Thomas Müller

11.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
233 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Müller is a scholar working on Virology, Epidemiology and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Müller has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Virology, 93 papers in Epidemiology and 62 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Müller's work include Rabies epidemiology and control (156 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (67 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (62 papers). Thomas Müller is often cited by papers focused on Rabies epidemiology and control (156 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (67 papers) and Microbial infections and disease research (62 papers). Thomas Müller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and France. Thomas Müller's co-authors include Conrad M. Freuling, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Anthony R. Fooks, Thomas Selhorst, Ad Vos, Nicholas Johnson, Stefan Finke, Franz J. Conraths, Ashley C. Banyard and Noël Tordo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Müller

227 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Rabies 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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. Rabies
    2017 249 citations Anthony R. Fooks, Stefan Finke 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 Müller Germany 36 3.0k 1.9k 1.7k 1.4k 1.2k 233 5.5k
Conrad M. Freuling Germany 33 2.7k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 979 0.8× 163 4.2k
Ashley C. Banyard United Kingdom 37 1.9k 0.6× 2.5k 1.3× 2.5k 1.5× 741 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 162 5.1k
Hervé Bourhy France 45 5.2k 1.7× 2.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.5× 2.4k 1.7× 1.5k 1.3× 201 7.0k
Regina Hofmann‐Lehmann Switzerland 55 3.4k 1.1× 3.0k 1.6× 4.6k 2.7× 1.4k 1.0× 888 0.8× 343 11.1k
Elliot J. Lefkowitz United States 42 1.2k 0.4× 2.1k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 790 0.6× 530 0.4× 113 7.5k
Sharon M. Brookes United Kingdom 35 954 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 474 0.3× 527 0.4× 125 3.8k
Marina L. Meli Switzerland 47 879 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 3.4k 2.0× 914 0.7× 473 0.4× 189 6.1k
Margaret J. Hosie United Kingdom 40 2.2k 0.7× 2.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 240 0.2× 355 0.3× 166 4.8k
Gereon Schares Germany 48 1.1k 0.4× 3.2k 1.7× 943 0.5× 406 0.3× 384 0.3× 244 8.7k
Jonathan L. Heeney Netherlands 51 4.4k 1.5× 2.6k 1.4× 2.6k 1.5× 162 0.1× 368 0.3× 287 8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Müller

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Müller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Müller

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bărbuceanu, Florica, et al.. (2025). Death in the EU/EEA from autochthonous human rabies, Romania, July 2025: a call for action. Eurosurveillance. 30(43).
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Kaiser, Christian, Jörn Gethmann, Jeannette Kliemt, et al.. (2023). Efficacy of Oral Rabies Vaccine Baits Containing SPBN GASGAS in Domestic Dogs According to International Standards. Vaccines. 11(2). 307–307. 12 indexed citations
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Klein, Antonia, et al.. (2022). Comparative pathogenesis of different phylogroup I bat lyssaviruses in a standardized mouse model. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(1). e0009845–e0009845. 8 indexed citations
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Krause, E. Tobias, Mareike Fischer, Thomas Müller, et al.. (2022). Computer Vision for Detection of Body Posture and Behavior of Red Foxes. Animals. 12(3). 233–233. 9 indexed citations
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Freuling, Conrad M., Ad Vos, Antonia Klein, et al.. (2021). Comparable Long-Term Rabies Immunity in Foxes after IntraMuscular and Oral Application Using a Third-Generation Oral Rabies Virus Vaccine. Vaccines. 9(1). 49–49. 4 indexed citations
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Fooks, Anthony R., Wanda Markotter, Noël Tordo, et al.. (2021). Renewed Public Health Threat from Emerging Lyssaviruses. Viruses. 13(9). 1769–1769. 25 indexed citations
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Tammiranta, Niina, Tiina Nokireki, Tuija Gadd, et al.. (2021). Genetic and Antigenetic Characterization of the Novel Kotalahti Bat Lyssavirus (KBLV). Viruses. 13(1). 69–69. 25 indexed citations
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Klein, Antonia, et al.. (2021). Retrospective Enhanced Bat Lyssavirus Surveillance in Germany between 2018–2020. Viruses. 13(8). 1538–1538. 10 indexed citations
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Tenzin, Tenzin, Siegfried Khaiseb, Gregorio Torres, et al.. (2020). Fighting Dog-Mediated Rabies in Namibia—Implementation of a Rabies Elimination Program in the Northern Communal Areas. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 5(1). 12–12. 21 indexed citations
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Müller, Thomas, Conrad M. Freuling, Klaus Cußler, et al.. (2020). A novel electrophoretic immunoblot as antigen desorption and quantification method for alum-adjuvanted veterinary rabies vaccines. Vaccine. 38(27). 4281–4287. 2 indexed citations
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Wernike, Kerstin, Andrea Aebischer, Anna Michelitsch, et al.. (2020). Multi‐species ELISA for the detection of antibodies against SARS‐CoV‐2 in animals. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 68(4). 1779–1785. 64 indexed citations
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Freuling, Conrad M., Ad Vos, Peter Schuster, et al.. (2020). Responsiveness of various reservoir species to oral rabies vaccination correlates with differences in vaccine uptake of mucosa associated lymphoid tissues. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2919–2919. 16 indexed citations
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Smreczak, Marcin, Anna Orłowska, Conrad M. Freuling, et al.. (2020). Population- and Variant-Based Genome Analyses of Viruses from Vaccine-Derived Rabies Cases Demonstrate Product Specific Clusters and Unique Patterns. Viruses. 12(1). 115–115. 6 indexed citations
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Head, Jennifer R., Ad Vos, Jesse D. Blanton, et al.. (2019). Environmental distribution of certain modified live-virus vaccines with a high safety profile presents a low-risk, high-reward to control zoonotic diseases. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 6783–6783. 13 indexed citations
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Pfaff, Florian, Stefan Finke, Dirk W. Höper, et al.. (2017). Comparative analysis of European bat lyssavirus 1 pathogenicity in the mouse model. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(6). e0005668–e0005668. 13 indexed citations
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Müller, Thomas, Jeannette Kliemt, Franz J. Conraths, et al.. (1997). Qualitätsmanagement bei der Serodiagnostik der Europäischen Schweinepest (ESP): Ergebnisse von Ringversuchen. OpenAgrar. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Thomas, Klaus Depner, Jeannette Kliemt, et al.. (1997). Vergleich verschiedener BVDV-Stämme für Zwecke der Differentialdiagnose in der KSP-Serologie - ein Beitrag zur Standardisierung des Neutralisationstestes. OpenAgrar. 1 indexed citations
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Müller, Thomas & Hartmut Schlüter. (1995). Tollwutbekämpfung in Deutschland. Ergebnisse und Schlußfolgerungen aus über 10jähriger Bekämpfung. OpenAgrar. 6 indexed citations
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Müller, Thomas, et al.. (1993). Erfahrungen mit der Flugzeugausbringung von Ködern zur oralen Immunisierung der Füchse gegen Tollwut in Ostdeutschland. OpenAgrar. 4 indexed citations

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