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Peter C. Fineran

Peter C. Fineran

University of Otago
New Zealand

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
15098
World Ranking
10707
National Ranking
30

Peter C. Fineran publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 152 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter C. Fineran 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 Peter C. Fineran sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter C. Fineran is a researcher affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, their research interests extend into specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Insect Science.

Their main topics of research include:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Peter C. Fineran has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in the following venues:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Cell

Notable recent papers include:

  • The arms race between bacteria and their phage foes, 2020, Nature
  • Identification and classification of antiviral defence systems in bacteria and archaea with PADLOC reveals new system types, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • PADLOC: a web server for the identification of antiviral defence systems in microbial genomes, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Discovery of multiple anti-CRISPRs highlights anti-defense gene clustering in mobile genetic elements, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A host of armor: Prokaryotic immune strategies against mobile genetic elements, 2023, Cell Reports

The researcher collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including Simon A. Jackson, Robert D. Fagerlund, Nils Birkholz, Leah Smith, and Lucía M. Malone. These collaborators have contributed extensively to joint scientific output, reflecting ongoing partnerships within their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • A century of the phage: past, present and future

    George P. C. Salmond;Peter C. Fineran

  • The arms race between bacteria and their phage foes.

    Hannah G. Hampton;Bridget N. J. Watson;Bridget N. J. Watson;Peter C. Fineran

  • The phage abortive infection system, ToxIN, functions as a protein-RNA toxin-antitoxin pair.

    Peter C. Fineran;Tim R. Blower;Ian J. Foulds;David P. Humphreys

  • The biosynthesis and regulation of bacterial prodiginines.

    Neil R. Williamson;Peter C. Fineran;Finian J. Leeper;George P. C. Salmond

  • CRISPR-Cas: Adapting to change.

    Simon A. Jackson;Rebecca E. McKenzie;Robert D. Fagerlund;Sebastian N. Kieper

  • CRISPR–Cas systems: beyond adaptive immunity

    Edze R. Westra;Angus Buckling;Peter C. Fineran

  • Cytotoxic chromosomal targeting by CRISPR/Cas systems can reshape bacterial genomes and expel or remodel pathogenicity islands

    Reuben B. Vercoe;James T. Chang;Ron L. Dy;Corinda Taylor

  • CRISPRTarget: bioinformatic prediction and analysis of crRNA targets.

    Ambarish Biswas;Joshua N. Gagnon;Stan J.J. Brouns;Peter C. Fineran

  • A widespread bacteriophage abortive infection system functions through a Type IV toxin–antitoxin mechanism

    Ron L. Dy;Rita Przybilski;Koen Semeijn;George P.C. Salmond

  • Inactivation of CRISPR-Cas systems by anti-CRISPR proteins in diverse bacterial species.

    April Pawluk;Raymond H.J. Staals;Corinda Taylor;Bridget N.J. Watson

  • Remarkable Mechanisms in Microbes to Resist Phage Infections

    Ron L. Dy;Corinna Richter;George P.C. Salmond;Peter C. Fineran

  • CRISPRDetect: A flexible algorithm to define CRISPR arrays

    Ambarish Biswas;Raymond H.J. Staals;Sergio E. Morales;Peter C. Fineran

  • Degenerate target sites mediate rapid primed CRISPR adaptation

    Peter C. Fineran;Matthias J. H. Gerritzen;María Suárez-Diez;Tim Künne

  • Memory of viral infections by CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems: Acquisition of new information

    Peter C. Fineran;Emmanuelle Charpentier

  • Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

    Robert A. Edwards;Alejandro A. Vega;Holly M. Norman;Maria Ohaeri

  • Anticancer and immunosuppressive properties of bacterial prodiginines

    Neil R Williamson;Peter C Fineran;Tamzin Gristwood;Suresh R Chawrai

  • Priming in the Type I-F CRISPR-Cas system triggers strand-independent spacer acquisition, bi-directionally from the primed protospacer

    Corinna Richter;Ron L. Dy;Rebecca E. McKenzie;Bridget N.J. Watson

  • Quorum Sensing Controls Adaptive Immunity through the Regulation of Multiple CRISPR-Cas Systems.

    Adrian G. Patterson;Simon A. Jackson;Corinda Taylor;Gary B. Evans

  • Function and Regulation of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) / CRISPR Associated (Cas) Systems

    Corinna Richter;James T. Chang;Peter C. Fineran

  • Biotechnological exploitation of bacteriophage research.

    Nicola K. Petty;Terry J. Evans;Peter C. Fineran;George P.C. Salmond

Frequent Co-Authors

George P. C. Salmond
George P. C. Salmond University of Cambridge
Edze R. Westra
Edze R. Westra University of Exeter
Stan J. J. Brouns
Stan J. J. Brouns Delft University of Technology
Matthew D. Templeton
Matthew D. Templeton University of Auckland
Bas E. Dutilh
Bas E. Dutilh Utrecht University
Joseph Bondy-Denomy
Joseph Bondy-Denomy University of California, San Francisco
Ben F. Luisi
Ben F. Luisi University of Cambridge
Søren J. Sørensen
Søren J. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Andrew Fire
Andrew Fire Stanford University
Cisca Wijmenga
Cisca Wijmenga University Medical Center Groningen

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