David Bikard

11.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
63 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

David Bikard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Bikard has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David Bikard's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (35 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers). David Bikard is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (35 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers). David Bikard collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. David Bikard's co-authors include Luciano A. Marraffini, Wenyan Jiang, Feng Zhang, David Cox, Lun Cui, Florence Depardieu, Poulami Samai, Gregory W. Goldberg, Didier Mazel and Ann Hochschild and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Bikard

62 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

RNA-guided editing of bacterial genomes using CRISPR-Cas ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2013 2014 2017 2022 500 1000 1.5k
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. RNA-guided editing of bacterial genomes using CRISPR-Cas systems
    2013 1.8k citations David Bikard, Feng Zhang et al. profile →
  2. Programmable repression and activation of bacterial gene expression using an engineered CRISPR-Cas system
    2013 866 citations David Bikard, Wenyan Jiang et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  3. Exploiting CRISPR-Cas nucleases to produce sequence-specific antimicrobials
    2014 667 citations David Bikard, Luciano A. Marraffini et al. profile →
  4. PhageTerm: a tool for fast and accurate determination of phage termini and packaging mechanism using next-generation sequencing data
    2017 457 citations Florence Depardieu, David Bikard et al. profile →
  5. Phages and their satellites encode hotspots of antiviral systems
    2022 193 citations François Rousset, Florence Depardieu et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  6. Phage–host coevolution in natural populations
    2022 119 citations David Bikard, Eduardo P. C. Rocha et al. Nature Microbiology profile →
  7. In situ targeted base editing of bacteria in the mouse gut
    2024 53 citations Jesús Fernández-Rodríguez, David Bikard et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Bikard France 35 6.2k 2.0k 1.9k 847 744 63 7.6k
Joseph Bondy‐Denomy United States 40 4.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 2.4k 1.3× 714 0.8× 563 0.8× 70 5.4k
Peter C. Fineran New Zealand 53 6.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 4.2k 2.3× 1.3k 1.6× 1.3k 1.7× 135 9.1k
Edze R. Westra United Kingdom 38 7.6k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 3.3k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 978 1.3× 80 9.1k
Francisco J. M. Mojica Spain 22 5.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 661 0.8× 631 0.8× 35 6.4k
Cynthia M. Sharma Germany 41 7.5k 1.2× 3.1k 1.5× 2.7k 1.4× 633 0.7× 790 1.1× 86 9.1k
Stan J. J. Brouns Netherlands 45 10.4k 1.7× 2.6k 1.3× 3.3k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.6× 105 12.1k
Jonathan Livny United States 37 4.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 844 1.0× 486 0.7× 65 6.6k
Dennis Romero United States 22 7.9k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 2.3k 1.3× 631 0.7× 898 1.2× 41 8.9k
Christophe Fremaux France 27 9.3k 1.5× 2.1k 1.0× 2.5k 1.3× 730 0.9× 989 1.3× 45 10.5k
Hélène Deveau Canada 12 6.1k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 511 0.6× 752 1.0× 15 6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by David Bikard

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of David Bikard's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by David Bikard with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites David Bikard more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by David Bikard

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Bikard. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Bikard. The network helps show where David Bikard may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Bikard

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Bikard. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Bikard 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 David Bikard. David Bikard is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Saudemont, Baptiste, Florence Depardieu, Marina V. Serebryakova, et al.. (2025). Specificity and mechanism of tRNA cleavage by the AriB Toprim nuclease of the PARIS bacterial immune system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1934). 20240074–20240074.
2.
Beamud, Beatriz, Julien Burlaud‐Gaillard, Étienne Kornobis, et al.. (2025). Incomplete lytic cycle of a widespread Bacteroides bacteriophage leads to the formation of defective viral particles. PLoS Biology. 23(3). e3002787–e3002787. 1 indexed citations
3.
Bos, Julia, P.A. Kaminski, Florence Depardieu, et al.. (2025). Sedentary chromosomal integrons as biobanks of bacterial antiphage defense systems. Science. 388(6747). eads0768–eads0768. 6 indexed citations
4.
Bos, Julia, Geneviève Garriss, Delphine Lapaillerie, et al.. (2024). Cassette recombination dynamics within chromosomal integrons are regulated by toxin-antitoxin systems. Science Advances. 10(2). eadj3498–eadj3498. 8 indexed citations
5.
Plano, Laura Maria De, Salvatore Oddo, David Bikard, Antonella Caccamo, & Sabrina Conoci. (2024). Generation of a Biotin-Tagged Dual-Display Phage. Cells. 13(20). 1696–1696. 1 indexed citations
6.
Depardieu, Florence, et al.. (2024). Delivery of functional Cas:DNA nucleoprotein complexes into recipient bacteria through a type IV secretion system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(43). e2408509121–e2408509121. 5 indexed citations
7.
Grébert, Théophile, et al.. (2023). Cas9 off-target binding to the promoter of bacterial genes leads to silencing and toxicity. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(7). 3485–3496. 50 indexed citations
8.
Bikard, David, et al.. (2021). Improving sequence-based modeling of protein families using secondary-structure quality assessment. Bioinformatics. 37(22). 4083–4090. 5 indexed citations
9.
Rousset, François, Jesús Fernández-Rodríguez, Olivier Clermont, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: The impact of genetic diversity on gene essentiality within the Escherichia coli species. Nature Microbiology. 6(5). 699–699. 2 indexed citations
10.
Ranava, David, Yiying Yang, François Rousset, et al.. (2021). Lipoprotein DolP supports proper folding of BamA in the bacterial outer membrane promoting fitness upon envelope stress. eLife. 10. 15 indexed citations
11.
Rousset, François, Jesús Fernández-Rodríguez, Olivier Clermont, et al.. (2021). The impact of genetic diversity on gene essentiality within the Escherichia coli species. Nature Microbiology. 6(3). 301–312. 82 indexed citations
12.
Rousset, François, Jesús Fernández-Rodríguez, Olivier Clermont, et al.. (2021). Publisher Correction: The impact of genetic diversity on gene essentiality within the Escherichia coli species. Nature Microbiology. 6(5). 700–700. 2 indexed citations
13.
Nivina, Aleksandra, Céline Loot, David Bikard, et al.. (2020). Structure-specific DNA recombination sites: Design, validation, and machine learning–based refinement. Science Advances. 6(30). eaay2922–eaay2922. 16 indexed citations
14.
Bernheim, Aude, David Bikard, Marie Touchon, & Eduardo P. C. Rocha. (2019). A matter of background: DNA repair pathways as a possible cause for the sparse distribution of CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1772). 20180088–20180088. 26 indexed citations
15.
Vigouroux, A., Enno R. Oldewurtel, Lun Cui, David Bikard, & Sven van Teeffelen. (2018). Tuning dCas9's ability to block transcription enables robust, noiseless knockdown of bacterial genes. Molecular Systems Biology. 14(3). e7899–e7899. 83 indexed citations
16.
Cui, Lun, A. Vigouroux, François Rousset, et al.. (2018). A CRISPRi screen in E. coli reveals sequence-specific toxicity of dCas9. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1912–1912. 201 indexed citations
17.
Rousset, François, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide CRISPR-dCas9 screens in E. coli identify essential genes and phage host factors. PLoS Genetics. 14(11). e1007749–e1007749. 153 indexed citations
18.
Bikard, David, Wenyan Jiang, Poulami Samai, et al.. (2013). Programmable repression and activation of bacterial gene expression using an engineered CRISPR-Cas system. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(15). 7429–7437. 866 indexed citations breakdown →
19.
Bikard, David, Asma Hatoum-Aslan, Daniel Mucida, & Luciano A. Marraffini. (2012). CRISPR Interference Can Prevent Natural Transformation and Virulence Acquisition during In Vivo Bacterial Infection. Cell Host & Microbe. 12(2). 177–186. 245 indexed citations
20.
Bikard, David, Dhaval Patel, Claire Le Metté, et al.. (2009). Divergent Evolution of Duplicate Genes Leads to Genetic Incompatibilities Within A. thaliana. Science. 323(5914). 623–626. 211 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Joseph Bondy‐Denomy Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter C. Fineran Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Edze R. Westra Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Francisco J. M. Mojica Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Cynthia M. Sharma Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stan J. J. Brouns Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jonathan Livny Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Dennis Romero Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christophe Fremaux Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Hélène Deveau
Rankless by CCL
2026