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Roger C. Levesque

Roger C. Levesque

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 61 2991 2740 87 78 236 13808
Genetics 60 3157 2988 116 109 197 12889

Roger C. Levesque publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roger C. Levesque between 1982 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roger C. Levesque published across 45 years, from 1982 to 2026, averaging 6.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2017. 15 of the 284 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2017. 1982: 2 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 6 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 13 publications 2026: 2 publications
1982 2026

284 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roger C. Levesque: publications per year, 1982 to 2026
Year Publications
1982 2
1983 2
1984 0
1985 0
1986 2
1987 4
1988 5
1989 4
1990 5
1991 5
1992 5
1993 7
1994 1
1995 2
1996 4
1997 1
1998 6
1999 3
2000 9
2001 5
2002 5
2003 5
2004 4
2005 3
2006 5
2007 3
2008 11
2009 5
2010 2
2011 3
2012 5
2013 4
2014 9
2015 9
2016 6
2017 18
2018 12
2019 14
2020 17
2021 15
2022 14
2023 15
2024 13
2025 13
2026 2
Total 284
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Roger C. Levesque publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger C. Levesque sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 235–244 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 236 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161 236
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Roger C. Levesque D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger C. Levesque sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 61 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123 61
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Roger C. Levesque is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Ecology, Plant Science, and Genetics as subfields of study.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics including Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

Roger C. Levesque has a significant body of published research with frequent contributions found in several publication venues. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Microbiology Resource Announcements, Scientific Reports, Nature Communications, and BMC Genomics.

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Roger C. Levesque include:

  • "A megaplasmid family driving dissemination of multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "An Organ System-Based Synopsis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence" (2021, Virulence)
  • "Evolution and host-specific adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (2024, Science)
  • "Similar yet different: phylogenomic analysis to delineate Salmonella and Citrobacter species boundaries" (2020, BMC Genomics)
  • "Hit Identification of New Potent PqsR Antagonists as Inhibitors of Quorum Sensing in Planktonic and Biofilm Grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (2020, Frontiers in Chemistry)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues, including Jeff Gauthier, Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj, Lawrence Goodridge, Brian Boyle, and Marianne Potvin.

Best Publications

  • A standard numbering scheme for the class A beta-lactamases.

    R. P. Ambler;A. F. W. Coulson;Jean-Marie Frère;Jean-Marie Ghuysen

  • Origin and diversification of endomycorrhizal fungi and coincidence with vascular land plants

    Luc Simon;Jean Bousquet;Roger C. Lévesque;Maurice Lalonde

  • Structure and function of the Mur enzymes: development of novel inhibitors.

    Ahmed El Zoeiby;François Sanschagrin;Roger C. Levesque

  • Newly introduced genomic prophage islands are critical determinants of in vivo competitiveness in the Liverpool Epidemic Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Craig Winstanley;Morgan G.I. Langille;Joanne L. Fothergill;Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj

  • Sigma factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Eric Potvin;François Sanschagrin;Roger C. Levesque

  • Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O149:K91 Isolates Obtained over a 23-Year Period from Pigs

    Christine Maynard;John M. Fairbrother;Sadjia Bekal;François Sanschagrin

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pan-Genome Provides New Insights on Its Population Structure, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Pathogenicity.

    Luca Freschi;Antony T Vincent;Julie Jeukens;Jean-Guillaume Emond-Rheault

  • Heterogeneity among Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Profiles of Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Isolates of Animal and Human Origin

    Christine Maynard;Sadjia Bekal;François Sanschagrin;Roger C. Levesque

  • Differential regulation of twitching motility and elastase production by Vfr in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Scott A Beatson;Cynthia Beth Whitchurch;Jennifer L Sargent;Roger C Levesque

  • In vivo functional genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for high‐throughput screening of new virulence factors and antibacterial targets

    Eric Potvin;Dario E. Lehoux;Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj;Karine L. Richard

  • Identification of endomycorrhizal fungi colonizing roots by fluorescent single-strand conformation polymorphism-polymerase chain reaction

    L Simon;R C Lévesque;M Lalonde

  • Phylogeny of LCR-1 and OXA-5 with class A and class D beta-lactamases.

    F Couture;J Lachapelle;R C Levesque

  • Role of Ser-238 and Lys-240 in the hydrolysis of third-generation cephalosporins by SHV-type beta-lactamases probed by site-directed mutagenesis and three-dimensional modeling.

    A Huletsky;J R Knox;R C Levesque

  • Clinical utilization of genomics data produced by the international Pseudomonas aeruginosa consortium

    Luca Freschi;Julie Jeukens;Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj;Brian Boyle

  • Molecular basis of antibiotic resistance and β-lactamase inhibition by mechanism-based inactivators: perspectives and future directions

    Christian Therrien;Roger C. Levesque

  • Strategies for isolation of in vivo expressed genes from bacteria.

    Martin Handfield;Roger C. Levesque

  • Comparative Analysis of the 16S to 23S Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Sequences of Bacillus thuringiensis Strains and Subspecies and of Closely Related Species.

    S N Bourque;J R Valero;M C Lavoie;R C Levesque

  • A megaplasmid family driving dissemination of multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas

    Adrian Cazares;Matthew P. Moore;James P. J. Hall;Laura L. Wright

  • In vivo growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains PAO1 and PA14 and the hypervirulent strain LESB58 in a rat model of chronic lung infection.

    Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj;Alessandra Bragonzi;Moira Paroni;Craig Winstanley

  • The sensor kinase PhoQ mediates virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    W. James Gooderham;Shaan L. Gellatly;François Sanschagrin;Joseph B. McPhee

  • Proteomic, Microarray, and Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Analyses of Anaerobic Pseudomonas aeruginosa at pH 6.5, Likely Representing Chronic, Late-Stage Cystic Fibrosis Airway Conditions

    Mark D. Platt;Michael J. Schurr;Karin Sauer;Gustavo Vazquez

  • Multiplex polymerase chain reaction for detection and differentiation of the microbial insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis.

    S N Bourque;J R Valéro;J Mercier;M C Lavoie

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig Winstanley
Craig Winstanley University of Liverpool
Richard C. Hamelin
Richard C. Hamelin University of British Columbia
Felix A. H. Sperling
Felix A. H. Sperling University of Alberta
Ken Dewar
Ken Dewar McGill University
Robert E. W. Hancock
Robert E. W. Hancock University of British Columbia
Fiona S. L. Brinkman
Fiona S. L. Brinkman Simon Fraser University
Sylvain Moineau
Sylvain Moineau Université Laval
Timothy D. H. Bugg
Timothy D. H. Bugg University of Warwick
Eric Déziel
Eric Déziel Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Louis Bernier
Louis Bernier Université Laval

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