Frank Fenner

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Frank Fenner is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Fenner has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Infectious Diseases, 38 papers in Epidemiology and 34 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Frank Fenner's work include Poxvirus research and outbreaks (33 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (28 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (21 papers). Frank Fenner is often cited by papers focused on Poxvirus research and outbreaks (33 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (28 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (21 papers). Frank Fenner collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frank Fenner's co-authors include Gwendolyn M Woodroofe, I. D. Marshall, Bernardino Fantini, Brian Cooke, Joseph Sambrook, Isao Arita, M. F. Day, Wolfgang K. Joklik, F. M. Bürnet and Anne Gemmell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Frank Fenner

135 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Smallpox and its eradication

1988 1.1k citations Frank Fenner World Health Organization eBooks profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Fenner Australia	36	1.8k	1.7k	1.5k	1.2k	1.0k	143	4.8k
Raoul Ė. Benveniste United States	48	2.3k 1.3×	3.1k 1.8×	2.2k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	2.2k 2.2×	107	7.6k
Marc Girard France	46	1.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.6×	824 0.6×	3.0k 2.5×	3.0k 3.0×	215	8.2k
Frederick A. Murphy United States	41	1.2k 0.7×	800 0.5×	568 0.4×	3.2k 2.7×	611 0.6×	152	5.3k
Gerald Schochetman United States	44	1.8k 1.0×	3.6k 2.1×	627 0.4×	3.4k 2.9×	1.3k 1.3×	138	6.6k
D. H. L. Bishop United States	44	1.6k 0.9×	329 0.2×	1.2k 0.8×	2.7k 2.3×	2.0k 2.0×	109	6.3k
Enzo Paoletti United States	56	4.7k 2.6×	4.9k 2.8×	3.5k 2.4×	1.8k 1.5×	2.8k 2.8×	150	10.0k
William M. Switzer United States	46	2.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	918 0.9×	181	7.3k
Harriet L. Robinson United States	59	3.7k 2.1×	3.5k 2.1×	2.1k 1.4×	2.5k 2.1×	3.8k 3.8×	192	11.3k
Masanori Hayami Japan	38	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	811 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	906 0.9×	227	5.5k
Heinz Ellerbrok Germany	39	966 0.5×	489 0.3×	815 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	95	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Fenner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Fenner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Fenner

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

All Works

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Fenner, Frank, et al.. (2019). The Growth of Mammalian Tubercle Bacilli in Tween-Albumin Liquid Medium1. American Review of Tuberculosis.

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Fenner, Frank. (2006). Nature, Nurture and Chance : The Lives of Frank and Charles Fenner. ANU Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank & P. Mortimer. (2006). Classic paper: Fenner on the exanthemata. Reviews in Medical Virology. 16(6). 353–363. 9 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (2005). The First Fifty Years. 1 indexed citations

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Breman, Joel G., Isao Arita, & Frank Fenner. (2003). Preventing the Return of Smallpox. New England Journal of Medicine. 348(5). 463–466. 16 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (2001). History of virology in Australia: selected highlights. Internal Medicine Journal. 31(3). 188–194. 1 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (2000). Myxomatosis in Australian wild rabbits; evolutionary changes in an infectious disease.. PubMed. 53. 25–55. 5 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank & Bernardino Fantini. (1999). Biological control of vertebrate pests : the history of myxomatosis ; an experiment in evolution. CABI Publishing eBooks. 22(1). 706–10. 143 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank, et al.. (1998). Malaria in New Guinea during the Second World War: the Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit.. PubMed. 40(1-2). 65–8. 1 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (1998). Historical Vignette: A Life with Poxviruses and Publishers. Advances in virus research. 51. 1–33. 3 indexed citations

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Mahy, B.W.J., J. W. Almond, Kenneth I. Berns, et al.. (1993). The remaining stocks of smallpox virus should be destroyed. Science. 262(5137). 1223–1224. 27 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (1989). Risks and benefits of vaccinia vaccine use in the worldwide smallpox eradication campaign. Research in Virology. 140(5). 465–466. 42 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (1988). Smallpox and its eradication. World Health Organization eBooks. 1121 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fenner, Frank. (1988). Portraits of viruses. KARGER eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank & Adrian J. Gibbs. (1988). Portraits of viruses : a history of virology. 9 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (1983). The Florey Lecture, 1983 - Biological control, as exemplified by smallpox eradication and myxomatosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 218(1212). 259–285. 117 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (1976). The Rules of Nomenclature of Viruses. Intervirology. 7. 17–18. 1 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (1975). A National system of ecological reserves in Australia : proceedings of a symposium held in Canberra, 31 October 1974, under the auspices of the Australian Academy of Science through its International Biological Programme, Section C.T., Conservation of Terrestrial Communities. 4 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (1971). The nomenclature and classification of viruses the International Committee on Nomenclature of Viruses. Virology. 46(3). 979–980. 3 indexed citations

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Fenner, Frank. (1968). The pathogenesis and ecology of viral infections. Academic Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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