Olivier Duron

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Olivier Duron is a scholar working on Insect Science, Parasitology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Duron has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Insect Science, 40 papers in Parasitology and 23 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Olivier Duron's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (72 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (40 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (33 papers). Olivier Duron is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (72 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (40 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (33 papers). Olivier Duron collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Olivier Duron's co-authors include Mylène Weill, Gregory D. D. Hurst, Florian Binetruy, Jan Engelstädter, Marie Buysse, Didier Bouchon, Michel Raymond, Sébastien Boutin, Lawrence Bellamy and Sarah Bonnet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Olivier Duron

86 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachiado not walk alone

2008 537 citations Olivier Duron, Didier Bouchon et al. profile →
The Tick Microbiome: Why Non-pathogenic Microorganisms Matter in Tick Biology and Pathogen Transmission

2017 282 citations Florian Binetruy, Olivier Duron et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olivier Duron France	36	3.1k	1.5k	921	799	635	90	4.2k
Susan M. Paskewitz United States	35	1.8k 0.6×	890 0.6×	1.7k 1.9×	841 1.1×	546 0.9×	123	4.2k
Luciano Sacchi Italy	37	2.6k 0.8×	986 0.7×	570 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	467 0.7×	115	4.2k
Charles B. Beard United States	36	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.8×	1.8k 2.3×	874 1.4×	69	5.0k
Yuval Gottlieb Israel	36	2.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	203 0.2×	599 0.7×	863 1.4×	75	4.0k
Daniel Masiga Kenya	31	1.3k 0.4×	611 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	578 0.7×	758 1.2×	164	3.1k
Claire Valiente Moro France	30	1.7k 0.6×	805 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	651 0.8×	608 1.0×	63	2.6k
Lane D. Foil United States	34	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	968 1.5×	177	4.0k
Adalberto Á. Pérez de León United States	29	1.5k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	306 0.3×	1.0k 1.3×	856 1.3×	148	3.1k
Timothy J. Kurtti United States	38	2.2k 0.7×	3.7k 2.5×	720 0.8×	2.1k 2.6×	1.3k 2.0×	121	4.9k
Glen A. Scoles United States	38	1.8k 0.6×	3.4k 2.3×	466 0.5×	1.9k 2.4×	1.7k 2.7×	114	4.2k

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McCoy, Karen D., et al.. (2025). Culturable bacteria and fungi in Ixodes, Dermacentor, Amblyomma and Ornithodoros ticks. Parasite. 32. 20–20. 1 indexed citations

Buysse, Marie, et al.. (2025). Diversity and spread of cytoplasmic incompatibility genes among maternally inherited symbionts. PLoS Genetics. 21(9). e1011856–e1011856.

Buysse, Marie, Florian Binetruy, Benoı̂t de Thoisy, et al.. (2024). Detection of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia bacteria in humans, wildlife, and ticks in the Amazon rainforest. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3988–3988. 7 indexed citations

Duron, Olivier, et al.. (2024). Multi-locus sequence analysis unveils a novel genus of filarial nematodes associated with ticks in French Guiana. Parasite. 31. 14–14. 4 indexed citations

Duron, Olivier. (2024). Nutritional symbiosis in ticks: singularities of the genus Ixodes. Trends in Parasitology. 40(8). 696–706. 6 indexed citations

Thoisy, Benoı̂t de, et al.. (2024). Tick-borne Apicomplexa in wildlife and ticks of French Guiana. Parasite. 31. 49–49.

Binetruy, Florian & Olivier Duron. (2023). Molecular detection of Cercopithifilaria, Cruorifilaria and Dipetalonema-like filarial nematodes in ticks of French Guiana. Parasite. 30. 24–24. 4 indexed citations

Boulanger, Nathalie, et al.. (2023). Diversity and phylogeny of the tick-borne bacterial genus Candidatus Allocryptoplasma (Anaplasmataceae). Parasite. 30. 13–13. 7 indexed citations

Guégan, Jean‐François, Loïc Epelboin, Maylis Douine, et al.. (2023). Emerging infectious diseases and new pandemics: dancing with a ghost! Lessons in inter- and transdisciplinary research in French Guiana, South America. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 133. 9–13. 4 indexed citations

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Buysse, Marie, Nil Rahola, Josquin Daron, et al.. (2023). Limited association between Wolbachia and Plasmodium falciparum infections in natural populations of the major malaria mosquito Anopheles moucheti. Evolutionary Applications. 16(12). 1999–2006. 2 indexed citations

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Biffignandi, Gherard Batisti, Michele Castelli, Emanuela Olivieri, et al.. (2023). The evolution of intramitochondriality in Midichloria bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. 25(11). 2102–2117. 5 indexed citations

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Buysse, Marie, et al.. (2021). Vector competence of the African argasid tick Ornithodoros moubata for the Q fever agent Coxiella burnetii. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(1). e0009008–e0009008. 9 indexed citations

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Buysse, Marie, et al.. (2021). Ecological Contacts and Host Specificity Promote Replacement of Nutritional Endosymbionts in Ticks. Microbial Ecology. 83(3). 776–788. 7 indexed citations

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Binetruy, Florian, Marie Buysse, Nil Rahola, et al.. (2020). Microbial community structure reveals instability of nutritional symbiosis during the evolutionary radiation of Amblyomma ticks. Molecular Ecology. 29(5). 1016–1029. 44 indexed citations

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Ayala, Diégo, Nil Rahola, Pierre Kengne, et al.. (2019). Natural Wolbachia infections are common in the major malaria vectors in Central Africa. Evolutionary Applications. 12(8). 1583–1594. 33 indexed citations

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Duron, Olivier, Florian Binetruy, Valérie Noël, et al.. (2017). Evolutionary changes in symbiont community structure in ticks. Molecular Ecology. 26(11). 2905–2921. 177 indexed citations

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Zélé, Flore, Antoine Nicot, Arnaud Berthomieu, et al.. (2014). Wolbachia increases susceptibility to Plasmodium infection in a natural system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 281(1779). 20132837–20132837. 69 indexed citations

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Zélé, Flore, Grégory L’Ambert, Antoine Nicot, et al.. (2014). Dynamics of prevalence and diversity of avian malaria infections in wild Culex pipiens mosquitoes: the effects of Wolbachia, filarial nematodes and insecticide resistance. Parasites & Vectors. 7(1). 437–437. 44 indexed citations

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Duron, Olivier, Timothy E. Wilkes, & Gregory D. D. Hurst. (2010). Interspecific transmission of a male‐killing bacterium on an ecological timescale. Ecology Letters. 13(9). 1139–1148. 88 indexed citations

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Duron, Olivier, Philippe Fort, & Mylène Weill. (2005). Hypervariable prophage WO sequences describe an unexpected high number of Wolbachia variants in the mosquito Culex pipiens. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 273(1585). 495–502. 49 indexed citations

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