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Jean-François Ghiglione

Jean-François Ghiglione

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
7304
World Ranking
6439
National Ranking
278

Jean-François Ghiglione publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-François Ghiglione sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 123 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Jean-François Ghiglione D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jean-François Ghiglione is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France, specializing in environmental science with a primary focus on pollution. Their research spans several related subfields including pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, biomaterials, ocean engineering, and ecology.

The scientist's work predominantly addresses topics linked to microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, marine biology and environmental chemistry, antimicrobial agents and applications, microbial community ecology and physiology, and pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts.

Frequently publishing in scientific journals, Jean-François Ghiglione has contributed notably to venues such as Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Environmental Pollution.

The following are some recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist:

  • The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers, 2021, Science
  • Relative Influence of Plastic Debris Size and Shape, Chemical Composition and Phytoplankton-Bacteria Interactions in Driving Seawater Plastisphere Abundance, Diversity and Activity, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Bacterial Abundance, Diversity and Activity During Long-Term Colonization of Non-biodegradable and Biodegradable Plastics in Seawater, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Discussion about suitable applications for biodegradable plastics regarding their sources, uses and end of life, 2022, Waste Management
  • Microbial Diversity and Activity During the Biodegradation in Seawater of Various Substitutes to Conventional Plastic Cotton Swab Sticks, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Jean-François Ghiglione collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Alexandra ter Halle, Valérie Barbe, Anne-Leïla Meistertzheim, Stéphane Bruzaud, and Pascal Conan. These partnerships have resulted in multiple coauthored publications, reflecting a collaborative approach within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Microbial Ecotoxicology of Marine Plastic Debris: A Review on Colonization and Biodegradation by the "Plastisphere".

    Justine Jacquin;Jingguang Cheng;Charlène Odobel;Caroline Pandin

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • Evidence of niche partitioning among bacteria living on plastics, organic particles and surrounding seawaters.

    C. Dussud;A. L. Meistertzheim;P. Conan;Mireille Pujo-Pay

  • Pole-to-pole biogeography of surface and deep marine bacterial communities

    Jean-François Ghiglione;Pierre E. Galand;Thomas Pommier;Carlos Pedrós-Alió

  • Mesopelagic zone ecology and biogeochemistry - a synthesis

    Carol Robinson;Deborah K. Steinberg;Thomas R. Anderson;Javier Arístegui

  • Colonization of Non-biodegradable and Biodegradable Plastics by Marine Microorganisms.

    Claire Dussud;Cindy Hudec;Matthieu George;Pascale Fabre

  • The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers.

    Lisa Weiss;Wolfgang Ludwig;Serge Heussner;Miquel Canals

  • Macro- and microplastics affect cold-water corals growth, feeding and behaviour

    L. Chapron;E. Peru;A. Engler;J. F. Ghiglione

  • Integrated survey of elemental stoichiometry (C, N, P) from the western to eastern Mediterranean Sea

    M. Pujo-Pay;Pascal Conan;L. Oriol;V. Cornet-Barthaux

  • Diel and seasonal variations in abundance, activity, and community structure of particle-attached and free-living bacteria in NW Mediterranean Sea.

    Jean François Ghiglione;G. Mevel;Mireille Pujo-Pay;L. Mousseau

  • Rhythmicity of coastal marine picoeukaryotes, bacteria and archaea despite irregular environmental perturbations.

    Stefan Lambert;Margot Tragin;Jean-Claude Lozano;Jean-François Ghiglione

  • Pronounced summer to winter differences and higher wintertime richness in coastal Antarctic marine bacterioplankton.

    J. F. Ghiglione;A. E. Murray

  • Spatial variability of particle-attached and free-living bacterial diversity in surface waters from the Mackenzie River to the Beaufort Sea (Canadian Arctic)

    E. Ortega-Retuerta;E. Ortega-Retuerta;Fabien Joux;W.H. Jeffrey;J. F. Ghiglione

  • Spatial and temporal scales of variation in bacterioplankton community structure in the NW Mediterranean Sea

    Jean-François Ghiglione;Marièle Larcher;Philippe Lebaron

  • 'Rare biosphere' bacteria as key phenanthrene degraders in coastal seawaters

    Caroline Sauret;Tatiana Séverin;Tatiana Séverin;Gilles Vétion;Catherine Guigue

  • Nanoplastics: A Complex, Polluting Terra Incognita.

    Alexandra Ter Halle;Jean François Ghiglione

  • Diversity of total and active free-living vs. particle-attached bacteria in the euphotic zone of the NW Mediterranean Sea.

    Jean-François Ghiglione;Jean-François Ghiglione;Pascal Conan;Pascal Conan;Mireille Pujo-Pay;Mireille Pujo-Pay

  • Deep sediment resuspension and thick nepheloid layer generation by open-ocean convection

    X. Durrieu de Madron;S. Ramondenc;L. Berline;L. Houpert

  • Response of Core Microbial Consortia to Chronic Hydrocarbon Contaminations in Coastal Sediment Habitats.

    Mathilde Jeanbille;Jérôme Gury;Robert Duran;Jacek Tronczynski

  • Relative Influence of Plastic Debris Size and Shape, Chemical Composition and Phytoplankton-Bacteria Interactions in Driving Seawater Plastisphere Abundance, Diversity and Activity.

    Jingguang Cheng;Justine Jacquin;Pascal Conan;Mireille Pujo-Pay

  • Effects of photochemical transformations of dissolved organic matter on bacterial metabolism and diversity in three contrasting coastal sites in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea during summer.

    Maher Abboudi;W.H. Jeffrey;Jean François Ghiglione;Mireille Pujo-Pay

Frequent Co-Authors

Mireille Pujo-Pay
Mireille Pujo-Pay Sorbonne University
Pascal Conan
Pascal Conan Sorbonne University
Patrick Raimbault
Patrick Raimbault Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Wade H. Jeffrey
Wade H. Jeffrey University of West Florida
Pierre E. Galand
Pierre E. Galand Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer
Fabrice Martin-Laurent
Fabrice Martin-Laurent INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Louis Marie Prieur
Louis Marie Prieur Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert Duran
Robert Duran University of Pau and the Adour Region
Philippe Lebaron
Philippe Lebaron Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam

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