Thomas Leitner

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Leitner is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Leitner has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Virology, 80 papers in Infectious Diseases and 38 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Leitner's work include HIV Research and Treatment (99 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (52 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (49 papers). Thomas Leitner is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (99 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (52 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (49 papers). Thomas Leitner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Germany. Thomas Leitner's co-authors include Jan Albert, Joakim Lundeberg, Peter Savolainen, Mathias Uhlén, Jing Luo, Ya‐Ping Zhang, Bette Korber, D Escanilla, Ethan Romero-Severson and Ingo Bulla and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Leitner

148 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic Evidence for an East Asian Origin of Domestic Dogs 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 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. Genetic Evidence for an East Asian Origin of Domestic Dogs
    2002 655 citations Thomas Leitner 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
Thomas Leitner United States 43 3.5k 2.7k 1.5k 1.2k 1.2k 150 6.1k
Joel O. Wertheim United States 36 1.6k 0.5× 2.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 105 6.2k
Art F. Y. Poon Canada 32 1.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 953 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 114 4.5k
Marco Salemi United States 46 2.1k 0.6× 2.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 1.8k 1.5× 243 8.4k
P. Sonigo France 38 4.5k 1.3× 2.3k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 2.6k 2.2× 1.7k 1.5× 129 7.8k
Gerald H. Learn United States 49 4.5k 1.3× 3.1k 1.2× 716 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 1.7k 1.5× 98 7.0k
J. van der Noordaa Netherlands 28 2.0k 0.6× 3.1k 1.2× 851 0.6× 2.3k 1.9× 1.3k 1.1× 88 7.5k
William M. Switzer United States 46 2.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 2.1k 1.8× 918 0.8× 181 7.3k
Túlio de Oliveira South Africa 45 2.5k 0.7× 4.5k 1.7× 400 0.3× 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.3× 202 6.9k
Georg Pauli Germany 51 1.8k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.7× 2.5k 2.1× 211 8.5k
Winfríed Weissenhorn France 47 2.6k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 617 0.4× 2.2k 1.9× 3.4k 3.0× 114 8.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Leitner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Leitner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fernández, Óscar, Thomas Leitner, Diethard Sanders, et al.. (2025). Three-dimensional pattern of thrust and allochthonous salt emplacement in the Northern Calcareous Alps, Eastern Alps (Austria). Marine and Petroleum Geology. 173. 107295–107295.
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Mbisa, Jean L., Zena Lapp, David Bibby, et al.. (2024). Identification of 2 Novel Subtypes of Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 8 and a Potential New Genotype Successfully Treated With Direct Acting Antivirals. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(6). e1254–e1262. 3 indexed citations
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Fernández, Óscar, Hugo Ortner, Diethard Sanders, Bernhard Grasemann, & Thomas Leitner. (2024). Salt-rich versus salt-poor structural scenarios in the central Northern Calcareous Alps: implications for the Hallstatt facies and early Alpine tectonic evolution (Eastern Alps, Austria). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 113(2). 245–283. 4 indexed citations
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Lundgren, Erik, Ethan Romero-Severson, Mirjana Dimitrijević, et al.. (2024). Sweden surpasses the UNAIDS 95-95-95 target: estimating HIV-1 incidence, 2003 to 2022. Eurosurveillance. 29(42). 4 indexed citations
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Lapp, Zena, Hyejin Yoon, Brian Foley, & Thomas Leitner. (2024). Hypermut 3: identifying specific mutational patterns in a defined nucleotide context that allows multistate characters. Bioinformatics Advances. 5(1). vbaf025–vbaf025. 1 indexed citations
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Fray, Emily J., Fengting Wu, Francesco R. Simonetti, et al.. (2023). Antiretroviral therapy reveals triphasic decay of intact SIV genomes and persistence of ancestral variants. Cell Host & Microbe. 31(3). 356–372.e5. 12 indexed citations
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Leitner, Thomas, et al.. (2022). A deep learning approach to real-time HIV outbreak detection using genetic data. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(10). e1010598–e1010598. 8 indexed citations
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Dawson, Liza, Nanette Benbow, Faith E. Fletcher, et al.. (2020). Addressing Ethical Challenges in US-Based HIV Phylogenetic Research. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 222(12). 1997–2006. 23 indexed citations
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Giardina, Federica, Ethan Romero-Severson, Maria Axelsson, et al.. (2019). Getting more from heterogeneous HIV-1 surveillance data in a high immigration country: estimation of incidence and undiagnosed population size using multiple biomarkers. International Journal of Epidemiology. 48(6). 1795–1803. 13 indexed citations
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Ezeonwumelu, Ifeanyi Jude, Inês Bártolo, Francisco Martı́n, et al.. (2018). Accidental Father-to-Son HIV-1 Transmission During the Seroconversion Period. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 34(10). 857–862. 2 indexed citations
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Bártolo, Inês, et al.. (2016). Rare HIV-1 Subtype J Genomes and a New H/U/CRF02_AG Recombinant Genome Suggests an Ancient Origin of HIV-1 in Angola. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 32(8). 822–828. 9 indexed citations
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Stampfer, Karl, Thomas Leitner, & Rien Visser. (2009). Efficiency and Ergonomic Benefits of Using Radio Controlled Chokers in Cable Yarding. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26 indexed citations
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Leitner, Thomas, et al.. (2007). Sequence Diversity among Chimpanzee Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses (SIVcpz) Suggests that SIVcpz Pts Was Derived from SIVcpz Ptt through Additional Recombination Events. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 23(9). 1114–1118. 10 indexed citations
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Leitner, Thomas, Ingrid Karlsson, Mariangela Cavarelli, et al.. (2007). Biological and Genetic Evolution of HIV Type 1 in Two Siblings with Different Patterns of Disease Progression. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 23(12). 1531–1540. 8 indexed citations
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Leitner, Thomas, Nicolai Lohse, Niels Obel, et al.. (2007). Introduction of HIV Type 1 into an Isolated Population: Molecular Epidemiologic Study from Greenland. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 23(5). 675–681. 10 indexed citations
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Clevestig, Peter, Irina Maljkovic Berry, Charlotte Casper, et al.. (2005). The X4 Phenotype of HIV Type 1 Evolves from R5 in Two Children of Mothers, Carrying X4, and Is Not Linked to Transmission. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 21(5). 371–378. 21 indexed citations
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Ramsay, Karin Wilbe, et al.. (2005). HIV Type 1 CRF13_cpx Revisited: Identification of a New Sequence from Cameroon and Signal for Subsubtype J2. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 21(11). 955–960. 8 indexed citations
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Berry, Irina Maljkovic, et al.. (2004). HIV-1 CRF01_AE in Intravenous Drug Users in Hanoi, Vietnam. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(3). 341–345. 16 indexed citations
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Vīksna, Ludmila, et al.. (2004). Rapid Epidemic Spread of HIV Type 1 Subtype A1 among Intravenous Drug Users in Latvia and Slower Spread of Subtype B among Other Risk Groups. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 20(2). 245–249. 28 indexed citations
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Ramsay, Karin Wilbe, Charlotte Casper, Jan Albert, & Thomas Leitner. (2002). Identification of Two CRF11-cpx Genomes and Two Preliminary Representatives of a New Circulating Recombinant Form (CRF13-cpx) of HIV Type 1 in Cameroon. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 18(12). 849–856. 36 indexed citations

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