Thomas Tran

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Tran is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Tran has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Epidemiology, 18 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Tran's work include Respiratory viral infections research (14 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (9 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (8 papers). Thomas Tran is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory viral infections research (14 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (9 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (8 papers). Thomas Tran collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Tran's co-authors include Julian Druce, Chris Birch, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Eamonn Trainor, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi, Mike Catton, Kristina A Grant, Heath Kelly and Kylie Carville and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Tran

44 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A New Arenavirus in a Cluster of Fatal Transplant-Associated Diseases

2008 454 citations Gustavo Palacios, Julian Druce et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Tran Australia	22	1.0k	824	273	199	174	49	1.9k
Bettina Bankamp United States	26	1.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.9×	261 1.0×	257 1.3×	138 0.8×	45	2.2k
Kari Johansen Sweden	24	832 0.8×	518 0.6×	130 0.5×	239 1.2×	325 1.9×	38	1.5k
Timothy R. Peters United States	19	534 0.5×	614 0.7×	249 0.9×	71 0.4×	69 0.4×	54	1.5k
Adriana Lopez United States	28	633 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	165 0.6×	242 1.2×	251 1.4×	71	2.6k
Richard Njouom Cameroon	29	1.0k 1.0×	1.9k 2.3×	172 0.6×	78 0.4×	237 1.4×	191	2.9k
Clayton Harro United States	29	1.1k 1.1×	893 1.1×	472 1.7×	245 1.2×	206 1.2×	42	2.5k
Akhilesh C. Mishra India	26	1.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	186 0.7×	124 0.6×	94 0.5×	46	2.2k
D. Scott Bowden Australia	30	725 0.7×	1.5k 1.8×	176 0.6×	144 0.7×	115 0.7×	66	2.6k
Thomas P. Peacock United Kingdom	24	2.0k 2.0×	953 1.2×	686 2.5×	342 1.7×	90 0.5×	47	2.9k
Martine Valette France	25	802 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	297 1.1×	112 0.6×	97 0.6×	77	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Tran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Tran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Tran

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

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Gartner, Matthew J., Monique L. Smith, Clyde Dapat, et al.. (2025). Contemporary seasonal human coronaviruses display differences in cellular tropism compared to laboratory-adapted reference strains. Journal of Virology. 99(9). e0068425–e0068425. 1 indexed citations

Mountford, Simon J., Maki Kiso, Danielle E. Anderson, et al.. (2025). Targeted protein degraders of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro are more active than enzymatic inhibition alone with activity against nirmatrelvir resistant virus. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 140–140. 5 indexed citations

Chilver, Monique, Kylie Carville, Clyde Dapat, et al.. (2025). Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Australia During 2017–2019. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 19(7). e70137–e70137. 2 indexed citations

Chibo, Doris, et al.. (2024). Evaluation and comparison of three high throughput assays (Alinity m CMV, Aptima CMV Quant and cobas CMV) for quantifying CMV DNA in plasma samples. Journal of Virological Methods. 332. 115068–115068.

Tran, Thomas, Aruni P. K. K. Karunanayake Mudiyanselage, Stephen J. Eyles, & Lynmarie K. Thompson. (2023). Bacterial chemoreceptor signaling complexes control kinase activity by stabilizing the catalytic domain of CheA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(32). e2218467120–e2218467120. 5 indexed citations

Steinig, Eike, George Taiaroa, Thomas Tran, et al.. (2023). Intra‐ and interhost genomic diversity of monkeypox virus. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(8). e29029–e29029. 7 indexed citations

Papadakis, Georgina, Thomas Tran, Julian Druce, et al.. (2023). Laboratory assessment of a multi-target assay for the rapid detection of viruses causing vesicular diseases. Journal of Clinical Virology. 165. 105525–105525. 3 indexed citations

Lim, Chuan Kok, Jason Roberts, Kwee Chin Liew, et al.. (2022). Mpox diagnostics: Review of current and emerging technologies. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(1). e28429–e28429. 59 indexed citations

Zerbato, Jennifer M., Ajantha Rhodes, Chris Chiu, et al.. (2022). Factors associated with weak positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis by reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Pathology. 54(5). 623–628.

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Audsley, Jennifer, Natasha E. Holmes, Francesca L. Mordant, et al.. (2021). Temporal differences in culturable severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts in a patient with moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43(9). 1286–1288. 2 indexed citations

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Peterson, Celeste, et al.. (2019). Regulation of RpoS by RbsD in Escherichia coli. The FASEB Journal. 33(S1).

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Lambert, Katrina A., Luke A. Prendergast, Shyamali C. Dharmage, et al.. (2017). The role of human rhinovirus (HRV) species on asthma exacerbation severity in children and adolescents. Journal of Asthma. 55(6). 596–602. 14 indexed citations

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Tran, Thomas, Eamonn Trainor, Toyoko Nakagomi, Nigel A. Cunliffe, & Osamu Nakagomi. (2012). Molecular epidemiology of noroviruses associated with acute sporadic gastroenteritis in children: Global distribution of genogroups, genotypes and GII.4 variants. Journal of Clinical Virology. 56(3). 269–277. 243 indexed citations

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Beard, Frank, Lucinda Franklin, Stephen B. Lambert, et al.. (2011). Contact tracing of in-flight measles exposures: lessons from an outbreak investigation and case series, Australia, 2010. Western Pacific surveillance response journal. 2(3). e1–e1. 12 indexed citations

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Catton, Michael, Julian Druce, Georgina Papadakis, Thomas Tran, & Christopher Birch. (2011). Reality Check of Laboratory Service Effectiveness during Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Victoria, Australia. Emerging infectious diseases. 17(6). 963–968. 4 indexed citations

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Kelly, Heath, Kylie Carville, Kristina A Grant, et al.. (2009). Estimation of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness from Routine Surveillance Data. PLoS ONE. 4(3). e5079–e5079. 75 indexed citations

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Palacios, Gustavo, Julian Druce, Lei Du, et al.. (2008). A New Arenavirus in a Cluster of Fatal Transplant-Associated Diseases. New England Journal of Medicine. 358(10). 991–998. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

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Druce, Julian, Thomas Tran, Heath Kelly, et al.. (2004). Laboratory diagnosis and surveillance of human respiratory viruses by PCR in Victoria, Australia, 2002–2003. Journal of Medical Virology. 75(1). 122–129. 101 indexed citations

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Birch, Chris, Hazel J Clothier, Thomas Tran, et al.. (2004). Human coronavirus OC43 causes influenza-like illness in residents and staff of aged-care facilities in Melbourne, Australia. Epidemiology and Infection. 133(2). 273–277. 38 indexed citations

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Tran, Thomas. (2004). Changing epidemiology of genital herpes simplex virus infection in Melbourne, Australia, between 1980 and 2003. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 80(4). 277–279. 65 indexed citations

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