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Gilles Peltier

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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
17113
World Ranking
5697
National Ranking
164

Gilles Peltier 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 Gilles Peltier sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 167 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gilles Peltier 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 Gilles Peltier sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

Gilles Peltier is affiliated with CEA Cadarache in France and has contributed extensively to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and energy-related research. Their main areas of study encompass molecular biology, renewable energy, sustainability, the environment, oceanography, plant science, and ecology.

Their research focuses prominently on algal biology and biofuel production, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and marine and coastal ecosystems. Other topics attended to in their work include enzyme catalysis and immobilization, biocrusts and microbial ecology, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Yonghua Li-Beisson
  • Adrien Burlacot
  • Stéphan Cuiné
  • Bertrand Légeret
  • Fred Beisson

Their publications appear often in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Cell
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • Nature Communications

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Mechanism and dynamics of fatty acid photodecarboxylase", 2021, Science
  • "Alternative photosynthesis pathways drive the algal CO2-concentrating mechanism", 2022, Nature
  • "Algal photosynthesis converts nitric oxide into nitrous oxide", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Physiological functions of malate shuttles in plants and algae", 2021, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Energy crosstalk between photosynthesis and the algal CO2-concentrating mechanisms", 2023, Trends in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • State transitions and light adaptation require chloroplast thylakoid protein kinase STN7

    Stéphane Bellafiore;Frédy Barneche;Gilles Peltier;Jean-David Rochaix

  • Oil accumulation in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii : characterization, variability between common laboratory strains and relationship with starch reserves

    Magali Siaut;Stéphan Cuiné;Stéphan Cuiné;Stéphan Cuiné;Caroline Cagnon;Caroline Cagnon;Caroline Cagnon;Boris Fessler;Boris Fessler;Boris Fessler

  • An algal photoenzyme converts fatty acids to hydrocarbons

    Damien Sorigué;Bertrand Légeret;Stéphan Cuiné;Stéphanie Blangy

  • Chlororespiration and cyclic electron flow around PSI during photosynthesis and plant stress response

    Dominique Rumeau;Gilles Peltier;Laurent Cournac

  • A nucleus‐encoded factor, CRR2, is essential for the expression of chloroplast ndhB in Arabidopsis

    Mihoko Hashimoto;Tsuyoshi Endo;Gilles Peltier;Masao Tasaka

  • An economic, sustainability, and energetic model of biodiesel production from microalgae

    F. Delrue;P.-A. Setier;C. Sahut;C. Sahut;L. Cournac;L. Cournac

  • "Solvent-free" ultrasound-assisted extraction of lipids from fresh microalgae cells: a green, clean and scalable process.

    Fanny Adam;Maryline Abert-Vian;Gilles Peltier;Farid Chemat

  • PredAlgo: A New Subcellular Localization Prediction Tool Dedicated to Green Algae

    Marianne Tardif;Marianne Tardif;Ariane Atteia;Michael Specht;Guillaume Cogne;Guillaume Cogne

  • Sustained Photoevolution of Molecular Hydrogen in a Mutant of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Deficient in the Type I NADPH-Dehydrogenase Complex

    Laurent Cournac;Geneviève Guedeney;Gilles Peltier;Paulette M. Vignais

  • NDH-1 and NDH-2 Plastoquinone Reductases in Oxygenic Photosynthesis

    Gilles Peltier;Eva-Mari Aro;Toshiharu Shikanai

  • New Subunits NDH-M, -N, and -O, Encoded by Nuclear Genes, Are Essential for Plastid Ndh Complex Functioning in Higher Plants

    Dominique Rumeau;Noëlle Bécuwe-Linka;Audrey Beyly;Mathilde Louwagie

  • Generation of fertile transplastomic soybean.

    Nathalie Dufourmantel;Bernard Pelissier;Frederic Garçon;Gilles Peltier

  • Hydrogen production by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii : an elaborate interplay of electron sources and sinks

    Anja Hemschemeier;Swanny Fouchard;Laurent Cournac;Gilles Peltier

  • Targeted Inactivation of the Plastid ndhB Gene in Tobacco Results in an Enhanced Sensitivity of Photosynthesis to Moderate Stomatal Closure

    Eva M. Horváth;Stefan O. Peter;Thierry Joët;Dominique Rumeau

  • Proteomic profiling of oil bodies isolated from the unicellular green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: with focus on proteins involved in lipid metabolism.

    Hoa M. Nguyen;Hoa M. Nguyen;Hoa M. Nguyen;Mathieu Baudet;Mathieu Baudet;Stéphan Cuiné;Stéphan Cuiné;Stéphan Cuiné;Jean-Marc Adriano;Jean-Marc Adriano;Jean-Marc Adriano

  • A type II NAD(P)H dehydrogenase mediates light-independent plastoquinone reduction in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas

    Frédéric Jans;Emmanuel Mignolet;Pierre-Alain Houyoux;Pierre Cardol

  • Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: A MoClo Toolkit Enabling Synthetic Biology in the Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Pierre Crozet;Francisco J Navarro;Felix Willmund;Payam Mehrshahi

  • Control of Hydrogen Photoproduction by the Proton Gradient Generated by Cyclic Electron Flow in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Dimitri Tolleter;Dimitri Tolleter;Dimitri Tolleter;Bart Ghysels;Bart Ghysels;Bart Ghysels;Jean Alric;Dimitris Petroutsos

  • Cyclic electron flow around photosystem I in C(3) plants. In vivo control by the redox state of chloroplasts and involvement of the NADH-dehydrogenase complex.

    Thierry Joët;Laurent Cournac;Gilles Peltier;Michel Havaux

  • Autotrophic and Mixotrophic Hydrogen Photoproduction in Sulfur-Deprived Chlamydomonas Cells

    Swanny Fouchard;Anja Hemschemeier;Amandine Caruana;Jérémy Pruvost

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Cournac
Laurent Cournac Aix-Marseille University
Fred Beisson
Fred Beisson Aix-Marseille University
Pierre Richaud
Pierre Richaud Aix-Marseille University
Pascal Rey
Pascal Rey Aix-Marseille University
Marcel Kuntz
Marcel Kuntz Grenoble Alpes University
Michel Havaux
Michel Havaux Aix-Marseille University
Thomas Happe
Thomas Happe Ruhr University Bochum
Steven G. Ball
Steven G. Ball University of Lille
Michael Hippler
Michael Hippler University of Münster
Yagut Allahverdiyeva
Yagut Allahverdiyeva University of Turku

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