Vincent Burrus

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Vincent Burrus is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vincent Burrus has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Molecular Medicine and 24 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Vincent Burrus's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (26 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (21 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (20 papers). Vincent Burrus is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (26 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (21 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (20 papers). Vincent Burrus collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Vincent Burrus's co-authors include Matthew K. Waldor, Bernard Decaris, Gérard Guédon, Nicolas Carraro, Guillaume Pavlovic, Éric Bordeleau, Daniela Ceccarelli, Joeli Marrero, Sébastien Rodrigue and Geneviève Garriss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Vincent Burrus

67 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacteri... 2025 2026 2025 4 8 12
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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.

  1. Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements
    2025 14 citations Andrew S. Lang, Alison Buchan et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vincent Burrus Canada 35 1.5k 1.2k 1.0k 999 860 67 3.4k
Bianca Hochhut Germany 16 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 839 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 698 0.8× 17 3.0k
Patricia Siguier France 23 2.5k 1.6× 1.5k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 877 0.9× 650 0.8× 34 4.5k
M. Pilar Garcillán‐Barcia Spain 28 1.9k 1.3× 1.8k 1.5× 1.4k 1.3× 824 0.8× 1000 1.2× 49 3.9k
Neville Firth Australia 33 1.9k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 895 0.9× 484 0.5× 819 1.0× 60 3.9k
Mitchell J. Sullivan United States 12 1.3k 0.8× 993 0.8× 1.5k 1.4× 662 0.7× 258 0.3× 28 3.3k
Michael Feldgarden United States 23 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 662 0.6× 808 0.8× 366 0.4× 40 3.5k
Álvaro San Millán Spain 27 1.3k 0.8× 1.7k 1.4× 903 0.9× 587 0.6× 948 1.1× 62 3.4k
Nadja B. Shoemaker United States 41 2.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 434 0.4× 1.4k 1.6× 82 4.4k
María Victoria Francia Spain 22 1.3k 0.8× 978 0.8× 775 0.7× 461 0.5× 680 0.8× 29 2.7k
Craig Altier United States 30 1.0k 0.7× 420 0.3× 722 0.7× 981 1.0× 591 0.7× 75 3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vincent Burrus

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lang, Andrew S., Alison Buchan, & Vincent Burrus. (2025). Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 23(7). 423–438. 14 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cellier, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). A systematic approach to classify and characterize genomic islands driven by conjugative mobility using protein signatures. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(16). 8402–8412. 10 indexed citations
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Carraro, Nicolas, et al.. (2021). Crucial role of Salmonella genomic island 1 master activator in the parasitism of IncC plasmids. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(14). 7807–7824. 10 indexed citations
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Burrus, Vincent, et al.. (2021). Genomic islands targeting dusA in Vibrio species are distantly related to Salmonella Genomic Island 1 and mobilizable by IncC conjugative plasmids. PLoS Genetics. 17(8). e1009669–e1009669. 9 indexed citations
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Allard, Nancy, et al.. (2020). Highly efficient gene transfer in the mouse gut microbiota is enabled by the Incl2 conjugative plasmid TP114. Communications Biology. 3(1). 53 indexed citations
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Grenier, Frédéric, et al.. (2020). IncC conjugative plasmids and SXT/R391 elements repair double-strand breaks caused by CRISPR–Cas during conjugation. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(16). 8815–8827. 40 indexed citations
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Garneau, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Replication of the Salmonella Genomic Island 1 (SGI1) triggered by helper IncC conjugative plasmids promotes incompatibility and plasmid loss. PLoS Genetics. 16(8). e1008965–e1008965. 19 indexed citations
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Carraro, Nicolas, et al.. (2017). Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1) reshapes the mating apparatus of IncC conjugative plasmids to promote self-propagation. PLoS Genetics. 13(3). e1006705–e1006705. 42 indexed citations
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Guérin, François, Christophe Isnard, Marguerite Fines-Guyon, et al.. (2016). Novel chromosome-encodederm(47) determinant responsible for constitutive MLSBresistance inHelcococcus kunzii. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 71(11). 3046–3049. 6 indexed citations
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Matteau, Dominick, et al.. (2015). Transfer activation of SXT/R391 integrative and conjugative elements: unraveling the SetCD regulon. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(4). 2045–2056. 39 indexed citations
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Burrus, Vincent, et al.. (2015). Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay Using Radiolabeled DNA Probes. Methods in molecular biology. 1334. 1–15. 5 indexed citations
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Bordeleau, Éric & Vincent Burrus. (2015). Cyclic-di-GMP signaling in the Gram-positive pathogen Clostridium difficile. Current Genetics. 61(4). 497–502. 15 indexed citations
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Ceccarelli, Daniela, Matteo Spagnoletti, Donatella Bacciu, et al.. (2011). ICEVchInd5 is prevalent in epidemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated in India. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 301(4). 318–324. 25 indexed citations
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Ghinet, Mariana Gabriela, et al.. (2011). Uncovering the Prevalence and Diversity of Integrating Conjugative Elements in Actinobacteria. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27846–e27846. 44 indexed citations
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Ceccarelli, Daniela, et al.. (2010). Integrating conjugative elements of the SXT/R391 family trigger the excision and drive the mobilization of a new class of Vibrio genomic islands. Molecular Microbiology. 78(3). 576–588. 73 indexed citations
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Garriss, Geneviève, Matthew K. Waldor, & Vincent Burrus. (2009). Mobile Antibiotic Resistance Encoding Elements Promote Their Own Diversity. PLoS Genetics. 5(12). e1000775–e1000775. 88 indexed citations

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