Standout Papers

SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Dep... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
    2020 13.3k citations Markus Hoffmann, Hannah Kleine‐Weber et al. Cell profile →
  2. A Multibasic Cleavage Site in the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Is Essential for Infection of Human Lung Cells
    2020 1.2k citations Markus Hoffmann, Hannah Kleine‐Weber et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  3. SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.351 and P.1 escape from neutralizing antibodies
    2021 564 citations Markus Hoffmann, Prerna Arora et al. Cell profile →
  4. The Omicron variant is highly resistant against antibody-mediated neutralization: Implications for control of the COVID-19 pandemic
    2021 556 citations Markus Hoffmann, Nadine Krüger et al. Cell profile →
  5. Structural Basis for Potent Neutralization of Betacoronaviruses by Single-Domain Camelid Antibodies
    2020 385 citations Daniel Wrapp, Dorien De Vlieger et al. Cell profile →
  6. SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 enters lung cells and evades neutralizing antibodies with high efficiency
    2024 47 citations Lu Zhang, Amy Kempf et al. Cell profile →

Immediate Impact

10 by Nobel laureates 51 from Science/Nature 110 hit
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Citing Papers

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43 intermediate papers

Works of Markus Hoffmann being referenced

SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
2020 Hit
A Multibasic Cleavage Site in the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Is Essential for Infection of Human Lung Cells
2020 Hit
and 9 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Markus Hoffmann 14.2k 3.6k 3.6k 1.9k 1.7k 115 18.8k
Georg Herrler 13.2k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 4.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.1× 3.5k 2.1× 165 20.1k
Andreas Nitsche 12.7k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 5.5k 1.5× 1.8k 0.9× 3.2k 1.9× 252 21.9k
Tobias S. Schiergens 9.9k 0.7× 3.2k 0.9× 2.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 79 14.5k
Nadine Krüger 11.7k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 40 15.4k
Fang Li 16.2k 1.1× 2.3k 0.6× 4.2k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 148 21.1k
Marcel A. Müller 23.9k 1.7× 4.6k 1.3× 4.7k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 3.2k 1.9× 139 31.3k
Tanja Herrler 9.9k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 40 16.2k
Li Zhang 12.0k 0.8× 4.5k 1.2× 2.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 114 18.8k
Bart L. Haagmans 17.2k 1.2× 2.2k 0.6× 3.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.3× 4.1k 2.4× 245 24.5k
Stefan Pöhlmann 21.3k 1.5× 4.5k 1.2× 5.7k 1.6× 5.5k 2.8× 3.9k 2.3× 229 30.7k

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