Bertram L. Jacobs

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Bertram L. Jacobs is a scholar working on Virology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertram L. Jacobs has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Virology, 40 papers in Epidemiology and 36 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bertram L. Jacobs's work include Poxvirus research and outbreaks (37 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (32 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (30 papers). Bertram L. Jacobs is often cited by papers focused on Poxvirus research and outbreaks (37 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (32 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (30 papers). Bertram L. Jacobs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Spain. Bertram L. Jacobs's co-authors include Jeffrey Langland, H W Chang, James K. Jancovich, James C. Watson, Teresa Brandt, Karen V. Kibler, Farhad Imani, Charles E. Samuel, Karen L. Denzler and Sangeetha Vijaysri 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

Bertram L. Jacobs

94 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

When Two Strands Are Better Than One: The Mediators and M... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300 400 500
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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. When Two Strands Are Better Than One: The Mediators and Modulators of the Cellular Responses to Double-Stranded RNA
    1996 508 citations Bertram L. Jacobs, Jeffrey Langland Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bertram L. Jacobs United States 44 2.4k 2.3k 2.3k 1.8k 1.3k 95 6.4k
Mark Krystal United States 45 2.7k 1.1× 3.3k 1.4× 1.0k 0.4× 981 0.6× 1.9k 1.5× 134 6.5k
Peter Liljeström Sweden 53 3.3k 1.3× 2.8k 1.2× 4.2k 1.9× 1.6k 0.9× 3.9k 3.0× 137 10.6k
Abraham L. Brass United States 33 2.7k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 3.2k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 2.3k 1.8× 55 7.3k
William W. Hall Ireland 48 1.2k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 3.3k 1.5× 757 0.4× 1.7k 1.3× 252 7.8k
Peter J. Southern United States 39 2.4k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 3.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.4× 87 7.9k
Gerhard Hunsmann Germany 49 2.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.5× 1.6k 1.3× 219 7.2k
Rob H. Meloen Netherlands 46 3.8k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 166 8.2k
Greg J. Towers United Kingdom 54 3.3k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 3.5k 1.5× 4.9k 2.7× 2.9k 2.2× 118 8.9k
Henrik Garoff Sweden 54 3.2k 1.3× 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 3.7k 2.8× 130 9.2k
Tatsuo Shioda Japan 45 1.4k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 3.3k 1.9× 2.9k 2.2× 218 6.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Rahman, Masmudur M., Honor L. Glenn, Karen V. Kibler, et al.. (2025). Effect of Exportin 1/XPO1 Nuclear Export Pathway Inhibition on Coronavirus Replication. Viruses. 17(2). 284–284.
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Jancovich, James K., et al.. (2021). Optimization of translation enhancing element use to increase protein expression in a vaccinia virus system. Journal of General Virology. 102(8). 1 indexed citations
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Koehler, Heather, Ting Zhang, Siddharth Balachandran, et al.. (2021). Vaccinia virus E3 prevents sensing of Z-RNA to block ZBP1-dependent necroptosis. Cell Host & Microbe. 29(8). 1266–1276.e5. 103 indexed citations
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Neves, Fabiana, Grant McFadden, Bertram L. Jacobs, et al.. (2021). Convergent Loss of the Necroptosis Pathway in Disparate Mammalian Lineages Shapes Viruses Countermeasures. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 747737–747737. 20 indexed citations
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Langland, Jeffrey, Bertram L. Jacobs, Carl E. Wagner, Guillermo Ruíz-Carrascoso, & Thomas M. Cahill. (2018). Antiviral activity of metal chelates of caffeic acid and similar compounds towards herpes simplex, VSV-Ebola pseudotyped and vaccinia viruses. Antiviral Research. 160. 143–150. 74 indexed citations
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Arndt, William, Stacy D. White, Brian P. Johnson, et al.. (2016). Monkeypox virus induces the synthesis of less dsRNA than vaccinia virus, and is more resistant to the anti-poxvirus drug, IBT, than vaccinia virus. Virology. 497. 125–135. 39 indexed citations
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Arndt, William, et al.. (2015). Evasion of the Innate Immune Type I Interferon System by Monkeypox Virus. Journal of Virology. 89(20). 10489–10499. 72 indexed citations
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Payne, D.N., et al.. (2012). Spectrum of Antimicrobial Activity Associated with Ionic Colloidal Silver. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 19(3). 224–231. 23 indexed citations
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Jancovich, James K. & Bertram L. Jacobs. (2011). Innate Immune Evasion Mediated by the Ambystoma tigrinum Virus Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 2α Homologue. Journal of Virology. 85(10). 5061–5069. 35 indexed citations
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Jentarra, Garilyn, Michael Heck, Karen V. Kibler, et al.. (2008). Vaccinia viruses with mutations in the E3L gene as potential replication-competent, attenuated vaccines: Scarification vaccination. Vaccine. 26(23). 2860–2872. 66 indexed citations
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Jancovich, James K., Jinghe Mao, V. Gregory Chinchar, et al.. (2003). Genomic sequence of a ranavirus (family Iridoviridae) associated with salamander mortalities in North America. Virology. 316(1). 90–103. 123 indexed citations
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Langland, Jeffrey & Bertram L. Jacobs. (2002). The Role of the PKR-Inhibitory Genes, E3L and K3L, in Determining Vaccinia Virus Host Range. Virology. 299(1). 133–141. 150 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Bertram L.. (2000). 35 Translational Control in Poxvirus-infected Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 39. 951–971. 9 indexed citations
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Beattie, Elizabeth, Elizabeth B. Kauffman, Marion E. Perkus, et al.. (1996). Host-range restriction of vaccinia virus E3L-specific deletion mutants. Virus Genes. 12(1). 89–94. 98 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Bertram L. & Farhad Imani. (1988). Histone Proteins Inhibit Activation of the Interferon-Induced Protein Kinase by Binding to Double-Stranded RNA. Journal of Interferon Research. 8(6). 821–830. 11 indexed citations
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Jacobs, Bertram L., Neil G. Miyamoto, & Charles E. Samuel. (1988). Mechanism of Interferon Action: Studies on the Activation of Protein Phosphorylation and the Inhibition of Translation in Cell-Free Systems. Journal of Interferon Research. 8(5). 617–631. 5 indexed citations

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