Erika Benko

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Erika Benko is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erika Benko has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Virology, 21 papers in Infectious Diseases and 21 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Erika Benko's work include HIV Research and Treatment (34 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (20 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (16 papers). Erika Benko is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (34 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (20 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (16 papers). Erika Benko collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Erika Benko's co-authors include Colin Kovacs, Mario Ostrowski, Rupert Kaul, R. Brad Jones, Shariq Mujib, Sanja Huibner, Feng Yun Yue, Kiera Clayton, Ali Sakhdari and Gabor Kandel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Erika Benko

41 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Defective HIV-1 Proviruses Are Expressed and Can Be Recog... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Defective HIV-1 Proviruses Are Expressed and Can Be Recognized by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, which Shape the Proviral Landscape
    2017 254 citations Ross A. Pollack, R. Brad Jones et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erika Benko Canada 21 931 831 584 296 217 41 1.6k
Annika C. Karlsson Sweden 25 1.1k 1.2× 788 0.9× 975 1.7× 405 1.4× 333 1.5× 63 2.0k
Megan Mefford United States 14 928 1.0× 641 0.8× 522 0.9× 265 0.9× 201 0.9× 14 1.6k
Kenneth A. Rogers United States 21 578 0.6× 720 0.9× 317 0.5× 312 1.1× 228 1.1× 41 1.4k
R. Keith Reeves United States 29 898 1.0× 1.6k 1.9× 352 0.6× 465 1.6× 425 2.0× 107 2.3k
Anele Waters United Kingdom 10 987 1.1× 1.4k 1.7× 388 0.7× 526 1.8× 156 0.7× 14 1.9k
Norman G. Jones United States 21 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.6× 516 0.9× 508 1.7× 211 1.0× 44 2.0k
Monica Vaccari United States 23 1.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 358 0.6× 360 1.2× 217 1.0× 42 2.0k
Wayne B. Dyer Australia 24 1.5k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 812 1.4× 493 1.7× 389 1.8× 52 2.3k
Marybeth Daucher United States 21 1.2k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 534 0.9× 338 1.1× 224 1.0× 23 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erika Benko

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erika Benko

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Erika Benko. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Erika Benko 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 Erika Benko. Erika Benko is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sneller, Michael C., Jana Blažková, J. Shawn Justement, et al.. (2022). Combination anti-HIV antibodies provide sustained virological suppression. Nature. 606(7913). 375–381. 100 indexed citations
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Blažková, Jana, Feng Gao, Manukumar Honnayakanahalli Marichannegowda, et al.. (2021). Distinct mechanisms of long-term virologic control in two HIV-infected individuals after treatment interruption of anti-retroviral therapy. Nature Medicine. 27(11). 1893–1898. 31 indexed citations
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Shivappa, Nitin, Sanja Huibner, Sharon Walmsley, et al.. (2021). The Dietary Inflammatory Index Is Not Associated With Gut Permeability or Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation in HIV Immunologic Non-responders. Frontiers in Nutrition. 8. 736816–736816. 3 indexed citations
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Wilson, Andrew W., Adam R. Ward, Yanqin Ren, et al.. (2021). Characterizing the Relationship Between Neutralization Sensitivity and env Gene Diversity During ART Suppression. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 710327–710327. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Jun, Shariq Mujib, Michael Parsons, et al.. (2021). Elevated glycolysis imparts functional ability to CD8+ T cells in HIV infection. Life Science Alliance. 4(11). e202101081–e202101081. 16 indexed citations
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Thomas, Allison S., Kimberley Jones, Rajesh T. Gandhi, et al.. (2017). T-cell responses targeting HIV Nef uniquely correlate with infected cell frequencies after long-term antiretroviral therapy. PLoS Pathogens. 13(9). e1006629–e1006629. 33 indexed citations
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Kim, Connie J., Sanja Huibner, Colin Kovacs, et al.. (2017). Impact of intensified antiretroviral therapy during early HIV infection on gut immunology and inflammatory blood biomarkers. AIDS. 31(11). 1529–1534. 23 indexed citations
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Pollack, Ross A., R. Brad Jones, Mihaela Pertea, et al.. (2017). Defective HIV-1 Proviruses Are Expressed and Can Be Recognized by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, which Shape the Proviral Landscape. Cell Host & Microbe. 21(4). 494–506.e4. 254 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chun, Tae‐Wook, Danielle Murray, J. Shawn Justement, et al.. (2014). Broadly neutralizing antibodies suppress HIV in the persistent viral reservoir. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(36). 13151–13156. 61 indexed citations
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Kim, Connie J., Colin Kovacs, Tae‐Wook Chun, et al.. (2014). Brief Report. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 67(5). 514–518. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Jun, Wei Zhan, Connie J. Kim, et al.. (2014). IL-10-Producing B Cells Are Induced Early in HIV-1 Infection and Suppress HIV-1-Specific T Cell Responses. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89236–e89236. 81 indexed citations
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Liu, Cindy M., B. Osborne, Bruce A. Hungate, et al.. (2014). The Semen Microbiome and Its Relationship with Local Immunology and Viral Load in HIV Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 10(7). e1004262–e1004262. 63 indexed citations
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Chun, Tae‐Wook, J. Shawn Justement, Danielle Murray, et al.. (2013). Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on HIV Reservoirs in Elite Controllers. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 208(9). 1443–1447. 38 indexed citations
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Nazli, Aisha, Olga L. Rojas, Duncan Chege, et al.. (2012). A role for mucosal IL-22 production and Th22 cells in HIV-associated mucosal immunopathogenesis. Mucosal Immunology. 5(6). 670–680. 142 indexed citations
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Costiniuk, Cecilia T., Benjamin Hibbert, L G Filion, et al.. (2012). Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cell Levels Are Not Reduced in HIV-Infected Men. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 205(5). 713–717. 13 indexed citations
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Sakhdari, Ali, Shariq Mujib, Bahareh Vali, et al.. (2012). Tim-3 Negatively Regulates Cytotoxicity in Exhausted CD8+ T Cells in HIV Infection. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40146–e40146. 73 indexed citations
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Vali, Bahareh, R. Brad Jones, Ali Sakhdari, et al.. (2010). HCV‐specific T cells in HCV/HIV co‐infection show elevated frequencies of dual Tim‐3/PD‐1 expression that correlate with liver disease progression. European Journal of Immunology. 40(9). 2493–2505. 82 indexed citations
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Yue, Feng Yun, R. Brad Jones, Prameet M. Sheth, et al.. (2010). The impact of CCL3L1 copy number in an HIV-1-infected white population. AIDS. 24(10). 1589–1591. 5 indexed citations

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