Benoît J. Pons

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 831 citations indexed

About

Benoît J. Pons is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît J. Pons has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 831 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Benoît J. Pons's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (4 papers). Benoît J. Pons is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers) and Vibrio bacteria research studies (4 papers). Benoît J. Pons collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. Benoît J. Pons's co-authors include Edze R. Westra, Stineke van Houte, Anne Chevallereau, Julien Vignard, Gladys Mirey, Michael W. Dougherty, Zhen He, David R. Hendrixson, Sarah Tomkovich and Christian Jobin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Benoît J. Pons

12 papers receiving 827 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Interactions between bacterial and phage communities in natural environments
    2021 402 citations Anne Chevallereau, Benoît J. Pons et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
  2. Campylobacter jejuni promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the action of cytolethal distending toxin
    2018 291 citations Zhen He, Raad Z. Gharaibeh et al. Gut profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benoît J. Pons France 9 440 420 135 108 104 13 831
Derek Pickard United Kingdom 13 265 0.6× 344 0.8× 142 1.1× 73 0.7× 90 0.9× 17 770
Meng-Chuan Wu Taiwan 11 299 0.7× 331 0.8× 81 0.6× 58 0.5× 38 0.4× 11 854
Yongbing Zhao China 15 191 0.4× 779 1.9× 107 0.8× 201 1.9× 29 0.3× 28 1.2k
Jacqueline Chan United Kingdom 11 264 0.6× 586 1.4× 207 1.5× 93 0.9× 16 0.2× 21 1.0k
Grégory Boël France 17 170 0.4× 823 2.0× 169 1.3× 60 0.6× 59 0.6× 24 1.2k
A. J. Duncan United States 13 100 0.2× 410 1.0× 146 1.1× 43 0.4× 73 0.7× 26 801
Terry John Evans United Kingdom 13 270 0.6× 295 0.7× 55 0.4× 147 1.4× 20 0.2× 27 583
Alicia S. DeFrancesco United States 7 436 1.0× 637 1.5× 194 1.4× 98 0.9× 13 0.1× 7 946
Félix J. Sangari Spain 23 223 0.5× 374 0.9× 256 1.9× 56 0.5× 41 0.4× 45 1.4k
Cédric Lood Belgium 18 798 1.8× 506 1.2× 111 0.8× 231 2.1× 15 0.1× 42 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoît J. Pons

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Pons, Benoît J., et al.. (2025). Phage provoke growth delays and SOS response induction despite CRISPR-Cas protection. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1934). 20240474–20240474.
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Watson, Bridget N. J., Benoît J. Pons, Ambarish Biswas, et al.. (2024). CRISPR-Cas in Pseudomonas aeruginosa provides transient population-level immunity against high phage exposures. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 9 indexed citations
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Pons, Benoît J., Elizabeth Pursey, Sylvain Gandon, et al.. (2024). The bacterial defense system MADS interacts with CRISPR-Cas to limit phage infection and escape. Cell Host & Microbe. 32(8). 1412–1426.e11. 16 indexed citations
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Pons, Benoît J., Tatiana Dimitriu, Edze R. Westra, & Stineke van Houte. (2023). Antibiotics that affect translation can antagonize phage infectivity by interfering with the deployment of counter-defenses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(4). e2216084120–e2216084120. 26 indexed citations
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Pons, Benoît J., Stineke van Houte, Edze R. Westra, & Anne Chevallereau. (2023). Ecology and evolution of phages encoding anti-CRISPR proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(7). 167974–167974. 12 indexed citations
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Pons, Benoît J., Aurélien Olichon, Isabelle Lajoie‐Mazenc, et al.. (2023). Visualizing the subcellular localization of RHOB-GTP and GTPase-Effector complexes using a split-GFP/nanobody labelling assay. European Journal of Cell Biology. 102(4). 151355–151355. 3 indexed citations
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Pons, Benoît J., Edze R. Westra, & Stineke van Houte. (2022). Determination of Acr-mediated immunosuppression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. MethodsX. 10. 101941–101941. 2 indexed citations
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Chevallereau, Anne, Benoît J. Pons, Stineke van Houte, & Edze R. Westra. (2021). Interactions between bacterial and phage communities in natural environments. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20(1). 49–62. 402 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pons, Benoît J., Claire Naylies, Frédéric Taïeb, et al.. (2021). Chronic exposure to Cytolethal Distending Toxin (CDT) promotes a cGAS-dependent type I interferon response. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 78(17-18). 6319–6335. 11 indexed citations
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Pons, Benoît J., et al.. (2020). Functional Study of Haemophilus ducreyi Cytolethal Distending Toxin Subunit B. Toxins. 12(9). 530–530. 5 indexed citations
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Pons, Benoît J., Valérie Guillet, Lionel Mourey, et al.. (2019). Cell transfection of purified cytolethal distending toxin B subunits allows comparing their nuclease activity while plasmid degradation assay does not. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0214313–e0214313. 9 indexed citations
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Pons, Benoît J., Julien Vignard, & Gladys Mirey. (2019). Cytolethal Distending Toxin Subunit B: A Review of Structure–Function Relationship. Toxins. 11(10). 595–595. 45 indexed citations
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He, Zhen, Raad Z. Gharaibeh, Rachel C. Newsome, et al.. (2018). Campylobacter jejuni promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through the action of cytolethal distending toxin. Gut. 68(2). 289–300. 291 indexed citations breakdown →

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