Sunny Choe

10.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
10 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Sunny Choe is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Virology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunny Choe has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Infectious Diseases, 6 papers in Virology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Sunny Choe's work include HIV Research and Treatment (6 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Sunny Choe is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (6 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (5 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers). Sunny Choe collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Sunny Choe's co-authors include Nathaniel R. Landau, Ruth I. Connor, Daniel J. Ceradini, Rong Liu, Benjamin K. Chen, William A. Paxton, Richard Horuk, Richard A. Koup, Heidi Stuhlmann and Marcy E. MacDonald and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sunny Choe

10 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of a major co-receptor for primary isolate... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1996 1996 1997 1995 1996 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Identification of a major co-receptor for primary isolates of HIV-1
    1996 3.0k citations Hongkui Deng, Rong Liu et al. Nature profile →
  2. Homozygous Defect in HIV-1 Coreceptor Accounts for Resistance of Some Multiply-Exposed Individuals to HIV-1 Infection
    1996 2.4k citations Rong Liu, William A. Paxton et al. Cell profile →
  3. Change in Coreceptor Use Correlates with Disease Progression in HIV-1–Infected Individuals
    1997 1.1k citations Ruth I. Connor, Kristine E. Sheridan et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
  4. Vpr Is Required for Efficient Replication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 in Mononuclear Phagocytes
    1995 1.1k citations Ruth I. Connor, Benjamin K. Chen et al. Virology profile →
  5. CD4-Independent Infection by HIV-2 Is Mediated by Fusin/CXCR4
    1996 598 citations M. Endres, Paul R. Clapham et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sunny Choe United States 10 6.5k 4.6k 2.9k 1.7k 1.3k 10 8.4k
William A. Paxton Netherlands 36 7.9k 1.2× 5.8k 1.3× 3.6k 1.3× 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 88 10.3k
Celsa A. Spina United States 33 5.7k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 3.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.3× 84 8.2k
Anthony L. DeVico United States 37 5.2k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 105 7.2k
James Arthos United States 45 5.5k 0.8× 4.9k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 113 8.4k
Frances Gotch United Kingdom 39 3.6k 0.6× 5.3k 1.2× 1.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 2.6k 2.0× 131 8.5k
Marc Alizon France 36 4.7k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 59 6.5k
Mark B. Feinberg United States 53 7.3k 1.1× 6.4k 1.4× 3.9k 1.3× 2.1k 1.2× 2.9k 2.2× 107 12.2k
Denise Guétard France 33 4.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 2.5k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 2.1k 1.6× 58 7.1k
T M Folks United States 32 6.1k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 3.4k 1.2× 1.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.3× 62 8.0k
Lijun Wu United States 23 4.6k 0.7× 4.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 743 0.6× 26 7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Sunny Choe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sunny Choe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunny Choe

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
1.
Poveda, Eva, Carmen de Mendoza, Neil Parkin, et al.. (2008). Evidence for different susceptibility to tipranavir and darunavir in patients infected with distinct HIV-1 subtypes. AIDS. 22(5). 611–616. 32 indexed citations
2.
Choe, Sunny, Dana A. Dodd, & Karla Kirkegaard. (2005). Inhibition of cellular protein secretion by picornaviral 3A proteins. Virology. 337(1). 18–29. 75 indexed citations
3.
Choe, Sunny & Karla Kirkegaard. (2004). Intracellular Topology and Epitope Shielding of Poliovirus 3A Protein. Journal of Virology. 78(11). 5973–5982. 17 indexed citations
4.
Graham, Kareem L., Kurt E. Gustin, Sunny Choe, et al.. (2004). Proteolytic Cleavage of the Catalytic Subunit of DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase during Poliovirus Infection. Journal of Virology. 78(12). 6313–6321. 13 indexed citations
5.
Elder, John P., Alan J. Litrownik, Donald J. Slymen, et al.. (2002). Tobacco and alcohol use–prevention program for Hispanic migrant adolescents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 23(4). 269–275. 31 indexed citations
6.
Connor, Ruth I., Kristine E. Sheridan, Daniel J. Ceradini, Sunny Choe, & Nathaniel R. Landau. (1997). Change in Coreceptor Use Correlates with Disease Progression in HIV-1–Infected Individuals. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 185(4). 621–628. 1124 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Liu, Rong, William A. Paxton, Sunny Choe, et al.. (1996). Homozygous Defect in HIV-1 Coreceptor Accounts for Resistance of Some Multiply-Exposed Individuals to HIV-1 Infection. Cell. 86(3). 367–377. 2375 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Endres, M., Paul R. Clapham, Mark Marsh, et al.. (1996). CD4-Independent Infection by HIV-2 Is Mediated by Fusin/CXCR4. Cell. 87(4). 745–756. 598 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Deng, Hongkui, Rong Liu, Wilfried Ellmeier, et al.. (1996). Identification of a major co-receptor for primary isolates of HIV-1. Nature. 381(6584). 661–666. 3012 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Connor, Ruth I., Benjamin K. Chen, Sunny Choe, & Nathaniel R. Landau. (1995). Vpr Is Required for Efficient Replication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 in Mononuclear Phagocytes. Virology. 206(2). 935–944. 1113 indexed citations breakdown →

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