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D-Index
42
Citations
10766
World Ranking
3369
National Ranking
122

Thierry Simonneau publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thierry Simonneau sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 84 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Thierry Simonneau D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thierry Simonneau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Ecology

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Abscisic acid, Stomatal conductance, Transpiration and Xylem. The various areas that Thierry Simonneau examines in his Botany study include Biophysics, Soil water and Plant hormone. His work deals with themes such as Nicotiana plumbaginifolia and Xanthophyll, which intersect with Abscisic acid.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Arabidopsis thaliana, Mutant, Guard cell, Water stress and Epidermis. His Arabidopsis thaliana research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Quantitative trait locus, Genetic variability and Agronomy, Sowing. As part of his studies on Xylem, Thierry Simonneau often connects relevant subjects like Hydraulic conductivity.

His most cited work include:

  • Variability among species of stomatal control under fluctuating soil water status and evaporative demand: modelling isohydric and anisohydric behaviours (879 citations)
  • Functional analysis of AtHKT1 in Arabidopsis shows that Na+ recirculation by the phloem is crucial for salt tolerance (432 citations)
  • PHENOPSIS, an automated platform for reproducible phenotyping of plant responses to soil water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana permitted the identification of an accession with low sensitivity to soil water deficit. (418 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Thierry Simonneau mostly deals with Botany, Transpiration, Abscisic acid, Agronomy and Horticulture. Thierry Simonneau interconnects Arabidopsis thaliana, Biophysics and Arabidopsis in the investigation of issues within Botany. His Transpiration research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Water stress, Canopy, Shoot and Root system.

His Abscisic acid research integrates issues from Sesquiterpene, Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, Mutant and Plant physiology. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Quantitative trait locus, Hydraulic conductivity, Nutrient and Turgor pressure. The concepts of his Horticulture study are interwoven with issues in Photosynthesis, Soil water deficit and Data sequences.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (46.88%)
  • Transpiration (35.94%)
  • Abscisic acid (28.12%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2020)?

  • Transpiration (35.94%)
  • Canopy (6.25%)
  • Water-use efficiency (6.25%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Thierry Simonneau mainly focuses on Transpiration, Canopy, Water-use efficiency, Arabidopsis and Botany. He works mostly in the field of Transpiration, limiting it down to concerns involving Agronomy and, occasionally, Temporal scales. His research on Canopy also deals with topics like

  • Interception which connect with Energy balance,
  • Energy budget and related Soil water.

Thierry Simonneau has researched Arabidopsis in several fields, including Plant physiology, Casparian strip, Suberin and Arabidopsis thaliana. Thierry Simonneau has included themes like Abscisic acid and Genotype in his Botany study. The Photosynthesis study combines topics in areas such as Xylem and Horticulture.

Between 2016 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • The Physiological Basis of Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants: A Scenario-Dependent Probabilistic Approach. (124 citations)
  • Increasing the total productivity of a land by combining mobile photovoltaic panels and food crops (30 citations)
  • Abscisic Acid Down-Regulates Hydraulic Conductance of Grapevine Leaves in Isohydric Genotypes Only. (27 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Ecology

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Transpiration, Agronomy, Genotype, Hydraulic conductance and Stomatal conductance. His study in Genetic architecture extends to Agronomy with its themes. His studies deal with areas such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Abscisic acid, Botany, Vitis vinifera and Arabidopsis as well as Genotype.

In his works, he undertakes multidisciplinary study on Drought tolerance and Phenomics.

Best Publications

  • Variability among species of stomatal control under fluctuating soil water status and evaporative demand: modelling isohydric and anisohydric behaviours

    François Tardieu;Thierry Simonneau

  • An overview of models of stomatal conductance at the leaf level

    Gaëlle Damour;Thierry Simonneau;Hervé Cochard;Laurent Urban

  • Functional analysis of AtHKT1 in Arabidopsis shows that Na+ recirculation by the phloem is crucial for salt tolerance

    Pierre Berthomieu;Geneviève Conéjéro;Aurélie Nublat;William J. Brackenbury

  • PHENOPSIS, an automated platform for reproducible phenotyping of plant responses to soil water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana permitted the identification of an accession with low sensitivity to soil water deficit.

    Christine Granier;Luis Aguirrezabal;Luis Aguirrezabal;Karine Chenu;Sarah Jane Cookson

  • The Arabidopsis outward K+ channel GORK is involved in regulation of stomatal movements and plant transpiration

    Eric Hosy;Alain Vavasseur;Karine Mouline;Ingo Dreyer

  • The Physiological Basis of Drought Tolerance in Crop Plants: A Scenario-Dependent Probabilistic Approach.

    François Tardieu;Thierry Simonneau;Bertrand Muller

  • Drought and abscisic acid effects on aquaporin content translate into changes in hydraulic conductivity and leaf growth rate: a trans-scale approach.

    Boris Parent;Charles Hachez;Elise Redondo;Thierry Simonneau

  • The dual effect of abscisic acid on stomata

    Florent Pantin;Fabien Monnet;Dorothée Jannaud;Dorothée Jannaud;Joaquim Miguel Costa;Joaquim Miguel Costa

  • Coming of leaf age: control of growth by hydraulics and metabolics during leaf ontogeny

    Florent Pantin;Thierry Simonneau;Bertrand Muller

  • Increasing the total productivity of a land by combining mobile photovoltaic panels and food crops

    B. Valle;T. Simonneau;F. Sourd;P. Pechier

  • Expression studies of the zeaxanthin epoxidase gene in nicotiana plumbaginifolia

    Corinne Audran;Charlotte Borel;Anne Frey;Bruno Sotta

  • Control of leaf growth by abscisic acid: hydraulic or non‐hydraulic processes?

    François Tardieu;Boris Parent;Thierry Simonneau

  • Arabidopsis growth under prolonged high temperature and water deficit: independent or interactive effects?

    Denis Vile;Marjorie Pervent;Michaël Belluau;François Vasseur

  • Stomatal control by fed or endogenous xylem ABA in sunflower: interpretation of correlations between leaf water potential and stomatal conductance in anisohydric species

    François Tardieu;Tanguy Lafarge;Thierry Simonneau

  • RD20, a Stress-Inducible Caleosin, Participates in Stomatal Control, Transpiration and Drought Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Yann Aubert;Denis Vile;Marjorie Pervent;Didier Aldon

  • Diurnal Changes in Stem Diameter Depend Upon Variations in Water Content: Direct Evidence in Peach Trees

    T. Simonneau;R. Habib;J.-P. Goutouly;J.-G. Huguet

  • Aquaporin-Mediated Reduction in Maize Root Hydraulic Conductivity Impacts Cell Turgor and Leaf Elongation Even without Changing Transpiration

    Christina Ehlert;Christophe Maurel;François Tardieu;Thierry Simonneau

  • Towards a simple indicator of water stress in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) based on the differential sensitivities of vegetative growth components

    Anne Pellegrino;Eric Lebon;Thierry Simonneau;Jacques Wery

  • Control of Leaf Expansion: A Developmental Switch from Metabolics to Hydraulics

    Florent Pantin;Thierry Simonneau;Gaëlle Rolland;Myriam Dauzat

  • Plant adaptation to fluctuating environment and biomass production are strongly dependent on guard cell potassium channels.

    Anne Lebaudy;Alain Vavasseur;Eric Hosy;Ingo Dreyer

  • The significance of roots as hydraulic rheostats

    Christophe Maurel;Thierry Simonneau;Moira Romina Sutka

Frequent Co-Authors

François Tardieu
François Tardieu INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bertrand Muller
Bertrand Muller INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Christine Granier
Christine Granier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Nathalie Ollat
Nathalie Ollat INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Hervé Sentenac
Hervé Sentenac INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Karine Chenu
Karine Chenu University of Queensland
Christophe Maurel
Christophe Maurel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrice This
Patrice This INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Annie Marion-Poll
Annie Marion-Poll University of Paris-Saclay
Ingo Dreyer
Ingo Dreyer University of Talca

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