Selena M. Sagan

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Selena M. Sagan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Selena M. Sagan has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Hepatology and 16 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Selena M. Sagan's work include Hepatitis C virus research (22 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (11 papers). Selena M. Sagan is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (22 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (11 papers). Selena M. Sagan collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Selena M. Sagan's co-authors include Peter Sarnow, John Paul Pezacki, Annie Bernier, Joyce A. Wilson, Carolina Camargo, Seyed Hamid Safiabadi Tali, Zubi Sadiq, Sana Jahanshahi‐Anbuhi, Narges Armanfard and Jason J. LeBlanc and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Selena M. Sagan

60 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Tools and Techniques for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)/COVID-19 Detection

2021 247 citations Seyed Hamid Safiabadi Tali, Jason J. LeBlanc et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Selena M. Sagan Canada	22	850	478	421	394	385	61	1.8k
Chikako Ono Japan	20	677 0.8×	476 1.0×	112 0.3×	358 0.9×	320 0.8×	68	1.6k
Mohsin Khan India	23	937 1.1×	801 1.7×	296 0.7×	665 1.7×	250 0.6×	33	2.3k
Wim Ammerlaan Luxembourg	22	665 0.8×	319 0.7×	330 0.8×	799 2.0×	162 0.4×	56	1.8k
Yasuo Ariumi Japan	25	1000 1.2×	341 0.7×	81 0.2×	419 1.1×	401 1.0×	59	1.9k
Dahlene N. Fusco United States	21	1.2k 1.4×	343 0.7×	84 0.2×	416 1.1×	386 1.0×	42	2.0k
Nathaniel J. Moorman United States	31	1.3k 1.6×	630 1.3×	226 0.5×	1.6k 4.0×	93 0.2×	90	3.3k
Urtzi Garaigorta Spain	17	548 0.6×	338 0.7×	95 0.2×	468 1.2×	422 1.1×	26	1.4k
Hans-Heinrich Hoffmann United States	22	1.2k 1.4×	1.0k 2.2×	127 0.3×	651 1.7×	135 0.4×	36	3.0k
Bumsuk Hahm United States	28	1.3k 1.5×	349 0.7×	108 0.3×	678 1.7×	305 0.8×	54	2.5k

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Guarné, Alba, et al.. (2025). Structural and functional characterization of the SLA′ structure at the 3′ terminus of the Zika virus negative-strand intermediate. RNA. 31(8). 1139–1153.

Sagan, Selena M., et al.. (2024). Within-host genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 across animal species. Virus Evolution. 11(1). veae117–veae117. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Peter E., Carmen Lía Murall, Raphaël Poujol, et al.. (2023). Zooanthroponotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and host-specific viral mutations revealed by genome-wide phylogenetic analysis. eLife. 12. 9 indexed citations

Barnard, Trisha R., Alex B. Wang, & Selena M. Sagan. (2022). A highly sensitive strand-specific multiplex RT-qPCR assay for quantitation of Zika virus replication. Journal of Virological Methods. 307. 114556–114556. 9 indexed citations

Tali, Seyed Hamid Safiabadi, Jason J. LeBlanc, Zubi Sadiq, et al.. (2021). Tools and Techniques for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)/COVID-19 Detection. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 34(3). 247 indexed citations breakdown →

MacLean, Emily, et al.. (2021). Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus-Leishmania major co-infection modulates innate inflammatory response favoring myeloid cell infections and skin hyperinflammation. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(7). e0009638–e0009638. 12 indexed citations

Gebert, Luca F. R., et al.. (2021). miR-122–based therapies select for three distinct resistance mechanisms based on alterations in RNA structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(33). 14 indexed citations

Camargo, Carolina, Andréanne Lupien, Fiona McIntosh, et al.. (2021). Effectiveness of germicidal ultraviolet light to inactivate coronaviruses on personal protective equipment to reduce nosocomial transmission. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43(7). 886–891. 4 indexed citations

Erman, Ayşegül, Lewis Liu, Sahar Saeed, et al.. (2020). The 8^th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C virus: “Improving diagnosis and linkage to care”. PubMed. 3(1). 3–14. 1 indexed citations

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Canuti, Marta, Cathy V. Williams, Selena M. Sagan, et al.. (2018). Virus discovery reveals frequent infection by diverse novel members of the Flaviviridae in wild lemurs. Archives of Virology. 164(2). 509–522. 8 indexed citations

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Corpo, Olivier Del, Robert J. Scarborough, Andrew J. Mouland, et al.. (2018). Higher Cytopathic Effects of a Zika Virus Brazilian Isolate from Bahia Compared to a Canadian-Imported Thai Strain. Viruses. 10(2). 53–53. 18 indexed citations

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Khan, S., Annie Bernier, Mel Krajden, et al.. (2018). 6th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus: Delivering a cure for hepatitis C infection—What are the remaining gaps?. PubMed. 1(2). 94–105. 3 indexed citations

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Izreig, Said, Bożena Samborska, Radia Marie Johnson, et al.. (2016). The miR-17∼92 microRNA Cluster Is a Global Regulator of Tumor Metabolism. Cell Reports. 16(7). 1915–1928. 52 indexed citations

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Sagan, Selena M., et al.. (2015). cis-Acting RNA elements in the hepatitis C virus RNA genome. Virus Research. 206. 90–98. 29 indexed citations

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Flynn, Ryan A., Lance Martin, Robert C. Spitale, et al.. (2014). Dissecting noncoding and pathogen RNA–protein interactomes. RNA. 21(1). 135–143. 61 indexed citations

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Sarnow, Peter, et al.. (2011). Masking the 5′ terminal nucleotides of the hepatitis C virus genome by an unconventional microRNA-target RNA complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(8). 3193–3198. 228 indexed citations

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Sagan, Selena M., Neda Nasheri, Christian Luebbert, & John Paul Pezacki. (2010). The Efficacy of siRNAs against Hepatitis C Virus Is Strongly Influenced by Structure and Target Site Accessibility. Chemistry & Biology. 17(5). 515–527. 18 indexed citations

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Lyn, Rodney K., David C. Kennedy, Selena M. Sagan, et al.. (2009). Direct imaging of the disruption of hepatitis C virus replication complexes by inhibitors of lipid metabolism. Virology. 394(1). 130–142. 50 indexed citations

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Koukiekolo, Roger, Zygmunt J. Jakubek, Jenny Cheng, Selena M. Sagan, & John Paul Pezacki. (2009). Studies of a viral suppressor of RNA silencing p19-CFP fusion protein: A FRET-based probe for sensing double-stranded fluorophore tagged small RNAs. Biophysical Chemistry. 143(3). 166–169. 12 indexed citations

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Sagan, Selena M., et al.. (2007). Inhibition of siRNA Binding to a p19 Viral Suppressor of RNA Silencing by Cysteine Alkylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(12). 2005–2009. 18 indexed citations

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