Jonathan E. Pekar

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 584 citations indexed

About

Jonathan E. Pekar is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan E. Pekar has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 584 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Infectious Diseases, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jonathan E. Pekar's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (3 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers). Jonathan E. Pekar is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (3 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers). Jonathan E. Pekar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Jonathan E. Pekar's co-authors include Joel O. Wertheim, Michael Worobey, Philippe Lemey, Marc A. Suchard, Andrew Rambaut, Konrad Scheffler, Niema Moshiri, Martha I. Nelson, Jeffrey B. Joy and Verity Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan E. Pekar

13 papers receiving 571 citations

Hit Papers

The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the earl... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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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. The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic
    2022 198 citations Michael Worobey, Joshua I. Levy et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan E. Pekar United States 6 394 165 101 99 63 14 584
Finlay Campbell United Kingdom 4 503 1.3× 218 1.3× 122 1.2× 45 0.5× 123 2.0× 4 668
Céline Gurry United Kingdom 6 606 1.5× 102 0.6× 211 2.1× 54 0.5× 120 1.9× 6 737
Sinead E. Morris United States 9 301 0.8× 259 1.6× 40 0.4× 61 0.6× 94 1.5× 24 503
Angkana T. Huang United States 10 817 2.1× 191 1.2× 61 0.6× 181 1.8× 83 1.3× 22 986
Salih Al-Marri Qatar 9 788 2.0× 218 1.3× 48 0.5× 91 0.9× 91 1.4× 14 946
Mohd M. AlHajri Qatar 9 904 2.3× 235 1.4× 57 0.6× 84 0.8× 97 1.5× 13 1.0k
Placide Mbala‐Kingebeni Democratic Republic of the Congo 16 237 0.6× 90 0.5× 114 1.1× 93 0.9× 140 2.2× 49 488
Hazem M. Ghobashy Qatar 7 778 2.0× 223 1.4× 49 0.5× 60 0.6× 98 1.6× 8 903
Farhoud Alhajri Netherlands 9 963 2.4× 257 1.6× 60 0.6× 83 0.8× 107 1.7× 10 1.1k
Sabue Mulangu Democratic Republic of the Congo 13 694 1.8× 98 0.6× 60 0.6× 98 1.0× 236 3.7× 21 835

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan E. Pekar

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All Works

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Pekar, Jonathan E., Yu Wang, Jade Wang, et al.. (2025). Transmission dynamics of the 2022 mpox epidemic in New York City. Nature Medicine. 31(5). 1464–1473. 5 indexed citations
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Pekar, Jonathan E., Niema Moshiri, Philippe Lemey, et al.. (2025). Recently reported SARS-CoV-2 genomes suggested to be intermediate between the two early main lineages are instead likely derived. Virus Evolution. 11(1). veaf008–veaf008. 2 indexed citations
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Pekar, Jonathan E., Spyros Lytras, Mahan Ghafari, et al.. (2025). The recency and geographical origins of the bat viruses ancestral to SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. Cell. 188(12). 3167–3183.e18. 5 indexed citations
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Magee, Andrew F., Andrew J. Holbrook, Jonathan E. Pekar, et al.. (2024). Random-Effects Substitution Models for Phylogenetics via Scalable Gradient Approximations. Systematic Biology. 73(3). 562–578. 5 indexed citations
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Boyle, Evan A., Jonathan C. Schmok, Hannah A. Grunwald, et al.. (2023). Junior scientists spotlight social bonds in seminars for diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0293322–e0293322. 1 indexed citations
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Worobey, Michael, Joshua I. Levy, Alexander Crits‐Christoph, et al.. (2022). The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Science. 377(6609). 951–959. 198 indexed citations breakdown →
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Worobey, Michael, Joshua I. Levy, Alexander Crits‐Christoph, et al.. (2022). The Huanan market was the epicenter of SARS-CoV-2 emergence. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Worobey, Michael, Joshua I. Levy, Alexander Crits‐Christoph, et al.. (2022). The Huanan market was the epicenter of SARS-CoV-2 emergence. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 22 indexed citations
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Pekar, Jonathan E., Michael Worobey, Niema Moshiri, Konrad Scheffler, & Joel O. Wertheim. (2021). Timing the SARS-CoV-2 index case in Hubei province. Science. 372(6540). 412–417. 105 indexed citations
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Worobey, Michael, Jonathan E. Pekar, Brendan B. Larsen, et al.. (2020). The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe and North America. Science. 370(6516). 564–570. 214 indexed citations
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Skaathun, Britt, Heather A. Pines, Thomas L. Patterson, et al.. (2020). Recent HIV Infection among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Tijuana. Revista de Saúde Pública. 54. 82–82. 7 indexed citations
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Machado, Henrique, Nicholas Dillon, Yara Seif, et al.. (2019). Strain-Specific Metabolic Requirements Revealed by a Defined Minimal Medium for Systems Analyses of Staphylococcus aureus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(21). 16 indexed citations
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Pekar, Jonathan E., Patrick V. Phaneuf, Richard Szubin, et al.. (2018). Gapless, Unambiguous Genome Sequence for Escherichia coli C, a Workhorse of Industrial Biology. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 7(13). 2 indexed citations

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