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Stéphane Hourdez

Stéphane Hourdez

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
4613
World Ranking
7874
National Ranking
349

Stéphane Hourdez 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 Stéphane Hourdez sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 121 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stéphane Hourdez 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 Stéphane Hourdez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stéphane Hourdez is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research encompasses significant work in Oceanography and Ecology, with additional contributions to Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The primary focus of their scientific work lies in marine biology and ecology, with studies covering diverse topics such as parasite biology and host interactions, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine and coastal plant biology, isotope analysis in ecology, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and marine and fisheries research.

Their publishing record includes multiple scientific papers across various esteemed journals and platforms. Recent notable publications include:

  • "Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species" (2020, ZooKeys)
  • "Subtle limits to connectivity revealed by outlier loci within two divergent metapopulations of the deep-sea hydrothermal gastropod <i>Ifremeria nautilei</i>" (2022, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Inter-Specific Genetic Exchange Despite Strong Divergence in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Gastropods of the Genus Alviniconcha" (2022, Genes)
  • "Recovery of hydrothermal vent communities in response to an induced disturbance at the Lucky Strike vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)" (2021, Marine Environmental Research)
  • "Active hydrothermal vents in the Woodlark Basin may act as dispersing centres for hydrothermal fauna" (2022, Communications Earth & Environment)

They have published frequently in specific scientific venues, including:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ZooKeys
  • Genes

Stéphane Hourdez collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, most notably Didier Jollivet, Florence Pradillon, Jean Mary, Jade Castel, and Thomas Broquet. These collaborations suggest an interdisciplinary approach to their research within marine and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses.

    Jillian M. Petersen;Frank U. Zielinski;Thomas Pape;Richard Seifert

  • Community structure of vestimentiferan-generated habitat islands from Gulf of Mexico cold seeps

    Derk C. Bergquist;Tracy Ward;Erik E. Cordes;Tim McNelis

  • Niche partitioning of diverse sulfur-oxidizing bacteria at hydrothermal vents

    Dimitri V Meier;Petra Pjevac;Wolfgang Bach;Stephane Hourdez;Stephane Hourdez

  • Cold seeps of the deep Gulf of Mexico: Community structure and biogeographic comparisons to Atlantic equatorial belt seep communities

    Erik E. Cordes;Susan L. Carney;Stephane Hourdez;Robert S. Carney

  • Biology and ecology of the “Pompeii worm” (Alvinella pompejana Desbruyères and Laubier), a normal dweller of an extreme deep-sea environment: A synthesis of current knowledge and recent developments

    D. Desbruyères;P. Chevaldonné;P. Chevaldonné;A. M. Alayse;D. Jollivet

  • Arenicola marina extracellular hemoglobin: a new promising blood substitute.

    Morgane Rousselot;Eric Delpy;Christophe Drieu La Rochelle;Vincent Lagente

  • Methane ice worms: Hesiocaeca methanicola colonizing fossil fuel reserves.

    C. R. Fisher;I. R. MacDonald;R. Sassen;C. M. Young

  • Using stable isotopes and quantitative community characteristics to determine a local hydrothermal vent food web

    Derk C. Bergquist;James T. Eckner;Istvan A. Urcuyo;Erik E. Cordes

  • Adaptations to hypoxia in hydrothermal-vent and cold-seep invertebrates

    Stéphane Hourdez;François H. Lallier

  • Phylogeny and Biogeography of Deep Sea Vestimentiferan Tubeworms and Their Bacterial Symbionts

    Erin R. Mcmullin;Stéphane Hourdez;Stephen W. Schaeffer;Charles R. Fisher

  • Epifaunal community structure associated with Riftia pachyptila aggregations in chemically different hydrothermal vent habitats

    Breea Govenar;Breea Govenar;Nadine Le Bris;Sabine Gollner;Joanne Glanville

  • Succession of hydrocarbon seep communities associated with the long-lived foundation species Lamellibrachia luymesi

    Erik E. Cordes;Erik E. Cordes;Stephane Hourdez;Benjamin L. Predmore;Meredith L. Redding

  • Amphi-Atlantic cold-seep Bathymodiolus species complexes across the equatorial belt

    K. Olu-Le Roy;R. von Cosel;S. Hourdez;S.L. Carney

  • Escarpia southwardae sp. nov., a new species of vestimentiferan tubeworm (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from West African cold seeps

    Ann C Andersen;S Hourdez;B Marie;D Jollivet

  • Temperature resistance studies on the deep-sea vent shrimp Mirocaris fortunata.

    Bruce Shillito;Nadine Le Bris;Stéphane Hourdez;Juliette Ravaux

  • Reproductive biology, sexual dimorphism, and population structure of the deep sea hydrothermal vent scale-worm, Branchipolynoe seepensis (Polychaeta : Polynoidae)

    D Jollivet;A Empis;Mc Baker;S Hourdez

  • High connectivity across the fragmented chemosynthetic ecosystems of the deep Atlantic Equatorial Belt: efficient dispersal mechanisms or questionable endemism?

    Sara Teixeira;Sara Teixeira;Karine Olu;Carole Decker;Regina L. Cunha

  • Molecular and functional adaptations in deep-sea hemoglobins.

    Stéphane Hourdez;Roy E Weber

  • Cryptic species of Archinome (Annelida: Amphinomida) from vents and seeps

    Elizabeth Borda;Elizabeth Borda;Jerry D. Kudenov;Pierre Chevaldonné;James A. Blake

  • Global depression in gene expression as a response to rapid thermal changes in vent mussels

    Isabelle Boutet;Isabelle Boutet;Arnaud Tanguy;Arnaud Tanguy;Dominique Le Guen;Dominique Le Guen;Patrice Piccino;Patrice Piccino

  • Review article Phylogeny and Biogeography of Deep Sea Vestimentiferan Tubeworms and Their Bacterial Symbionts

    Erin R. Mcmullin;Stephane Hourdez;Stephen W. Schaeffer;Charles R. Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Jollivet
Didier Jollivet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Charles R. Fisher
Charles R. Fisher Pennsylvania State University
Peter R. Girguis
Peter R. Girguis Harvard University
Daniel Desbruyères
Daniel Desbruyères French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Erik E. Cordes
Erik E. Cordes Temple University
Wolfgang Bach
Wolfgang Bach University of Bremen
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Roy E. Weber
Roy E. Weber Aarhus University
Richard Seifert
Richard Seifert Universität Hamburg
Françoise Gaill
Françoise Gaill Ocean & Climate Platform

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