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71
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2159
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Michel Koenig 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 Michel Koenig sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 226 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michel Koenig 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 Michel Koenig sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% 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

Overview

Michel Koenig is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and specializes in research that spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their work centers significantly on genetic neurodegenerative diseases, mitochondrial function and pathology, and hereditary neurological disorders. The focus also includes neurological diseases related to metabolism, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, and studies on coenzyme Q10 effects.

Their recent publications include a variety of topics primarily in neurology and genetics, exemplified by the following papers:

  • Clinico-Genetic, Imaging and Molecular Delineation of COQ8A-Ataxia: A Multicenter Study of 59 Patients, 2020, Annals of Neurology
  • The inherited cerebellar ataxias: an update, 2022, Journal of Neurology
  • Clinical and genetic spectra of 1550 index patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia, 2021, Brain
  • Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxias With Elevated Alpha-Fetoprotein: Uncommon Diseases, Common Biomarker, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Biallelic loss-of-function variations in PRDX3 cause cerebellar ataxia, 2021, Brain

Michel Koenig frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers, including:

  • Mathieu Anheim
  • Christine Tranchant
  • Alexandra Dürr
  • Cyril Goizet
  • Claire Guissart

Their research is disseminated through several key scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Neurology
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • Brain
  • Movement Disorders
  • European Journal of Human Genetics

Within the broader fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, Michel Koenig's subfields of study include molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, genetics, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Best Publications

  • Friedreich's Ataxia: Autosomal Recessive Disease Caused by an Intronic GAA Triplet Repeat Expansion

    Victoria Campuzano;Laura Montermini;Maria Dolores Moltò;Luigi Pianese

  • Complete cloning of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cDNA and preliminary genomic organization of the DMD gene in normal and affected individuals.

    M. Koenig;E.P. Hoffman;C.J. Bertelson;A.P. Monaco

  • Clinical and Genetic Abnormalities in Patients with Friedreich's Ataxia

    Alexandra Dürr;Mireille Cossee;Yves Agid;Victoria Campuzano

  • Aconitase and mitochondrial iron-sulphur protein deficiency in Friedreich ataxia.

    Agnès Rötig;Pascale de Lonlay;Dominique Chretien;Françoise Foury

  • Detection of 98% of DMD/BMD gene deletions by polymerase chain reaction

    Alan H. Beggs;Michel Koenig;Frederick M. Boyce;Louis M. Kunkel

  • Frataxin is Reduced in Friedreich Ataxia Patients and is Associated with Mitochondrial Membranes

    Victoria Campuzano;Laura Montermini;Yves Lutz;Lidia Cova

  • Mouse models for Friedreich ataxia exhibit cardiomyopathy, sensory nerve defect and Fe-S enzyme deficiency followed by intramitochondrial iron deposits.

    Hélène Puccio;Delphine Simon;Mireille Cossée;Paola Criqui-Filipe

  • Ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency is caused by mutations in the α–tocopherol transfer protein

    Karim Ouahchi;Makoto Arita;Herbert Kayden;Fayçal Hentati

  • Senataxin, the ortholog of a yeast RNA helicase, is mutant in ataxia-ocular apraxia 2

    M C Moreira;S Klur;M Watanabe;A H Nemeth

  • Studies of human, mouse and yeast homologues indicate a mitochondrial function for frataxin

    Hana Koutnikova;Victoria Campuzano;Françoise Foury;Pascal Dollé

  • Friedreich's ataxia: Point mutations and clinical presentation of compound heterozygotes

    Mireille Cossée;A Dürr;M. Schmitt;N Dahl

  • The gene mutated in ataxia-ocular apraxia 1 encodes the new HIT/Zn-finger protein aprataxin

    Maria Céu Moreira;Maria Céu Moreira;Clara Barbot;Nobutada Tachi;Naoki Kozuka

  • Alternative splicing of human dystrophin mRNA generates isoforms at the carboxy terminus

    Chris Anne Feener;Michel Koenig;Michel Koenig;Louis M. Kunkel;Louis M. Kunkel

  • The gene encoding gigaxonin, a new member of the cytoskeletal BTB/kelch repeat family, is mutated in giant axonal neuropathy

    Pascale Bomont;Laurent Cavalier;François Blondeau;Christiane Ben Hamida

  • The autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias.

    Mathieu Anheim;Christine Tranchant;Michel Koenig

  • Inactivation of the Friedreich ataxia mouse gene leads to early embryonic lethality without iron accumulation

    M Cossée;H Puccio;A Gansmuller;H Koutnikova

  • Evolution of the Friedreich's Ataxia Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion: Founder Effect and Premutations

    Mireille Cossée;Michèle Schmitt;Victoria Campuzano;Laurence Reutenauer

  • Ataxia with Isolated Vitamin E Deficiency: Heterogeneity of Mutations and Phenotypic Variability in a Large Number of Families

    Laurent Cavalier;Karim Ouahchi;Herbert J. Kayden;Stephano Di Donato

  • ADCK3, an Ancestral Kinase, Is Mutated in a Form of Recessive Ataxia Associated with Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency

    Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne;Meriem Tazir;Luis Carlos López;Catarina M. Quinzii

  • Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2: clinical, biological and genotype/phenotype correlation study of a cohort of 90 patients

    M. Anheim;B. Monga;B. Monga;M. Fleury;P. Charles

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathieu Anheim
Mathieu Anheim University of Strasbourg
Alexandra Durr
Alexandra Durr Sorbonne University
Jean-Louis Mandel
Jean-Louis Mandel Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Alexis Brice
Alexis Brice Institut du Cerveau
Massimo Pandolfo
Massimo Pandolfo McGill University
Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne
Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne Harvard University
Giovanni Stevanin
Giovanni Stevanin Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

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