Sam Hou

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sam Hou is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Hou has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Immunology, 19 papers in Epidemiology and 8 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Sam Hou's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (14 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (10 papers). Sam Hou is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (16 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (14 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (10 papers). Sam Hou collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Sam Hou's co-authors include Peter C. Doherty, Lisa Hyland, Nathalie Etchart, Ralph A. Tripp, Allen Portner, Kevin Ryan, Persephone Borrow, Miranda Ashton, Agnès Le Bon and David F. Tough and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Blood and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Sam Hou

35 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Cross-priming of CD8+ T cells stimulated by virus-induced... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2003 1994 200 400 600
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. Cross-priming of CD8+ T cells stimulated by virus-induced type I interferon
    2003 650 citations Agnès Le Bon, Nathalie Etchart et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  2. Virus-specific CD8+ T-cell memory determined by clonal burst size
    1994 458 citations Sam Hou, Lisa Hyland et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam Hou United States 22 1.9k 800 332 278 219 35 2.5k
Amy Tvinnereim United States 20 1.3k 0.7× 477 0.6× 427 1.3× 225 0.8× 289 1.3× 33 2.0k
Sandra L. Giannini Belgium 25 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 206 0.6× 169 0.6× 556 2.5× 40 2.4k
Nadia L. Bernasconi United States 9 1.5k 0.8× 721 0.9× 305 0.9× 137 0.5× 252 1.2× 9 2.3k
Ronald J. Messer United States 29 1.5k 0.8× 517 0.6× 315 0.9× 209 0.8× 256 1.2× 51 2.2k
Melissa Swiecki United States 21 2.1k 1.1× 405 0.5× 301 0.9× 403 1.4× 515 2.4× 26 2.7k
Ross Lindsay United States 13 1.2k 0.6× 581 0.7× 458 1.4× 270 1.0× 355 1.6× 26 1.8k
Agnès Le Bon France 19 3.0k 1.6× 659 0.8× 459 1.4× 783 2.8× 525 2.4× 27 3.8k
Linda S. Cauley United States 24 2.9k 1.5× 690 0.9× 308 0.9× 553 2.0× 301 1.4× 37 3.4k
Elma Tchilian United Kingdom 29 1.3k 0.7× 699 0.9× 736 2.2× 208 0.7× 583 2.7× 85 2.3k
Chantal Tougne Switzerland 21 1.0k 0.5× 427 0.5× 196 0.6× 102 0.4× 305 1.4× 31 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Hou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Hou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Hou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Hou 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 Sam Hou. Sam Hou 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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Feys, Hendrik B., Jan Roodt, Nele Vandeputte, et al.. (2012). Inhibition of von Willebrand factor–platelet glycoprotein Ib interaction prevents and reverses symptoms of acute acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in baboons. Blood. 120(17). 3611–3614. 27 indexed citations
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Attinger, Antoine, et al.. (2011). Abstract LB-294: GBR 500, a monoclonal VLA-2 antibody inhibits tumor and metastasis growth but not extravasation in a prostate cancer animal model. Cancer Research. 71(8_Supplement). LB–294. 2 indexed citations
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Hyland, Lisa, et al.. (2006). Influenza virus NS1 protein protects against lymphohematopoietic pathogenesis in an in vivo mouse model. Virology. 349(1). 156–163. 13 indexed citations
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Etchart, Nathalie, Bas Baaten, Svein Rune Andersen, et al.. (2006). Intranasal immunisation with inactivated RSV and bacterial adjuvants induces mucosal protection and abrogates eosinophilia upon challenge. European Journal of Immunology. 36(5). 1136–1144. 31 indexed citations
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Borrow, Persephone, et al.. (2005). Virus infection‐associated bone marrow B cell depletion and impairment of humoral immunity to heterologous infection mediated by TNF‐α/LTα. European Journal of Immunology. 35(2). 524–532. 13 indexed citations
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Bon, Agnès Le, Nathalie Etchart, Miranda Ashton, et al.. (2003). Cross-priming of CD8+ T cells stimulated by virus-induced type I interferon. Nature Immunology. 4(10). 1009–1015. 650 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sedger, Lisa M., Sam Hou, Sarah R. Osvath, et al.. (2002). Bone Marrow B Cell Apoptosis During In Vivo Influenza Virus Infection Requires TNF-α and Lymphotoxin-α. The Journal of Immunology. 169(11). 6193–6201. 52 indexed citations
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Tripp, Ralph A., Sam Hou, Nathalie Etchart, et al.. (2001). CD4+ T Cell Frequencies and Th1/Th2 Cytokine Patterns Expressed in the Acute and Memory Response to Respiratory Syncytial Virus I-Ed-Restricted Peptides. Cellular Immunology. 207(1). 59–71. 15 indexed citations
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Erb, Klaus J., Sam Hou, Lisa Hyland, et al.. (1999). Constitutive expression of interleukin 4 in vivo does not lead to the development of T helper 2 type CD8+ T cells secreting interleukin 4 or interleukin 5. Immunology Letters. 68(2-3). 383–390. 3 indexed citations
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Tripp, Ralph A., Sam Hou, Anthony McMickle, James Houston, & Peter C. Doherty. (1995). Recruitment and proliferation of CD8+ T cells in respiratory virus infections.. The Journal of Immunology. 154(11). 6013–6021. 114 indexed citations
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Hou, Sam & Peter C. Doherty. (1995). Clearance of Sendai virus by CD8+ T cells requires direct targeting to virus‐infected epithelium. European Journal of Immunology. 25(1). 111–116. 38 indexed citations
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Tripp, Ralph A., Sam Hou, & Peter C. Doherty. (1995). Temporal loss of the activated L-selectin-low phenotype for virus-specific CD8+ memory T cells.. The Journal of Immunology. 154(11). 5870–5875. 120 indexed citations
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Hou, Sam, et al.. (1994). Mice Lacking CD8+ T Cells Develop Greater Numbers of IgA-Producing Cells in Response to a Respiratory Virus Infection. Virology. 204(1). 234–241. 23 indexed citations
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Hou, Sam, Lisa Hyland, Kevin Ryan, Allen Portner, & Peter C. Doherty. (1994). Virus-specific CD8+ T-cell memory determined by clonal burst size. Nature. 369(6482). 652–654. 458 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hou, Sam, M. Fishman, K. Gopal Murti, & Peter C. Doherty. (1993). Divergence between cytotoxic effector function and tumor necrosis factor alpha production for inflammatory CD4+ T cells from mice with Sendai virus pneumonia. Journal of Virology. 67(10). 6299–6302. 24 indexed citations
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Doherty, Peter C., Sam Hou, & Peter J. Southern. (1993). Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus induces a chronic wasting disease in mice lacking class I major histocompatibility complex glycoproteins. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 46(1-2). 11–17. 54 indexed citations
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Hou, Sam, Jacqueline M. Katz, Peter C. Doherty, & Simon R. Carding. (1992). Extent of γδ T cell involvement in the pneumonia caused by sendai virus. Cellular Immunology. 143(1). 183–193. 32 indexed citations

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