Thomas Tu

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas Tu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Tu has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Epidemiology, 50 papers in Hepatology and 8 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Thomas Tu's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (51 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (42 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (30 papers). Thomas Tu is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (51 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (42 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (30 papers). Thomas Tu collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United States. Thomas Tu's co-authors include Stephan Urban, Nicholas Shackel, Magdalena A. Budzinska, Ralf Bartenschlager, Sandra Bühler, Florian W. R. Vondran, Geoffrey W. McCaughan, Allison R. Jilbert, Stephen Locarnini and Susan V. McLennan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Tu

57 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

HBV DNA Integration: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

2017 301 citations Thomas Tu, Magdalena A. Budzinska et al. Viruses profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Tu Australia	21	1.3k	1.1k	271	148	148	61	1.6k
G. Raffa Italy	17	1.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	375 1.4×	186 1.3×	111 0.8×	30	2.0k
Chen Pan China	11	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	353 1.3×	314 2.1×	202 1.4×	32	2.0k
Florian A. Lempp Germany	20	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	271 1.0×	308 2.1×	178 1.2×	30	2.0k
Danny Wong Hong Kong	22	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	231 0.9×	115 0.8×	114 0.8×	41	1.7k
Hussein Hassan Aly Japan	16	541 0.4×	503 0.4×	310 1.1×	128 0.9×	149 1.0×	37	995
Alexander S. Kekulé Germany	13	767 0.6×	427 0.4×	334 1.2×	165 1.1×	104 0.7×	27	1.1k
Dongping Xu China	22	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	152 0.6×	219 1.5×	382 2.6×	66	1.7k
Runu Chakravarty India	24	1.0k 0.8×	902 0.8×	253 0.9×	119 0.8×	65 0.4×	63	1.4k
Christophe Ramière France	18	478 0.4×	518 0.5×	200 0.7×	305 2.1×	108 0.7×	33	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Tu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Beatty, Julia A., Thomas Tu, & John M. Cullen. (2025). Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus, a Hepatitis B-like Virus Associated with Feline Liver Disease. Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice. 55(4). 615–626. 1 indexed citations

Teng, Chiao‐Fang, Hung‐Wen Tsai, Yuanyuan Liu, et al.. (2025). Novel digital droplet inverse PCR assay shows that natural clearance of hepatitis B infection is associated with fewer viral integrations. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 14(1). 2450025–2450025. 1 indexed citations

Tu, Thomas, Thomas McQuaid, & Ira M. Jacobson. (2024). HBV‐Induced Carcinogenesis: Mechanisms, Correlation With Viral Suppression, and Implications for Treatment. Liver International. 45(1). e16202–e16202. 5 indexed citations

Khan, Anis A., Enoch Tay, Eve Diefenbach, et al.. (2024). Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Affect Mitochondrial Function Through Different Metabolic Pathways, Explaining Virus-Specific Clinical Features of Chronic Hepatitis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 230(5). e1012–e1022. 10 indexed citations

Freeland, Catherine, et al.. (2024). Quality of life of people living with chronic hepatitis B: The role of social support system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). e0003103–e0003103. 1 indexed citations

Freeland, Catherine, Jack Wallace, Hailemichael Desalegn, et al.. (2024). Hepatitis B discrimination: global responses requiring global data. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 1575–1575. 5 indexed citations

Freeland, Catherine, et al.. (2024). The urgent need to end hepatitis B stigma and discrimination. The Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology. 10(2). 105–107. 2 indexed citations

Nekouei, Omid, et al.. (2023). Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus and Pathogenic Retroviruses; A Sero-Molecular Survey of Cats in Santiago, Chile. Viruses. 16(1). 46–46. 3 indexed citations

Tu, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Novel Assays to Solve the Clinical and Scientific Challenges of Chronic Hepatitis B. Clinics in Liver Disease. 27(4). 837–855. 1 indexed citations

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Howell, Jessica, Jack Wallace, Yinzong Xiao, et al.. (2023). Pathway to global elimination of hepatitis B: HBV cure is just the first step. Hepatology. 78(3). 976–990. 20 indexed citations

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Capozza, Paolo, Maura Carrai, Thomas Tu, et al.. (2023). Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus: Molecular Epidemiology and Phylogeny in Cats in Hong Kong. Viruses. 15(1). 150–150. 16 indexed citations

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Tu, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Targeting Hepatitis B Virus DNA Using Designer Gene Editors. Clinics in Liver Disease. 27(4). 895–916. 6 indexed citations

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Tu, Thomas. (2022). Stigma: a major barrier to hepatitis B elimination. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 19(10). 622–622. 7 indexed citations

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Studier‐Fischer, Alexander, Thomas Tu, Mirco Friedrich, et al.. (2020). Postoperative complications and mobilisation following major abdominal surgery with vs. without fitness tracker-based feedback (EXPELLIARMUS): study protocol for a student-led multicentre randomised controlled trial (CHIR-Net SIGMA study group). Trials. 21(1). 293–293. 9 indexed citations

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Budzinska, Magdalena A., James G. Kench, Michael Stapelberg, et al.. (2019). Virus Genotype-Dependent Transcriptional Alterations in Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation Pathways in the Hepatitis C Virus-infected Liver. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10596–10596. 19 indexed citations

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Mutz, Pascal, Philippe Metz, Florian A. Lempp, et al.. (2018). HBV Bypasses the Innate Immune Response and Does Not Protect HCV From Antiviral Activity of Interferon. Gastroenterology. 154(6). 1791–1804.e22. 126 indexed citations

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Tu, Thomas & Stephan Urban. (2018). Detection of Low Copy Number Integrated Viral DNA Formed by <em>In Vitro</em> Hepatitis B Infection. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Tu, Thomas & Allison R. Jilbert. (2016). Detection of Hepatocyte Clones Containing Integrated Hepatitis B Virus DNA Using Inverse Nested PCR. Methods in molecular biology. 1540. 97–118. 21 indexed citations

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Budzinska, Magdalena A., et al.. (2016). Accumulation of Deleterious Passenger Mutations Is Associated with the Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162586–e0162586. 12 indexed citations

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Cheng, Robert Y.S., Thomas Tu, Nicholas Shackel, & Geoffrey W. McCaughan. (2014). Advances in and the future of treatments for hepatitis C. Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 8(6). 633–647. 7 indexed citations

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