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Yannis Michalakis

Yannis Michalakis

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
12573
World Ranking
2092
National Ranking
80

Yannis Michalakis 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 Yannis Michalakis sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 133 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yannis Michalakis 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 Yannis Michalakis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yannis Michalakis is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Medicine. Their work spans various subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, Modeling and Simulation, Genetics, and Ecology.

Their research topics include:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Yannis Michalakis has coauthored multiple papers with the following frequent collaborators:

  • Stéphane Blanc
  • Mircea T. Sofonea
  • Samuel Alizon
  • Baptiste Elie
  • Christian Selinger

They have contributed to several scientific venues, with recurrent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Virus Evolution
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Epidemics
  • Annual Review of Virology

Recent published papers include:

  • Optimal COVID-19 epidemic control until vaccine deployment, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Memory is key in capturing COVID-19 epidemiological dynamics, 2021, Epidemics
  • The Curious Strategy of Multipartite Viruses, 2020, Annual Review of Virology
  • Detecting Rapid Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Variants, France, January 26-February 16, 2021, 2021, Emerging infectious diseases
  • Epidemiological monitoring and control perspectives: application of a parsimonious modelling framework to the COVID-19 dynamics in France, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • A Generic Estimation of Population Subdivision Using Distances Between Alleles With Special Reference for Microsatellite Loci

    Yannis Michalakis;Laurent Excoffier

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Local Adaptation and Gene-For-Gene Coevolution in a Metapopulation Model

    Sylvain Gandon;Yvan Capowiez;Yvain Dubois;Yannis Michalakis

  • Local adaptation, evolutionary potential and host–parasite coevolution: interactions between migration, mutation, population size and generation time

    S. Gandon;Y. Michalakis

  • Comparative analysis of microsatellite and allozyme markers: a case study investigating microgeographic differentiation in brown trout (Salmo trutta)

    A. Estoup;F. Rousset;Y. Michalakis;J.-M. Cornuet

  • Multiple infections and the evolution of virulence.

    Samuel Alizon;Jacobus C. de Roode;Yannis Michalakis

  • Metapopulation Genetics and the Evolution of Dispersal

    Isabelle Olivieri;Yannis Michalakis;Pierre-Henri Gouyon

  • Host life history responses to parasitism

    Philip Agnew;Philip Agnew;Jacob C. Koella;Yannis Michalakis;Yannis Michalakis

  • The evolution of recombination in changing environments

    Sarah P. Otto;Yannis Michalakis

  • LOCAL MALADAPTATION IN THE ANTHER-SMUT FUNGUS MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM TO ITS HOST PLANT SILENE LATIFOLIA: EVIDENCE FROM A CROSS-INOCULATION EXPERIMENT.

    Oliver Kaltz;Oliver Kaltz;Sylvain Gandon;Yannis Michalakis;Jacqui A. Shykoff

  • Host-dependent genetic structure of parasite populations: differential dispersal of seabird tick host races.

    Karen D. McCoy;Thierry Boulinier;Claire Tirard;Yannis Michalakis

  • Do outbreaks affect genetic population structure? A worldwide survey in Locusta migratoria, a pest plagued by microsatellite null alleles

    Chapuis Mp;Lecoq M;Michalakis Y;Loiseau A

  • Evolution of parasite virulence against qualitative or quantitative host resistance.

    Sylvain Gandon;Yannis Michalakis

  • A minimalist approach to the effects of density-dependent competition on insect life-history traits.

    Philip Agnew;Mallorie Hide;Christine Sidobre;Yannis Michalakis

  • Host specificity of a generalist parasite: genetic evidence of sympatric host races in the seabird tick Ixodes uriae

    K. D. Mccoy;T. Boulinier;C. Tirard;Y. Michalakis

  • Evolutionarily Stable Dispersal Rate in a Metapopulation with Extinctions and Kin Competition

    Sylvain Gandon;Yannis Michalakis

  • Genetic Diversity and Pathogenic Variation of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in the Three Centers of Diversity of Its Host, Phaseolus vulgaris.

    D. Sicard;Y. Michalakis;M. Dron;C. Neema

  • The virulence-transmission trade-off in vector-borne plant viruses: a review of (non-)existing studies

    R Froissart;J Doumayrou;J Doumayrou;F Vuillaume;Samuel Alizon

  • Cost of reproduction and cost of parasitism in the common lizard, Lacerta vivipara

    Gabriele Sorci;Jean Clobert;Yannis Michalakis

  • Parasitism as a constraint on the rate of life‐history evolution

    M. E. Hochberg;Y. Michalakis;T. de Meeus

  • Virulence reaction norms across a food gradient.

    Stephanie Bedhomme;Philip Agnew;Christine Sidobre;Yannis Michalakis

  • Coevolution between parasite virulence and host life-history traits.

    Sylvain Gandon;Philip Agnew;Yannis Michalakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphane Blanc
Stéphane Blanc University of Montpellier
Sylvain Gandon
Sylvain Gandon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
François Renaud
François Renaud University of Montpellier
Isabelle Olivieri
Isabelle Olivieri University of Montpellier
Thomas Lenormand
Thomas Lenormand University of Montpellier
Arnaud Estoup
Arnaud Estoup University of Montpellier
Karen D. McCoy
Karen D. McCoy University of Montpellier
Thierry Boulinier
Thierry Boulinier University of Montpellier
Jukka Jokela
Jukka Jokela Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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