Jason Mercer

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Jason Mercer is a scholar working on Virology, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jason Mercer has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Virology, 26 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jason Mercer's work include Poxvirus research and outbreaks (30 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (26 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (17 papers). Jason Mercer is often cited by papers focused on Poxvirus research and outbreaks (30 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (26 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (17 papers). Jason Mercer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. Jason Mercer's co-authors include Ari Helenius, Mario Schelhaas, Florian I. Schmidt, Ali Amara, Christopher K. E. Bleck, Urs F. Greber, Samuel Kilcher, Ricardo Henriques, Michela Mazzon and Paula Traktman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jason Mercer

66 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Virus Entry by Endocytosis

2010 791 citations Jason Mercer, Ari Helenius et al. profile →
Virus entry by macropinocytosis

2009 640 citations Jason Mercer, Ari Helenius Nature Cell Biology profile →
Vaccinia Virus Uses Macropinocytosis and Apoptotic Mimicry to Enter Host Cells

2008 626 citations Jason Mercer, Ari Helenius Science profile →
Phosphatidylserine is a global immunosuppressive signal in efferocytosis, infectious disease, and cancer

2016 532 citations Jason Mercer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jason Mercer United Kingdom	35	2.2k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	941	68	5.8k
Beate Sodeik Germany	37	1.7k 0.8×	3.2k 2.4×	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	95	6.0k
Walther Mothes United States	44	3.6k 1.6×	1.9k 1.4×	2.8k 2.1×	1.2k 1.1×	2.8k 2.9×	102	8.8k
Michael Hollinshead United Kingdom	48	2.6k 1.2×	2.2k 1.7×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	2.0k 2.1×	84	7.3k
Friedrich Frischknecht Germany	47	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	830 0.7×	764 0.8×	165	6.7k
Gordon Ruthel United States	44	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	631 0.5×	387 0.4×	100	6.6k
Michael Way United Kingdom	62	4.9k 2.2×	1.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	1.6k 1.7×	159	11.0k
Jonathan M. Grimes United Kingdom	54	3.9k 1.7×	2.1k 1.6×	972 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	979 1.0×	158	9.4k
Pierre Charneau France	47	3.8k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	2.6k 2.8×	111	8.3k
Z. Hong Zhou United States	55	4.9k 2.2×	1.8k 1.3×	607 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	223 0.2×	214	9.9k
John H. Connor United States	40	2.6k 1.2×	711 0.5×	639 0.5×	520 0.5×	280 0.3×	144	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jason Mercer

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Poojari, Chetan, Julian Buchrieser, Annalisa Meola, et al.. (2025). Structural insights into tecovirimat antiviral activity and poxvirus resistance. Nature Microbiology. 10(3). 734–748. 13 indexed citations

Burden, Jemima J., David Albrecht, Rebecca Bamford, et al.. (2024). The vaccinia chondroitin sulfate binding protein drives host membrane curvature to facilitate fusion. EMBO Reports. 25(3). 1310–1325.

Fisch, Daniel, Moritz M. Pfleiderer, Fabian Wendt, et al.. (2023). PIM1 controls GBP1 activity to limit self-damage and to guard against pathogen infection. Science. 382(6666). eadg2253–eadg2253. 21 indexed citations

Bidgood, Susanna R., Karel Novy, David Albrecht, et al.. (2022). Poxviruses package viral redox proteins in lateral bodies and modulate the host oxidative response. PLoS Pathogens. 18(7). e1010614–e1010614. 12 indexed citations

White, Ian J., et al.. (2021). Acrylamide inhibits vaccinia virus through vimentin‐independent anti‐viral granule formation. Cellular Microbiology. 23(8). e13334–e13334. 4 indexed citations

Huttunen, Moona, Robert J. Evans, Artur Yakimovich, et al.. (2021). Vaccinia virus hijacks ESCRT-mediated multivesicular body formation for virus egress. Life Science Alliance. 4(8). e202000910–e202000910. 21 indexed citations

Welten, Suzanne P. M., V.T. Yılmaz, Susanna R. Bidgood, et al.. (2021). Influenza- and MCMV-induced memory CD8 T cells control respiratory vaccinia virus infection despite residence in distinct anatomical niches. Mucosal Immunology. 14(3). 728–742. 6 indexed citations

Pereira, Pedro M., David Albrecht, S J Culley, et al.. (2019). Fix Your Membrane Receptor Imaging: Actin Cytoskeleton and CD4 Membrane Organization Disruption by Chemical Fixation. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 675–675. 46 indexed citations

Laine, Romain F., Nils Gustafsson, Robert D. Gray, et al.. (2019). NanoJ: a high-performance open-source super-resolution microscopy toolbox. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 52(16). 163001–163001. 122 indexed citations

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Gray, Robert D., David Albrecht, Moona Huttunen, et al.. (2019). Nanoscale polarization of the entry fusion complex of vaccinia virus drives efficient fusion. Nature Microbiology. 4(10). 1636–1644. 29 indexed citations

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Fisch, Daniel, Artur Yakimovich, Barbara Clough, et al.. (2019). Defining host–pathogen interactions employing an artificial intelligence workflow. eLife. 8. 61 indexed citations

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Yakimovich, Artur, Samuel Kilcher, Glennys V. Reynoso, et al.. (2018). Vaccinia virus hijacks EGFR signalling to enhance virus spread through rapid and directed infected cell motility. Nature Microbiology. 4(2). 216–225. 73 indexed citations

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Gray, Robert D., et al.. (2016). VirusMapper: open-source nanoscale mapping of viral architecture through super-resolution microscopy. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 29132–29132. 38 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Florian I., Phillip Kuhn, Tom Robinson, Jason Mercer, & Petra S. Dittrich. (2013). Single-Virus Fusion Experiments Reveal Proton Influx into Vaccinia Virions and Hemifusion Lag Times. Biophysical Journal. 105(2). 420–431. 16 indexed citations

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Mercer, Jason, et al.. (2012). Biogenesis of the Vaccinia Virus Membrane: Genetic and Ultrastructural Analysis of the Contributions of the A14 and A17 Proteins. Journal of Virology. 87(2). 1083–1097. 30 indexed citations

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Mercer, Jason, Berend Snijder, Christine Tait‐Burkard, et al.. (2012). RNAi Screening Reveals Proteasome- and Cullin3-Dependent Stages in Vaccinia Virus Infection. Cell Reports. 2(4). 1036–1047. 123 indexed citations

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Kuhn, Phillip, Klaus Eyer, Tom Robinson, et al.. (2012). A facile protocol for the immobilisation of vesicles, virus particles, bacteria, and yeast cells. Integrative Biology. 4(12). 1550–1550. 42 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Florian I., Christopher K. E. Bleck, & Jason Mercer. (2011). Poxvirus host cell entry. Current Opinion in Virology. 2(1). 20–27. 94 indexed citations

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Mercer, Jason & Ari Helenius. (2009). Virus entry by macropinocytosis. Nature Cell Biology. 11(5). 510–520. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taylor, David R., et al.. (2003). Characterization of the microflora of the human axilla. International Journal of Cosmetic Science. 25(3). 137–145. 106 indexed citations

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