R H Purcell

11.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
81 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

R H Purcell is a scholar working on Hepatology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, R H Purcell has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Hepatology, 61 papers in Epidemiology and 24 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in R H Purcell's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (58 papers), Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (39 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (38 papers). R H Purcell is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (58 papers), Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology (39 papers) and Hepatitis C virus research (38 papers). R H Purcell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. R H Purcell's co-authors include R.H. Miller, Jules L. Dienstag, H. J. Alter, John L. Gerin, Allan G. Redeker, Ferruccio Bonino, Harrison Alter, Michael Houghton, Jens Bukh and Suzanne U. Emerson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

R H Purcell

79 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

An Assay for Circulating Antibodies to a Major Etiologic Virus of Human Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

1989 2.7k citations R H Purcell, Jules L. Dienstag et al. profile →
Hepatitis C virus shares amino acid sequence similarity with pestiviruses and flaviviruses as well as members of two plant virus supergroups.

1990 539 citations R.H. Miller, R H Purcell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Nucleotide sequence and mutation rate of the H strain of hepatitis C virus.

1991 512 citations H. J. Alter, R.H. Miller et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

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Stephen M. Feinstone United States

Shunji Mishiro Japan

Makoto Mayumi Japan

Ronald E. Engle United States

Fumio Tsuda Japan

Yuzo Miyakawa Japan

Lars O. Magnius Sweden

F. Blaine Hollinger United States

Arie J. Zuckerman United Kingdom

John L. Gerin United States

Stephen M. Feinstone United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R H Purcell

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Purcell, R H & Suzanne U. Emerson. (2001). Animal Models of Hepatitis A and E. ILAR Journal. 42(2). 161–177. 92 indexed citations

Fix, Alan, Mohamed Abdel‐Hamid, R H Purcell, et al.. (2000). Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E in two rural Egyptian communities.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 62(4). 519–523. 99 indexed citations

Shimizu, Yohko K., Hiroshi Yoshikura, Max Shapiro, et al.. (1998). Infection of a chimpanzee with hepatitis C virus grown in cell culture.. Journal of General Virology. 79(6). 1383–1386. 46 indexed citations

Yanagi, Masayuki, Jens Bukh, Suzanne U. Emerson, & R H Purcell. (1996). Contamination of Commercially Available Fetal Bovine Sera with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Genomes: Implications for the Study of Hepatitis C Virus in Cell Cultures. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 174(6). 1324–1327. 35 indexed citations

Emerson, Suzanne U., et al.. (1996). A Simian Strain of Hepatitis A Virus, AGM-27, Functions as an Attenuated Vaccine for Chimpanzees. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 173(3). 592–597. 18 indexed citations

Farci, Patrizia, et al.. (1995). Immunity elicited by hepatitis C virus.. UNICA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Cagliari). 13 Suppl 13. S9–12. 6 indexed citations

D'Hondt, E., et al.. (1995). Efficacy Of An Inactivated Hepatitis A Vaccine In Pre- And Postexposure Conditions In Marmosets. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 171(Supplement 1). S40–S43. 14 indexed citations

Schultheiss, T, Suzanne U. Emerson, R H Purcell, & Verena Gauss‐Müller. (1995). Polyprotein Processing in Echovirus 22 (EV22): A First Assessment. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 217(3). 1120–1127. 25 indexed citations

Bryan, Joe P., S.A. Tsarev, Munir Iqbal, et al.. (1994). Epidemic Hepatitis E In Pakistan: Patterns Of Serologic Response And Evidence That Antibody To Hepatitis E Virus Protects Against Disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 170(3). 517–521. 129 indexed citations

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Negro, Francesco, Donatella Pacchioni, Yohko K. Shimizu, et al.. (1992). Detection of intrahepatic replication of hepatitis C virus RNA by in situ hybridization and comparison with histopathology.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(6). 2247–2251. 128 indexed citations

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Tsarev, S.A., Suzanne U. Emerson, M. S. Balayan, John R. Ticehurst, & R H Purcell. (1991). Simian hepatitis A virus (HAV) strain AGM-27: comparison of genome structure and growth in cell culture with other HAV strains. Journal of General Virology. 72(7). 1677–1683. 53 indexed citations

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Miller, R.H., Rosina Gironés, Paul J. Côté, et al.. (1990). Evidence against a requisite role for defective virus in the establishment of persistent hepadnavirus infections.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(23). 9329–9332. 28 indexed citations

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Tassopoulos, N., R H Purcell, Georgios Théodoropoulos, Maria H. Sjögren, & Ronald E. Engle. (1989). Serological markers of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus infections in Greek adults with primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Infection. 17(1). 17–19. 4 indexed citations

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Karron, Ruth A., John R. Ticehurst, E. D'Hondt, et al.. (1988). Studies of Prototype Live Hepatitis A Virus Vaccines in Primate Models. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 157(2). 338–345. 51 indexed citations

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Cupps, Thomas R., John L. Gerin, R H Purcell, Paul K. Goldsmith, & Anthony S. Fauci. (1984). In vitro antigen-induced antibody responses to hepatitis B surface antigen in man. Kinetic and cellular requirements.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 74(4). 1204–1213. 27 indexed citations

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Hanson, Reginald G., Jay H. Hoofnagle, G. Y. Minuk, R H Purcell, & John L. Gerin. (1984). Cell-mediated immunity to hepatitis B surface antigen in man.. PubMed. 57(2). 257–64. 31 indexed citations

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Gust, I. D., Jules L. Dienstag, R H Purcell, & C. R. Lucas. (1977). Non-B hepatitis in Melbourne: a serological study of hepatitis A virus infection.. BMJ. 1(6055). 193–195. 6 indexed citations

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Purcell, R H, H. J. Alter, & Jules L. Dienstag. (1976). Non-A, non-B hepatitis.. PubMed. 49(3). 243–50. 126 indexed citations

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Purcell, R H, J.H. Walsh, P. V. Holland, et al.. (1971). Seroepidemiological Studies of Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 123(4). 406–413. 49 indexed citations

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Taylor‐Robinson, D, et al.. (1965). Significance of Antibody to Mycoplasma hominis Type 1 as Measured by Indirect Hemagglutination. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 118(4). 1073–1083. 44 indexed citations

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