Brian W. J. Mahy

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Brian W. J. Mahy is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian W. J. Mahy has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Epidemiology, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Brian W. J. Mahy's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (21 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers). Brian W. J. Mahy is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (21 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (16 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers). Brian W. J. Mahy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Slovakia. Brian W. J. Mahy's co-authors include Robert A. Lamb, M.H.V. Van Regenmortel, Stephen Inglis, Purnell W. Choppin, Daniel Kolakofsky, Thomas Barrett, K. E. K. Rowson, Adrian J. Wolstenholme, Anthony R. Carroll and John W. McCauley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Brian W. J. Mahy

85 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

The molecular biology of tumor viruses 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 200 400 600
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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. The molecular biology of tumor viruses
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian W. J. Mahy United Kingdom 31 1.5k 1.2k 960 829 538 88 3.6k
K. Gopal Murti United States 39 2.3k 1.6× 2.0k 1.6× 651 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 665 1.2× 80 5.0k
Andreas Scheid United States 26 2.6k 1.8× 1.1k 0.9× 989 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 359 0.7× 42 4.0k
Katherine R. Spindler United States 26 740 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 755 0.9× 402 0.7× 65 3.1k
Russell K. Durbin United States 33 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.1× 995 1.2× 1.3k 2.3× 51 3.8k
Amiya K. Banerjee United States 45 2.8k 1.9× 1.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 1.5k 1.9× 656 1.2× 119 5.1k
William H. Wunner United States 37 2.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 945 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 763 1.4× 80 4.9k
Gerd Hobom Germany 32 3.1k 2.1× 2.3k 1.8× 930 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 1.3k 2.5× 87 5.9k
Hans J. Eggers Germany 30 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 633 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 282 0.5× 143 3.3k
Douglas S. Lyles United States 41 2.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 2.0k 2.1× 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 2.3× 131 4.9k
Stephen A. Udem United States 35 2.6k 1.8× 965 0.8× 840 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 484 0.9× 66 3.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mahy, Brian W. J. & M.H.V. Van Regenmortel. (2010). Desk encyclopedia of animal and bacterial virology. Elsevier eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J. & M.H.V. Van Regenmortel. (2010). Desk encyclopedia of general virology. Elsevier eBooks. 37 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J. & M.H.V. Van Regenmortel. (2010). Desk Encyclopedia of Human and Medical Virology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 44 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J. & M.H.V. Van Regenmortel. (2009). Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology. Elsevier eBooks. 88 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J.. (2005). Introduction and History of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 288. 1–8. 53 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J.. (2003). An overview on the use of a viral pathogen as a bioterrorism agent: why smallpox?. Antiviral Research. 57(1-2). 1–5. 14 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J. & Corrie C. Brown. (2000). Emerging zoonoses: crossing the species barrier. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE. 19(1). 33–40. 31 indexed citations
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Massung, Robert F., Joseph J. Esposito, Janice C. Knight, et al.. (1993). Potential virulence determinants in terminal regions of variola smallpox virus genome. Nature. 366(6457). 748–751. 136 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J.. (1993). Virus infections of porcines. Virus Research. 27(1). 92–92. 4 indexed citations
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Kolakofsky, Daniel & Brian W. J. Mahy. (1989). Genetics and pathogenicity of negative strand viruses. Elsevier eBooks. 52 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J.. (1987). THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CORONA VIRUSES. 16 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J.. (1985). Virology : a practical approach. 237 indexed citations
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Barrett, Thomas & Brian W. J. Mahy. (1984). Molecular Cloning of the Nucleoprotein Gene of Canine Distemper Virus. Journal of General Virology. 65(3). 549–557. 21 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J., Stuart G. Siddell, H. Wege, & Volker ter Meulen. (1983). RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase Activity in Murine Coronavirus-infected Cells. Journal of General Virology. 64(1). 103–111. 35 indexed citations
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Wolstenholme, Adrian J., Thomas Barrett, Stuart T. Nichol, & Brian W. J. Mahy. (1980). Influenza virus-specific RNA and protein syntheses in cells infected with temperature-sensitive mutants defective in the genome segment encoding nonstructural proteins. Journal of Virology. 35(1). 1–7. 63 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J., et al.. (1980). Influence of the host cell on influenza virus replication. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 288(1029). 349–357. 17 indexed citations
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Barrett, Thomas, Adrian J. Wolstenholme, & Brian W. J. Mahy. (1979). Transcription and replication of influenza virus RNA. Virology. 98(1). 211–225. 91 indexed citations
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Mahy, Brian W. J. & Richard D. Barry. (1975). Negative strand viruses: Papers based on a symposium held in Cambridge, England, 22-27 July 1973. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Borland, R. & Brian W. J. Mahy. (1970). RNA and protein synthesis in chick embryo lung cell monolayer cultures infected with influenza virus. Archives of Virology. 30(4). 367–378. 1 indexed citations
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Plagemann, Peter G.W., et al.. (1969). Relationship between uridine kinase activity and rate of incorporation of uridine into acid‐soluble pool and into RNA during growth cycle of rat hepatoma cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 73(3). 233–249. 75 indexed citations

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