François Ferrón

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

François Ferrón is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, François Ferrón has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Infectious Diseases, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in François Ferrón's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (15 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers). François Ferrón is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (15 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (10 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers). François Ferrón collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. François Ferrón's co-authors include Bruno Canard, Étienne Decroly, Sonia Longhi, Bruno Coutard, Barbara Selisko, Roberto Domínguez, Julien Lescar, David Karlin, Isabelle Imbert and Sung Haeng Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

François Ferrón

62 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Structural and molecular basis of mismatch correction and ribavirin excision from coronavirus RNA

2017 267 citations François Ferrón, Thi-Tuyet-Nhung Le et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
François Ferrón	2.3k	1.5k	577	523	492	64	4.3k
Mirko Cortese	2.0k 0.9×	971 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	547 1.0×	246 0.5×	43	3.5k
Stéphane Bressanelli	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	783 1.4×	1.5k 2.8×	261 0.5×	71	3.9k
Marjolein Kikkert	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	318 0.6×	968 1.9×	1.0k 2.1×	69	5.7k
Montserrat Bárcena	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	134 0.2×	488 0.9×	513 1.0×	51	3.7k
Étienne Decroly	5.3k 2.3×	2.9k 1.8×	1.1k 1.9×	998 1.9×	918 1.9×	126	8.7k
Aartjan J.W. te Velthuis	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	146 0.3×	1.0k 1.9×	265 0.5×	65	3.3k
Christopher J. Neufeldt	1.5k 0.7×	770 0.5×	752 1.3×	401 0.8×	212 0.4×	24	2.6k
Ding Xiang Liu	5.2k 2.3×	2.1k 1.3×	481 0.8×	1.0k 1.9×	2.7k 5.4×	159	7.9k
Po Tien	2.8k 1.2×	2.9k 1.9×	379 0.7×	1.4k 2.7×	768 1.6×	169	7.6k
Julien Lescar	3.0k 1.3×	2.9k 1.9×	3.4k 5.9×	847 1.6×	379 0.8×	149	7.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Ferrón

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sutto‐Ortiz, Priscila, Barbara Selisko, François Ferrón, et al.. (2025). Mapping the impact of 1′-, 2′- and 4′-nucleotide modifications on the Respiratory Syncytial Virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Antiviral Research. 244. 106298–106298. 1 indexed citations

Feracci, Mikaël, Sergio Hernández, Renaud Vincentelli, et al.. (2024). Biophysical and structural study of La Crosse virus endonuclease inhibition for the development of new antiviral options. IUCrJ. 11(3). 374–383. 3 indexed citations

Shannon, Ashleigh, Mikaël Feracci, Véronique Fattorini, et al.. (2023). An exonuclease-resistant chain-terminating nucleotide analogue targeting the SARS-CoV-2 replicase complex. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(3). 1325–1340. 6 indexed citations

Sutto‐Ortiz, Priscila, Jean‐François Eléouët, François Ferrón, & Étienne Decroly. (2023). Biochemistry of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus L Protein Embedding RNA Polymerase and Capping Activities. Viruses. 15(2). 341–341. 15 indexed citations

Hurdiss, Daniel L., Lisa Bauer, Nicolas Papageorgiou, et al.. (2022). Fluoxetine targets an allosteric site in the enterovirus 2C AAA+ ATPase and stabilizes a ring-shaped hexameric complex. Science Advances. 8(1). eabj7615–eabj7615. 18 indexed citations

Rabah, Nadia, Célia Chamontin, François Ferrón, et al.. (2022). Internal RNA 2′O-methylation in the HIV-1 genome counteracts ISG20 nuclease-mediated antiviral effect. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(6). 2501–2515. 19 indexed citations

Shannon, Ashleigh, Théo Guez, Françoise Debart, et al.. (2022). A second type of N7-guanine RNA cap methyltransferase in an unusual locus of a large RNA virus genome. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(19). 11186–11198. 4 indexed citations

Ogando, Natacha S., Jessika C. Zevenhoven-Dobbe, Clara C. Posthuma, et al.. (2021). Structure–function analysis of the nsp14 N7–guanine methyltransferase reveals an essential role in Betacoronavirus replication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(49). 29 indexed citations

Ferrón, François, et al.. (2021). The enzymes for genome size increase and maintenance of large (+)RNA viruses. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 46(11). 866–877. 12 indexed citations

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Shannon, Ashleigh, Barbara Selisko, Thi-Tuyet-Nhung Le, et al.. (2020). Rapid incorporation of Favipiravir by the fast and permissive viral RNA polymerase complex results in SARS-CoV-2 lethal mutagenesis. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4682–4682. 199 indexed citations

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Valle, Coralie, Baptiste Martin, François Ferrón, et al.. (2020). First insights into the structural features of Ebola virus methyltransferase activities. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(3). 1737–1748. 12 indexed citations

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Shannon, Ashleigh, Thi-Tuyet-Nhung Le, Barbara Selisko, et al.. (2020). Remdesivir and SARS-CoV-2: Structural requirements at both nsp12 RdRp and nsp14 Exonuclease active-sites. Antiviral Research. 178. 104793–104793. 235 indexed citations

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Ferrón, François, Humberto Debat, Ashleigh Shannon, Étienne Decroly, & Bruno Canard. (2019). A N7-guanine RNA cap methyltransferase signature-sequence as a genetic marker of large genome, non-mammalian Tobaniviridae. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 2(1). lqz022–lqz022. 9 indexed citations

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Carnec, Xavier, Mathieu Mateo, Audrey Page, et al.. (2018). A Vaccine Platform against Arenaviruses Based on a Recombinant Hyperattenuated Mopeia Virus Expressing Heterologous Glycoproteins. Journal of Virology. 92(12). 40 indexed citations

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Sáez‐Ayala, Magalí, et al.. (2018). Crystal structures ofLymphocytic choriomeningitis virusendonuclease domain complexed with diketo-acid ligands. IUCrJ. 5(2). 223–235. 11 indexed citations

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Potisopon, Supanee, François Ferrón, Véronique Fattorini, Barbara Selisko, & Bruno Canard. (2016). Substrate selectivity of Dengue and Zika virus NS5 polymerase towards 2′-modified nucleotide analogues. Antiviral Research. 140. 25–36. 28 indexed citations

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Bouvet, Mickaël, François Ferrón, Isabelle Imbert, et al.. (2012). Stratégies de formation de la structure coiffe chez les virus à ARN. médecine/sciences. 28(4). 423–429. 4 indexed citations

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Ferrón, François, Zongli Li, Eric I. Danek, et al.. (2011). The Hexamer Structure of the Rift Valley Fever Virus Nucleoprotein Suggests a Mechanism for its Assembly into Ribonucleoprotein Complexes. PLoS Pathogens. 7(5). e1002030–e1002030. 97 indexed citations

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Egloff, Marie-Pierre, Étienne Decroly, Hélène Malet, et al.. (2007). Structural and Functional Analysis of Methylation and 5′-RNA Sequence Requirements of Short Capped RNAs by the Methyltransferase Domain of Dengue Virus NS5. Journal of Molecular Biology. 372(3). 723–736. 140 indexed citations

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Borrego-Diaz, Emma, Frédéric Kerff, Sung Haeng Lee, et al.. (2006). Crystal structure of the actin-binding domain of α-actinin 1: Evaluating two competing actin-binding models. Journal of Structural Biology. 155(2). 230–238. 53 indexed citations

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