2026 Stéphane Blanc: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	55	15288	14034	609	562	198	8330

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

387
Citations
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

294
Citations
Aphids as transport devices for plant viruses

Véronique Brault;Maryline Uzest;Baptiste Monsion;Emmanuel Jacquot

279
Citations
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

237
Citations
A protein key to plant virus transmission at the tip of the insect vector stylet

Marilyne Uzest;Daniel Gargani;Martin Drucker;Eugénie Hébrard

237
Citations
Structural Characterization of HC-Pro, a Plant Virus Multifunctional Protein

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

224
Citations
Recombination every day: abundant recombination in a virus during a single multi-cellular host infection.

Remy Froissart;Denis Roze;Marilyne Uzest;Lionel Galibert

166
Citations
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

158
Citations
Virus population bottlenecks during within-host progression and host-to-host transmission.

Serafín Gutiérrez;Yannis Michalakis;Stéphane Blanc

152
Citations
Distinct Viral Populations Differentiate and Evolve Independently in a Single Perennial Host Plant

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

150
Citations
Localizing Viruses in Their Insect Vectors

Stéphane Blanc;Martin Drucker;Marilyne Uzest

148
Citations
Fuel homeostasis during physical inactivity induced by bed rest.

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

147
Citations
The "acrostyle": a newly described anatomical structure in aphid stylets.

Marilyne Uzest;Daniel Gargani;Aviv Dombrovsky;Chantal Cazevieille

140
Citations
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

135
Citations
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

127
Citations
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

123
Citations
Physical inactivity differentially alters dietary oleate and palmitate trafficking.

Audrey Bergouignan;Guy Trudel;Chantal Simon;Angèle Chopard

122
Citations
Gene copy number is differentially regulated in a multipartite virus

Anne Sicard;Michel Yvon;Tatiana Timchenko;Bruno Gronenborn

121
Citations
Aphid transmission of cauliflower mosaic virus requires the viral PIII protein.

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

116
Citations
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

113
Citations