Chris Upton

11.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Chris Upton is a scholar working on Virology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Upton has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Virology, 51 papers in Epidemiology and 43 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chris Upton's work include Poxvirus research and outbreaks (60 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (44 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (40 papers). Chris Upton is often cited by papers focused on Poxvirus research and outbreaks (60 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (44 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (40 papers). Chris Upton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Chris Upton's co-authors include Grant McFadden, David A. Chapman, Linda K. Dixon, Karen Mossman, Joanne Macen, Christopher L. Netherton, Rachel L. Roper, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Melissa Da Silva and R. Mark L. Buller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Chris Upton

130 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

African swine fever virus replication and genomics

2012 526 citations Linda K. Dixon, David A. Chapman et al. Virus Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Chris Upton	2.8k	2.7k	2.0k	1.5k	1.4k	131	6.9k
G. F. Kutish	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	2.9k 2.0×	1.4k 1.0×	95	7.7k
Claudio L. Afonso	1.6k 0.6×	6.8k 2.5×	1.8k 0.9×	2.9k 2.0×	1.0k 0.8×	187	10.3k
Raymond V. Gilden	1.4k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	2.7k 2.0×	194	7.0k
Louis M. Mansky	2.5k 0.9×	989 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	510 0.3×	875 0.6×	116	5.3k
Enzo Paoletti	4.9k 1.8×	4.7k 1.7×	2.8k 1.4×	522 0.4×	3.5k 2.5×	150	10.0k
Duncan J. McGeoch	1.7k 0.6×	9.2k 3.4×	1.8k 0.9×	461 0.3×	2.5k 1.8×	98	11.2k
Raul Andino	999 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	6.5k 3.3×	831 0.6×	2.8k 2.1×	142	15.0k
Daniel Kolakofsky	596 0.2×	5.1k 1.9×	2.0k 1.0×	507 0.3×	1.8k 1.3×	153	9.1k
Yoshiyuki Nagai	1.3k 0.5×	3.8k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	464 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	130	7.0k
Hisatoshi Shida	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	751 0.5×	99	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Upton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Upton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Upton

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20 of 20 papers shown

Entfellner, Jean-Baka Domelevo, Edward Okoth, Chris Upton, et al.. (2024). Complete Genome Sequencing and Comparative Phylogenomics of Nine African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) Isolates of the Virulent East African p72 Genotype IX without Viral Sequence Enrichment. Viruses. 16(9). 1466–1466. 1 indexed citations

Amgarten, Deyvid & Chris Upton. (2017). Bioinformatic Approaches for Comparative Analysis of Viruses. Methods in molecular biology. 1704. 401–417. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yu, Jerrold L. Abraham, Chris Upton, et al.. (2015). Novel Poxvirus Infection in an Immune Suppressed Patient. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 61(10). 1543–1548. 11 indexed citations

Dixon, Linda K., David A. Chapman, Christopher L. Netherton, & Chris Upton. (2012). African swine fever virus replication and genomics. Virus Research. 173(1). 3–14. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

Villiers, Etienne P. de, Carmina Gallardo, M. Arias, et al.. (2010). Phylogenomic analysis of 11 complete African swine fever virus genome sequences. Virology. 400(1). 128–136. 134 indexed citations

Upton, Chris, et al.. (2009). Evidence for a novel gene associated with human influenza A viruses. Virology Journal. 6(1). 198–198. 22 indexed citations

Esteban, David J., Aijazuddin Syed, & Chris Upton. (2007). Organizing and Updating Whole Genome BLAST Searches with ReHAB. Methods in molecular biology. 395. 187–194. 1 indexed citations

Silva, Melissa Da, et al.. (2007). An ectromelia virus profilin homolog interacts with cellular tropomyosin and viral A-type inclusion protein. Virology Journal. 4(1). 76–76. 12 indexed citations

Osborne, John D., Melissa Da Silva, A. Michael Frace, et al.. (2007). Genomic differences of Vaccinia virus clones from Dryvax smallpox vaccine: The Dryvax-like ACAM2000 and the mouse neurovirulent Clone-3. Vaccine. 25(52). 8807–8832. 41 indexed citations

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Tyler, Shaun, Geoffrey A. Peters, Charles Grose, et al.. (2006). Genomic cartography of varicella–zoster virus: A complete genome-based analysis of strain variability with implications for attenuation and phenotypic differences. Virology. 359(2). 447–458. 64 indexed citations

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Upton, Chris, et al.. (2006). Genome Annotation Transfer Utility (GATU): rapid annotation of viral genomes using a closely related reference genome. BMC Genomics. 7(1). 150–150. 215 indexed citations

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Chen, Nanhai G., Guiyun Li, M. Kathryn Liszewski, et al.. (2005). Virulence differences between monkeypox virus isolates from West Africa and the Congo basin. Virology. 340(1). 46–63. 360 indexed citations

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Chen, Nanhai G., Maria I. Danila, Zehua Feng, et al.. (2003). The genomic sequence of ectromelia virus, the causative agent of mousepox. Virology. 317(1). 165–186. 79 indexed citations

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Upton, Chris, et al.. (2000). Viral genome organizer: a system for analyzing complete viral genomes. Virus Research. 70(1-2). 55–64. 45 indexed citations

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Boone, Matthew & Chris Upton. (2000). BLAST Search Updater: a notification system for new database matches. Bioinformatics. 16(11). 1054–1055. 6 indexed citations

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James, D., W. Jelkmann, & Chris Upton. (2000). Nucleotide sequence and genome organisation of cherry mottle leaf virus and its relationship to members of the Trichovirus genus. Archives of Virology. 145(5). 995–1007. 18 indexed citations

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Brick, David J., Robert D. Burke, Leslie A. Schiff, & Chris Upton. (1998). Shope Fibroma Virus RING Finger Protein N1R Binds DNA and Inhibits Apoptosis. Virology. 249(1). 42–51. 38 indexed citations

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Brick, David J., Michael J. Brumlik, J. Thomas Buckley, et al.. (1995). A new family of lipolytic plant enzymes with members in rice, arabidopsis and maize. FEBS Letters. 377(3). 475–480. 96 indexed citations

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Mossman, Karen, Hanne L. Ostergaard, Chris Upton, & Grant McFadden. (1995). Myxoma virus and shope fibroma virus encode dual-specificity tyrosine/serine phosphatases which are essential for virus viability. Virology. 206(1). 572–582. 17 indexed citations

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Mossman, Karen, Chris Upton, R. Mark L. Buller, & Grant McFadden. (1995). Species Specificity of Ectromelia Virus and Vaccinia Virus Interferon-γ Binding Proteins. Virology. 208(2). 762–769. 132 indexed citations

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