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François-Loïc Cosset

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Microbiology
France
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 105 317 291 16 16 398 34071
Medicine 105 6843 6433 207 197 400 34089

François-Loïc Cosset publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by François-Loïc Cosset between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. François-Loïc Cosset published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 10.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2006. 14 of the 426 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2006. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 12 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 16 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 20 publications 2005: 21 publications 2006: 30 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 21 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 6 publications
1987 2025

426 publications in total across all disciplines

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François-Loïc Cosset: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 1
1989 2
1990 3
1991 4
1992 2
1993 4
1994 2
1995 7
1996 12
1997 6
1998 9
1999 16
2000 16
2001 9
2002 10
2003 17
2004 20
2005 21
2006 30
2007 16
2008 16
2009 21
2010 10
2011 18
2012 12
2013 10
2014 10
2015 14
2016 12
2017 10
2018 4
2019 16
2020 14
2021 18
2022 6
2023 13
2024 8
2025 6
Total 426
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François-Loïc Cosset 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 François-Loïc Cosset sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 395–404 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 398 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44 398
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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François-Loïc Cosset 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 François-Loïc Cosset sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 105 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16 105
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in France Leader Award

Overview

François-Loïc Cosset is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant number of publications covering related subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Hepatology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed to several main topics including Hepatitis C virus research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Virus-based gene therapy research, Viral Infections and Vectors, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by François-Loïc Cosset include:

  • A longitudinal study of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients reveals a high correlation between neutralizing antibodies and COVID-19 severity, 2021, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • The SARS-CoV-2 envelope and membrane proteins modulate maturation and retention of the spike protein, allowing assembly of virus-like particles, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Immunogenicity and efficacy of heterologous ChAdOx1-BNT162b2 vaccination, 2021, Nature
  • Lentiviral Vector Pseudotypes: Precious Tools to Improve Gene Modification of Hematopoietic Cells for Research and Gene Therapy, 2020, Viruses
  • The interplays between Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) M segment-encoded accessory proteins and structural proteins promote virus assembly and infectivity, 2020, PLoS Pathogens

Frequent collaborators of François-Loïc Cosset include Solène Denolly, Vincent Legros, Bertrand Boson, Floriane Fusil, and Natália Freitas. These collaborations reflect ongoing research partnerships in the fields of virology and infectious diseases.

The scientist's work is regularly published in a range of venues such as Viruses, Journal of Biological Chemistry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and PLoS Pathogens. The majority of their publications appear in specialized journals related to virology, molecular biology, and infectious diseases.

Best Publications

  • Infectious Hepatitis C Virus Pseudo-particles Containing Functional E1–E2 Envelope Protein Complexes

    Birke Bartosch;Jean Dubuisson;François-Loïc Cosset

  • Construction and characterization of infectious intragenotypic and intergenotypic hepatitis C virus chimeras.

    Thomas Pietschmann;Artur Kaul;George Koutsoudakis;Anna Shavinskaya

  • EGFR and EphA2 are host factors for hepatitis C virus entry and possible targets for antiviral therapy

    Joachim Lupberger;Mirjam B Zeisel;Mirjam B Zeisel;Fei Xiao;Fei Xiao;Christine Thumann;Christine Thumann

  • An Envelope Glycoprotein of the Human Endogenous Retrovirus HERV-W Is Expressed in the Human Placenta and Fuses Cells Expressing the Type D Mammalian Retrovirus Receptor

    Jean-Luc Blond;Dimitri Lavillette;Valérie Cheynet;Olivier Bouton

  • Cell entry of hepatitis C virus requires a set of co-receptors that include the CD81 tetraspanin and the SR-B1 scavenger receptor.

    Birke Bartosch;Alessandra Vitelli;Christelle Granier;Caroline Goujon

  • High-titer packaging cells producing recombinant retroviruses resistant to human serum.

    F.-L. Cosset;Y. Takeuchi;J.-L. Battini;R. A. Weiss

  • Rapid induction of virus-neutralizing antibodies and viral clearance in a single-source outbreak of hepatitis C

    Jan M. Pestka;Mirjam B. Zeisel;Edith Bläser;Peter Schürmann

  • Viral vectors: from virology to transgene expression.

    D. Bouard;N. Alazard-Dany;F.-L. Cosset

  • Lentiviral vectors pseudotyped with a modified RD114 envelope glycoprotein show increased stability in sera and augmented transduction of primary lymphocytes and CD34+ cells derived from human and nonhuman primates

    Virginie Sandrin;Bertrand Boson;Bertrand Boson;Patrick Salmon;Patrick Salmon

  • In vitro assay for neutralizing antibody to hepatitis C virus: evidence for broadly conserved neutralization epitopes.

    Birke Bartosch;Jens Bukh;Jean-Christophe Meunier;Christelle Granier

  • An Interplay between Hypervariable Region 1 of the Hepatitis C Virus E2 Glycoprotein, the Scavenger Receptor BI, and High-Density Lipoprotein Promotes both Enhancement of Infection and Protection against Neutralizing Antibodies

    Birke Bartosch;Géraldine Verney;Marlène Dreux;Peggy Donot

  • Human serum facilitates hepatitis C virus infection, and neutralizing responses inversely correlate with viral replication kinetics at the acute phase of hepatitis C virus infection.

    Dimitri Lavillette;Yoann Morice;Georgios Germanidis;Peggy Donot

  • Role of N-Linked Glycans in the Functions of Hepatitis C Virus Envelope Glycoproteins

    Anne Goffard;Nathalie Callens;Birke Bartosch;Czeslaw Wychowski

  • Characterization of host-range and cell entry properties of the major genotypes and subtypes of hepatitis C virus.

    Dimitri Lavillette;Alexander W. Tarr;Cécile Voisset;Peggy Donot

  • Scavenger receptor class B type I is a key host factor for hepatitis C virus infection required for an entry step closely linked to CD81

    Mirjam B. Zeisel;George Koutsoudakis;Eva K. Schnober;Anita Haberstroh;Anita Haberstroh

  • Monoclonal Antibody AP33 Defines a Broadly Neutralizing Epitope on the Hepatitis C Virus E2 Envelope Glycoprotein

    Ania Owsianka;Alexander W. Tarr;Vicky S. Juttla;Dimitri Lavillette

  • Evidence for cross-genotype neutralization of hepatitis C virus pseudo-particles and enhancement of infectivity by apolipoprotein C1

    Jean-Christophe Meunier;Ronald E. Engle;Kristina Faulk;Ming Zhao

  • Sensitization of cells and retroviruses to human serum by (alpha 1-3) galactosyltransferase.

    Yasuhiro Takeuchi;Colin D. Porter;Karen M. Strahan;Andrew F. Preece

  • Retroviral retargeting by envelopes expressing an N-terminal binding domain.

    François Loïc Cosset;Frances J. Morling;Yasuhiro Takeuchi;Robin A. Weiss

  • A longitudinal study of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients reveals a high correlation between neutralizing antibodies and COVID-19 severity.

    Vincent Legros;Vincent Legros;Solène Denolly;Manon Vogrig;Bertrand Boson

  • Type C retrovirus inactivation by human complement is determined by both the viral genome and the producer cell.

    Y. Takeuchi;F.-L. C. Cosset;P. J. Lachmann;H. Okada

Frequent Co-Authors

Els Verhoeyen
Els Verhoeyen Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Dimitri Lavillette
Dimitri Lavillette Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mirjam B. Zeisel
Mirjam B. Zeisel University of Strasbourg
Thomas F. Baumert
Thomas F. Baumert University of Strasbourg
Jean Dubuisson
Jean Dubuisson Institut Pasteur
Didier Trono
Didier Trono École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Arvind H. Patel
Arvind H. Patel University of Glasgow

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