Jean‐François Collet

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Jean‐François Collet is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean‐François Collet has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 28 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jean‐François Collet's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (35 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (24 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (23 papers). Jean‐François Collet is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (35 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (24 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (23 papers). Jean‐François Collet collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and France. Jean‐François Collet's co-authors include Joris Messens, Alexandra Gennaris, James C.A. Bardwell, Emile Van Schaftingen, Benjamin Ezraty, Frédéric Barras, Katleen Denoncin, Didier Vertommen, Vincent Stroobant and Géraldine Laloux and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jean‐François Collet

105 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Oxidative stress, protein damage and repair in bacteria

2017 737 citations Benjamin Ezraty, Alexandra Gennaris et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean‐François Collet Belgium	42	3.8k	1.6k	804	800	575	110	6.0k
Patrice Gouet France	27	7.2k 1.9×	1.5k 0.9×	643 0.8×	1.6k 2.0×	437 0.8×	78	11.3k
Gottfried Unden Germany	48	4.4k 1.2×	2.6k 1.6×	397 0.5×	933 1.2×	445 0.8×	152	7.2k
Wim J. Quax Netherlands	53	7.4k 2.0×	2.1k 1.3×	781 1.0×	570 0.7×	339 0.6×	239	9.7k
Alexei Savchenko Canada	55	5.4k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	232 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	718 1.2×	215	8.2k
Tim Clausen Austria	47	4.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	700 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	345 0.6×	102	7.1k
Peter J. F. Henderson United Kingdom	47	5.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	363 0.5×	894 1.1×	284 0.5×	178	8.0k
Lutz Schmitt Germany	42	3.1k 0.8×	996 0.6×	270 0.3×	378 0.5×	423 0.7×	175	6.0k
Bert van den Berg United Kingdom	40	3.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	598 0.7×	500 0.6×	422 0.7×	82	5.6k
Jozef Van Beeumen Belgium	57	6.3k 1.7×	1.2k 0.7×	508 0.6×	908 1.1×	294 0.5×	293	11.3k
Kaspar P. Locher Switzerland	47	6.5k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	392 0.5×	650 0.8×	330 0.6×	97	11.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Jean‐François Collet

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean‐François Collet

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20 of 20 papers shown

Machin, Jonathan, James Whitehouse, Till F. Schäberle, et al.. (2025). Molecular insights into how the motions of the β-barrel and POTRA domains of BamA are coupled for efficient function. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8832–8832.

Zietek, Matylda, Amanda Miguel, Handuo Shi, et al.. (2025). Bacterial cell widening alters periplasmic size and activates envelope stress responses. The EMBO Journal. 44(20). 5816–5833. 1 indexed citations

Collet, Jean‐François, et al.. (2024). Entering deeper into the mysteries of the GroEL–GroES nanomachine. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 79. 102480–102480.

Nguyen, Van Son, Sander E. Van der Verren, Evy Timmerman, et al.. (2023). SlyB encapsulates outer membrane proteins in stress-induced lipid nanodomains. Nature. 626(7999). 617–625. 11 indexed citations

Sorgeloos, Frédéric, Michael Peeters, Yohei Hayashi, et al.. (2022). A case of convergent evolution: Several viral and bacterial pathogens hijack RSK kinases through a common linear motif. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(5). 18 indexed citations

Naulaerts, Stefan, et al.. (2022). T Cell–Mediated Targeted Delivery of Anti–PD-L1 Nanobody Overcomes Poor Antibody Penetration and Improves PD-L1 Blocking at the Tumor Site. Cancer Immunology Research. 10(6). 713–727. 15 indexed citations

Létoquart, Juliette, Cédric Laguri, Pascal Demange, et al.. (2020). Defining the function of OmpA in the Rcs stress response. eLife. 9. 30 indexed citations

Dieu, Marc, Sander E. Van der Verren, Patrice Soumillion, et al.. (2020). β-Barrels covalently link peptidoglycan and the outer membrane in the α-proteobacterium Brucella abortus. Nature Microbiology. 6(1). 27–33. 40 indexed citations

Roy, Tiphaine Le, Patrick Van Deŕ Smissen, Adrien Paquot, et al.. (2019). Dysosmobacter welbionis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces and emended description of the genus Oscillibacter. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 70(9). 4851–4858. 25 indexed citations

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Ezraty, Benjamin, Alexandra Gennaris, Frédéric Barras, & Jean‐François Collet. (2017). Oxidative stress, protein damage and repair in bacteria. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 15(7). 385–396. 737 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collet, Jean‐François, et al.. (2016). The Journey of Lipoproteins Through the Cell. Advances in microbial physiology. 69. 1–50. 32 indexed citations

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Roszczenko, Paula, et al.. (2012). Correction: A Novel Insight into the Oxidoreductase Activity of Helicobacter pylori HP0231 Protein. PLoS ONE. 7(10). 6 indexed citations

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Denoncin, Katleen, et al.. (2012). Protein Disulfide Bond Formation in the Periplasm: Determination of the In Vivo Redox State of Cysteine Residues. Methods in molecular biology. 966. 325–336. 31 indexed citations

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Depuydt, Matthieu, Joris Messens, & Jean‐François Collet. (2010). How Proteins Form Disulfide Bonds. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 15(1). 49–66. 156 indexed citations

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Collet, Jean‐François & Joris Messens. (2010). Structure, Function, and Mechanism of Thioredoxin Proteins. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 13(8). 1205–1216. 308 indexed citations

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Depuydt, Matthieu, Stephen E. Leonard, Didier Vertommen, et al.. (2009). A Periplasmic Reducing System Protects Single Cysteine Residues from Oxidation. Science. 326(5956). 1109–1111. 145 indexed citations

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Messens, Joris & Jean‐François Collet. (2006). Pathways of disulfide bond formation in Escherichia coli. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 38(7). 1050–1062. 135 indexed citations

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Keldermans, Liesbeth, An Snellinx, Jean‐François Collet, et al.. (2005). Tissue distribution of the murine phosphomannomutases Pmm1 and Pmm2 during brain development. European Journal of Neuroscience. 22(4). 991–996. 10 indexed citations

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Masip, Lluis, Jonathan L. Pan, James E. Penner‐Hahn, et al.. (2004). An Engineered Pathway for the Formation of Protein Disulfide Bonds. Science. 303(5661). 1185–1189. 65 indexed citations

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Collet, Jean‐François. (2002). Extensive Lyapounov functionals for moment-preserving evolution equations. Comptes Rendus Mathématique. 334(5). 429–434. 6 indexed citations

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