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Jean‐Christophe Rochet

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1971

Publications

2,259

Citations

14,662

Est. group size

~35

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

56

Publishing since 1971

Research summary
AI-generated

This bibliographic record appears inconsistent, mixing topics from geophysics (methane hydrates, earthquake detection, seismology) with a large body of publications on molecular neuroscience, particularly protein misfolding and aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Based on the actual publication titles, this research concerns how proteins such as alpha-synuclein, DJ-1, and tau misfold and clump together (aggregate) in ways linked to brain diseases, using cellular models, biophysical techniques, and interactions with cell membranes. The dramatic spike in publication counts (2022-2023) suggests possible data aggregation issues or merged author identities rather than a single individual's typical output.

Protein misfolding and aggregationNeurodegenerative disease mechanisms (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's)Alpha-synuclein biologyBiophysical methods for studying amyloid proteinsBrain organoid and neural tissue models

The publication counts show an unusual and likely anomalous pattern, with modest activity from 2017-2020, a massive unexplained surge in 2022-2023, and a return to low counts in 2024-2025, suggesting possible data quality issues rather than a genuine trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 416.4/year recently
2017: 11 publications17182019: 10 publications192020: 7 publications202021: 54 publications212022: 1129 publications1129222023: 932 publications232024: 10 publications242025: 10 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)×2093
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×15
  • Neurobiology of Disease×3
  • BIO-PROTOCOL×2
  • Journal of Neuroscience×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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