Sara L. Sawyer

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Sara L. Sawyer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara L. Sawyer has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Virology and 22 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Sara L. Sawyer's work include HIV Research and Treatment (22 papers), interferon and immune responses (13 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (11 papers). Sara L. Sawyer is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (22 papers), interferon and immune responses (13 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (11 papers). Sara L. Sawyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and South Korea. Sara L. Sawyer's co-authors include Harmit S. Malik, Michael Emerman, Lily I. Wu, Nicholas R. Meyerson, Bik K. Tye, Ann Demogines, William H. Press, Dianne I. Lou, Jeffrey A. Hussmann and Welkin E. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sara L. Sawyer

68 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

  1. Positive selection of primate TRIM5 α identifies a critical species-specific retroviral restriction domain
    2005 534 citations Sara L. Sawyer, Lily I. Wu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara L. Sawyer United States 32 1.7k 1.3k 1.1k 918 818 69 3.7k
Ali Saı̈b France 33 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 968 1.1× 680 0.8× 63 3.4k
Eiji Morita Japan 29 2.1k 1.2× 653 0.5× 840 0.8× 1.5k 1.6× 944 1.2× 75 4.8k
Sam J. Wilson United Kingdom 26 1.3k 0.8× 2.3k 1.8× 1.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.7× 45 4.6k
Welkin E. Johnson United States 31 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.8× 1.1k 1.2× 853 1.0× 75 3.5k
Nolwenn Jouvenet France 28 1.1k 0.6× 954 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 790 0.9× 1.4k 1.7× 58 3.5k
Falko G. Falkner Austria 25 1.1k 0.6× 789 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 517 0.6× 56 2.9k
Dolores Rodrı́guez Spain 36 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.6× 458 0.6× 111 4.3k
David Derse United States 44 1.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.8× 1.3k 1.2× 948 1.0× 633 0.8× 90 4.9k
Renate König Germany 25 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 2.7k 2.5× 1.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.8× 59 4.3k
Angela Ciuffi Switzerland 32 2.2k 1.3× 808 0.6× 1.7k 1.6× 609 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 65 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara L. Sawyer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara L. Sawyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara L. Sawyer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kuhn, Jens H., et al.. (2025). Future threats: Animal orthoflaviviruses that currently infect fewer than 100 people per year. Cell Reports. 44(6). 115700–115700. 1 indexed citations
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Pasquesi, Giulia Irene Maria, Holly Allen, Atma M. Ivancevic, et al.. (2024). Regulation of human interferon signaling by transposon exonization. Cell. 187(26). 7621–7636.e19. 14 indexed citations
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Yang, Qing, Nicholas R. Meyerson, James H. Morrison, et al.. (2023). Human mRNA in saliva can correctly identify individuals harboring acute infection. mBio. 14(6). e0171223–e0171223. 1 indexed citations
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Warren, Cody J., Arturo Barbachano-Guerrero, Devra Huey, et al.. (2023). Quantification of virus-infected cells using RNA FISH-Flow. STAR Protocols. 4(2). 102291–102291. 5 indexed citations
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Rothenburg, Stefan, Zhilong Yang, Philippa M. Beard, et al.. (2022). Monkeypox emergency: Urgent questions and perspectives. Cell. 185(18). 3279–3281. 15 indexed citations
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Burke, James M., Nina Ripin, Max Ferretti, et al.. (2022). RNase L activation in the cytoplasm induces aberrant processing of mRNAs in the nucleus. PLoS Pathogens. 18(11). e1010930–e1010930. 23 indexed citations
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Rowley, Paul A., et al.. (2021). Nuku, a family of primate retrocopies derived from KU70. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 11(8). 1 indexed citations
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Burke, James M., Alison R. Gilchrist, Sara L. Sawyer, & Roy Parker. (2021). RNase L limits host and viral protein synthesis via inhibition of mRNA export. Science Advances. 7(23). 26 indexed citations
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Decker, Carolyn J., Laura L. Hoon‐Hanks, James H. Morrison, et al.. (2019). dsRNA-Seq: Identification of Viral Infection by Purifying and Sequencing dsRNA. Viruses. 11(10). 943–943. 18 indexed citations
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Meyerson, Nicholas R., Alison R. Gilchrist, Kristofor J. Webb, et al.. (2018). Dengue viruses cleave STING in humans but not in nonhuman primates, their presumed natural reservoir. eLife. 7. 52 indexed citations
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Meyerson, Nicholas R., Ligang Zhou, Yusong R. Guo, et al.. (2017). Nuclear TRIM25 Specifically Targets Influenza Virus Ribonucleoproteins to Block the Onset of RNA Chain Elongation. Cell Host & Microbe. 22(5). 627–638.e7. 96 indexed citations
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Demogines, Ann, Thomas Fricke, Mélodie B. Plourde, et al.. (2016). A putative SUMO interacting motif in the B30.2/SPRY domain of rhesus macaque TRIM5α important for NF-κB/AP-1 signaling and HIV-1 restriction. Heliyon. 2(1). e00056–e00056. 9 indexed citations
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Lou, Dianne I., Eui Tae Kim, Nicholas R. Meyerson, et al.. (2016). An Intrinsically Disordered Region of the DNA Repair Protein Nbs1 Is a Species-Specific Barrier to Herpes Simplex Virus 1 in Primates. Cell Host & Microbe. 20(2). 178–188. 32 indexed citations
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Meyerson, Nicholas R., et al.. (2014). Positive selection of primate genes that promote HIV-1 replication. Virology. 454-455. 291–298. 34 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Sara L., et al.. (2013). An Evolutionary Screen Highlights Canonical and Noncanonical Candidate Antiviral Genes within the Primate TRIM Gene Family. Genome Biology and Evolution. 5(11). 2141–2154. 38 indexed citations
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Voit, Richard A., Moira A. McMahon, Sara L. Sawyer, & Matthew H. Porteus. (2013). Generation of an HIV Resistant T-cell Line by Targeted “Stacking” of Restriction Factors. Molecular Therapy. 21(4). 786–795. 63 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Sara L. & Nels C. Elde. (2012). A cross-species view on viruses. Current Opinion in Virology. 2(5). 561–568. 28 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Sara L., Lily I. Wu, Joshua M. Akey, Michael Emerman, & Harmit S. Malik. (2006). High-Frequency Persistence of an Impaired Allele of the Retroviral Defense Gene TRIM5α in Humans. Current Biology. 16(1). 95–100. 91 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Sara L., Michael Emerman, & Harmit S. Malik. (2004). Ancient Adaptive Evolution of the Primate Antiviral DNA-Editing Enzyme APOBEC3G. PLoS Biology. 2(9). e275–e275. 380 indexed citations

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