2026 Emmanuelle Charpentier: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	48	18161	16669	1248	1163	99	52471

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Biology and Biochemistry

18161

16669

1248

1163

52471

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

52471

World Ranking

18161

National Ranking

1248

Overview

Emmanuelle Charpentier is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Ecology, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
RNA modifications and cancer
Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Emmanuelle Charpentier include:

Distinct Polysaccharide Utilization Determines Interspecies Competition between Intestinal Prevotella spp., 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
Bridge helix arginines play a critical role in Cas9 sensitivity to mismatches, 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
An RNA-seq based comparative approach reveals the transcriptome-wide interplay between 3'-to-5' exoRNases and RNase Y, 2020, Nature Communications
Survival Strategies of Streptococcus pyogenes in Response to Phage Infection, 2021, Viruses
The energy metabolism of Cupriavidus necator in different trophic conditions, 2024, Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The frequent co-authors listed for Emmanuelle Charpentier are:

Rina Ahmed-Begrich
Marc Erhardt
Karin Hahnke
Thibaud T. Renault
Katja Schmidt

Emmanuelle Charpentier's research is often published in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
mSystems
Cell Host & Microbe
Nature Chemical Biology

Best Publications

A programmable dual-RNA-guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity.

Martin Jinek;Krzysztof Chylinski;Krzysztof Chylinski;Ines Fonfara;Michael Hauer

17959
Citations
The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9

Jennifer A. Doudna;Jennifer A. Doudna;Emmanuelle Charpentier;Emmanuelle Charpentier

6829
Citations
CRISPR RNA maturation by trans -encoded small RNA and host factor RNase III

Elitza Deltcheva;Krzysztof Chylinski;Krzysztof Chylinski;Cynthia M. Sharma;Karine Gonzales

3442
Citations
Evolution and classification of the CRISPR-Cas systems

Kira S. Makarova;Daniel H. Haft;Rodolphe Barrangou;Stan J. J. Brouns

3288
Citations
An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems

Kira S. Makarova;Yuri I. Wolf;Omer S. Alkhnbashi;Fabrizio Costa

2912
Citations
Evolutionary classification of CRISPR-Cas systems: a burst of class 2 and derived variants.

Kira S. Makarova;Yuri I. Wolf;Jaime Iranzo;Sergey A. Shmakov

2380
Citations
Structures of Cas9 Endonucleases Reveal RNA- Mediated Conformational Activation

Martin Jinek;Fuguo Jiang;David W. Taylor;David W. Taylor;Samuel H. Sternberg

1544
Citations
The CRISPR-associated DNA-cleaving enzyme Cpf1 also processes precursor CRISPR RNA

Ines Fonfara;Hagen Richter;Majda Bratovič;Anaïs Le Rhun

1053
Citations
The Biology of CRISPR-Cas: Backward and Forward.

Frank Hille;Frank Hille;Hagen Richter;Shi Pey Wong;Shi Pey Wong;Shi Pey Wong;Majda Bratovič;Majda Bratovič

974
Citations
The tracrRNA and Cas9 families of type II CRISPR-Cas immunity systems

Krzysztof Chylinski;Anaïs Le Rhun;Emmanuelle Charpentier

652
Citations
Classification and evolution of type II CRISPR-Cas systems

Krzysztof Chylinski;Kira S. Makarova;Emmanuelle Charpentier;Eugene V. Koonin

640
Citations
Phylogeny of Cas9 determines functional exchangeability of dual-RNA and Cas9 among orthologous type II CRISPR-Cas systems

Ines Fonfara;Anaïs Le Rhun;Krzysztof Chylinski;Kira S. Makarova

550
Citations
Adopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing

Eric S. Lander;Françoise Baylis;Feng Zhang;Emmanuelle Charpentier

478
Citations
CRISPR-Cas: biology, mechanisms and relevance

Frank Hille;Emmanuelle Charpentier

446
Citations
Biogenesis pathways of RNA guides in archaeal and bacterial CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity.

Emmanuelle Charpentier;Emmanuelle Charpentier;Hagen Richter;John van der Oost;Malcolm F. White

305
Citations
Memory of viral infections by CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems: Acquisition of new information

Peter C. Fineran;Emmanuelle Charpentier

298
Citations
Biotechnology: Rewriting a genome

Emmanuelle Charpentier;Jennifer A. Doudna

274
Citations
Refined sgRNA efficacy prediction improves large- and small-scale CRISPR-Cas9 applications.

Maurice Labuhn;Felix F. Adams;Michelle Ng;Sabine Knoess

265
Citations
Adaptation in CRISPR-Cas Systems

Samuel H. Sternberg;Hagen Richter;Emmanuelle Charpentier;Udi Qimron

257
Citations
Extracellular Vesicle RNA: A Universal Mediator of Microbial Communication?

James Anthony Tsatsaronis;James Anthony Tsatsaronis;Sandra Franch-Arroyo;Ulrike Resch;Emmanuelle Charpentier;Emmanuelle Charpentier;Emmanuelle Charpentier

222
Citations