Emmie de Wit

38.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
105 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Emmie de Wit is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emmie de Wit has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Infectious Diseases, 55 papers in Epidemiology and 17 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Emmie de Wit's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (43 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (31 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (26 papers). Emmie de Wit is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (43 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (31 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (26 papers). Emmie de Wit collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Emmie de Wit's co-authors include Vincent J. Munster, Neeltje van Doremalen, Darryl Falzarano, Debby van Riel, Ron A. M. Fouchier, Guus F. Rimmelzwaan, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Heinz Feldmann, Dana Scott and Thijs Kuiken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Emmie de Wit

105 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

SARS and MERS: recent insights into emerging coronaviruses

2016 2.4k citations Emmie de Wit, Neeltje van Doremalen et al. profile →
Airborne Transmission of Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Between Ferrets

2012 1.2k citations Sander Herfst, Eefje J. A. Schrauwen et al. Science profile →
A Novel Coronavirus Emerging in China — Key Questions for Impact Assessment

2020 939 citations Vincent J. Munster, Marion Koopmans et al. profile →
Prophylactic and therapeutic remdesivir (GS-5734) treatment in the rhesus macaque model of MERS-CoV infection

2020 626 citations Emmie de Wit, Friederike Feldmann et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
H5N1 Virus Attachment to Lower Respiratory Tract

2006 518 citations Debby van Riel, Vincent J. Munster et al. Science profile →
Pathogenesis and Transmission of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Virus in Ferrets

2009 494 citations Vincent J. Munster, Emmie de Wit et al. Science profile →
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia

2014 362 citations Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Thomas Briese et al. mBio profile →
Treatment with interferon-α2b and ribavirin improves outcome in MERS-CoV–infected rhesus macaques

2013 348 citations Emmie de Wit, Friederike Feldmann et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Emmie de Wit	8.6k	5.0k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	105	13.3k
Theo M. Bestebroer	10.3k 1.2×	9.6k 1.9×	2.5k 1.5×	3.7k 2.2×	2.1k 1.3×	113	17.6k
William Barclay	5.5k 0.6×	5.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.8×	1.3k 0.8×	3.2k 2.0×	213	12.1k
Yuhai Bi	4.7k 0.5×	3.3k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	208	9.4k
Maria Zambon	8.9k 1.0×	12.1k 2.4×	2.5k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	3.1k 1.9×	277	19.5k
Paul Kellam	7.2k 0.8×	4.7k 0.9×	2.8k 1.6×	546 0.3×	2.5k 1.6×	215	15.2k
Kelvin Kai‐Wang To	12.3k 1.4×	4.3k 0.9×	2.5k 1.5×	484 0.3×	2.0k 1.2×	316	19.2k
Gary Wong	7.2k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	510 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	218	11.0k
Vincent J. Munster	14.9k 1.7×	10.2k 2.0×	2.5k 1.4×	5.2k 3.1×	2.2k 1.3×	219	23.0k
Florian Krammer	11.0k 1.3×	11.9k 2.4×	4.5k 2.6×	1.4k 0.8×	6.9k 4.3×	368	22.9k
Susanna K. P. Lau	16.2k 1.9×	7.2k 1.4×	3.6k 2.1×	846 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	444	25.5k

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All Works

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Wickenhagen, Arthur, Meaghan Flagg, Julia R. Port, et al.. (2025). Evolution of Omicron lineage towards increased fitness in the upper respiratory tract in the absence of severe lung pathology. Nature Communications. 16(1). 594–594. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yanling, et al.. (2024). Nipah Virus-Associated Neuropathology in African Green Monkeys During Acute Disease and Convalescence. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(1). 219–229. 2 indexed citations

Flagg, Meaghan & Emmie de Wit. (2024). Advancing zoonotic respiratory virus research through the use of organoids. Current Opinion in Virology. 68-69. 101435–101435. 4 indexed citations

Saharia, Kapil, Sabrina Ramelli, Sydney Stein, et al.. (2023). Successful lung transplantation using an allograft from a COVID-19–recovered donor: a potential role for subgenomic RNA to guide organ utilization. American Journal of Transplantation. 23(1). 101–107. 6 indexed citations

Doremalen, Neeltje van, Victoria A. Avanzato, Friederike Feldmann, et al.. (2022). ChAdOx1 NiV vaccination protects against lethal Nipah Bangladesh virus infection in African green monkeys. npj Vaccines. 7(1). 171–171. 16 indexed citations

Nussenblatt, Véronique, Allison Roder, Sanchita Basu Das, et al.. (2021). Yearlong COVID-19 Infection Reveals Within-Host Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in a Patient With B-Cell Depletion. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 225(7). 1118–1123. 48 indexed citations

Munster, Vincent J., Meaghan Flagg, Manmeet Singh, et al.. (2021). Subtle differences in the pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 in rhesus macaques. Science Advances. 7(43). eabj3627–eabj3627. 18 indexed citations

Fischer, Robert J., Neeltje van Doremalen, Danielle R. Adney, et al.. (2021). ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) protects Syrian hamsters against SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 and B.1.1.7. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5868–5868. 29 indexed citations

Speranza, Emily, Brandi N. Williamson, Friederike Feldmann, et al.. (2021). Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics in lungs of African green monkeys. Science Translational Medicine. 13(578). 100 indexed citations

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Yinda, Claude Kwe, Julia R. Port, Trenton Bushmaker, et al.. (2021). K18-hACE2 mice develop respiratory disease resembling severe COVID-19. PLoS Pathogens. 17(1). e1009195–e1009195. 165 indexed citations

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Haddock, Elaine, Greg Saturday, Friederike Feldmann, et al.. (2020). Reston virus causes severe respiratory disease in young domestic pigs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 13 indexed citations

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Funnell, Simon G. P., William E. Dowling, César Muñoz‐Fontela, et al.. (2020). Emerging preclinical evidence does not support broad use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4253–4253. 37 indexed citations

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Lunn, Tamika J., Olivier Restif, Alison J. Peel, et al.. (2019). Dose–response and transmission: the nexus between reservoir hosts, environment and recipient hosts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1782). 20190016–20190016. 27 indexed citations

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Wit, Emmie de, Jurre Y. Siegers, Jacqueline Cronin, et al.. (2018). 1918 H1N1 Influenza Virus Replicates and Induces Proinflammatory Cytokine Responses in Extrarespiratory Tissues of Ferrets. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 217(8). 1237–1246. 40 indexed citations

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Alagaili, Abdulaziz N., Thomas Briese, Nischay Mishra, et al.. (2014). Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia. mBio. 5(2). e00884–14. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Herfst, Sander, Judith M. A. van den Brand, Eefje J. A. Schrauwen, et al.. (2010). Pandemic 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Causes Diffuse Alveolar Damage in Cynomolgus Macaques. Veterinary Pathology. 47(6). 1040–1047. 26 indexed citations

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Munster, Vincent J., Eefje J. A. Schrauwen, Emmie de Wit, et al.. (2010). Insertion of a Multibasic Cleavage Motif into the Hemagglutinin of a Low-Pathogenic Avian Influenza H6N1 Virus Induces a Highly Pathogenic Phenotype. Journal of Virology. 84(16). 7953–7960. 65 indexed citations

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Brand, Judith M. A. van den, Koert J. Stittelaar, Geert van Amerongen, et al.. (2010). Severity of Pneumonia Due to New H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets Is Intermediate between That Due to Seasonal H1N1 Virus and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 201(7). 993–999. 115 indexed citations

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Munster, Vincent J., Emmie de Wit, Judith M. A. van den Brand, et al.. (2009). Pathogenesis and Transmission of Swine-Origin 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza Virus in Ferrets. Science. 325(5939). 481–483. 494 indexed citations breakdown →

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Riel, Debby van, Vincent J. Munster, Emmie de Wit, et al.. (2006). H5N1 Virus Attachment to Lower Respiratory Tract. Science. 312(5772). 399–399. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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