Ronald C. Desrosiers

31.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
289 papers, 25.2k citations indexed

About

Ronald C. Desrosiers is a scholar working on Virology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald C. Desrosiers has authored 289 papers receiving a total of 25.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Virology, 141 papers in Epidemiology and 98 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ronald C. Desrosiers's work include HIV Research and Treatment (184 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (87 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (85 papers). Ronald C. Desrosiers is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (184 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (87 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (85 papers). Ronald C. Desrosiers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ronald C. Desrosiers's co-authors include M. D. Daniel, Fritz Rottman, Karen H. Friderici, D J Ringler, Prabhat K. Sehgal, Frank Kirchhoff, Kazuyasu Mori, Jae U. Jung, R. Paul Johnson and Dean A. Regier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ronald C. Desrosiers

286 papers receiving 24.5k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of Methylated Nucleosides in Messenger RNA... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 1991 1998 1995 1992 400 800 1.2k
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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. Identification of Methylated Nucleosides in Messenger RNA from Novikoff Hepatoma Cells
    1974 1.4k citations Ronald C. Desrosiers et al. profile →
  2. Importance of the nef gene for maintenance of high virus loads and for development of AIDS
    1991 1.4k citations D J Ringler, Dennis Panicali et al. profile →
  3. Gastrointestinal Tract as a Major Site of CD4 + T Cell Depletion and Viral Replication in SIV Infection
    1998 1.1k citations Laura V. Chalifoux, R. Paul Johnson et al. profile →
  4. Absence of Intact nef Sequences in a Long-Term Survivor with Nonprogressive HIV-1 Infection
    1995 852 citations Frank Kirchhoff, Ronald C. Desrosiers et al. profile →
  5. Protective Effects of a Live Attenuated SIV Vaccine with a Deletion in the nef Gene
    1992 842 citations M. D. Daniel, Frank Kirchhoff et al. profile →
  6. HIV vaccine design and the neutralizing antibody problem
    2004 610 citations Ronald C. Desrosiers et al. profile →
  7. Tat-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes select for SIV escape variants during resolution of primary viraemia
    2000 565 citations Ronald C. Desrosiers et al. profile →
  8. The familyHerpesviridae: an update
    1992 498 citations Ronald C. Desrosiers et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald C. Desrosiers United States 80 16.3k 9.1k 9.0k 7.7k 5.7k 289 25.2k
Flossie Wong‐Staal United States 95 14.6k 0.9× 7.1k 0.8× 12.3k 1.4× 8.5k 1.1× 11.7k 2.0× 354 34.6k
Mary Carrington United States 88 10.7k 0.7× 6.1k 0.7× 21.1k 2.4× 5.4k 0.7× 4.0k 0.7× 359 32.3k
Nathaniel R. Landau United States 57 14.7k 0.9× 4.4k 0.5× 10.0k 1.1× 7.4k 1.0× 6.2k 1.1× 116 21.5k
Michael H. Malim United Kingdom 78 15.1k 0.9× 5.7k 0.6× 7.3k 0.8× 8.3k 1.1× 10.7k 1.9× 180 24.3k
Ashley T. Haase United States 73 13.7k 0.8× 6.3k 0.7× 9.5k 1.1× 7.5k 1.0× 3.5k 0.6× 194 23.0k
David B. Weiner United States 77 5.2k 0.3× 4.6k 0.5× 10.8k 1.2× 4.8k 0.6× 8.2k 1.4× 483 22.1k
Geoffrey L. Smith United Kingdom 87 12.5k 0.8× 13.3k 1.5× 8.3k 0.9× 2.6k 0.3× 6.6k 1.2× 361 25.0k
Lee Ratner United States 64 8.6k 0.5× 2.4k 0.3× 7.1k 0.8× 5.4k 0.7× 4.9k 0.9× 300 17.5k
Paul D. Bieniasz United States 78 10.6k 0.6× 6.0k 0.7× 7.1k 0.8× 6.7k 0.9× 7.1k 1.2× 183 21.0k
Olivier Schwartz France 74 8.8k 0.5× 4.1k 0.5× 9.6k 1.1× 6.6k 0.9× 4.6k 0.8× 241 19.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bixby, Jacqueline, Olga Laur, Welkin E. Johnson, & Ronald C. Desrosiers. (2010). Diversity of Envelope Genes from an Uncloned Stock of SIVmac251. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 26(10). 1115–1131. 17 indexed citations
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Sato, Shuji, Eloísa Yuste, William A. Lauer, et al.. (2008). Potent Antibody-Mediated Neutralization and Evolution of Antigenic Escape Variants of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Strain SIVmac239 In Vivo. Journal of Virology. 82(19). 9739–9752. 21 indexed citations
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Mansfield, Keith G., Sabine M. Lang, Marie‐Claire Gauduin, et al.. (2008). Vaccine Protection by Live, Attenuated Simian Immunodeficiency Virus in the Absence of High-Titer Antibody Responses and High-Frequency Cellular Immune Responses Measurable in the Periphery. Journal of Virology. 82(8). 4135–4148. 42 indexed citations
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Zondervan, Krina T., Ronald C. Desrosiers, Dallas M. Hyde, et al.. (2002). The Genetic Epidemiology of Spontaneous Endometriosis in the Rhesus Monkey. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 955(1). 233–238. 17 indexed citations
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Lewis, Mark G., Katherine McKinnon, Philip M. Zack, et al.. (1994). Titration and Characterization of Two Rhesus-Derived SIV mac Challenge Stocks. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(2). 213–220. 81 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James S., Dean A. Regier, & Ronald C. Desrosiers. (1994). Construction and In Vitro Properties of SIV mac Mutants with Deletions in "Nonessential" Genes. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(5). 607–616. 90 indexed citations
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Kirchhoff, Frank, Hilary G. Morrison, Michael G. Murray, Paul D. Rennert, & Ronald C. Desrosiers. (1994). SIVmac Expressing Hybrid Envelope Proteins Containing HIV-1 V3 and/or C4 Sequences Is Not Competent for Replication. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(3). 309–313. 8 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James S., Dean A. Regier, & Ronald C. Desrosiers. (1994). Construction and In Vitro Properties of SIV mac Mutants with Deletions in "Nonessential" Genes. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(4). 333–342. 234 indexed citations
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Gibbs, James S., Dean A. Regier, & Ronald C. Desrosiers. (1994). Construction and In Vitro Properties of HIV-1 Mutants with Deletions in "Nonessential" Genes. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(4). 343–350. 109 indexed citations
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Daniel, M. D., Gail P. Mazzara, Prabhat K. Sehgal, et al.. (1994). High-Titer Immune Responses Elicited by Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Priming and Particle Boosting Are Ineffective in Preventing Virulent SIV Infection. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 10(7). 839–851. 53 indexed citations
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Simon, Meredith A., Scott J. Brodie, Vito G. Sasseville, et al.. (1994). Immunopathogenesis of SIVmac. Virus Research. 32(2). 227–251. 30 indexed citations
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Cranage, Martin, Natasha Polyanskaya, B.W. McBride, et al.. (1993). Studies on the Specificity of the Vaccine Effect Elicited by Inactivated Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 9(1). 13–22. 66 indexed citations
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McEntee, Michael F., Mark G. Anderson, M. D. Daniel, et al.. (1992). Differences in Neutralization of Simian Lentivirus (SIV MAC ) in Lymphocyte and Macrophage Cultures. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(6). 1193–1198. 7 indexed citations
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Desrosiers, Ronald C.. (1992). HIV with Multiple Gene Deletions as a Live Attenuated Vaccine for AIDS. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(3). 411–421. 81 indexed citations
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Desrosiers, Ronald C.. (1992). HIV with Multiple Gene Deletions as a Live Attenuated Vaccine for AIDS. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(8). 1457–1457. 6 indexed citations
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Burns, D P & Ronald C. Desrosiers. (1992). A Caution on the Use of SIV/HIV gag Antigen Detection Systems in Neutralization Assays. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(6). 1189–1192. 21 indexed citations
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Desrosiers, Ronald C.. (1992). Introduction. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 8(3). 325–325. 1 indexed citations
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Regier, Dean A. & Ronald C. Desrosiers. (1990). The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a Pathogenic Molecular Clone of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 6(11). 1221–1231. 313 indexed citations
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Desrosiers, Ronald C.. (1990). The Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses. Annual Review of Immunology. 8(1). 557–578. 344 indexed citations
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Desrosiers, Ronald C., M. D. Daniel, & Yen Li. (1989). HIV-Related Lentiviruses of Nonhuman Primates. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 5(5). 465–473. 52 indexed citations

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