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Pierre Pontarotti

Pierre Pontarotti

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
61
Citations
11644
World Ranking
3078
National Ranking
146

Pierre Pontarotti 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 Pierre Pontarotti sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 229 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pierre Pontarotti 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 Pierre Pontarotti sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pierre Pontarotti is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research primarily spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a stronger focus on molecular biology and infectious diseases among their subfields. The scientist's work addresses diverse topics that include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, chromosomal and genetic variations, genomics and phylogenetic studies, CRISPR and genetic engineering, and plant virus research studies.

Frequent publication venues for Pontarotti's work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medical Virology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Peer Community Journal

Some of the recent scientific papers by Pierre Pontarotti include:

  • "Parallel evolution of amphioxus and vertebrate small-scale gene duplications," 2022, published in Genome Biology
  • "Identification of RAG-like transposons in protostomes suggests their ancient bilaterian origin," 2020, published in Mobile DNA
  • "Gene expression plasticity and frontloading promote thermotolerance in Pocillopora corals," 2022, published in Peer Community Journal
  • "Origin, Diversity, and Multiple Roles of Enzymes with Metallo-β-Lactamase Fold from Different Organisms," 2023, published in Cells
  • "The emergence, spread and vanishing of a French SARS-CoV-2 variant exemplifies the fate of RNA virus epidemics and obeys the Mistigri rule," 2022, published in Journal of Medical Virology

Pierre Pontarotti collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Didier Raoult, Philippe Colson, Jacques Fantini, Christian Devaux, and Anthony Levasseur. These coauthors have contributed jointly to multiple scientific publications, reflecting active collaborative networks within microbiology and infectious disease research.

Best Publications

  • Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

    Jean François Flot;Boris Hespeels;Xiang Li;Benjamin Noel

  • Gene evolution and gene expression after whole genome duplication in fish: the PhyloFish database

    Jérémy Pasquier;Cédric Cabau;Thuy Thao Vi Nguyen;Elodie Jouanno

  • Evidence of en bloc duplication in vertebrate genomes.

    Laurent Abi-Rached;André Gilles;André Gilles;Takashi Shiina;Pierre Pontarotti

  • Myelin/oligodendrocyte glycoprotein is a member of a subset of the immunoglobulin superfamily encoded within the major histocompatibility complex

    Danielle Pham-Dinh;Marie Geneviève Mattei;Jean Louis Nussbaum;Guy Roussel

  • Of worms and men: an evolutionary perspective on the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and FGF receptor families.

    François Coulier;Pierre Pontarotti;Régine Roubin;Helge Hartung

  • Amphioxus functional genomics and the origins of vertebrate gene regulation

    Ferdinand Marlétaz;Ferdinand Marlétaz;Panos N. Firbas;Ignacio Maeso;Juan J. Tena

  • Massive comparative genomic analysis reveals convergent evolution of specialized bacteria

    Vicky Merhej;Manuela Royer-Carenzi;Pierre Pontarotti;Didier Raoult

  • Leukocyte Ig-like receptor complex (LRC) in mice and men

    Annalise M Martin;Jerzy K Kulski;Campbell Witt;Pierre Pontarotti

  • Ancient large-scale genome duplications: phylogenetic and linkage analyses shed light on chordate genome evolution.

    M J Pébusque;F Coulier;D Birnbaum;P Pontarotti

  • Discovery of an Active RAG Transposon Illuminates the Origins of V(D)J Recombination

    Shengfeng Huang;Xin Tao;Shaochun Yuan;Yuhang Zhang

  • The phylogenetic analysis of tetraspanins projects the evolution of cell-cell interactions from unicellular to multicellular organisms.

    Shengfeng Huang;Shaochun Yuan;Meiling Dong;Jing Su

  • Structure and evolution of the extended B7 family.

    Joëlle Henry;Marcia M Miller;Pierre Pontarotti

  • FOLy: an integrated database for the classification and functional annotation of fungal oxidoreductases potentially involved in the degradation of lignin and related aromatic compounds.

    Anthony Levasseur;François Piumi;Pedro M. Coutinho;Corinne Rancurel

  • The human gut microbiome, a taxonomic conundrum

    Senthil Alias Sankar;Jean-Christophe Lagier;Pierre Pontarotti;Didier Raoult

  • B30.2-like domain proteins: update and new insights into a rapidly expanding family of proteins.

    J Henry;I H Mather;M F McDermott;P Pontarotti

  • Evolutionary study of multigenic families mapping close to the human MHC class I region

    Corine Vernet;Joelle Boretto;Marie Genevieve Mattei;Masahide Takahashi

  • A co-evolution perspective of the TNFSF and TNFRSF families in the immune system

    Yves Collette;André Gilles;Pierre Pontarotti;Pierre Pontarotti;Daniel Olive

  • Frontline: Characterization of BT3 molecules belonging to the B7 family expressed on immune cells.

    Elsa Compte;Pierre Pontarotti;Yves Collette;Marc Lopez

  • FIGENIX: Intelligent automation of genomic annotation: expertise integration in a new software platform

    Philippe Gouret;Vérane Vitiello;Nathalie Balandraud;André Gilles

  • The TP53INP2 Protein Is Required for Autophagy in Mammalian Cells

    Jonathan Nowak;Cendrine Archange;Joël Tardivel-Lacombe;Pierre Pontarotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult Aix-Marseille University
Etienne G. J. Danchin
Etienne G. J. Danchin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Anlong Xu
Anlong Xu Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Philippe Colson
Philippe Colson Aix-Marseille University
Anthony Levasseur
Anthony Levasseur University of Montreal
Didier Aurelle
Didier Aurelle Aix-Marseille University
Giovanna Chimini
Giovanna Chimini Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Marc Rolain
Jean-Marc Rolain Aix-Marseille University
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark

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