Philippe Colson

30.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
373 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Philippe Colson is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Colson has authored 373 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Infectious Diseases, 88 papers in Epidemiology and 78 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Philippe Colson's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (77 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (69 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (48 papers). Philippe Colson is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (77 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (69 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (48 papers). Philippe Colson collaborates with scholars based in France, Burkina Faso and United States. Philippe Colson's co-authors include Didier Raoult, Bernard La Scola, Jean‐Marc Rolain, Christian Devaux, Michel Drancourt, Pierre‐Edouard Fournier, René Gerolami, Valérie Moal, Toïdi Adékambi and Philippe Gautret and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Colson

359 papers receiving 12.3k 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.

  1. New insights on the antiviral effects of chloroquine against coronavirus: what to expect for COVID-19?
    2020 801 citations Christian Devaux, Jean‐Marc Rolain et al. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents profile →
  2. Viral RNA load as determined by cell culture as a management tool for discharge of SARS-CoV-2 patients from infectious disease wards
    2020 533 citations Bernard La Scola, Julien Andréani et al. profile →
  3. Pig Liver Sausage as a Source of Hepatitis E Virus Transmission to Humans
    2010 513 citations Philippe Colson, Patrick Borentain 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
Philippe Colson France 54 5.5k 2.8k 2.3k 2.3k 2.0k 373 12.5k
Susanna K. P. Lau Hong Kong 79 16.2k 3.0× 736 0.3× 7.2k 3.1× 3.6k 1.6× 861 0.4× 444 25.5k
David H. Persing United States 76 13.2k 2.4× 1.1k 0.4× 8.1k 3.5× 4.7k 2.1× 1.8k 0.9× 259 26.6k
Xavier de Lamballerie France 78 14.9k 2.7× 1.3k 0.5× 3.4k 1.5× 2.2k 1.0× 745 0.4× 502 22.3k
Patrick C. Y. Woo Hong Kong 84 18.8k 3.4× 930 0.3× 9.2k 3.9× 4.6k 2.0× 942 0.5× 595 31.0k
Gilbert Greub Switzerland 69 5.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 5.6k 2.4× 4.7k 2.1× 616 0.3× 492 18.5k
John Wain United Kingdom 65 3.5k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 4.0k 1.8× 394 0.2× 239 14.8k
Jordi Vilà Spain 71 3.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 4.6k 2.0× 5.2k 2.3× 1.4k 0.7× 540 20.1k
Qi Jin China 55 5.9k 1.1× 1.4k 0.5× 3.1k 1.3× 4.7k 2.1× 171 0.1× 329 14.1k
Giorgio Palù Italy 70 5.3k 1.0× 629 0.2× 6.5k 2.8× 6.1k 2.7× 1.1k 0.5× 532 19.1k
Stephen Baker United Kingdom 57 4.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 416 0.2× 362 12.0k

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All Works

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Boschi, Céline, Aurélie Morand, Jean‐Christophe Lagier, et al.. (2025). Five‐Year (2017–2022) Evolutionary Dynamics of Human Coronavirus HKU1 in Southern France With Emergence of Viruses Harboring Spike H512R Substitution. Journal of Medical Virology. 97(2). e70217–e70217. 1 indexed citations
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Boschi, Céline, Marielle Bedotto, Aurélie Morand, et al.. (2024). Sequencing and characterization of human bocavirus genomes from patients diagnosed in Southern France between 2017 and 2022. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(6). e29706–e29706. 3 indexed citations
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Coiffard, Benjamin, Julien Bermudez, Céline Boschi, et al.. (2024). Management of immunosuppression in lung transplant recipients and COVID-19 outcomes: an observational retrospective cohort-study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 24(1). 536–536.
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Fontanaud, Pierre, Amaury François, Philippe Colson, et al.. (2024). Neuropeptide therapeutics to repress lateral septum neurons that disable sociability in an autism mouse model. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(11). 101781–101781. 2 indexed citations
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Edouard, Sophie, Céline Boschi, Philippe Colson, et al.. (2024). Incidental diagnosis of mpox virus infection in patients undergoing sexually transmitted infection screening—findings from a study in France. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 143. 107009–107009. 2 indexed citations
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Edouard, Sophie, et al.. (2024). Large-Scale Outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection, Marseille, France, 2023–2024. Emerging infectious diseases. 30(7). 1481–1484. 18 indexed citations
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Tissot‐Dupont, Hervé, Céline Boschi, Philippe Parola, et al.. (2023). How to distinguish mpox from its mimickers: An observational retrospective cohort study. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(10). e29147–e29147. 3 indexed citations
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Colson, Philippe, Pierre‐Edouard Fournier, Jérémy Delerce, et al.. (2022). EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Culture and identification of a “Deltamicron” SARS‐CoV‐2 in a three cases cluster in southern France. Journal of Medical Virology. 94(8). 3739–3749. 49 indexed citations
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Cassir, Nadim, Hervé Tissot‐Dupont, Barbara Doudier, et al.. (2022). Observational Cohort Study of Evolving Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Virologic Features of Monkeypox in Southern France. Emerging infectious diseases. 28(12). 2409–2415. 28 indexed citations
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Aherfi, Sarah, Lucile Pinault, Jean‐Pierre Baudoin, et al.. (2021). Incomplete tricarboxylic acid cycle and proton gradient in Pandoravirus massiliensis : is it still a virus?. The ISME Journal. 16(3). 695–704. 17 indexed citations
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Boratto, Paulo Victor de Miranda, Graziele Pereira Oliveira, Jean‐Pierre Baudoin, et al.. (2020). Yaravirus: A novel 80-nm virus infecting Acanthamoeba castellanii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(28). 16579–16586. 35 indexed citations
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Baron, Sophie Alexandra, Christian Devaux, Philippe Colson, Didier Raoult, & Jean‐Marc Rolain. (2020). Teicoplanin: an alternative drug for the treatment of COVID-19?. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 55(4). 105944–105944. 187 indexed citations
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Abrahão, Jônatas Santos, Lorena Silva, Jacques Bou Khalil, et al.. (2018). Tailed giant Tupanvirus possesses the most complete translational apparatus of the known virosphere. Nature Communications. 9(1). 749–749. 189 indexed citations
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Colson, Philippe, Bernard La Scola, & Didier Raoult. (2017). Giant Viruses of Amoebae: A Journey Through Innovative Research and Paradigm Changes. Annual Review of Virology. 4(1). 61–85. 48 indexed citations
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Andréani, Julien, Jacques Bou Khalil, Madhumati Sevvana, et al.. (2017). Pacmanvirus, a New Giant Icosahedral Virus at the Crossroads between Asfarviridae and Faustoviruses. Journal of Virology. 91(14). 90 indexed citations
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Arantes, Thalita Souza, Rodrigo Araújo Lima Rodrigues, Graziele Pereira Oliveira, et al.. (2016). The Large Marseillevirus Explores Different Entry Pathways by Forming Giant Infectious Vesicles. Journal of Virology. 90(11). 5246–5255. 78 indexed citations
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Brah, Souleymane, Philippe Parola, René Gerolami, et al.. (2015). Epidemiological, clinical, virological features of hepatitis B newly diagnosed in 2011 in Marseille University hospitals, southeastern France. Journal of Medical Virology. 88(5). 828–836. 4 indexed citations
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Pouzeratte, Y., Jean Delay, Georges Brunat, et al.. (2001). Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia After Abdominal Surgery: Ropivacaine Versus Bupivacaine. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 93(6). 1587–1592. 38 indexed citations

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