Pierre Roques

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
138 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Pierre Roques is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Roques has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Infectious Diseases, 67 papers in Virology and 47 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Roques's work include HIV Research and Treatment (66 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (32 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (30 papers). Pierre Roques is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (66 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (32 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (30 papers). Pierre Roques collaborates with scholars based in France, Gabon and United States. Pierre Roques's co-authors include Roger Le Grand, Françoise Barré‐Sinoussi, Michaela Müller‐Trutwin, Xavier de Lamballerie, Laurence Dupuis-Maguiraga, François Simon, Cristian Apetrei, Andreas Suhrbier, Sandrine Souquière and Thibaut Larcher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Roques

135 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Chikungunya disease in nonhuman primates involves long-term viral persistence in macrophages

2010 423 citations Roger Le Grand, Pierre Roques et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Identification of a new human immunodeficiency virus type 1 distinct from group M and group O

1998 391 citations François Simon, Pierre Roques et al. profile →
Chikungunya fever: Epidemiology, clinical syndrome, pathogenesis and therapy

2013 385 citations Pierre Roques et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Pierre Roques	4.2k	3.3k	2.6k	1.9k	1.6k	138	7.3k
Esper G. Kallás	3.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	2.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.3×	231	7.4k
Merlin L. Robb	4.0k 1.0×	4.8k 1.5×	855 0.3×	1.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.5×	249	7.8k
Luc Kestens	2.1k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	779 0.3×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	164	6.2k
Mark J. Mulligan	3.6k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	3.2k 1.7×	3.2k 2.0×	150	8.5k
Sheila M. Keating	1.8k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	920 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	127	4.6k
Nelson L. Michael	4.1k 1.0×	5.1k 1.6×	575 0.2×	2.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.8×	269	8.6k
Mark G. Lewis	3.4k 0.8×	5.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.5k 1.3×	4.1k 2.6×	193	9.2k
Francine E. McCutchan	4.9k 1.2×	6.5k 2.0×	426 0.2×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	119	7.8k
Thumbi Ndung’u	3.4k 0.8×	4.0k 1.2×	443 0.2×	2.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.7×	273	7.6k
Peter A. Zimmerman	1.9k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	4.9k 1.9×	918 0.5×	2.4k 1.5×	188	9.2k

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Kempster, Sarah, David Ferguson, Claire Ham, et al.. (2025). Inactivated Viral Vaccine BBV87 Protects Against Chikungunya Virus Challenge in a Non-Human Primate Model. Viruses. 17(4). 550–550. 2 indexed citations

Legros, Vincent, Essia Belarbi, Patricia Jeannin, et al.. (2025). Use of Recombinant Chikungunya Virus expressing Nanoluciferase to Identify Chondrocytes as Target Cells in an Immunocompetent Mouse Model. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 232(2). e223–e233.

Houzet, Laurent, Krishani Dinali Perera, Ingrid Plotton, et al.. (2025). Chikungunya virus replicates in the human testis ex vivo and impacts peritubular myoid cells functional markers. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 14(1). 2587984–2587984. 1 indexed citations

Traoré, Kuan Abdoulaye, et al.. (2024). Detection of Adenovirus in Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Wastewater and Manure from Irrigated Farms in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Food and Nutrition Sciences. 15(7). 644–662. 1 indexed citations

Roques, Pierre, Nathalie Dereuddre‐Bosquet, Nina Wressnigg, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of CHIKV vaccine VLA1553 demonstrated by passive transfer of human sera. JCI Insight. 7(14). 47 indexed citations

Belarbi, Essia, et al.. (2019). Bioluminescent Ross River Virus Allows Live Monitoring of Acute and Long-Term Alphaviral Infection by In Vivo Imaging. Viruses. 11(7). 584–584. 11 indexed citations

Krejbich‐Trotot, Pascale, Essia Belarbi, Chaker El Kalamouni, et al.. (2016). The growth of arthralgic Ross River virus is restricted in human monocytic cells. Virus Research. 225. 64–68. 6 indexed citations

Couderc, Thérèse, Lisa F. P. Ng, David Hallengärd, et al.. (2015). Therapeutics and Vaccines Against Chikungunya Virus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 15(4). 250–257. 53 indexed citations

Roques, Pierre, Lisa F. P. Ng, I‐Ching Sam, & Stephen Higgs. (2015). Chikungunya: International Focus Issue. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 15(4). 221–222. 4 indexed citations

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Caron, Mélanie, Jean‐Christophe Plantier, Maria Makuwa, et al.. (2009). High HIV Type 1 Prevalence and Wide Genetic Diversity with Dominance of Recombinant Strains But Low Level of Antiretroviral Drug-Resistance Mutations in Untreated Patients in Northeast Gabon, Central Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 25(4). 411–418. 15 indexed citations

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Kornfeld, C.G., Mickaël J. Ploquin, Ivona Pandrea, et al.. (2005). Antiinflammatory profiles during primary SIV infection in African green monkeys are associated with protection against AIDS. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(5). 1389–1389. 2 indexed citations

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Lemey, Philippe, Oliver G. Pybus, Andrew Rambaut, et al.. (2004). The Molecular Population Genetics of HIV-1 Group O. Genetics. 167(3). 1059–1068. 87 indexed citations

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Makuwa, Maria, Sandrine Souquière, Stephen L. Clifford, et al.. (2004). Two Distinct STLV-1 Subtypes Infecting Mandrillus sphinx Follow the Geographic Distribution of Their Hosts. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(10). 1137–1143. 14 indexed citations

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Makuwa, Maria, Sandrine Souquière, Paul Telfer, et al.. (2004). A New STLV-1 in a Household Pet Cercopithecus nictitans from Gabon. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(6). 679–683. 6 indexed citations

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Ploquin, Mickaël J., et al.. (2003). Facteurs de non‐pathogénicité de l‘infection à SIVagm chez le singe vert d‘Afrique. Virologie. 7(4). 289–297. 1 indexed citations

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Fleury, Hervé, Patrícia Recordon-Pinson, Anne Caumont, et al.. (2003). HIV Type 1 Diversity in France, 1999–2001: Molecular Characterization of non-B HIV Type 1 Subtypes and Potential Impact on Susceptibility to Antiretroviral Drugs. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 19(1). 41–47. 41 indexed citations

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Pandrea, Ivona, David L. Robertson, Richard Onanga, et al.. (2002). Analysis of Partial pol and env Sequences Indicates a High Prevalence of HIV Type 1 Recombinant Strains Circulating in Gabon. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 18(15). 1103–1116. 31 indexed citations

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Caumont, Anne, Phạm Văn Hưng, Évelyne Schvoerer, et al.. (2001). Sequence Analysis of env C2/V3, gag p17/p24, and pol Protease Regions of 25 HIV Type 1 Isolates from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 17(13). 1285–1291. 14 indexed citations

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Simon, François, Sandrine Souquière, Florence Damond, et al.. (2001). Synthetic Peptide Strategy for the Detection of and Discrimination among Highly Divergent Primate Lentiviruses. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 17(10). 937–952. 76 indexed citations

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Grand, Roger Le, Pascal Clayette, Bruno Vaslin, et al.. (1994). An Animal Model for Antilentiviral Therapy: Effect of Zidovudine on Viral Load during Acute Infection after Exposure of Macaques to Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(10). 1279–1287. 37 indexed citations

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