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Didier Raoult publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Didier Raoult sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 3,260 publications — 100th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Didier Raoult D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Didier Raoult sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 216 D-Index — 100th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in France Leader Award
  • 2021 - Ordre national du Lion du Sénégal - National Order of the Lion, Senegal
  • 2015 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France
  • 2015 - Commandeur de l'Ordre national du Mérite (Commander of the National Order of Merit), France
  • 2011 - Officier de la Légion d'honneur (Officier of the Legion of Honour), France
  • 2010 - Grand prix de l'Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
  • 2009 - Prix Eloi Collery, Académie Nationale de Médecine
  • 2002 - European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Excellence Award
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France
  • Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms), France

Overview

Didier Raoult is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a notable concentration in Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Neurology, and Parasitology.

The main topics of their work revolve around SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, long-term effects of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, gut microbiota and health, vector-borne infectious diseases, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Among the recent papers associated with Didier Raoult are the following:

  • RETRACTED: Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial, 2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • New insights on the antiviral effects of chloroquine against coronavirus: what to expect for COVID-19?, 2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as available weapons to fight COVID-19, 2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Viral RNA load as determined by cell culture as a management tool for discharge of SARS-CoV-2 patients from infectious disease wards, 2020, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Didier Raoult include:

  • Philippe Colson
  • Jean-Christophe Lagier
  • Bernard La Scola
  • Pierre-Edouard Fournier
  • Matthieu Million

Their research has been published extensively in journals such as:

  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Didier Raoult has received various awards over the course of their career, including the Ordre national du Lion du Sénégal (National Order of the Lion, Senegal) in 2021, the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France in 2015, and the Commandeur de l'Ordre national du Mérite (Commander of the National Order of Merit), France in 2015.

Other recognitions include the Officier de la Légion d'honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour), France in 2011, the Grand prix de l'Inserm - Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale in 2010, the Prix Eloi Collery from the Académie Nationale de Médecine in 2009, the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Excellence Award in 2002, and the Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms) from France.

Best Publications

  • Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial.

    Philippe Gautret;Jean Christophe Lagier;Philippe Parola;Van Thuan Hoang

  • Gut microbiome influences efficacy of PD-1–based immunotherapy against epithelial tumors

    Bertrand Routy;Bertrand Routy;Bertrand Routy;Lisa Derosa;Lisa Derosa;Lisa Derosa;Connie P. M. Duong;Connie P. M. Duong

  • Anticancer immunotherapy by CTLA-4 blockade relies on the gut microbiota

    Marie Vétizou;Marie Vétizou;Marie Vétizou;Jonathan M. Pitt;Jonathan M. Pitt;Jonathan M. Pitt;Romain Daillère;Romain Daillère;Romain Daillère;Patricia Lepage

  • Ongoing Revolution in Bacteriology: Routine Identification of Bacteria by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

    Piseth Seng;Michel Drancourt;Freédésrique Gouriet;Bernard La Scola

  • 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

  • Ticks and tickborne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat

    Philippe Parola;Didier Raoult

  • Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach

    Philippe Parola;Christopher D. Paddock;Cristina Socolovschi;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequence Analysis of a Large Collection of Environmental and Clinical Unidentifiable Bacterial Isolates

    Michel Drancourt;Claude Bollet;Antoine Carlioz;Rolland Martelin

  • Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: Emerging Diseases Challenging Old Concepts

    Philippe Parola;Christopher D. Paddock;Didier Raoult

  • Microorganisms Resistant to Free-Living Amoebae

    Gilbert Greub;Didier Raoult

  • New insights on the antiviral effects of chloroquine against coronavirus: what to expect for COVID-19?

    Christian A. Devaux;Christian A. Devaux;Jean Marc Rolain;Philippe Colson;Didier Raoult

  • The 1.2-Megabase Genome Sequence of Mimivirus

    Didier Raoult;Stéphane Audic;Catherine Robert;Chantal Abergel

  • Microbial culturomics: paradigm shift in the human gut microbiome study

    J. C. Lagier;Fabrice Armougom;M. Million;P. Hugon

  • Rickettsioses as paradigms of new or emerging infectious diseases.

    D Raoult;V Roux

  • Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine as Available Weapons to Fight COVID-19

    Philippe Colson;Jean-Marc Rolain;Jean-Christophe Lagier;Philippe Brouqui

  • Comparative Genomics of Multidrug Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Pierre-Edouard Fournier;David Vallenet;Valérie Barbe;Stéphane Audic

  • Monitoring bacterial community of human gut microbiota reveals an increase in Lactobacillus in obese patients and Methanogens in anorexic patients.

    Fabrice Armougom;Mireille Henry;Bernard Vialettes;Denis Raccah

  • A Giant Virus in Amoebae

    Bernard La Scola;Stéphane Audic;Catherine Robert;Liang Jungang

  • From Q Fever to Coxiella burnetii Infection: a Paradigm Change.

    Carole Eldin;Cléa Mélenotte;Oleg Mediannikov;Eric Ghigo

  • Endocarditis Due to Rare and Fastidious Bacteria

    P. Brouqui;D. Raoult

  • Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics

    Jean-Christophe Lagier;Saber Khelaifia;Maryam Tidjani Alou;Sokhna Ndongo

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Edouard Fournier
Pierre-Edouard Fournier Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Marc Rolain
Jean-Marc Rolain Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Christophe Lagier
Jean-Christophe Lagier Aix-Marseille University
Bernard La Scola
Bernard La Scola Aix-Marseille University
Catherine Robert
Catherine Robert Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Brouqui
Philippe Brouqui Aix-Marseille University
Hubert Lepidi
Hubert Lepidi Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Parola
Philippe Parola Aix-Marseille University
Florence Fenollar
Florence Fenollar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Philippe Parola
Philippe Parola Aix-Marseille University

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