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Sylvain Forêt 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 Sylvain Forêt sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 96 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sylvain Forêt 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 Sylvain Forêt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sylvain Forêt was affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their main field of study was Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, and Paleontology.

The research topics covered by Sylvain Forêt largely centered on marine and coastal environments, specifically:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

They contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Science Advances
  • Current Biology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

Among their recent papers were:

  • Genomic signatures in the coral holobiont reveal host adaptations driven by Holocene climate change and reef specific symbionts (2020, Science Advances)
  • Morphological stasis masks ecologically divergent coral species on tropical reefs (2021, Current Biology)
  • The Role of DNA Methylation in Genome Defense in Cnidaria and Other Invertebrates (2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • Conservation and turnover of miRNAs and their highly complementary targets in early branching animals (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • AmAMP1 from Acropora millepora and damicornin define a family of coral-specific antimicrobial peptides related to the Shk toxins of sea anemones (2020, Developmental & Comparative Immunology)

Their frequent co-authors included Hua Ying, Ira Cooke, David J. Miller, Pim Bongaerts, and Mark A. Ragan. These collaborations contributed to the advancement of research within their chosen fields.

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Susan J. Brown

  • Nutritional Control of Reproductive Status in Honeybees via DNA Methylation

    Robert Kucharski;Joanna Maleszka;Sylvain Foret;Ryszard Maleszka

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • The honey bee epigenomes: differential methylation of brain DNA in queens and workers.

    Frank Lyko;Sylvain Foret;Robert Kucharski;Stephan Wolf

  • Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

    Gergely Torda;Jennifer M. Donelson;Manuel Aranda;Daniel J. Barshis

  • Whole Transcriptome Analysis of the Coral Acropora millepora Reveals Complex Responses to CO2-driven Acidification during the Initiation of Calcification

    A. Moya;L. Huisman;L. Huisman;Eldon Ball;David Hayward

  • Function and evolution of a gene family encoding odorant binding-like proteins in a social insect, the honey bee (Apis mellifera).

    Sylvain Forêt;Ryszard Maleszka

  • DNA methylation dynamics, metabolic fluxes, gene splicing, and alternative phenotypes in honey bees

    Sylvain Foret;Robert Kucharski;Matteo Pellegrini;Suhua Feng

  • DMSP biosynthesis by an animal and its role in coral thermal stress response

    Jean Baptiste Raina;Jean Baptiste Raina;Dianne M. Tapiolas;Sylvain Forêt;Sylvain Forêt;Adrian Lutz;Adrian Lutz

  • RNAi-induced phenotypes suggest a novel role for a chemosensory protein CSP5 in the development of embryonic integument in the honeybee (Apis mellifera).

    Joanna Maleszka;Sylvain Foret;Robert Saint;Ryszard Maleszka

  • Standard methods for molecular research in Apis mellifera

    Jay D Evans;Ryan S Schwarz;Yan Ping Chen;Giles Budge

  • A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts.

    Steven J. Robbins;Caitlin M. Singleton;Cheong Xin Chan;Lauren F. Messer

  • Chemosensory proteins in the honey bee: Insights from the annotated genome, comparative analyses and expressional profiling.

    Sylvain Forêt;Kevin W. Wanner;Ryszard Maleszka

  • Symbiodinium genomes reveal adaptive evolution of functions related to coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis

    Huanle Liu;Timothy G. Stephens;Raúl A. González-Pech;Victor H. Beltran

  • Carbohydrate metabolism genes and pathways in insects: insights from the honey bee genome.

    T Kunieda;T Fujiyuki;Robert Kucharski;Sylvain Foret

  • Epigenome-associated phenotypic acclimatization to ocean acidification in a reef-building coral

    Yi Jin Liew;Didier Zoccola;Yong Li;Eric Tambutté

  • Epigenetic regulation of the honey bee transcriptome: unravelling the nature of methylated genes.

    Sylvain Foret;Robert Kucharski;Yvonne Pittelkow;Gabrielle A Lockett

  • Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

    Jean-Baptiste Raina;Dianne Tapiolas;Cherie A. Motti;Sylvain Foret;Sylvain Foret

  • Universal target-enrichment baits for anthozoan (Cnidaria) phylogenomics: New approaches to long-standing problems.

    Andrea M. Quattrini;Brant C. Faircloth;Luisa F. Dueñas;Tom C. L. Bridge;Tom C. L. Bridge

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Miller
David J. Miller James Cook University
Eldon E. Ball
Eldon E. Ball James Cook University
David G. Bourne
David G. Bourne James Cook University
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen University of Melbourne
Christian R. Voolstra
Christian R. Voolstra University of Konstanz
Pim Bongaerts
Pim Bongaerts California Academy of Sciences
Mark A. Ragan
Mark A. Ragan University of Queensland
Ryszard Maleszka
Ryszard Maleszka Australian National University
Timothy Ravasi
Timothy Ravasi Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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