Anna E. Whitfield

8.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Anna E. Whitfield is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna E. Whitfield has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Plant Science, 49 papers in Insect Science and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Anna E. Whitfield's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (63 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (42 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (21 papers). Anna E. Whitfield is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (63 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (42 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (21 papers). Anna E. Whitfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Anna E. Whitfield's co-authors include Dorith Rotenberg, Saskia A. Hogenhout, Margaret G. Redinbaugh, El‐Desouky Ammar, Diane E. Ullman, Thomas L. German, Bryce W. Falk, Derek J. Schneweis, Jonathan E. Oliver and Alana L. Jacobson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Anna E. Whitfield

68 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Insect Vector Interactions with Persistently Transmitted ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2015 2023 250 500 750
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 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. Insect Vector Interactions with Persistently Transmitted Viruses
    2008 854 citations Anna E. Whitfield, Margaret G. Redinbaugh et al. profile →
  2. Insect vector-mediated transmission of plant viruses
    2015 372 citations Anna E. Whitfield, Bryce W. Falk et al. Virology profile →
  3. Abaxial leaf surface-mounted multimodal wearable sensor for continuous plant physiology monitoring
    2023 110 citations Giwon Lee, Oindrila Hossain et al. Science Advances profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anna E. Whitfield United States 31 3.4k 2.6k 767 689 289 70 4.1k
Tàiyún Wèi China 39 3.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 949 1.2× 607 0.9× 522 1.8× 136 4.3k
Scott Adkins United States 29 3.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 476 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 143 0.5× 165 4.0k
Bryce W. Falk United States 36 3.8k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 1.6× 245 0.8× 121 4.4k
Diane E. Ullman United States 34 3.6k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 753 1.0× 458 0.7× 108 0.4× 78 4.2k
Jesús Navas‐Castillo Spain 46 7.4k 2.2× 3.3k 1.2× 816 1.1× 2.1k 3.0× 202 0.7× 163 7.7k
Siddarame Gowda United States 35 3.8k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 198 0.7× 90 4.2k
El‐Desouky Ammar United States 28 3.5k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 526 0.7× 273 0.4× 265 0.9× 99 4.0k
Wan-Xiang Li United States 12 1.4k 0.4× 732 0.3× 1.1k 1.4× 525 0.8× 321 1.1× 12 2.5k
Richard Kormelink Netherlands 41 4.6k 1.4× 1.6k 0.6× 949 1.2× 1.7k 2.5× 246 0.9× 121 5.2k
Guohui Zhou China 28 1.5k 0.4× 918 0.4× 698 0.9× 226 0.3× 179 0.6× 93 2.4k

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All Works

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Schnabel, Elise, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Virome of Blackberry and Wild Rubus spp. in South Carolina. Phytobiomes Journal. 9(1). 80–94.
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Xavier, César Augusto Diniz, et al.. (2024). RNAi ‐mediated knockdown of exportin 1 negatively affected ovary development, survival and maize mosaic virus accumulation in its insect vector Peregrinus maidis. Insect Molecular Biology. 33(4). 295–311. 2 indexed citations
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Shymanovich, Tatsiana, Amanda C. Saville, Noor Mohammad, et al.. (2024). Disease Progress and Detection of a California Resistance-Breaking Strain of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Tomato with LAMP and CRISPR-Cas12a Assays. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 50–60. 6 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Simone G., Ângela Mehta, Wagner Fontes, et al.. (2023). A Capsid Protein Fragment of a Fusagra-like Virus Found in Carica papaya Latex Interacts with the 50S Ribosomal Protein L17. Viruses. 15(2). 541–541. 4 indexed citations
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Lee, Giwon, Oindrila Hossain, Yuxuan Liu, et al.. (2023). Abaxial leaf surface-mounted multimodal wearable sensor for continuous plant physiology monitoring. Science Advances. 9(15). eade2232–eade2232. 110 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Yuhui, et al.. (2023). Structural and functional insights into the ATP ‐binding cassette transporter family in the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis. Insect Molecular Biology. 32(4). 412–423. 4 indexed citations
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Xavier, César Augusto Diniz & Anna E. Whitfield. (2023). Plant virology. Current Biology. 33(11). R478–R484. 5 indexed citations
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Paul, Rajesh, Yuting Chen, Amanda C. Saville, et al.. (2021). Integrated microneedle-smartphone nucleic acid amplification platform for in-field diagnosis of plant diseases. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 187. 113312–113312. 65 indexed citations
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Grubbs, Nathaniel, et al.. (2021). Microinjection of Corn Planthopper, <em>Peregrinus maidis</em>, Embryos for CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 9 indexed citations
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Xavier, César Augusto Diniz, Margaret L. Allen, & Anna E. Whitfield. (2021). Ever-increasing viral diversity associated with the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). Virology Journal. 18(1). 5–5. 8 indexed citations
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Martin, Kathleen, et al.. (2021). Design and Validation of Plasmid Vectors for Characterizing Protein–Protein Interactions in Spodoptera frugiperda Insect Cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 85–91. 2 indexed citations
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German, Thomas L., Marcé D. Lorenzen, Nathaniel Grubbs, & Anna E. Whitfield. (2020). New Technologies for Studying Negative-Strand RNA Viruses in Plant and Arthropod Hosts. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 33(3). 382–393. 17 indexed citations
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Martin, Kathleen & Anna E. Whitfield. (2019). Complete Genome Sequence of Maize Mosaic Nucleorhabdovirus. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 8(29). 2 indexed citations
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Badillo-Vargas, Ismael E., Yuting Chen, Kathleen Martin, Dorith Rotenberg, & Anna E. Whitfield. (2019). Discovery of Novel Thrips Vector Proteins That Bind to the Viral Attachment Protein of the Plant Bunyavirus Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. Journal of Virology. 93(21). 36 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuting, Moshe Dessau, Dorith Rotenberg, David A. Rasmussen, & Anna E. Whitfield. (2019). Entry of bunyaviruses into plants and vectors. Advances in virus research. 104. 65–96. 19 indexed citations
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Whitfield, Anna E., Bryce W. Falk, & Dorith Rotenberg. (2015). Insect vector-mediated transmission of plant viruses. Virology. 479-480. 278–289. 372 indexed citations breakdown →

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