Stephen E. Straus

26.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
241 papers, 20.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen E. Straus is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen E. Straus has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 20.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Epidemiology, 64 papers in Immunology and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Stephen E. Straus's work include Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (106 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (44 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (32 papers). Stephen E. Straus is often cited by papers focused on Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (106 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (44 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (32 papers). Stephen E. Straus collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Stephen E. Straus's co-authors include Janet K. Dale, Michael J. Lenardo, Jennifer M. Puck, Warren Strober, Rhonda G. Kost, Anthony V. Nicola, Frederick G. Hayden, Lixin Zheng, Michael C. Sneller and Jeffrey I. Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stephen E. Straus

240 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

Dominant interfering fas gene mutations impair apoptosis ... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1995 2004 1998 1991 2002 250 500 750 1000
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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. Dominant interfering fas gene mutations impair apoptosis in a human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
    1995 1.1k citations Stephen E. Straus, Janet K. Dale et al. profile →
  2. 2004 837 citations Stephen E. Straus et al. profile →
  3. Local and systemic cytokine responses during experimental human influenza A virus infection. Relation to symptom formation and host defense.
    1998 565 citations Frederick G. Hayden, W. Gregory Alvord et al. profile →
  4. Evidence for Impaired Activation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    1991 561 citations Janet K. Dale, Stephen E. Straus et al. profile →
  5. Pleiotropic defects in lymphocyte activation caused by caspase-8 mutations lead to human immunodeficiency
    2002 544 citations Lixin Zheng, Janet K. Dale 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
Stephen E. Straus United States 74 8.9k 6.0k 3.8k 2.6k 2.2k 241 20.1k
Andrew R. Lloyd Australia 72 5.2k 0.6× 4.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 2.4k 0.9× 4.3k 1.9× 457 19.5k
Carl Grünfeld United States 94 6.8k 0.8× 3.7k 0.6× 7.6k 2.0× 1.9k 0.7× 377 0.2× 370 31.2k
Graham Pawelec Germany 79 5.6k 0.6× 10.5k 1.8× 4.0k 1.0× 3.8k 1.5× 401 0.2× 508 22.6k
Nigel Klein United Kingdom 67 3.5k 0.4× 5.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 804 0.3× 411 0.2× 380 16.4k
Mario Clerici Italy 83 6.2k 0.7× 11.1k 1.9× 6.2k 1.6× 2.1k 0.8× 644 0.3× 676 30.0k
Frederick Hecht United States 80 4.6k 0.5× 5.6k 0.9× 4.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 641 0.3× 517 25.1k
Stephen K. Tyring United States 60 5.7k 0.6× 6.8k 1.1× 2.0k 0.5× 2.4k 0.9× 403 0.2× 407 16.8k
Holger Kirchner Germany 63 3.3k 0.4× 5.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 630 0.3× 371 13.5k
Phillip K. Peterson United States 75 3.5k 0.4× 3.6k 0.6× 3.6k 0.9× 914 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 274 17.6k
Steven D. Douglas United States 63 2.2k 0.2× 5.1k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.4× 618 0.3× 463 15.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoshino, Yo, Lesley Pesnicak, Stephen E. Straus, & Jeffrey I. Cohen. (2009). Impairment in reactivation of a latency associated transcript (LAT)-deficient HSV-2 is not solely dependent on the latent viral load or the number of CD8+ T cells infiltrating the ganglia. Virology. 387(1). 193–199. 7 indexed citations
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Oliveira, João Bosco, Nicolas Bidère, Julie E. Niemela, et al.. (2007). NRAS mutation causes a human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(21). 8953–8958. 166 indexed citations
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Wang, Kening, Susan E. Hoover, Erik K. Mont, et al.. (2007). Diverse Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase Mutants in Individual Human Neurons and Ganglia. Journal of Virology. 81(13). 6817–6826. 32 indexed citations
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Hsu, Amy P., Lixin Zheng, Alejandro A. Schäffer, et al.. (2006). Genetic alterations in caspase-10 may be causative or protective in autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome. Human Genetics. 119(3). 284–294. 44 indexed citations
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Hoshino, Yo, Sarat K. Dalai, Kening Wang, et al.. (2005). Comparative Efficacy and Immunogenicity of Replication-Defective, Recombinant Glycoprotein, and DNA Vaccines for Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Infections in Mice and Guinea Pigs. Journal of Virology. 79(7). 4554–4554. 7 indexed citations
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Nicola, Anthony V., et al.. (2003). Roles for Endocytosis and Low pH in Herpes Simplex Virus Entry into HeLa and Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells. Journal of Virology. 77(9). 5324–5332. 287 indexed citations
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Engel, Linda W. & Stephen E. Straus. (2002). Development of therapeutics: opportunities within complementary and alternative medicine. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 1(3). 229–237. 62 indexed citations
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Moriuchi, Masako, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Richard K. Williams, & Stephen E. Straus. (2000). Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Induces Replication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1. Virology. 278(2). 534–540. 61 indexed citations
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Miller, Claudia S., Janet K. Dale, Theodore C. Friedman, et al.. (2000). Self-reported sensitivity to chemical exposures in five clinical populations and healthy controls. Psychiatry Research. 95(1). 67–74. 10 indexed citations
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Fritz, Richard, Frederick G. Hayden, David P. Calfee, et al.. (1999). Nasal Cytokine and Chemokine Responses in Experimental Influenza A Virus Infection: Results of a Placebo‐Controlled Trial of Intravenous Zanamivir Treatment. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 180(3). 586–593. 170 indexed citations
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Lekstrom-Himes, Julie, Lesley Pesnicak, & Stephen E. Straus. (1998). The Quantity of Latent Viral DNA Correlates with the Relative Rates at Which Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2 Cause Recurrent Genital Herpes Outbreaks. Journal of Virology. 72(4). 2760–2764. 64 indexed citations
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Fantie, Bryan D., et al.. (1997). Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and accurate feeling-of-knowing judgments. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 53(7). 635–645. 7 indexed citations
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Lekstrom-Himes, Julie, J.K. Dale, Douglas W. Kingma, et al.. (1996). Periodic Illness Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 22(1). 22–27. 21 indexed citations
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Krause, Philip R., Lawrence R. Stanberry, Nigel Bourne, et al.. (1995). Expression of the herpes simplex virus type 2 latency-associated transcript enhances spontaneous reactivation of genital herpes in latently infected guinea pigs.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 181(1). 297–306. 72 indexed citations
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Meier, Jeffery L., et al.. (1994). The Cellular Transcription Factor USF Cooperates with Varicella-Zoster Virus Immediate-Early Protein 62 To Symmetrically Activate a Bidirectional Viral Promoter. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(10). 6896–6906. 25 indexed citations
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Moriuchi, Masako, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Stephen E. Straus, & Jeffrey I. Cohen. (1994). Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Virion-Associated Transactivator Open Reading Frame 62 Protein Enhances the Infectivity of VZV DNA. Virology. 200(1). 297–300. 73 indexed citations
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Straus, Stephen E., et al.. (1993). Lymphocyte phenotype and function in the chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 13(1). 30–40. 88 indexed citations
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Rooney, James F., Charles Wohlenberg, Bernard Moss, et al.. (1991). Live vaccinia virus recombinants expressing herpes simplex virus genes. Discussion. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 13. 3 indexed citations
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Buller, R. Mark L., Stephen E. Straus, & J. A. Rose. (1979). Mechanism of Host Restriction of Adenovirus-associated Virus Replication in African Green Monkey Kidney Cells. Journal of General Virology. 43(3). 663–672. 11 indexed citations

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