Alexander E. Gorbalenya

41.9k total citations · 15 hit papers
181 papers, 27.5k citations indexed

About

Alexander E. Gorbalenya is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander E. Gorbalenya has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 27.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Infectious Diseases, 74 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 68 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alexander E. Gorbalenya's work include Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (78 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (74 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (68 papers). Alexander E. Gorbalenya is often cited by papers focused on Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (78 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (74 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (68 papers). Alexander E. Gorbalenya collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Russia and United States. Alexander E. Gorbalenya's co-authors include Eugene V. Koonin, Eric J. Snijder, John Ziebuhr, Vladimir M. Blinov, Alexei P. Donchenko, Chris Lauber, Leo L. M. Poon, Anastasia Gulyaeva, Bart L. Haagmans and Susan C. Baker 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

Alexander E. Gorbalenya

180 papers receiving 26.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2

2020 5.0k citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Anastasia Gulyaeva et al. profile →
Helicases: amino acid sequence comparisons and structure-function relationships

1993 977 citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Eugene V. Koonin profile →
Unique and Conserved Features of Genome and Proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an Early Split-off From the Coronavirus Group 2 Lineage

2003 938 citations Eric J. Snijder, Peter J. Bredenbeek et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Commentary: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group

2013 917 citations Luis Enjuanes, Ron A. M. Fouchier et al. Journal of Virology profile →
Two related superfamilies of putative helicases involved in replication, recombination, repair and expression of DNA and RNA genomes

1989 869 citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Eugene V. Koonin et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Virus-encoded proteinases and proteolytic processing in the Nidovirales

2000 809 citations John Ziebuhr, Alexander E. Gorbalenya et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
Genomic Characterization of a Newly Discovered Coronavirus Associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Humans

2012 705 citations Sander van Boheemen, Miranda de Graaf et al. mBio profile →
Mechanisms and enzymes involved in SARS coronavirus genome expression

2003 680 citations Volker Thiel, Eric J. Snijder et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
Nidovirales: Evolving the largest RNA virus genome

2006 673 citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Luis Enjuanes et al. Virus Research profile →
Changes to taxonomy and the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature ratified by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2017)

2017 496 citations Nick J. Knowles, Sead Sabanadzovic et al. Archives of Virology profile →
Discovery of an RNA virus 3′→5′ exoribonuclease that is critically involved in coronavirus RNA synthesis

2006 446 citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Bruno Canard et al. profile →
One severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus protein complex integrates processive RNA polymerase and exonuclease activities

2014 414 citations Clara C. Posthuma, Alexander E. Gorbalenya et al. profile →
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Picornaviridae

2017 390 citations Roland Zell, Alexander E. Gorbalenya et al. Journal of General Virology profile →
Viral proteins containing the purine NTP-binding sequence pattern

1989 384 citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Eugene V. Koonin Nucleic Acids Research profile →
The NS5A Protein of Hepatitis C Virus Is a Zinc Metalloprotein

2004 277 citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Surveillance of coronaviruses in wild aquatic birds in Hong Kong: expanded genetic diversity and discovery of novel subgenus in the Deltacoronavirus 2025 ·Virus Evolution ·Daisy Y.M. Ng, Wanying Sun, Thomas H. C. Sit, Christopher J. Brackman, (unknown), Christine H. T. Bui, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Samuel M. S. Cheng, Malik Peiris, Dmitry V. Samborskiy, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Alex W. H. Chin, (unknown)	0
2	Recommendations for the nomenclature of enteroviruses and rhinoviruses 2020 ·Archives of Virology ·Peter Simmonds, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Heli Harvala, T Hovi, Nick J. Knowles, Anders Lindberg, M. Steven Oberste, A C Palmenberg, Gábor Reuter, Tim Skern, Caroline Tapparel, Katja C. Wolthers, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Roland Zell	129
3	A planarian nidovirus expands the limits of RNA genome size 2018 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Amir Saberi, Anastasia Gulyaeva, John L. Brubacher, Phillip A. Newmark, Alexander E. Gorbalenya	94
4	Arterivirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: Vital enzymatic activity remains elusive 2015 ·Virology ·Kathleen Lehmann, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Eric J. Snijder, Clara C. Posthuma	10
5	Genomic Characterization of a Newly Discovered Coronavirus Associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Humans breakdown → 2012 ·mBio ·Sander van Boheemen, Miranda de Graaf, Chris Lauber, Theo M. Bestebroer, V. Stalin Raj, (unknown), Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Bart L. Haagmans, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Eric J. Snijder, Ron A. M. Fouchier	705
6	Partitioning the Genetic Diversity of a Virus Family: Approach and Evaluation through a Case Study of Picornaviruses 2012 ·Journal of Virology ·Chris Lauber, Alexander E. Gorbalenya	64
7	Identification of tolerated insertion sites in poliovirus non-structural proteins 2010 ·Virology ·Natalya L. Teterina, Chris Lauber, (unknown), Eric A. Levenson, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Ellie Ehrenfeld	19
8	The 2C putative helicase of echovirus 30 adopts a hexameric ring-shaped structure 2010 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·Nicolas Papageorgiou, Bruno Coutard, Violaine Lantez, (unknown), O. Chauvet, Cécile Baronti, Heléne Norder, (unknown), Vasile Heresanu, (unknown), Stéphane Veesler, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Bruno Canard	18
9	Crystal structure of the TGEV papain-like protease 1 (PLpro1) 2009 ·Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography ·J.A. Wojdyla, Eric J. Snijder, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, (unknown)	1
10	Structure of the C-terminal domain of NSP4 from feline infection peritonitis virus 2009 ·Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography ·Ioannis Manolaridis, J.A. Wojdyla, Santosh Panjikar, Eric J. Snijder, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Bruno Coutard, (unknown)	1
11	Permutation of the active site of putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in a newly identified species of plant alpha-like virus 2009 ·Virology ·Sead Sabanadzovic, N. Abou Ghanem‐Sabanadzovic, Alexander E. Gorbalenya	41
12	Evidence for functional significance of the permuted C motif in Co2+-stimulated RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of infectious bursal disease virus 2007 ·Journal of General Virology ·(unknown), Egbert Mundt, Alexander E. Gorbalenya	10
13	Expression, purification, and in vitro activity of an arterivirus main proteinase 2006 ·Virus Research ·(unknown), Willemien E. Benckhuijsen, Jan W. Drijfhout, Alfred L.M. Wassenaar, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Eric J. Snijder	10
14	Unique and Conserved Features of Genome and Proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an Early Split-off From the Coronavirus Group 2 Lineage breakdown → 2003 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Eric J. Snijder, Peter J. Bredenbeek, Jessika C. Dobbe, Volker Thiel, John Ziebuhr, Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan, Mikhail Rozanov, Willy J. M. Spaan, Alexander E. Gorbalenya	938
15	A comparative sequence analysis to revise the current taxonomy of the family Coronaviridae 2003 ·Archives of Virology ·José M. González, Paulino Gómez‐Puertas, D. Cavanagh, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Luis Enjuanes	272
16	The Palm Subdomain-based Active Site is Internally Permuted in Viral RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases of an Ancient Lineage 2002 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Fiona M. Pringle, (unknown), Brian T. Luke, Craig E. Cameron, J. Kalmakoff, Terry N. Hanzlik, Karl Gordon, Vernon K. Ward	175
17	Coronavirus genome: prediction of putative functional domains in the non-structural polyprotein by comparative amino acid sequence analysis 1989 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Eugene V. Koonin, Alexei P. Donchenko, Vladimir M. Blinov	262
18	Tentative identification of RNA‐dependent RNA polymerases of dsRNA viruses and their relationship to positive strand RNA viral polymerases 1989 ·FEBS Letters ·Eugene V. Koonin, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Konstantin Chumakov	75
19	Evolution of RNA genomes: Does the high mutation rate necessitate high rate of evolution of viral proteins? 1989 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Eugene V. Koonin, Alexander E. Gorbalenya	26
20	Sobemovirus genome appears to encode a serine protease related to cysteine proteases of picornaviruses 1988 ·FEBS Letters ·Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Eugene V. Koonin, Vladimir M. Blinov, Alexei P. Donchenko	55

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