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D-Index
58
Citations
10485
World Ranking
13332
National Ranking
503

Jean-François Humbert 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 Jean-François Humbert sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 133 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean-François Humbert 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 Jean-François Humbert sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Bacteria
  • Ecosystem

Jean-François Humbert spends much of his time researching Cyanobacteria, Ecology, Bloom, Genetics and Microcystin. When carried out as part of a general Cyanobacteria research project, his work on Planktothrix is frequently linked to work in Aromatic amino acids, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. His Ecology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Genetic variation and Genetic diversity.

His research investigates the connection between Bloom and topics such as Phytoplankton that intersect with problems in Phycocyanin and Food science. The various areas that Jean-François Humbert examines in his Microcystin study include Botany and Genotype. His Genome research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Microcystis aeruginosa and Microcystis.

His most cited work include:

  • CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII (CYANOBACTERIA) INVASION AT MID‐LATITUDES: SELECTION, WIDE PHYSIOLOGICAL TOLERANCE, ORGLOBALWARMING?1 (272 citations)
  • Health hazards for terrestrial vertebrates from toxic cyanobacteria in surface water ecosystems (243 citations)
  • First report in a river in France of the benthic cyanobacterium Phormidium favosum producing anatoxin-a associated with dog neurotoxicosis. (235 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Ecology, Cyanobacteria, Phytoplankton, Freshwater ecosystem and Microcystis. Jean-François Humbert studied Ecology and Genetic diversity that intersect with Genetic variation, Phylogenetics and Population genetics. His Cyanobacteria study incorporates themes from Oceanography and Botany.

His studies in Microcystis integrate themes in fields like Microcystis aeruginosa, Microbiology and Metabolism. He usually deals with Microcystin and limits it to topics linked to Food science and Phycocyanin. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Bloom, focusing on Genotype and, on occasion, Teladorsagia circumcincta.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (44.17%)
  • Cyanobacteria (46.67%)
  • Phytoplankton (19.17%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Ecology (44.17%)
  • Cyanobacteria (46.67%)
  • Freshwater ecosystem (18.33%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Jean-François Humbert mainly focuses on Ecology, Cyanobacteria, Freshwater ecosystem, Phytoplankton and Benthic zone. His studies deal with areas such as Pyrosequencing and Microbial ecology as well as Ecology. The concepts of his Cyanobacteria study are interwoven with issues in Microorganism, Bloom, Oceanography and Botany.

Jean-François Humbert has included themes like Water supply, Phylogenetic tree and Microcystis in his Freshwater ecosystem study. His work carried out in the field of Microcystis brings together such families of science as Nitrogen fixation and Mucilage. His research integrates issues of Biomass, Water quality, Biological system and Turbidity in his study of Phytoplankton.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Overview of freshwater microbial eukaryotes diversity: a first analysis of publicly available metabarcoding data. (93 citations)
  • A next-generation sequencing approach to river biomonitoring using benthic diatoms (85 citations)
  • Structural Diversity of Bacterial Communities Associated with Bloom-Forming Freshwater Cyanobacteria Differs According to the Cyanobacterial Genus (68 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Bacteria
  • Ecosystem

His primary areas of study are Ecology, Cyanobacteria, Freshwater ecosystem, Benthic zone and Ecosystem. His Ecology research includes elements of Evolutionary biology, Pyrosequencing, DNA sequencing and Ribosomal RNA. Jean-François Humbert is interested in Microcystis, which is a field of Cyanobacteria.

His research on Freshwater ecosystem also deals with topics like

  • Nitrogen fixation, which have a strong connection to Planktothrix, Phylogenetics, Genetic diversity and Anabaena,
  • Bioinformatics, Cryptophyta and Microbial ecology most often made with reference to Phylogenetic tree. His Ecosystem research incorporates themes from Ecotoxicology, Microcosm, Community structure and Gammaproteobacteria. In Phytoplankton, Jean-François Humbert works on issues like Botany, which are connected to Plankton, Biomass and Benthos.

Best Publications

  • A simple technique for age estimation in adult corpses: the two criteria dental method.

    H. Lamendin;E. Baccino;J. F. Humbert;J. C. Tavernier

  • CYLINDROSPERMOPSIS RACIBORSKII (CYANOBACTERIA) INVASION AT MID‐LATITUDES: SELECTION, WIDE PHYSIOLOGICAL TOLERANCE, ORGLOBALWARMING?1

    Jean-François Briand;Christophe Leboulanger;Jean-François Humbert;Cécile Bernard

  • Health hazards for terrestrial vertebrates from toxic cyanobacteria in surface water ecosystems

    Jean-François Briand;Stéphan Jacquet;Cécile Bernard;Jean-François Humbert

  • First report in a river in France of the benthic cyanobacterium Phormidium favosum producing anatoxin-a associated with dog neurotoxicosis.

    Muriel Gugger;Séverine Lenoir;Céline Berger;Aurélie Ledreux

  • Phylogenetic comparison of the cyanobacterial genera Anabaena and Aphanizomenon.

    Muriel Gugger;Christina Lyra;Peter Henriksen;Alain Couté

  • Highly plastic genome of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806, a ubiquitous toxic freshwater cyanobacterium

    Lionel Frangeul;Philippe Quillardet;Anne Marie Castets;Jean-François Humbert;Jean-François Humbert

  • Environmental context of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Cyanobacteria) blooms in a shallow pond in France.

    J.F Briand;C Robillot;C Quiblier-Llobéras;J.F Humbert

  • The proliferation of the toxic cyanobacterium Planktothrix rubescens following restoration of the largest natural French lake (Lac du Bourget)

    Stéphan Jacquet;Jean-François Briand;Christophe Leboulanger;Carol Avois-Jacquet

  • Spatiotemporal changes in the genetic diversity of a bloom-forming Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacteria) population.

    Enora Briand;Nicolas Escoffier;Cécile Straub;Marion Sabart

  • Next-generation sequencing to inventory taxonomic diversity in eukaryotic communities: a test for freshwater diatoms.

    L. Kermarrec;A. Franc;A. Franc;F. Rimet;P. Chaumeil;P. Chaumeil

  • Molecular approaches to the assessment of biodiversity in aquatic microbial communities.

    Ursula Dorigo;Laurence Volatier;Jean-François Humbert

  • Genetic diversity of Cylindrospermopsis strains (cyanobacteria) isolated from four continents.

    Muriel Gugger;Renato Molica;Brigitte Le Berre;Philippe Dufour

  • Overview of freshwater microbial eukaryotes diversity: a first analysis of publicly available metabarcoding data.

    Didier Debroas;Isabelle Domaizon;Jean-Francois Humbert;Ludwig Jardillier

  • Microsatellite markers for typing Aspergillus fumigatus isolates.

    Emmanuelle Bart-Delabesse;Jean-François Humbert;Éric Delabesse;Stéphane Bretagne

  • Temporal Variations in the Dynamics of Potentially Microcystin-Producing Strains in a Bloom-Forming Planktothrix agardhii (Cyanobacterium) Population

    Enora Briand;Muriel Gugger;Jean-Christophe François;Jean-Christophe François;Cécile Bernard

  • A tribute to disorder in the genome of the bloom-forming freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa.

    Jean-François Humbert;Valérie Barbe;Amel Latifi;Muriel Gugger

  • Application of a submersible spectrofluorometer for rapid monitoring of freshwater cyanobacterial blooms: a case study

    Christophe Leboulanger;Ursula Dorigo;Stéphan Jacquet;Brigitte Le Berre

  • Metagenomic approach studying the taxonomic and functional diversity of the bacterial community in a mesotrophic lake (Lac du Bourget – France)

    Didier Debroas;Jean-François Humbert;Jean-François Humbert;François Enault;Gisèle Bronner

  • A molecular tool for species identification and benzimidazole resistance diagnosis in larval communities of small ruminant parasites.

    Anne Silvestre;Jean-François Humbert

  • Importance of the mutation of amino acid 200 of the isotype 1 beta-tubulin gene in the benzimidazole resistance of the small-ruminant parasite Teladorsagia circumcincta.

    L. Elard;J. F. Humbert

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Debroas
Didier Debroas University of Clermont Auvergne
Bruno Tassin
Bruno Tassin École des Ponts ParisTech
Stéphan Jacquet
Stéphan Jacquet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Frédéric Rimet
Frédéric Rimet Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Agnès Bouchez
Agnès Bouchez Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Jacques Cabaret
Jacques Cabaret INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Isabelle Domaizon
Isabelle Domaizon Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Susanna A. Wood
Susanna A. Wood Cawthron Institute
Jutta Fastner
Jutta Fastner Environment Agency

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