Rory Gunson

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Rory Gunson is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rory Gunson has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Epidemiology, 52 papers in Infectious Diseases and 37 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Rory Gunson's work include Respiratory viral infections research (36 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (28 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (24 papers). Rory Gunson is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (36 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (28 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (24 papers). Rory Gunson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Rory Gunson's co-authors include William F. Carman, Pablo R. Murcia, Celia Aitken, Sema Nickbakhsh, Susan E. Bennett, Samantha J. Shepherd, Fiona Thorburn, Sharon Hutchinson, David Goldberg and Beatrix von Wissmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rory Gunson

117 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

  1. Virus–virus interactions impact the population dynamics of influenza and the common cold
    2019 340 citations Sema Nickbakhsh, Colette Mair et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rory Gunson United Kingdom 31 2.1k 1.3k 601 282 238 122 3.1k
Maria Chironna Italy 29 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 794 1.3× 164 0.6× 141 0.6× 163 2.9k
Boon Huan Tan Singapore 28 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 463 0.8× 243 0.9× 520 2.2× 92 2.6k
Suzan D. Pas Netherlands 35 1.7k 0.8× 2.2k 1.7× 1.8k 3.1× 347 1.2× 360 1.5× 111 4.4k
Richard Njouom Cameroon 29 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 2.0× 172 0.6× 158 0.7× 191 2.9k
Andi Krumbholz Germany 32 1.0k 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 317 0.5× 374 1.3× 110 0.5× 88 2.9k
Richard Molenkamp Netherlands 36 1.8k 0.9× 2.8k 2.2× 767 1.3× 543 1.9× 321 1.3× 120 4.5k
Todd F. Hatchette Canada 31 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 146 0.2× 335 1.2× 279 1.2× 139 2.7k
Gerard J. J. van Doornum Netherlands 32 2.6k 1.2× 1.9k 1.5× 388 0.6× 314 1.1× 207 0.9× 67 4.0k
Graham Tipples Canada 32 2.7k 1.3× 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 2.1× 610 2.2× 209 0.9× 106 4.0k
Christine Zandotti France 30 1.5k 0.7× 889 0.7× 167 0.3× 328 1.2× 243 1.0× 105 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Rory Gunson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rory Gunson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rory Gunson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Goldstein, E. J. C., Roisin Ure, Andrew Winter, et al.. (2025). Local cluster of gonorrhoea strains harbouring the Neisseria meningitidis porA gene: a re-emerging diagnostic escape mutant. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 102(2). 100–102.
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Tomb, Rachael, et al.. (2025). JC Polyomavirus-Associated Nephropathy Case Report: Clinical and Laboratory Learning. British Journal of Biomedical Science. 82. 14170–14170. 1 indexed citations
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Ho, Antonia, Andrew Blunsum, Michael E. Murphy, et al.. (2024). Near real-time severe acute respiratory illness surveillance characterising influenza and COVID-19 epidemiology in hospitalised adults, 2021-22. Journal of Infection. 89(6). 106338–106338.
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Shah, Rajiv, Stephen T. Barclay, Ray Fox, et al.. (2022). Characterisation of a Hepatitis C Virus Subtype 2a Cluster in Scottish PWID with a Suboptimal Response to Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir Treatment. Viruses. 14(8). 1678–1678. 1 indexed citations
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Manali, Maria, Nicola Logan, Sam Scott, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Evolution and Patient Immunological History Shape the Breadth and Potency of Antibody-Mediated Immunity. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 227(1). 40–49. 7 indexed citations
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Conway, David I., Shauna Culshaw, Christopher Watling, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Positivity in Asymptomatic-Screened Dental Patients. Journal of Dental Research. 100(6). 583–590. 21 indexed citations
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Nickbakhsh, Sema, Antonia Ho, Diogo Marques, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology of Seasonal Coronaviruses: Establishing the Context for the Emergence of Coronavirus Disease 2019. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(1). 17–25. 136 indexed citations
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Simpson, Colin R, Nazir Lone, Kimberley Kavanagh, et al.. (2020). Vaccine effectiveness of live attenuated and trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination in 2010/11 to 2015/16: the SIVE II record linkage study. Health Technology Assessment. 24(67). 1–66. 7 indexed citations
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Pollock, Kevin G., Scott McDonald, Rory Gunson, et al.. (2020). Real‐world utility of HCV core antigen as an alternative to HCV RNA testing: Implications for viral load and genotype. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 27(10). 996–1002. 8 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, Sharon, Heather Valerio, Scott McDonald, et al.. (2020). Population impact of direct-acting antiviral treatment on new presentations of hepatitis C-related decompensated cirrhosis: a national record-linkage study. Gut. 69(12). 2223–2231. 19 indexed citations
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Trayner, Kirsten M. A., Norah Palmateer, Sharon Hutchinson, et al.. (2020). High willingness to use drug consumption rooms among people who inject drugs in Scotland: findings from a national bio-behavioural survey among people who inject drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy. 90. 102731–102731. 18 indexed citations
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Suárez, Nicolás M., Emily Blyth, Kathy Li, et al.. (2020). Whole-Genome Approach to Assessing Human Cytomegalovirus Dynamics in Transplant Patients Undergoing Antiviral Therapy. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10. 267–267. 15 indexed citations
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Davison, Andrew J., Fiona Thorburn, Pablo R. Murcia, et al.. (2019). DisCVR: Rapid viral diagnosis from high-throughput sequencing data. Virus Evolution. 5(2). vez033–vez033. 3 indexed citations
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Nickbakhsh, Sema, Colette Mair, Louise Matthews, et al.. (2019). Virus–virus interactions impact the population dynamics of influenza and the common cold. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(52). 27142–27150. 340 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bulteel, Naomi, Ewan Forrest, Adrian J. Stanley, et al.. (2016). Factors associated with spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Journal of Hepatology. 65(2). 266–272. 46 indexed citations
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Bradley-Stewart, Amanda, Lisa Jolly, Walt E. Adamson, et al.. (2013). Cytokine responses in patients with mild or severe influenza A(H1N1)pdm09. Journal of Clinical Virology. 58(1). 100–107. 63 indexed citations
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Gunson, Rory, Aaron Jackson, & Celia Aitken. (2011). A case of neonatal sepsis with acute liver failure. Journal of Clinical Virology. 50(4). 266–269. 1 indexed citations
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