Alain Kohl

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Alain Kohl is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Kohl has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Infectious Diseases, 99 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 44 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Alain Kohl's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (98 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (91 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (43 papers). Alain Kohl is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (98 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (91 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (43 papers). Alain Kohl collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. Alain Kohl's co-authors include Esther Schnettler, Richard M. Elliott, John K. Fazakerley, Andres Merits, Claire L. Donald, Rennos Fragkoudis, Melanie McFarlane, Michèle Bouloy, Agnès Billecocq and Pierre Vialat and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alain Kohl

137 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Chikungunya virus: an upd... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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. Chikungunya virus: an update on the biology and pathogenesis of this emerging pathogen
    2017 306 citations Esther Schnettler, Alain Kohl et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alain Kohl 3.2k 2.9k 1.4k 1.2k 1.1k 141 5.6k
John K. Fazakerley 2.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 600 0.4× 645 0.5× 760 0.7× 102 4.5k
Richard M. Elliott 4.7k 1.5× 2.1k 0.7× 374 0.3× 3.0k 2.5× 743 0.6× 117 6.2k
Dorothée Missé 2.7k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 974 0.7× 264 0.2× 853 0.7× 132 5.7k
Ken E. Olson 2.4k 0.8× 4.7k 1.6× 3.4k 2.4× 562 0.5× 2.3k 2.0× 120 6.9k
Esther Schnettler 1.5k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 400 0.3× 730 0.6× 59 3.2k
Stephen Higgs 5.4k 1.7× 6.8k 2.3× 2.0k 1.4× 402 0.3× 951 0.8× 89 8.3k
Robert B. Tesh 4.6k 1.5× 6.7k 2.3× 1.6k 1.1× 554 0.5× 502 0.4× 119 7.8k
Thomas R. Unnasch 4.0k 1.3× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 371 0.3× 620 0.5× 241 6.1k
Adriana Patrícia 3.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 976 0.7× 1.7k 1.4× 406 0.4× 109 4.8k
Michèle Bouloy 5.1k 1.6× 1.8k 0.6× 307 0.2× 2.5k 2.1× 1.1k 1.0× 121 6.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alain Kohl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alain Kohl

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All Works

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Petit, Marine J., Quan Gu, Douglas J. Lamont, et al.. (2025). Multi-omics analysis of SFTS virus infection in Rhipicephalus microplus cells reveals antiviral tick factors. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4732–4732. 1 indexed citations
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Ergünay, Koray, et al.. (2024). Toscana virus – an emerging Mediterranean arbovirus transmitted by sand flies. Journal of General Virology. 105(11). 5 indexed citations
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Lorenzo, Giuditta De, Jordan J. Clark, Mara Rocchi, et al.. (2024). Virus-like particles of louping ill virus elicit potent neutralizing antibodies targeting multimers of viral envelope protein. Vaccine. 42(9). 2429–2437.
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Kohl, Alain, et al.. (2023). Rift Valley Fever Virus Primes Immune Responses in Aedes aegypti Cells. Pathogens. 12(4). 563–563. 8 indexed citations
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Gestuveo, Rommel J., Rhys Parry, Laura B. Dickson, et al.. (2022). Mutational analysis of Aedes aegypti Dicer 2 provides insights into the biogenesis of antiviral exogenous small interfering RNAs. PLoS Pathogens. 18(1). e1010202–e1010202. 12 indexed citations
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Bryden, Steven R., James I. Dunlop, Marieke Pingen, et al.. (2022). Exploration of immunological responses underpinning severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection reveals IL-6 as a therapeutic target in an immunocompromised mouse model. PNAS Nexus. 1(1). pgac024–pgac024. 12 indexed citations
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Bamford, Connor, Elihú Aranday-Cortés, Alain Kohl, et al.. (2022). A Human and Rhesus Macaque Interferon-Stimulated Gene Screen Shows That Over-Expression of ARHGEF3/XPLN Inhibits Replication of Hepatitis C Virus and Other Flavivirids. Viruses. 14(8). 1655–1655. 1 indexed citations
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Grass, Vincent, Kassian Kobert, Élodie Décembre, et al.. (2022). Adaptation to host cell environment during experimental evolution of Zika virus. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1115–1115. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Yan‐Jang S., James I. Dunlop, Alain Kohl, et al.. (2022). Immunogenicity of a Candidate Live Attenuated Vaccine for Rift Valley Fever Virus with a Two-Segmented Genome. Viral Immunology. 36(1). 33–40. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Yan‐Jang S., James I. Dunlop, Alain Kohl, et al.. (2022). Replication Kinetics of a Candidate Live-Attenuated Vaccine for Cache Valley Virus in Aedes albopictus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 22(11). 553–558. 7 indexed citations
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Schultz, Verena, Quan Gu, Natasha Johnson, et al.. (2021). Zika Virus Infection Leads to Demyelination and Axonal Injury in Mature CNS Cultures. Viruses. 13(1). 91–91. 20 indexed citations
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Donald, Claire L., et al.. (2021). Limited replication of human cytomegalovirus in a trophoblast cell line. Journal of General Virology. 102(11). 1 indexed citations
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Parry, Rhys, El Hadji Ndiaye, Gamou Fall, et al.. (2020). Identification and RNAi Profile of a Novel Iflavirus Infecting Senegalese Aedes vexans arabiensis Mosquitoes. Viruses. 12(4). 440–440. 18 indexed citations
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Lorenzo, Giuditta De, Peter J. Bredenbeek, Leonia Bozzacco, et al.. (2020). Generation of a reporter yellow fever virus for high throughput antiviral assays. Antiviral Research. 183. 104939–104939. 16 indexed citations
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Desloire, Sophie, James I. Dunlop, Vattipally B. Sreenu, et al.. (2020). Development of a Reverse Genetics System for Toscana Virus (Lineage A). Viruses. 12(4). 411–411. 8 indexed citations
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Modha, Sejal, Joseph Hughes, Heather M. Ferguson, et al.. (2019). Metaviromics Reveals Unknown Viral Diversity in the Biting Midge Culicoides impunctatus. Viruses. 11(9). 865–865. 15 indexed citations
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Campos, Túlio de Lima, Ricardo Durães‐Carvalho, Antônio Mauro Rezende, et al.. (2018). Revisiting Key Entry Routes of Human Epidemic Arboviruses into the Mainland Americas through Large-Scale Phylogenomics. International Journal of Genomics. 2018. 1–9. 18 indexed citations
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Dunlop, James I., Agnieszka M. Szemiel, Aitor Navarro, et al.. (2018). Development of reverse genetics systems and investigation of host response antagonism and reassortment potential for Cache Valley and Kairi viruses, two emerging orthobunyaviruses of the Americas. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(10). e0006884–e0006884. 14 indexed citations
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Dietrich, Isabelle, Stéphanie Jansen, Gamou Fall, et al.. (2017). RNA Interference Restricts Rift Valley Fever Virus in Multiple Insect Systems. mSphere. 2(3). 49 indexed citations

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