Christian Devaux

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
184 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Christian Devaux is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Devaux has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Infectious Diseases, 62 papers in Immunology and 61 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Christian Devaux's work include HIV Research and Treatment (61 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (41 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (31 papers). Christian Devaux is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (61 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (41 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (31 papers). Christian Devaux collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Burkina Faso. Christian Devaux's co-authors include Didier Raoult, Jean‐Marc Rolain, Philippe Colson, Laurence Briant, Jean-Michel Mesnard, Jihane Basbous, Véronique Robert-Hebmann, Martine Biard‐Piechaczyk, Gilles Gaudray and Roger Frutos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Christian Devaux

175 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. New insights on the antiviral effects of chloroquine against coronavirus: what to expect for COVID-19?
    2020 801 citations Christian Devaux, Philippe Colson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Christian Devaux 2.7k 2.4k 1.5k 1.2k 916 184 7.4k
Shigeru Morikawa 4.7k 1.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 361 9.8k
Peng Zhou 6.3k 2.3× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 1.1× 420 0.4× 638 0.7× 172 10.4k
Ying Zhang 1.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 2.9k 1.9× 551 0.5× 424 0.5× 523 9.3k
Jie Cui 5.4k 2.0× 800 0.3× 1.9k 1.3× 260 0.2× 665 0.7× 153 9.3k
Robert F. Garry 3.2k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 1.6k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 882 1.0× 227 7.1k
Colleen B. Jonsson 4.0k 1.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.9k 1.3× 309 0.3× 982 1.1× 166 6.9k
Willy Rozenbaum 5.0k 1.8× 2.7k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 5.8k 4.9× 365 0.4× 169 11.0k
Brian Wigdahl 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 2.4k 2.0× 372 0.4× 223 6.0k
Thomas M. Folks 3.4k 1.2× 2.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 4.6k 3.9× 571 0.6× 122 8.9k
Ayato Takada 6.7k 2.5× 2.2k 0.9× 2.2k 1.5× 346 0.3× 921 1.0× 324 12.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Devaux

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Devaux

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Devaux

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Devaux. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Devaux based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christian Devaux. Christian Devaux is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mezouar, Soraya, Benoît Desnues, Yassina Bechah, et al.. (2025). Pathogenicity and Virulence of Coxiella burnetii: Focus on Q fever. Virulence. 16(1). 2495842–2495842.
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Colson, Philippe, Jérémy Delerce, Pierre Pontarotti, et al.. (2024). EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Resistance‐associated mutations to the anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 agent nirmatrelvir: Selection not induction. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(2). e29462–e29462. 4 indexed citations
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Devaux, Christian, Pierre Pontarotti, Anthony Levasseur, Philippe Colson, & Didier Raoult. (2024). Is it time to switch to a formulation other than the live attenuated poliovirus vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis?. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1284337–1284337. 4 indexed citations
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Osman, Ikram Omar, Aurélia Caputo, Lucile Pinault, et al.. (2023). Identification and Characterization of an HtrA Sheddase Produced by Coxiella burnetii. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 10904–10904. 2 indexed citations
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Devaux, Christian & Jacques Fantini. (2023). Possible contribution of rare alleles of human ACE2 in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants escaping the immune response. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1252367–1252367. 2 indexed citations
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Colson, Philippe, Jacques Fantini, P. Dudouet, et al.. (2023). From viral democratic genomes to viral wild bunch of quasispecies. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(11). e29209–e29209. 1 indexed citations
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Brouqui, P., Philippe Colson, Cléa Melenotte, et al.. (2021). EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: COVID‐19 re‐infection. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 51(5). e13537–e13537. 41 indexed citations
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Devaux, Christian, et al.. (2021). Can hydroxychloroquine be protective against COVID-19-associated thrombotic events ?. Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection. 54(1). 37–45. 6 indexed citations
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Fenollar, Florence, Oleg Mediannikov, Max Maurin, et al.. (2021). Mink, SARS-CoV-2, and the Human-Animal Interface. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 663815–663815. 95 indexed citations
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Devaux, Christian, et al.. (2020). Clinique : Maladies neuromusculaires et COVID-19. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 34–35.
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Stalens, Caroline, et al.. (2020). Impact of Mechanical Ventilation Methods on the Life Perception of Subjects With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: French Cross-Sectional Survey. Respiratory Care. 65(11). 1712–1720. 9 indexed citations
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Molina, Laurence, Marina Grimaldi, Véronique Robert-Hebmann, et al.. (2007). Proteomic analysis of the cellular responses induced in uninfected immune cells by cell‐expressed X4 HIV‐1 envelope. PROTEOMICS. 7(17). 3116–3130. 27 indexed citations
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Robert-Hebmann, Véronique, et al.. (2001). Binding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 to CXCR4 induces mitochondrial transmembrane depolarization and cytochrome c-mediated apoptosis independently of Fas signaling. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 8 indexed citations
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Emiliani, Stéphane, Claude Delsert, Claudine David, & Christian Devaux. (1994). The Long Terminal Repeat of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 GER Isolate Shows a Duplication of the TAR Region. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(12). 1751–1752. 4 indexed citations
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Emiliani, Stéphane, et al.. (1994). p17 gag Sequence of HIV-1 GER , a New, Highly Replicative and Highly Cytopathic HIV Type 1 Strain of D Genotype. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(8). 1043–1045. 3 indexed citations
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Degols, Geneviève, Jean‐Paul Léonetti, Monsef Benkirane, Christian Devaux, & Bernard Lebleu. (1992). Poly(L-Lysine)-Conjugated Oligonucleotides Promote Sequence-Specific Inhibition of Acute HIV-1 Infection. PubMed. 2(4). 293–301. 34 indexed citations

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