Gary R. Whittaker

240 total papers · 17.9k total citations
166 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Gary R. Whittaker is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary R. Whittaker has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Infectious Diseases, 63 papers in Epidemiology and 60 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Gary R. Whittaker's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (70 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (60 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (49 papers). Gary R. Whittaker is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (70 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (60 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (49 papers). Gary R. Whittaker collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Gary R. Whittaker's co-authors include Jean K. Millet, Sandrine Belouzard, Javier A. Jaimes, Victor C. Chu, Ari Helenius, Beth N. Licitra, Susan Daniel, Xiangjie Sun, Matthew Bui and Judith M. White and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gary R. Whittaker

165 papers receiving 12.1k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Mechanisms of Coronavirus Cell Entry Mediated by the Viral Spike Protein
    2012 991 citations Sandrine Belouzard, Jean K. Millet et al. Viruses profile →
  2. Activation of the SARS coronavirus spike protein via sequential proteolytic cleavage at two distinct sites
    2009 722 citations Sandrine Belouzard, Victor C. Chu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Host cell proteases: Critical determinants of coronavirus tropism and pathogenesis
    2014 661 citations Jean K. Millet, Gary R. Whittaker Virus Research profile →
  4. Coronavirus membrane fusion mechanism offers a potential target for antiviral development
    2020 532 citations Tiffany Tang, Miya K. Bidon et al. Antiviral Research profile →
  5. Host cell entry of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus after two-step, furin-mediated activation of the spike protein
    2014 508 citations Jean K. Millet, Gary R. Whittaker Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. β-Coronaviruses Use Lysosomes for Egress Instead of the Biosynthetic Secretory Pathway
    2020 408 citations Sourish Ghosh, Adeline Kerviel et al. Cell profile →
  7. Fusion of Enveloped Viruses in Endosomes
    2016 313 citations Judith M. White, Gary R. Whittaker Traffic profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gary R. Whittaker 6.9k 3.6k 3.2k 2.4k 1.9k 166 12.3k
Cornelis A. M. de Haan 6.1k 0.9× 2.5k 0.7× 3.2k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 1.4k 0.7× 166 10.3k
F.A. Rey 9.3k 1.4× 3.9k 1.1× 4.9k 1.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 202 17.8k
Bruno Canard 9.0k 1.3× 5.4k 1.5× 2.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 267 16.5k
Sean P. J. Whelan 6.0k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 3.4k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 2.4k 1.2× 125 11.8k
Michael J. Buchmeier 7.0k 1.0× 2.3k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 2.8k 1.2× 2.7k 1.4× 168 11.5k
Volker Thiel 10.1k 1.5× 3.6k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 3.8k 1.6× 2.8k 1.5× 147 15.0k
Jason S. McLellan 11.7k 1.7× 4.6k 1.3× 4.9k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 140 17.1k
Susan R. Weiss 7.2k 1.0× 2.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 4.5k 1.9× 2.1k 1.1× 220 11.3k
Georg Herrler 13.2k 1.9× 4.0k 1.1× 3.5k 1.1× 2.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 165 20.1k
Jianhua Sui 5.7k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 3.9k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 75 11.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary R. Whittaker

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