Ben Hu

38.2k citations
34 papers · 7.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 18

Impact in

    • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
    • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
    • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
    • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
    • Viral Infections and Vectors
    • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Papers in

    • Animal Virus Infections Studies 18
    • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research 22
    • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 12
    • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research 9
    • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies 9
    • Viral Infections and Vectors 7

Ben Hu

34 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 2020 · 3.3k citations
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Peers

Ben Hu
Comparison fields: 5 of 178
  • Infectious Diseases 5.6k
  • Modeling and Simulation 692
  • Animal Science and Zoology 1.1k
  • Neurology 913
  • General Dentistry 103
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Hu

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ben Hu, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
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20203348
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Molecular and serological investigation of 2019-nCoV infected patients: implication of multiple shedding routes
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20201262
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Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor
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20131216
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Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus
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2017601
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Bat origin of human coronaviruses
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2015317
6 2015167
7 2018100
8 201695
9 201744
10 202142
11 201937
12 201433
13 202124
14 201923
15 202223
16 201820
17 202117
18 201917
19 201915
20 202112

About Ben Hu

Ben Hu is a scholar working on Animal Science and Zoology, Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, Virology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 34 papers that have together received 7.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (22 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (18 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (9 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (9 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (7 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (3 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (5.6k citations), Modeling and Simulation (692 citations), Animal Science and Zoology (1.1k citations), Neurology (913 citations) and General Dentistry (103 citations). Ben Hu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Frequent co-authors include Zheng‐Li Shi, Peng Zhou, Hua Guo, Xing‐Lou Yang, Lin‐Fa Wang, Bei Li, Xiao-Shuang Zheng, Bing Yan, Gengfu Xiao and Ronghui Du. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Virology, Emerging Microbes & Infections, Viruses, Nature Reviews Microbiology and Frontiers in Microbiology.

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