Sébastien Gagneux

27.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
205 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Sébastien Gagneux is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sébastien Gagneux has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 186 papers in Infectious Diseases, 184 papers in Epidemiology and 63 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sébastien Gagneux's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (184 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (161 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (41 papers). Sébastien Gagneux is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (184 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (161 papers) and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (41 papers). Sébastien Gagneux collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Sébastien Gagneux's co-authors include Peter M. Small, Sònia Borrell, Iñaki Comas, Mireia Coscollá, Stefan Niemann, Daniela Brites, Bouke C. de Jong, Kristin Kremer, Kathryn DeRiemer and Midori Kato‐Maeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sébastien Gagneux

199 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Variable host–pathogen compatibility in Mycobacterium tub... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2007 2010 2011 2018 200 400 600
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. Variable host–pathogen compatibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    2006 725 citations Sébastien Gagneux, Bouke C. de Jong et al. profile →
  2. Global phylogeography of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and implications for tuberculosis product development
    2007 529 citations Sébastien Gagneux et al. profile →
  3. Human T cell epitopes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are evolutionarily hyperconserved
    2010 507 citations Iñaki Comas, Stefan Niemann et al. profile →
  4. Whole-genome sequencing of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains identifies compensatory mutations in RNA polymerase genes
    2011 410 citations Iñaki Comas, Sònia Borrell et al. profile →
  5. Ecology and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    2018 352 citations Sébastien Gagneux profile →
  6. Antimicrobial resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: mechanistic and evolutionary perspectives
    2017 289 citations Sebastian M. Gygli, Sònia Borrell 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
Sébastien Gagneux Switzerland 59 10.8k 10.3k 4.5k 3.1k 1.3k 205 13.2k
Stefan Niemann Germany 65 12.3k 1.1× 11.5k 1.1× 5.6k 1.3× 3.0k 1.0× 742 0.6× 301 14.8k
David Alland United States 52 8.4k 0.8× 7.0k 0.7× 3.3k 0.7× 3.4k 1.1× 506 0.4× 135 11.7k
Roland Brosch France 70 11.2k 1.0× 9.8k 1.0× 2.8k 0.6× 4.0k 1.3× 959 0.8× 177 15.8k
Kristin Kremer Netherlands 51 10.4k 1.0× 9.6k 0.9× 5.8k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 519 0.4× 136 11.4k
Marcel A. Behr Canada 57 9.1k 0.8× 7.8k 0.8× 3.0k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 826 0.7× 224 12.9k
Stephen V. Gordon Ireland 47 6.4k 0.6× 5.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 2.4k 0.8× 567 0.4× 178 8.7k
Brigitte Gicquel France 76 14.3k 1.3× 12.9k 1.3× 4.5k 1.0× 5.3k 1.7× 1.7k 1.3× 255 20.6k
Douglas B. Young United Kingdom 52 6.1k 0.6× 4.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 3.3k 1.1× 853 0.7× 126 9.3k
Dick van Soolingen Netherlands 80 25.4k 2.4× 24.7k 2.4× 12.6k 2.8× 4.0k 1.3× 779 0.6× 410 29.4k
Daniela María Cirillo Italy 55 6.7k 0.6× 5.6k 0.5× 2.9k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 336 0.3× 297 9.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sébastien Gagneux

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aspindzelashvili, Rusudan, Zaza Avaliani, Maia Kipiani, et al.. (2025). Drug-induced differential culturability in diverse strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 3588–3588. 1 indexed citations
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Stritt, Christoph, Galo A. Goig, Sònia Borrell, et al.. (2025). Gene conversion and duplication contribute to genetic variation in an outbreak of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbial Genomics. 11(5). 1 indexed citations
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Gomes, Lia Lima, Daniela Brites, Emilyn Costa Conceição, et al.. (2024). Genetic Characterization and Population Structure of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Brazilian Patients Using Whole-Genome Sequencing. Antibiotics. 13(6). 496–496.
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Goig, Galo A., Fabrizio Menardo, Anzaan Dippenaar, et al.. (2023). Effect of compensatory evolution in the emergence and transmission of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa: a genomic epidemiology study. The Lancet Microbe. 4(7). e506–e515. 20 indexed citations
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Merker, Matthias, Jean‐Philippe Rasigade, Maxime Barbier, et al.. (2022). Transcontinental spread and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis W148 European/Russian clade toward extensively drug resistant tuberculosis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5105–5105. 38 indexed citations
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Coscollá, Mireia, Boatema Ofori-Anyinam, Isaac Darko Otchere, et al.. (2021). Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineage 5 exhibits high levels of within-lineage genomic diversity and differing gene content compared to the type strain H37Rv. Microbial Genomics. 7(7). 12 indexed citations
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Çavuşoğlu, Cengiz, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Maria Lodovica Pacciarini, et al.. (2021). A new nomenclature for the livestock-associated Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex based on phylogenomics. Open Research Europe. 1. 100–100. 6 indexed citations
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Menardo, Fabrizio, Sébastien Gagneux, & Fabian Freund. (2020). Multiple Merger Genealogies in Outbreaks of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(1). 290–306. 17 indexed citations
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Loiseau, Chloé, Fabrizio Menardo, Abraham Aseffa, et al.. (2020). An African origin for Mycobacterium bovis. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 2020(1). 49–59. 36 indexed citations
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Loiseau, Chloé, Daniela Brites, Irmgard Moser, et al.. (2019). Revised Interpretation of the Hain Lifescience GenoType MTBC To Differentiate Mycobacterium canettii and Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 63(6). 15 indexed citations
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Chiner‐Oms, Álvaro, Leonor Sánchez-Busó, Jukka Corander, et al.. (2019). Genomic determinants of speciation and spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Science Advances. 5(6). eaaw3307–eaaw3307. 57 indexed citations
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Ross, Amanda, Lujeko Kamwela, Miriam Reinhard, et al.. (2019). The Genetic Background Modulates the Evolution of Fluoroquinolone-Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(1). 195–207. 41 indexed citations
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Gygli, Sebastian M., Peter M. Keller, Marie Ballif, et al.. (2019). Whole-Genome Sequencing for Drug Resistance Profile Prediction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 63(4). 49 indexed citations
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Asare, Prince, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Sònia Borrell, et al.. (2018). Reduced transmission of Mycobacterium africanum compared to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in urban West Africa. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 73. 30–42. 29 indexed citations
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Merker, Matthias, Maxime Barbier, Helen Cox, et al.. (2018). Compensatory evolution drives multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Central Asia. eLife. 7. 85 indexed citations
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André, Emmanuel, Léonie Goeminne, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, et al.. (2016). Consensus numbering system for the rifampicin resistance-associated rpoB gene mutations in pathogenic mycobacteria. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 23(3). 167–172. 67 indexed citations
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Gagneux, Sébastien. (2016). EVOLUTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR VACCINE DEVELOPMENT.. PubMed. 54(2). 95–100. 1 indexed citations
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Brites, Daniela & Sébastien Gagneux. (2015). Co‐evolution of M ycobacterium tuberculosis and H omo sapiens . Immunological Reviews. 264(1). 6–24. 186 indexed citations
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Borrell, Sònia, Youjin Teo, Federica Giardina, et al.. (2013). Epistasis between antibiotic resistance mutations drives the evolution of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 2013(1). 65–74. 81 indexed citations

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