Thierry Wirth

10.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Thierry Wirth is a scholar working on Genetics, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Thierry Wirth has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Genetics, 24 papers in Epidemiology and 22 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Thierry Wirth's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (14 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (13 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Thierry Wirth is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (14 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (13 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (12 papers). Thierry Wirth collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Thierry Wirth's co-authors include Louis Bernatchez, Daniel Falush, Howard Ochman, Ruiting Lan, Helge Karch, Frances M. Colles, Peter R. Reeves, Lothar H. Wieler, Martin Maiden and Mark Achtman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thierry Wirth

67 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary pe... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2006 2003 2008 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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. Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective
    2006 1.6k citations Thierry Wirth, Daniel Falush et al. profile →
  2. Traces of Human Migrations in Helicobacter pylori Populations
    2003 742 citations Daniel Falush, Thierry Wirth et al. Science profile →
  3. A New Perspective on Listeria monocytogenes Evolution
    2008 466 citations Thierry Wirth, Marc Lecuit et al. profile →
  4. Whole Genome Sequencing versus Traditional Genotyping for Investigation of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Outbreak: A Longitudinal Molecular Epidemiological Study
    2013 357 citations Roland Diel, Thomas A. Kohl 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
Thierry Wirth France 36 1.7k 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.3k 68 6.6k
Keith A. Jolley United Kingdom 50 3.9k 2.3× 2.3k 1.5× 2.9k 2.0× 1.0k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 151 11.2k
Giovanna Morelli Germany 28 1.8k 1.1× 853 0.6× 2.5k 1.7× 1.9k 1.4× 851 0.7× 42 6.8k
Wim Gaastra Netherlands 51 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 3.5k 2.4× 1.7k 1.3× 2.9k 2.2× 170 8.9k
Sandra Reuter Germany 31 875 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 2.6k 1.8× 573 0.4× 1.3k 1.0× 71 6.0k
Lucas Domı́nguez Spain 54 3.8k 2.2× 4.4k 2.9× 2.1k 1.5× 467 0.3× 1.3k 1.0× 448 11.3k
Jacqueline A. Keane United Kingdom 15 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 3.3k 2.3× 587 0.4× 2.0k 1.5× 22 8.2k
Arnold G. Steigerwalt United States 62 2.0k 1.2× 2.9k 1.9× 3.2k 2.2× 1.2k 0.9× 2.7k 2.1× 170 11.8k
Derek Pickard United Kingdom 44 675 0.4× 2.5k 1.6× 2.2k 1.5× 855 0.6× 2.3k 1.8× 119 6.4k
Christine Pourcel France 44 3.7k 2.2× 1.7k 1.1× 5.9k 4.0× 1.9k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 139 10.9k
John D. Klena United States 42 884 0.5× 2.4k 1.6× 1.1k 0.8× 832 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 189 6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Thierry Wirth

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thierry Wirth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thierry Wirth

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zholdybayeva, Elena, Yuriy A. Skiba, Christophe Guyeux, et al.. (2025). Genomic characterization and epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 2 isolates from Kazakhstan. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 37715–37715.
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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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Sassi, Mohamed, Gaëtan Pascreau, Mathieu Emily, et al.. (2022). Forecasting Staphylococcus aureus Infections Using Genome-Wide Association Studies, Machine Learning, and Transcriptomic Approaches. mSystems. 7(4). e0037822–e0037822. 8 indexed citations
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Moura, Alexandra, Noémie Lefrancq, Thierry Wirth, et al.. (2021). Emergence and global spread of Listeria monocytogenes main clinical clonal complex. Science Advances. 7(49). 40 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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Gustave, Claude-Alexandre, Anne Tristan, Patrícia Martins-Simões, et al.. (2018). Demographic fluctuation of community-acquired antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages: potential role of flimsy antibiotic exposure. The ISME Journal. 12(8). 1879–1894. 10 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thierry, et al.. (2018). Genes under positive selection in the core genome of pathogenic Bacillus cereus group members. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 65. 55–64. 11 indexed citations
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Wielgoss, Sébastien, Aude Gilabert, Axel Meyer, & Thierry Wirth. (2014). Introgressive hybridization and latitudinal admixture clines in North Atlantic eels. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14(1). 61–61. 13 indexed citations
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Cantinelli, Thomas, Viviane Chenal‐Francisque, Laure Diancourt, et al.. (2013). “Epidemic Clones” of Listeria monocytogenes Are Widespread and Ancient Clonal Groups. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 51(11). 3770–3779. 105 indexed citations
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Leblois, Raphaël, Katrin Kuhls, Olivier François, Gabriele Schönian, & Thierry Wirth. (2011). Guns, germs and dogs: On the origin of Leishmania chagasi. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 11(5). 1091–1095. 50 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thierry, et al.. (2007). The rise and spread of a new pathogen: Seroresistant Moraxella catarrhalis. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 7 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thierry, et al.. (2007). The rise and spread of a new pathogen: Seroresistant Moraxella catarrhalis. Genome Research. 17(11). 1647–1656. 64 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thierry, Ruiting Lan, Frances M. Colles, et al.. (2006). Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 48 indexed citations
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Schwenkenbecher, Jan M., Thierry Wirth, L. F. Schnur, et al.. (2005). Microsatellite analysis reveals genetic structure of Leishmania tropica. International Journal for Parasitology. 36(2). 237–246. 116 indexed citations
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Achtman, Mark, Giovanna Morelli, Peixuan Zhu, et al.. (2004). Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(51). 17837–17842. 344 indexed citations
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Wirth, Thierry, Xiaoyan Wang, Bodo Linz, et al.. (2004). Distinguishing human ethnic groups by means of sequences from Helicobacter pylori : Lessons from Ladakh. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(14). 4746–4751. 124 indexed citations
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Falush, Daniel, Thierry Wirth, Bodo Linz, et al.. (2003). Traces of Human Migrations in Helicobacter pylori Populations. Science. 299(5612). 1582–1585. 742 indexed citations breakdown →
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