Michael Worobey

14.9k citations

81 papers · 8.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 41

Co-authors: Andrew Rambaut Edward C. Holmes Guan‐Zhu Han Joel O. Wertheim M. Thomas P. Gilbert Oliver G. Pybus Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna Samir Bhatt
Topics: HIV Research and Treatment (14 papers)Influenza Virus Research Studies (11 papers)Animal Virus Infections Studies (11 papers)
Cited by: Virology Infectious Diseases Modeling and Simulation
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Belgium

In The Last Decade

Michael Worobey

79 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic

2009 1.7k citations Gavin J. D. Smith, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna et al. Nature profile →
Potent protection against H5N1 and H7N9 influenza via childhood hemagglutinin imprinting

2016 314 citations Katelyn M. Gostic, Monique Ambrose et al. Science profile →
The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic

2022 198 citations Michael Worobey, Alexander Crits‐Christoph et al. Science profile →
The global H5N1 influenza panzootic in mammals

2024 123 citations Thomas P. Peacock, Louise H. Moncla et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Recently reported SARS-CoV-2 genomes suggested to be intermediate between the two early main lineages are instead likely derived 2025 ·Virus Evolution ·Jonathan E. Pekar,Niema Moshiri,Philippe Lemey,Alexander Crits‐Christoph,Florence Débarre,Stephen A. Goldstein,Zach Hensel,Andrew Rambaut,Michael Worobey,Edward C. Holmes,Joel O. Wertheim	2
2	The global H5N1 influenza panzootic in mammalsbreakdown → 2024 ·Nature ·Thomas P. Peacock,Louise H. Moncla,Gytis Dudas,David VanInsberghe,Ksenia Sukhova,James O. Lloyd‐Smith,Michael Worobey,Anice C. Lowen,Martha I. Nelson	123
3	Diverse DNA virus genomes identified in fecal samples of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) captured in Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona (USA) 2023 ·Virology ·(unknown),Brendan B. Larsen,(unknown),(unknown),Simona Kraberger,(unknown),(unknown),Nathan S. Upham,Michael Worobey,Koenraad Van Doorslaer,Arvind Varsani	7
4	Genomic epidemiology of the first two waves of SARS-CoV-2 in Canada 2022 ·eLife ·(unknown),Vincent Montoya,Rachel L. Miller,Gideon Mordecai,Michael Worobey,Art F. Y. Poon,Jeffrey B. Joy	12
5	Timing the SARS-CoV-2 index case in Hubei province 2021 ·Science ·Jonathan E. Pekar,Michael Worobey,Niema Moshiri,Konrad Scheffler,Joel O. Wertheim	105
6	The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe and North America 2020 ·Science ·Michael Worobey,Jonathan E. Pekar,Brendan B. Larsen,Martha I. Nelson,Verity Hill,Jeffrey B. Joy,Andrew Rambaut,Marc A. Suchard,Joel O. Wertheim,Philippe Lemey	214
7	Accommodating individual travel history and unsampled diversity in Bayesian phylogeographic inference of SARS-CoV-2 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Philippe Lemey,Samuel L. Hong,Verity Hill,Guy Baele,Chiara Poletto,Vittoria Colizza,Áine O’Toole,John T. McCrone,Kristian G. Andersen,Michael Worobey,Martha I. Nelson,Andrew Rambaut,Marc A. Suchard	85
8	Divergence dating using mixed effects clock modelling: An application to HIV-1 2019 ·Virus Evolution ·(unknown),Marc A. Suchard,Xiang Ji,Sophie Gryseels,Bram Vrancken,Guy Baele,Michael Worobey,Philippe Lemey	16
9	Childhood immune imprinting to influenza A shapes birth year-specific risk during seasonal H1N1 and H3N2 epidemics 2019 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Katelyn M. Gostic,(unknown),Shane Brady,Cécile Viboud,Michael Worobey,James O. Lloyd‐Smith	83
10	Potent protection against H5N1 and H7N9 influenza via childhood hemagglutinin imprintingbreakdown → 2016 ·Science ·Katelyn M. Gostic,Monique Ambrose,Michael Worobey,James O. Lloyd‐Smith	314
11	1970s and ‘Patient 0’ HIV-1 genomes illuminate early HIV/AIDS history in North America 2016 ·Nature ·Michael Worobey,Thomas D. Watts,(unknown),Marc A. Suchard,Timothy C. Granade,Dirk E. Teuwen,Beryl A. Koblin,Walid Heneine,Philippe Lemey,Harold W. Jaffe	111
12	Endogenous Viral Sequences from the Cape Golden Mole (Chrysochloris asiatica) Reveal the Presence of Foamy Viruses in All Major Placental Mammal Clades 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Guan‐Zhu Han,Michael Worobey	17
13	Evolutionary Relationships of Wild Hominids Recapitulated by Gut Microbial Communities 2010 ·PLoS Biology ·Howard Ochman,Michael Worobey,Chih‐Horng Kuo,(unknown),Martine Peeters,Beatrice H. Hahn,Philip Hugenholtz	373
14	Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemicbreakdown → 2009 ·Nature ·Gavin J. D. Smith,Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna,Justin Bahl,Samantha Lycett,Michael Worobey,Oliver G. Pybus,(unknown),Y. M. Cheung,Jayna Raghwani,Samir Bhatt,Malik Peiris,Yi Guan,Andrew Rambaut	1663
15	Population Genetics Provides Evidence for Recombination in Giardia 2007 ·Current Biology ·(unknown),Rodney D. Adam,Michael Worobey,Charles R. Sterling	130
16	The Isolation of Nucleic Acids from Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissues–Which Methods Are Useful When? 2007 ·PLoS ONE ·M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Tamara S. Haselkorn,Michael Bunce,Juan José Martínez Sánchez,Sebastian Lucas,Laurence D. Jewell,Eric Van Marck,Michael Worobey	305
17	The Molecular Population Genetics of HIV-1 Group O 2004 ·Genetics ·Philippe Lemey,Oliver G. Pybus,Andrew Rambaut,Alexei J. Drummond,David L. Robertson,Pierre Roques,Michael Worobey,Anne–Mieke Vandamme	87
18	Evolution of R5 and X4 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gag sequences in vivo: evidence for recombination 2003 ·Virology ·Ronald P. van Rij,Michael Worobey,(unknown),Hanneke Schuitemaker	22
19	Evidence for the Non-quasispecies Evolution of RNA Viruses 2001 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown),Michael Worobey,Christopher H. Woelk,Edward C. Holmes	44
20	Homologous Recombination in GB Virus C/Hepatitis G Virus 2001 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Michael Worobey,Edward C. Holmes	58

About Michael Worobey

Michael Worobey is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation, having authored 81 papers that have together received 8.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include HIV Research and Treatment (14 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (11 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Virology (999 citations), Infectious Diseases (2.8k citations) and Modeling and Simulation (500 citations). Michael Worobey has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Andrew Rambaut, Edward C. Holmes, Guan‐Zhu Han, Joel O. Wertheim, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Oliver G. Pybus, Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna, Samir Bhatt, Y. M. Cheung and Gavin J. D. Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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