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Christine Pourcel 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 Christine Pourcel sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 159 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christine Pourcel 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 Christine Pourcel 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: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Christine Pourcel is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a considerable focus also on Environmental Science.

The subfields they have contributed to include Molecular Biology, Ecology, Endocrinology, Plant Science, and Cancer Research.

The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Christine Pourcel's recent publications include:

  • "The Basis for Natural Multiresistance to Phage in Pseudomonas aeruginosa," 2020, published in Antibiotics
  • "The saclayvirus Aci01-1 very long and complex fiber and its receptor at the Acinetobacter baumannii surface," 2023, published in Archives of Virology

Frequent publication venues where they have contributed include:

  • Archives of Virology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Antibiotics
  • BMC Bioinformatics
  • Journal of Virology

Collaborations appear with several frequent co-authors including:

  • Gilles Vergnaud
  • Christiane Essoh
  • Daniel Gautheret
  • Jean-Philippe Vernadet
  • Timothée Ouassa

Best Publications

  • CRISPRFinder: a web tool to identify clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.

    Ibtissem Grissa;Gilles Vergnaud;Christine Pourcel

  • CRISPR elements in Yersinia pestis acquire new repeats by preferential uptake of bacteriophage DNA, and provide additional tools for evolutionary studies.

    C Pourcel;G Salvignol;Gilles Vergnaud

  • The hepatitis B virus

    Pierre Tiollais;Christine Pourcel;Anne Dejean

  • CRISPRCasFinder, an update of CRISRFinder, includes a portable version, enhanced performance and integrates search for Cas proteins.

    David Couvin;Aude Bernheim;Aude Bernheim;Claire Toffano-Nioche;Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon

  • The CRISPRdb database and tools to display CRISPRs and to generate dictionaries of spacers and repeats

    Ibtissem Grissa;Gilles Vergnaud;Christine Pourcel

  • Formation of the pool of covalently closed circular viral DNA in hepadnavirus-infected cells

    Jan S. Tuttleman;Christine Pourcel;Jesse Summers

  • Presence of integrated hepatitis B virus DNA sequences in cellular DNA of human hepatocellular carcinoma

    Christian Brechot;Christian Brechot;Christine Pourcel;Anne Louise;Bernadette Rain

  • Excretion of hepatitis B surface antigen particles from mouse cells transformed with cloned viral DNA

    Marie-Francoise Dubois;Christine Pourcel;Solange Rousset;Charles Chany

  • Maternal inhibition of hepatitis B surface antigen gene expression in transgenic mice correlates with de novo methylation.

    Michelle Hadchouel;Hend Farza;Dominique Simon;Pierre Tiollais

  • Cloning in Escherichia coli and physical structure of hepatitis B virion DNA.

    Patrick Charnay;Christine Pourcel;Anne Louise;Alexandre Fritsch

  • Specific expression of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in transgenic mice

    C Babinet;H Farza;D Morello;M Hadchouel

  • Genotyping of Bacillus anthracis strains based on automated capillary 25-loci Multiple Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeats Analysis

    Florigio Lista;Giovanni Faggioni;Samina Valjevac;Andrea Ciammaruconi

  • Insight into microevolution of Yersinia pestis by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.

    Yujun Cui;Yanjun Li;Olivier Gorgé;Mikhail E. Platonov

  • Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis of Yersinia pestis by MLVA: insights into the worldwide expansion of Central Asia plague foci.

    Yanjun Li;Yujun Cui;Yolande Hauck;Mikhail E. Platonov

  • Hepatitis B surface antigen gene expression is regulated by sex steroids and glucocorticoids in transgenic mice

    Hend Farza;Anne Marie Salmon;Michelle Hadchouel;Jean Louis Moreau

  • CRISPRcompar: a website to compare clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats

    Ibtissem Grissa;Gilles Vergnaud;Christine Pourcel

  • Tandem repeats analysis for the high resolution phylogenetic analysis of Yersinia pestis

    Christine Pourcel;Flore André-Mazeaud;Heinrich Neubauer;Françoise Ramisse

  • Transgenesis in rats: technical aspects and models

    Béatrice Charreau;Laurent Tesson;Jean-Paul Soulillou;Christine Pourcel

  • Replication and gene expression of hepatitis B virus in a transgenic mouse that contains the complete viral genome.

    H Farza;M Hadchouel;J Scotto;P Tiollais

  • On-line resources for bacterial micro-evolution studies using MLVA or CRISPR typing

    Ibtissem Grissa;Patrick Bouchon;Christine Pourcel;Gilles Vergnaud

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Vergnaud
Gilles Vergnaud University of Paris-Saclay
Pierre Tiollais
Pierre Tiollais Institut Pasteur
Patrick Charnay
Patrick Charnay École Normale Supérieure
Jean-Paul Soulillou
Jean-Paul Soulillou University of Nantes
Paolo Visca
Paolo Visca Roma Tre University
Daniel Gautheret
Daniel Gautheret University of Paris-Saclay
Christian Bréchot
Christian Bréchot Institut Pasteur
Patrick Plésiat
Patrick Plésiat University of Franche-Comté
Marie Touchon
Marie Touchon Université Paris Cité
Konrad Sachse
Konrad Sachse Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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