Makoto Ishibashi;Makoto Ishibashi;Gérald Gradwohl;Shigetada Nakanishi

  • Mash1 regulates neurogenesis in the ventral telencephalon.

    Simona Casarosa;Carol Fode;François Guillemot

  • A role for neural determination genes in specifying the dorsoventral identity of telencephalic neurons

    Carol Fode;Qiufu Ma;Simona Casarosa;Siew-Lan Ang

  • Hes genes regulate size, shape and histogenesis of the nervous system by control of the timing of neural stem cell differentiation.

    Jun Hatakeyama;Yasumasa Bessho;Kazuo Katoh;Shigeo Ookawara

  • Essential role of Mash-2 in extraembryonic development.

    François Guillemot;François Guillemot;Andras Nagy;Anna Auerbach;Janet Rossant;Janet Rossant

  • Hierarchical mechanisms for direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to neurons.

    Orly L. Wapinski;Thomas Vierbuchen;Kun Qu;Qian Yi Lee

  • Neural bHLH genes control the neuronal versus glial fate decision in cortical progenitors.

    Marta Nieto;Carol Schuurmans;Olivier Britz;François Guillemot

  • NEUROGENIN1 and NEUROGENIN2 control two distinct waves of neurogenesis in developing dorsal root ganglia

    Qiufu Ma;Carol Fode;Francois Guillemot;David J. Anderson

  • Neurogenesis in the embryonic and adult brain: same regulators, different roles

    Noelia Urbán;François Guillemot

  • Neurogenin3 is differentially required for endocrine cell fate specification in the intestinal and gastric epithelium

    Marjorie Jenny;Céline Uhl;Colette Roche;Isabelle Duluc

  • The bHLH Protein NEUROGENIN 2 Is a Determination Factor for Epibranchial Placode–Derived Sensory Neurons

    Carol Fode;Gérard Gradwohl;Xavier Morin;Andrée Dierich

  • Roles of the Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Genes Hes1 and Hes5 in Expansion of Neural Stem Cells of the Developing Brain

    Toshiyuki Ohtsuka;Masami Sakamoto;François Guillemot;Ryoichiro Kageyama

  • Dynamic expression of the murine Achaete-Scute homologue Mash-1 in the developing nervous system☆

    François Guillemot;Alexandra L. Joyner;Alexandra L. Joyner

  • Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors regulate the neuroendocrine differentiation of fetal mouse pulmonary epithelium.

    Takaaki Ito;Naoko Udaka;Takuya Yazawa;Koji Okudela

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryoichiro Kageyama
Ryoichiro Kageyama Kyoto University
Magdalena Götz
Magdalena Götz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Laurent Nguyen
Laurent Nguyen University of Liège
Charles Auffray
Charles Auffray Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Masato Nakafuku
Masato Nakafuku Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Olivier Raineteau
Olivier Raineteau Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Alexandra L. Joyner
Alexandra L. Joyner Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Franck Polleux
Franck Polleux Columbia University
Benedikt Berninger
Benedikt Berninger King's College London
Janet Rossant
Janet Rossant University of Toronto

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