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Stéphane Blanc 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 Stéphane Blanc sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 198 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stéphane Blanc 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 Stéphane Blanc sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stéphane Blanc is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France, where their research spans multiple disciplines predominantly within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Medicine. Their academic focus is notably interdisciplinary, addressing various aspects of plant science, insect science, physiology, ecology, and genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of plant viruses and insect-plant interactions, alongside bacterial influences in insect symbiosis. Additional research areas include bacteriophages and microbial interactions, muscle metabolism and nutrition, effects of spaceflight on biology, and studies related to obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Stéphane Blanc has published frequently in journals such as PLoS Pathogens, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Virus Evolution, Science, and the Journal of Proteome Research. Their recent papers include:

  • "Daily energy expenditure through the human life course" (2021), Science
  • "A standard calculation methodology for human doubly labeled water studies" (2021), Cell Reports Medicine
  • "Energy compensation and adiposity in humans" (2021), Current Biology
  • "Insect Transmission of Plant Single-Stranded DNA Viruses" (2020), Annual Review of Entomology
  • "Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors" (2022), Science

Frequent collaborators include Michel Yvon, Dale A. Schoeller, Yannis Michalakis, Philip N. Ainslie, and Liam Anderson. The level of repeated co-authorship indicates longstanding professional partnerships within their research network.

Significant topics within their body of work are:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

The scientist's research contributes data and analysis that intersect biology, ecology, and physiology, focusing on both fundamental mechanisms and applied aspects related to agriculture and health. Their work reflects a comprehensive approach to understanding complex biological systems involving plants, insects, and humans.

Best Publications

  • Helper-dependent vector transmission of plant viruses.

    Thomas P. Pirone;Stéphane Blanc

  • A Specific Interaction between Coat Protein and Helper Component Correlates with Aphid Transmission of a Potyvirus

    Stéphane Blanc;Juan-José López-Moya;Renyuan Wang;Sandra García-Lampasona

  • Aphids as transport devices for plant viruses

    Véronique Brault;Maryline Uzest;Baptiste Monsion;Emmanuel Jacquot

  • Mutations in the potyvirus helper component protein: effects on interactions with virions and aphid stylets.

    S. Blanc;El Desouky Ammar;S. Garcia-Lampasona;V. V. Dolja

  • A protein key to plant virus transmission at the tip of the insect vector stylet

    Marilyne Uzest;Daniel Gargani;Martin Drucker;Eugénie Hébrard

  • Structural Characterization of HC-Pro, a Plant Virus Multifunctional Protein

    Célia Plisson;Martin Drucker;Stéphane Blanc;Sylvie German-Retana

  • Recombination every day: abundant recombination in a virus during a single multi-cellular host infection.

    Remy Froissart;Denis Roze;Marilyne Uzest;Lionel Galibert

  • Bone marrow fat accumulation after 60 days of bed rest persisted 1 year after activities were resumed along with hemopoietic stimulation: the Women International Space Simulation for Exploration study.

    Guy Trudel;Michael Payne;Burkhard Mädler;Nanthan Ramachandran

  • Virus population bottlenecks during within-host progression and host-to-host transmission.

    Serafín Gutiérrez;Yannis Michalakis;Stéphane Blanc

  • Distinct Viral Populations Differentiate and Evolve Independently in a Single Perennial Host Plant

    Chiraz Jridi;Jean-François Martin;Véronique Marie-Jeanne;Gérard Labonne

  • Localizing Viruses in Their Insect Vectors

    Stéphane Blanc;Martin Drucker;Marilyne Uzest

  • Fuel homeostasis during physical inactivity induced by bed rest.

    Stéphane Blanc;Sylvie Normand;Christiane Pachiaudi;Jacques-Olivier Fortrat

  • The "acrostyle": a newly described anatomical structure in aphid stylets.

    Marilyne Uzest;Daniel Gargani;Aviv Dombrovsky;Chantal Cazevieille

  • Energy and water metabolism, body composition, and hormonal changes induced by 42 days of enforced inactivity and simulated weightlessness.

    Stéphane Blanc;Sylvie Normand;Patrick Ritz;Christiane Pachiaudi

  • HcPro, a multifunctional protein encoded by a plant RNA virus, targets the 20S proteasome and affects its enzymic activities.

    Lionel Ballut;Martin Drucker;Martine Pugnière;Florence Cambon

  • Metabolic fate of saturated and monounsaturated dietary fats: The Mediterranean diet revisited from epidemiological evidence to cellular mechanisms

    Audrey Bergouignan;Iman Momken;Dale A Schoeller;Chantal Simon

  • Physical inactivity differentially alters dietary oleate and palmitate trafficking.

    Audrey Bergouignan;Guy Trudel;Chantal Simon;Angèle Chopard

  • Gene copy number is differentially regulated in a multipartite virus

    Anne Sicard;Michel Yvon;Tatiana Timchenko;Bruno Gronenborn

  • Aphid transmission of cauliflower mosaic virus requires the viral PIII protein.

    Véronique Leh;Emmanuel Jacquot;Emmanuel Jacquot;Angèle Geldreich;Thomas Hermann;Thomas Hermann

  • Plant feeding by insect vectors can affect life cycle, population genetics and evolution of plant viruses

    Serafín Gutiérrez;Serafín Gutiérrez;Yannis Michalakis;Manuella Van Munster;Stéphane Blanc

Frequent Co-Authors

Yannis Michalakis
Yannis Michalakis University of Montpellier
Alberto Fereres
Alberto Fereres Spanish National Research Council
Dale A. Schoeller
Dale A. Schoeller University of Wisconsin–Madison
Fabienne Aujard
Fabienne Aujard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yvan Rahbé
Yvan Rahbé Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Roger Hull
Roger Hull John Innes Centre
Thierry Candresse
Thierry Candresse University of Bordeaux
Thomas Hohn
Thomas Hohn University of Basel
Richard Weindruch
Richard Weindruch University of Wisconsin–Madison
Arvind Varsani
Arvind Varsani Arizona State University

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