J. S. Porterfield

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

J. S. Porterfield is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. S. Porterfield has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 35 papers in Infectious Diseases and 15 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in J. S. Porterfield's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (35 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (32 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (13 papers). J. S. Porterfield is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (35 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (32 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (13 papers). J. S. Porterfield collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Tanzania and United States. J. S. Porterfield's co-authors include Simon Gollins, Malik Peiris, E. G. Westaway, Joel M. Dalrymple, Nick Karabatsos, Walter E. Brandt, R. E. Shope, Charles H. Calisher, J. Boorman and Siamon Gordon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

J. S. Porterfield

70 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Antigenic Relationships between Flaviviruses as Determined by Cross-neutralization Tests with Polyclonal Antisera
    1989 682 citations Charles H. Calisher, Nick Karabatsos et al. Journal of General Virology profile →

Peers

J. S. Porterfield
E. G. Westaway Australia
Joel M. Dalrymple United States
Frederick A. Murphy United States
Léon Rosen United States
Walter E. Brandt United States
Albert B. Sabin United States
Kristen A. Bernard United States
Ricardo Galler Brazil
Mario Lobigs Australia
Vincent Deubel France
E. G. Westaway Australia
J. S. Porterfield
Citations per year, relative to J. S. Porterfield J. S. Porterfield (= 1×) peers E. G. Westaway

Countries citing papers authored by J. S. Porterfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. S. Porterfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. S. Porterfield

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. S. Porterfield. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. S. Porterfield 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 J. S. Porterfield. J. S. Porterfield 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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Porterfield, J. S.. (1995). The National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill. Archives of Virology. 140(7). 1329–1336. 2 indexed citations
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Shiu, Stephen Y. W., Wen-Rong Jiang, J. S. Porterfield, & E. A. Gould. (1992). Envelope protein sequences of dengue virus isolates TH-36 and TH-Sman, and identification of a type-specific genetic marker for dengue and tick-borne flaviviruses. Journal of General Virology. 73(1). 207–212. 31 indexed citations
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Calisher, Charles H., Nick Karabatsos, Joel M. Dalrymple, et al.. (1989). Antigenic Relationships between Flaviviruses as Determined by Cross-neutralization Tests with Polyclonal Antisera. Journal of General Virology. 70(1). 37–43. 682 indexed citations breakdown →
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Porterfield, J. S.. (1989). Yellow fever in west Africa: a retrospective glance.. BMJ. 299(6715). 1555–1557. 5 indexed citations
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Porterfield, J. S.. (1986). Antibody-Dependent Enhancement of Viral Infectivity. Advances in virus research. 335–355. 163 indexed citations
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Phillpotts, R.J., John Stephenson, & J. S. Porterfield. (1985). Antibody-dependent Enhancement of Tick-borne Encephalitis Virus Infectivity. Journal of General Virology. 66(8). 1831–1837. 56 indexed citations
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Cardosa, Mary Jane, J. S. Porterfield, & Siamon Gordon. (1983). Complement receptor mediates enhanced flavivirus replication in macrophages.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 158(1). 258–263. 107 indexed citations
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Peiris, Malik & J. S. Porterfield. (1982). Antibody-dependent Plaque Enhancement: Its Antigenic Specificity in Relation to Togaviridae. Journal of General Virology. 58(2). 291–296. 23 indexed citations
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Porterfield, J. S., et al.. (1980). Arboviruses in the Mediterranean countries : 6th FEMS Symposium. Fischer eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Halstead, Scott B., J. S. Porterfield, & Edward J. OʼRourke. (1980). Enhancement of Dengue Virus Infection in Monocytes by Flavivirus Antisera. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 29(4). 638–642. 124 indexed citations
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Peiris, Malik & J. S. Porterfield. (1979). Antibody-mediated enhancement of Flavivirus replication in macrophage-like cell lines. Nature. 282(5738). 509–511. 164 indexed citations
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Porterfield, J. S., et al.. (1978). Togaviridae. Intervirology. 9(3). 129–148. 50 indexed citations
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David‐West, Tam S. & J. S. Porterfield. (1974). Dugbe Virus: a Tick-borne Arbovirus from Nigeria. Journal of General Virology. 23(3). 297–307. 28 indexed citations
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Porterfield, J. S., J. Casals, M. P. Chumakov, et al.. (1973). Bunyaviruses and Bunyaviridae. Intervirology. 2(4). 270–272. 44 indexed citations
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Kay, H. E. M., et al.. (1964). Congenital Rubella Infection of a Human Embryo. BMJ. 2(5402). 166–167. 44 indexed citations
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Porterfield, J. S.. (1961). Studies with Tahyna Virus.. Acta Virologica. 5(5).
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Porterfield, J. S.. (1960). A simple plaque-inhibition test for the study of arthropod-borne viruses.. PubMed. 22. 373–80. 101 indexed citations
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Porterfield, J. S. & C. E. Rowe. (1960). Hemagglutination with arthropod-borne viruses and its inhibition by certain phospholipids. Virology. 11(4). 765–770. 58 indexed citations
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Porterfield, J. S.. (1959). A SIMPLE PLAQUE INHIBITION TEST FOR ANTIVIRAL AGENTS : APPLICATION TO ASSAY OF INTERFERON. The Lancet. 274(7098). 326–327. 32 indexed citations
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Lovelock, J. E., et al.. (1952). FURTHER STUDIES ON THE NATURAL TRANSMISSION OF THE COMMON COLD. The Lancet. 260(6736). 657–660. 17 indexed citations

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