Don Siess

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Don Siess is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Don Siess has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Epidemiology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Don Siess's work include HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (5 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers). Don Siess is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (5 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (5 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (4 papers). Don Siess collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Don Siess's co-authors include Louis J. Picker, Michael K. Axthelm, Jay A. Nelson, Michael A. Jarvis, Scott G. Hansen, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Michael Piatak, Alfred W. Legasse, Charles M. Trubey and Nathan Whizin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Don Siess

13 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. Effector memory T cell responses are associated with protection of rhesus monkeys from mucosal simian immunodeficiency virus challenge
    2009 511 citations Scott G. Hansen, Nathan Whizin et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Don Siess United States 9 674 588 507 257 216 13 1.2k
Julia C. Ford United States 5 554 0.8× 467 0.8× 489 1.0× 235 0.9× 191 0.9× 5 1.0k
Nathan Whizin United States 3 756 1.1× 718 1.2× 521 1.0× 288 1.1× 242 1.1× 4 1.2k
Abigail B. Ventura United States 10 588 0.9× 477 0.8× 547 1.1× 244 0.9× 219 1.0× 12 1.1k
Eduardo Garcia Switzerland 12 624 0.9× 580 1.0× 266 0.5× 156 0.6× 306 1.4× 13 1.1k
John W. Balliet United States 18 476 0.7× 757 1.3× 632 1.2× 380 1.5× 279 1.3× 21 1.3k
Walter J. Moretto United States 13 846 1.3× 750 1.3× 486 1.0× 321 1.2× 186 0.9× 14 1.4k
Kurt Diem United States 20 386 0.6× 548 0.9× 464 0.9× 417 1.6× 149 0.7× 38 1.2k
Annie David France 17 682 1.0× 864 1.5× 233 0.5× 482 1.9× 246 1.1× 22 1.2k
Derek D. Drummond United States 6 416 0.6× 309 0.5× 608 1.2× 157 0.6× 140 0.6× 8 915
Maureen F. Maughan United States 12 360 0.5× 226 0.4× 253 0.5× 314 1.2× 268 1.2× 17 840

Countries citing papers authored by Don Siess

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Fields of papers citing papers by Don Siess

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Don Siess. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Don Siess. The network helps show where Don Siess may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Don Siess

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Don Siess. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Don Siess based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Don Siess. Don Siess is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Madison, Dana L., J Wirz, Don Siess, & James R. Lundblad. (2013). Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide-induced Multimerization of the Co-repressor CtBP1 Relies on a Switching Tryptophan. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(39). 27836–27848. 24 indexed citations
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Hansen, Scott G., Nathan Whizin, Don Siess, et al.. (2011). Addendum: Effector memory T cell responses are associated with protection of rhesus monkeys from mucosal simian immunodeficiency virus challenge. Nature Medicine. 17(12). 1692–1692. 3 indexed citations
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Čičin‐Šain, Luka, Andrew Sylwester, Shoko I. Hagen, et al.. (2011). Cytomegalovirus-Specific T Cell Immunity Is Maintained in Immunosenescent Rhesus Macaques. The Journal of Immunology. 187(4). 1722–1732. 48 indexed citations
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Hansen, Scott G., Colin J. Powers, Rebecca Richards, et al.. (2010). Evasion of CD8 + T Cells Is Critical for Superinfection by Cytomegalovirus. Science. 328(5974). 102–106. 197 indexed citations
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Hansen, Scott G., Nathan Whizin, Don Siess, et al.. (2009). Effector memory T cell responses are associated with protection of rhesus monkeys from mucosal simian immunodeficiency virus challenge. Nature Medicine. 15(3). 293–299. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hansen, Scott G., Nathan Whizin, Don Siess, et al.. (2009). Correction: Corrigendum: Effector memory T cell responses are associated with protection of rhesus monkeys from mucosal simian immunodeficiency virus challenge.. Nature Medicine. 15(4). 462–462. 2 indexed citations
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Picker, Louis J., Shoko I. Hagen, Richard Lum, et al.. (2004). Insufficient Production and Tissue Delivery of CD4+Memory T Cells in Rapidly Progressive Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200(10). 1299–1314. 253 indexed citations
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Kaylie, David M., Steven H. Hefeneider, J. Beth Kempton, et al.. (2001). Decreased Cochlear DNA Receptor Staining in MRL.MpJ‐Faslpr Autoimmune Mice With Hearing Loss. The Laryngoscope. 111(7). 1275–1280. 5 indexed citations
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Siess, Don, Louise S. Merkens, Toshiko Tanaka, et al.. (2000). A Human Gene Coding for a Membrane-associated Nucleic Acid-binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(43). 33655–33662. 42 indexed citations
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Siess, Don, Susan L. Kozak, & David Kabat. (1996). Exceptional fusogenicity of Chinese hamster ovary cells with murine retroviruses suggests roles for cellular factor(s) and receptor clusters in the membrane fusion process. Journal of Virology. 70(6). 3432–3439. 39 indexed citations
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Kozak, Susan L., Don Siess, Michael P. Kavanaugh, A. Dusty Miller, & David Kabat. (1995). The envelope glycoprotein of an amphotropic murine retrovirus binds specifically to the cellular receptor/phosphate transporter of susceptible species. Journal of Virology. 69(6). 3433–3440. 34 indexed citations
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Siess, Don, Nancy S. Magnuson, & Robert B. Reeves. (1989). Characterization of the bovine receptor(s) for interleukin-2.. PubMed. 68(2). 190–5. 3 indexed citations

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