Jonathan H. Epstein

14.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
111 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Jonathan H. Epstein is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan H. Epstein has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Infectious Diseases, 53 papers in Epidemiology and 36 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jonathan H. Epstein's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (68 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (41 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (34 papers). Jonathan H. Epstein is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (68 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (41 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (34 papers). Jonathan H. Epstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and Australia. Jonathan H. Epstein's co-authors include Peter Daszak, Hume Field, Lin‐Fa Wang, Gary Crameri, Zheng‐Li Shi, Craig Smith, Meng Yu, Hanzhong Wang, Jennifer A. McEachern and Huajun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan H. Epstein

107 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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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.

Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses

2005 1.8k citations Wendong Li, Zheng‐Li Shi et al. Science profile →
Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor

2013 1.2k citations Aleksei A. Chmura, Jonathan H. Epstein et al. profile →
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia

2013 514 citations Nischay Mishra, Kevin J. Olival et al. Emerging infectious diseases profile →
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia

2014 362 citations Abdulaziz N. Alagaili, Thomas Briese et al. mBio profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan H. Epstein United States	36	5.9k	1.8k	1.8k	1.6k	947	111	7.7k
Jan Felix Drexler Germany	48	6.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	531 0.6×	202	8.6k
Gary Crameri Australia	41	5.8k 1.0×	3.3k 1.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	78	7.7k
Thomas Briese United States	53	5.5k 0.9×	3.4k 1.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	842 0.9×	153	9.8k
Eric M. Leroy Gabon	59	8.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.3×	4.1k 2.3×	635 0.4×	631 0.7×	199	13.6k
Hume Field Australia	46	7.8k 1.3×	4.1k 2.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	2.3k 2.4×	131	10.4k
Jens H. Kuhn United States	51	6.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	708 0.7×	255	10.6k
Bryan T. Eaton Australia	42	5.0k 0.8×	3.3k 1.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	110	7.6k
Richard A. Bowen United States	53	7.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	5.7k 3.2×	767 0.5×	894 0.9×	294	10.7k
Mǎng Shī China	49	5.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.6×	926 1.0×	166	9.8k
Gustavo Palacios United States	52	5.7k 1.0×	2.5k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	678 0.4×	980 1.0×	259	10.1k

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Islam, Shariful, Md. Kaisar Rahman, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, et al.. (2025). Prevalence and risk factors of antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus spp. and Escherichia coli in fruit bats at high-risk human-wildlife interfaces in Bangladesh. One Health. 22. 101300–101300.

Rahman, Md Mahfuzur, Mojnu Miah, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, et al.. (2025). Development of a culture-independent whole-genome sequencing of Nipah virus using the MinION Oxford Nanopore platform. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(6). e0249224–e0249224. 1 indexed citations

Rahman, Md. Kaisar, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Shariful Islam, et al.. (2023). Characterization and epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus spp. in free-ranging rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) at high-risk interfaces with people and livestock in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1103922–1103922. 8 indexed citations

Rahman, Md Mahfuzur, Ariful Islam, John D. Klena, et al.. (2023). In silico prediction of interaction between Nipah virus attachment glycoprotein and host cell receptors Ephrin-B2 and Ephrin-B3 in domestic and peridomestic mammals. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 116. 105516–105516. 4 indexed citations

Geldenhuys, Marike, Marinda Mortlock, Jonathan H. Epstein, et al.. (2021). Overview of Bat and Wildlife Coronavirus Surveillance in Africa: A Framework for Global Investigations. Viruses. 13(5). 936–936. 22 indexed citations

Islam, Ausraful, Clifton McKee, Probir Kumar Ghosh, et al.. (2021). Seasonality of Date Palm Sap Feeding Behavior by Bats in Bangladesh. EcoHealth. 18(3). 359–371. 7 indexed citations

Randhawa, Nistara, Brian H. Bird, Elizabeth VanWormer, et al.. (2020). Fruit bats in flight: a look into the movements of the ecologically important Eidolon helvum in Tanzania. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 16–16. 10 indexed citations

Epstein, Jonathan H., Neil M. Furey, Audrey Jolivot, et al.. (2019). Pteropus lylei primarily forages in residential areas in Kandal, Cambodia. Ecology and Evolution. 9(7). 4181–4191. 18 indexed citations

Rahman, Mohammed Ziaur, Najmul Haider, Emily S. Gurley, et al.. (2018). Epidemiology and genetic characterization of Peste des petits ruminants virus in Bangladesh. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 4(3). 161–171. 24 indexed citations

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Monagin, Corina, Ning Liang, Sally J. Trufan, et al.. (2018). Serologic and behavioral risk survey of workers with wildlife contact in China. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0194647–e0194647. 8 indexed citations

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Openshaw, John J., Sonia T. Hegde, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, et al.. (2015). Increased Morbidity and Mortality in Domestic Animals Eating Dropped and Bitten Fruit in Bangladeshi Villages: Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transmission. EcoHealth. 13(1). 39–48. 11 indexed citations

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Wacharapluesadee, Supaporn, Prateep Duengkae, Apaporn Rodpan, et al.. (2015). Diversity of coronavirus in bats from Eastern Thailand. Virology Journal. 12(1). 57–57. 64 indexed citations

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Alagaili, Abdulaziz N., Thomas Briese, Nischay Mishra, et al.. (2014). Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia. mBio. 5(2). e00884–14. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haider, Najmul, Salah Uddin Khan, Andrea Mikolon, et al.. (2014). Identification and Epidemiology of a Rare HoBi-Like Pestivirus Strain in Bangladesh. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 61(3). 193–198. 51 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Sukanta, Salah Uddin Khan, Gary Crameri, et al.. (2014). Serological Evidence of Henipavirus Exposure in Cattle, Goats and Pigs in Bangladesh. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 8(11). e3302–e3302. 63 indexed citations

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Olival, Kevin J., Ariful Islam, Meng Yu, et al.. (2013). Ebola Virus Antibodies in Fruit Bats, Bangladesh. Emerging infectious diseases. 19(2). 270–273. 94 indexed citations

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Hassan, Latiffah, Sharifah Syed Hassan, Jonathan H. Epstein, et al.. (2011). Evidence for Nipah virus recrudescence and serological patterns of captive Pteropus vampyrus. Epidemiology and Infection. 139(10). 1570–1579. 58 indexed citations

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Homaira, Nusrat, Jahangir Hossain, Jonathan H. Epstein, et al.. (2010). Nipah virus outbreak with person-to-person transmission in a district of Bangladesh, 2007. Epidemiology and Infection. 138(11). 1630–1636. 129 indexed citations

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Epstein, Jonathan H., Sohayati Abdul Rahman, Juliet R.C. Pulliam, et al.. (2008). The Emergence of Nipah Virus in Malaysia: The Role of Pteropus Bats as Hosts and Agricultural Expansion as a Key Factor for Zoonotic Spillover. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 12. e46–e46. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Wendong, Zheng‐Li Shi, Meng Yu, et al.. (2005). Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses. Science. 310(5748). 676–679. 1780 indexed citations breakdown →

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