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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
10492
World Ranking
15631
National Ranking
633

Pierre Nicolas 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 Pierre Nicolas sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 177 publications — 40th percentile

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

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

Pierre Nicolas 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 Pierre Nicolas sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pierre Nicolas is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research focuses primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Genetics, Ecology, and Immunology as subfields of study.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
  • Microbial metabolism and applications

Pierre Nicolas has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature Communications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Investigation of the Genus Flavobacterium as a Reservoir for Fish-Pathogenic Bacterial Species: the Case of Flavobacterium collinsii, 2023, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Recovered from Diseased Salmonids in China, 2021, Microbiology Spectrum
  • Genetic diversity and population structure of Tenacibaculum maritimum, a serious bacterial pathogen of marine fish: from genome comparisons to high throughput MALDI-TOF typing, 2020, Veterinary Research
  • Adaptation of the gut pathobiont Enterococcus faecalis to deoxycholate and taurocholate bile acids, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Greedy reduction of Bacillus subtilis genome yields emergent phenotypes of high resistance to a DNA damaging agent and low evolvability, 2023, Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Cyprien Guérin
  • Sandra Dérozier
  • Matthieu Jules
  • Jean-François Bernardet
  • Éric Duchaud

Best Publications

  • Interaction of antimicrobial dermaseptin and its fluorescently labeled analogues with phospholipid membranes.

    Yehonathan Pouny;Doron Rapaport;Amram Mor;Pierre Nicolas

  • PEPTIDES AS WEAPONS AGAINST MICROORGANISMS IN THE CHEMICAL DEFENSE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

    Pierre Nicolas;Amram Mor

  • Multifunctional host defense peptides: intracellular-targeting antimicrobial peptides.

    Pierre Nicolas

  • The vertebrate peptide antibiotics dermaseptins have overlapping structural features but target specific microorganisms.

    Amram Mor;Khaled Hani;P. Nicolas

  • Antimicrobial peptides from hylid and ranin frogs originated from a 150‐million‐year‐old ancestral precursor with a conserved signal peptide but a hypermutable antimicrobial domain

    Damien Vanhoye;Francine Bruston;Pierre Nicolas;Mohamed Amiche

  • Isolation and structure of novel defensive peptides from frog skin

    Amram Mor;Pierre Nicolas

  • Precursors for peptide hormones share common secondary structures forming features at the proteolytic processing sites

    Mohamed Rholam;Pierre Nicolas;Paul Cohen

  • The NH2-terminal alpha-helical domain 1-18 of dermaseptin is responsible for antimicrobial activity.

    Amram Mor;P. Nicolas

  • The dermaseptin superfamily: a gene-based combinatorial library of antimicrobial peptides.

    Pierre Nicolas;Chahrazade El Amri

  • SPECTRUM OF ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND ASSEMBLY OF DERMASEPTIN-B AND ITS PRECURSOR FORM IN PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANES

    Jacob Strahilevitz;Amram Mor;Pierre Nicolas;Yechiel Shai

  • Covalent Structure, Synthesis, and Structure-Function Studies of Mesentericin Y 10537, a Defensive Peptide from Gram-positive Bacteria Leuconostoc mesenteroides

    Yannick Fleury;Manal Abdel Dayem;Manal Abdel Dayem;Jean Jacques Montagne;Eddy Chaboisseau

  • Molecular strategies in biological evolution of antimicrobial peptides

    Pierre Nicolas;Damien Vanhoye;Mohamed Amiche

  • Immunocytochemical localization of the endogenous benzodiazepine ligand octadecaneuropeptide (ODN) in the rat brain.

    M.C. Tonon;L. Désy;P. Nicolas;H. Vaudry

  • Structure, synthesis, and molecular cloning of dermaseptins B, a family of skin peptide antibiotics.

    Stéphane Charpentier;Mohamed Amiche;Jan Mester;Véronique Vouille

  • THE DERMASEPTIN PRECURSORS : A PROTEIN FAMILY WITH A COMMON PREPROREGION AND A VARIABLE C-TERMINAL ANTIMICROBIAL DOMAIN

    Mohamed Amiche;Aurelia Anne Seon;Thierry Nicolas Pierre;Pierre Nicolas

  • Lipid reorganization induced by membrane-active peptides probed using differential scanning calorimetry.

    Pierre Joanne;Cécile Galanth;Nicole Goasdoué;Pierre Nicolas

  • Isolation of dermenkephalin from amphibian skin, a high-affinity (δ-selective opioid heptapeptide containing a D-amino acid residue

    Amram Mor;Antoine Delfour;Sandrine Sagan;Mohamed Amiche

  • Dermaseptin S9, an α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptide with a Hydrophobic Core and Cationic Termini†

    Olivier Lequin;Ali Ladram;Ludovic Chabbert;Francine Bruston

  • A consistent nomenclature of antimicrobial peptides isolated from frogs of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.

    Mohamed Amiche;Ali Ladram;Pierre Nicolas

  • Antimicrobial peptides from frog skin: biodiversity and therapeutic promises.

    Ali Ladram;Pierre Nicolas

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubert Vaudry
Hubert Vaudry University of Rouen
Paul Cohen
Paul Cohen Rockefeller University
Gérard Chassaing
Gérard Chassaing Université Paris Cité
Marie-Christine Tonon
Marie-Christine Tonon University of Rouen
Yechiel Shai
Yechiel Shai Weizmann Institute of Science
Eric W. Roubos
Eric W. Roubos Radboud University
Muhamed-Kheir Taha
Muhamed-Kheir Taha Université Paris Cité
Hans Bloemendal
Hans Bloemendal Radboud University
Marie-Christine Prévost
Marie-Christine Prévost Institut Pasteur
Tarek Msadek
Tarek Msadek Institut Pasteur

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