Friedemann Weber

19.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
163 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Friedemann Weber is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Friedemann Weber has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Infectious Diseases, 63 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 49 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Friedemann Weber's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (102 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (60 papers) and interferon and immune responses (43 papers). Friedemann Weber is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (102 papers), Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (60 papers) and interferon and immune responses (43 papers). Friedemann Weber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Friedemann Weber's co-authors include Otto Haller, Georg Kochs, Andreas Pichlmair, Martin Spiegel, Oliver Schulz, Choon Ping Tan, Tanja I. Näslund, Caetano Reis e Sousa, Peter Liljeström and Richard M. Elliott and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Friedemann Weber

161 papers receiving 13.9k citations

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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.

RIG-I-Mediated Antiviral Responses to Single-Stranded RNA Bearing 5'-Phosphates

2006 1.8k citations Friedemann Weber et al. profile →
A very strong enhancer is located upstream of an immediate early gene of human cytomegalovirus

1985 1.0k citations Friedemann Weber et al. profile →
Double-Stranded RNA Is Produced by Positive-Strand RNA Viruses and DNA Viruses but Not in Detectable Amounts by Negative-Strand RNA Viruses

2006 756 citations Friedemann Weber, Valentina Wagner et al. Journal of Virology profile →
The interferon response circuit: Induction and suppression by pathogenic viruses

2005 539 citations Otto Haller, Georg Kochs et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Friedemann Weber Germany	61	7.7k	5.2k	3.3k	2.8k	2.3k	163	14.2k
Shigeru Morikawa Japan	53	4.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	361	9.8k
Otto Haller Germany	75	4.1k 0.5×	9.5k 1.8×	3.5k 1.1×	4.9k 1.8×	1.4k 0.6×	182	16.1k
Gustavo Palacios United States	52	5.7k 0.7×	938 0.2×	1.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	259	10.1k
Juan Carlos de la Torre United States	68	6.7k 0.9×	3.1k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	4.2k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	251	14.3k
Terence S. Dermody United States	66	8.3k 1.1×	3.5k 0.7×	4.2k 1.3×	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	251	15.0k
Jens H. Kuhn United States	51	6.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	255	10.6k
Richard E. Randall United Kingdom	53	3.7k 0.5×	5.7k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	5.5k 2.0×	915 0.4×	145	11.3k
Ayato Takada Japan	62	6.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.4×	2.2k 0.7×	6.9k 2.5×	921 0.4×	324	12.8k
Raul Andino United States	62	4.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.4×	6.5k 1.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	142	15.0k
Vsevolod L. Popov United States	59	4.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	2.9k 1.3×	230	9.8k

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Devignot, Stéphanie, Thomas R. Burkard, Astrid Hagelkrüys, et al.. (2023). Low-density lipoprotein receptor–related protein 1 (LRP1) as an auxiliary host factor for RNA viruses. Life Science Alliance. 6(7). e202302005–e202302005. 11 indexed citations

Schoen, Andreas, Martin Hölzer, Marcel A. Müller, et al.. (2023). Functional comparisons of the virus sensor RIG-I from humans, the microbat Myotis daubentonii , and the megabat Rousettus aegyptiacus , and their response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Journal of Virology. 97(10). e0020523–e0020523. 1 indexed citations

Shalamova, Lyudmila, Jochen Wilhelm, Andreas R. Schaubmar, et al.. (2022). Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 exhibits an increased resilience to the antiviral type I interferon response. PNAS Nexus. 1(2). pgac067–pgac067. 14 indexed citations

Borrego, Belén, et al.. (2021). The Change P82L in the Rift Valley Fever Virus NSs Protein Confers Attenuation in Mice. Viruses. 13(4). 542–542. 12 indexed citations

Kashiwagi, Kazuhiro, Yuichi Shichino, Tatsuya Osaki, et al.. (2021). eIF2B-capturing viral protein NSs suppresses the integrated stress response. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7102–7102. 27 indexed citations

Wuerth, Jennifer Deborah & Friedemann Weber. (2021). NSs of the mildly virulent sandfly fever Sicilian virus is unable to inhibit interferon signaling and upregulation of interferon-stimulated genes. Journal of General Virology. 102(11). 1 indexed citations

Freitas, Natália, Solène Denolly, Camille Lévy, et al.. (2020). The interplays between Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) M segment-encoded accessory proteins and structural proteins promote virus assembly and infectivity. PLoS Pathogens. 16(9). e1008850–e1008850. 37 indexed citations

Weber, Friedemann, et al.. (2019). Nuclear pore protein Nup98 is involved in replication of Rift Valley fever virus and nuclear import of virulence factor NSs. Journal of General Virology. 101(7). 712–716. 9 indexed citations

Fuchs, Jonas, Martin Hölzer, Mirjam Schilling, et al.. (2017). Evolution and Antiviral Specificities of Interferon-Induced Mx Proteins of Bats against Ebola, Influenza, and Other RNA Viruses. Journal of Virology. 91(15). 46 indexed citations

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Wuerth, Jennifer Deborah & Friedemann Weber. (2016). Phleboviruses and the Type I Interferon Response. Viruses. 8(6). 174–174. 83 indexed citations

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Weber, Friedemann, et al.. (2016). Standing on three legs: antiviral activities of RIG-I against influenza viruses. Current Opinion in Immunology. 42. 71–75. 41 indexed citations

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Devignot, Stéphanie, Éric Bergeron, Stuart T. Nichol, Alì Mirazimi, & Friedemann Weber. (2015). A Virus-Like Particle System Identifies the Endonuclease Domain of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus. Journal of Virology. 89(11). 5957–5967. 52 indexed citations

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Weber, Michaela & Friedemann Weber. (2014). RIG-I-like receptors and negative-strand RNA viruses: RLRly bird catches some worms. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 25(5). 621–628. 26 indexed citations

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Filleul, Laurent, et al.. (2010). The development of non-specific surveillance in Mayotte and Reunion Islands in the context of the epidemic of influenza A(H1N1)2009.. 283–285. 3 indexed citations

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Josseran, Loïc, N. Caillère, C. Leroy, et al.. (2010). Syndromic surveillance in the context of the A(H1N1)2009 pandemic: interest and limits.. 274–277. 1 indexed citations

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Reguera, Juan, Friedemann Weber, & S. Cusack. (2010). Bunyaviridae RNA Polymerases (L-Protein) Have an N-Terminal, Influenza-Like Endonuclease Domain, Essential for Viral Cap-Dependent Transcription. PLoS Pathogens. 6(9). e1001101–e1001101. 204 indexed citations

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Kuri, Thomas, Xiaonan Zhang, Matthias Habjan, et al.. (2009). Interferon priming enables cells to partially overturn the SARS coronavirus-induced block in innate immune activation. Journal of General Virology. 90(11). 2686–2694. 37 indexed citations

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Weber, Friedemann, Valentina Wagner, Simon Rasmussen, Rune Hartmann, & Søren R. Paludan. (2006). Double-Stranded RNA Is Produced by Positive-Strand RNA Viruses and DNA Viruses but Not in Detectable Amounts by Negative-Strand RNA Viruses. Journal of Virology. 80(10). 5059–5064. 756 indexed citations breakdown →

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Delhaye, Sophie, Sophie Paul, Gjon Blakqori, et al.. (2006). Neurons produce type I interferon during viral encephalitis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(20). 7835–7840. 210 indexed citations

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Weber, Friedemann, et al.. (2006). Induction of Interferon Synthesis by the PKR-Inhibitory VA RNAs of Adenoviruses. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 26(1). 1–7. 14 indexed citations

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