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Jan Tachezy publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan Tachezy sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 129 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Jan Tachezy D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan Tachezy sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jan Tachezy is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to immunology and microbiology. The subfields of study central to their work include molecular biology, parasitology, infectious diseases, microbiology, and insect science.

The scientist's research topics feature parasitic infections and diagnostics, protist diversity and phylogeny, genomics and phylogenetic studies, amoebic infections and treatments, reproductive tract infections research, RNA modifications and cancer, and reproductive system and pregnancy.

Recent publications by Jan Tachezy cover diverse aspects of molecular biology and microbiology. Notable papers include:

  • "Double-Stranded RNA Viruses Are Released From Trichomonas vaginalis Inside Small Extracellular Vesicles and Modulate the Exosomal Cargo," 2022, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "The hydrogenosome of Trichomonas vaginalis," 2022, published in Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
  • "The Mastigamoeba balamuthi Genome and the Nature of the Free-Living Ancestor of Entamoeba," 2021, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Anaerobic peroxisomes in Mastigamoeba balamuthi," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Anaerobic derivates of mitochondria and peroxisomes in the free-living amoeba Pelomyxa schiedti revealed by single-cell genomics," 2022, published in BMC Biology

Jan Tachezy frequently collaborates with several researchers, with the most frequent co-authors being:

  • Ivan Hrdý
  • Vojtěch Žárský
  • Petr Rada
  • Ravi Kumar Narayanasamy
  • Tamara Smutná

The scientist's work is published predominantly in journals such as BMC Biology, Current Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis

    Jane M. Carlton;Robert . Hirt;Joana C. Silva;Arthur L. Delcher

  • Mitochondrial remnant organelles of Giardia function in iron-sulphur protein maturation

    Jorge Tovar;Gloria León-Avila;Lidya B Sánchez;Lidya B Sánchez;Robert Sutak

  • Evolution of the molecular machines for protein import into mitochondria.

    Pavel Dolezal;Vladimir A Likic;Jan Tachezy;Trevor James Lithgow

  • Trichomonas hydrogenosomes contain the NADH dehydrogenase module of mitochondrial complex I

    Ivan Hrdy;Robert P. Hirt;Pavel Dolezal;Lucie Bardonová

  • Mitochondrial Type Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly in the Amitochondriate Eukaryotes Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia intestinalis, as Indicated by the Phylogeny of IscS

    Jan Tachezy;Lidya B. Sánchez;Miklós Müller

  • Giardia mitosomes and trichomonad hydrogenosomes share a common mode of protein targeting

    Pavel Dolezal;Ondrej Smid;Petr Rada;Zuzana Zubacova

  • Crusade for iron: iron uptake in unicellular eukaryotes and its significance for virulence

    Robert Sutak;Emmanuel Lesuisse;Jan Tachezy;Des R. Richardson

  • Mitochondrial-type assembly of FeS centers in the hydrogenosomes of the amitochondriate eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis

    Robert Sutak;Pavel Dolezal;Heather L. Fiumera;Ivan Hrdy

  • The Minimal Proteome in the Reduced Mitochondrion of the Parasitic Protist Giardia intestinalis

    Petr L. Jedelský;Pavel Doležal;Petr Rada;Jan Pyrih

  • Cattle Pathogen Tritrichomonas foetus (Riedmüller, 1928) and Pig Commensal Tritrichomonas suis (Gruby & Delafond, 1843) Belong to the Same Species

    Jan Tachezy;Ruth Tachezy;Vladimír Hampl;Miroslava Šedinová

  • Mitochondrial-type iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis genes (IscS and IscU) in the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum

    Michael J. LaGier;Jan Tachezy;Frantisek Stejskal;Katerina Kutisova

  • Mechanisms of in vitro development of resistance to metronidazole in Trichomonas vaginalis.

    Dominique Rasoloson;Stepanka Vanacova;Eva Tomkova;Jakub Razga

  • Trichomonas vaginalis vast BspA-like gene family: evidence for functional diversity from structural organisation and transcriptomics

    Christophe J Noël;Nicia Diaz;Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten;Lucie Safarikova

  • Cryptic species within the Tetratrichomonas gallinarum species complex revealed by molecular polymorphism.

    Ivan Cepicka;Kateřina Kutišová;Jan Tachezy;Jaroslav Kulda

  • Molecular biology of the amitochondriate parasites, Giardia intestinalis, Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis.

    Stepanka Vanacova;David R Liston;Jan Tachezy;Patricia J Johnson

  • In Vitro Induced Anaerobic Resistance to Metronidazole In Trichomonas Vaginalis

    Jaroslav Kulda;Jan Tachezy;Apolena Ĉerkasovova

  • Trichomonas vaginalis surface proteins: a view from the genome.

    Hirt Rp;Noel Cj;Sicheritz-Ponten T;Tachezy J

  • Deep sequencing of Trichomonas vaginalis during the early infection of vaginal epithelial cells and amoeboid transition.

    Sven B. Gould;Christian Woehle;Gary Kusdian;Giddy Landan

  • Knock-downs of iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins IscS and IscU down-regulate the active mitochondrion of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei.

    Ondrej Smíd;Eva Horáková;Vanda Vilímová;Ivan Hrdý

  • The Core Components of Organelle Biogenesis and Membrane Transport in the Hydrogenosomes of Trichomonas vaginalis

    Petr Rada;Pavel Doležal;Petr L. Jedelský;Dejan Bursac

Frequent Co-Authors

Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Trevor Lithgow
Trevor Lithgow Monash University
Joel B. Dacks
Joel B. Dacks University of Alberta
Miklós Müller
Miklós Müller Rockefeller University
Robert P. Hirt
Robert P. Hirt Newcastle University
T. Martin Embley
T. Martin Embley Newcastle University
Andrew Dancis
Andrew Dancis University of Pennsylvania
Patricia J. Johnson
Patricia J. Johnson University of California, Los Angeles
Andrew J. Roger
Andrew J. Roger Dalhousie University
Richard Cammack
Richard Cammack King's College London

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