Didier Raoult: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Didier Raoult's h-index is 229 (2135 i10-index, 265,801+ total citations across 1,007+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of August 2026. Didier Raoult is affiliated with IHU Méditerranée Infection, Aix Marseille Université, AP-HM CHU Timone, Marseille, FRANCE.
Didier Raoult is a researcher affiliated with IHU Méditerranée Infection, Aix Marseille Université, AP-HM CHU Timone, Marseille, FRANCE, specializing in Rickettsia, Infectious Diseases, Viruses. Their work has been cited 265,801 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in China.
Didier Raoult's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 1,007 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 229
- i10-Index
- 2135
- Total Citations
- 265,801
- Citing Countries
- 105
As of August 2026.
Didier Raoult has an h-index of 229 and 265,801 total citations across 1007 publications, with research cited by institutions in 105 countries.
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RETRACTED: Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial
20207,037
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The researcher established rickettsioses as key paradigms for emerging infectious diseases, providing a foundational framework later extended to specific epidemic typhus analyses.
The researcher produced a seminal, highly cited review on Q fever in Veterinary Microbiology that established a foundational reference for the field.
The researcher established a foundational 16S rDNA sequencing framework for identifying unidentifiable bacterial isolates, a method widely adopted by independent scientists for clinical and environmental microbiology.
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About Didier Raoult's research
Didier Raoult is a researcher in Rickettsia, Infectious Diseases and Viruses at IHU Méditerranée Infection, Aix Marseille Université, AP-HM CHU Timone, Marseille, FRANCE. Their work has been cited 265,801 times across 1,007 publications (h-index 229), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “RETRACTED: Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial” (2020), has accumulated 7,037 citations. Other influential works include “2018 publication — 6381 citations” (2018) with 6,381 citations and “Anticancer immunotherapy by CTLA-4 blockade relies on the gut microbiota” (2015) with 4,010 citations.
Citations of Didier Raoult's research come primarily from China, United States and India, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.











