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Lluis Quintana-Murci

Lluis Quintana-Murci

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Genetics
France
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
France
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
92
Citations
29812
World Ranking
1006
National Ranking
31

Medicine

D-Index
97
Citations
32743
World Ranking
9330
National Ranking
282

Lluis Quintana-Murci 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 Lluis Quintana-Murci sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 269 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lluis Quintana-Murci 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 Lluis Quintana-Murci sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Lluis Quintana-Murci is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily focused on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. They have produced a substantial volume of work, with 113 publications indexed under Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 88 in Medicine, and 61 in Immunology and Microbiology.

The scientist's work delves into several key subfields, including Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Public Health. Their research topics cover areas such as Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Forensic and Genetic Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, RNA modifications and cancer, and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Lluis Quintana-Murci has coauthored numerous papers with colleagues including Étienne Patin, Darragh Duffy, Laurent Abel, Maxime Rotival, and Petter Brodin. Their publications appear in a variety of scientific journals and venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science
  • Cell

Several recent notable papers featuring Lluis Quintana-Murci as a contributing author include:

  • "Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19" (2020), Science
  • "Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths" (2021), Science Immunology
  • "Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia" (2022), Nature
  • "A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection" (2020), Cell
  • "Genomic insights into population history and biological adaptation in Oceania" (2021), Nature

In addition to peer-reviewed papers, Lluis Quintana-Murci has contributed to book publications with Éditions Odile Jacob and Collège de France eBooks. These include "Civilisations: questionner l'identité et la diversité" (2021) and "A Genetic Tale: Our Diversity, our Evolution, our Adaptation" (2024), respectively.

Their professional recognition includes membership in respected scientific organizations such as the Academia Europaea, since 2014, and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19.

    Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Lindsey B. Rosen;Qian Zhang;Eleftherios Michailidis

  • TLR3 deficiency in patients with herpes simplex encephalitis.

    Shen Ying Zhang;Shen Ying Zhang;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Emmanuelle Jouanguy;Sophie Ugolini;Asma Smahi

  • An epigenetic clock analysis of race/ethnicity, sex, and coronary heart disease

    Steve Horvath;Michael Gurven;Morgan E. Levine;Benjamin C. Trumble

  • Natural selection has driven population differentiation in modern humans

    Luis B Barreiro;Guillaume Laval;Hélène Quach;Etienne Patin

  • Genetic evidence of an early exit of Homo sapiens sapiens from Africa through eastern Africa.

    Lluís Quintana-Murci;Lluís Quintana-Murci;Ornella Semino;Hans-J. Bandelt;Giuseppe Passarino;Giuseppe Passarino

  • From evolutionary genetics to human immunology: how selection shapes host defence genes

    Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Lluís Quintana-Murci

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • The dawn of human matrilineal diversity.

    Doron M. Behar;Richard Villems;Himla Soodyall;Jason Blue-Smith

  • Where West Meets East: The Complex mtDNA Landscape of the Southwest and Central Asian Corridor

    Lluís Quintana-Murci;Lluís Quintana-Murci;Raphaëlle Chaix;R. Spencer Wells;Doron M. Behar

  • Sexual Inequality in Tuberculosis

    Olivier Neyrolles;Olivier Neyrolles;Lluis Quintana-Murci

  • Genetic Adaptation and Neandertal Admixture Shaped the Immune System of Human Populations.

    Hélène Quach;Maxime Rotival;Maxime Rotival;Julien Pothlichet;Julien Pothlichet;Yong-Hwee Eddie Loh;Yong-Hwee Eddie Loh

  • Evolutionary Dynamics of Human Toll-Like Receptors and Their Different Contributions to Host Defense

    Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Meriem Ben-Ali;Hélène Quach;Guillaume Laval

  • Human TLRs and IL-1Rs in Host Defense: Natural Insights from Evolutionary, Epidemiological, and Clinical Genetics

    Jean-Laurent Casanova;Laurent Abel;Lluis Quintana-Murci

  • Prognostic value of Y deletion analysis: what is the clinical prognostic value of Y chromosome microdeletion analysis?

    Csilla Krausz;Lluis Quintana-Murci;Ken McElreavey

  • Sequencing Y Chromosomes Resolves Discrepancy in Time to Common Ancestor of Males Versus Females

    G. David Poznik;Brenna M. Henn;Brenna M. Henn;Muh Ching Yee;Elzbieta Sliwerska

  • The mutation significance cutoff: gene-level thresholds for variant predictions

    Yuval Itan;Lei Shang;Bertrand Boisson;Bertrand Boisson;Michael J Ciancanelli

  • Origins and Genetic Diversity of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers from Western Central Africa

    Paul Verdu;Frederic Austerlitz;Frederic Austerlitz;Frederic Austerlitz;Arnaud Estoup;Renaud Vitalis

  • The fingerprint of phantom mutations in mitochondrial DNA data.

    Hans-Jürgen Bandelt;Lluís Quintana-Murci;Antonio Salas;Vincent Macaulay

  • The genetic legacy of religious diversity and intolerance: paternal lineages of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula.

    Susan M. Adams;Elena Bosch;Patricia L. Balaresque;Stéphane J. Ballereau

  • Neolithic mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans

    Paul Brotherton;Paul Brotherton;Wolfgang Haak;Jennifer Templeton;Guido Brandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Etienne Patin
Etienne Patin Institut Pasteur
Laurent Abel
Laurent Abel Université Paris Cité
Luis B. Barreiro
Luis B. Barreiro University of Chicago
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Jean-Laurent Casanova The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Darragh Duffy
Darragh Duffy Institut Pasteur
Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis
Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis Université Paris Cité
Ken McElreavey
Ken McElreavey Institut Pasteur
Shen-Ying Zhang
Shen-Ying Zhang Rockefeller University

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