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Monique Turmel

Monique Turmel

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
57
Citations
9650
World Ranking
3434
National Ranking
135

Monique Turmel 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 Monique Turmel sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 133 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Monique Turmel 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 Monique Turmel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Monique Turmel is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and contributes extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science. Their work focuses significantly on Molecular Biology and Ecology, with additional specialization in Biomaterials, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics cover a wide array of subjects, notably:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Monique Turmel has published several recent papers, including:

  • Haslea silbo, A Novel Cosmopolitan Species of Blue Diatoms, 2021, Biology
  • Complete mitogenome of the invasive land flatworm Platydemus manokwari, 2020, Mitochondrial DNA Part B
  • Morphological and molecular identification reveals that waters from an isolated oasis in Tamanrasset (extreme South of Algerian Sahara) are colonized by opportunistic and pollution-tolerant diatom species, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • Extreme Enlargement of the Inverted Repeat Region in the Plastid Genomes of Diatoms from the Genus Climaconeis, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nitzschia anatoliensis sp. nov., a cryptic diatom species from the highly alkaline Van Lake (Turkey), 2021, PeerJ

Frequent co-authors in Monique Turmel's research include Claude Lemieux, Romain Gastineau, Christian Otis, Andrzej Witkowski, and Jean-Luc Mouget. These collaborators have contributed to various studies, reflecting a broad network of scientific partnerships.

Publication venues where Monique Turmel has frequently contributed include:

  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B
  • PhytoKeys
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • An ancestral mitochondrial DNA resembling a eubacterial genome in miniature

    Lang Bf;Burger G;O'Kelly Cj;Cedergren R

  • GENOME STRUCTURE AND GENE CONTENT IN PROTIST MITOCHONDRIAL DNAS

    Michael W. Gray;B. Franz Lang;Robert Cedergren;G. Brian Golding

  • The complete chloroplast DNA sequence of the green alga Nephroselmis olivacea: Insights into the architecture of ancestral chloroplast genomes

    Monique Turmel;Christian Otis;Claude Lemieux

  • The chloroplast ycf3 and ycf4 open reading frames of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are required for the accumulation of the photosystem I complex.

    Eric Boudreau;Yuichiro Takahashi;Claude Lemieux;Monique Turmel

  • Ancestral chloroplast genome in Mesostigma viride reveals an early branch of green plant evolution

    Claude Lemieux;Christian Otis;Monique Turmel

  • The Chloroplast Genomes of the Green Algae Pyramimonas, Monomastix, and Pycnococcus Shed New light on the Evolutionary History of Prasinophytes and the Origin of the Secondary Chloroplasts of Euglenids

    Monique Turmel;Marie-Christine Gagnon;Charley J. O'Kelly;Christian Otis

  • The Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Chara vulgaris Sheds New Light into the Closest Green Algal Relatives of Land Plants

    Monique Turmel;Christian Otis;Claude Lemieux

  • The chloroplast and mitochondrial genome sequences of the charophyte Chaetosphaeridium globosum: Insights into the timing of the events that restructured organelle DNAs within the green algal lineage that led to land plants

    Monique Turmel;Christian Otis;Claude Lemieux

  • The complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of Nephroselmis olivacea and Pedinomonas minor. Two radically different evolutionary patterns within green algae

    M Turmel;C Lemieux;G Burger;B F Lang

  • The Mitochondrial Genome of Chara vulgaris: Insights into the Mitochondrial DNA Architecture of the Last Common Ancestor of Green Algae and Land Plants

    Monique Turmel;Christian Otis;Claude Lemieux

  • Flexible DNA target site recognition by divergent homing endonuclease isoschizomers I-CreI and I-MsoI.

    Brett Chevalier;Monique Turmel;Claude Lemieux;Raymond J. Monnat

  • The Chloroplast Genome Sequence of the Green Alga Pseudendoclonium akinetum (Ulvophyceae) Reveals Unusual Structural Features and New Insights into the Branching Order of Chlorophyte Lineages

    Jean-François Pombert;Christian Otis;Claude Lemieux;Monique Turmel

  • A clade uniting the green algae Mesostigma viride and Chlorokybus atmophyticus represents the deepest branch of the Streptophyta in chloroplast genome-based phylogenies

    Claude Lemieux;Christian Otis;Monique Turmel

  • The Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of Mesostigma viride Identifies This Green Alga as the Earliest Green Plant Divergence and Predicts a Highly Compact Mitochondrial Genome in the Ancestor of All Green Plants

    Monique Turmel;Christian Otis;Claude Lemieux

  • Chloroplast phylogenomic analysis resolves deep-level relationships within the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae

    Claude Lemieux;Christian Otis;Monique Turmel

  • The Chlamydomonas chloroplast clpP gene contains translated large insertion sequences and is essential for cell growth

    Changzhi Huang;Shenglong Wang;Ling Chen;Claude Lemieux

  • The complete chloroplast DNA sequence of the green alga Oltmannsiellopsis viridis reveals a distinctive quadripartite architecture in the chloroplast genome of early diverging ulvophytes

    Jean-François Pombert;Claude Lemieux;Monique Turmel

  • PHYLOGENY OF CHLAMYDOMONAS (CHLOROPHYTA) BASED ON CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR 18S rRNA SEQUENCE DATA1

    Mark A. Buchheim;Monique Turmel;Elizabeth A. Zimmer;Russell L. Chapman

  • The exceptionally large chloroplast genome of the green alga Floydiella terrestris illuminates the evolutionary history of the Chlorophyceae.

    Jean-Simon Brouard;Christian Otis;Claude Lemieux;Monique Turmel

  • Evolutionary transfer of ORF-containing group I introns between different subcellular compartments (chloroplast and mitochondrion).

    M Turmel;V Côté;C Otis;J P Mercier

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Lemieux
Claude Lemieux Université Laval
Michael W. Gray
Michael W. Gray Dalhousie University
David Sankoff
David Sankoff University of Ottawa
Frederik Leliaert
Frederik Leliaert Ghent University
Klaas Vandepoele
Klaas Vandepoele Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Gertraud Burger
Gertraud Burger University of Montreal
Olivier De Clerck
Olivier De Clerck Ghent University
Jean-David Rochaix
Jean-David Rochaix University of Geneva
Robert Cedergren
Robert Cedergren University of Montreal
Réjean Tremblay
Réjean Tremblay Université du Québec à Rimouski

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