Michaela Orlich

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Michaela Orlich is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michaela Orlich has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Epidemiology, 21 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 15 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michaela Orlich's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (25 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (21 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (15 papers). Michaela Orlich is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (25 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (21 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (15 papers). Michaela Orlich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Australia. Michaela Orlich's co-authors include R. Rott, Hans‐Dieter Klenk, Paul Becher, Heinz‐Jürgen Thiel, Matthias König, F. Xavier Bosch, Ramiro Ávalos-Ramírez, Christoph Scholtissek, C. Scholtissek and G.W. Horner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The EMBO Journal and Journal of Virology.

In The Last Decade

Michaela Orlich

42 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Activation of influenza A viruses by trypsin treatment 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 200 400 600
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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. Activation of influenza A viruses by trypsin treatment
    1975 674 citations Hans‐Dieter Klenk, R. Rott et al. Virology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michaela Orlich Germany 30 1.9k 1.7k 1.1k 892 840 42 3.7k
Yoshihiro Sakoda Japan 37 2.8k 1.4× 2.7k 1.6× 2.0k 1.8× 833 0.9× 786 0.9× 249 5.0k
Ben Peeters Netherlands 39 3.4k 1.8× 847 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 644 0.7× 274 0.3× 107 4.9k
Hiroomi Akashi Japan 34 1.0k 0.5× 671 0.4× 1.9k 1.6× 1.0k 1.2× 280 0.3× 162 3.7k
G. Koch Netherlands 33 2.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 199 0.2× 261 0.3× 85 3.8k
J H Strauss United States 20 937 0.5× 436 0.3× 2.1k 1.9× 254 0.3× 441 0.5× 23 4.3k
Bryan Charleston United Kingdom 38 521 0.3× 2.6k 1.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.8k 2.0× 1.6k 2.0× 146 4.3k
V. Moennig Germany 44 504 0.3× 3.9k 2.4× 1.9k 1.6× 2.4k 2.7× 1.8k 2.2× 128 5.4k
E. R. Tulman United States 32 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 427 0.4× 872 1.0× 882 1.1× 68 4.0k
H. A. Westbury Australia 28 1.7k 0.9× 934 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 776 0.9× 286 0.3× 71 3.0k
Guus Koch Netherlands 34 3.3k 1.7× 2.0k 1.2× 1.7k 1.4× 328 0.4× 144 0.2× 60 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michaela Orlich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michaela Orlich

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All Works

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Becher, Paul, Ramiro Ávalos-Ramírez, Michaela Orlich, et al.. (2003). Genetic and antigenic characterization of novel pestivirus genotypes: implications for classification. Virology. 311(1). 96–104. 295 indexed citations
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Orlich, Michaela, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Sibilina Cedillo-Rosales, et al.. (2003). Genetic heterogeneity of bovine viral diarrhoea viruses from Spain. Veterinary Microbiology. 96(4). 327–336. 31 indexed citations
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Ávalos-Ramírez, Ramiro, Michaela Orlich, Heinz‐Jürgen Thiel, & Paul Becher. (2001). Evidence for the Presence of Two Novel Pestivirus Species. Virology. 286(2). 456–465. 101 indexed citations
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Becher, Paul, Michaela Orlich, & Heinz‐Jürgen Thiel. (2001). RNA Recombination between Persisting Pestivirus and a Vaccine Strain: Generation of Cytopathogenic Virus and Induction of Lethal Disease. Journal of Virology. 75(14). 6256–6264. 99 indexed citations
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Orlich, Michaela, et al.. (2000). Insertion of Cellular NEDD8 Coding Sequences in a Pestivirus. Virology. 278(2). 456–466. 54 indexed citations
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Becher, Paul, et al.. (1999). Genetic Diversity of Pestiviruses: Identification of Novel Groups and Implications for Classification. Virology. 262(1). 64–71. 186 indexed citations
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Becher, Paul, Michaela Orlich, Matthias König, & Heinz‐Jürgen Thiel. (1999). Nonhomologous RNA Recombination in Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus: Molecular Characterization of a Variety of Subgenomic RNAs Isolated during an Outbreak of Fatal Mucosal Disease. Journal of Virology. 73(7). 5646–5653. 58 indexed citations
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Becher, Paul, Michaela Orlich, & Heinz‐Jürgen Thiel. (1998). Ribosomal S27a Coding Sequences Upstream of Ubiquitin Coding Sequences in the Genome of a Pestivirus. Journal of Virology. 72(11). 8697–8704. 33 indexed citations
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Becher, Paul, et al.. (1997). Phylogenetic analysis of pestiviruses from domestic and wild ruminants.. Journal of General Virology. 78(6). 1357–1366. 280 indexed citations
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Orlich, Michaela, D. R. Linder, & R. Rott. (1995). Trypsin-resistant protease activation mutants of an influenza virus. Journal of General Virology. 76(3). 625–633. 12 indexed citations
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Orlich, Michaela, et al.. (1994). Nonhomologous Recombination between the Hemagglutinin Gene and the Nucleoprotein Gene of an Influenza Virus. Virology. 204(1). 462–465. 69 indexed citations
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Müthing, Johannes, Michaela Orlich, Franz‐Georg Hanisch, et al.. (1993). Different binding capacities of influenza A and Sendai viruses to gangliosides from human granulocytes. Glycoconjugate Journal. 10(1). 120–126. 39 indexed citations
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Vey, Martin, Michaela Orlich, Sabine Adler, et al.. (1992). Hemagglutinin activation of pathogenic avian influenza viruses of serotype H7 requires the protease recognition motif R-X-K/R-R. Virology. 188(1). 408–413. 117 indexed citations
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Orlich, Michaela, et al.. (1989). Increased viral pathogenicity after insertion of a 28S ribosomal RNA sequence into the haemagglutinin gene of an influenza virus. Nature. 340(6229). 156–157. 212 indexed citations
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Ohuchi, Masanobu, Michaela Orlich, Reiko Ohuchi, et al.. (1989). Mutations at the cleavage site of the hemagglutinin alter the pathogenicity of influenza virus a/chick/penn/83 (H5N2). Virology. 168(2). 274–280. 119 indexed citations
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Rott, R., Michaela Orlich, & Christoph Scholtissek. (1983). Pathogenicity reactivation of nonpathogenic influenza virusrecombinants under von Magnus conditions. Virology. 126(2). 459–465. 5 indexed citations
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Rott, R., Michaela Orlich, & Christoph Scholtissek. (1979). Correlation of Pathogenicity and Gene Constellation of Influenza A Viruses. III. Non-pathogenic Recombinants Derived from Highly Pathogenic Parent Strains. Journal of General Virology. 44(2). 471–477. 73 indexed citations
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Rott, R., H. Becht, & Michaela Orlich. (1975). Antigenic relationship between the surface antigens of avian and Equine influenza viruses. Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 161(4). 253–261. 12 indexed citations

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