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D-Index
49
Citations
8610
World Ranking
18032
National Ranking
810

Laurent Cournac 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 Laurent Cournac sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 101 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Laurent Cournac 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 Laurent Cournac sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 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: 72 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: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Laurent Cournac is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has a research focus primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Plant Science, Forestry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas such as:

  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Laurent Cournac has contributed to several scientific publications, including the following recent papers:

  • The rhizosheath: from desert plants adaptation to crop breeding, 2020, Plant and Soil
  • How far does the tree affect the crop in agroforestry? New spatial analysis methods in a Faidherbia parkland, 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Inorganic fertilizer use efficiency of millet crop increased with organic fertilizer application in rainfed agriculture on smallholdings in central Senegal, 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Functional redundancy between flavodiiron proteins and NDH-1 in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Unraveling the interplay between root exudates, microbiota, and rhizosheath formation in pearl millet, 2024, Microbiome

The venues where Laurent Cournac most frequently publishes their research include:

  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Plant and Soil
  • Agroforestry Systems

Laurent Cournac collaborates often with several colleagues, among whom the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Papa Mamadou Sitor Ndour
  • Thierry Heulin
  • Laurent Laplaze
  • Wafa Achouak
  • Cathy Clermont-Dauphin

Best Publications

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

    Dominique Rumeau;Gilles Peltier;Laurent Cournac

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

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

  • Flavodiiron proteins Flv1 and Flv3 enable cyanobacterial growth and photosynthesis under fluctuating light

    Yagut Allahverdiyeva;Henna Mustila;Maria Ermakova;Luca Bersanini

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Potential for hydrogen production with inducible chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas.

    Raymond Surzycki;Laurent Cournac;Gilles Peltier;Jean-David Rochaix

  • Auxiliary electron transport pathways in chloroplasts of microalgae.

    Gilles Peltier;Gilles Peltier;Dimitri Tolleter;Dimitri Tolleter;Emmanuelle Billon;Emmanuelle Billon;Laurent Cournac;Laurent Cournac

  • Electron flow between photosystem II and oxygen in chloroplasts of photosystem I-deficient algae is mediated by a quinol oxidase involved in chlororespiration.

    Laurent Cournac;Kevin Redding;Jacques Ravenel;Dominique Rumeau;Dominique Rumeau

  • Hydrogen Production in Chlamydomonas: Photosystem II-Dependent and -Independent Pathways Differ in Their Requirement for Starch Metabolism

    Vincent Chochois;David Dauvillée;Audrey Beyly;Dimitri Tolleter

  • Experimental approaches to kinetics of gas diffusion in hydrogenase.

    Fanny Leroux;Fanny Leroux;Sébastien Dementin;Sébastien Dementin;Bénédicte Burlat;Bénédicte Burlat;Laurent Cournac

  • Involvement of a Plastid Terminal Oxidase in Plastoquinone Oxidation as Evidenced by Expression of the Arabidopsis thaliana Enzyme in Tobacco

    Thierry Joët;Bernard Genty;Eve-Marie Josse;Marcel Kuntz

  • Characterization of Nda2, a Plastoquinone-reducing Type II NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase in Chlamydomonas Chloroplasts

    Carine Desplats;Florence Mus;Stéphan Cuiné;Emmanuelle Billon

  • Interplay between Flavodiiron Proteins and Photorespiration in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Yagut Allahverdiyeva;Maria Ermakova;Marion Eisenhut;Pengpeng Zhang

  • Inhibitor studies on non-photochemical plastoquinone reduction and H2 photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Florence Mus;Laurent Cournac;Véronique Cardettini;Amandine Caruana

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Peltier
Gilles Peltier CEA Cadarache
Pierre Richaud
Pierre Richaud Aix-Marseille University
Christophe Léger
Christophe Léger Aix-Marseille University
Bruno Guigliarelli
Bruno Guigliarelli Aix-Marseille University
Jack Legrand
Jack Legrand University of Nantes
Steven G. Ball
Steven G. Ball University of Lille
Thierry Heulin
Thierry Heulin Aix-Marseille University
Paulette M. Vignais
Paulette M. Vignais Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Zoran G. Cerovic
Zoran G. Cerovic University of Paris-Saclay
Yagut Allahverdiyeva
Yagut Allahverdiyeva University of Turku

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