Nathan Wolfe

15.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
117 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Nathan Wolfe is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Wolfe has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Infectious Diseases, 39 papers in Epidemiology and 34 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Nathan Wolfe's work include HIV Research and Treatment (25 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (25 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (24 papers). Nathan Wolfe is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (25 papers), Zoonotic diseases and public health (25 papers) and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (24 papers). Nathan Wolfe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Cameroon and United Kingdom. Nathan Wolfe's co-authors include Jared M. Diamond, Claire Panosian Dunavan, Donald S. Burke, Peter Daszak, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Ubald Tamoufé, William B. Karesh, Matthew LeBreton, William M. Switzer and Jonna A. K. Mazet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Wolfe

113 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Origins of major human infectious diseases 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2004 2010 2018 2017 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Origins of major human infectious diseases
    2007 1.1k citations Nathan Wolfe et al. profile →
  2. Unhealthy Landscapes: Policy Recommendations on Land Use Change and Infectious Disease Emergence
    2004 656 citations Nathan Wolfe et al. profile →
  3. Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    2010 564 citations Anne W. Rimoin, Prime Mulembakani et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. The Global Virome Project
    2018 270 citations Nathan Wolfe et al. profile →
  5. Global patterns in coronavirus diversity
    2017 266 citations Damien O. Joly, Nathan Wolfe et al. Virus Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathan Wolfe United States 45 3.4k 3.0k 2.1k 1.8k 1.5k 117 8.8k
James O. Lloyd‐Smith United States 45 3.3k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 2.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 117 9.4k
Louise Taylor United Kingdom 36 2.7k 0.8× 3.2k 1.1× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 93 8.4k
Marco Salemi United States 46 2.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 2.1k 1.2× 877 0.6× 243 8.4k
Jakob Zinsstag Switzerland 50 4.1k 1.2× 3.1k 1.0× 3.8k 1.8× 2.4k 1.3× 2.3k 1.5× 351 11.9k
Eric M. Fèvre United Kingdom 46 2.6k 0.8× 2.9k 1.0× 3.1k 1.5× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 218 9.1k
Michael Worobey United States 41 2.8k 0.8× 874 0.3× 3.1k 1.5× 999 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 81 8.1k
Alex D. Hyatt Australia 52 5.0k 1.5× 3.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 2.0k 1.3× 126 13.9k
Jonna A. K. Mazet United States 45 3.3k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 663 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 172 7.9k
Richard A. Bowen United States 53 7.2k 2.1× 5.7k 1.9× 1.3k 0.6× 656 0.4× 1000 0.7× 294 10.7k
Christl A. Donnelly United Kingdom 74 6.7k 2.0× 5.1k 1.7× 3.9k 1.9× 802 0.4× 3.2k 2.1× 354 20.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nathan Wolfe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nathan Wolfe

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Plenderleith, Lindsey J., Wei‐Min Liu, Yingying Li, et al.. (2022). Zoonotic origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium malariae from African apes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1868–1868. 15 indexed citations
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Gillis, Amethyst, Joseph Le Doux Diffo, Ubald Tamoufé, et al.. (2022). Wildlife in Cameroon harbor diverse coronaviruses, including many closely related to human coronavirus 229E. Virus Evolution. 8(1). veab110–veab110. 9 indexed citations
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Diffo, Joseph Le Doux, Ubald Tamoufé, Mohamed Moctar Mouliom Mouiche, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of bat adenoviruses suggests co-evolution and host roosting behaviour as drivers for diversity. Microbial Genomics. 7(4). 6 indexed citations
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Kumakamba, Charles, Frida N’Kawa, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, et al.. (2019). Analysis of adenovirus DNA detected in rodent species from the Democratic Republic of the Congo indicates potentially novel adenovirus types. New Microbes and New Infections. 34. 100640–100640. 6 indexed citations
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Kowarsky, Mark, Joan Camuñas-Soler, Michael A. Kertesz, et al.. (2017). Numerous uncharacterized and highly divergent microbes which colonize humans are revealed by circulating cell-free DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(36). 9623–9628. 131 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Nathan. (2013). Small, small world. National geographic/˜The œcomplete National geographic/˜The œNational geographic magazine. 223(1). 136–141.
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Ndip, Lucy, Hope H. Biswas, Matthew LeBreton, et al.. (2011). Risk Factors for African Tick-Bite Fever in Rural Central Africa. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 84(4). 608–613. 27 indexed citations
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Rimoin, Anne W., Prime Mulembakani, Sara C. Johnston, et al.. (2010). Major increase in human monkeypox incidence 30 years after smallpox vaccination campaigns cease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(37). 16262–16267. 564 indexed citations breakdown →
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Djoko, Cyrille F., Nathan Wolfe, Nicole Vidal, et al.. (2010). HIV Type 1 pol Gene Diversity and Genotypic Antiretroviral Drug Resistance Mutations in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 26(9). 1027–1031. 22 indexed citations
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Djoko, Cyrille F., Anne W. Rimoin, Nicole Vidal, et al.. (2010). High HIV Type 1 Group M pol Diversity and Low Rate of Antiretroviral Resistance Mutations Among the Uniformed Services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 27(3). 323–329. 33 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jiangqin, Shixing Tang, Viswanath Ragupathy, et al.. (2010). Identification and Genetic Characterization of a Novel CRF22_01A1 Recombinant Form of HIV Type 1 in Cameroon. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 26(9). 1033–1045. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Linlin, Amit Kapoor, Beth Slikas, et al.. (2009). Multiple Diverse Circoviruses Infect Farm Animals and Are Commonly Found in Human and Chimpanzee Feces. Journal of Virology. 84(4). 1674–1682. 321 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Nathan. (2008). Nonresectable hepatocellular carcinoma:long-term toxicity in patients treated with transarterial chemoembolization——single-center experience. 1 indexed citations
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LeBreton, Matthew, Otto O. Yang, Ubald Tamoufé, et al.. (2007). Exposure to Wild Primates among HIV-infected Persons. Emerging infectious diseases. 13(10). 1579–1582. 1 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Nathan. (2006). Single-dose azithromycin prevents trichiasis recurrence following surgery:Randomized trial in Ethiopia. 14 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Nathan. (2005). Attenuated central nervous system infection in advanced HIV/AIDS with combinatio n antiretroviral therapy. 5 indexed citations
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Ramsay, Karin Wilbe, et al.. (2005). HIV Type 1 CRF13_cpx Revisited: Identification of a New Sequence from Cameroon and Signal for Subsubtype J2. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 21(11). 955–960. 8 indexed citations
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Steiper, Michael E., Nathan Wolfe, William B. Karesh, et al.. (2005). The phylogenetic and evolutionary history of a novel alpha-globin-type gene in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Infection Genetics and Evolution. 6(4). 277–286. 4 indexed citations
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Kijak, Gustavo H., Eric Sanders‐Buell, Nathan Wolfe, et al.. (2004). Development and Application of a High-Throughput HIV Type 1 Genotyping Assay to Identify CRF02_AG in West/West Central Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(5). 521–530. 26 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Nathan, William B. Karesh, Annelisa M. Kilbourn, et al.. (2002). The Impact of Ecological Conditions on the Prevalence of Malaria Among Orangutans. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2(2). 97–103. 23 indexed citations

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