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Michel Tibayrenc 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 Michel Tibayrenc sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 268 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michel Tibayrenc 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 Michel Tibayrenc sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michel Tibayrenc is a researcher affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their work spans a variety of topics primarily concentrated in the fields of Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their research focuses on several subfields including Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, and Insect Science. They have contributed extensively to studies involving Trypanosoma species and Leishmaniasis, as well as insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Key areas of study associated with their work include:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Michel Tibayrenc has published in a range of venues, with multiple papers appearing in Pathogens and Infection Genetics and Evolution. Other publication venues include Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology, and Microorganisms. Frequent co-authors in their publications include Francisco J. Ayala, Etienne Waleckx, Fernando Gónzález-Candelas, Guislaine Refrégier, and Gaëtan Senelle.

Recent published papers by Michel Tibayrenc include:

  • Models in parasite and pathogen evolution: Genomic analysis reveals predominant clonality and progressive evolution at all evolutionary scales in parasitic protozoa, yeasts and bacteria, 2021, Advances in Parasitology/Advances in parasitology
  • Microevolution and subspecific taxonomy of Trypanosoma cruzi, 2022, Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • Leishmania and the Model of Predominant Clonal Evolution, 2021, Microorganisms
  • Genomics and High-Resolution Typing Confirm Predominant Clonal Evolution Down to a Microevolutionary Scale in Trypanosoma cruzi, 2020, Pathogens

Michel Tibayrenc has contributed book publications, including titles published by Nova Publishers and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Notable books include "What Makes Us Humans" (2020) and "Notre humaine nature" (2022).

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Michel Tibayrenc was awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1993.

Best Publications

  • A new consensus for Trypanosoma cruzi intraspecific nomenclature: second revision meeting recommends TcI to TcVI.

    B Zingales;SG Andrade;Briones;DA Campbell

  • The revised Trypanosoma cruzi subspecific nomenclature: rationale, epidemiological relevance and research applications.

    Bianca Zingales;Michael A. Miles;David A. Campbell;Michel Tibayrenc

  • High-resolution minisatellite-based typing as a portable approach to global analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis molecular epidemiology

    Edith Mazars;Sarah Lesjean;Anne-Laure Banuls;Michèle Gilbert

  • A clonal theory of parasitic protozoa: the population structures of Entamoeba, Giardia, Leishmania, Naegleria, Plasmodium, Trichomonas, and Trypanosoma and their medical and taxonomical consequences

    Michel Tibayrenc;Finn Kjellberg;Francisco J. Ayala

  • Natural populations of Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, have a complex multiclonal structure

    Michel Tibayrenc;Philip Ward;Andres Moya;Francisco J. Ayala

  • Are eukaryotic microorganisms clonal or sexual? A population genetics vantage.

    M Tibayrenc;F Kjellberg;J Arnaud;B Oury

  • Genetic characterization of six parasitic protozoa: parity between random-primer DNA typing and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.

    Michel Tibayrenc;Katja Neubauer;Christian Barnabe;Francoise Guerrini

  • Identification of six Trypanosoma cruzi phylogenetic lineages by random amplified polymorphic DNA and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.

    Sylvain Brisse;Christian Barnabé;Michel Tibayrenc

  • Role of Genomic Typing in Taxonomy, Evolutionary Genetics, and Microbial Epidemiology

    Alex van Belkum;Marc Struelens;Arjan de Visser;Henri Verbrugh

  • ISOZYME VARIABILITY IN TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, THE AGENT OF CHAGAS' DISEASE: GENETICAL, TAXONOMICAL, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

    Michel Tibayrenc;Francisco J. Ayala

  • Characterisation of large and small subunit rRNA and mini-exon genes further supports the distinction of six Trypanosoma cruzi lineages.

    Sylvain Brisse;Jan Verhoef;Michel Tibayrenc

  • Microsatellite analysis of Toxoplasma gondii shows considerable polymorphism structured into two main clonal groups

    Daniel Ajzenberg;Anne Laure Bañuls;Michel Tibayrenc;Marie Laure Dardé

  • Population genetics of parasitic protozoa and other microorganisms

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  • The clonal theory of parasitic protozoa: 12 years on.

    Michel Tibayrenc;Francisco J. Ayala

  • Linkage disequilibrium between minisatellite loci supports clonal evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a high tuberculosis incidence area

    Philip Supply;Robin M. Warren;Anne-Laure Bañuls;Sarah Lesjean

  • Genetic epidemiology of parasitic protozoa and other infectious agents: the need for an integrated approach

    Michel Tibayrenc

  • ISOZYME VARIABILITY IN TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI, THE AGENT OF CHAGAS-DISEASE - GENETIC, TAXONOMICAL, AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

    M Tibayrenc;Fj Ayala

  • Reproductive clonality of pathogens: A perspective on pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasitic protozoa

    Michel Tibayrenc;Francisco J. Ayala

  • Trypanosoma cruzi: Impact of Clonal Evolution of the Parasite on Its Biological and Medical Properties

    Susana Revollo;Bruno Oury;Jean-Pierre Laurent;Christian Barnabé

  • The yeast Candida albicans has a clonal mode of reproduction in a population of infected human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients.

    Claude Pujol;Jacques Reynes;Francois Renaud;Michel Raymond

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco J. Ayala University of California, Irvine
Sylvain Brisse
Sylvain Brisse Institut Pasteur
Jean-Claude Dujardin
Jean-Claude Dujardin Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Jean-Pierre Dujardin
Jean-Pierre Dujardin Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Yves Carlier
Yves Carlier Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jamie R. Stevens
Jamie R. Stevens University of Exeter
Finn Kjellberg
Finn Kjellberg Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Camille Locht
Camille Locht Institut Pasteur
Michael A. Miles
Michael A. Miles London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Philip Supply
Philip Supply Institut Pasteur

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