Patrick Descombes

82 papers and 7.6k indexed citations
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About

Patrick Descombes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Descombes has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Patrick Descombes’s work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (7 papers). Patrick Descombes is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (7 papers). Patrick Descombes collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Patrick Descombes's co-authors include Ueli Schibler, Olivier Schaad, Mario Chojkier, Vincent Ossipow, Serge Lichtsteiner, Eileen Falvey, Frédéric Gachon, Céline Delucinge-Vivier, Ueli Schibler and David T. W. Lau and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Descombes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick Descombes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick Descombes based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Patrick Descombes. Patrick Descombes is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Descombes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Patrick Descombes. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Patrick Descombes. The network helps show where Patrick Descombes may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Descombes

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