Robert J. Gifford

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Gifford is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Gifford has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Infectious Diseases, 28 papers in Virology and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Gifford's work include HIV Research and Treatment (23 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (15 papers). Robert J. Gifford is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (23 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (17 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (15 papers). Robert J. Gifford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Robert J. Gifford's co-authors include Aris Katzourakis, Michael Tristem, Oliver G. Pybus, Deenan Pillay, Robert W. Shafer, Kei Sato, Sam J. Wilson, Joshua B. Singer, Paul D. Bieniasz and Stéphane Hué and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Gifford

89 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Endogenous Viral Elements in Animal Genomes

2010 458 citations Aris Katzourakis, Robert J. Gifford profile →
SARS-CoV-2 ORF3b Is a Potent Interferon Antagonist Whose Activity Is Increased by a Naturally Occurring Elongation Variant

2020 312 citations Robert J. Gifford et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Gifford United Kingdom	31	1.6k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	925	91	4.2k
Keizō Tomonaga Japan	33	1.1k 0.7×	736 0.5×	776 0.7×	534 0.5×	1.7k 1.9×	162	3.2k
José F. Rodrígúez Spain	43	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	922 0.8×	511 0.4×	1.9k 2.1×	113	4.8k
Welkin E. Johnson United States	31	853 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.7×	585 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	75	3.5k
Ann C. Palmenberg United States	44	1.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.5×	192 0.2×	636 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	105	5.6k
Rachele Cagliani Italy	31	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	325 0.3×	219 0.2×	603 0.7×	139	3.6k
Julie K. Pfeiffer United States	26	1.5k 1.0×	956 0.7×	238 0.2×	329 0.3×	677 0.7×	52	2.9k
M. E. G. Boursnell United Kingdom	35	1.3k 0.8×	811 0.6×	522 0.4×	442 0.4×	1.8k 2.0×	75	4.1k
Rebecca Craven United States	30	727 0.5×	937 0.7×	894 0.8×	303 0.3×	610 0.7×	59	2.5k
Margo A. Brinton United States	44	3.2k 2.0×	1.4k 1.0×	790 0.7×	524 0.5×	673 0.7×	120	6.2k
Yingying Li United States	36	1.5k 1.0×	903 0.6×	2.1k 1.8×	151 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	88	4.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Leary, Thomas J., Robert J. Gifford, Michelle Venables, et al.. (2024). Sex differences in energy balance, body composition, and metabolic and endocrine markers during prolonged arduous military training. Journal of Applied Physiology. 136(4). 938–948. 4 indexed citations

Parry, Rhys, Andrii Slonchak, Natalee D. Newton, et al.. (2023). A novel tamanavirus (Flaviviridae) of the European common frog (Rana temporaria) from the UK. Journal of General Virology. 104(12). 4 indexed citations

Mazzei, Maurizio, et al.. (2023). Emergence and pandemic spread of small ruminant lentiviruses. Virus Evolution. 9(1). vead005–vead005. 12 indexed citations

Oliver, Michael R., et al.. (2023). Structures of the Hepaci-, Pegi-, and Pestiviruses envelope proteins suggest a novel membrane fusion mechanism. PLoS Biology. 21(7). e3002174–e3002174. 12 indexed citations

Bamford, Connor, William Marciel de Souza, Rhys Parry, & Robert J. Gifford. (2022). Comparative analysis of genome-encoded viral sequences reveals the evolutionary history of flavivirids (family Flaviviridae ). Virus Evolution. 8(2). veac085–veac085. 19 indexed citations

Campbell, Matthew A., et al.. (2022). Comparative analysis reveals the long-term coevolutionary history of parvoviruses and vertebrates. PLoS Biology. 20(11). e3001867–e3001867. 7 indexed citations

Enriquez-Gasca, Rocio, Poppy A. Gould, Lucía Conde, et al.. (2022). A satellite DNA array barcodes chromosome 7 and regulates totipotency via ZFP819. Science Advances. 8(43). eabp8085–eabp8085. 7 indexed citations

Haddad, Christina, Le Luo, Jesse Davila‐Calderon, et al.. (2021). Amilorides inhibit SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro by targeting RNA structures. Science Advances. 7(48). eabl6096–eabl6096. 41 indexed citations

Lytras, Spyros, Gloria Arriagada, & Robert J. Gifford. (2021). Ancient evolution of hepadnaviral paleoviruses and their impact on host genomes. Virus Evolution. 7(1). veab012–veab012. 9 indexed citations

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Coffin, John M., Jonas Blomberg, Hung Fan, et al.. (2021). ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Retroviridae 2021. Journal of General Virology. 102(12). 39 indexed citations

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Singer, Joshua B., Emma C. Thomson, Joseph Hughes, et al.. (2019). Interpreting Viral Deep Sequencing Data with GLUE. Viruses. 11(4). 323–323. 17 indexed citations

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Conde, Lucía, Luisa Robbez‐Masson, Rebecca P. Sumner, et al.. (2018). KAP 1 regulates endogenous retroviruses in adult human cells and contributes to innate immune control. EMBO Reports. 19(10). 80 indexed citations

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Singer, Joshua B., Emma C. Thomson, John McLauchlan, Joseph Hughes, & Robert J. Gifford. (2018). GLUE: a flexible software system for virus sequence data. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(1). 532–532. 54 indexed citations

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Souza, William Marciel de, Tristan P. W. Dennis, Marcílio Jorge Fumagalli, et al.. (2018). Novel Parvoviruses from Wild and Domestic Animals in Brazil Provide New Insights into Parvovirus Distribution and Diversity. Viruses. 10(4). 143–143. 26 indexed citations

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Zhu, Henan, Robert J. Gifford, & Pablo R. Murcia. (2018). Distribution, Diversity, and Evolution of Endogenous Retroviruses in Perissodactyl Genomes. Journal of Virology. 92(23). 8 indexed citations

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Blanco-Melo, Daniel, Robert J. Gifford, & Paul D. Bieniasz. (2017). Co-option of an endogenous retrovirus envelope for host defense in hominid ancestors. eLife. 6. 68 indexed citations

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Gifford, Robert J., et al.. (2016). An Intact Retroviral Gene Conserved in Spiny-Rayed Fishes for over 100 My. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34(3). msw262–msw262. 20 indexed citations

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Hué, Stéphane, et al.. (2009). Demonstration of Sustained Drug-Resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Lineages Circulating among Treatment-Naive Individuals. Journal of Virology. 83(6). 2645–2654. 87 indexed citations

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Katzourakis, Aris, Michael Tristem, Oliver G. Pybus, & Robert J. Gifford. (2007). Discovery and analysis of the first endogenous lentivirus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(15). 6261–6265. 152 indexed citations

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Gifford, Robert J., Keith L. MacCannell, J. L. McNay, & J. A. Haas. (1968). Changes in regional blood flows induced by dopamine and by isoproterenol during experimental hemorrhagic shock. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 46(6). 847–851. 22 indexed citations

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