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Jacques Balthazart

Jacques Balthazart

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
31280
World Ranking
6621
National Ranking
76

Jacques Balthazart publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 597 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Jacques Balthazart D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jacques Balthazart is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium. The scientific work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research is notably concentrated in subfields such as Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's main research topics focus on aspects of Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Marine Animal Studies, Hypothalamic Control of Reproductive Hormones, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Estrogen and Related Hormone Effects, and Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Balthazart include Gregory F. Ball, Charlotte A. Cornil, Ednei B. dos Santos, Ioana Chiver, and Gilles Cornez.

Publication venues where Balthazart has contributed include Hormones and Behavior, Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Research Square, and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Balthazart are:

  • Sexual partner preference in animals and humans, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Development of Perineuronal Nets during Ontogeny Correlates with Sensorimotor Vocal Learning in Canaries, 2020, eNeuro
  • Effects of Inactivation of the Periaqueductal Gray on Song Production in Testosterone-Treated Male Canaries (Serinus canaria), 2020, eNeuro
  • Sex differences and similarities in the neural circuit regulating song and other reproductive behaviors in songbirds, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Key role of estrogen receptor β in the organization of brain and behavior of the Japanese quail, 2020, Hormones and Behavior

Best Publications

  • Is brain estradiol a hormone or a neurotransmitter

    Jacques Balthazart;Gregory F. Ball

  • Alpha-fetoprotein protects the developing female mouse brain from masculinization and defeminization by estrogens

    Julie Bakker;Christelle De Mees;Quentin Douhard;Jacques Balthazart

  • New insights into the regulation and function of brain estrogen synthase (aromatase)

    Jacques Balthazart;Gregory F. Ball

  • Aromatase immunoreactivity in axon terminals of the vertebrate brain. An immunocytochemical study on quail, rat, monkey and human tissues.

    Frederick Naftolin;Tamas L. Horvath;Robert L. Jakab;Csaba Leranth

  • The sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus of quail: a key brain area mediating steroid action on male sexual behavior.

    Gian Carlo Panzica;Carla Viglietti-Panzica;Jacques Balthazart

  • Immunocytochemical localization of androgen receptors in the male songbird and quail brain.

    Jacques Balthazart;Agnes Foidart;Elizabeth M. Wilson;Gregory F. Ball

  • 66 – Sexual Differentiation of Brain and Behavior in Birds

    Jacques Balthazart

  • Neuroendocrinology of song behavior and avian brain plasticity: multiple sites of action of sex steroid hormones.

    Gregory F. Ball;Lauren V. Riters;Jacques Balthazart

  • Sexual differentiation of brain and behavior in birds

    Jacques Balthazart;Gregory F. Ball

  • Functional significance of the rapid regulation of brain estrogen action: Where do the estrogens come from?

    Charlotte A. Cornil;Gregory F. Ball;Jacques Balthazart

  • The Aromatase Knock-Out Mouse Provides New Evidence That Estradiol Is Required during Development in the Female for the Expression of Sociosexual Behaviors in Adulthood

    Julie Bakker;Shin-Ichiro Honda;Nobuhiro Harada;Jacques Balthazart

  • Topography in the preoptic region: differential regulation of appetitive and consummatory male sexual behaviors.

    Jacques Balthazart;Gregory F. Ball

  • Rapid control of brain aromatase activity by glutamatergic inputs.

    Jacques Balthazart;Michelle Baillien;Gregory F. Ball

  • Neuroanatomical distribution of testosterone-metabolizing enzymes in the Japanese quail

    Michael Schumacher;Jacques Balthazart

  • Androgen receptor, estrogen receptor alpha, and estrogen receptor beta show distinct patterns of expression in forebrain song control nuclei of European starlings.

    Daniel J. Bernard;George E. Bentley;Jacques Balthazart;Fred W. Turek

  • Hormonal regulation of brain circuits mediating male sexual behavior in birds

    Gregory F. Ball;Jacques Balthazart

  • Hormones and Behaviour in Higher Vertebrates

    J. Balthazart;E. Pröve

  • Distribution of aromatase in the brain of the Japanese quail, ring dove, and zebra finch: An immunocytochemical study

    Jacques Balthazart;Agnes Foidart;Chantal Surlemont;Angela Vockel

  • Appetitive and Consummatory Male Sexual Behavior in Japanese Quail Are Differentially Regulated by Subregions of the Preoptic Medial Nucleus

    Jacques Balthazart;Philippe Absil;Martin Gérard;Didier Appeltants

  • Critical re-examination of the distribution of aromatase-immunoreactive cells in the quail forebrain using antibodies raised against human placental aromatase and against the recombinant quail, mouse or human enzyme

    Agnes Foidart;Jacqueline Reid;Philippe Absil;Noriko Yoshimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory F. Ball
Gregory F. Ball University of Maryland, College Park
Charlotte Cornil
Charlotte Cornil University of Liège
Thierry Charlier
Thierry Charlier Université de Rennes
Nobuhiro Harada
Nobuhiro Harada Fujita Health University
Giancarlo Panzica
Giancarlo Panzica University of Turin
Annemie Van der Linden
Annemie Van der Linden University of Antwerp
Marleen Verhoye
Marleen Verhoye University of Antwerp
Vincent Seutin
Vincent Seutin University of Liège
Marcel Eens
Marcel Eens University of Antwerp
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis

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