David Couvin

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

David Couvin is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, David Couvin has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Infectious Diseases, 55 papers in Epidemiology and 42 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in David Couvin's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (55 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (55 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (29 papers). David Couvin is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (55 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (55 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (29 papers). David Couvin collaborates with scholars based in Guadeloupe, France and Sweden. David Couvin's co-authors include Nalin Rastogi, Claire Toffano‐Nioche, Gilles Vergnaud, Christine Pourcel, Marie Touchon, Daniel Gautheret, Bertrand Néron, Juraj Michálik, Eduardo P. C. Rocha and Aude Bernheim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David Couvin

66 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

CRISPRCasFinder, an update of CRISRFinder, includ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2018 2012 250 500 750
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. CRISPRCasFinder, an update of CRISRFinder, includes a portable version, enhanced performance and integrates search for Cas proteins
    2018 995 citations David Couvin, Aude Bernheim et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. SITVITWEB – A publicly available international multimarker database for studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology
    2012 366 citations Véronique Hill, David Couvin et al. Infection Genetics and Evolution 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 Couvin Guadeloupe 21 1.4k 1.4k 942 889 476 67 2.5k
Marc Monot France 31 2.0k 1.4× 610 0.4× 1.5k 1.6× 479 0.5× 873 1.8× 65 3.2k
Desmond M. Collins New Zealand 39 2.6k 1.9× 2.9k 2.2× 1000 1.1× 546 0.6× 330 0.7× 82 3.7k
Toïdi Adékambi France 23 1.4k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 721 0.8× 243 0.3× 156 0.3× 32 2.8k
Christine Y. Turenne Canada 30 1.5k 1.1× 2.2k 1.6× 755 0.8× 182 0.2× 232 0.5× 54 2.9k
Tomasz Jagielski Poland 26 814 0.6× 959 0.7× 437 0.5× 288 0.3× 82 0.2× 109 1.9k
Andreas Roetzer Austria 15 1.1k 0.8× 939 0.7× 549 0.6× 267 0.3× 97 0.2× 19 1.6k
Laurence Ma France 22 684 0.5× 517 0.4× 872 0.9× 178 0.2× 196 0.4× 50 2.1k
E C Böttger Germany 17 897 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 493 0.5× 196 0.2× 137 0.3× 24 1.8k
L. Dvorská Czechia 31 1.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 305 0.3× 210 0.2× 121 0.3× 43 2.1k
Mirko Rossi Finland 25 576 0.4× 190 0.1× 354 0.4× 346 0.4× 249 0.5× 58 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by David Couvin

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Couvin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Couvin

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

All Works

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Marcelino, Isabel, Antoine Talarmin, Sébastien Breurec, et al.. (2022). getSequenceInfo: a suite of tools allowing to get genome sequence information from public repositories. BMC Bioinformatics. 23(1). 268–268. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiao-Fang, David Couvin, Yann Reynaud, et al.. (2020). Local adaptive evolution of two distinct clades of Beijing and T families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Chongqing: a Bayesian population structure and phylogenetic study. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 9(1). 59–59. 2 indexed citations
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Couvin, David, Aude Bernheim, Claire Toffano‐Nioche, et al.. (2018). CRISPRCasFinder, an update of CRISRFinder, includes a portable version, enhanced performance and integrates search for Cas proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(W1). W246–W251. 995 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chihota, Violet, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Xia Wang, et al.. (2018). Geospatial distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in Africa. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0200632–e0200632. 46 indexed citations
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Couvin, David, Thierry Zozio, & Nalin Rastogi. (2017). SpolSimilaritySearch – A web tool to compare and search similarities between spoligotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Tuberculosis. 105. 49–52. 11 indexed citations
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Nogueira, Christiane Lourenço, Simone Gonçalves Senna, Darcita Büerger Rovaris, et al.. (2016). First insight into the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Tuberculosis. 97. 57–64. 14 indexed citations
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Viegas, Sofía, Solomon Ghebremichael, Fabíola Fernandes, et al.. (2015). Mycobacterium tuberculosis causing tuberculous lymphadenitis in Maputo, Mozambique. BMC Microbiology. 15(1). 268–268. 9 indexed citations
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Balcells, María Elvira, et al.. (2015). A First Insight on the Population Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex as Studied by Spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTRs in Santiago, Chile. PLoS ONE. 10(2). e0118007–e0118007. 37 indexed citations
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Couvin, David, et al.. (2014). PredictingMycobacterium tuberculosisComplex Clades Using Knowledge-Based Bayesian Networks. BioMed Research International. 2014. 1–11. 9 indexed citations
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Correa, Nidia, Beatriz E. Ferro, Wellman Ribón, et al.. (2014). Population Structure among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Colombia. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93848–e93848. 41 indexed citations
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Smit, Pieter W., Marjo Haanperä, David Couvin, et al.. (2014). Genotypic characterization and historical perspective of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among older and younger Finns, 2008–2011. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 20(11). 1134–1139. 9 indexed citations
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Couvin, David, et al.. (2014). Snapshot of the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Iraq. International Journal of Mycobacteriology. 3(3). 184–196. 20 indexed citations
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Couvin, David, Marta Peracchi, Michela Pascarella, et al.. (2014). Four year longitudinal study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in a region of North-Eastern Italy. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 26. 58–64. 14 indexed citations
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Hill, Véronique, David Couvin, Julie Millet, et al.. (2012). SITVITWEB – A publicly available international multimarker database for studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 12(4). 755–766. 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tang, Ke, Honghu Sun, Tāo Luò, et al.. (2011). The population structure of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Sichuan in China. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 12(4). 718–724. 18 indexed citations

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