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Guy Boivin publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

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

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 661 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Guy Boivin D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Guy Boivin is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and focuses primarily on research within the field of medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including epidemiology, infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and immunology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on respiratory viral infections, with a particular emphasis on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, along with clinical studies related to COVID-19. Other notable research topics include influenza virus studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, herpesvirus infections and treatments, as well as cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.

Guy Boivin has published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Antiviral Research
  • Vaccine

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Julie Carbonneau (42 publications)
  • Marie-Ève Hamelin (29 publications)
  • Jocelyne Piret (28 publications)
  • Caroline Quach (16 publications)
  • Gaston De Serres (14 publications)

Among the recent papers associated with Guy Boivin are:

  • "Pandemics Throughout History," 2021, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Colchicine for community-treated patients with COVID-19 (COLCORONA): a phase 3, randomised, double-blinded, adaptive, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial," 2021, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Viral Interference between Respiratory Viruses," 2022, published in Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • "Modified cyclodextrins as broad-spectrum antivirals," 2020, published in Science Advances
  • "Immunomodulatory Strategies in Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis," 2020, published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Guy Boivin was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020, recognized by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Virological Features and Clinical Manifestations Associated with Human Metapneumovirus: A New Paramyxovirus Responsible for Acute Respiratory-Tract Infections in All Age Groups

    Guy Boivin;Yacine Abed;Gilles Pelletier;Louisette Ruel

  • Pandemics Throughout History

    Jocelyne Piret;Guy Boivin

  • Resistance of Herpes Simplex Viruses to Nucleoside Analogues: Mechanisms, Prevalence, and Management

    Jocelyne Piret;Guy Boivin

  • Quantitation of Cytomegalovirus: Methodologic Aspects and Clinical Applications

    Michael Boeckh;Guy Boivin

  • Human metapneumovirus infections in hospitalized children.

    Guy Boivin;Gaston De Serres;Stéphanie Côté;Rodica Gilca

  • Characterization of Human Metapneumoviruses Isolated from Patients in North America

    Teresa C. T. Peret;Guy Boivin;Yan Li;Michel Couillard

  • Predicting Influenza Infections during Epidemics with Use of a Clinical Case Definition

    Guy Boivin;Isabelle Hardy;Guy Tellier;Jean Maziade

  • Fluorescent polymeric transducer for the rapid, simple, and specific detection of nucleic acids at the zeptomole level.

    Kim Doré;Sébastien Dubus;Hoang-Anh Ho;Isabelle Lévesque

  • Influenza virus resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors.

    Mélanie Samson;Andrés Pizzorno;Yacine Abed;Guy Boivin

  • Resistance of herpesviruses to antiviral drugs: clinical impacts and molecular mechanisms.

    Christian Gilbert;Julie Bestman-Smith;Guy Boivin

  • Viral Interference between Respiratory Viruses

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  • Association between the 2008–09 Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and Pandemic H1N1 Illness during Spring–Summer 2009: Four Observational Studies from Canada

    Danuta M. Skowronski;Gaston De Serres;Natasha S. Crowcroft;Naveed Z. Janjua

  • Human parechovirus causes encephalitis with white matter injury in neonates.

    Malgorzata A. Verboon-Maciolek;Floris Groenendaal;Cecil D. Hahn;Jonathan Hellmann

  • Genetic diversity between human metapneumovirus subgroups

    Stéphane Biacchesi;Mario H Skiadopoulos;Guy Boivin;Christopher T Hanson

  • Emergence of oseltamivir-resistant pandemic H1N1 virus during prophylaxis.

    Mariana Baz;Yacine Abed;Jesse Papenburg;Xavier Bouhy

  • Human Cytomegalovirus Resistance to Antiviral Drugs

    C. Gilbert;G. Boivin

  • Respiratory tract reinfections by the new human Metapneumovirus in an immunocompromised child.

    Gilles Pelletier;Pierre Déry;Yacine Abed;Guy Boivin

  • Comparison of the inhibition of human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus by ribavirin and immune serum globulin in vitro.

    Philip R. Wyde;Srikrishna N. Chetty;Alan M. Jewell;Guy Boivin

  • Human Metapneumovirus: A New Player among Respiratory Viruses

    Marie-Ève Hamelin;Yacine Abed;Guy Boivin

  • Systematic review of influenza resistance to the neuraminidase inhibitors

    Kristian Thorlund;Tahany Awad;Guy Boivin;Lehana Thabane;Lehana Thabane

  • Development of a universal influenza A vaccine based on the M2e peptide fused to the papaya mosaic virus (PapMV) vaccine platform.

    Jérôme Denis;Elizabeth Acosta-Ramirez;Yinghi Zhao;Marie-Eve Hamelin

Frequent Co-Authors

Yacine Abed
Yacine Abed Université Laval
Shelly A. McNeil
Shelly A. McNeil Dalhousie University
Mark Loeb
Mark Loeb McMaster University
Allison McGeer
Allison McGeer University of Toronto
Michel G. Bergeron
Michel G. Bergeron Université Laval
Gaston De Serres
Gaston De Serres Université Laval
Janet E. McElhaney
Janet E. McElhaney Health Sciences North
Danuta M. Skowronski
Danuta M. Skowronski University of British Columbia
Bruno Lina
Bruno Lina Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Yan Li
Yan Li Public Health Agency of Canada

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