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Bernard Henrissat publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard Henrissat sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

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99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Bernard Henrissat D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard Henrissat sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 180 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Bernard Henrissat is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark. Their research spans a broad range of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. They have contributed extensively to fields such as plant science, molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, cell biology, and biotechnology.

Their work includes significant focus on specific subjects like mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, enzyme production and characterization, biofuel production and bioconversion, gut microbiota and health, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, and fungal biology and applications.

Bernard Henrissat has coauthored numerous works with frequent collaborators including Matthias Hess, Vincent Lombard, Igor V. Grigoriev, Douglas Baxter, and Élodie Drula. These collaborations have contributed to a substantial body of research spanning multiple scientific domains.

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues. Prominent publication venues include OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, New Phytologist, and Nature. These platforms have hosted the dissemination of their research findings over the years.

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • The carbohydrate-active enzyme database: functions and literature, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits, 2020, Nature Communications
  • 101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens, 2020, Studies in Mycology
  • Secreted pectin monooxygenases drive plant infection by pathogenic oomycetes, 2021, Science
  • A comparative genomics study of 23 Aspergillus species from section Flavi, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

    Peter J. Turnbaugh;Micah Hamady;Tanya Yatsunenko;Brandi L. Cantarel

  • The Carbohydrate-Active EnZymes database (CAZy): an expert resource for Glycogenomics

    Brandi L. Cantarel;Pedro M. Coutinho;Corinne Rancurel;Thomas Bernard

  • The carbohydrate-active enzymes database (CAZy) in 2013

    Vincent Lombard;Hemalatha Golaconda Ramulu;Elodie Drula;Pedro M. Coutinho

  • The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)

    G. A. Tuskan;G. A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

  • Gut Microbiota from Twins Discordant for Obesity Modulate Metabolism in Mice

    Vanessa K. Ridaura;Jeremiah J. Faith;Federico E. Rey;Jiye Cheng

  • A classification of glycosyl hydrolases based on amino acid sequence similarities.

    B Henrissat

  • A Dietary Fiber-Deprived Gut Microbiota Degrades the Colonic Mucus Barrier and Enhances Pathogen Susceptibility

    Mahesh S. Desai;Mahesh S. Desai;Anna M. Seekatz;Nicole M. Koropatkin;Nobuhiko Kamada

  • New families in the classification of glycosyl hydrolases based on amino acid sequence similarities.

    Bernard Henrissat;Amos Marc Bairoch

  • Structures and mechanisms of glycosyl hydrolases

    Gideon Davies;Bernard Henrissat

  • Glycosyltransferases: structures, functions, and mechanisms.

    Lairson Ll;Henrissat B;Davies Gj;Withers Sg

  • Structural and sequence-based classification of glycoside hydrolases.

    Bernard Henrissat;Gideon Davies

  • Diet drives convergence in gut microbiome functions across mammalian phylogeny and within humans

    Brian D. Muegge;Justin Kuczynski;Dan Knights;Jose C. Clemente

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Updating the sequence-based classification of glycosyl hydrolases.

    Bernard Henrissat;Amos Marc Bairoch

  • Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Li Jun Ma;H. Charlotte Van Der Does;Katherine A. Borkovich;Jeffrey J. Coleman

  • The abundance and variety of carbohydrate-active enzymes in the human gut microbiota.

    Abdessamad El Kaoutari;Abdessamad El Kaoutari;Fabrice Armougom;Jeffrey I. Gordon;Didier Raoult

  • An evolving hierarchical family classification for glycosyltransferases.

    Pedro M. Coutinho;Emeline Deleury;Gideon J. Davies;Bernard Henrissat

  • Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

    Pierre Abad;Pierre Abad;Jérôme Gouzy;Jean-Marc Aury;Jean-Marc Aury;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno;Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

  • The carbohydrate-active enzyme database: functions and literature.

    Elodie Drula;Marie-Line Garron;Suzan Dogan;Vincent Lombard

  • The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray) - eScholarship

    G.A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Pedro M. Coutinho
Pedro M. Coutinho Aix-Marseille University
Vincent Lombard
Vincent Lombard Aix-Marseille University
Ronald P. de Vries
Ronald P. de Vries Utrecht University
Asaf Salamov
Asaf Salamov Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Alan Kuo
Alan Kuo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kurt LaButti
Kurt LaButti United States Department of Energy
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine

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