Jeffery K. Taubenberger

36.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
236 papers, 25.8k citations indexed

About

Jeffery K. Taubenberger is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeffery K. Taubenberger has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 25.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Epidemiology, 73 papers in Infectious Diseases and 55 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Jeffery K. Taubenberger's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (162 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (93 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (55 papers). Jeffery K. Taubenberger is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (162 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (93 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (55 papers). Jeffery K. Taubenberger collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Jeffery K. Taubenberger's co-authors include David M. Morens, Ann Reid, Thomas G. Fanning, John C. Kash, Anthony S. Fauci, Terrence M. Tumpey, Peter Palese, Christopher F. Basler, Ian A. Wilson and James Stevens and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jeffery K. Taubenberger

234 papers receiving 24.9k citations

Hit Papers

1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics 2005 2026 2012 2019 2006 2008 2006 2005 2008 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. 1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics
    2006 1.3k citations Jeffery K. Taubenberger, David M. Morens Emerging infectious diseases profile →
  2. Predominant Role of Bacterial Pneumonia as a Cause of Death in Pandemic Influenza: Implications for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
    2008 1.2k citations David M. Morens, Jeffery K. Taubenberger et al. The Journal of Infectious Diseases profile →
  3. 1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics
    2006 1.1k citations Jeffery K. Taubenberger, David M. Morens Emerging infectious diseases profile →
  4. Characterization of the Reconstructed 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic Virus
    2005 857 citations Terrence M. Tumpey, Christopher F. Basler et al. Science profile →
  5. The Pathology of Influenza Virus Infections
    2008 807 citations Jeffery K. Taubenberger, David M. Morens profile →
  6. Structure and Receptor Specificity of the Hemagglutinin from an H5N1 Influenza Virus
    2006 790 citations James Stevens, Terrence M. Tumpey et al. Science profile →
  7. Characterization of the 1918 influenza virus polymerase genes
    2005 721 citations Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Ann Reid et al. profile →
  8. The genomic and epidemiological dynamics of human influenza A virus
    2008 714 citations Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Edward C. Holmes et al. profile →
  9. Influenza Virus Evolution, Host Adaptation, and Pandemic Formation
    2010 634 citations Jeffery K. Taubenberger, John C. Kash Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  10. Glycan Microarray Analysis of the Hemagglutinins from Modern and Pandemic Influenza Viruses Reveals Different Receptor Specificities
    2005 500 citations James Stevens, Jeffery K. Taubenberger et al. profile →
  11. An Overlapping Protein-Coding Region in Influenza A Virus Segment 3 Modulates the Host Response
    2012 494 citations Brett W. Jagger, Helen Wise et al. Science profile →
  12. IgG antibodies to dengue enhanced for FcγRIIIA binding determine disease severity
    2017 241 citations Taia T. Wang, Jaturong Sewatanon et al. Science profile →
  13. Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses
    2023 91 citations David M. Morens, Jeffery K. Taubenberger et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jeffery K. Taubenberger United States 76 17.3k 7.8k 5.3k 5.3k 4.2k 236 25.8k
Kanta Subbarao United States 81 15.3k 0.9× 14.8k 1.9× 5.9k 1.1× 4.1k 0.8× 4.8k 1.1× 305 27.4k
Guus F. Rimmelzwaan Netherlands 81 19.6k 1.1× 9.0k 1.2× 7.8k 1.5× 4.2k 0.8× 6.5k 1.5× 339 25.9k
Terrence M. Tumpey United States 84 17.9k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 8.3k 1.6× 4.0k 0.7× 5.4k 1.3× 275 23.2k
Richard J. Webby United States 85 18.1k 1.0× 9.3k 1.2× 6.0k 1.1× 4.4k 0.8× 8.6k 2.0× 507 25.3k
Jacqueline M. Katz United States 82 19.0k 1.1× 7.9k 1.0× 7.4k 1.4× 3.2k 0.6× 6.5k 1.5× 275 23.6k
Vincent J. Munster United States 63 10.2k 0.6× 14.9k 1.9× 2.2k 0.4× 2.5k 0.5× 5.2k 1.2× 219 23.0k
Florian Krammer United States 75 11.9k 0.7× 11.0k 1.4× 6.9k 1.3× 4.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 368 22.9k
Theo M. Bestebroer Netherlands 50 9.6k 0.6× 10.3k 1.3× 2.1k 0.4× 2.5k 0.5× 3.7k 0.9× 113 17.6k
Leo L. M. Poon Hong Kong 93 10.7k 0.6× 27.8k 3.5× 4.1k 0.8× 5.9k 1.1× 3.0k 0.7× 303 41.1k
Yi Guan Hong Kong 105 27.5k 1.6× 26.4k 3.4× 6.6k 1.2× 6.7k 1.3× 13.6k 3.2× 371 49.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Maximova, Olga A., Sarah L. Anzick, Daniel E. Sturdevant, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal profile of an optimal host response to virus infection in the primate central nervous system. PLoS Pathogens. 21(1). e1012530–e1012530. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Stephanie L., et al.. (2024). Effect of pandemic influenza A virus PB1 genes of avian origin on viral RNA polymerase activity and pathogenicity. Science Advances. 10(50). eads5735–eads5735. 3 indexed citations
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Morens, David M., Jeffery K. Taubenberger, & Anthony S. Fauci. (2023). Rethinking next-generation vaccines for coronaviruses, influenzaviruses, and other respiratory viruses. Cell Host & Microbe. 31(1). 146–157. 91 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xiao, Yongli, Paul A. Beare, Sonja M. Best, et al.. (2023). Genetic sequencing of a 1944 Rocky Mountain spotted fever vaccine. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4687–4687. 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Yongli, Jacqueline M. Nolting, Zong‐Mei Sheng, et al.. (2018). Design and validation of a universal influenza virus enrichment probe set and its utility in deep sequence analysis of primary cloacal swab surveillance samples of wild birds. Virology. 524. 182–191. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Taia T., Jaturong Sewatanon, Matthew J. Memoli, et al.. (2017). IgG antibodies to dengue enhanced for FcγRIIIA binding determine disease severity. Science. 355(6323). 395–398. 241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Martínez‐Antón, Asunción, Milena Sokołowska, Steven J. Kern, et al.. (2013). Changes in microRNA and mRNA Expression with Differentiation of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 49(3). 384–395. 41 indexed citations
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Shī, Mǎng, Brett W. Jagger, Helen Wise, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary Conservation of the PA-X Open Reading Frame in Segment 3 of Influenza A Virus. Journal of Virology. 86(22). 12411–12413. 95 indexed citations
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Memoli, Matthew J., Hillery A. Harvey, David M. Morens, & Jeffery K. Taubenberger. (2012). Influenza in pregnancy. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 7(6). 1033–1039. 32 indexed citations
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Qi, Li, John C. Kash, Vivien G. Dugan, et al.. (2011). The ability of pandemic influenza virus hemagglutinins to induce lower respiratory pathology is associated with decreased surfactant protein D binding. Virology. 412(2). 426–434. 64 indexed citations
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Memoli, Matthew J., et al.. (2010). MultiDrug-Resistant 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Viruses Maintain Fitness and Transmissibility in Ferrets. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 203(3). 348–357. 60 indexed citations
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Kash, John C., Li Qi, Vivien G. Dugan, et al.. (2010). Prior infection with classical swine H1N1 influenza viruses is associated with protective immunity to the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 4(3). 121–127. 31 indexed citations
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Memoli, Matthew J., et al.. (2009). Recent Human Influenza A/H3N2 Virus Evolution Driven by Novel Selection Factors in Addition to Antigenic Drift. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 200(8). 1232–1241. 37 indexed citations
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Wimmer, Eckard, Steffen Mueller, Terrence M. Tumpey, & Jeffery K. Taubenberger. (2009). Synthetic viruses: a new opportunity to understand and prevent viral disease. Nature Biotechnology. 27(12). 1163–1172. 103 indexed citations
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Wang, Ruixue, Vivien G. Dugan, Jonathan A. Runstadler, et al.. (2008). Examining the hemagglutinin subtype diversity among wild duck-origin influenza A viruses using ethanol-fixed cloacal swabs and a novel RT-PCR method. Virology. 375(1). 182–189. 47 indexed citations
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Baas, Tracey, Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Pek Yoon Chong, Paul Chui, & Michael G. Katze. (2006). SARS-CoV Virus-Host Interactions and Comparative Etiologies of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome as Determined by Transcriptional and Cytokine Profiling of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 26(5). 309–317. 45 indexed citations
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Stevens, James, Adam L. Corper, Christopher F. Basler, et al.. (2004). Structure of the Uncleaved Human H1 Hemagglutinin from the Extinct 1918 Influenza Virus. Science. 303(5665). 1866–1870. 370 indexed citations
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Reid, Ann, Thomas A. Janczewski, Alex J. Elliot, et al.. (2003). 1918 Influenza Pandemic Caused by Highly Conserved Viruses with Two Receptor-Binding Variants. Emerging infectious diseases. 9(10). 1249–1253. 108 indexed citations
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Aguilera, Nadine S., Karen E. Bijwaard, Amy E. Krafft, et al.. (1998). Differential Expression of Cyclin D1 in Mantle Cell Lymphoma and Other Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas. American Journal Of Pathology. 153(6). 1969–1976. 67 indexed citations
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Katz, David A., Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Barbara Cannella, et al.. (1993). Correlation between magnetic resonance imaging findings and lesion development in chronic, active multiple sclerosis. Annals of Neurology. 34(5). 661–669. 309 indexed citations

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