Elmars Grens

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Elmars Grens is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Ecology and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elmars Grens has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Epidemiology, 10 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Elmars Grens's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (11 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (6 papers). Elmars Grens is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (11 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (6 papers). Elmars Grens collaborates with scholars based in Latvia, Germany and United Kingdom. Elmars Grens's co-authors include Paul Pumpens, Peter Pushko, Galina Borisova, R.A. Crowther, Andris Dišlers, Dace Skrastiņa, Velta Ose, Michael Nassal, Jānis Kloviņš and Linda Zaharenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Molecular Biology, Journal of Virology and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Elmars Grens

18 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Development of Virus-Like Particle Technology from Small ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Development of Virus-Like Particle Technology from Small Highly Symmetric to Large Complex Virus-Like Particle Structures
    2013 4.3k citations Peter Pushko, Paul Pumpens et al. Intervirology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elmars Grens Latvia 15 2.0k 1.6k 1.6k 1.1k 761 18 5.2k
Paul Pumpens Latvia 36 2.9k 1.5× 2.2k 1.4× 2.1k 1.4× 1.7k 1.6× 1.3k 1.7× 81 7.3k
Peter Pushko United States 33 3.6k 1.8× 2.1k 1.3× 3.3k 2.1× 1.7k 1.5× 823 1.1× 65 8.0k
Ian M. Jones United Kingdom 51 1.7k 0.9× 3.3k 2.0× 1.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.5× 552 0.7× 177 8.1k
Thomas R. Fuerst United States 33 2.9k 1.4× 2.5k 1.6× 2.5k 1.6× 1.5k 1.3× 651 0.9× 74 8.0k
Marc Girard France 46 1.8k 0.9× 3.0k 1.8× 3.0k 1.9× 1.3k 1.2× 654 0.9× 215 8.2k
Nigel J. Dimmock United Kingdom 41 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 403 0.5× 171 5.2k
Joel R. Haynes United States 37 1.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 2.4k 2.1× 255 0.3× 60 4.9k
Ralf Wagner Germany 42 1.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.4× 1.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.5× 300 0.4× 160 5.2k
Margaret A. Liu United States 31 2.5k 1.3× 2.8k 1.7× 2.2k 1.4× 4.2k 3.8× 312 0.4× 56 7.6k
Donna L. Montgomery United States 22 1.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.7× 230 0.3× 30 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Elmars Grens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elmars Grens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elmars Grens

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Rovīte, Vita, et al.. (2018). Genome Database of the Latvian Population (LGDB): Design, Goals, and Primary Results. Journal of Epidemiology. 28(8). 353–360. 54 indexed citations
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Pumpens, Paul & Elmars Grens. (2016). The true story and advantages of the famous Hepatitis B virus core particles: Outlook 2016. Molecular Biology. 50(4). 489–509. 23 indexed citations
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Pumpens, Paul, Regīna Renhofa, Velta Ose, et al.. (2016). The True Story and Advantages of RNA Phage Capsids as Nanotools. Intervirology. 59(2). 74–110. 50 indexed citations
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Pumpens, Paul & Elmars Grens. (2016). The true story and advantages of the famous hepatitis B virus core particles: Outlook 2016. Молекулярная биология. 50(4). 558–576. 18 indexed citations
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Pushko, Peter, Paul Pumpens, & Elmars Grens. (2013). Development of Virus-Like Particle Technology from Small Highly Symmetric to Large Complex Virus-Like Particle Structures. Intervirology. 56(3). 141–165. 4328 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pumpens, Paul, Elmars Grens, & Michael Nassal. (2002). Molecular Epidemiology and Immunology of Hepatitis B Virus Infection – An Update. Intervirology. 45(4-6). 218–232. 38 indexed citations
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Pumpens, Paul & Elmars Grens. (2001). HBV Core Particles as a Carrier for B Cell/T Cell Epitopes. Intervirology. 44(2-3). 98–114. 229 indexed citations
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Borisova, Galina, Dace Skrastiņa, Andris Dišlers, et al.. (1999). Behavior of a Short preS1 Epitope on the Surface of Hepatitis B Core Particles. Biological Chemistry. 380(3). 315–24. 28 indexed citations
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Grens, Elmars, et al.. (1999). Hepatitis B core particles as a universal display model: a structure‐function basis for development. FEBS Letters. 442(1). 1–6. 96 indexed citations
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Borisova, Galina, et al.. (1999). Expression, assembly competence and antigenic properties of hepatitis B virus core gene deletion variants from infected liver cells.. Journal of General Virology. 80(7). 1777–1788. 14 indexed citations
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Avota, Elita, et al.. (1998). The natural 6 S RNA found in Qβ-infected cells is derived from host and phage RNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 276(1). 7–17. 9 indexed citations
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Borisova, Galina, Dace Skrastiņa, Ivars Petrovskis, et al.. (1996). Spatial Structure and Insertion Capacity of Immunodominant Region of Hepatitis B Core Antigen. Intervirology. 39(1-2). 16–22. 32 indexed citations
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Pumpens, Paul, Galina Borisova, R.A. Crowther, & Elmars Grens. (1995). Hepatitis B Virus Core Particles as Epitope Carriers. Intervirology. 38(1-2). 63–74. 90 indexed citations
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Meisel, Helga, Irina Sominskaya, Peter Pushko, et al.. (1994). Fine Mapping and Functional Characterization of Two Immuno-Dominant Regions from the preS2 Sequence of Hepatitis B Virus. Intervirology. 37(6). 330–339. 28 indexed citations
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Jankevics, Eriks, et al.. (1994). Structure and analysis of the 5′ flanking region of the human interleukin-2 gene. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1217(2). 235–238. 7 indexed citations
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Sällberg, Matti, Peter Pushko, V. Bichko, et al.. (1993). Immunochemical structure of the carboxy-terminal part of hepatitis B e antigen: identification of internal and surface-exposed sequences. Journal of General Virology. 74(7). 1335–1340. 30 indexed citations
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Pushko, Peter, et al.. (1993). Analysis of RNA phage fr coat protein assembly by insertion, deletion and substitution mutagenesis. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 6(8). 883–891. 31 indexed citations
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Borisova, Galina, Andris Dišlers, Dace Skrastiņa, et al.. (1993). Hybrid hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid bearing an immunodominant region from hepatitis B virus surface antigen. Journal of Virology. 67(6). 3696–3701. 47 indexed citations

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