Thorsten Wolff

13.2k citations

146 papers · 9.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Immunology top 0.2%
- interferon and immune responses
- Immune Response and Inflammation
Epidemiology top 0.2%
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Respiratory viral infections research

Papers in

Immunology 73
- interferon and immune responses 61
- Immune Response and Inflammation 31
Epidemiology 110
- Influenza Virus Research Studies 88
- Respiratory viral infections research 32

Co-authors: Stephan Ludwig Stephan Pleschka Oliver Planz Christina Ehrhardt Bianca Dauber Hans‐Dieter Klenk Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre Gülşah Gabriel
Journals: Journal of Virology (26 papers)Journal of General Virology (8 papers)Cellular Microbiology (8 papers)PLoS Pathogens (6 papers)Nature Communications (5 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States China

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Wolff

145 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

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SARS-CoV-2 evolution on a dynamic immune landscape 2025 · 17 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2025 Nature
2010 Nature
2005 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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All Works

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1	Atypical Influenza A(H3N2) Activity Patterns in Germany, 2021–2023, and Characterization of Newly Emerged Virus Clades Journal of Medical Virology ·Susanne Duwe, Djin‐Ye Oh, Marianne Wedde, Daniela Börnigen, Ralf Ignatius, Max von Kleist, Janine Reiche, Barbara Biere, Thorsten Wolff, Ralf Dürrwald	2025	0
2	Electron microscopy images and morphometric data of SARS-CoV-2 variants in ultrathin plastic sections Scientific Data ·Tobias Hoffmann, Janine Michel, Andreas Nitsche, Christin Mache, Jessica Schulze, Thorsten Wolff, Michael Laue	2024	2
3	The host RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain is the anchor for replication of the influenza virus genome Nature Communications ·W. Schönfeld, 大介八木, Catherine Isel, Sylvain Paisant, Matthias Budt, Thorsten Wolff, S. Cusack, Nadia Naffakh	2024	10
4	Relevance of Host Cell Surface Glycan Structure for Cell Specificity of Influenza A Viruses Viruses ·Markus Kastner, Andreas Karner, Rong Zhu, Qiang Huang, Andreas Geissner, Bopdan Pascu, J. A. M. Dorpmans, 斯日木极, Alexander Karlas, Peter H. Seeberger, Thorsten Wolff, Peter Hinterdorfer, Andreas Herrmann, Christian Sieben	2023	4
5	SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is attenuated for replication in a polarized human lung epithelial cell model Communications Biology ·Christin Mache, Jessica Schulze, Gudrun Holland, Daniel Bourquain, Fathi Osman, Djin‐Ye Oh, Andreas Nitsche, Ralf Dürrwald, Michael Laue, Thorsten Wolff	2022	11
6	N-chlorotaurine is highly active against respiratory viruses including SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in vitro Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Michaela Lackner, Annika Rössler, André Volland, Marlena Stadtmüller, Brigitte Müllauer, Zoltán Bánki, Gordon B. Hunter, Angela Luttick, KOSIOMA E. OWEDE, Bettina Sarg, Leopold Kremser, 田承雷, Heribert Stoiber, Dorotheé von Laer, Thorsten Wolff, Anja Sommer, Markus Nagl	2022	15
7	Deep Time Course Proteomics of SARS-CoV- and SARS-CoV-2-Infected Human Lung Epithelial Cells (Calu-3) Reveals Strong Induction of Interferon-Stimulated Gene Expression by SARS-CoV-2 in Contrast to SARS-CoV Journal of Proteome Research ·Marica Grossegesse, Daniel Bourquain, Markus Neumann, Lars Schaade, Jessica Schulze, Christin Mache, Thorsten Wolff, Andreas Nitsche, Joerg Doellinger	2022	14
8	Functional comparison of MERS-coronavirus lineages reveals increased replicative fitness of the recombinant lineage 5 Nature Communications ·Simon Schroeder, Christin Mache, Hannah Kleine‐Weber, Victor M. Corman, Doreen Muth, Anja Richter, Diana Fatykhova, Ziad A. Memish, Megan L. Stanifer, Steeve Boulant, Mitra Gultom, Ronald Dijkman, Stephan Eggeling, Andreas C. Hocke, Stefan Hippenstiel, Volker Thiel, Stefan Pöhlmann, Thorsten Wolff, Marcel A. Müller, Christian Drosten	2021	15
9	Analysis of BNT162b2‐ and CVnCoV‐elicited sera and of convalescent sera toward SARS‐CoV‐2 viruses Allergy ·Sascha Hein, Gerry Moore, Hua-Gui Guo, Daniela Bender, Christoph Nacke, Boyke Janus Anshory, Günther Schimpl, Julia Stingl, Michael Dreher, Doris Oberle, Jessica Schulze, Christin Mache, Matthias Budt, Deibel A, Thorsten Wolff, Eberhard Hildt	2021	9
10	Heteromultivalent topology-matched nanostructures as potent and broad-spectrum influenza A virus inhibitors Science Advances ·Chuanxiong Nie, Marlena Stadtmüller, Badri Parshad, 永川博康, F. Monteverde, Yannic Kerkhoff, Sumati Bhatia, Stephan Block, Chong Cheng, Thorsten Wolff, Rainer Haag	2021	32
11	Rise and Fall of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage A.27 in Germany Viruses ·Sébastien Calvignac‐Spencer, Matthias Budt, Matthew R. Huska, Hugues Richard, Mariano R. Madamba, Linus Grabenhenrich, Torsten Semmler, Max von Kleist, Stefan Kröger, Thorsten Wolff, Martin Hölzer	2021	5
12	Topology‐Matching Design of an Influenza‐Neutralizing Spiky Nanoparticle‐Based Inhibitor with a Dual Mode of Action Angewandte Chemie ·Chuanxiong Nie, Badri Parshad, Sumati Bhatia, Chong Cheng, Marlena Stadtmüller, X Ji-yan, Yannic Kerkhoff, Thorsten Wolff, Rainer Haag	2020	21
13	Adeno‐associated virus‐vectored influenza vaccine elicits neutralizing and Fcγ receptor‐activating antibodies EMBO Molecular Medicine ·P. S. Sarma, Lisa Walz, Kristina Dietert, Kevalin Tapsuphonkul, Oliver Planz, Achim D. Gruber, Veronika von Messling, Thorsten Wolff	2020	24
14	The dynamic proteome of influenza A virus infection identifies M segment splicing as a host range determinant Nature Communications ·Boris Bogdanow, Xi Wang, Katrin Eichelbaum, Bopdan Pascu, Garrett Bernstein, Luiz Guilherme Diniz, Matthias Budt, Н.Н. Калиткин, Barbara Vetter, Jingyi Hou, Wei Chen, Lüder Wiebusch, Irmtraud M. Meyer, Thorsten Wolff, Matthias Selbach	2019	39
15	A novel European H5N8 influenza A virus has increased virulence in ducks but low zoonotic potential Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Christian Grund, Donata Hoffmann, Reiner Ulrich, Mahmoud M. Naguib, Jan Schinköthe, Bernd Hoffmann, Timm Harder, Marie-Jacqueline Marchand, Katja Zscheppang, Mario Tönnies, Stefan Hippenstiel, Andreas C. Hocke, Thorsten Wolff, Martin Beer	2018	65
16	Identification of Polo-like kinases as potential novel drug targets for influenza A virus Scientific Reports ·Marie O. Pohl, Michèle Proboussevitch, Ariel Rodríguez-Frandsen, 坪村健二, Emilio Yángüez, Stephen Soonthornvacharin, Thorsten Wolff, Sumit K. Chanda, Silke Stertz	2017	14
17	Subcellular Localizations of RIG-I, TRIM25, and MAVS Complexes Journal of Virology ·María Teresa Sánchez-Aparicio, Juan Ayllón, Alejandra Leo‐Macías, Thorsten Wolff, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre	2016	75
18	Alterations in Hemagglutinin Receptor-Binding Specificity Accompany the Emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses Journal of Virology ·Alla Heider, Larisa V. Mochalova, Timm Harder, Alexander Tuzikov, Nicolai V. Bovin, Thorsten Wolff, Mikhail Matrosovich, Brunhilde Schweiger	2015	15
19	Annexin V Incorporated into Influenza Virus Particles Inhibits Gamma Interferon Signaling and Promotes Viral Replication Journal of Virology ·Fatma Berri, F. Mouzet, Klaus Schuerger, Bopdan Pascu, Luiz Guilherme Diniz, Bruno Lina, Thorsten Wolff, Béatrice Riteau	2014	27
20	IFN-stimulated gene 15 functions as a critical antiviral molecule against influenza, herpes, and Sindbis viruses Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Deborah J. Lenschow, 任庆文, Natalia Frias‐Staheli, Nadia V. Giannakopoulos, A. Dbeyssi, Thorsten Wolff, René William, Beth Levine, Robert E. Schmidt, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, David A. Leib, Andrew Pekosz, Klaus‐Peter Knobeloch, Ivan D. Horak, Herbert W. Virgin	2007	436

About Thorsten Wolff

Thorsten Wolff is a scholar working on Immunology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science and Modeling and Simulation, having authored 146 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (88 papers), interferon and immune responses (61 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (32 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (31 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (15 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (13 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (4.5k citations), Epidemiology (5.4k citations), Infectious Diseases (2.3k citations), Agronomy and Crop Science (869 citations) and Animal Science and Zoology (705 citations). Thorsten Wolff has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Stephan Ludwig, Stephan Pleschka, Oliver Planz, Christina Ehrhardt, Bianca Dauber, Hans‐Dieter Klenk, Adolfo Garcı́a-Sastre, Gülşah Gabriel, Jürgen Stech and Albrecht Bindereif. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Virology, Journal of General Virology, Cellular Microbiology, PLoS Pathogens and Nature Communications.

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