Jussi Hepojoki

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jussi Hepojoki is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Global and Planetary Change and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jussi Hepojoki has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Infectious Diseases, 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Jussi Hepojoki's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (50 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (34 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (19 papers). Jussi Hepojoki is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (50 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (34 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (19 papers). Jussi Hepojoki collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Jussi Hepojoki's co-authors include Antti Vaheri, Tomas Strandin, Olli Vapalahti, Tarja Sironen, Hilkka Lankinen, Udo Hetzel, Anja Kipar, Heikki Henttonen, Jukka Mustonen and Satu Mäkelä and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jussi Hepojoki

81 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Uncovering the mysteries of hantavirus infections

2013 366 citations Antti Vaheri, Tomas Strandin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jussi Hepojoki Finland	26	1.6k	425	354	300	255	84	2.2k
Joseph Prescott United States	28	1.7k 1.1×	279 0.7×	379 1.1×	221 0.7×	70 0.3×	60	2.0k
Tony Schountz United States	24	2.1k 1.3×	175 0.4×	603 1.7×	712 2.4×	184 0.7×	74	2.8k
Tomoki Yoshikawa Japan	28	1.5k 0.9×	245 0.6×	342 1.0×	439 1.5×	192 0.8×	106	2.9k
Elaine Haddock United States	31	2.2k 1.4×	184 0.4×	356 1.0×	171 0.6×	135 0.5×	62	2.6k
Hiroaki Kariwa Japan	32	2.6k 1.6×	582 1.4×	1.5k 4.4×	345 1.1×	104 0.4×	138	3.3k
Philippe Marianneau France	25	2.0k 1.2×	218 0.5×	1.0k 2.9×	428 1.4×	85 0.3×	71	2.6k
Maureen G. Metcalfe United States	18	1.1k 0.7×	149 0.4×	292 0.8×	389 1.3×	70 0.3×	27	1.6k
Jessica R. Spengler United States	26	2.1k 1.3×	314 0.7×	831 2.3×	914 3.0×	77 0.3×	93	2.4k
Jason Botten United States	25	1.1k 0.7×	273 0.6×	255 0.7×	134 0.4×	80 0.3×	51	1.6k
Patricia W. Greer United States	25	1.5k 0.9×	276 0.6×	469 1.3×	198 0.7×	126 0.5×	42	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jussi Hepojoki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jussi Hepojoki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jussi Hepojoki 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 Jussi Hepojoki. Jussi Hepojoki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Vauhkonen, Hanna, Ruut Uusitalo, C. Lorna Culverwell, et al.. (2025). Isolation and genetic characterization of a novel Kevo orbivirus and a strain of Mobuck virus from Ochlerotatus communis mosquitoes in Finland. Journal of General Virology. 106(6). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Weihao, Qi Cheng, Jussi Hepojoki, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 NSP16 promotes IL-6 production by regulating the stabilization of HIF-1α. Cellular Signalling. 124. 111387–111387. 2 indexed citations

Vapalahti, Olli, Antti Vaheri, Jussi Hepojoki, et al.. (2024). Circulating mucosal-like IgA responses increase with severity of Puumala orthohantavirus-caused hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1480041–1480041. 1 indexed citations

Ollgren, Jukka, Timothée Dub, Outi Laine, et al.. (2023). Risk of lymphoid malignancies increased after Puumala virus infection in Finland, 2009-2019: A retrospective register-based cohort study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 131. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Baggio, Francesca, et al.. (2023). Reptarenavirus S Segment RNA Levels Correlate with the Presence of Inclusion Bodies and the Number of L Segments in Snakes with Reptarenavirus Infection—Lessons Learned from a Large Breeding Colony. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(3). e0506522–e0506522. 7 indexed citations

Baggio, Francesca, et al.. (2023). A Multiplex RT-PCR Method for the Detection of Reptarenavirus Infection. Viruses. 15(12). 2313–2313. 3 indexed citations

Szirovicza, Leonóra, et al.. (2022). Persistent Reptarenavirus and Hartmanivirus Infection in Cultured Boid Cells. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(4). e0158522–e0158522. 5 indexed citations

Alzahrani, Othman R., Abdullah D. Alanazi, Lauri Kareinen, et al.. (2022). Clinical and Serological Findings of COVID-19 Participants in the Region of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Diagnostics. 12(7). 1725–1725. 1 indexed citations

Hepojoki, Jussi, Satu Hepojoki, Carla Bellomo, et al.. (2021). Hantavirus infection-induced B cell activation elevates free light chains levels in circulation. PLoS Pathogens. 17(8). e1009843–e1009843. 7 indexed citations

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Hetzel, Udo, Yegor Korzyukov, Leonóra Szirovicza, et al.. (2021). Experimental Reptarenavirus Infection of Boa constrictor and Python regius. Journal of Virology. 95(7). 11 indexed citations

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Kareinen, Lauri, Leonóra Szirovicza, Lev Levanov, et al.. (2021). A Generic, Scalable, and Rapid Time-Resolved Förster Resonance Energy Transfer-Based Assay for Antigen Detection—SARS-CoV-2 as a Proof of Concept. mBio. 12(3). 29 indexed citations

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Szirovicza, Leonóra, Udo Hetzel, Anja Kipar, et al.. (2020). Snake Deltavirus Utilizes Envelope Proteins of Different Viruses To Generate Infectious Particles. mBio. 11(2). 31 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Lucie, Pirkka T. Pekkarinen, Tadepally Lakshmikanth, et al.. (2020). Systems-Level Immunomonitoring from Acute to Recovery Phase of Severe COVID-19. Cell Reports Medicine. 1(5). 100078–100078. 127 indexed citations

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Rissanen, Ilona, Stefanie A. Krumm, Jeffrey Seow, et al.. (2020). Molecular rationale for antibody-mediated targeting of the hantavirus fusion glycoprotein. eLife. 9. 15 indexed citations

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Strandin, Tomas, Teemu Smura, Kirsi Aaltonen, et al.. (2020). Orthohantavirus Isolated in Reservoir Host Cells Displays Minimal Genetic Changes and Retains Wild-Type Infection Properties. Viruses. 12(4). 457–457. 10 indexed citations

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Hetzel, Udo, Leonóra Szirovicza, Teemu Smura, et al.. (2019). Identification of a Novel Deltavirus in Boa Constrictors. mBio. 10(2). 57 indexed citations

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Michalopoulou, Eleni, Theresa Pesch, Christine Jelinek, et al.. (2019). Antibody response in snakes with boid inclusion body disease. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0221863–e0221863. 16 indexed citations

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Kareinen, Lauri, Satu Hepojoki, Eili Huhtamo, et al.. (2019). Immunoassay for serodiagnosis of Zika virus infection based on time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer. PLoS ONE. 14(7). e0219474–e0219474. 8 indexed citations

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Hetzel, Udo, Tarja Sironen, Yegor Korzyukov, et al.. (2017). Co-infecting Reptarenaviruses Can Be Vertically Transmitted in Boa Constrictor. PLoS Pathogens. 13(1). e1006179–e1006179. 30 indexed citations

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Hepojoki, Jussi, Andrea Laimbacher, Christine Jelinek, et al.. (2017). Nidovirus-Associated Proliferative Pneumonia in the Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis). Journal of Virology. 91(21). 37 indexed citations

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