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D-Index
64
Citations
22336
World Ranking
2567
National Ranking
71

Jacques Pépin 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 Jacques Pépin sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 178 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jacques Pépin 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 Jacques Pépin sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jacques Pépin is affiliated with Université de Sherbrooke in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a specific focus on epidemiology and infectious diseases. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields including sensory systems, surgery, and physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • History of Medicine and Tropical Health
  • Blood donation and transfusion practices
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Pépin has published research in a number of notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • UNC Libraries
  • Vaccine
  • Emerging infectious diseases

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Pépin and others include:

  • Anosmia and dysgeusia associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: an age-matched case-control study (2020) in Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Does BCG provide long-term protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection? A case-control study in Quebec, Canada (2021) in Vaccine
  • Changing Patterns of Disease Severity in Blastomyces dermatitidis Infection, Quebec, Canada (2021) in Emerging infectious diseases
  • Impact and benefit-cost ratio of a program for the management of latent tuberculosis infection among refugees in a region of Canada (2022) in PLoS ONE
  • Sleeping sickness: time for dreaming (2022) in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Frequent collaborators in Pépin's research include the following coauthors:

  • Alex Carignan
  • Louis Valiquette
  • Philippe De Wals
  • Marie-Claude Rousseau
  • Louiselle LeBlanc

Best Publications

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults: 2010 Update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

    Stuart H. Cohen;Dale N. Gerding;Stuart Johnson;Ciaran P. Kelly

  • Toxin production by an emerging strain of Clostridium difficile associated with outbreaks of severe disease in North America and Europe

    Michel Warny;Jacques Pepin;Aiqi Fang;George Killgore

  • Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a region of Quebec from 1991 to 2003: a changing pattern of disease severity

    Jacques Pépin;Louis Valiquette;Marie-Eve Alary;Philippe Villemure

  • Emergence of Fluoroquinolones as the Predominant Risk Factor for Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea: A Cohort Study during an Epidemic in Quebec

    Jacques Pépin;Nathalie Saheb;Marie-Andrée Coulombe;Marie-Eve Alary

  • The early spread and epidemic ignition of HIV-1 in human populations

    Nuno Rodrigues Faria;Andrew Rambaut;Marc A Suchard;Guy Baele

  • Mortality attributable to nosocomial Clostridium difficile–associated disease during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain in Quebec

    Jacques Pépin;Louis Valiquette;Benoit Cossette

  • Increasing Risk of Relapse after Treatment of Clostridium difficile Colitis in Quebec, Canada

    Jacques Pepin;Marie-Eve Alary;Louis Valiquette;Evelyne Raiche

  • Comparison of Seven Techniques for Typing International Epidemic Strains of Clostridium difficile: Restriction Endonuclease Analysis, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, PCR-Ribotyping, Multilocus Sequence Typing, Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis, Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism, and Surface Layer Protein A Gene Sequence Typing

    George Killgore;Angela Thompson;Stuart Johnson;Jon Brazier

  • Impact of a Reduction in the Use of High-Risk Antibiotics on the Course of an Epidemic of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease Caused by the Hypervirulent NAP1/027 Strain

    Louis Valiquette;Benoit Cossette;Marie-Pierre Garant;Hassan Diab

  • The treatment of human African trypanosomiasis.

    Pépin J;Milord F

  • Impact of emergency colectomy on survival of patients with fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis during an epidemic caused by a hypervirulent strain.

    François Lamontagne;Annie-Claude Labbé;Olivier Haeck;Olivier Lesur

  • Risk Factors for Recurrence, Complications and Mortality in Clostridium difficile Infection: A Systematic Review

    Claire Nour Abou Chakra;Jacques Pepin;Stephanie Sirard;Louis Valiquette

  • Increasing risk of infectious complications after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies: time to reassess antimicrobial prophylaxis?

    Alex Carignan;Jean-François Roussy;Véronique Lapointe;Louis Valiquette

  • Management and Outcomes of a First Recurrence of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease in Quebec, Canada

    Jacques Pépin;Sophie Routhier;Sandra Gagnon;Isabel Brazeau

  • The Origins of AIDS

    Jacques Pepin

  • The interaction of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases: an opportunity for intervention.

    Pepin J;Plummer Fa;Brunham Rc;Piot P

  • Transactional sex is the driving force in the dynamics of HIV in Accra Ghana.

    Anne-Marie Côté;François Sobela;Agnes Dzokoto;Khonde Nzambi

  • Evolution of the Global Burden of Viral Infections from Unsafe Medical Injections, 2000–2010

    Jacques Pépin;Claire Nour Abou Chakra;Eric Pépin;Vincent Nault

  • Outcomes of Clostridium difficile-associated disease treated with metronidazole or vancomycin before and after the emergence of NAP1/027.

    Jacques Pépin;Louis Valiquette;Sandra Gagnon;Sophie Routhier

  • Clostridium difficile Infections in a Canadian Tertiary Care Hospital before and during a Regional Epidemic Associated with the BI/NAP1/027 Strain

    Annie-Claude Labbé;Annie-Claude Labbé;Louise Poirier;Louise Poirier;Duncan MacCannell;Thomas Louie

  • A randomized trial of the impact of multiple micronutrient supplementation on mortality among HIV-infected individuals living in Bangkok.

    Sukhum Jiamton;Jacques Pepin;Reungpung Suttent;Suzanne Filteau

Frequent Co-Authors

Oliver G. Pybus
Oliver G. Pybus University of Oxford
Allison McGeer
Allison McGeer University of Toronto
Andrew E. Simor
Andrew E. Simor Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Shabbar Jaffar
Shabbar Jaffar University College London
David Mabey
David Mabey London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Michel Alary
Michel Alary Université Laval
Laurent Bélec
Laurent Bélec Université Paris Cité
L. Clifford McDonald
L. Clifford McDonald Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andrew Rambaut
Andrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh
Helen A. Weiss
Helen A. Weiss London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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