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Pierre-Olivier Cheptou publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre-Olivier Cheptou sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 95 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Pierre-Olivier Cheptou D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pierre-Olivier Cheptou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Pierre-Olivier Cheptou is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research is situated primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on ecological and evolutionary aspects of plant biology.

The main subfields of their research include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science; Molecular Biology; Genetics; and Nature and Landscape Conservation. Their work covers a range of topics related to plant and animal studies, plant parasitism and resistance, ecology and vegetation dynamics, plant reproductive biology, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, evolution and genetic dynamics, as well as biochemical and structural characterization.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cheptou showcase a focus on plant reproductive strategies, evolutionary biology, and ecological interactions:

  • Rapid evolution of selfing syndrome traits in Viola arvensis revealed by resurrection ecology, 2022, American Journal of Botany
  • Paternity tests support a diallelic self-incompatibility system in a wild olive (Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei, Oleaceae), 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • A hemizygous supergene controls homomorphic and heteromorphic self-incompatibility systems in Oleaceae, 2024, Current Biology
  • Ongoing convergent evolution of a selfing syndrome threatens plant-pollinator interactions, 2023, New Phytologist
  • Weeds: Against the Rules?, 2020, Trends in Plant Science

Cheptou has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Julia Dupin, Guillaume Besnard, Anne-Laure Fuchs, Hervé Gryta, and Aurore Puyoou, indicating a collaborative approach in their scientific work.

Their work has been published repeatedly in specific scientific venues known for botanical and ecological research. These include:

  • Trends in Plant Science
  • New Phytologist
  • American Journal of Botany
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Annals of Botany

Best Publications

  • Plant mating systems in a changing world.

    Christopher G. Eckert;Susan Kalisz;Monica A. Geber;Risa Sargent

  • Rapid evolution of seed dispersal in an urban environment in the weed Crepis sancta.

    P.-O. Cheptou;O. Carrue;S. Rouifed;A. Cantarel

  • The scope of Baker's law

    John R Pannell;Josh R Auld;Yaniv Brandvain;Martin Christopher Burd

  • ANALYSIS OF INBREEDING DEPRESSION IN MIXED-MATING PLANTS PROVIDES EVIDENCE FOR SELECTIVE INTERFERENCE AND STABLE MIXED MATING

    Alice A. Winn;Elizabeth Elle;Susan Kalisz;Pierre-Olivier Cheptou

  • Flowering plants under global pollinator decline

    Michel Thomann;Eric Imbert;Céline Devaux;Pierre-Olivier Cheptou

  • Adaptation to fragmentation: evolutionary dynamics driven by human influences.

    Pierre-Olivier Cheptou;Anna L. Hargreaves;Dries Bonte;Hans Jacquemyn

  • Environment‐dependent inbreeding depression: its ecological and evolutionary significance

    Pierre‐Olivier Cheptou;Kathleen Donohue

  • Clarifying Baker's Law.

    P.-O. Cheptou

  • Self‐compatibility is over‐represented on islands

    Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Dena L Grossenbacher;Yaniv Brandvain;Josh R Auld;Martin Burd

  • Pollination processes and the Allee effect in highly fragmented populations: consequences for the mating system in urban environments

    Pierre‐Olivier Cheptou;Lyz G. Avendaño

  • Enemy release but no evolutionary loss of defence in a plant invasion: an inter-continental reciprocal transplant experiment

    Benjamin J. Genton;Peter M. Kotanen;Pierre-Olivier Cheptou;Cindy Adolphe

  • Can varying inbreeding depression select for intermediary selfing rates

    P. O. Cheptou;A. Mathias

  • The rise of research on futures in ecology: rebalancing scenarios and predictions

    Audrey Coreau;Gilles Pinay;John D. Thompson;Pierre-Olivier Cheptou

  • Pollination fluctuations drive evolutionary syndromes linking dispersal and mating system.

    Pierre‐Olivier Cheptou;François Massol

  • Global biogeography of mating system variation in seed plants.

    David A. Moeller;Ryan D. Briscoe Runquist;Annika M. Moe;Monica A. Geber

  • Contemporary evolution of plant reproductive strategies under global change is revealed by stored seeds.

    M. Thomann;E. Imbert;R. C. Engstrand;P.-O. Cheptou

  • Correlations among Fertility Components Can Maintain Mixed Mating in Plants

    Mark O. Johnston;Emmanuelle Porcher;Pierre-Olivier Cheptou;Christopher G. Eckert

  • Allee effect and self-fertilization in hermaphrodites: reproductive assurance in demographically stable populations.

    Pierre-Olivier Cheptou

  • The effect of drought stress on inbreeding depression in four populations of the Mediterranean outcrossing plant Crepis sancta (Asteraceae).

    Pierre-Olivier Cheptou;AndrÉ Berger;Alain Blanchard;Christian Collin

  • The town Crepis and the country Crepis : How does fragmentation affect a plant-pollinator interaction ?

    Emilie Andrieu;Emilie Andrieu;Antoine Dornier;Soraya Rouifed;Bertrand Schatz

  • The evolution of self-fertilization in density-regulated populations

    Pierre-Olivier Cheptou;Ulf Dieckmann

  • Genetic structure and mating systems of metallicolous and nonmetallicolous populations of Thlaspi caerulescens

    Sophie Dubois;P.-O. Cheptou;Christophe Petit;P. Meerts

  • Mating system variation along a successional gradient in the allogamous and colonizing plant Crepis sancta (Asteraceae)

    P.‐O. Cheptou;J. Lepart;J. Escarre

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Kalisz
Susan Kalisz University of Tennessee at Knoxville
François Munoz
François Munoz Grenoble Alpes University
Christopher G. Eckert
Christopher G. Eckert Queen's University
Elizabeth Elle
Elizabeth Elle Simon Fraser University
David A. Moeller
David A. Moeller University of Minnesota
Richard H. Ree
Richard H. Ree Field Museum of Natural History
Roger Pradel
Roger Pradel University of Montpellier
Monica A. Geber
Monica A. Geber Cornell University
Jacques Lepart
Jacques Lepart Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John K. Kelly
John K. Kelly University of Kansas

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