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D-Index
83
Citations
24693
World Ranking
1422
National Ranking
53

Laurent Duret publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 157 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Laurent Duret D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Laurent Duret is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, ecology, plant science, and global and planetary change. Key topics of investigation include genomics and phylogenetic studies, protist diversity and phylogeny, microbial community ecology and physiology, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, DNA repair mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, and RNA modifications and cancer.

The frequent publication venues for Laurent Duret's work include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Molecular Ecology Resources, and PLoS Biology.

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Laurent Duret are:

  • DILS: Demographic inferences with linked selection by using ABC, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Massive colonization of protein-coding exons by selfish genetic elements in Paramecium germline genomes, 2021, PLoS Biology
  • Random genetic drift sets an upper limit on mRNA splicing accuracy in metazoans, 2024, eLife
  • High prevalence of PRDM9-independent recombination hotspots in placental mammals, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Evolutionary Plasticity of Mating-Type Determination Mechanisms in Paramecium aurelia Sibling Species, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution

Laurent Duret has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Florian Bénitière, Olivier Arnaiz, Éric Meyer, Linda Sperling, and Emmanuelle Lerat.

Laurent Duret has been recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Expression pattern and, surprisingly, gene length shape codon usage in Caenorhabditis, Drosophila, and Arabidopsis

    Laurent Duret;Dominique Mouchiroud

  • Global trends of whole-genome duplications revealed by the ciliate Paramecium tetraurelia

    Jean-Marc Aury;Olivier Jaillon;Laurent Duret;Benjamin Noel

  • Biased gene conversion and the evolution of mammalian genomic landscapes.

    Laurent Duret;Nicolas Galtier

  • Comparative population genomics in animals uncovers the determinants of genetic diversity

    J. Romiguier;Philippe Gayral;Marion Ballenghien;Aurélien Bernard

  • Evolution of synonymous codon usage in metazoans

    Laurent Duret

  • Determinants of Substitution Rates in Mammalian Genes: Expression Pattern Affects Selection Intensity but Not Mutation Rate

    Laurent Duret;Dominique Mouchiroud

  • Effector diversification within compartments of the Leptosphaeria maculans genome affected by Repeat-Induced Point mutations

    Thierry Rouxel;Jonathan Grandaubert;James K. Hane;Claire Hoede

  • GC-Content Evolution in Mammalian Genomes: The Biased Gene Conversion Hypothesis

    N Galtier;G Piganeau;D Mouchiroud;L Duret

  • tRNA gene number and codon usage in the C. elegans genome are co-adapted for optimal translation of highly expressed genes.

    Laurent Duret

  • Molecular Characterization and Placental Expression of HERV-W, a New Human Endogenous Retrovirus Family

    Jean-Luc Blond;Frédéric Besème;Laurent Duret;Olivier Bouton

  • The Xist RNA Gene Evolved in Eutherians by Pseudogenization of a Protein-Coding Gene

    Laurent Duret;Corinne Chureau;Corinne Chureau;Corinne Chureau;Sylvie Samain;Sylvie Samain;Sylvie Samain;Jean Weissenbach;Jean Weissenbach;Jean Weissenbach

  • Recombination Drives the Evolution of GC-Content in the Human Genome

    Julien Meunier;Laurent Duret

  • The impact of recombination on nucleotide substitutions in the human genome.

    Laurent Duret;Peter F. Arndt

  • BTG1, a member of a new family of antiproliferative genes

    J.P. Rouault;R. Rimokh;C. Tessa;G. Paranhos

  • Phylogenetic position of the order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares and allies)

    Dan Graur;Laurent Duret;Manolo Gouy

  • Genome-wide studies highlight indirect links between human replication origins and gene regulation

    Jean-Charles Cadoret;Françoise Meisch;Vahideh Hassan-Zadeh;Isabelle Luyten

  • Statistical analysis of vertebrate sequences reveals that long genes are scarce in GC-rich isochores

    Laurent Duret;Dominique Mouchiroud;Christian Gautier

  • Ultra-fast sequence clustering from similarity networks with SiLiX

    Vincent Miele;Simon Penel;Laurent Duret

  • Searching for regulatory elements in human noncoding sequences.

    Laurent Duret;Philipp Bucher

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Galtier
Nicolas Galtier University of Montpellier
Manolo Gouy
Manolo Gouy Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Sylvain Glémin
Sylvain Glémin University of Rennes
Christophe J. Douady
Christophe J. Douady Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Gabriel A. B. Marais
Gabriel A. B. Marais University of Porto
Janine Beisson
Janine Beisson University of Paris-Saclay
Florian Malard
Florian Malard Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Ching Kung
Ching Kung University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jean-Marc Aury
Jean-Marc Aury University of Paris-Saclay

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