2026 Marc Robinson-Rechavi: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	59	3210	3036	51	49	184	17383

Overview

Marc Robinson-Rechavi is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, where their research focuses on the intersection of various domains within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work notably spans molecular biology, genetics, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and paleontology.

Their research topics cover diverse areas including:

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Genetic diversity and population structure
Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
Gene expression and cancer classification

Marc Robinson-Rechavi has contributed to a variety of scientific publications, highlighting several recent papers such as:

"The Bgee suite: integrated curated expression atlas and comparative transcriptomics in animals" (2020), published in Nucleic Acids Research
"Genomic Features of Parthenogenetic Animals" (2020), published in Journal of Heredity
"Genome structures resolve the early diversification of teleost fishes" (2023), published in Science
"Convergent evolution of venom gland transcriptomes across Metazoa" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Convergent consequences of parthenogenesis on stick insect genomes" (2022), published in Science Advances

The scientist frequently publishes in venues including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Nucleic Acids Research
arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborations constitute a significant aspect of their research profile. Frequent co-authors include:

Tanja Schwander
Darren J. Parker
Frederic Bastian
Kamil S. Jaroň
Zoé Dumas

Best Publications

The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

Nicholas H. Putnam;Thomas Butts;David E. K. Ferrier;Rebecca F. Furlong

2196
Citations
Genome duplication in the teleost fish Tetraodon nigroviridis reveals the early vertebrate proto-karyotype

Olivier Jaillon;Jean-Marc Aury;Frédéric Brunet;Jean-Louis Petit

2186
Citations
Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

Pierre Abad;Pierre Abad;Jérôme Gouzy;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

1506
Citations
The nuclear receptor superfamily

Marc Robinson-Rechavi;Hector Escriva Garcia;Vincent Laudet

705
Citations
The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

Linda Z. Holland;Ricard Albalat;Kaoru Azumi;Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez

590
Citations
Gene Loss and Evolutionary Rates Following Whole-Genome Duplication in Teleost Fishes

Frédéric G. Brunet;Hugues Roest Crollius;Mathilde Paris;Jean-Marc Aury

465
Citations
A benchmark of gene expression tissue-specificity metrics

Nadezda Kryuchkova-Mostacci;Marc Robinson-Rechavi

405
Citations
RRTree: Relative-Rate Tests between groups of sequences on a phylogenetic tree

Marc Robinson-Rechavi;Dorothée Huchon

380
Citations
Evolutionary Genomics of Nuclear Receptors: From Twenty-Five Ancestral Genes to Derived Endocrine Systems

Stéphanie Bertrand;Frédéric G. Brunet;Hector Escriva;Gilles Parmentier

376
Citations
How many nuclear hormone receptors are there in the human genome

Marc Robinson-Rechavi;Anne-Sophie Carpentier;Marilyne Duffraisse;Vincent Laudet

322
Citations
Evidence for two distinct functional glucocorticoid receptors in teleost fish.

N. Bury;A. Sturm;P. Le Rouzic;Christèle Lethimonier

298
Citations
Resolving the Ortholog Conjecture: Orthologs Tend to Be Weakly, but Significantly, More Similar in Function than Paralogs

Adrian M. Altenhoff;Romain A. Studer;Romain A. Studer;Romain A. Studer;Marc Robinson-Rechavi;Marc Robinson-Rechavi;Christophe Dessimoz;Christophe Dessimoz;Christophe Dessimoz

267
Citations
Euteleost fish genomes are characterized by expansion of gene families.

Marc Robinson-Rechavi;Oriane Marchand;Héctor Escriva;Pierre-Luc Bardet

243
Citations
Evidence for Polygenic Adaptation to Pathogens in the Human Genome

Josephine T. Daub;Tamara Hofer;Tamara Hofer;Emilie Cutivet;Isabelle Dupanloup;Isabelle Dupanloup

220
Citations
Bgee: Integrating and Comparing Heterogeneous Transcriptome Data Among Species

Frederic Bastian;Gilles Parmentier;Julien Roux;Sebastien Moretti

206
Citations
One Billion Years of bZIP Transcription Factor Evolution: Conservation and Change in Dimerization and DNA-Binding Site Specificity

GD Amoutzias;GD Amoutzias;GD Amoutzias;AS Veron;AS Veron;J Weiner;M Robinson-Rechavi;M Robinson-Rechavi

201
Citations
How confident can we be that orthologs are similar, but paralogs differ?

Romain A. Studer;Marc Robinson-Rechavi

201
Citations
Contribution of Electrostatic Interactions, Compactness and Quaternary Structure to Protein Thermostability: Lessons from Structural Genomics of Thermotoga maritima

Marc Robinson-Rechavi;Andreu Alibés;Adam Godzik;Adam Godzik

179
Citations
Characterization of oestrogen receptors in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

PL Bardet;B Horard;M Robinson-Rechavi;V Laudet

173
Citations
Patterns of Positive Selection in Seven Ant Genomes

Julien Roux;Eyal Privman;Sébastien Moretti;Josephine T. Daub

165
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent Laudet Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne

Tanja Schwander University of Lausanne

Christophe Dessimoz University College London

Laurent Excoffier University of Bern

Bart Deplancke École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne

Sven Bergmann Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Jan Roelof van der Meer University of Lausanne

Johan Auwerx École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

External Links

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