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Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont

Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
9064
World Ranking
18663
National Ranking
358

Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont 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 Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 92 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont 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 Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research is situated mainly within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Energy; and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Plant Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics center on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Light Effects on Plants, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Biofuel Production and Bioconversion, and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization.

Significant recent papers include:

  • Thylakoid Protein Phosphorylation in Chloroplasts, 2021, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Regulation of Light Harvesting in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Two Protein Phosphatases Are Involved in State Transitions, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • A microalgal-based preparation with synergistic cellulolytic and detoxifying action towards chemical-treated lignocellulose, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Regulation of light harvesting in Chlamydomonas: two protein phosphatases are involved in state transitions, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont include Paolo Longoni, Xenie Johnson, Federica Cariti, Marie Chazaux, and Linnka Lefebvre-Legendre.

Publishing activity spans several notable venues such as Plant and Cell Physiology, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Plant Biotechnology Journal, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Transgenic expression of aminoglycoside adenine transferase in the chloroplast: a selectable marker for site-directed transformation of chlamydomonas

    Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont

  • The Molecular Biology of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria in Chlamydomonas

    J.-D Rochaix;M. Goldschmidt-Clermont;Sabeeha Merchant

  • Chloroplast RNA metabolism.

    David B Stern;Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont;Maureen R Hanson

  • Participation of nuclear genes in chloroplast gene expression.

    Alice Barkan;Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont

  • Sequence, evolution and differential expression of the two genes encoding variant small subunits of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont;Michèle Rahire

  • The PPH1 phosphatase is specifically involved in LHCII dephosphorylation and state transitions in Arabidopsis.

    Alexey Shapiguzov;Björn Ingelsson;Iga Samol;Charles Andres

  • The Effect of Heat Shock on Gene Expression in Drosophila melanogaster

    M E Mirault;M Goldschmidt-Clermont;L Moran;A P Arrigo

  • Directed chloroplast transformation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: insertional inactivation of the psaC gene encoding the iron sulfur protein destabilizes photosystem I.

    Yuichiro Takahashi;Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont;Su Yin Bianca Maria Soen;Lars Gunnar Franzen

  • Coordination of Nuclear and Chloroplast Gene Expression in Plant Cells

    Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont

  • A small chloroplast RNA may be required for trans-splicing in chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont;Yves Choquet;Jacqueline Girard-Bascou;François Michel

  • Mutant phenotypes support a trans-splicing mechanism for the expression of the tripartite psaA gene in the C. reinhardtii chloroplast

    Yves Marcel Choquet;Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont;Jacqueline Girard-Bascou;Ulrich Kück

  • The chloroplast transformation toolbox: selectable markers and marker removal.

    Anil Day;Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont

  • Mutation at the chlamydomonas nuclear NAC2 locus specifically affects stability of the chloroplast psbD transcript encoding polypeptide D2 of PS II

    M.R. Kuchka;M. Goldschmidt-Clermont;J. van Dillewijn;J.-D. Rochaix

  • Trans-splicing mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont;Jacqueline Girard-Bascou;Yves Choquet;Jean-David Rochaix

  • The cleavable pre-sequence of an imported chloroplast protein directs attached polypeptides into yeast mitochondria.

    Eduard C. Hurt;Nouchine Soltanifar;Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont;Jean-David Rochaix

  • Characterization of Mbb1, a nucleus-encoded tetratricopeptide-like repeat protein required for expression of the chloroplast psbB/psbT/psbH gene cluster in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Fabian Emmanuel Vaistij;Eric Boudreau;Stéphane Didier Lemaire;Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont

  • Identification of a Photosystem II Phosphatase Involved in Light Acclimation in Arabidopsis

    Iga Samol;Alexey Shapiguzov;Björn Ingelsson;Geoffrey Fucile

  • Two hybrid plasmids with D. melanogaster DNA sequences complementary to mRNA coding for the major heat shock protein

    Paul Daniel Schedl;Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonas;Ruth Steward;Walter J. Gehring

  • A factor related to pseudouridine synthases is required for chloroplast group II intron trans-splicing in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Karl Perron;Michel P. Goldschmidt-Clermont;Jean-David Rochaix

  • Nonsense mutations in the Chlamydomonas chloroplast gene that codes for the large subunit of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.

    Robert J. Spreitzer;Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont;Michele Rahire;Jean-David Rochaix

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-David Rochaix
Jean-David Rochaix University of Geneva
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Roman Ulm
Roman Ulm University of Geneva
Giovanni Finazzi
Giovanni Finazzi Grenoble Alpes University
Albert Sickmann
Albert Sickmann Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Krishna K. Niyogi
Krishna K. Niyogi University of California, Berkeley
Monique Turmel
Monique Turmel Université Laval
Ulrich Kück
Ulrich Kück Ruhr University Bochum
Luis Herrera-Estrella
Luis Herrera-Estrella Texas Tech University
Walter J. Gehring
Walter J. Gehring University of Basel

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