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D-Index
70
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2255
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Gilles Vergnaud publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 198 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Gilles Vergnaud D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in France Leader Award

Overview

Gilles Vergnaud is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Small Animals, and Microbiology.

Vergnaud's work spans several main research topics, including:

  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications in a variety of venues, notably:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Pathogens
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microorganisms

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Vergnaud include:

  • The Basis for Natural Multiresistance to Phage in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2020, Antibiotics)
  • Bacillus anthracis Phylogeography: New Clues From Kazakhstan, Central Asia (2021, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Genetic diversity of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in Kazakhstan (2021, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
  • Brucella abortus in Kazakhstan, population structure and comparison with worldwide genetic diversity (2023, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • New Research on the Bacillus anthracis Genetic Diversity in Siberia (2023, Pathogens)

Frequent collaborators in Vergnaud's research include:

  • Alexandr Shevtsov
  • Асылулан Амиргазин
  • Yerlan Ramankulov
  • Uinkul Izbanova
  • Alma Kairzhanova

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

  • 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

  • Evaluation and selection of tandem repeat loci for a Brucella MLVA typing assay

    Philippe Le Flèche;Isabelle Jacques;Maggy Grayon;Sascha Al Dahouk

  • Brucella microti sp. nov., isolated from the common vole Microtus arvalis.

    Holger C. Scholz;Zdenek Hubalek;Ivo Sedláček;Gilles Vergnaud

  • A deletion map of the human Y chromosome based on DNA hybridization.

    Vergnaud G;Page Dc;Simmler Mc;Brown L

  • Brucella inopinata sp. nov., isolated from a breast implant infection.

    Holger C. Scholz;Karsten Nöckler;Cornelia Göllner;Peter Bahn

  • Mapping of a gene for long QT syndrome to chromosome 4q25-27.

    J J Schott;F Charpentier;S Peltier;P Foley

  • Evaluation of Brucella MLVA typing for human brucellosis

    Sascha Al Dahouk;Philippe Le Flèche;Karsten Nöckler;Isabelle Jacques;Isabelle Jacques

  • A gradient of sex linkage in the pseudoautosomal region of the human sex chromosomes.

    François Rouyer;Marie-Christine Simmler;Christophe Johnsson;Gilles Vergnaud

  • A tandem repeats database for bacterial genomes: application to the genotyping of Yersinia pestis and Bacillus anthracis

    Philippe Le Flèche;Yolande Hauck;Lucie Onteniente;Agnès Prieur

  • Minisatellites: Mutability and Genome Architecture

    Gilles Vergnaud

  • Brucella papionis sp. nov., isolated from baboons (Papio spp.).

    Adrian M. Whatmore;Nicholas Davison;Axel Cloeckaert;Axel Cloeckaert;Sascha Al Dahouk

  • High resolution, on-line identification of strains from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex based on tandem repeat typing.

    Philippe Le Flèche;Michel Fabre;Jean-Louis Koeck

  • Pseudoautosomal DNA sequences in the pairing region of the human sex chromosomes.

    Marie-Christine Simmler;François Rouyer;Gilles Vergnaud;Minna Nyström-Lahti

  • Brucella vulpis sp. nov., isolated from mandibular lymph nodes of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

    Holger C. Scholz;Sandra Revilla-Fernández;Sascha Al Dahouk;Jens A. Hammerl

  • 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

  • Further evidence for elevated human minisatellite mutation rate in Belarus eight years after the Chernobyl accident

    Yuri E. Dubrova;Valeri N. Nesterov;Nicolay G. Krouchinsky;Vladislav A. Ostapenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Pourcel
Christine Pourcel University of Paris-Saclay
Sascha Al Dahouk
Sascha Al Dahouk Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Holger C. Scholz
Holger C. Scholz Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology
Jean Weissenbach
Jean Weissenbach Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Axel Cloeckaert
Axel Cloeckaert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Heinrich Neubauer
Heinrich Neubauer Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Dominique Gauguier
Dominique Gauguier McGill University
Karsten Nöckler
Karsten Nöckler Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Herbert Tomaso
Herbert Tomaso Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Adrian M. Whatmore
Adrian M. Whatmore Animal and Plant Health Agency

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