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Patrice Francour

Patrice Francour

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
8551
World Ranking
4817
National Ranking
209

Patrice Francour publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrice Francour sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 133 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Patrice Francour D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrice Francour sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Patrice Francour is affiliated with Université Côte d'Azur in France and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in environmental science and health professions. Their scholarly activity spans across interdisciplinary studies involving ecology, global and planetary change, philosophy, and oceanography.

Their subfields of study include:

  • General Health Professions
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Philosophy
  • Oceanography

Patrice Francour's main topics of research cover coral and marine ecosystems, hermeneutics and narrative identity, aging and elder care, as well as health, medicine, and societal issues. More specifically, their work involves marine and fisheries research, marine ecology with a focus on invasive species, and studies related to marine bivalves and aquaculture.

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity
  • Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
  • Health, Medicine and Society
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Policy
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • Global Change Biology

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Valuable but vulnerable: Over-fishing and under-management continue to threaten groupers so what now? (2020) - Marine Policy
  • European small pelagic fish distribution under global change scenarios (2020) - Fish and Fisheries
  • Lessepsian rabbitfish Siganus luridus reached the French Mediterranean coasts (2020) - Société Française d'Ichtyologie
  • European cephalopods distribution under climate-change scenarios (2021) - Scientific Reports
  • Improving predictions of invasive fish ranges combining functional and ecological traits with environmental suitability under climate change scenarios (2021) - Global Change Biology

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors, including Alexandre Schickele, Virginie Raybaud, Paolo Guidetti, Elisabeth Riera, and Cédric Hubas, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Trophic cascades in benthic marine ecosystems: Lessons for fisheries and protected-area management

    J.K. Pinnegar;N.V.C. Polunin;P. Francour;F. Badalamenti

  • Are the Mediterranean waters becoming warmer? Information from biological indicators

    P. Francour;C.F. Boudouresque;J.G. Harmelin;M.L. Harmelin-Vivien

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • Effects of boat anchoring in Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds in the Port‐Cros National Park (north‐western Mediterranean Sea)

    Patrice Francour;Anne Ganteaume;Maxime Poulain

  • Mortalité massive d'invertébrés marins : un événement sans précédent en Méditerranée nord-occidentale

    Thierry Perez;Joaquim Garrabou;Stéphane Sartoretto;Jean-Georges Harmelin

  • Fish assemblages of Posidonia oceanica beds at port-cros (France, NW Mediterranean) : Assessment of composition and long-term fluctuations by visual census

    P. Francour

  • A review of marine protected areas in the northwestern Mediterranean region: siting, usage, zonation and management

    Patrice Francour;Jean‐Georges Harmelin;David Pollard;Stéphane Sartoretto

  • Five key attributes can increase marine protected areas performance for small-scale fisheries management.

    Antonio Di Franco;Pierre Thiriet;Giuseppe Di Carlo;Charalampos Dimitriadis

  • Descriptors of Posidonia oceanica meadows: Use and application

    Christine Pergent-Martini;Vanina Leoni;Vanina Pasqualini;G. D. Ardizzone

  • Overview of the conservation status of the marine fishes of the Mediterranean Sea

    Michel Bariche;Murat Bilecenoglu;Kent E. Carpenter;Bruce B. Collette

  • Nursery value of Cystoseira forests for Mediterranean rocky reef fishes

    Adrien Cheminée;Adrien Cheminée;Enric Sala;Jérémy Pastor;Pascaline Bodilis

  • Changes in macroalgal communities in the vicinity of a Mediterranean sewage outfall after the setting up of a treatment plant.

    Dounia Soltan;Marc Verlaque;Charles François Boudouresque;Patrice Francour

  • Relationships between Algae, Benthic Herbivorous Invertebrates and Fishes in Rocky Sublittoral Communities of a Temperate Sea (Mediterranean)

    S. Ruitton;P. Francour;C.F. Boudouresque

  • Management priorities for marine invasive species.

    Sylvaine Giakoumi;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Stelios Katsanevakis;Paolo G. Albano;Ernesto Azzurro

  • Trawling or visual censuses? methodological bias in the assessment of fish populations in seagrass beds

    Mireille L. Harmelin-Vivien;Patrice Francour

  • Pluriannual analysis of the reserve effect on ichthyofauna in the Scandola natural reserve (Corsica, Northwestern Mediterranean)

    P. Francour

  • Monitoring marine invasive species in Mediterranean marine protected areas (MPAs) : a strategy and practical guide for managers

    Bella Galil;Dario Savini;María del Mar Otero;Patrice Francour

  • Predation on Holothurians: A Literature Review

    Patrice Francour

  • Seasonal assessment of biological indices, bioaccumulation and bioavailability of heavy metals in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis from Algerian west coast, applied to environmental monitoring ☆

    Omar Rouane-Hacene;Zitouni Boutiba;Benkhedda Belhaouari;Marielle E. Guibbolini-Sabatier

  • Mortality of juvenile fishes of the genus Diplodus in protected and unprotected areas in the western Mediterranean Sea

    Enrique Macpherson;F. Biagi;P. Francour;Antoni García-Rubies

Frequent Co-Authors

Luisa Mangialajo
Luisa Mangialajo Université Paris Cité
Paolo Guidetti
Paolo Guidetti Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Frédéric Gazeau
Frédéric Gazeau Université Paris Cité
Mireille Harmelin-Vivien
Mireille Harmelin-Vivien Aix-Marseille University
Sylvaine Giakoumi
Sylvaine Giakoumi University of Queensland
Charles-François Boudouresque
Charles-François Boudouresque Aix-Marseille University
Mariachiara Chiantore
Mariachiara Chiantore University of Genoa
Didier Gascuel
Didier Gascuel Institut Agro, France
Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Emma Cebrian
Emma Cebrian Spanish National Research Council

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